David R. "Fergie" Ferguson (born July 2, 1962 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee) began in the mid 1980's engineering Country Music recordings for "Cowboy" Jack Clement, at Clement's Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa, in Nashville, Tennessee. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Jack Henderson Clement (born April 5, 1931 in Memphis Tennessee) is an American Singer, Songwriter, and a record Today, Ferguson is best known for his works with Johnny Cash, as sound engineer on the highly successful Grammy Award winning American Recordings albums produced by Rick Rubin, in the 1990's and 2000's. Johnny Cash (born J R Cash; February 26 1932 - September 12 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American country Singer-songwriter. Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of Sound through mechanical and electronic means The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences This article is about the record label For the Johnny Cash album released by that same label see American Recordings (album American Recordings Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10 1963 in Lido Beach New York) is an American Record producer and is currently Ferguson has also engineered or produced recordings for such artists as folk music legend John Prine, bluegrass music artist Mac Wiseman, The Del McCoury Band, country music legends Charlie Pride, Eddy Arnold, rock-n-roll band U2, and many others. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous John Prine (born October 10, 1946, in Maywood Illinois) is a Grammy Award-winning American country / folk Singer-songwriter Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. Malcolm B Wiseman (born May 23 1925 in Crimora Virginia) better known as Mac Wiseman is a bluegrass singer nicknamed "The Voice with The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy Award -winning bluegrass band Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Charley Frank Pride (born March 18, 1938) is a Country music artist Richard Edward Arnold (known as Eddy Arnold) ( May 15, 1918  &ndash May 8, 2008) was an American Country music Ferguson appeared as himself in the U2 film, Rattle and Hum, and portrayed his mentor and once real-life boss, Jack Clement in the Jerry Lee Lewis film, Great Balls of Fire!. Rattle and Hum is the name of both an album and its companion motion picture recorded by Irish rock band U2, released in 1988 Jack Henderson Clement (born April 5, 1931 in Memphis Tennessee) is an American Singer, Songwriter, and a record Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American Rock and roll and Country music Singer, Songwriter Great Balls of Fire! ( 1989) is an American Biographical film, directed by Jim McBride and features Dennis Quaid as Ferguson maintains a recording studio in Nashville, and resides in nearby Goodlettsville, Tennessee, near his boyhood home. Goodlettsville is a city in Davidson and Sumner counties in the U