# Favored Nations

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American record label

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Record label

Favored Nations Founded 1999 (1999) Founder Steve Vai, Ray Scherr Genre Rock Country of origin United States Location Encino, California Official website favorednations.com

**Favored Nations Entertainment** is a [record label](/source/Record_label) founded in 1999 by guitarist [Steve Vai](/source/Steve_Vai)[1] and Ray Scherr, former owner of [Guitar Center](/source/Guitar_Center).

The first album released by the label was *[Coming to Your Senses](/source/Coming_to_Your_Senses)* by guitarist [Frank Gambale](/source/Frank_Gambale) in 2000. Soon after, a diverse range of artists were signed, such as [Johnny A.](/source/Johnny_A.), [Larry Carlton](/source/Larry_Carlton), [Peppino D'Agostino](/source/Peppino_D'Agostino), [Marty Friedman](/source/Marty_Friedman_(guitarist)), [Johnny Hiland](/source/Johnny_Hiland), [Allan Holdsworth](/source/Allan_Holdsworth), [Eric Johnson](/source/Eric_Johnson_(guitarist%2C_born_1954)), [Stanley Jordan](/source/Stanley_Jordan), [Steve Lukather](/source/Steve_Lukather), [Novecento](/source/Novecento_(group)), [John Petrucci](/source/John_Petrucci), [Eric Sardinas](/source/Eric_Sardinas), [Neal Schon](/source/Neal_Schon), [Andy Timmons](/source/Andy_Timmons), [Dave Weiner](/source/Dave_Weiner), [The Yardbirds](/source/The_Yardbirds), and [Dweezil Zappa](/source/Dweezil_Zappa).

The label expanded with the creation of separate branches, Favored Nations Acoustic in 2002 and Favored Nations Cool in 2004. Pro-Found, a sister label, promotes Favored Nations artists through the Favored Nations and ProFound websites.

## Notable artists

### Favored Nations

- [Eric Johnson](/source/Eric_Johnson_(guitarist%2C_born_1954))

- [Eric Sardinas](/source/Eric_Sardinas)

- [Andy Timmons](/source/Andy_Timmons)

- [Steve Vai](/source/Steve_Vai)

- [Johnny A.](/source/Johnny_A.)

- [The Yardbirds](/source/The_Yardbirds)

- [Tony Macalpine](/source/Tony_Macalpine)

- [Mattias Eklundh](/source/Mattias_Eklundh)

### Favored Nations Acoustic

- [Philip Aaberg](/source/Philip_Aaberg)

- [Peppino D'Agostino](/source/Peppino_D'Agostino)

- [Pierre Bensusan](/source/Pierre_Bensusan)

- [Tommy Emmanuel](/source/Tommy_Emmanuel)

- [Peter Huttlinger](/source/Peter_Huttlinger)

- [Adrian Legg](/source/Adrian_Legg)

### Favored Nations Cool

- [Larry Coryell](/source/Larry_Coryell)

- [Mimi Fox](/source/Mimi_Fox)

- [Novecento](/source/Novecento_(group)) featuring [Stanley Jordan](/source/Stanley_Jordan)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Marshall_1-0)** Marshall, Clay (29 June 2002). ["Artists Take Control of the Music"](https://books.google.com/books?id=Yg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22). Billboard. pp. 22–. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.favorednations.com/)

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