Make plans to join us on Tuesday, June 25th for a special record release celebration with Jim Lauderdale and the Game Changers, his stellar band composed of Craig Smith, Lillie Mae Rische, Frank Rische, Jay Weaver and Dave Racine. Lauderdale and the gang will perform an intimate set in the record store at 5:00 PM and then sign copies of their new album for event attendees. The record, My Favorite Place, is due out June 21st via Lauderdale's own Sky Crunch Records. The album was recorded at Blackbird Studios here in Nashville and n addition to The Game Changers, it features some of Music City’s favorite ringers including Chris Scruggs, Kenny Vaughn, Wes L'angolis, Will Van Horn, Micah Hulshcer, and Pat Bubert. You can read more about My Favorite Place on our site here where you can also preorder the new album on vinyl and CD and score a wristband for Lauderdale's post-performance signing. **Wristbands are not required for those 12 & under. Wristbands are required for our signing and guarantee entrance to our in-store event.**
"Even in Nashville, a city teeming with singular talents, Jim Lauderdale is unique. He came to Music City not as a kid off the Greyhound with stars in his eyes, but as a singer and songwriter who had already begun a promising career. He is among Nashville’s “A” list of songwriters, with songs recorded by artists such as: Patty Loveless, George Jones, The Dixie Chicks, Solomon Burke, Mark Chesnutt, Dave Edmunds, John Mayall, Kathy Mattea, Lee Ann Womack, Gary Allan, Blake Shelton, Vince Gill, and George Strait. He also contributed several songs to the successful soundtrack of the George Strait film, “Pure Country.” Not content to just write hits for the stars, Lauderdale has toured with the likes of Lucinda Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rhonda Vincent and Elvis Costello, among others."
His musical influences include the likes of Dr. Ralph Stanley and George Jones. These influences and Lauderdale's unique sense of melody and lyric help forge a sound that is truly his own. He is a two time GRAMMY winner who has received multiple nominations, winning his first in 2002 with Dr. Ralph Stanley for Lost in the Lonesome Pines (Dualtone) and his second for his “solo” bluegrass album, The Bluegrass Diaries (Yep Roc 2007). In 2016 Lauderdale received the Americana Music Association's Wagonmaster Award. Named for Country Music Legend Porter Wagner, the award is a special lifetime achievement honor that’s bestowed only upon significant contributors to the deep history of roots music.
“When I was a teenager wanting to be a bluegrass banjo player, I never would have imagined that I would get to work with people like Ralph Stanley and Robert Hunter and George Jones and Elvis Costello and John Oates.... Getting to work with them inspires me greatly to this day, and I know it always will.” - Jim Lauderdale
Come on out to enjoy this special occasion with us as we celebrate the release of My Favorite Place with his top-notch band! This is likely to be an afternoon filled with some Music City Magic, y'all, and you don't wanna miss out! The performance in the record store is free & all ages, so come one, come all!
