Lamon records

Lamon Records, originally a North Carolina record label, now based in Nashville, TN was started in 1962 by Dwight and Cathy Moody. The label gained prominence in the 1980s when their sons, Carlton Moody, Dave Moody and Trent Moody, known as The Moody Brothers earned a Grammy Award nomination for their instrumental performance of the classic fiddle tune "Cotton Eyed Joe." This trio of brothers would be nominated for a second Grammy on the Lamon family label in 1990 and win three International Country Music Awards before Disney hired them as featured performers at Disneyland Paris in France when the park and entertainment complex opened in 1992. The international success of The Moody Brothers helped establish Lamon as a prominent indie label, opening the door for its releases in the UK, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Canada, Japan and the US, among others.

Lamon Records has an extensive list of worldwide distribution and licensing partners which it has built relationships with over the years. The label's various releases and titles have been released and licensed on BMG, Sony Records, Koch Records, Disney, Word Records, and other major labels during its history.

Known primarily as an artist development label, Lamon Records concentrates its efforts in Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, and all forms of Christian Music. Offering production, distribution, marketing and radio promotion, as well as high film-quality music video production, Lamon has become a successful "360" company, handling most all the major aspects of the industry as it represents artists to help find a market for their music.

Lamon's artists, producers and songwriters won eight Dove Awards in 2005 and 2006, and over thirty Dove Award nominations since 2002. This has made Lamon a major independent force in Christian music this decade. And the company continues to find success in other genres as well. In 2007, Lamon's Americana recording artist Chris Berardo and the DesBerardos was recognized on XM Radio's Top 40 X-Country Year-End Album Chart. Other notable releases include legendary bluegrass artist Jesse McReynolds' Dixie Road, George Hamilton IV's Heritage and Legacy and Blue Ridge Sunday, singer/songwriter/actor Ed Bruce's Changed, and two Motion Picture Soundtrack releases Stuck In The Past and Praise Band: The Movie in 2008.

Lamon Records was one of the first Christian and Acoustic Music labels to have its catalog distributed on Apple's iTunes. And under the leadership of Dave Moody and his son Josh Moody, the label continues to break new ground as it heads towards celebrating 50 years in the music industry.