Mike Piersante

{{Short description|American music engineer}}

{{BLP sources|date=July 2011}}

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2009 Grammy Awards

Mike Piersante won two Grammy Awards in 2009 for his work as Engineer/Mixer. The first Grammy was for "Please Read the Letter" a duet track by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Krauss and Plant sang this track as a duet which was released on the album Raising Sand, available on Rounder which won another 2009 Grammy for Mike Piersante for Album of the Year.

Recording 2021 Ionic Originals Recordings

Piersante recorded and mixed the mid-2021 Bob Dylan recordings of "Blowin' in the Wind," "Masters of War," "The Times They Are A-Changin' (song)," "Simple Twist of Fate," "Gotta Serve Somebody," and "Not Dark Yet" produced by T-Bone Burnett for a one-time sale as Ionic Originals.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/bob-dylan-christies-rerecordings-private-sale-t-bone-burnett-1235714800/?_thumbnail_id=1235714810|title=Three Bob Dylan Re-Recordings to Go Up for Private Sale Via Christie’s: ‘Simple Twist of Fate,’ ‘Gotta Serve Somebody,’ ‘Masters of War’ (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety.com|access-date=September 7, 2023}}

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