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'''Emmylou Harris''' (born [[April 2]], [[1947]] in [[Birmingham]]) is a country music singer-songwriter and musician. Aside from her work as a solo artist and bandleader, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous big-name artists. | '''Emmylou Harris''' (born [[April 2]], [[1947]] in [[Birmingham]]) is a country music singer-songwriter and musician. Aside from her work as a solo artist and bandleader, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous big-name artists. | ||
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=== With Gram Parsons === | === With Gram Parsons === | ||
Harris soon returned to performing, as part of a trio with local musicians Gerry Mule and Tom Guidera. One night in [[1971]], members of the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers happened to be in the audience, including former Byrds member Chris Hillman, who had taken over the band after the departure of its founder, Gram Parsons. Hillman was so impressed by Harris that he briefly considered asking her to join the band. | Harris soon returned to performing, as part of a trio with local musicians Gerry Mule and Tom Guidera. One night in [[1971]], members of the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers happened to be in the audience, including former Byrds member Chris Hillman, who had taken over the band after the departure of its founder, Gram Parsons. Hillman was so impressed by Harris that he briefly considered asking her to join the band. Instead, in [[1972]], Hillman ended up recommending her to Parsons, who was looking for a female vocalist to work with on his first solo album. Harris toured as a member of Parsons' "Fallen Angels" band, and in 1973, Harris returned to the studio with Parsons to record ''Grievous Angel''. Parsons died in a motel room near what is now Joshua Tree National Park on [[September 19]], [[1973]], from an overdose of drugs including alcohol. (Harris reflected on Parsons' death in her [[1975]] composition "Boulder to Birmingham".) | ||
===The Reprise Years=== | ===The Reprise Years=== | ||
Emmylou met | Emmylou met Canadian producer Brian Ahern, who produced her major label debut album, released in [[1975]] on Reprise Records, entitled ''Pieces of the Sky''. The album included a number of cover songs, including the Beatles' "For No One" and Harris's first hit single, the Louvin Brothers' "If I Could Only Win Your Love". She created The Hot Band, a group of studio and touring musicians that included Elvis Presley band alumni Glen D. Hardin, Hank DeVito, and James Burton. | ||
Harris' subsequent albums, '' | Harris' subsequent albums, ''Elite Hotel'' ([[1975]]), ''Luxury Liner'' ([[1977]]), and ''Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town'' ([[1978]]) were all country hits, but also had appeal for rock listeners. While country music was experiencing crossover success at the time, the approach of many country artists was to try to marry their music with smooth, L.A.-style pop; Harris, however, had more of a rock and roll interest, so she aimed her music in a bit more ''rockish'' direction. | ||
In addition to her own solo work during this period, Harris began a number of ongoing collaborative relationships with other artists, many of which she would revisit throughout the course of her career. | In addition to her own solo work during this period, Harris began a number of ongoing collaborative relationships with other artists, many of which she would revisit throughout the course of her career. A Christmas album, "Light of the Stable," was released in [[1979]]; its title track featured backing vocals by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Neil Young. From the mid-[[1970s]] on, Harris had begun working with all three artists, recording two Trio albums with Parton and Ronstadt (as well as a number of singles), a duet album with Ronstadt, and a number of various projects with Young. In addition, her vocals were prominently featured on Bob Dylan's [[1975]] ''Desire'' album. She also worked with The Band during this period, appearing in their film ''The Last Waltz''. In 1977, Harris married Brian Ahern and had another daughter, Meghann in 1979. This marriage ended in divorce in 1984. | ||
Her [[1979]] album ''[[Blue Kentucky Girl]]'' featured straight [[Loretta Lynn]]/[[Kitty Wells]]-style country, while [[1980]]'s ''[[Roses in the Snow]]'' was a [[Grammy]]-winning collection of [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] and [[country music|country]] material featuring [[Ricky Skaggs]], [[Tony Rice]], [[Johnny Cash]], and [[Jerry Douglas]]. | Her [[1979]] album ''[[Blue Kentucky Girl]]'' featured straight [[Loretta Lynn]]/[[Kitty Wells]]-style country, while [[1980]]'s ''[[Roses in the Snow]]'' was a [[Grammy]]-winning collection of [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] and [[country music|country]] material featuring [[Ricky Skaggs]], [[Tony Rice]], [[Johnny Cash]], and [[Jerry Douglas]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:27, 3 April 2007
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947 in Birmingham) is a country music singer-songwriter and musician. Aside from her work as a solo artist and bandleader, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous big-name artists.
