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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Iris DeMent |
| Record Label: |
Warner Bros. Records (Record Label) |
| Contributing Artist: |
Stuart Duncan |
| Genre: |
Country |
| Subgenre: |
Singer/Songwriter |
| Release Date: |
April 12, 1994 |
| Album Duration: |
42m:38s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Sweet Is the Melody 2. You've Done Nothing Wrong 3. Calling For You 4. Childhood Memories 5. No Time to Cry 6. Troublesome Waters 7. Mom & Dad's Waltz 8. Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day 9. Shores of Jordan 10. My Life |
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Personnel: Iris DeMent (vocals, acoustic guitar); Richard Bennett (acoustic & electric guitars); "Cowboy" Jack Clement, Mark Howard (acoustic guitar); Al Perkins (dobro); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); John Catchings (cello); Phil Parlapiano (accordion); Charles Cochran, Pete Wasner (piano, keyboards); Roy Huskey Jr. (acoustic bass); Pat McInerney (drums); Kenny Malone (percussion); Joy White (background vocals). Recorded at The Cowboy Arms Hotel and the Recording Spa, Nashville, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by Iris DeMent. MY LIFE was nominated for Best Contemporary Folk Album in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards. From the opening notes of "Sweet Is The Melody," the listener is transported by Iris DeMent's simple dignity and grace. Listening to MY LIFE is like thumbing through an old sepia-toned photo album or riding the buckboards on your way home from a little rural church. The high lonesome timbre of Iris DeMent's soprano, the yodeling cry that colors her vocal ornaments, the crystalline grace of her acousti... |
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