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Fri Mar-26-04 05:10 PM
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Poll question: Favorite Emmylou Harris song |
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:13 PM
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1. Anything with Gram Parsons |
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Love hurts, Return of The Grievous Angel, Hickory Wind. Boy those two together were awsome. Perfect!
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:14 PM
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2. Anything on "Red Dirt Girl" |
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That was an awesome album.
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:14 PM
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but I could vote for other also, anything she did with Gram, or are those Gram Parsons songs? because the harmonies between them are the best ever. Even better than the Beatles or Beach Boys harmonies in my opinion.
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:21 PM
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6. Her harmonies with Rodney Crowell were pretty great too |
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Think most of the ones up top were with him
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:15 PM
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Covered by many...I like the Joan Baez version as well.
I don't want to hear a love song I got on this airplane just to fly And I know there's life below But all that it can show me Is the prairie and the sky
And I don't want to hear a sad story Full of heartbreak and desire The last time I felt like this It was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire And I stood on the mountain in the night and I watched it burn I watched it burn, I watched it burn.
I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham I would hold my life in his saving grace. I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham If I thought I could see, I could see your face.
Well you really got me this time And the hardest part is knowing I'll survive. I have come to listen for the sound Of the trucks as they move down Out on ninety five And pretend that it's the ocean coming down to wash me clean, to wash me clean Baby do you know what I mean
I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham I would hold my life in his saving grace. I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham If I thought I could see, I could see your face.
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:19 PM
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5. Good pick. I cannot hear this song too much! |
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Fri Mar-26-04 06:34 PM
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22. my favorite too, it is exquisite |
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I saw her many years ago at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She was breathtakingly beautiful in appearance and in voice. I'd love to see her again- her voice is just as wonderful as it was almost 30 years ago when I saw her.
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:22 PM
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7. I've Been An Emmylou Fan For Decades |
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The first song I remember hearing her sing is "Here, There and Everywhere." I was smitten with her voice from the first moment I heard this song. I have two favorite albums (CD's for you young 'uns); "Red Dirt Girl" and "Roses In The Snow." "Roses" is a bluegrass anthology, and it's awesome.
I also really love her "Duets" album. And she did a duet with Dan Fogelburg, "Only The Heart May Know" that I just love.
I think Emmylou Harris is one of the most talented women to ever grace any stage; she is versatile and a bit eclectic with her musical repertoire, and she is a helluva musician.
Thanks for this thread! I love Emmylou!
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:22 PM
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is my current fav. It's just so perfect for us southern women. Not only that the clay around here is, in fact, red and orange.
Red Dirt Girl
Me and my best friend Lillian And her blue tick hound dog Gideon, Sittin on the front porch cooling in the shade Singin every song the radio played Waitin for the Alabama sun to go down Two red dirt girls in a red dirt town Me and Lillian Just across the line and a little southeast of Meridian.
She loved her brother I remember back when He was fixin up a '49 Indian He told her 'Little sister, gonna ride the wind Up around the moon and back again" He never got farther than Vietnam, I was standin there with her when the telegram come For Lillian. Now he's lyin somewhere about a million miles from Meridian.
She said there's not much hope for a red dirt girl Somewhere out there is a great big world Thats where I'm bound And the stars might fall on Alabama But one of these days I'm gonna swing My hammer down Away from this red dirt town I'm gonna make a joyful sound
She grew up tall and she grew up thin Buried that old dog Gideon By a crepe myrtle bush in the back of the yard, Her daddy turned mean and her mama leaned hard Got in trouble with a boy from town Figured that she might as well settle down So she dug right in Across a red dirt line just a little south east from Meridian
She tried hard to love him but it never did take It was just another way for the heart to break So she dug right in. But one thing they don't tell you about the blues When you got em You keep on falling cause there ain't no bottom There ain't know end. At least not for Lillian
Nobody knows when she started her skid, She was only 27 and she had five kids. Coulda' been the whiskey, Coulda been the pills, Coulda been the dream she was trying to kill. But there won't be a mention in the news of the world About the life and the death of a red dirt girl Names Lillian Who never got any farther across the line than Meridian.
Now the stars still fall on Alabama Tonight she finally laid That hammer down Without a sound In the red dirt ground
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:26 PM
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And hey how about a picture with her ravishing grey-haired lady look?
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Fri Mar-26-04 06:16 PM
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Written by Townes Van Zandt. I like the Willy Nelson/Merle Haggard version too.
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:27 PM
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Oh hell, just put on the CD!
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:30 PM
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11. Till I Gain Control Again |
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:30 PM
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Making Believe Pancho & Lefty Save The Last Dance For Me Tennessee Waltz
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:32 PM
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and "The Last Cheater's Waltz," too. And "Miss The Mississippi."
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:34 PM
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14. "Every Grain Of Sand" |
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..on "Wrecking Ball".
Without a doubt, one of the best singers alive.
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:38 PM
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15. Great to see so many Emmylou fans! |
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:41 PM
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I think that's the name of it.
"Momma never cared for the finer things in life, if she did she never did say so to Daddy......"
is how it starts off.
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:44 PM
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17. Boy, that's like asking a mother who her favorite child is |
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Before Believing Boulder to Birmingham Till I gain Control Again Here I Am Can You Hear Me Now
The first time I saw her was in the early 70's. She was playing with the Hot Band. Walked on stage with a peach in one hand & a bottle of Jack Daniels in the other. Opened her mouth & sang like an angel. Pieces of the Sky is one of my top ten favorites of all time.
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:52 PM
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19. Yeah I heard her in a small venue back then too |
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I love all the tunes on your list
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Fri Mar-26-04 05:46 PM
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Fri Mar-26-04 06:26 PM
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21. It's all right cause it's midnight |
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and I got two more bottles of wine.
A folkie friend of mine used to cover that in her shows. Wow. That brings back great memories. Emmy Lou is amazing. I have never seen her live and would love to. She was beautiful with black hair and she is beautiful now with silver hair.
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Fri Mar-26-04 06:41 PM
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She rocks!
Can't possibly pick a favorite song, there are way too many to choose from.
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