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Jim Lauderdale
Person · male · United States · Troutman · born 1957 · recording since 1991
American musician
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Also known as 吉姆·劳德代尔
Timeline
39 events▣ Album 36◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1
1950s
1990s
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Debut release: Maybe
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
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2020s
Biography
English biography1,736 words · 15 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370483626
Biography
James Russell Lauderdale (born April 11, 1957) is an American country, bluegrass, and Americana singer-songwriter. Since 1986, he has released 31 studio albums, including collaborations with artists such as Dr. Ralph Stanley, Buddy Miller, and Donna the Buffalo. A "songwriter's songwriter," his songs have been recorded by dozens of artists, notably George Strait, Gary Allan, Elvis Costello, Blake Shelton, the Dixie Chicks, Vince Gill, and Patty Loveless.
Early life
Lauderdale was born in Troutman, North Carolina, the son of Barbara Ann Lauderdale (née Hobson) and Dr. Wilbur "Chap" Chapman Lauderdale. Lauderdale's mother was originally from Kansas. In addition to her work as a public school and piano teacher, she was active in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches in Troutman and Charlotte, North Carolina, and Due West, South Carolina, where she served as music director, church organist, and choir director. His father was born in Lexington, Virginia, the son of Reverend David Thomas and Sallie Ann Lauderdale (née Chapman). Lauderdale's father was a noted minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Lauderdale has one sister.
He grew up in Due West, South Carolina. Both of his parents were singers. He, too, sang in his early years, and learned the drums at 11, the harmonica at 13, and the banjo at 15. He has cited the influence of Ralph Stanley and bluegrass music from an early age. He played a variety of music, including bluegrass, Grateful Dead, and folk in a duo with best friend Nathan Lajoie as a teenager.
During his childhood in Due West, many music acts came to Erskine College. Lauderdale remembers enjoying the album Will the Circle be Unbroken by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Neil Young's Harvest. He attended the Carolina Friends School in Durham, North Carolina, and then went on to the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, studying theater. He played in country and bluegrass bands during college.
Lauderdale is a long-time resident of Nashville, Tennessee.
Career
After graduating from college, Lauderdale lived in Nashville for five months in the summer of 1979 while he tried to get a recording or publishing deal. He hung out a lot with Roland White, an accomplished mandolin player, with whom he cut a record, but things never took off, so he decided to move to New York City, where he played in Floyd Domino's band and performed as a solo artist. In 1980, he met singer-songwriter Buddy Miller, and played in his band in the active twang music scene that was evolving at the time.
During his time in New York City, he also worked in the mailroom and as a messenger at Rolling Stone. He often was assigned to pick up and drop off photographer Annie Leibovitz's equipment.
Lauderdale joined the national touring production of Pump Boys and Dinettes, which eventually reached Los Angeles, where he met musicians Rosie Flores, Billy Bremmer, Pete Anderson, Lucinda Williams, Dale Watson, and others. John Ciambotti became Lauderdale's manager and Lauderdale relocated to Los Angeles in the late 1980s, recording an album for CBS (which was later released as The Point of No Return). The record was influenced by the Bakersfield sound of Buck Owens.
Armed with a catalog of a few hundred songs he had written, Lauderdale was able to get a publishing deal with a small company called Blue Water Music (based in Houston, with a small office in Nashville). Living in Los Angeles, he made a record with Anderson producing, but it was never released.
Lauderdale then got a publishing deal with Reprise and moved into the second floor of Buddy and Julie Miller's house until he got his own place in Nashville.
In 2013, Lauderdale started his own record label, Sky Crunch, so he could release his many albums on a schedule that suited him. In April 2018, Lauderdale signed to Yep Roc Records.
Solo career
Lauderdale's solo debut, Planet of Love, produced by Rodney Crowell and John Leventhal, was released in 1991. Lost in the Lonesome Pines, a 2002 collaboration with Ralph Stanley, won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The Bluegrass Diaries won the same award in 2008. In 2003, Lauderdale was joined by roots/jam band Donna the Buffalo on the album Wait 'til Spring. His Could We Get Any Closer? was nominated for a Grammy in 2009.
