The Bluegrass Diaries
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The Bluegrass Diaries is an album by Jim Lauderdale
, released through Yep Roc Records
on September 18, 2007. In 2008, the album won Lauderdale the Grammy Award
for Best Bluegrass Album
.
Jim Lauderdale
Jim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass and country music. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait and Patty Loveless.-Biography:...
, released through Yep Roc Records
Yep Roc Records
Yep Roc Records is an independent International record label based in Haw River, North Carolina and owned by Redeye Distribution . The label has put out albums by artists like The Go-Betweens, The Fleshtones, Gang of Four, The Reverend Horton Heat, and The Minus 5, as well as the work of important...
on September 18, 2007. In 2008, the album won Lauderdale the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Bluegrass Album
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the bluegrass music genre...
.
Track listing
- "This Is the Last Time (I'm Ever Gonna Hurt)" (Blackmon, Jim LauderdaleJim LauderdaleJim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass and country music. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait and Patty Loveless.-Biography:...
) – 3:01 - "All Roads Lead Back to You" (Lauderdale, MontgomeryMelba MontgomeryMelba Montgomery is an American country music singer. She is best known for duet hit recordings in the 1960s with country music singer George Jones....
) – 2:17 - "I Wanted to Believe" (Lauderdale) – 3:41
- "Looking for a Good Place to Land" (Camp, Lauderdale) – 3:32
- "Can We Find Forgiveness" (Lauderdale) – 3:00
- "Chances" (Blackmon, Lauderdale) – 3:16
- "One Blue Mule" (Lauderdale) – 2:31
- "Are You Having Second Thoughts" (Craft, Lauderdale) – 3:52
- "My Somewhere Just Got Here" (Lauderdale, J.D. Souther) – 2:34
- "It's Such a Long Journey Home" (Lauderdale, Randolph) – 2:56
- "Ain't No Way to Run" (Lauderdale, Montgomery) – 5:11
Personnel
- Richard Bailey – banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
- Gina R. Binkley – design
- Odie Blackmon – composer
- Shawn Camp – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, composer - Jesse Cobb – mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
- Paul Craft – composer
- Clay Hess – guitar
- Cody Kilby – guitar
- Randy Kohrs – DobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
, producer, engineer, mixing, vocal harmony
- Michael Latterell – engineer
- Jim LauderdaleJim LauderdaleJim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass and country music. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait and Patty Loveless.-Biography:...
– composer - Randy LeRoy – mastering
- David McClister – photography
- Melba MontgomeryMelba MontgomeryMelba Montgomery is an American country music singer. She is best known for duet hit recordings in the 1960s with country music singer George Jones....
– composer - Candace Randolph – composer
- J.D. Souther – composer
- Aaron Till – fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...