Henno Althoff

Althoff, a long-time Chet Atkins admirer, specializes in the recording of guitar music. It was at a Chet Atkins Appreciation Society convention in Nashville in the 1990s where he met Emmanuel for the first time. After Emmanuel had moved to Europe, Althoff played a key role in getting him started there, he aided in organizing concerts.^[1]

Later, Althoff produced Emmanuel's collaboration with guitarist Jim Nichols titled Chet Lag (re-issued as Happy Hour) and recorded several more of the Australian's work. Emmanuel dedicated his composition Sanitarium Shuffle to him, referring to Althoff's Lippstadt home as his sanitarium.^[2]

Apart from Emmanuel, he has worked with artists such as Jerry Donahue, Doug Morter, Ray Jackson, Clive Bunker, Rick Kemp, Joscho Stephan, Richard Smith and Gareth Pearson^[3] among others.

• Tommy Emmanuel: Only (Original Works, 2000) (Assistant Engineer)
• Tommy Emmanuel, Jim Nichols: Chet Lag (Adalt Records), re-issued as Happy Hour (Original Works, 2006) (Producer, engineer)
• Tommy Emmanuel: Endless Road (Favored Nations, 2005) (Engineer)
• Fotheringay: 2 (Fledg'ling, 2008) (Engineer)
• Gathering: Legends of Folk Rock (Hypertension, 2009) (Studio)
• Gareth Pearson: Urban Echoes Vol. 1 (CandyRat Records, 2010) (Engineer)
• Joscho Stephan: Live in Concert DVD (Acoustic Music Records, 2007) (Audio mixing, mastering and encoding)

Discography is partially listed at Allmusic.^[4]