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

Salt of the Earth
Studio album by
Ricky Skaggs and The Whites
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007
GenreBluegrass music
LabelSkaggs Family Records
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby
(2007) 		Salt of the Earth
(2007) 		Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947
(2008)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]

Salt of the Earth is an album by Ricky Skaggs and The Whites, released through Skaggs Family Records on September 25, 2007.[1] 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.[2]

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

Personnel

Ricky Skaggs & The Whites

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak
position
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

  1. ^ a b "Salt of the Earth". Allmusic. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Winners Announced for 39th GMA Dove Awards on CBN