Salt of the Earth is an album by Ricky Skaggs

Ricky Skaggs

Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...

 and The Whites

The Whites

The Whites is an American country music vocal group consisting of lead singer Sharon White, her sister Cheryl , and their father Buck...

, released through Skaggs Family Records on September 25, 2007. In 2008, the album won both a 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...

 and a Dove Award for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass album and Bluegrass Album of the Year respectively.

Track listing

1. "Love Will Be Enough" (Janis Ian
   Janis Ian
   Janis Ian is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Ian first entered the folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-sixties; most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century...
   
   , Paul Overstreet
   Paul Overstreet
   Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits...
   
   ) - 4:35
2. "Homesick for Heaven" (Kelly Willard
   Kelly Willard
   Kelly Willard is a Contemporary Christian Musician best known for her praise and worship recordings. She was featured as a soloist on projects from Integrity, Vineyard Music, and Maranatha! Music...
   
   ) - 3:35
3. "Big Wheel" (Gibson) - 2:46
4. "Salt of the Earth" - 3:09
5. "Wreck on the Highway" - 3:31
6. "Farther Along
   Farther Along (song)
   "Farther Along" is a Southern Gospel song published by the Stamps-Baxter Music Company.-History:The lyrics to the song were written in 1911 by Rev. W. A. Fletcher, an itinerant preacher, while he was travelling to the Indian Territories by train...
   
   " (J. R. Baxter) - 4:13
7. "Let It Shine" (White) - 3:41
8. "Near the Cross" - 3:58
9. "One Seed of Love" - 3:23
10. "This Old House
    This Ole House
    "This Ole House" is a popular song written by Stuart Hamblen, and published in 1954.-Background:Hamblen was supposedly out on a hunting expedition when he and his fellow hunter, actor John Wayne, came across a tumbledown hut in the mountains, many miles from civilization...
    
    " (Stuart Hamblen
    Stuart Hamblen
    Stuart Hamblen , born Stuart Carl Hamblen, was one of American radio's first singing cowboys in 1926, and later became a Christian songwriter, temperance supporter and recurring candidate for political office....
    
    ) - 2:43
11. "Wings of a Dove
    Wings of a Dove (Bob Ferguson song)
    "Wings of a Dove is a gospel song written by Bob Ferguson. "Wings of a Dove" was most popular when it was recorded by Ferlin Husky in 1960. The Ferlin Husky recording went to number one on the country charts for ten non consecutive weeks. It became Ferlin Husky's third and final number one on the...
    
    " (Bob Ferguson
    Bob Ferguson (music)
    Robert Bruce "Bob" Ferguson Sr was an American songwriter, record producer who was instrumental in establishing Nashville, Tennessee as a center of country music; movie producer, and Choctaw Indian historian. Ferguson wrote the bestselling songs "On the Wings of a Dove" and "The Carroll County...
    
    ) - 3:55
12. "Blessed Assurance
    Blessed Assurance
    "Blessed Assurance" is a well-known Christian hymn. The lyrics were written in 1873 by blind hymn writer Fanny J. Crosby to the music written in 1873 by Phoebe P. Knapp.-History:...
    
    " - 3:29
13. "The Solid Rock" (Edward Mote
    Edward Mote
    Edward Mote was a pastor and hymn writer. Born in London on 21 January 1797, his parents managed a pub and often left Edward to his own devices playing in the street. He was trained as a cabinet maker and worked in London for many years. Later he entered the ministry was pastor at Rehoboth Baptist...
    
    ) - 3:06

Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	45
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	47

Awards

In 2008, the album won 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 Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album at the 50th Grammy Awards

50th Grammy Awards

The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on February 10, 2008. Kanye West received the most nominations, with eight. Amy Winehouse was the big winner, winning a total of five awards. Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters won Album of the Year,...

. It also won the Dove Award for Bluegrass Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards.

External links

• Ricky Skaggs' official site
• Salt of the Earth on Amazon.com
  Amazon.com
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