[1][2] Bouton is also a member of The G-Men, the group of session musicians who has played on the vast majority of Garth Brooks albums.
[4] As part of Brooks' studio band the G Men, Bouton was inducted into the Musician's Hall of Fame and Museum.
[5] Bouton has played steel guitar on records by Kenny Rogers,[6] Brooks & Dunn, Keith Urban,[7] Lonestar,[8] Pam Tillis, Lady Antebellum, and Shania Twain.
Bouton has toured with Ricky Skaggs,[11] Mel Tillis, Foster and Lloyd,[12] and Reba McEntire.
[3] In 1994, Bouton was executive producer of Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard on the Arista label.