Selected credits
A credit only counts if the role is clear. This is a selected, readable ledger—not a cloud of famous names.
Shooter Years / 2005–2007
Four records. One essential run.
Leroy’s early work with Shooter Jennings & The .357s runs from the studio floor to the stage—guitar, strings, songs, and the band chemistry behind the era.
Guitar · lap steel · dobro · banjo · strings · backing vocals · songwriting
Put the “O” Back in Country. Played across the record and wrote “Lonesome Blues”; co-wrote “Busted in Baylor County” and “Southern Comfort.”
Listen on Spotify ↗2005Backing band · guitar
Electric Rodeo. A member of the backing band, specifically credited as guitarist throughout the record.
Listen on Spotify ↗2006Live performance · The .357s
Live at Irving Plaza 4.18.06. Recorded live with Shooter Jennings & The .357s during the same run.
Listen on Spotify ↗2006Band lineup · album and tour cycle
The Wolf. Part of Shooter’s band through the album and touring chapter that followed.
Listen on Spotify ↗2007Whiskey Wolves / ongoing creative connection
Three records. One shared front line.
With Tim Jones, Leroy steps into the whole build: co-frontman, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, recording and mixing hand, and a force in the project’s visual language. The public debut came at Stagecoach in 2016; the recorded catalog includes I Found the Light, and the group still gets together to play.
Open the official Whiskey Wolves signal ↗Co-frontman · songwriter · multi-instrumentalist
The partnership traces back to 2013, when Powell and Jones began writing together. Whiskey Wolves made its public debut at Stagecoach in April 2016, then grew through a recurring Nashville live run and a band identity built around two singers and writers at the front.
OriginsCo-frontman · songwriting · producer · mixed / co-engineered · visual concept
The seven-song 2018 debut. Leroy produced, mixed and co-engineered the record; the roots-and-wolves visual idea came from Leroy and became finished artwork by Dean Tomasek.
Country RootsCo-frontman · songwriting · multi-instrumental band role
The 11-song second album. Country, Southern rock, soul and funk in the same weather system—with the project’s documented vocal and instrumental lineup carried forward without claiming each role on every track.
I Can’t Take Me AnywhereProducer · co-frontman · songwriter
A 31-song anthology spanning earlier work and new material. Offered as a triple-vinyl collection in 2021 and released digitally in 2022, with Leroy credited as producer.
I Found the LightFurther transmissions
Producer · guitar · pedal steel · organ · percussion · vocals · co-writer
Firewater is a platinum-certified breakthrough: Leroy produced and performed across the record, helping establish Whiskey Myers as a national Southern-rock and Texas-country force.
2011
Listen on Spotify ↗Steel guitar · backing vocals
High Top Mountain. Track-specific work from Leroy’s steel-and-voice side.
Listen on Spotify ↗2013Pedal steel
“Always Remember Us This Way” from the A Star Is Born soundtrack. Leroy played pedal steel on the 2018 recording, produced by Lady Gaga and Dave Cobb.
Performance credit confirmed in Apple Music.
Listen on Spotify ↗2018Acoustic guitar · electric guitar · pedal steel · harmonica
Set in Stone (2021), produced by Dave Cobb. Leroy’s album credits span acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel, and harmonica.
“It really was an absolute joy to work with him.”
Travis Tritt · Vintage Guitar
Their first album together—after meeting during Leroy’s Shooter Jennings run. Album credits: AllMusic.
Listen on Spotify ↗2021Electric guitar · handclaps
Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook, Vol. 1 (2021), produced by Dave Cobb. Leroy’s work runs across six tracks and a remarkable guest lineup.
Listen on Spotify ↗2021Slide guitar · electric guitar · harp · acoustic guitar
Midnight Gasoline, across portions of the record.
Listen on Spotify ↗2024Guitar · harmonica
Waylon Forever (2008), credited to Waylon Jennings and The .357’s—Shooter Jennings’ backing band. Leroy played guitar and harmonica across the record.
Waylon ForeverAcoustic guitar · newer acoustic recordings
Revived Remixed Revisited (2021) and Not That Fancy (2023). Leroy played acoustic guitar on the newer acoustic recordings; his credit on “Does He Love You” also connects him to Dolly Parton.
2021 · 2023Guitar · pedal steel · harmonica · vocals · songwriting
Across Redneck Shit (2016), Ol’ Wheeler (2017), WW III (2018), and Sex, Drugs & Country Music (2022), Leroy is credited with guitar, pedal steel, harmonica, and vocals.
Ram / 2023Songwriting: “Credit Card” · “Money ’N’ Bitches”
Redneck Shit
Ol’ Wheeler
WW III
Sex, Drugs & Country MusicAcoustic guitar · electric guitar · dobro · pedal steel · harmonica
Barely Blue (2024). Leroy is credited with acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, pedal steel, and harmonica.
Barely Blue (Deluxe)Acoustic guitar
Lifers (2018). Leroy played acoustic guitar; “Desert Wind” is a specifically confirmed track credit.
Desert Wind
In remembrance · two documented 2021 sessions
Leroy’s work intersects with Dolly on two confirmed duet appearances: “Words,” with Barry Gibb on Greenfields, and “Does He Love You,” with Reba McEntire on Revived Remixed Revisited.
“Good pickin’ guitar man!”
Dolly Parton to Leroy Powell
“That was the compliment Dolly gave me that day. That made my whole year. What an amazing session at RCA Studio A. We were working on Barry Gibb’s Greenfields record. We really filled the room up with some heavy hitters that day.”
“Dolly made a point to introduce herself to every single person in the room, and was giving out hugs at the end of the session. I came in for the side hug. I didn’t know what else to do. I was honored to get to meet her and play some music with her for a bit.”
The official listening links for both songs are retained in the Barry Gibb and Reba McEntire record cards.
2021Electric guitar
“Done & Dusted,” a bonus track on editions of Queen of Me (2023). Leroy played electric guitar on the Dave Cobb-produced recording.
Done & DustedElectric guitar · guitar · acoustic guitar · co-writer
Mama’s Boys (2024). Leroy’s performance credits span three tracks; he also co-wrote an original with Dave Cobb and Duane Allen.
Songwriting“That’s the Way Mama Made It” co-written with Dave Cobb and Duane Allen.
Mama’s BoysBeyond the list
From guitar and steel to production and arrangement, the work reaches farther than one page can hold. For detailed credit, press, or personnel requests, send a direct signal.
