Jim Lauderdale Lost In The Lonesome Pines CD

LOST IN THE LONESOME PINES won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.

This is the second collaboration between country cult hero Jim Lauderdale and bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley. Apparently, the first one worked so well that a follow-up seemed natural. While Lauderdale and Stanley (along with Stanley's band the Clinch Mountain Boys) stick closely to a traditional, bluegrass-oriented sound, all the songs except Bill Monroe's "Boat of Love" are new ones penned or co-penned by Lauderdale. This fact, plus the sheer energy and enthusiastic vibe generated by the performers, makes for a kind of freshness that's lacking on many contemporary bluegrass albums. LOST IN THE PINES shows that you don't have to resort to pop cover tunes to keep bluegrass current, just treat it like a living art instead of a museum piece. Additionally, Grateful Dead fans will be glad to note that, like it's predecessor, this album contains a couple of great tunes co-written by that band's famed lyricist Robert Hunter.

Additional personnel includes: Ralph Stanley II (guitar, background vocals); James Alan Shelton (guitar); Steve Sparkman (banjo); John Rigsby (mandolin, background vocals); James Price (fiddle); George Shuffler, Jack Cooke (bass, background vocals).

W/ The Clinch Mountain Boys

Recorded at Maggard Sound, Big Stone Gap, Virginia; Bay View Studios, Richmond, California.

Engineers: David Castle, Alan Maggard, Larry Cumings.

Producers: Jim Lauderdale, The Clinch Mountain Boys.