He was an Academy Award nominee in 1999 for "A Soft Place to Fall" (co-written with Allison Moorer) from the movie The Horse Whisperer.
First held on August 19, 2006, at Whicker Park in Harriman, Tennessee, the first year featured artists such as Steve Earle, Todd Snider, Will Hoge, and Allison Moorer.
Michael Moorer | Mose Allison | Allison Miller | William B. Allison | Allison V-1710 | Allison Engine Company | Jennifer Allison | Jay Allison | Darren Allison | Bernard Allison | Allison Transmission | Wilmer Allison | Tropical Storm Allison | May Allison | Malcolm Allison | Allison Wolfe | Allison Moorer | Allison Jones | Allison | Thomas Hinman Moorer | Rick Allison | Glenn Allison | George Allison | Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer | Dale Allison | Chris Allison | Brooke Allison | Ben Allison | Allison Whitlock | Allison Rosati |
The album features the singer's wife, Allison Moorer on the track "Days Aren't Long Enough," and the Brazilian group Forro in the Dark on the track "City of Immigrants." The track "Way Down in the Hole," by Tom Waits, was used as the opening theme song for the fifth and final season of the HBO series The Wire, on which Earle plays a recurring character named Walon.