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Jim Lauderdale
Jim Lauderdale in 2007. Photo by Forrest L. Smith, III.
Jim Lauderdale in 2007. Photo by Forrest L. Smith, III.
Background information
Born April 11, 1957(1957-04-11)
Statesville, North Carolina
Genre(s) Bluegrass, country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) guitar, singer
Associated acts Donna the Buffalo

Jim Lauderdale is a Grammy-winning Americana/country/bluegrass singer and songwriter. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Statesville is a city in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Donna the Buffalo is an American band from Trumansburg, New York. He is well-known among music insiders for his many compositions that have been million-sellers as recorded by other performers.

Jim Lauderdale was born in Statesville, North Carolina on April 11, 1957. Statesville is a city in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) His father was a minister and his mother was a music teacher. He played drums in high school, and after he graduated, 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. Carlene Carter (born Rebecca Carlene Smith; September 26, 1955) is an American country Singer and Songwriter Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American Country music Singer, Songwriter, and Actor George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American Country music singer The Dixie Chicks are a multiple Grammy Award -winning Country music group composed of three women Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, and Emily Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey, January 4, 1957 in Pikeville Kentucky, raised in Elkhorn City Kentucky and Louisville His solo 1990s recordings have gained him much critical acclaim and a loyal cult following. In 2003, Lauderdale worked with the Hacienda Brothers and the roots/jam band Donna the Buffalo on their album Wait 'Til Spring. The Hacienda Brothers is the name of an Alternative country band composed of Chris Gaffney, Dave Gonzalez, Dave Berzansky Dale Daniel and Hank Maninger Donna the Buffalo is an American band from Trumansburg, New York.

Jim Lauderdale has hosted the Americana Music Awards for three years in a row, and won their first Artist of the Year and Song of the Year awards in 2002, as well as a 2003 award for the album Headed for the Hills. His 2002 album, Lost in the Lonesome Pines, a collaboration with Ralph Stanley, won the Grammy for Bluegrass Album of the Year. His latest release, The Bluegrass Diaries won the Grammy for 2008 Bluegrass Album of the Year.

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