meet me at the WRECKING POLL: EMMYLOU HARRIS

can't go wrong with everything from pieces of the sky to roses in the snow

Honestly, maybe give Lanois' Acadie a shot, too. But yeah, pretty much anything she recorded with her first Hot Band is pretty awesome. I want to say she doesn't really have any bad records, just better records than others.

Angel Band is incredible

thanks! checked out a bit of Angel Band yesterday and liked it. Starting from the beginning then.

i just picked up the remastered double LP reissue of Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers - Live at the Ryman, which is one of my favorite live albums. it's from 1992 (the show is from 1991), and she's so phenomenal throughout.

http://www.nonesuch.com/sites/g/files/g2000005811/f/styles/featured_release/public/201705/emmylou-harris-at-the-ryman-brd-545.jpg?itok=InD0DTPz

nice, gonna listen

great record

The story behind that album/show is great, too. The Ryman (not to Nashsplain...) was in serious disrepair, vacant for like 20 years (!) and in danger of being closed forever or torn down, iirc. And Emmylou, long one of the loudest supporters of country music traditions, was one of the first (only?) to step up and push for a show there. The Ryman is so associated with country music and its history that it's hard to believe how close it came to vanishing. A reminder of what country was like - when the album was released Emmylou had yet to even be inducted as an official member of the Opry. Emmylou Harris!!!

That's awesome. Got about halfway through, really great.

did we talk about how spyboy is an incredible live album

Yeah, Spyboy is pretty great. Buddy Miller is incredible on it and Emmylou's singing is inspirational.

lol i was just listening to "where will i be" this morning and just casually thinking "wow the drums are awesome" without even knowing it's brian blade, that dude is unbelievable

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yeah it's basically the greatest drum performance of all time imo lol

its perfect

Version on Here Is What Is is better:

https://youtu.be/DCnBIdOR8_U

(I’d vote for Goin’ Back to Harlan)

wait, no way that version is better!

Points for Lanois version:

His best vocal (hers is weirdly one note)
Odd, hypnotic Mellotron-y parts
Blade playing over Willie Green’s “Maker” beat
Sweet Hofner bassline

Am I the only person who hears the drums backward on this song? I feel like the live and alternate versions have the downbeat in an entirely different place than the album version, although the parts themselves are played virtually identically.

Album version:
[ONE]-oh-the (2)streets-are-cracked [THREE, FOUR]
(1)And-there’s (2)glass-everywhere [THREE, FOUR]

Spyboy etc:
[FOUR] Oh-the-streets-are
(1)cracked [TWO, THREE] and there’s (4)glass every
(1)where [TWO, THREE]

You’re not imagining things. Live version is much more straight ahead than either of the studio takes, with the snare on the 2 and 4. Main studio take has the first snare on the upbeat after 2 and downbeat of 3. It’s a very different feel.