Salt of the Earth is an album by Ricky Skaggs and The Whites, released through Skaggs Family Records on September 25, 2007. In 2008, the album won both a Grammy Award and a Dove Award for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass album and Bluegrass Album of the Year respectively.
Contents
Track listing
"Love Will Be Enough" (Janis Ian, Paul Overstreet) - 4:35
"Homesick for Heaven" (Kelly Willard) - 3:35
"Big Wheel" (Gibson) - 2:46
"Salt of the Earth" - 3:09
"Wreck on the Highway" - 3:31
"Farther Along" (J. R. Baxter) - 4:13
"Let It Shine" (White) - 3:41
"Near the Cross" - 3:58
"One Seed of Love" - 3:23
"This Old House" (Stuart Hamblen) - 2:43
"Wings of a Dove" (Bob Ferguson) - 3:55
"Blessed Assurance" - 3:29
"The Solid Rock" (Edward Mote) - 3:06
Personnel
Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
Ricky Skaggs – lead vocals (1, 4, 6, 9, 11), guitars, percussion (1, 3), harmony vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 12, 13), mandolin (2, 4–6), dobro(4), guitar solo (6, 10), Dan Electro guitar (9), bouzouki (9, 12), electric guitar solo (11)
Buck White – acoustic piano (3, 10), lead vocals (5, 8, 10), harmony vocals (11–13)
Cheryl White – harmony vocals (1, 2, 4–12), lead vocals (3, 6, 13)
Sharon White-Skaggs – harmony vocals (1, 3–6, 8–11, 13), lead vocals (2, 7, 12)
Additional musicians
Jim "Moose" Brown – acoustic piano (2, 7), Hammond B3 organ (7)
Jeff Taylor – accordion (12), acoustic piano (13)
Cody Kilby – guitars (1, 3–12), guitar solo (12)
Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2)
Mark Fain – bass (1–12)
Pat McInerney – drums (1–4, 9), percussion (4, 9)
Paul Leim – drums (7), percussion (7)
Brent King – additional percussion (1)
Andy Leftwich – fiddle (1–5, 7–11), mandolin (7)
Molly Skaggs – autoharp (6)
Production
Ricky Skaggs – producer, photography
The Whites – producers
Brent King – engineer
Lee Groitzsch – assistant engineer
Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
Erick Anderson – album design, group photography
Candy Burton – hair, make-up
Charlotte Scott for RS Enterprises, Inc. – management for Ricky Skaggs
John Dorris for The Hallmark Direction Company – management for The Whites
Awards
In 2008, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. It also won the Dove Award for Bluegrass Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards.