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.Winners Announced for 39th GMA Dove Awards on CBN
Track listing
"Love Will Be Enough" (Janis Ian, Paul Overstreet) - 4:35 "Homesick for Heaven" (Kelly Willard) - 3:35 "Big Wheel" (Gibson) - 2:46 "Salt of the Earth" - 3:09 "Wreck on the Highway" - 3:31 "Farther Along" (J. R. Baxter) - 4:13 "Let It Shine" (White) - 3:41 "Near the Cross" - 3:58 "One Seed of Love" - 3:23 "This Old House" (Stuart Hamblen) - 2:43 "Wings of a Dove" (Bob Ferguson) - 3:55 "Blessed Assurance" - 3:29 "The Solid Rock" (Edward Mote) - 3:06
Personnel
Ricky Skaggs & The Whites Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals (1, 4, 6, 9, 11), guitars, percussion (1, 3), harmony vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 12, 13), mandolin (2, 4–6), dobro(4), guitar solo (6, 10), Dan Electro guitar (9), bouzouki (9, 12), electric guitar solo (11) Buck White – acoustic piano (3, 10), lead vocals (5, 8, 10), harmony vocals (11–13) Cheryl White – harmony vocals (1, 2, 4–12), lead vocals (3, 6, 13) Sharon White-Skaggs – harmony vocals (1, 3–6, 8–11, 13), lead vocals (2, 7, 12)
Additional musicians Jim "Moose" Brown – acoustic piano (2, 7), Hammond B3 organ (7) Jeff Taylor – accordion (12), acoustic piano (13) Cody Kilby – guitars (1, 3–12), guitar solo (12) Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2) Mark Fain – bass (1–12) Pat McInerney – drums (1–4, 9), percussion (4, 9) Paul Leim – drums (7), percussion (7) Brent King – additional percussion (1) Andy Leftwich – fiddle (1–5, 7–11), mandolin (7) Molly Skaggs – autoharp (6)
Production Ricky Skaggs – producer, photography The Whites – producers Brent King – engineer Lee Groitzsch – assistant engineer Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) Erick Anderson – album design, group photography Candy Burton – hair, make-up Charlotte Scott for RS Enterprises, Inc. – management for Ricky Skaggs John Dorris for The Hallmark Direction Company – management for The Whites
Chart performance Chart (2007) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums 1 U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 45 U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 47
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.
References
External links Ricky Skaggs' official site Salt of the Earth on Amazon.com