
Ed Ackerson
Biography
Edwin C. Ackerson (July 18, 1965 – October 4, 2019) was an American musician and producer from Minneapolis. He produced or engineered dozens of records including works by prominent artists such as The Jayhawks, The Replacements, Motion City Soundtrack, Soul Asylum, Golden Smog, Dave Davies of The Kinks, Wesley Stace, Mason Jennings, Mark Mallman, John Strohm, Brian Setzer, Lizzo, Pete Yorn, The Wallflowers, Rhett Miller of The Old 97s, Jeremy Messersmith, and Juliana Hatfield. He owned a recording studio in Minneapolis, Flowers, and co-founded the Susstones record label. Ackerson led several notable Twin Cities pop/rock bands including Polara and The 27 Various, and released several solo records under his own name. He was also a prolific producer of albums by Twin Cities bands, and was regarded as one of the linchpins of the Minnesota music scene.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

My Dinosaur Life
2009

Go
2012

Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? (The Best Of)
2006

Rainy Day Music
2003

The Burdens Of Being Upright
1996

From The Hills Below The City
2013

Metro Station
2007

Birds Flying Away
2000

Wesley Stace's John Wesley Harding
2017

Songs For Slim
2013

You're Always On My Mind
2013

Smile
2000

Supercop (Music From And Inspired By The Dimension Motion Picture)
1996
Credited work
382 releases · 96 albums · active 1985–2025
- Performance · 412
- Engineering · 357
- Production · 213
- Other credits · 65
- Mastering · 14
Studios: Flowers Studio · The Terrarium · The Village Recorder · Sunset Sound
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Jayhawks
- Polara
- Golden Smog
- The Rope (2)
- Motion City Soundtrack
- John P. Strohm
- Joseph Arthur
