Jim Lauderdale
Jim Lauderdale is a multi-talented performer and songwriter,
with successes in both country and bluegrass music. His roots stem from the Carolinas,
yet his career has taken him all over the United States and abroad, making him
an international recording artist with an ever-growing fan base. He has hosted
the Americana Music Awards for the past three years and won their first Artist
of the Year and Song of the Year awards. He is among Nashville's "A"
list of songwriters, with songs recorded by artists such as Patty Loveless, Dixie
Chicks, Mark Chestnut, Vince Gill and George Strait. He also contributed several
songs to the successful soundtrack of the film, "Pure Country." His
songs continue to strike a chord with a new generation of artists including Gary
Allan and Blake Shelton. Jim's musical influences include the legendary
Dr. Ralph Stanley and George Jones. These influences and his unique sense of melody
and lyric help forge a sound that is truly his own. As a performer his credits
include production, writing and collaborating on albums such as, "Wait 'Til
Spring" with Donna the Buffalo, "Headed for the Hills" with Grateful
Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, "I Feel Like Singing Today" and the Grammy
winning "Lost in the Lonesome Pines" with Ralph Stanley and The Clinch
Mountain Boys. Jim's solo albums include "The Hummingbirds" (Dualtone
2002), "The Other Sessions" (Dualtone 2001), "Onward Through it
All" (RCA 1999), "Whisper" (BNA 1997), "Persimmons" (Upstart
1996), "Every Second Counts" (Atlantic 1995), "Pretty Close to
the Truth" (Atlantic 1994), and "Planet of Love" (Reprise 1991),
as well as his two brand new releases "Country Super Hits, Volume 1"
and "Bluegrass" (Yep Roc 2006). "It's been a particularly
great period for me," says Lauderdale. "Thanks to the records - I'm
performing more and more, which I love. And I love that I can play the Opry one
weekend, a jam-band festival the next and then a bluegrass festival the following
week. That's really inspiring to me and I think there's a real thread there. The
roots are the same for all of them and that's the music I'm interested in." www.jimlauderdale.com NB:
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