Biography
Early years
Emmylou Harris was the daughter of a career military father. She was born in Birmingham, but spent her childhood in North Carolina, and then in Woodbridge, Virginia, where she graduated from Gar-Field Senior High School as class valedictorian and won a drama scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. This is when she began to study music seriously, learning to play the songs of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez on guitar.
Harris married fellow songwriter Tom Slocum in 1969, and recorded her first album the following year, Gliding Bird, on Jubilee Records (reissued in 1979 on Emus Records). Shortly thereafter, the couple got divorced, and Harris and her newborn daughter Hallie moved-in with her parents in Washington, D.C.
With Gram Parsons
Harris soon returned to performing, as part of a trio with local musicians Gerry Mule and Tom Guidera. One night in 1971, members of the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers happened to be in the audience, including former Byrds member Chris Hillman, who had taken over the band after the departure of its founder, Gram Parsons. Hillman was so impressed by Harris that he briefly considered asking her to join the band. Instead, in 1972, Hillman ended up recommending her to Parsons, who was looking for a female vocalist to work with on his first solo album. Harris toured as a member of Parsons' "Fallen Angels" band, and in 1973, Harris returned to the studio with Parsons to record Grievous Angel. Parsons died in a motel room near what is now Joshua Tree National Park on September 19, 1973, from an overdose of drugs including alcohol. (Harris reflected on Parsons' death in her 1975 composition "Boulder to Birmingham".)
The Reprise Years
Emmylou met Canadian producer Brian Ahern, who produced her major label debut album, released in 1975 on Reprise Records, entitled Pieces of the Sky. The album included a number of cover songs, including the Beatles' "For No One" and Harris's first hit single, the Louvin Brothers' "If I Could Only Win Your Love". She created The Hot Band, a group of studio and touring musicians that included Elvis Presley band alumni Glen D. Hardin, Hank DeVito, and James Burton.
Harris' subsequent albums, Elite Hotel (1975), Luxury Liner (1977), and Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (1978) were all country hits, but also had appeal for rock listeners. While country music was experiencing crossover success at the time, the approach of many country artists was to try to marry their music with smooth, L.A.-style pop; Harris, however, had more of a rock and roll interest, so she aimed her music in a bit more rockish direction.
In addition to her own solo work during this period, Harris began a number of ongoing collaborative relationships with other artists, many of which she would revisit throughout the course of her career. A Christmas album, "Light of the Stable," was released in 1979; its title track featured backing vocals by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Neil Young. From the mid-1970s on, Harris had begun working with all three artists, recording two Trio albums with Parton and Ronstadt (as well as a number of singles), a duet album with Ronstadt, and a number of various projects with Young. In addition, her vocals were prominently featured on Bob Dylan's 1975 Desire album. She also worked with The Band during this period, appearing in their film The Last Waltz. In 1977, Harris married Brian Ahern and had another daughter, Meghann in 1979. This marriage ended in divorce in 1984.
Her 1979 album Blue Kentucky Girl featured straight Loretta Lynn/Kitty Wells-style country, while 1980's Roses in the Snow was a Grammy-winning collection of bluegrass and country material featuring Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Douglas.
In 1980, she recorded "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again" with rock legend Roy Orbison, for which they would win the Grammy Award for best vocal duo, and in 1981, she reached #37 on the Billboard pop charts with a cover of "Mister Sandman" from her Evangeline album. (The album version of the song featured harmony by Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, but neither Parton's nor Ronstadt's record companies would allow their artists' vocals to be used on the single, so Harris re-recorded the song, singing all three parts.)
1983's White Shoes was an eclectic pairing of the rockish reading of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" with a remake of the Donna Summer hit "On the Radio". Though not previously noted for her songwriting, Harris wrote all the songs on her 1985 album, The Ballad of Sally Rose, a somewhat autobiographical piece, based on her relationship with Parsons, which Harris herself described as a "country opera". Harris married musician Paul Kennerley in 1985. This marrriage ended in divorced in 1993.
1986's album Thirteen was her thirteenth solo album.
In 1987, she teamed up with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt for their long-promised Trio album. The album was nominated for three Grammy awards (it took the award for "Best Country Collaboration"), reached the top ten on both the pop and country charts, and launched four hit singles. On Angel Band, another 1987 album, with traditional religious songs, she worked, among others, with rising country star Vince Gill.
1989's album Bluebird included John Hiatt's "Icy Blue Heart" (with backings from Bonnie Raitt).
In the early 1990s, she dissolved The Hot Band, and partnered with acoustic musicians (Sam Bush [fiddle, mandolin & vocals], Roy Huskey, Jr. [bass & vocals], Larry Atamanuik [drums], Al Perkins [banjo, guitar, dobro & vocals], Jon Randall [guitar, mandolin & vocals]), whom she named The Nash Ramblers. They recorded a Grammy-winning live album (1992) at the Ryman Auditorium that led to the $8 million restoration of the facility into a premium concert and event venue. It was her last album with Reprise Records.
New directions
Harris started receiving less airplay as mainstream country stations began shifting their focus to the youth-oriented "new country" format. While her recent albums had done reasonably well, her chart success was on the wane. Switching to Elektra Records, her 1993 Cowgirl's Prayer album, while critically praised, received very little airplay, and its single, "High Powered Love" failed to chart, prompting her to shift her career in a new direction.
In 1995, Harris released one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the decade, Wrecking Ball, produced by Daniel Lanois, best known for his work with U2, Peter Gabriel and Bob Dylan. An experimental album for Harris, to say the least, the record included Harris' rendition of the Neil Young-penned title track (Young himself provided guest vocals on two of the album's songs), Steve Earle's "Goodbye," Julie Miller's "All My Tears", Jimi Hendrix's "May This Be Love", Kate and Anna McGarrigle's "Goin' Back to Harlan" and Gillian Welch's "Orphan Girl". U2's Larry Mullen, Jr showed up to play drums for the project. The album received virtually no country airplay whatsoever, but did bring Harris to the attention of alternative rock listeners, many of whom had never listened to her music before. The following year, she appeared on Willie Nelson's moody, instrumentally sparse Teatro album, which was also produced by Lanois.
In 1998, Harris released the live Spyboy, backed with a new band comprising Nashville producer, songwriter and guitarist Buddy Miller and New Orleans musicians, drummer Brady Blade and bassist-vocalist-percussionist Daryl Johnson. The album updated many of Harris' career hits, including "Boulder to Birmingham". Also, in 1998, Tara MacLean recorded a cover of Harris' Christmas single "Light of the Stable".
Her 1999 Red Dirt Girl album was produced by Lanois protegé Malcolm Burn and, for the first time since The Ballad of Sally Rose, contained a number of Harris' own compositions. Like Wrecking Ball, the album's sound leaned more toward alternative rock than country. Also in 1999, Harris released a second Trio album with Parton and Ronstadt, Trio 2 (which was actually recorded in the early 1990s, but remained unreleased for five years, due to record label disputes and conflicting schedules and career priorities of the three artists). Harris and Ronstadt released a duet album, Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions the following year.
In 2000, Harris guested on alternative country singer Ryan Adams' solo debut Heartbreaker. The same year she joined an all star group of traditional country, folk and blues artists for the T-Bone Burnett produced soundtrack to the Coen Brothers film, O Brother, Where Art Thou?. A documentary/concert film, Down from the Mountain, featuring the artists performing music from the film and other songs at the Ryman Auditorium. Harris and many of the same artists took their show on the road for the Down from the Mountain Tour in 2002.
Harris released Stumble into Grace, her follow-up to Red Dirt Girl in 2003, and like its predecessor, it contained mostly self-penned material.
In 2004, Harris led the Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue tour with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin. They performed singly and together and swapped instruments.
In 2005, Harris worked with Conor Oberst on Bright Eyes' release, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, performing backup vocals and harmonies on three tracks. In July, she also joined Elvis Costello on several dates of his U.S. tour, performing alongside Costello and his band on several numbers each night. Emmylou and Costello recorded a version of Costello's song, "The Scarlet Tide", from the soundtrack of the movie, "Cold Mountain". July also saw the release of The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches and Highways, a single-disc retrospective of Harris's career, on the Rhino Entertainment label.
This same year, Harris appeared as a guest vocalist on the widely acclaimed Prairie Wind, the latest album by Neil Young. She appeared in the Jonathan Demme documentary-concert film Neil Young: Heart of Gold, released in 2006.
All the Roadrunning, an album of collaborations with former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler, was released on April 24, 2006 (April 25 in USA), and supported by a tour of Europe and the USA. The album was a commercial success, reaching #10 in the UK and #17 in the USA.
