It’s been a busy summer for John Ellis, playing his steel across Canada with Corb Lund, Ridley Bent, and Aaron Pritchett. Last year’s trips down to Nashville to study pedal steel with Robbie Turner (Waylon Jennings) have paid off, with John’s nominations for Pedal Steel Player of the Year 2010 by
On the heels of John’s 2008 CCMA and BCCMA nominations for Producer of the Year, in Fall of 2009 he went home with Producer of the Year Awards from the BCCMA as well as the BCIMA for his work on Ridley Bent’s “Buckles and Boots” and Barney Bentall’s “The Inside Passage.” “The B.C. Country Music
The BC country music community got thrown a curve-ball last Saturday night when Ridley Bent was given seven awards for his CD “Buckles and Boots” produced by John Ellis, who also snagged Producer of the Year for his efforts on the record. In a show the Vancouver Province described as”startling,