In 2013, Lauderdale released Old Time Angels (a bluegrass album) and his first solo acoustic album, Blue Moon Junction
Blue Moon JunctionSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Land of My Dreams3:45213 Horsemen2:463Blue Moon Junction4:254Just in Case3:115Morgan Montague4:116Foxtail Waltz4:547Shadowfall2:518Liza Lou3:279Wet Behind the Ears3:1810Let Me Be3:3611What a Way to End2:4012Lovelorn Rover3:1013Solitary World2:55, followed by Black Roses
Black RosesSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Throw My Bucket Down2:402No Later Than Soon2:573Ride On3:18413 Clocks3:375Grab the Bull by the Horns3:246When Jones Came Home4:057Taking the Rap4:328Madame Mary4:229They Have a Saying2:4610By the Yard2:3811Tossing Pebbles at the Sky5:0812Chase Me2:1813Ebenezer3:4914Black Roses3:04, with the North Mississippi All-Stars. Lauderdale appears on Laura Cantrell's 2013 release No Way There From Here. In 2014, the release of his album I'm A Song occurred. Lauderdale will release his new album Time Flies
Time FliesSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Time Flies3:192The Road Is a River3:453Violet3:264Slow as Molasses2:365Where the Cars Go by Fast3:056When I Held the Cards4:377Wearing Out Your Cool3:268Wild on Me Fast3:269While You’re Hoping2:5710It Blows My Mind3:3011If the World’s Still Here Tomorrow3:01 on August 3, 2018, along with Jim Lauderdale and Roland White.
Collaborations
In 2007, he began a collaboration with Larry Campbell, the band Olabelle, and others in the American Beauty Project, a loose collection of musicians dedicated to reimagining in performance the Grateful Dead's two classic 1970 albums, Workingman's Dead and American Beauty.
In 2011, Lauderdale toured with Hot Tuna, an ensemble act that included Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Barry Mitterhof, G.E. Smith, and for a time, Charlie Musselwhite. He has also toured with Elvis Costello, Rhonda Vincent, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and others.
Dr. Ralph Stanley
Lauderdale wrote and produced two bluegrass records with Ralph Stanley. Their first collaboration, I Feel Like Singing Today, was nominated for a Grammy.
Buddy Miller
Lauderdale released a record called Buddy and Jim with long-time friend and collaborator Buddy Miller in 2013. Lauderdale said they recorded it in three days in Miller's home studio. Miller did the mixing and producing.
Robert Hunter
Lauderdale has often collaborated with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. Lauderdale's first collaboration with Hunter was Headed for the Hills and the second was Patchwork River in May 2010. The June 2011 release Reason and Rhyme was their third collaboration. Additionally, they wrote songs for a North Mississippi Allstars record that was released in the fall of 2013.
Two 2013 releases, Black Roses and Blue Moon Junction, were co-written with Hunter. Black Roses features North Mississippi Allstars' Cody and Luther Dickinson, whom Lauderdale met in Nashville at the Americana Music Festival, as well as Muscle Shoals musicians Spooner Oldham and David Hood. The album was recorded at their father Jim Dickinson's studio, Zebra Ranch, in Mississippi.
In 2013, Blue Moon Junction featured Lauderdale's work as a singer and songwriter, some of them co-written with Hunter in a solo, acoustic format. Lauderdale produced the record. Lauderdale says that they have more material that might make a good follow-up album, and hopes they will have time to collaborate again soon.
Nick Lowe
Lauderdale performed solo as the opening act for Nick Lowe on the latter's 1995 tour of the U.S. and Europe with the Impossible Birds. He later recorded with longtime members of Lowe's band and other British musicians at London's Goldtop Studio, sessions resulting in the 2017 album London Southern
London SouthernSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Sweet Time2:452I Love You More3:403We've Only Got So Much Time Here3:314You Came to Get Me2:515What Have You Got to Lose2:586If I Can't Resist3:277Don't Let Yourself Get in the Way3:338No Right Way to Be Wrong3:239Different Kind of Groove Some Time4:4610I Can't Do Without You3:3311Don't Shut Me Down3:0212This Is a Door2:14.
