Global InformationElectric Blue Watermelon information
| Electric Blue Watermelon | ||||
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| Studio album by North Mississippi Allstars | ||||
| Released | September 6, 2005 | |||
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| Length | 49:17 | |||
| Label | ATO Records | |||
| Producer | Jim Dickinson | |||
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Electric Blue Watermelon is the fourth studio album by American band North Mississippi Allstars. It was released on September 6, 2005, through ATO Records. Recording sessions took place at Ardent Studios and at Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Memphis, Tennessee and at Zebra Ranch in Independence, Mississippi. Production was handled by Jim Dickinson. It features contributions from Lucinda Williams, Robert Randolph, Al Kapone, Othar Turner, Jimbo Mathus, Ben Nichols, Jimmy Davis, Jim Crosthwait, Jim Spake, Steve Selvidge, Susan Marshall, Mary Lindsay Dickinson, John C. Stubblefield, R.L. Boyce, Sharde Turner, Aubrey Turner, Rodney Evans, Otha Andre Evans, Whitney Jefferson, Robert "Tex" Wrightsil, Harold "Sundance" Thomas, Roger Lewis, Kevin Harris, Efrem Towns, Terence Higgins, Julius McKee, Revert Andrews, Jamie McLean and Jim Dickinson.
The album made it to number 180 on the Billboard 200, topped the Top Blues Albums and peaked at number 8 on the Heatseekers Albums. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to Delbert McClinton's Cost of Living.