Jim Lauderdale
Folk Singer
Americana musician who wrote hit songs for artists such as George Strait and Patty Loveless.
He graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts.
His album Lost in the Lonesome Pines won a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2002.
He was born to minister W.C. and music teacher Barbara Lauderdale.
He toured with such notables as Mary Chapin Carpenter and Elvis Costello.