Well worth the time to watch or listen to.
While I've always like Emmylou's music, the third song, Red Dirt Girl, is one of my favorites and has been since it first came out. It was one of those few songs I instantly liked. Now it's almost 25 years later and I still have the same reaction I had the first time I heard it - I just stop what I'm doing and get lost in the song. If you'll listen to or check out the lyrics HERE, you'll see it's a seriously sad song, but it's beautifully done.
Setlist:
00:00:45 Right Now
00:05:34 Red Staggerwing
00:10:46 Red Dirt Girl
00:15:35 I Dug Up A Diamond
00:19:48 Born to Run
00:27:21 Done With Bonaparte
00:32:34 Romeo and Juliet
00:41:59 Song for Sonny Liston
00:49:57 Belle Starr
00:53:40 This Is Us
00:58:51 All the Roadrunning
01:04:10 Boulder to Birmingham
01:07:43 Speedway at Nazareth
01:15:31 So Far Away
01:20:07 Our Shangri-La
01:29:45 If This Is Goodbye
01:34:49 Why Worry
Shangri-La is one my favs
ReplyDeleteFrank G
I've always thought that the song identifies someone we all know. Somewhere we have all met that girl named Lillian.
ReplyDeleteYes. Yes we have.
DeleteJust lovely. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kenny. That's going onto the car player!
ReplyDeleteGood call on the Red Dirt Girl. I had never heard it before. Of course, her voice is amazing. I have a few of her CD's and love listening to her sing. I will listen to this video later while I am doing other activities.
ReplyDeleteI've heard several singers cover it throughout the years, but I like Emmylou's rendition better, and this version with Mark Knopfler is the best I've heard.
DeleteMy opinion, but I think Knopfler is the most underrated guitarist.
ReplyDeleteEmmylou is a national treasure. I defy you to listen to that song she wrote - with a little help from Guy Clark - about her father called "Bang the Drum Slowly" without the room getting all dusty.
ReplyDeleteI have the DVD/CD combo set. I usually skip Red Dirt Girl, the story it tells is just too sad, having tears in your eyes when driving is not good.
ReplyDeleteI fell in love with Emmylou Harris when I saw The Last Waltz where she joins The Band to sing Evangeline.
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