He went on and on about playing Boulder on New Year’s Eve 2000 (“when we were all afraid of Y2K“), his wife’s obsession with salad dressing and European meat, and trying to get landmines banned. Buddy Miller followed with a personality that more than made up for the reserved Emmylou. Emmylou was up next with “Boulder to Birmingham”, and although she probably had the most muted personality of the entire crew, her voice soared like an angel during the song that was so appropriate for the night. Earle opened the night with “You’re the Best Lover That I Ever Had”. “We are here for a cause and we’ll get to that, but you are here to be entertained, so I’m just gonna play the blues.” And with that, from the comfort of his stool center stage, Mr. Steve Earle.”Īfter quickly explaining the ‘in the round’ format, Steve Earle started the circle of songs. “Buddy Miller, the Milk Carton duo, and my captain, Mr. but then the silver-haired queen of country took the stage and began to introduce her fellow musicians… Her first came in 1976 after the release of 'Elite Hotel' she won the award for Best Country Vocal Performance and her most recent was a victory in 2014 in the Best Americana Album category for 'Old Yellow Moon'. She has been honoured with numerous awards over her long career, perhaps her most successful being thirteen Grammy Award wins. She has been joined by a large selection of artists on these tours, including Bruce Cockburn, Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle and Joan Baez to name a few.
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Emmylou is also known for her charity work, since 1999 she has performed an annual tour entitled Concerts for a Landmine Free World with proceeds going to Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. To date she has sold over 5.5 million records in the States. She scored a number one in 1987 when she recorded 'Trio' with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt. Her album success continued after the release of these two albums, to date she has had fourteen original albums chart within the top 10 of the US Country chart. It topped the Country chart and included two number one singles, 'Sweet Dreams' and 'Together Again'. Whilst there was a lot of buzz around her major label debut, Harris established a solid backing band and released 'Elite Hotel' at the end of the same year. Her next LP 'Pieces Of The Sky' came six years later and charted at #7 on the US Country chart, it also included Harris's first hit single 'If I Could Only Win Your Love' which peaked at #4 on the Country singles chart. A folk re-imagination of Dionne Warwick/Bacharach/David hit 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again' gained the songwriter particular attention. She was still establishing herself in the industry and finding her sound so it was a mixture of Joan Beez influenced originals with covers of some of the country/folk industries most prolific names such as Bob Dylan and Hank Williams. Emmylou released her first album 'Gliding Bird' in 1969.
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