The Ballad of Sally Rose

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town **** (in progress...)



I can totally remember the first time I heard Emmylou Harris. In my mothers 1972 Volkwagen Beetle after her 1977 divorce I found a copy of "Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town" on 8-track. The car stereo was shitty, but Emmy certainly left her impression.

Easy from Now On

Two More Bottles of Wine
great song. I've got a couple of old bootlegs of the Hot Band doing this in their heyday. I wish I could have seen the Hot Band.

To Daddy
"mamma never seemed to miss the finer things in life..." Dolly is truly an American treasure. The subtlety of her writing is profound.

My Songbird
Of the 14 times I've seen Emmy this song is clearly the most often performed in her repatoire. Simple yet elegant. The fragility of the narrator is so moving.

Leaving Lousiana in the Broad Daylight
Defying Gravity
I Ain't Living Long Like This
One Paper Kid
Green Rolling Hills
Burn the Candle

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