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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.  


==Biography==
==Biography==
=== Early years ===
Harris was the daughter of a career Marine. She was born at [[East End Memorial Hospital]] 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.
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.
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".)
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.   
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.   


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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 in [[1992]] at Nashville's 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.
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 in [[1992]] at Nashville's 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.
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.


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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.
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.
Harris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in [[2008]].


== Activism ==
== 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 [[United States|America]]'s awareness of the global [[land mine|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]].
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 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 land mine 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 [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]]. [http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/EmmyLouHarris.asp]
Emmylou is also a supporter of animal rights and an active member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.


==Awards and other honors==
==Awards and other honors==
===Grammy Awards===
===Grammy Awards===
* [[Grammy]] for [[Album of the Year]]
* Grammy for Album of the Year  
'''2001''' (''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)|O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'')
:'''2001''' (''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' soundtrack)
* [[Grammy]] for [[Best Female Country Vocal Performance]],  
* Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance,  
'''1976''' (''[[Elite Hotel]]''),  
:'''1976''' (''Elite Hotel''),  
'''1979''' (''[[Blue Kentucky Girl]]''),  
:'''1979''' (''Blue Kentucky Girl''),  
'''1984''' ("In My Dreams"),  
:'''1984''' ("In My Dreams"),  
'''2006''' ("The Connection")
:'''2006''' ("The Connection")
* [[Grammy]] for [[Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group with Vocal]],  
* Grammy for Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group with Vocal,  
'''1980''' ("That Lovin' You Feelin' Again", with Roy Orbison),  
:'''1980''' ("That Lovin' You Feelin' Again", with Roy Orbison),  
'''1987''' (''[[Trio (album)|Trio]]'', with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt),  
:'''1987''' (''Trio'', with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt),  
'''1992''' (''[[Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers At The Ryman]]'', as Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers)
:'''1992''' (''Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers At The Ryman'', as Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers)
* [[Grammy]] for [[Best Contemporary Folk Album]],  
* Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album,  
'''1995''' (''[[Wrecking Ball]]''),  
:'''1995''' (''Wrecking Ball''),  
'''2000''' (''[[Red Dirt Girl]]'')
:'''2000''' (''Red Dirt Girl'')
* [[Grammy]] for [[Best Country Vocal Collaboration]],  
* Grammy for Best Country Vocal Collaboration,  
'''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]]),  
:'''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)
:'''1999''' ("After The Gold Rush", with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)


===Other honors===
===Other honors===
* ''[[CMT]]'s 40 Greatest Women in Country Music'' - #5 ranking ([[2002]])
* ''CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music'' - #5 ranking ([[2002]])


==Discography==
==Discography==
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* ''[[Duets (Emmylou Harris album)|Duets]]'' (Warner Bros.) 1990
* ''[[Duets (Emmylou Harris album)|Duets]]'' (Warner Bros.) 1990
* ''[[Songs of the West (Emmylou Harris album)|Songs of the West]]'' (Warner Bros.) 1994
* ''[[Songs of the West (Emmylou Harris album)|Songs of the West]]'' (Warner Bros.) 1994
* ''Portraits'' (3 disc [[boxed set]]) (Warner Bros.) 1996
* ''Portraits'' (3 disc boxed set) (Warner Bros.) 1996
* ''Anthology'' (2 disc boxed set) (Warner Bros.) 2001
* ''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]].
* ''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
* ''The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches and Highways'' (Rhino Entertainment) 2005
* ''[[Brokeback Mountain (soundtrack)|Brokeback Mountain]]'' – ("[[A Love That Will Never Grow Old]]", which won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Golden Globe for Best Original Song]]) 2005.
* ''Brokeback Mountain'' – ("A Love That Will Never Grow Old", which won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song) 2005.


=== Collaborations===
=== Collaborations===
* ''[[Trio (album)|Trio]]'' (with [[Dolly Parton]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]]), (Warner Bros.) 1987
* ''[[Trio (album)|Trio]]'' (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt), (Warner Bros.) 1987
* ''[[Other Voices, Other Rooms]]'' (with [[Nanci Griffith]]), (Elektra) 1993
* ''[[Other Voices, Other Rooms]]'' (with Nanci Griffith), (Elektra) 1993
* ''[[Teatro]]'' (with [[Willie Nelson]]), (Island) 1996
* ''[[Teatro]]'' (with Willie Nelson), (Island) 1996
* ''[[Trio 2 (album)|Trio 2]]'' (with [[Dolly Parton]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]]) (Elektra) 1999
* ''[[Trio 2 (album)|Trio 2]]'' (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) (Elektra) 1999
* ''Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions'' (with [[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
* "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
* "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
* "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 Records|Saddle Creek]]) (2005)
* "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]].
* ''[[All the Roadrunning]]'' (with Mark Knopfler) released April 24, 2006 (April 25 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.
* ''[[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 (Ryan Adams album)|Heartbreaker]]''
* "The Waltz You Saved for Me" with [[John Anderson (musician)|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 (Cindy Bilens 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 (Dixie Chicks album)|Home]]''
* "Fewer Threads Than These" with [[Holly Dunn]] from her album ''[[Cornerstone (Holly Dunn album)|Cornerstone]]''
* "Order Coffee" with [[Dusty Trails]] from their album ''[[Dusty Trails (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 (album)|Desire]]''
* "Taneytown" with [[Steve Earle]] from his album ''[[El Corazón]]''
* "I Remember You" with Steve Earle from his album ''[[Jerusalem (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 (George Jones 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 (Leo Kottke 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? (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 (Midnight Oil album)|Breathe]]''
* "Forever Has Come to an End" with [[Buddy Miller|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 (album)|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 (Linda Ronstadt album)|Feels Like Home]]'' (these lack [[Dolly Parton]] and are different from versions later released on the ''[[Trio 2 (album)|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 (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 (band)|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 (singer)|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 (singer)|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 (album)|Prairie Wind]]''
* "Scrapbook" with [[Warren Zanes]] from his album ''Memory Girls''