Roland White
On August 3, 2018, Lauderdale released Jim Lauderdale and Roland White, a previously lost record made with mandolin master Roland White. The disc was recorded in Earl Scruggs' basement in 1979, and the songs were only found recently by White's wife.
The Jim Lauderdale phenomenon
The term "the Jim Lauderdale phenomenon", coined by singer-songwriter Kim Richey and cited in an April 2000 article in The Tennessean by writer Peter Cooper, is an ironic reference to the fact that Lauderdale was nominated for a Grammy for his work with Stanley, but was released from a record deal with RCA not long after. He was also released from contracts with Warner Bros., Columbia, and Atlantic Records. The article notes that many country artists who were signed to major labels in the 1990s failed to get radio airtime and had their contracts dropped after making one or two albums. The problem became widespread in Nashville during this period, when good music was being created and recorded, but the megastars dominated the airwaves.
Songwriting
Gary Allan: "Forever And A Day", "Wake Up Screaming", "What's On My Mind", "We Touched the Sun"
Mark Chesnutt: "Gonna Get a Life" (co-written with Frank Dycus) – hit number one in 1995
Elvis Costello: "I Lost You", "Poor Borrowed Dress"
The Dixie Chicks: "Hole in My Head" (co-written with Buddy Miller)
Sara Douga: "I'll Forgive You if You Don't" from Joe & Gin (2020) (co-written with Sara Douga)
Dave Edmunds: "Halfway Down"
Vince Gill: "Sparkle"
Patty Loveless: "Halfway Down", "To Feel That Way at All", "You Don't Seem To Miss Me"
George Strait:
"The King of Broken Hearts", "Where the Sidewalk Ends" from Pure Country Soundtrack (1992)
"I Wasn't Fooling Around", "Stay Out of My Arms" from Easy Come, Easy Go (1993)
"Nobody Has to Get Hurt", "What Am I Waiting For" from Lead On (1994)
"Do the Right Thing" from Blue Clear Sky (1996)
"We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" from One Step at a Time (1998)
"One of You", "What Do You Say to That" from Always Never the Same (1999)
"Don't Make Me Come Over There (and Love You)" from George Strait (2000)
"Twang", "I Gotta Get to You" from Twang (2009)
"Two More Wishes" from Honky Tonk Time Machine (2019)
Lee Ann Womack: "The King of Broken Hearts"
Blake Shelton: "What's on My Mind"
Contributions
A Town South of Bakersfield Vol. II (1988) – "What Am I Waiting For"
Happy Birthday, Buck! A Texas Salute to Buck Owens (2002) – "Sweet Rosie Jones"
Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck (2005) – "I Want You To Know"
Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins (2008) – "Easy Times"
Other activities
Lauderdale has hosted the Americana Music Awards since winning their first Artist of the Year and Song of the Year awards in 2002. He was a judge for the second, 10th and 11th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. He is Honorary Chairperson for the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest each April at MerleFest in Wilkesboro, NC.
He hosted "The Jim Lauderdale Show" on WSM Radio. He hosts, along with Buddy Miller, "The Buddy & Jim Show" on SiriusXM Outlaw Country. Lauderdale is also a frequent host and performer on "Music City Roots", a weekly Americana music show web-streamed live from The Factory at Franklin just outside Nashville.
Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts
A documentary film called Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts, directed by Jeremy Dylan, was released in 2013. Using interviews with Elvis Costello, Buddy Miller, John Oates, Gary Allan, Tony Brown, and Jerry Douglas, the film describes Lauderdale's successes and failures as a recording artist.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 39 | 92.5th |
| Studio albums | 36 | 98.7th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 39 | 98th |
| Recording span (years) | 35 | 74.2th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (39 release groups · 36 studio albums)
Albums · 36
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:04
1Heaven’s Flame2:592Maybe3:023Wake Up Screaming4:424I Wasn’t Fooling Around2:565Bless Her Heart3:136Where the Sidewalk Ends3:227Planet of Love4:088The King of Broken Hearts3:019What You Don’t Know4:1910My Last Request3:221994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:02
1This Is the Big Time2:442I’m on Your Side2:453Why Do I Love You?3:594Divide and Conquer2:325Grace’s Song3:206Run Like You4:027Can’t Find Mary3:418Don’t Trust Me3:019Three Way Conversation2:5010Pretty Close to the Truth5:0211When the Devil Starts Crying4:061995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:17
1It’s Time When It’s Time3:262That’s Not the Way It Works3:223Don’t Build Your World Around It3:484Always on the Outside3:185Charmed3:356Fireball3:167Every Second Counts2:258Echo3:349Ready to Ramble3:4310I’m Still Learning How to Crawl4:1011If You Look Real Close3:0812Bluebell5:321996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 45:35
1Life by Numbers3:192Do You Like It2:513And That’s a Lot3:154Am I Only Dreaming This2:565Don’t Leave Your Light Low3:086Seems Like You’re Gonna Take Me Back3:047I Thought We Had a Deal2:518Tears So Strong3:169Please Pardon Me3:3010Some Things Are Too Good to Last3:3811Nobody’s Perfect2:5712Had a Little Time2:1913That’s Not Right Babe2:2714Optimistic Messenger3:1215Jupiter’s Rising2:521998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 37:45
1Goodbye Song2:532Whisper3:193Sometimes3:194Take Me Down a Path (My Heart Won’t Know)3:265She Used to Say That to Me2:566In Harm’s Way2:537Without You Here It’s Not the Same2:138It’s Hard to Keep a Secret Anymore2:209We’re Gone2:0610What Do You Say to That2:5511You’re Tempting Me3:1812Hole in My Head2:2413I’ll Lead You Home3:431999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 49:08
1You Just Know2:532I Already Loved You2:543Calico4:014Lost Sunset3:205Trust (Guiding Star)2:366Onward Through It All3:587It’s Just Like You2:488Almost Next to Nothing2:259Please Be San Antone2:0810Lonely Chill3:3711We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This2:2612What I Want You to Say3:3713The One That Didn’t Get Away2:2814Understanding Everything4:0015As If We Would Never Love Again3:1616Still Not Out of the Woods2:41Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Recordings
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 24:58
1Stay Out of My Arms2:252Point of No Return2:163Hold on My Love2:204Big Town, Small World Blues2:155Try Not to Be So Lonely2:446Lucky 132:557Might Seem Like a Loser2:408It’s Better This Way3:029Highway Through My Home2:0010No One to Talk To (but the Blues)2:212001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:57
1If I Were You2:512Just to Get to You2:373I'd Follow You Anywhere2:464What's on My Mind3:055Merle World3:276You'll Know When It's Right3:427Honky Tonk Haze3:418First Things First2:439Oh My Goodness2:0510Diesel, Diesel, Diesel2:3711Born Believers2:3612It's Not Too Late2:472002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 37:01
1Midnight Will Become Day2:392There and Back Again3:183I’m Happiest When I’m Moving3:364It’s a Trap2:525Eternal2:176Morning2:257Hummingbird2:318Let’s Not Say It’s Over2:369I Know Better Now4:1110It’s Worth Looking Up2:1511Jacob’s Ladder2:5412Rollin’ the Dice2:2013New Cascade3:072003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:12
