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My Life (Iris DeMent album)

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Released
  
1993

Label
  
Warner Bros.

Release date
  
1993

Genres
  
Country music, Folk music

Length
  
42:29

Artist
  
Iris DeMent

Producer
  
Jim Rooney

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Recorded
  
The Cowboy Arms Hotel & Recording Spa, Nashville

My Life(1993)
  
The Way I Should(1996)

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album

Similar
  
Iris DeMent albums, Folk music albums

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My Life is the second album released by singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. It peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

Contents

The album was dedicated to her father, Patric Shaw DeMent, who died in 1992.

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Track listing

All songs by Iris DeMent except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "Sweet Is the Melody" – 3:41
  2. "You've Done Nothing Wrong" – 4:22
  3. "Calling for You" – 3:18
  4. "Childhood Memories" – 4:38
  5. "No Time to Cry" – 6:49

Side two

  1. "Troublesome Waters" (Maybelle Carter, Ezra J. Carter, Dixie Deen) – 5:15
  2. "Mom and Dad's Waltz" (Lefty Frizzell) – 2:37
  3. "Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day" – 5:01
  4. "The Shores of Jordan" – 3:18
  5. "My Life" – 3:30

Personnel

  • Iris DeMent – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmony vocal, piano on "My Life"
  • Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • John Catchings – cello
  • "Cowboy" Jack Clement – acoustic guitar
  • Charles Cochran – piano, keyboards
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
  • Mark Howard – acoustic guitar
  • Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass
  • Kenny Malone – percussion
  • Pat McInerney – drums
  • Phil Parlapiano – accordion on "You've Done Nothing Wrong"
  • Al Perkins – dobro
  • Pete Wasner – keyboards, piano
  • Joy White – harmony vocal on "Childhood Memories"
  • Linda Williams – harmony vocal on "The Shores of Jordan"
  • Robin Williams – harmony vocal on "The Shores of Jordan"

    • Songs

    1Sweet Is The Melody3:41
    2You've Done Nothing Wrong4:23
    3Calling for You3:19

    References

    My Life (Iris DeMent album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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