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Last Date (1982)

Where the lyrics of Last Date take you, and where it was really made.

Harris's title song began as a 1960 instrumental by Floyd Cramer, and her vocal version later reached No. 1 on the U.S. country charts.

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Recorded at a series of honky tonks and other small venues on the west coast
Recorded live by The Enactron Truck
Mixed at Magnolia Sound Studios, North Hollywood
Recording engineers include Stuart Taylor and Donivan Cowart; Alan Vachon also worked on the live recording
Band: Mike Bowden on bass, Steve Fishell on pedal steel and dobro, Wayne Goodwin on rhythm guitar, fiddle, mandolin and sax
Don Johnson on keyboards and harmony vocals, Frank Reckard on lead guitar and harmony vocals
Barry Tashian on rhythm guitar, banjo and duet vocals, John Ware on drums
Harris plays lead guitar on track 12

1	I'm Movin' On	3:05
2	It's Not Love (but It's Not Bad)	2:49
3	So Sad (to Watch Good Love Go Bad)	3:20
4	Return of the Grievous Angel	3:51
5	Restless	3:21
6	Racing in the Street	5:25
7	Long May You Run	3:10
8	We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning	2:51
9	Juanita	3:07
10	Devil in Disguise	3:10
11	(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date	3:31
12	Buckaroo/Love's Gonna Live Here (medley)	4:19
13	Another Pot o' Tea	3:01
14	Maybe Tonight	2:54

Born April 2, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama; American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader and activist.
Regarded as a leading artist of the country rock genre in the 1970s and of Americana in the 1990s.
Began in the Greenwich Village folk scene in the late 1960s; first album Gliding Bird (1970) under the name "Emmy Lou Harris".
Discovered by Gram Parsons in 1971; sang harmony on his GP (1973) and worked with him on Grievous Angel before his death in 1973.
Breakthrough with Pieces of the Sky (1975); five US country number-one singles by 1980.
Trio (1987) with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt became her best-selling album; At the Ryman (1992) renewed interest in the Ryman Auditorium.
Wrecking Ball (1995), produced by Daniel Lanois, is seen as a turning point toward Americana.
Estimated over 15 million records sold; 13 Grammy Awards; inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
Founded the dog rescue Bonaparte's Retreat in Nashville; organizes the Concerts for a Landmine-Free World benefit tour since 1999.

Cramer's original 1960 instrumental took the song into the U.S. pop and country top ten before Harris recorded it.
The jacket's copyright and contact text is split in half across Harris's shoe, according to the Discogs release notes.
The track list includes Springsteen's 'Racing in the Street' and Neil Young's 'Long May You Run'.
The 2000 reissue added two bonus tracks that were not on the original release.
The album was produced for Happy Sack Productions in the release notes.