For years, she was just a name.
Then, within the last few years, I discovered just how important she is. And hot!
I first started to seriously consider her songs when I was in a The Band kick.
Evangeline.
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In this song, she is "just another" act in The Last Waltz.
In the Hot Band. Tulsa Queen.
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She did many versions of Hello Stranger, the A P Carter song. This is my favorite.
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This her next band. The Nash Ramblers. She always attracted the best musicians in her band. Sam Bush. John Randall. Jerry Douglas. Mark O'Connor. Etc.
Not the Bruce Springsteen song, but a different one. Born to Run.
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She wrote Red Dirt Girl. I tear up whenever I hear it. Mark Knopfler?
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And of course Pancho and Lefty. Willie famously said that there were two kinds of men. Those in love with Emmylou and those who haven't met her yet. Willie and Merle recorded it when Willie's daughter let him hear Emmylou's version with the Hit Band. Townes van Zandt.
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PLEASE. Suggest more! I want to hear more. Tulsa Queen! Jambalaya!
As Marty Stuart said, "Sparks flew off her!"
A twofer. Cash on the Barrelhead, and I'll be Your San Antone Rose.
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