1Wait ’Til Spring4:072Different Kind of Lightning3:293Some Other Bayou3:514Slow Motion Trouble3:435Ginger Peach3:496That’s Not the Way It Works3:257Sapphire4:268This World Is Getting Mean3:349Awake Now2:4610Holding Back3:3311Wowowo4:292004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 48:33
1High Timberline3:372Looking Elsewhere4:153Sandy Ford4:504Headed for the Hills4:425Trashcan Tomcat3:266Paint and Glass2:557Tales From the Sad Hotel4:048Crazy Peg and Darby Doyle3:169Leaving Mobile3:1410Joanne3:3811I’ll Sing Again3:0012Head for the Sun4:0813Upside Down3:282006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 40:33
1Mighty Lonesome2:382Time’s a Looking Glass2:253I’m Still Living for You3:154I Shouldn’t Want You So Bad2:565Who’s Leaving Who3:126Forever Ends Today3:387Love in the Ruins2:508There Goes Bessie Brown4:019It Wasn’t That I Had To2:3010It’s So Different4:3611My Treasure2:4612Don’t Blame the Wrong Guy2:5513Where They Turn Around2:512006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 37:31
1Honky Tonk Mood Again2:382Playing on My Heart Strings2:123Two More Wishes2:464Cautious3:065If You’ve Never Seen Her Smile2:566Right Where You Want Me2:587Are You Okay3:258Single Standard Time2:189I Met Jesus in a Bar3:1510That’s Why We’re Here3:1111Change2:5312You Can’t Stop Her3:1513She’s Got Some Magic Going On2:382007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 35:51
1This Is the Last Time (I'm Ever Gonna Hurt)3:012All Roads Lead Back to You2:173I Wanted to Believe3:414Looking for a Good Place to Land3:325Can We Find Forgiveness3:006Chances3:167One Blue Mule2:318Are You Having Second Thoughts3:529My Somewhere Just Got Here2:3410It's Such a Long Journey Home2:5611Ain't No Way to Run5:112008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:50
1Honeysuckle Honeypie2:432I Hope You’re Happy3:303Hittin’ It Hard3:374It’s Finally Sinking In3:475Borrow Some Summertime3:086The Daughter of Majestic Sage3:507Molly’s Got a Chain3:438Those Kind of Things Don’t Happen Every Day3:539Stingray2:5810I’m Almost Back4:412009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 36:57
1I Took a Liking to You2:342All She Wrote2:043Calico4:294Tennessee Dawn3:325The Ghosts of the Ridge3:326Today3:007Could We Get Any Closer?2:258Almost Satisfied3:119I’m Kind of Learning as I Go2:5910That’s Why I’m Here With You2:3811Lead Me3:2412Honey Hurry Home3:092010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:36
1Patchwork River4:432Jawbone4:123Good Together3:124Alligator Alley3:085Louisville Roll3:346Tall Eyes3:147Turn to Stone3:198Eldorado5:019Up My Sleeve5:1710Far in the Far Away4:3111Between Your Heart and Mine3:2612Winnona2:2913My Lips Are Sealed3:302011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 34:47
1Cruel Wind and Rain3:232Love’s Voice2:543Don’t Tempt the Devil (With Your Love)3:034Tiger & The Monkey2:345Not Let You Go4:146Fields of the Lord2:347Jack Dempsey’s Crown3:338Don’t Give a Hang2:599Reason and Rhyme2:5710Doin’ It on My Own3:0411Janis Jones3:322012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 41:56
1Iodine2:422Triple Crossroad Blues3:393I Won’t Let It Show2:244Anybody’s Guess3:115Troublemaker3:156Cole Bernier3:157Happiness3:518Can I Have This Dance?2:519On the Level3:5910The Night the Moon Fell Down2:3911Don’t Back Down2:3412Fiddler’s Heaven4:0413Wild and Free3:322013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 33:09
1Old Time Angels2:342Tell Me What I Mean2:533I Might Seem Like a Loser (But I’m Really Not)2:324Wild Blue Yonder3:425I Loved Her After All3:166Just Say You Want Me There2:067Losing Ground3:218I’ve Been a Fool One Time Before3:149I Don’t Want to Be a Sinner Anymore4:4510Let Me Make Your Day2:0811Hold on Honey Hold On2:382013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 48:38
1Throw My Bucket Down2:402No Later Than Soon2:573Ride On3:18413 Clocks3:375Grab the Bull by the Horns3:246When Jones Came Home4:057Taking the Rap4:328Madame Mary4:229They Have a Saying2:4610By the Yard2:3811Tossing Pebbles at the Sky5:0812Chase Me2:1813Ebenezer3:4914Black Roses3:042013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 45:09
