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Salt of the Earth (Ricky Skaggs and The Whites album)

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Released
  
September 25, 2007

Release date
  
25 September 2007

Genre
  
Bluegrass

Artists
  
Ricky Skaggs, The Whites

Label
  
Skaggs Family Records

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Salt of the Earth (2007)
  
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass Tribute to 1946 and 1947 (2008)

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Similar
  
Ricky Skaggs albums, Bluegrass albums

Salt of the earth ricky skaggs and the whites


Salt of the Earth is an album by Ricky Skaggs and The Whites, released through Skaggs Family Records on September 25, 2007. In 2008, the album won both a Grammy Award and a Dove Award for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass album and Bluegrass Album of the Year respectively.

Contents

Ricky skaggs the salt of the earth


Track listing

  1. "Love Will Be Enough" (Janis Ian, Paul Overstreet) - 4:35
  2. "Homesick for Heaven" (Kelly Willard) - 3:35
  3. "Big Wheel" (Gibson) - 2:46
  4. "Salt of the Earth" - 3:09
  5. "Wreck on the Highway" - 3:31
  6. "Farther Along" (J. R. Baxter) - 4:13
  7. "Let It Shine" (White) - 3:41
  8. "Near the Cross" - 3:58
  9. "One Seed of Love" - 3:23
  10. "This Old House" (Stuart Hamblen) - 2:43
  11. "Wings of a Dove" (Bob Ferguson) - 3:55
  12. "Blessed Assurance" - 3:29
  13. "The Solid Rock" (Edward Mote) - 3:06

Ricky Skaggs & The Whites

  • Ricky Skaggs- bouzouki, dobro, electric guitar, mandolin, percussion, soloist, vocals
  • Buck White- mandolin, vocals
  • Cheryl White- vocals
  • Sharon White-Skaggs- vocals
  • Additional Musicians

  • Jim "Moose" Brown- Hammond B-3 organ, piano
  • Mark Fain- upright bass
  • Paul Franklin- steel guitar
  • Cody Kilby- acoustic guitar, soloist
  • Brent King- percussion
  • Andy Leftwich- fiddle
  • Paul Leim- drums, percussion
  • Molly Skaggs- autoharp
  • Jeff Taylor- accordion, piano
  • Awards

    In 2008, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. It also won the Dove Award for Bluegrass Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards.

    Songs

    1Love Will Be Enough4:36
    2Homesick for Heaven3:35
    3Big Wheel2:45

    References

    Salt of the Earth (Ricky Skaggs & The Whites album) Wikipedia