The Bluegrass Diaries

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The Bluegrass Diaries
Jim Lauderdale The Bluegrass Diaries cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007
Genre Bluegrass music
Label Yep Roc
Producer Randy Kohrs
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The Bluegrass Diaries is an album by Jim Lauderdale, released through Yep Roc Records on September 18, 2007. [1] In 2008, the album won Lauderdale the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "This Is the Last Time (I'm Ever Gonna Hurt)" (Odie Blackmon, Jim Lauderdale) – 3:01
  2. "All Roads Lead Back to You" (Lauderdale, Melba Montgomery) – 2:17
  3. "I Wanted to Believe" (Lauderdale) – 3:41
  4. "Looking for a Good Place to Land" (Shawn Camp, Lauderdale) – 3:32
  5. "Can We Find Forgiveness" (Lauderdale) – 3:00
  6. "Chances" (Odie Blackmon, Lauderdale) – 3:16
  7. "One Blue Mule" (Lauderdale) – 2:31
  8. "Are You Having Second Thoughts" (Paul Craft, Lauderdale) – 3:52
  9. "My Somewhere Just Got Here" (Lauderdale, J.D. Souther) – 2:34
  10. "It's Such a Long Journey Home" (Lauderdale, Candace Randolph) – 2:56
  11. "Ain't No Way to Run" (Lauderdale, Melba Montgomery) – 5:11

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Bluegrass Diaries". Allmusic . Retrieved August 2, 2010.