Emmylou Harris is an excellent musician. Any knob with ears knows the rare musical talent that is Emmylou Harris on her own or when beautifully supporting another vocalist. Emmylou Harris is an artist that deserves your full attention. Ethereal vocals? Yes. Beautiful soul, check. An accomplished songwriter, check. Harris’s work and recordings include a solo artist, a bandleader, an interpreter of other composers’ works, a singer-songwriter, and a backing vocalist and duet, partner. She has worked with numerous artists, a great guitarist hand picker. This article contains our favorite collaborations.
An answer to this article’s headline question, “Anything better than an Emmylou Harris Duet”? Perhaps the best answer is a solo live performance of Prayer in Open D, included here for your judgment. BTW: A cover of this beautifully penned song by Emmylou is also featured on this excellent website by a friend of Ms. Harris, Patty Griffin, on Durham Cool.
Love Hurts was Released in 1974, from the album “Grievous Angel” by Gram and Emmylou. Grateful to Gram Parsons for many things, most especially introducing the world to Emmylou Harris.
Emmylou Harris – Prayer in Open D
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Emmylou Harris at Home, Los Angeles, California, 1980
Photo Henry Horenstein
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl (Real Live Roadrunning | Official Live Video)
Real Live Roadrunning is a concert film recorded live on 28th June 2006 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles towards the end of Mark and Emmylous’ tour in support of their critically acclaimed album, All the Roadrunning.
Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl (Live at Farm Aid 2005)
Emmylou Harris performs “Red Dirt Girl” live at Farm Aid 2005 at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Illinois, on September 18, 2005. Get this concert on DVD at: http://FarmAid.org/2005DVD
Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp founded Farm Aid in 1985 and serve on the board of directors. The three agreed that family farmers needed assistance and decided to plan a concert for America.
Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid’s Board of Directors in 2001 to help further Farm Aid’s mission of keeping family farmers on their land.
Evangeline-The Last Waltz
Alone in the pale moonlight
Waitin’ for a man, a riverboat gambler
Said that he’d return tonight
Lovin’ the whole night through
To the riverboat gambler off to make a killin’
And bring it on back to you
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away
Had gamblin’ in his veins
Evangeline from the maritime
Was slowly goin’ insane
She stands in the lightning and thunder
Down on the river the boat was a sinkin’
She watched that Queen go under
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away
Lyle Lovett & Emmylou Harris – Walk Through The Bottomland
Provided to YouTube by Curb Records
Walk Through The Bottomland · Lyle Lovett
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℗ Curb Records, Inc.
Released on: 1988-01-11
Artist: Lyle Lovett
Emmylou Harris,Steve Earle & Townes van Zandt If I Needed You
Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler “Red dirt girl” 2006 Verona [FM audio]
Mark Knopfler
A million miles our vagabond heels
Clocked up beneath the clouds
They’re counting down to show time
When we do it for real with the crowds
Air miles are owing
But they don’t come for free
And they don’t give you any for pain
But if it’s all for nothing
All the roadrunning
It’s been in vain
The rimshots come down like cannon fire and thunder off the wall
There’s a man in every corner
And each one is giving his all
This is my fife
This is my drum
So you never will hear me complain
And if it’s all for nothing
All the roadrunning
It’s been in vain
All the roadrunning
All the roadrunning
Well, if you’re inclined
To go up on the wall
It can only be fast and high
And those who don’t like the danger
Soon find something different to try
When there’s only a ringin’ in your ears
And an echo down memory lane
But if it’s all for nothing
All the roadrunning
It’s been in vain
All the roadrunning, all the roadrunning
All the roadrunning, all the roadrunning
The show’s packing up
I sit and watch the convoy
Leaving town
There’s no pretending I’m not a fool
For riding around and around
Like the pictures you keep of your old wall of death
You showed me one time on the plane
But if it’s all for nothing
All the roadrunning
It’s been in vain
A million miles of vagabond sky
Clocked up above the clouds
I’m still your man for the roaming
For as long as there’s roamin’ allowed
There’ll be a rider
And there’ll be a wall
As long as the dreamer remains
And if it’s all for nothing
All the roadrunning
It’s been in vain
All the roadrunning, all the roadrunning
All the roadrunning, all the roadrunning
All the roadrunning, all the roadrunning
All the roadrunning, all the roadrunning
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Knopfler Mark
All the Roadrunning lyrics © Will D. Side Ltd.
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris – All the Roadrunning
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris – Romeo And Juliet (Real Live Roadrunning | Official Live Video)
boygenius – Cowboy Take Me Away (Live on KEXP)
http://KEXP.ORG presents Boygenius (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus) performing “Cowboy Take Me Away” live at Avast! Recording Co.. Recorded November 24, 2018. Host: Cheryl Waters Audio Engineers: Tom Hall, Julian Martlew & Kevin Suggs Audio Mixer: Julian Martlew Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holopainen & Kendall Rock Editor: Jim Beckmann
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I said I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
I wanna sleep on the hard ground
In the comfort of your arms
On a pillow of bluebonnets
In a blanket made of stars
Oh, it sounds good to me
I said cowboy take me away
Fly this girl as high as you can into the wild blue
Set me free, oh, I pray
Closer to heaven above and closer to you
Closer to you
I wanna walk and not run
I wanna skip and not fall
I wanna look at the horizon and not see a building standing tall
I wanna be the only one for miles and miles
Except for maybe you and your simple smile
Oh, it sounds good to me
Yes, it sounds so good to me
Cowboy take me away
Fly this girl as high as you can into the wild blue
Set me free, oh, I pray
Closer to heaven above and closer to you
Closer to you
I said I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
Oh, it sounds so good to me
Cowboy take me away
Fly this girl as high as you can into the wild blue
Set me free, oh, I pray
Closer to heaven above and closer to you
Closer to you
Closer to you
Cowboy take me away
Closer to you
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Martha Maguire / Marcus Hummon
Cowboy Take Me Away lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
