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Nashville’s Jim Lauderdale--a songwriter’s songwriter

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legendary musician/songwriter Jim Lauderdale's album cover Game Changer
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legendary musician/songwriter Jim Lauderdale's album cover Game Changer

Songwriter/musician Jim Lauderdale shares his musical journey with correspondent Tom Wilmer

Come along and join Nashville-based Jim Lauderdale as he shares his incredible music journey that commenced when he was a kid in choir in North Carolina.

Lauderdale, in addition to winning two Grammys, is also a five-time nominee.

Lauderdale’s been making music Since 1986. He’s released 31 studio albums, including collaborations with artists such as Dr. Ralph Stanley, Buddy Miller, and Donna the Buffalo.

A "songwriter's songwriter," his songs have been recorded by dozens of artists, notably George Strait, Gary Allan, Elvis Costello, Blake Shelton, the Dixie Chicks, Vince Gill, and Patty Loveless.

The music underbed in this show, Our Happy Hour, I’ll Keep My Heart Open For You, and We’re All We’ve Got are from Lauderdale’s album, Game Changer.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer met up with two-time Grammy winner, Jim Lauderdale at the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Music Festival back in September 2022 and the show is reposted as a best-of-the-best Journeys of Discovery podcast.

Jim Lauderdale (right) with correspondent Tom Wilmer at the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Music Festival
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Music Festival
Jim Lauderdale (right) with correspondent Tom Wilmer at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Music Festival
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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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