Selections recorded during the All the Roadrunning tour performance at the Gibson Amphitheatre were released as a CD/DVD package entitled Real Live Roadrunning on November 14, 2006. In addition to several of the compositions that Harris and Knopfler recorded together in the studio, Real Live Roadrunning features solo hits from both members of the duo, as well as a few classic tracks from Knopfler's days with Dire Straits.
Activism
In 1997 & 1998, Harris performed in Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair, promoting feminism in music. Since 1999, Harris has been organizing an annual benefit tour called Concerts for a Landmine Free World. All proceeds from the tours support the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation's (VVAF) efforts to assist innocent victims of conflicts around the world. The tour also benefits the VVAF's work to raise America's awareness of the global landmine crisis. Artists that have joined Harris on the road for these dates include Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn, Steve Earle, Joan Baez, Patty Griffin and Nanci Griffith.
Emmylou is also a supporter of animal rights and an active member of PETA. [1]
Awards and other honors
Grammy Awards
2001 (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
1976 (Elite Hotel), 1979 (Blue Kentucky Girl), 1984 ("In My Dreams"), 2006 ("The Connection")
1980 ("That Lovin' You Feelin' Again", with Roy Orbison), 1987 (Trio, with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt), 1992 (Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers At The Ryman, as Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers)
1995 (Wrecking Ball), 2000 (Red Dirt Girl)
1998 ("Same Old Train", with Alison Krauss, Clint Black, Dwight Yoakam, Earl Scruggs, Joe Diffie, Marty Stuart, Merle Haggard, Pam Tillis, Patty Loveless, Randy Travis, Ricky Skaggs & Travis Tritt), 1999 ("After The Gold Rush", with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)
Other honors
Discography
Solo albums
- Gliding Bird (Jubilee) 1969
- Pieces of the Sky (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 1975
- Elite Hotel (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 1975
- Luxury Liner (Warner Bros.) 1977
- Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros.) 1978
- Blue Kentucky Girl (Warner Bros.) 1979
- Light of the Stable (X-mas album) (Warner Bros.) 1979
- Roses in the Snow (Warner Bros.) 1980
- Evangeline (Warner Bros.) 1981
- Cimarron (Warner Bros.) 1981
- Last Date (live) (Warner Bros.) 1982
- White Shoes (Warner Bros.) 1983
- The Ballad of Sally Rose (Warner Bros.) 1985
- Thirteen (Warner Bros.) 1986
- Angel Band (Warner Bros.) 1987
- Bluebird (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 1989
- Brand New Dance (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 1990
- At the Ryman (live with The Nash Ramblers) (Warner Bros.) 1992
- Cowgirl's Prayer (Elektra/Warner Bros.) 1993
- Wrecking Ball (Asylum/Warner Bros.) 1995
- Spyboy (live) (Eminent) 1998
- Red Dirt Girl (Nonesuch/Warner Bros.) 2000
- Stumble into Grace (Nonesuch/Warner Bros.) 2003
Compilations
- Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros.) 1979
- Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris (Warner Bros.) 1984
- Duets (Warner Bros.) 1990
- Songs of the West (Warner Bros.) 1994
- Portraits (3 disc boxed set) (Warner Bros.) 1996
- Anthology (2 disc boxed set) (Warner Bros.) 2001
- Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons – "She" with The Pretenders, "Sin City" with Beck; "Juanita" with Sheryl Crow and "Return of the Grievous Angel" with Ryan Adams.
- The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches and Highways (Rhino Entertainment) 2005
- Brokeback Mountain – ("A Love That Will Never Grow Old", which won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song) 2005.
Collaborations
- Trio (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt), (Warner Bros.) 1987
- Other Voices, Other Rooms (with Nanci Griffith), (Elektra) 1993
- Teatro (with Willie Nelson), (Island) 1996
- Trio 2 (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) (Elektra) 1999
- Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (with Linda Ronstadt) (Elektra) 1999
- "Resplendent" (with Bill Mallonee and Vigilantes of Love) on Audible Sigh (Compass) 2000
- "Lost on the River" and "Alone and Forsaken" (both with Mark Knopfler) on Timeless: A Tribute to Hank Williams (Universal) 2001
- "Comin' Around" (with Steve Earle) on Earle's The Revolution Starts Now (Artemis Records) 2004
- "We Are Nowhere and It's Now," "Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)," and "Landlocked Blues" (with Conor Oberst) on I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes. (Saddle Creek) (2005)
- All the Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler) released April 24th, 2006 (April 25th in USA). Mercury Records.
