Lamon Records
Indie label with Grammy-nominated roots and international reach.
Lamon Records is an independent record label founded in North Carolina and later relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. It focuses on country, bluegrass, alternative, Americana, and Christian music. The label gained international recognition through the Grammy-nominated Moody Brothers.
Quick Facts
- Founded
- 1962
- Founder
- Dwight L Moody, Jr; Lucille Moody
- Distributor
- The Orchard; Sony
- Genre
- Americana
- bluegrass
- Christian
- country
- Country
- U.S.
- Location
- Nashville, Tennessee
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History
Lamon Records was started in 1962 by Dwight and Lucille (Cathy) Moody. Its first release was a four-song EP fundraiser for a church where Dwight Moody served as pastor. The Moody Brothers—Carlton, Dave, and Trent—earned a Grammy nomination for their instrumental version of "Cotton Eyed Joe," which helped establish Lamon as an international label. They received a second Grammy nomination in 1990 and won three International Country Music Awards in Europe. In 1992, Disney offered the Moody Brothers a featured concert role at Disneyland Paris, where they performed for over 50 million guests. The company moved its headquarters and dLAB Studios from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2008. In 2004, three generations of the Moody family performed on the Grand Ole Opry, with founder Fiddlin' Dwight Moody joining his sons and grandchildren Joshua and Rebecca. Lamon Records celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012 with performances on WSM Radio's Midnite Jamboree. The label was nominated as Country Record Label of the Year by New Music Weekly in 2012, 2013, and 2016.
Notable releases and awards
In addition to the Moody Brothers' two Grammy nominations, Lamon artists, producers, and songwriters have won eight Dove Awards and over sixty Dove Award nominations since 2002. In 1989, the Moodys and Lamon recorded an album in Prague, Czechoslovakia, with Jiří Brabec and Country Beat. The album "Friends" was the first cooperative production between an American company and the communist state-owned label Supraphon, winning the Ampex Golden Reel Award. In 2002, Lamon released "George Peach" by Burrito Deluxe, a tribute to Gram Parsons featuring Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Garth Hudson, Carlton Moody, Gillian Welch, and David Rawlings. In 2007, Chris Berardo and the DesBerardos' album "Ignoring All The Warning Signs..." was recognized on XM Radio's Year-end Top 40 X-Country Album Chart. Since 2009, Lamon has released original motion picture soundtracks for Elevating Entertainment Motion Pictures, including "Praise Band: The Movie," "No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School," and "Season of Miracles." In 2010, producers Dave Moody and Colin Elliott recorded "Old Fashioned Hymns and Gospel Songs...for Those Who Miss Them" with George Hamilton IV and guests including Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pat Boone, Del McCoury, and Charlie Pride; the track "I'm Using My Bible for a Roadmap" featuring Del McCoury and The Moody Brothers was nominated for a 2011 Dove Award. In 2015, Lamon signed Buddy Jewell, the first winner of Nashville Star, and released his album "My Father's Country." In 2019, Lamon provided licensed tracks for the movie "All Light Will End," distributed by Gravitas Ventures and available on Netflix.
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