''Wheels'' is the third studio album by American bluegrass musician

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. The album peaked at number 1 on the

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chart. It won the 2009 International Bluegrass Music Award for Album of the Year and was nominated for a

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Background

Wheels was released on Rounder Records as part of the Dan Tyminski band in 2008, during a break from playing with the

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. Tyminski played

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and Bourgeois guitars and Sim Daley played mandolins. Additional personnel includes Adam Steffey on mandolin and

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on bass. The album won the 2009 International Bluegrass Music Award for Album of the Year and was also nominated for a Grammy.

Track listing

Personnel

- bass, vocals *

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- guitar *

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- vocals * Adam Steffey - mandolin * Justin Moses - banjo, fiddle, resonator guitar, vocals *

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- fiddle, banjo * Cheryl White - vocals * Sharon White - vocals * Dan Tyminski - guitar, vocals

Chart performance

References

2008 albums Dan Tyminski albums Rounder Records albums {{2000s-album-stub