- Real Live Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler), CD + DVD, released November 2006.
Video and film
- The Last Waltz (1978)
- Live at the Ryman (with the Nash Ramblers, VHS, 1992)
- Spyboy - Live from the legendary Exit/In (1999)
- Down from the Mountain (2002)
- Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
- Real Live Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler), CD + DVD, released November 2006.
Other appearances
Throughout her career, Emmylou Harris has made credited and uncredited appearances on albums and songs by numerous artists.
- "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" with Roy Acuff from the album Grammy's Greatest Country, Vol. 2
- "Oh My Sweet Carolina" with Ryan Adams from his album Heartbreaker
- "The Waltz You Saved for Me" with John Anderson from his album Wild & Blue
- "The Wayward Wind" with Lynn Anderson on her album Cowboy's Sweetheart
- "The Last Time" with Tom Astor from his album Meilenstein
- "Dreaming My Dreams" with Mike Auldridge from his self-titled album
- "Appalachian Rain" with Matraca Berg from her album Lying to the Moon and Other Stories
- "Send Me an Angel" with Cindy Bilens from her album Neverland
- "Only a Woman's Heart" with Mary Black from her album Looking Back
- "Grey Funnel Line" (featuring Dolores Keane) with Mary Black from the album Bringing It All Back Home, Vol. 1
- "Sonny" (featuring Dolores Keane) with Mary Black from the album Bringing It All Back Home, Vol. 2
- "Nobody's" with David Bromberg from his album Midnight on the Water
- "I'll Be Faithful to You" and "(Love Always) Letter to Home" with Glen Campbell from his album Letter to Home
- "Visions of Plenty" and "Crazy in Alabama" with Kate Campbell from her album Visions of Plenty
- "Sweeter Than the Flowers" and "As Long as I Live" with Johnny Cash from his album Water from the Wells of Home
- "There's a Light" with Beth Nielsen Chapman from her album Deeper Still
- "The Only One" with Tracy Chapman from her album Telling Stories
- "Woodrow Wilson" with Vic Chesnutt from his album The Salesman and Bernadette
- "Nobody's Darling But Mine" with the Chieftains from their album Another Country
- "Lambs on the Green Hills" with the Chieftains from their album Further Down the Old Plank Road - The Nashville Sessions
- "Rita Ballou", "LA Freeway", "She Ain't Goin' Nowhere", "That Old Time Feeling", "Like a Coat from the Cold" from Guy Clark's album Old No. 1
- "Texas Cookin", "Anyhow, I Love You", Virginia's Real", "It's About Time", "Broken Hearted People", "Black Haired Boy" and "Me I'm Feeling the Same" from Guy Clark's album Texas Cookin'
- "I Don't Love You Much Do I" with Guy Clark from his album Boats to Build
- "Fort Worth Blues" and "Be Gone Forever" with Guy Clark from his album Cold Dog Soup
- "Black Diamond Strings" with Guy Clark from his album Dublin Blues
- "Old Friends", "To Live Is to Fly" and "All Through Throwin' Good Love After Bad" with Guy Clark from his album Old Friends
- "All Our Dark Tomorrows" with Bruce Cockburn from his album You've Never Seen Everything
- "If I Needed You" with Phil Cody from his album Big Slow Mover
- "Sweet Bird of Feeling" with Priscilla Coolidge-Jones from her album Flying
- "Weather" with Sheryl Crow from her album C'mon C'mon
- "Flesh and Blood" with Sheryl Crow and Mary Chapin Carpenter from the album Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash
- "Elvira", "Now & Then There's a Fool Such as I", Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight", Voilà, An American Dream" and "I Ain't Living Long Like This" with Rodney Crowell from his album Ain't Living Long Like This
- "My Baby's Gone" with Rodney Crowell from the album Livin' Lovin' Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers
- "Too Many Tears Too Late" with Bobbie Cryner from her self-titled debut album
- "Why Don't You Love Me" with Bob Delevante from his album Porchlight
- "Mama's Opry" with Iris DeMent from her album Infamous Angel
- "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" with the Dixie Chicks from their album Home
- "Fewer Threads Than These" with Holly Dunn from her album Cornerstone
- "Order Coffee" with Dusty Trails from their album Dusty Trails
- "Mozambique", "One More Cup of Coffee", "Oh Sister", "Joey", "Black Diamond Bay" and "Romance in Durango" with Bob Dylan from his album Desire
