About Wendy Waldman

Vocalist. Songwriter. Composer. Producer.

Wendy Waldman is an acclaimed singer-songwriter, recording artist, and record producer whose career spans five decades. She first emerged with a series of celebrated solo albums on Warner Bros. and as a member of the group Bryndle, alongside Karla Bonoff, Andrew Gold, and Kenny Edwards.

As a songwriter, Wendy Waldman has co-written dozens of songs recorded by major artists, including Vanessa Williams' "Save the Best for Last," The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's (and later Garth Brooks') "Fishin' in the Dark," and Aaron Neville's "I Owe You One." Her songs have also been recorded by Kenny Rogers, Alison Krauss, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Smith of The Cure, Kathy Mattea, Maria Muldaur, Kim Carnes, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Melissa Manchester, Johnny Mathis, Percy Sledge, CeCe Winans, Michael Martin Murphey, Bill Miller, and many more.

One of her earliest and most enduring compositions, "Mad Mad Me," was named in 2026 to CBS Sunday Morning's Essential American Songbook — a list of 250 songs chosen by notable Americans to mark the country's 250th birthday, with Wendy's song selected by actor David Alan Grier. Written when she was 21, "Mad Mad Me" was first recorded by Maria Muldaur on her 1973 Reprise debut with a string quartet arrangement, later appeared on Wendy's own album Gypsy Symphony, and has since been covered by the jazz duo Tuck and Patti.

Wendy is also highly regarded as a record producer, overseeing projects across multiple genres. She began producing during her years in Nashville, working with Suzy Bogguss, New Grass Revival, Bryndle, Karla Bonoff, John Cowan, Jonathan Edwards, The Forester Sisters, Ronny Cox, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, H.B. Barnum and Life Choir, ShyBoy, Hypnogaja, and international pop star Mietek Szczesniak.

More recently, she has produced The HercuLeons (featuring John Cowan and Andrea Zonn), The Refugees, Jared Stein, and The Ash Grove Alumni, the latter featuring the late Joe Chambers of The Chambers Brothers and other notable musicians.

A lot of music gets made at The Longhouse, Wendy Waldman's hilltop recording studio in Los Angeles, where she continues to write, record, and collaborate. She is a member of The Ash Grove Alumni and The Refugees, with Deborah Holland and Cidny Bullens, performing regularly with both groups, producing their albums, and continuing to write and perform as a solo artist. Her forthcoming solo album, Caretakers, will be released in 2026.