I Know Who Holds Tomorrow

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I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
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Studio album by Alison Krauss & The Cox Family
Released 1994
Recorded Nightingale Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre Bluegrass, Country, Gospel
Length40:08
Label Rounder
Producer Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss chronology
Every Time You Say Goodbye
(1992) Every Time You Say Goodbye1992
I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
(1994)
Now That I've Found You: A Collection
(1995) Now That I've Found You: A Collection1995
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I Know Who Holds Tomorrow is an album by American violinist/singer Alison Krauss and the Cox Family, released in 1994.

Alison Krauss American bluegrass-country singer-songwriter and musician

Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of 10 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station, and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989.

The Cox Family

The Cox Family is an American country/ bluegrass music group from Cotton Valley in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, United States. The Cox Family can be heard on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Their 1994 collaboration with Alison Krauss, I Know Who Holds Tomorrow, won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album. They were nominated for a Grammy for their album Beyond the City. They may also be heard on the Traveller (1997) motion picture soundtrack with their renditions of the Carter Family's "I'm Thinking Tonight, of My Blue Eyes" and "Sweeter Than the Flowers". In 2015 they released Gone Like the Cotton, their first album for nearly 20 years.

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At the Grammy Awards of 1995, I Know Who Holds Tomorrow won the Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album.

The Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to artists, producers, and engineers for quality gospel music albums. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".

Track listing

  1. "Walk over God's Heaven" (Thomas A. Dorsey) – 2:57
  2. "Will There Be Any Stars" (Traditional) – 3:12
  3. "Where No One Stands Alone" (Merle Haggard, Mosie Lister) – 3:00
  4. "Never Will Give Up" (David Marshall) – 3:42
  5. "Remind Me Dear Lord" (Traditional, Dottie Rambo) – 3:25
  6. "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow" (Ira Stanphill) – 5:03
  7. "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" (Loretta Lynn) – 2:47
  8. "I'd Rather Have Jesus" (George Beverly Shea, Rhea F. Miller) – 3:17
  9. "Far Side Bank of Jordan" (Terry Smith) – 3:22
  10. "In the Palm of Your Hand" (Ron Block) – 3:24
  11. "Loves Me Like a Rock" (Paul Simon) – 3:03
  12. "Jewels" (George F. Root, William Cushing) – 2:56

Personnel

Ron Block American musician

Ronald Franklin Block is an American banjo player, guitarist, and singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the bluegrass band Alison Krauss & Union Station. He has won 14 Grammy Awards, 6 International Bluegrass Music Awards, a Country Music Association Award, and a Gospel Music Association Dove Award.

Barry Bales American guitarist

Barry Turner Bales is the American long time bass player and harmony vocalist for Alison Krauss and Union Station. He has been in the band for around 25 years. The 2012 Grammy was awarded as a member of the Union Station band on Paper Airplane.

Rob Ickes American resonator guitarist.

Rob Ickes is a Grammy winning dobro player. A Northern California native, Rob Ickes [rhymes with "bikes"] moved to Nashville in 1992 and joined the contemporary bluegrass band Blue Highway as a founding member in 1994. In addition to his work with Blue Highway, he also regularly performs with Three Ring Circle and his own jazz trio.

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1995Billboard Contemporary Christian Albums32

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