- "Taneytown" with Steve Earle from his album El Corazón
- "I Remember You" with Steve Earle from his album Jerusalem
- "Mother of Exile" with Jonathan Elias from his album American River
- "Rex's Blues" (featuring Nanci Griffith) with Ramblin' Jack Elliott from his album Friends of Mine
- "Hobo's Lullaby" from the album Folkways: A Vision Shared - A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
- "Young Man's Town" with Vince Gill from his album Next Big Thing
- "Fourteen Days" with Steve Goodman from his album Santa Ana Winds
- "Long Ride Home" with Patty Griffin from her album 1000 Kisses
- "Mary" with Patty Griffin from her album Flaming Red
- "Trapeze" with Patty Griffin from her album Children Running Through
- "Fragile" (featuring Holly Tashian and Pam Rose) with Nanci Griffith from her album Flyer
- "Across the Great Divide" with Nanci Griffith from her album Other Voices, Other Rooms
- "Wasn't That a Mighty Storm" with Nanci Griffith from her album Other Voices Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
- "Today" (featuring Ronnie McCoury with Jamie Hartford from the album Part of Your History: The Songs of John Hartford
- "Farther Along" with Hayseed from the album No Depression: What It Sounds Like Vol. 1
- "In My Time" with John Jarvis from his album Pure Contours
- "Everything Has a Cost" with Jason and the Scorchers from their album Clear Impetuous Morning
- "Flower in the Desert" with Jim and Jesse from their album Music Among Friends
- "West Texas Waltz" with Flaco Jimenez from his album Partners
- "All Fall Down" with George Jones from his album Friends in High Places
- "Here We Are" with George Jones from his album My Very Special Guests
- "The Sweetest Gift" with the Judds from their album Heartland
- "This Dirty Little Town" (featuring Lucinda Williams) with Kieran Kane from his album Dead Reckoning
- "Greener Pastures" and "Find My Way Home" with Kieran Kane from his album Find My Way Home
- "My Baby's Gone" with the Kendalls from their album Movin' Train
- "Julie's House" with Leo Kottke from his album Time Step
- "Same Old Train" with Alison Krauss, Clint Black, Joe Diffee, Marty Stuart, Patty Loveless, et. al from the album A Tribute to Tradition
- "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" with Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch from the soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Harris performs the bass part, while Welch, who has the lowest register voice of the trio, was given the soprano part).
- "I Love You" with Daniel Lanois from his album Shine
- "Stormy Sky" (featuring Willie Nelson) with Daniel Lanois from his album Rockets
- "High Timberline" with Jim Lauderdale from his album Headed for the Hills
- "The King of Broken Hearts" with Jim Lauderdale from his album Planet of Love
- "God Ain't Done with Me Yet" with Bernie Leadon from his album Mirror
- "Country Boy", Billy Tyler" and "On a Real Good Night" with Albert Lee from his album Hiding
- "Rock & Roll Doctor" with Little Feat from their album Feats Don't Fail Me Now
- "When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough" with Patty Loveless from her album Dreamin' My Dreams
- "She's Leaving Me Because She Really Wants To" with Lyle Lovett from his album Joshua Judges Ruth
- "Walk Through the Bottomland" with Lyle Lovett from his album Pontiac
- "Ladyfingers" with Luscious Jackson from their album Electric Honey
- "Soothe Yourself", "Why Do I Lie" and "One Thing" with Luscious Jackson from their album Fever In, Fever Out
- "Mama's Hungry Eyes" solo from the album Mama's Hungry Eyes: Tribute to Merle Haggard
- "Lone Star Blues" with Delbert McClinton from his album Room to Breathe
- "Angel" with Sarah McLachlan from Lilith Fair Vol 2
- "Home" with Midnight Oil from their album Breathe
- "Forever Has Come to an End" with Buddy & Julie Miller from their self-titled album
- "A Showman's Life" with Buddy Miller from his album Midnight and Lonesome
- "Forever My Beloved" with Julie Miller from her album Blue Pony
- "Broken Things" with Julie Miller from her album Broken Things
- "Kentucky Waltz" with Bill Monroe from his album Bill Monroe's Friends
- "Angel Eyes" with Willie Nelson and "So You Think You're a Cowboy" from the soundtrack Honeysuckle Rose
- "Don't Make Me Break Her Heart" and "Mantra" with Jamie O'Hara from his album Beautiful Obsession
