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Origin Troutman, North Carolina, USA
Genre BlueGrass
Style Folk
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Born 1957
Active
1957 to Present...
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Mighty Lonesome
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Patchwork River
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Headed For The Hills
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Jim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass, country music, and Americana. Born in Troutman, North Carolina on April 11, 1957. His father, the late W.C. Lauderdale, was a minister and his mother, the late Barbara Lauderdale a retired music teacher. Growing up in Due West, South Carolina, he played drums in high school, attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC. Upon graduation, he decided to become a solo performer in New York. He began singing backing vocals for various artists including Carlene Carter and Dwight Yoakam before scoring it big in Nashville after writing hits for George Strait, the Dixie Chicks, Patty Loveless, and more. His solo 1990s recordings have gained him much critical acclaim and a loyal cult following. In 2003, Lauderdale was joined by roots/jam band Donna the Buffalo on the album Wait 'Til Spring. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait, Vince Gill and Patty Loveless. His 2002 album, Lost in the Lonesome Pines, a collaboration with Ralph Stanley, won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album that year. His The Bluegrass Diaries won the same award in 2008.
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