My Life (Iris DeMent album)
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My Life is the second album released by singer-songwriter
Iris DeMent
. It peaked at number 16 on the Billboard
Heatseekers
chart.
The album was dedicated to her father, Patric Shaw DeMent, who died in 1992.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Iris DeMent
Iris DeMent
Iris DeMent is an American singer and songwriter. DeMent's musical style encompasses the genres country and folk music.-Early life:...
. It peaked at number 16 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
chart.
The album was dedicated to her father, Patric Shaw DeMent, who died in 1992.
Side one
- "Sweet Is the Melody" – 3:41
- "You've Done Nothing Wrong" – 4:22
- "Calling for You" – 3:18
- "Childhood Memories" – 4:38
- "No Time to Cry" – 6:49
Side two
- "Troublesome Waters" (Maybelle CarterMaybelle Carter"Mother" Maybelle Carter was an American country musician. She is best known as a member of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s and also as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters.-Biography:...
, Ezra J. Carter, Dixie Deen) – 5:15 - "Mom and Dad's Waltz" (Lefty FrizzellLefty FrizzellLefty Frizzell , born William Orville Frizzell, was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s, and a proponent of honky tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was an influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, George Jones and John Fogerty...
) – 2:37 - "Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day" – 5:01
- "The Shores of Jordan" – 3:18
- "My Life" – 3:30
Personnel
- Iris DeMent – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmony vocal, piano on "My Life"
- Richard BennettRichard Bennett (guitarist)Richard Bennett is a touring sideman, session veteran, and record producer. As a touring sideman, he performed with Neil Diamond for 17 years, and Mark Knopfler since 1994. As a session player, he has worked with artists ranging from Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand to Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill...
– acoustic guitar, electric guitar - John Catchings – cello
- "Cowboy" Jack ClementJack ClementJack Henderson Clement is an American singer, songwriter, and a record and film producer.Raised and educated in Memphis, Jack Clement was performing at an early age...
– acoustic guitar - Charles Cochran – piano, keyboards
- Stuart DuncanStuart DuncanStuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
– fiddle, mandolin - Mark Howard – acoustic guitar
- Roy Huskey, Jr.Roy Huskey, Jr.Roy Milton Huskey was a prominent American upright bass player in country music from Nashville, Tennessee. Huskey performed alongside musicians such as Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, George Jones, Steve Earle, Doc Watson and many others...
– upright bass - Kenny MaloneKenny MaloneKenny Malone is an American drummer/percussionist from Nashville, Tennessee. He has been, since the 1970s, and continues to be a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoustic-based genres.-References:...
– percussion - Pat McInerney – drums
- Phil Parlapiano – accordion on "You've Done Nothing Wrong"
- Al PerkinsAl PerkinsAl Perkins is a Texas-born American guitarist. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential Dobro player", and even began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2001 - designed and autographed by Perkins....
– dobro - Pete Wasner – keyboards, piano
- Joy WhiteJoy Lynn WhiteJoy Lynn White is an American country music singer and composer, who gained fame in the Country Music world in 1992 after being nominated for an Academy of Country Music award for top new female vocalist. She ultimately lost to Canadian artist Michelle Wright...
– harmony vocal on "Childhood Memories" - Linda WilliamsRobin and Linda WilliamsRobin and Linda Williams are a husband-and-wife singer-songwriter folk music duo from Virginia. They began their musical association in Nashville, TN in 1971, performing in local clubs....
– harmony vocal on "The Shores of Jordan" - Robin WilliamsRobin and Linda WilliamsRobin and Linda Williams are a husband-and-wife singer-songwriter folk music duo from Virginia. They began their musical association in Nashville, TN in 1971, performing in local clubs....
– harmony vocal on "The Shores of Jordan"