- "God Song" with Beth Orton from her album Daybreaker
- "Country Road" (featuring Patty Loveless) with Dolly Parton from her album Eagle When She Flies
- "For the Love of It All" with Peter, Paul and Mary from their album LifeLines
- "Back in Baby's Arms", solo cover from the soundtrack to Planes, Trains & Automobiles
- "The Snake Song", solo cover from the tribute album Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
- "I Know One" with John Prine from his album In Spite of Ourselves
- "Just Can't Believe It" with Pure Prairie League on Two Lane Highway
- "Send Me the Sun" and "Love and Happiness for You" with Kimmie Rhodes from her album Love Me Like a Song
- "After the Gold Rush", "The Blue Train", "Feels like Home" and "Lover's Return" with Linda Ronstadt from her album Feels Like Home (these lack Dolly Parton and are different from versions later released on the Trio II album)
- "I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love with You" with Linda Ronstadt from her album Heart Like a Wheel
- "Honky Tonk Blues" with Linda Ronstadt from her boxed set
- "The Sweetest Gift" with Linda Ronstadt from her album Prisoner in Disguise
- "Little Joe, the Wrangler", solo song from the Roy Rogers Tribute
- "Love Letters from Old Mexico" with Leslie Satcher from her album Love Letters
- "Pick Hits" with John Scofield and the Hot Band from the album Pick Hits Live
- "Wildwood Flower" (featuring Iris DeMent) with Randy Scruggs from his album Crown of Jewels
- "Lullaby" with Dan Seals from his album On the Front Line
- "The Sweetest Gift" featuring Linda Ronstadt and "Wheels" with The Seldom Scene from their album 25th Year Anniversary
- "I'm Going Crazy in 3/4 Time" with Billy Joe Shaver from his album Gypsy Boy
- "A Girl Like Emmylou" with Southern Pacific from their album Killbilly Hill
- "Long Time Gone", "White Line", "Dark Hollow", "Roads and Other Reasons" and "Sin City" with John Starling from his album Long Time Gone
- "Rachel" with Gary Stewart from his album Out of Hand
- "I'll Take My Time" with Barry and Holly Tashian from their album Harmony
- "Heaven with You" and "Ring of Gold" with Barry & Holly Tashian from their album Ready for Love
- "Not Me" (featuring Vince Gill) with Keni Thomas from his album Flag of Our Fathers
- "Heart Over Mind" with Pam Tillis from her album It's All Relative
- "Jozie Bleu" (with Jared Tyler) on Jared Tyler's debut record Blue Alleluia (Walking Liberty Records) Produced by Russ Titelman
- "If I Needed You" with Townes Van Zandt from his album Be Here to Love Me
- "Fair and Tender Ladies" with The Whites from their album A Lifetime in the Making
- "Would These Arms Be in Your Way" with Keith Whitley from his album Don't Close Your Eyes
- "If I Needed You" with Don Williams from his album Especially for You
- "Greenville" with Lucinda Williams from her album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
- "Nothing But a Breeze" (featuring Herb Pedersen) with Jesse Winchester from his album Nothing But a Breeze
- "I'm the Train" with Bob Woodruff from his album Dreams and Saturday Nights
- "Beneath a Painted Sky" with Tammy Wynette from her album Higher Ground
- "Woman Walk the Line" with Trisha Yearwood from her album Hearts in Armor
- "No Wonder", "Far from Home" and "This Old Guitar" with Neil Young from his album Prairie Wind
- "Scrapbook" with Warren Zanes from his album Memory Girls
References
- "Emmylou Harris." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 2 Apr 2007, 13:41 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 3 Apr 2007 [2].
- In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, Nicholas Dawidoff, Vintage Books, 1998. ISBN 0-679-41567-X
- Emmylou Harris: Angel in Disguise, Jim Brown, Fox Music Books, 2004. ISBN 1-894997-03-4
- Fong-Torres, Ben. (1998). "Emmylou Harris". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 230.
External links
- Official Site
- Emmylou Harris - Sweetheart of the Rodeo – An excellent biography by Bill DeYoung
- Emmylou Harris Dutch Homepage
- Emmylou Harris at All-Music Guide
- Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris hi-res photos from June 25th '06 Chicago concert
- Liberal Country Fan – A good description of Emmylou's music career and history of political expression.
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