Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go
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Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go is an album by the Nashville Bluegrass Band
, released through Sugar Hill Records
in 1993. In 1994, the album won the group the Grammy Award
for Best Bluegrass Album
.
Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Nashville Bluegrass Band is an American bluegrass music ensemble founded in 1984.The group's members first played together in 1984 as a backing band for Vernon Oxford and Minnie Pearl; each of the members were established musicians from the Nashville bluegrass community. They signed to Rounder...
, released through Sugar Hill Records
Sugar Hill Records
Sugar Hill Records may refer to:*Sugar Hill Records , specializing in rap music*Sugar Hill Records , specializing in bluegrass and country music...
in 1993. In 1994, the album won the group the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Bluegrass Album
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the bluegrass music genre...
.
Track listing
- "Backtrackin'" (Dowling) – 2:58
- "Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go" (Ringer) – 3:16
- "Kansas City Railroad Blues" – 3:57
- "Open Pit Mine" (Gentry) – 3:03
- "Train of Yesterday" – 3:33
- "Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee" (traditional) – 2:23
- "When I Get Where I'm Goin'" (Allen) – 2:49
- "Waltzing's for Dreamers" (Thompson) – 2:21
- "I Ain't Goin' Down" – 2:30
- "We Decided to Make Jesus Our Choice" (traditional) – 2:39
- "On Again Off Again" (Allen) – 3:46
- "Soppin' the Gravy" (traditional) – 2:24
Personnel
- Dave Allen – Composer
- Jerry Douglas – DobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
, Producer - Mike Dowling – Composer
- 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...
– FiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, Vocals, Baritone (Vocal) - Pat Enright – GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) - D.T. Gentry – Composer
- David Glasser – Mastering
- Russell Lee – Photography
- Gene Libbea – Bass, Vocals, Baritone (Vocal), Tenor (Vocal)
- Holland MacDonald – Design
- Señor McGuire – Photography
- Alan O'Bryant – BanjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) - Jim Ringer – Composer
- Richard Thompson – Composer
- Bil VornDick – Engineer
- Roland WhiteRoland WhiteRoland White is an American bluegrass music artist, performing principally on the mandolin.-Biography:At an early age, White formed himself, his two brothers and his sister into a bluegrass band which performed locally...
– MandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, Bass (Vocal), Vocals