1Land of My Dreams3:45213 Horsemen2:463Blue Moon Junction4:254Just in Case3:115Morgan Montague4:116Foxtail Waltz4:547Shadowfall2:518Liza Lou3:279Wet Behind the Ears3:1810Let Me Be3:3611What a Way to End2:4012Lovelorn Rover3:1013Solitary World2:552014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:01:43
1Let’s Have a Good Thing Together2:102Past It2:403You’ve Got a Way All Yours2:484I’m a Song2:275The Feeling’s Hanging On4:456I Lost You2:517Doin’ Time in Bakersfield3:298A Day With No Tomorrow2:299End of the World Rag3:1810Neon Hearts2:4911I Wish You Loved Me3:0612Makin’ Honey2:1113Let Him Come to You3:2114Today I’ve Got the Yesterdays2:2715There’s No Shadows in the Shade3:2316Hope and Find3:2217The Day the Devil Changed4:3018The King of Broken Hearts2:5119The World Is Waiting3:0520We Will Rock Again3:412015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:34:03
Disc 11There’s No End to the Sky3:472Way Out Is Fine3:383There’s a Storm Out There (But It’s Calm in Here)6:424Thank You for Saying Hi3:295Worth the Wait3:456And It Hurts3:407Soul Searching5:058You’re the One Who Started It3:119Sad Bell3:2810Super Power2:1111When a Game3:5112Don’t Be So Gone2:4313Mysterious1:54Disc 21You Were Here3:172There Was a Mermaid on the Rocks2:483What Do I Know About Anything3:154All at Once2:375Black Widow Spider3:256Signals From Space3:297Why Does God Let That Happen4:398Water Water Please Come Back3:369Timing Is Everything2:3410Plan B4:2211One Big Company3:1712I’m Just the Lookout4:3513Tarzan Houdini4:452016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 35:41
1This Changes Everything3:332You Turn Me Around2:073It All Started and Ended With You4:044The Weakness of Two Hearts3:155Lost in the Shuffle3:116There Is a Horizon2:517All the Rage in Paris4:238Nobody’s Fault3:089I’ll Still Be Around2:5510We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This2:2611Drive3:482017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 39:43
1Sweet Time2:452I Love You More3:403We've Only Got So Much Time Here3:314You Came to Get Me2:515What Have You Got to Lose2:586If I Can't Resist3:277Don't Let Yourself Get in the Way3:338No Right Way to Be Wrong3:239Different Kind of Groove Some Time4:4610I Can't Do Without You3:3311Don't Shut Me Down3:0212This Is a Door2:142018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:09
1Forgive and Forget1:502Gold and Silver2:583(Stone Must Be the) Walls Built Around Your Heart3:524Six White Horses2:245I Might Take You Back Again2:176Try and Catch the Wind3:327Don’t Laugh2:308Regrets and Mistakes2:269February Snow3:2210(That’s What You Get) For Loving Me2:1511Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar2:3312Nashville Blues2:102018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 37:08
1Time Flies3:192The Road Is a River3:453Violet3:264Slow as Molasses2:365Where the Cars Go by Fast3:056When I Held the Cards4:377Wearing Out Your Cool3:268Wild on Me Fast3:269While You’re Hoping2:5710It Blows My Mind3:3011If the World’s Still Here Tomorrow3:012019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:46
1Some Horses Run Free2:232When You Can’t Get What Your Heart Wants2:353The Secrets of the Pyramids3:224Like People From Another World3:225One Away3:376Listen3:417For Keeps3:418Slow Turn in the Road3:539I’ll Forgive You If You Don’t3:3710The Graceland Horses4:3411Ever Living Loving Day3:1912Are You Trying to Make a Song Out of Us?2:42When Carolina Comes Home Again
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 43:04
1When Carolina Comes Home Again3:322As a Sign3:503Misery’s Embrace2:544The Last to Know3:105It Just Takes One to Wander3:066Cackalacky2:457You'll Have to Earn It2:458You've Got This2:349Mountaineer3:2610I'm Here to Remind You3:5711Moonrider3:5912Spin a Yarn2:5913Better Than You Found It4:072021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 45:13
