One year after releasing Soul Searching, his tribute to the musical histories of Memphis and Nashville, GRAMMY ® winner Jim Lauderdale draws influence from Texas for his 28th album, This Changes Everything.
Releasing September 30th on Lauderdale’s own label, Sky Crunch Records, This Changes Everything was largely recorded during a single day in Austin. There, faced with a quick break in a recent summertime tour, Lauderdale rounded up a cast of all-star sideman from the Lone Star
state — including producer and pedal steel player Tommy Detamore, drummer Tom Lewis(Heybale, Whitney Rose), pianist Floyd Domino (an original member of Asleep at the Wheel),Bobby Flores (George Strait’s longtime fiddle player), Kevin Smith (bass player for Willie Nelson), Chris Masterson (one-half of the Mastersons, as well as Steve Earle’s electric guitarist), vocalists Brennen Leigh, Noel McKay and Sunny Sweeney — and recorded 11 songs, all of which were originally written by Lauderdale and a handful of Texas-based songwriters. Filling the album’s tracklist are co-writes with Bruce Robison (“There is a Horizon,” “This Changes Everything”), Hayes Carll (“Drive”), Daryl Burgess (“All the Rage in Paris,” previously recorded by the Derailers and Randy Rogers Band with Johnny Bush), Odie Blackmon (“Lost In The Shuffle”), and Frank Dycus (“It All Started And Ended With You,” “The Weakness Of Two Heart,” “I’ll Still Be Around”).
Rounding out the album is a new version of “We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This,” one of Lauderdale’s fourteen songs recorded by Texas superstar George Strait. Fittingly, Strait will travel to Nashville to present Lauderdale with the WagonMaster Lifetime Achievement award at this month’s Americana Honors & Awards show. The annual ceremony, which kicks off the 2016 Americana Music Festival at the Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, September 21st, has been hosted by Lauderdale for 14 years, adding another bulletpoint to one of the most celebrated resumes in Americana music.
Lauderdale has been an ambassador for the Americana genre for years, not only releasing more than two dozen albums of award-winning American roots music, but also emceeing the acclaimed radio show Music City Roots. Along the way, he’s collaborated with legends like Buddy Miller, Ralph Stanley, and Robert Hunter. The WagonMaster award recognizes an Americana pioneer whose career continues to roll ahead, leaving a large legacy in its wake.
“I was already a fan of George Strait when he began recording my songs,” says Lauderdale, “and his support really opened up a lot of doors for me. It allowed me to make the kind of music I want to make, and release it the way I want to release it. It allowed me to create. This award is one of the most important things to happen to me, in my life and my career.”
Lauderdale’s latest creation, This Changes Everything, presents the songwriter’s own version of the traditional Texas dancehall sound, filled with shuffles, rave-ups, plenty of sharp songwriting and appearances by a handful of genuine Texas legends. For a wagon master who’s nowhere near the end of his journey, This Changes Everything marks the latest stop in a longer trek.
For more information, please visit http://www.jimlauderdale.com/.
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Track listing:
1. This Changes Everything (3:32)
2. You Turn Me Around (2:07)
3. It All Started And Ended With You (4:03)
4. The Weakness Of Two Hearts (3:15)
5. Lost In The Shuffle (3:10)
6. There Is A Horizon (2:51)
7. All The Rage In Paris (4:22)
8. Nobody’s Fault (3:07)
9. I’ll Still Be Around (2:54)
10. We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This (2:26)
11. Drive (3:47)
On Tour:
Sept. 17 – The Station Inn – Nashville, TN
Sept. 21 – Ryman Auditorium (Americana Honors & Awards show) – Nashville, TN
Sept. 23 – 3rd & Lindsley (Album release show, Americana Fest showcase) – Nashville, TN
Sept. 24 – Country Music Hall of Fame (Americana Fest) – Nashville, TN
Sept. 24 – Grand Ole Opry – Nashville, TN
Sept. 29 – Evening Muse – Charlotte, NC
Sept. 30 – The ArtsCenter – Carrboro, NC
Oct. 1 – IBMA (Davie Street Stage) – Raleigh, NC
Oct. 2 – Muddy Creek Music Hall – Winston Salem, NC
Oct. 7, 8, 9 – The Festy Experience – Arrington, VA
Oct. 14 – PReTTy CooL MuSic – St. Augustine, FL
Oct. 15, 16 – Suwannee Roots Revival – Live Oak, FL
Oct. 20 – CSI Fine Arts Auditorium – Twin Falls, ID
Oct. 21 – Admiral Theatre – Bremerton, WA
Oct. 22 – Edmonds Center for the Arts – Edmonds, WA
Oct. 28 – Fogartyville Community Media & Arts – Sarasota, FL
Oct. 29 – Derry Dawn – Winter Haven, FL
Nov. 4 – Jonathan’s – Ogunquit, ME
Nov. 5 -Milton Art Center – Milton, MA
