His inclusion on albums such as Bonnie Raitt's Green Light (1982)[1] and Nick of Time (1989)[2] has lent him his bearing in American pop music culture.
As a member of Bonnie Raitt's road band, Schell backed the Australian Geyer while recording So Lucky (renamed Renee Geyer for international market) at Shangri La studios in Malibu, California.
Some of Schell's 21st century interests have included working with Memphis-based Barbara Blue on her album, Memphis 3rd and Beale (2004),[5] and recording Eric Burdon's albums My Secret Life (2004), Soul of a Man (2006), and co-producing The Voice's Season One semi-finalist, Nakia's EP with Barry Goldberg, in his own Ultratone Studios in Studio City, California.
[6] Schell was integral to Freight Train Love, the 2014 album of American singer-songwriter Hilary Scott, playing guitar as well as engineering and mixing.
[8] In 2015, Schell played guitar on Karen Lovely's album Ten Miles of Bad Road.