associated_acts years_active article_title background instrument birth_date genre origin name occupation
clay walker , darryl worley 1960s-present james stroud
 non_vocal_instrumentalist guitar , synthesizer , drums 04 july 1949 country shreveport , louisiana , usa james stroud session musician , record producer
james stroud

james stroud -lrb- born july 4 , 1949 in shreveport , louisiana -rrb- is an american musician and record producer who works in pop , rock , and country music .
in the 1990s he was the president of giant records -lrb- a subsidiary of warner bros. .
records -rrb- and held several credits as a session drummer .
he later worked for dreamworks records nashville and in 2008 founded his own label , stroudavarious records .
