Jim Lauderdale

1 month ago | ourstate.com | Jim Lauderdale |Lauren Eberle |Brad Campbell |Mark Kemp

Of all the places in North Carolina that hold meaning in my life — places where music is made and joy is had, places that have charted the course of my life as a singer and composer of songs that are deeply rooted in our state — the small Foothills town of Troutman in Iredell County is perhaps the most special. My older sister, Becky, and I were born in Davis Hospital, the closest medical facility, about seven miles away in Statesville.