1The Opportunity to Help Somebody Through It3:072Sister Horizon3:383The Brighter Side of Lonely3:114Mushrooms Are Growing After the Rain2:575Memory5:046Breathe Real Slow4:417Brave One3:118Don’t You Dream Anymore?2:539We Fade in We Fade Out3:0310It’s Almost More Than All the Joy3:3311Here’s to Hoping3:1612When Searching for Answers3:4013Joyful Noise2:592022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 3:45
1That Kind Of Life (That Kind Of Day)3:452Friends Again3Keep It Real4Game Changer5Wishbone6Lightning Love7Our Happy Hour8We're All We've Got9Let's Make Some Memories10I've Heard Of That11You're Hoggin' My Mind12I'll Keep My Heart Open For You2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 36:32
1My Favorite Place2:352Mrs. Green4:013The Lightning Tree3:554You’ll Be Gone by Then3:405Sweethearts Remember2:196Don’t You Treat ‘Em That Way2:377Baby Steps3:468I’m a Lucky Loser2:349We Ought to Celebrate3:3510You’ve Got a Shine3:5111What’s Important After All3:39The Long And Lonesome Letting Go
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
1Long And Lonesome Letting Go2She’s On A Different Train3I’m Only So Good At Being Good4You Fell Off The Face Of The Earth5Last Resort6Ghost Of A Rose7Darkness Is The Other Side of Light8If I Could Only Get My Heart To See9That Was When We Were Together10A Better Place11She’s The Light12Drop The Hammer Down2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 40:16
1I've Still Got You3:162People Get Hurt Sometimes3:033Hope Springs Eternal3:284You Had To Be There2:555Artificial Intelligence3:276I'm Waggin' My Tail2:147Everybody's Got A Problem2:548While We Learn To Break Each Other's Heart2:309Neighbors2:2310I Can't Get Around It3:5611You're My Honest To Goodness3:2012Making A Believer Out Of Me2:5613We Don't See You Anymore3:542026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 34:42
1Two Crows3:052We Look At Things In Different Ways2:553Little Bitty Diamonds2:524Innocent Heart3:045The Birds Know3:256Don't Look Down3:057Chuck Will's Widow4:208Life Has A Way Of Making Jokes (Don't It)2:499You Wanted Mountains From Me2:3910You'll Never Forget Her (Until You Do)2:4711Rainbow Choo Choo Train3:41
Single · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | MaybeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:19AMaybe3:00 BWhat You Don’t Know4:19 | 1991 | ||
| 1998 | Goodbye SongSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks1Goodbye Song 2Whisper 3Halfway Down | 1 March 1998 | ||
| 2023 | Last ResortSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:481Last Resort2:48 | 24 February 2023 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jim Lauderdale head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 39 | 92.5th |
| Studio albums | 36 | 98.7th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 39 | 98th |
| Recording span (years) | 35 | 74.2th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Americana Award for Artist of the Year | won | |
| 2002 | Americana Award for Artist of the Year | won | |
| — | Grammy Awards | won | |
| — | Grammy Awards | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sugarcanes(band) | — | present | lead vocals |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jim_Lauderdale_%2832799641837%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/563c84bf-b1e4-423e-b871-a46c68998d10discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/563c84bf-b1e4-423e-b871-a46c68998d10core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1169621genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1169621seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lauderdalebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lauderdale
Why this artist is in the database
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Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: cp_thornton from Cleveland, Ohio, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1169621 · MusicBrainz: 563c84bf-b1e4-423e-b871-a46c68998d10
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