Perhaps the most influential woman in country music since Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris possesses the odd knack of sounding like the most conservative country purist in the world, while at the same time drawing more wells of inspiration than any three other artists. Born April 2, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama, Harris started her career with folk music, and then she hooked up with Gram Parsons and the rest is history. She is a marvelous solo vocalist, and a wonderful harmony artist, and her songs are really quite different, as you can see from this track from the album..."Red Dirt Girl"...called "Boy From Tupelo." I was blown away by the lyrics, of a woman giving up on life and following the King to his final resting place. I included Elvis in this page, as he is the subject of this song, and it's just a wonderful expression of the way life can sometimes be.
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