Lauderdale | en

There are at least 2 artists who use the name Lauderdale http://www.lauderdale.bandcamp.com 1) The sludge/doom metal trio known as LAUDERDALE is not your typical doom metal band. Especially considering the backgrounds of the individuals involved. As 3 prisoners forced to form a band based on a work release program in 2004 and given only a CSC issued 8-track reel to reel and the simplest of musical equipment, LAUDERDALE managed to complete the full-length album ‘Life’s A Beach’ in 2008. Using prison facilities as well as links to the outside world, a small pressing (66 copies) of the release made it’s...

JIm Lauderdale is a Nashville showman in the grand tradition. He's also one of the city's finest songwriters, as the Dixie Chicks, Patty Loveless, Mark Chestnut, Vince Gill and George Strait will be glad to attest. Beyond Music Row, Lauderdale is well known in bluegrass and jamband circles. He recorded two albums with the legendary Ralph Stanley, one with Donna the Buffalo and he collaborated with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter on Headed for the Hills, his 2004 release on Dualtone Records. .