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The male dancer is Lyle Lovett, who also appears on the album as a vocalist. The man standing at far left is John T. Davis, at the time a music writer for the Austin American-Statesman . As with other Griffith albums, she is pictured holding books by and/or about southern writers.
- October 7–9, 1985
- Country
- 1986
- Jim Rooney and Nanci Griffith
Aug 16, 2021 · She had had her friend Lyle Lovett grace the album cover of “Last of the True Believers”, he, too, ended up signed to MCA via a deal with Curb Nashville. Having met Griffith as a...
Sep 8, 2023 · The Last of the True Believers also boasted harmony and backing vocals from Lovett, who had by then settled in Nashville and would soon sign with MCA. (The cover of Believers also featured Lovett, in character as Eddie, waltzing with “Rita” under the Woolworth’s sign; a nod to the album’s most famous song.)
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He appears on that album as a vocalist and also can be seen in the picture on the cover of her subsequent album Last of the True Believers (1986). Critical reception [ edit ] Lyle Lovett was ranked No. 91 in Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the 1980s, [8] and both Velvet [9] and the Italian magazine Il Mucchio Selvaggio also listed it as one ...
- 1986
- Chaton Recordings, Scottsdale, Arizona
- Jacob Uitti
- 4 min
- Senior Writer
- “If I Were the Woman You Wanted,” Nanci Griffith. It might confuse some because Griffith released the song on her 1984 album, Once in a Very Blue Moon, as “If I Were the Woman You Wanted.”
- “Closing Time,” Lacy J. Dalton. No, this isn’t the Semisonic song. This is the 1986 finger-picked Americana tune by country singer Lacy J. Dalton.
- “The Front Porch Song,” Robert Earl Keen Jr. Released on Keen’s 1984 album, No Kinda Dancer, “The Front Porch Song” is a storytelling song about slower times, a perspective from your home, and simple wants and hopes.
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Nanci Griffith - The Last Of The True Believers (Official Audio) 2:56. 1001 albums you must hear before you die moberg65. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1987 Vinyl release of "The Last Of The True Believers" on Discogs.
