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Emmylou Harris sang on "Everything Has a Cost". "Drugstore Truck Drivin' Man" is a cover of the Gram Parsons song, which Jason considered to be "an anti-Nashville-music-business song." "Jeremy's Glory" is about the Civil War. "Going Nowhere" is about a woman who decides to leave her hometown. Critical reception
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- Boulder To Birmingham (from ‘Pieces Of The Sky’, 1975) Since his death, in 1973, Gram Parsons has been a source of inspiration for Harris, not least on Boulder To Birmingham, a beautiful elegy which tops our list of the best Emmylou Harris songs.
- Red Dirt Girl (from ‘Red Dirt Girl’, 2000) The title track of Harris’ 2000 album was an instant classic – an atmospheric, smouldering tale of small-town life that Bruce Springsteen would have been proud to write.
- Evangeline (from ‘Evangeline’, 1981) First performed with The Band at their 1976 farewell concert, The Last Waltz, Harris later made Evangeline the title track of her 1981 album.
- Love Hurts (with Gram Parsons) (from ‘Grievous Angel’, 1974) Another standout from Grevious Angel, Love Hurts saw Parsons and Harris take on the Boudleaux Bryant standard and mine new levels of painful heartbreak from it.
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Harris will discuss her upbringing as the child of a prisoner of war, her discovery of country music’s depth and breadth, her work with Americana forerunner Gram Parsons, and her remarkable catalog of recordings. Presented in support of the exhibit Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight. CMA Theater. Included with museum admission.
Clear Impetuous Morning by Jason & the Scorchers 1996 "Spanish Johnny" Waylon Jennings: Paul Siebel: 3:50 Waylon & Company by Waylon Jennings 1983 "Flower in the Desert" Jim and Jesse: Bill C. Graham, Carl Jackson, Buddy Landon 3:07 Carl Jackson: Music Among Friends by Jim and Jesse 1991 "West Texas Waltz" Flaco Jimenez: Butch Hancock
There's also a duet with Emmylou Harris on one of the album's few mellow moments, "Everything Has A Cost." Things slow a bit in the second half, but it's hardly "easy listening." Most of the material is new, but also included is a reworking of "Drug Store Truck Driving Man,"The Byrds' less than affectionate tribute to the still ubiquitous Ralph ...
Listen to music by Emmylou Harris on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by Emmylou Harris including Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby, To Know Him Is to Love Him and more.
