Salt of the Earth
Studio album by Ricky Skaggs and The Whites
Released	September 25, 2007
Genre	Bluegrass music
Label	Skaggs Family Records
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby (2007) Salt of the Earth (2007) Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 (2008)

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Salt of the Earth is an album by Ricky Skaggs and The Whites, released through Skaggs Family Records on September 25, 2007.^[1] 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.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Love Will Be Enough" (Janis Ian, Paul Overstreet) - 4:35
2. "Homesick for Heaven" (Kelly Willard) - 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" (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" (Stuart Hamblen) - 2:43
11. "Wings of a Dove" (Bob Ferguson) - 3:55
12. "Blessed Assurance" - 3:29
13. "The Solid Rock" (Edward Mote) - 3:06

Personnel

Ricky Skaggs & The Whites

• Ricky Skaggs - bouzouki, dobro, electric guitar, mandolin, percussion, soloist, vocals
• Buck White - mandolin, vocals
• Cheryl White - vocals
• Sharon White-Skaggs - vocals

Additional musicians

• Jim "Moose" Brown - Hammond B-3 organ, piano
• Mark Fain - upright bass
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Cody Kilby - acoustic guitar, soloist
• Brent King - percussion
• Andy Leftwich - fiddle
• Paul Leim - drums, percussion
• Molly Skagg s- autoharp
• Jeff Taylor - accordion, piano

Chart performance

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.

References

External links

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