''Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go'' is an album by the

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 was an established musician from t ...

, released through

Sugar Hill Records Sugar Hill Records is an American bluegrass and Americana record label. It was founded in Durham, North Carolina in 1978 by Barry Poss and David Freeman, the owner of County Records and Rebel Records. Poss acquired full control of Sugar Hil ...

in 1993. In 1994, the album won the group the

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

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 (songs or albums) in the bluegrass m ...

Track listing

# "Backtrackin'" (Mike 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 –

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, Producer * Mike Dowling – Composer * Stuart Duncan –

Fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

, Vocals, Baritone (Vocal) * Pat Enright –

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, 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 –

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, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) * Jim Ringer – Composer * Richard Thompson – Composer * Bil VornDick – Engineer *

Roland White Roland Joseph White (né LeBlanc; April 23, 1938 – April 1, 2022) was an American bluegrass music artist, performing principally on the mandolin. Biography White was born in Madawaska, Maine, on April 23, 1938, as Roland Joseph LeBlanc, and ...

–

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, Bass (Vocal), Vocals

References

External links

Nashville Bluegrass Band's official site
{{Authority control 1993 albums Nashville Bluegrass Band albums Sugar Hill Records albums Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album