Emmylou Harris Her Best Songs
On The Acoustic
Here on this Emmylou Harris her best songs page you'll find many free pdf chord and lyric sheets along with tutorial demos and links to purchase full lessons in .mp4 format. To date I've covered more Emmylou Harris top songs than any other female artist.
Emmylou is admired by many artists across many musical styles. She can sing virtually any style of music, and having a long successful career in music is a testament of her talents. Here I've tried to cover some of the Emmylou Harris popular songs out there.
Emmylou Harris Her Best Songs - Tutorials
Emmylou has worked with many artists over the years across all styles and as she said in an interview, one song at a time.
She has won 14 Grammy Awards, 3 CMA Awards and 2 AMA Awards to date. There have been several Emmylou Harris Greatest Hits albums over the years so that should tell you something.
Her roots began in folk music being inspired by artists such as Joan Biaz, Bob Dylan, Buffy St Marie, Ian & Sylvia and Pete Seeger. Later on working with the late Gram Parsons, she got into the country music field.
Emmylou was on a drama scholarship to become an actress, but followed a bunch of hippies to Virginia Beach and then followed a career into music. A decision I'll bet she doesn't regret at all.
At the links on this page you'll find some of the Emmylou Harris best songs to learn on the acoustic guitar.
Song Facts
Song facts for Bluebird Wine - Rodney Crowell actually wrote this song and Emmylou recorded it before ever meeting him. She made a request to meet him and on that day, invited him to play guitar in her band, which he accepted.Song facts forGold Watch And Chain - One of the earliest recording of this song is by The Carter Family back in 1933-1934. Emmylou covered the song for her 1980 album entitled Roses In The Snow.
Song facts for Satans Jeweled Crown - Elite Hotel was the 2nd album from Emmylou Harris in 1975. The album contained a selection of songs from The Beatles, Buck Owens, Don Gibson, Hank Williams and others.
Song facts for Save The Last Dance For Me - This is an old Drifters song from 1960. Emmylou covered the song in 1979 in a bluegrass format for her Blue Kentucky Girl album and had a top 10 country hit.
Song facts for The Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia - Emmylou recorded her version for the album Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town which was released in 1978.
Song facts for Til I Gain Control Again - Til I Gain control again was written by Rodney Crowell in 1975. Emmylou put the song on her 1975 Elite Hotel album.
Song facts for Two More Bottles Of Wine - Emmylou scored a #1 hit with her version of this Delbert McClinton song in 1978.
Song facts for When I Stop Dreaming - This is an old Louvin Brothers song which Emmylou put on her 1977 album, Luxury Liner.
Song facts for When Could I Go But To The Lord - This song was a track on Emmylou's album entitled Angel Band, which was a live acoustic album featuring Jerry Douglas, Vince Gill, Mark O'Connor, Carl Jackson and Emory Gordy Jr.
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