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Tift Merritt

Background information
Born January 8, 1975 (1975-01-08) (age 34)
Houston, Texas, USA
Origin Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Genre(s) Country
Alt-Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Voice
Guitar
Keyboards
Harmonica
Years active 1998–present
Label(s) Lost Highway, Fantasy
Website Tift Merritt

Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975) is an American country music artist. She has released two albums for Lost Highway Records and one for Fantasy Records. Although she has released six singles, only one, "Good Hearted Man", has charted. Her 2005 album Tambourine earned her a Grammy Award and Americana Music Association nominations.

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Biography

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Merritt began her career playing small clubs in Chapel Hill and Raleigh. In 1998 she was part of a band called The Carbines, which released a single, "Jukejoint Girl" b/w "Cowboy", on the Oil Rig Recordings label. In 1999, she released a 7-song EP with the Two Dollar Pistols, led by John Howie, Jr. The EP featured two original songs and five covers.

In 2002, after signing with the Lost Highway label, Merritt released her debut album Bramble Rose. Her follow-up release, 2005's Tambourine, was produced by roots rock producer George Drakoulias and featured backing by Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell (of the Heartbreakers) and Don Heffington (of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band and Lone Justice). Tambourine was honored with a 2004 Country Album of the Year Grammy nomination. In 2005, Merritt and Tambourine were also nominated for three Americana Music Awards by the Americana Music Association: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year for "Good Hearted Man". It also produced her only chart single in "Good Hearted Man", which reached #60 on the country singles charts in the US.

Tift Merritt signed a new record contract with Fantasy Records on June 25, 2007 and recorded her third full-length studio album, Another Country, in L.A. with George Drakoulias producing in the summer of 2007. Another Country was released in Australia February 22, Norway February 25, February 26, 2008 in the U.S. and Canada.

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Chart Positions Label
US Country US US Heat
2002 Bramble Rose 47 — — Lost Highway
2004 Tambourine — — 21
2008 Another Country — 156 1 Fantasy
"—" denotes the album failed to chart, or not released.

Live albums

Year Album Label
2005 Home is Loud RCAM
2009 Buckingham Solo Vella Recordings

EPs

Year Album Label
1999 The Two Dollar Pistols With Tift Merritt Yep Roc

Singles

Year Single US Country Album
2002 "Virginia, No One Can Warn You" — Bramble Rose
"Sunday" —
2003 "Trouble Over Me" —
2004 "Good Hearted Man" 60 Tambourine
"Stray Paper" —
2008 "Broken" — Another Country
"—" denotes the single failed to chart, or not released.

Videos

  • "Virginia, No One Can Warn You"
  • "Good Hearted Man"
  • "Broken"
  • "Keep You Happy"

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