STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - EMMYLOU HARRIS - BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL

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Good morning, morning people and welcome back to the Sunday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we wish Alabama native, singer, songwriter and musician, Emmylou Harris, a very Happy 76th Birthday. Happy Birthday Emmylou ! She was born in 1947, to parents Walter Rutland Harris, a Marine Corps officer, and her mother, Eugenia,  a wartime military wife. Over the course of her 5 decade career, she has released 26 studio albums, but it is her sixth studio album, Blue Kentucky Girl, that is turning on our table right now. The LP was released  April 13, 1979 on the  Warner Bros. Nashville label and produced by Brian Ahern. It peaked at #61 in Australia, #43 on the Billboard 200, #21 in the Netherlands, #6 on the Canadian Country charts, and #3 on the Top Country Albums chart. Two singles were released and both of them were covers ; "Save The Last Dance For Me" (#81 Australia, #20 Canadian Country, #4 Hot Country Songs), originally recorded by Loretta Lynn and the title track, "Blue Kentucky Girl" (#7 Canadian Country, #6 Hot Country Songs), a cover of The Drifters. She also covers her former collaborator,  Gram Parsons' song,  "Hickory Wind". Among the guest on the album are Rodney Crowell, Don Everly, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Ricky Skaggs.

1. "Sister's Coming Home" (with Tanya Tucker) Willie Nelson 2:52

2. "Beneath Still Waters" Dallas Frazier 3:41

3. "Rough and Rocky" Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs 3:50

4. "Hickory Wind" Gram Parsons, Bob Buchanan 4:01

5. "Save the Last Dance for Me" Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 3:30

6. "Sorrow in the Wind" (with Sharon & Cheryl White) Jean Ritchie 3:28

7. "They'll Never Take His Love from Me" Leon Payne 2:34

8. "Everytime You Leave" (with Don Everly) Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin 2:58

9. "Blue Kentucky Girl" Johnny Mullins 3:17

10. "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" (harmony by Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton) Rodney Crowell 3:56

Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar, high-strung guitar, bass, percussion, 6-string banjo

Duke Bardwell – bass
Mike Bowden – bass

Tony Brown – piano
James Burton – electric guitar
Rodney Crowell – acoustic guitar, high-strung guitar

Lincoln Davis Jr. – accordion
Hank DeVito – pedal steel
Don Everly – duet vocals
Emory Gordy Jr. – bass

Glen Hardin – piano, string arrangements
Emmylou Harris – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Ben Keith – pedal steel
Albert Lee – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
Dolly Parton – backing vocals

Bill Payne – piano

Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals

Ricky Skaggs – fiddle, 5-string fiddle, mandolin, backing vocals
Fayssoux Starling – backing vocals
Tanya Tucker – duet vocals

Ron Tutt – drums
John Ware – drums
Cheryl White – duet vocals, backing vocals
Sharon White – duet vocals, backing vocals

Brian Ahern – producer, engineer
Donivan Cowart – engineer
Bradley Hartman – engineer
Stuart Taylor – engineer