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Thread #37519 Message #602689
Posted By: GUEST,BigDaddy
03-Dec-01 - 10:36 AM
Thread Name: Review: Red Dirt Girl (Emmylou Harris)
Subject: RE: Emmylou, Red Dirt Girl?
I got hooked on Emmylou with the release of Roses in the Snow. Started buyinbg every Emmylou album I could. Started losing interest shortly after Sally Rose (which I liked a lot). There's Emmylou and then there's Emmylou. There's a sound she has that makes me feel it just doesn't get any better, and then there's another way she sings that I just can't listen to. Hard to describe...I'd have to do it by song I guess. I checked out Red Dirt Girl at the library the other day. First thing I noticed was percussion where I didn't feel it belonged. Liked a couple of the songs a lot, found most to be forgettable. Will probably give it another chance. Saw her perform back in '81. Awesome show. People seem to think Emmylou has "bluegrass roots" because of her Roses in the Snow LP and some other subsequent work. She started out as more of a folksinger with country overtones. She was inspired by (and involved with) Gram Parsons.