==References==
==References==
* "Emmylou Harris." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 2 Apr 2007, 13:41 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 3 Apr 2007 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emmylou_Harris&oldid=119715286].
* Dawidoff, Nicholas (1998) ''In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music.'' Vintage Books ISBN 067941567X
* ''In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music,'' [[Nicholas Dawidoff]], [[Random House|Vintage Books]], 1998. ISBN 0-679-41567-X
* Brown, Jim (2004) ''Emmylou Harris: Angel in Disguise.'' Fox Music Books ISBN 1894997034
* ''Emmylou Harris: Angel in Disguise,'' Jim Brown, Fox Music Books, 2004. ISBN 1-894997-03-4
* DeYoung, Bill (August 2, 1996) "[http://www.billdeyoung.com/eh.htm Emmylou Harris: The Sweetheart of the Rodeo]". ''Goldmine''
* Fong-Torres, Ben. (1998). "Emmylou Harris". In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 230.
* Fong-Torres, Ben (1998). "Emmylou Harris" in ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. Paul Kingsbury, ed. New York: Oxford University Press
* "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emmylou_Harris Emmylou Harris]" (April 2, 2007) Wikipedi - accessed April 3, 2007


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.emmylou.net Official Site]
* [http://www.emmylouharris.com/ Emmylou Harris] website
* [http://www.billdeyoung.com/eh.htm Emmylou Harris - Sweetheart of the Rodeo] – An excellent biography by Bill DeYoung
* [http://www.emmylou.nl Emmylou Harris Dutch Homepage]
* [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&sql=11:yya9kent7q7v Emmylou Harris] at All-Music Guide
* [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&sql=11:yya9kent7q7v Emmylou Harris] at All-Music Guide
* [http://community.webshots.com/user/vyusa2 Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris hi-res photos from June 25th '06 Chicago concert]
* [http://www.liberalcountryfan.com/?p=134 Liberal Country Fan] – A good description of Emmylou's music career and history of political expression.


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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.

Biography

Harris was the daughter of a career Marine. She was born at East End Memorial Hospital 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.

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".)

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 divorce 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 in 1992 at Nashville's 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.

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.

Harris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

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 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 land mine 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 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Awards and other honors

Grammy Awards

  • Grammy for Album of the Year
2001 (O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack)
  • Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance,
1976 (Elite Hotel),
1979 (Blue Kentucky Girl),
1984 ("In My Dreams"),
2006 ("The Connection")
  • Grammy for Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group with Vocal,
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)
  • Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album,
1995 (Wrecking Ball),
2000 (Red Dirt Girl)
  • Grammy for Best Country Vocal Collaboration,
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

  • CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music - #5 ranking (2002)

Discography

Solo albums

  1. Gliding Bird (Jubilee) 1969
  2. Pieces of the Sky (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 1975
  3. Elite Hotel (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 1975
  4. Luxury Liner (Warner Bros.) 1977
  5. Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros.) 1978
  6. Blue Kentucky Girl (Warner Bros.) 1979
  7. Light of the Stable (X-mas album) (Warner Bros.) 1979
  8. Roses in the Snow (Warner Bros.) 1980
  9. Evangeline (Warner Bros.) 1981
  10. Cimarron (Warner Bros.) 1981
  11. Last Date (live) (Warner Bros.) 1982
  12. White Shoes (Warner Bros.) 1983
  13. The Ballad of Sally Rose (Warner Bros.) 1985
  14. Thirteen (Warner Bros.) 1986
  15. Angel Band (Warner Bros.) 1987
  16. Bluebird (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 1989
  17. Brand New Dance (Reprise/Warner Bros.) 1990
  18. At the Ryman (live with The Nash Ramblers) (Warner Bros.) 1992
  19. Cowgirl's Prayer (Elektra/Warner Bros.) 1993
  20. Wrecking Ball (Asylum/Warner Bros.) 1995
  21. Spyboy (live) (Eminent) 1998
  22. Red Dirt Girl (Nonesuch/Warner Bros.) 2000
  23. 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 24, 2006 (April 25 in USA). Mercury Records.
  • Real Live Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler), CD + DVD, released November 2006.

References

  • Dawidoff, Nicholas (1998) In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music. Vintage Books ISBN 067941567X
  • Brown, Jim (2004) Emmylou Harris: Angel in Disguise. Fox Music Books ISBN 1894997034
  • DeYoung, Bill (August 2, 1996) "Emmylou Harris: The Sweetheart of the Rodeo". Goldmine
  • Fong-Torres, Ben (1998). "Emmylou Harris" in The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, ed. New York: Oxford University Press
  • "Emmylou Harris" (April 2, 2007) Wikipedi - accessed April 3, 2007

External links

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