Jim Lauderdale

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Jim Lauderdale

Jim Lauderdale (born April 11, 1957 in Statesville , North Carolina ) is an American country singer and songwriter.

First steps

The son of a clergyman and a music teacher gained his first musical experience as a drummer in a school band. After graduating from college, he moved to New York where he joined the local country and folk scene. At times he acted as an actor in theater performances. He was discovered on tour in Los Angeles by Pete Anderson, producer of Dwight Yoakam . In 1989 he played his first album, which was not released by the record company. But it got him into Nashville , the center of country music .

Career

First he was hired as a songwriter by Bluewater Musik Verlag. At the same time, he worked as a background vocalist on recordings by Dwight Yoakam, Carlene Carter and others. His first album was released on the Reprise label in 1991: Planet of Love . Rodney Crowell and John Leventhal contributed to its production . He then moved to the Atlantic label , where his second album, Pretty Close to the Truth , was released in 1994 .

In the following years he changed the record company several times. In 1999 he recorded the album I Feel Like Singing Today for the Rebel label together with old star Ralph Stanley . In the following years two more albums were produced with Stanley, including Lost in the Lonesome Pines in 2002 , which was awarded a Grammy for best bluegrass album. Despite his success as a musician, Jim Lauderdale has made a name for himself in the country scene, above all as a songwriter. Numerous stars like George Strait or the Dixie Chicks have used his material.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
Country Country
2010 Patchwork River Country47 (1 week)
Country
Thirty Tigers
2012 Buddy & Jim Country67 (2 weeks)
Country
New West, with Buddy Miller

More albums

  • 1989: Point of No Return (only released in 2001)
  • 1991: Planet of Love (reprise)
  • 1994: Pretty Close to the Truth (Atlantic)
  • 1995: Every Second Counts (Atlantic)
  • 1996: Persimmons (Upstart)
  • 1998: Whisper (BNA)
  • 1999: I Feel Like Singing Today (Rebel)
  • 1999: Onward Through It All
  • 2001: The Other Sessions (Dual Tone)
  • 2002: Lost in the Lonesome Pines (Dual Tones)
  • 2002: The Hummingbirds (Dual Tone)
  • 2003: Wait 'Til Spring
  • 2004: Headed for the Hilles (Dual Tone)
  • 2006: bluegrass
  • 2006: Country Super Hits Vol. 1
  • 2007: The Bluegrass Diaries
  • 2008: Honey Songs (Yep Roc)
  • 2009: Could We Get Any Closer?
  • 2011: Reason and Rhyme
  • 2012: Carolina Moonrise
  • 2013: Old Time Angels
  • 2013: Black Roses
  • 2013: Blue Moon Junction
  • 2014: I'm a Song
  • 2015: Soul Searching
  • 2016: This Changes Everything
  • 2017: London Southern
  • 2018: Time Flies
  • 2018: Jim Lauderdale and Roland White
  • 2019: From Another World

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
Country Country
1988 Stay Out of My Arms
Point of No Return 		Country86 (3 weeks)
Country

More singles

  • 1989: Lucky 13
  • 1991: Maybe
  • 1992: I Wasn't Fooling Around
  • 1992: Wake Up Screaming
  • 1999: Still Not Out of the Woods
  • 2000: If I Were You
  • 2002: She's Looking at Me (with Ralph Stanley)
  • 2006: I Met Jesus in a Bar
  • 2007: Who's Leaving Who?
  • 2007: There Goes Bessy Brown
  • 2008: This Is the Last Time (I'm Ever Gonna Hurt)

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personal data
SURNAME Lauderdale, Jim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Statesville , North Carolina