Larry Cordle
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| Larry Cordle | |
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| Origin | USA |
| Genre(s) | Bluegrass Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar Vocals |
| Years active | 199x-present |
| Label(s) | Sugar Hill Records, Shell Point, Lonesome Day |
| Associated acts | Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley |
Larry Cordle was born in eastern Kentucky and is a twice Grammy-nominated, CMA and IBMA award-winning American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Cordle is most famous for his song "Murder on Music Row", which was recorded by George Strait and Alan Jackson and received the CMA Award for Song of the Year in 2000.
Cordle also has a career of his own, with his band Lonesome Standard Time. He founded the band in 1990 with his friend Glen Duncan. He received a Grammy nomination for the group's debut album, self-titled, in 1992.
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Cordle has written songs for Garth Brooks ("Against the Grain", also recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys), Mountain Heart ("Bitter Harvest"), Ricky Skaggs ("Callin' Your Name", "Highway 40 Blues", "Heartbreak Hurricane"), Loretta Lynn ("Country In My Genes"), George Strait ("Hollywood Squares"), Trisha Yearwood ("Lonesome Dove"), Kathy Mattea ("Lonesome Standard Time"), Diamond Rio ("Mama, Don't Forget To Pray For Me") and Bradley Walker ("When I'm Hurtin'") .
Along with friends Carl Jackson and Jerry Salley , the trio (Cordle, Jackson & Salley) recorded the song “You’re Running Wild” on the Louvin Brothers Tribute on Universal South Records, which features numerous country music stars singing songs made famous by the legendary duo. Entitled “Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’ - Songs Of the Louvin Brothers”, this project won the 2003 Grammy for Country Album Of The Year. The trio tours across the country and performs the hits they wrote for others.
