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Old Yellow Moon (2013)

Where the lyrics of Old Yellow Moon take you, and where it was really made.

The duet plan was talked about for 34 years before it became an album, and the record was made in Nashville in 2012.

Key places

Recorded in Nashville, 2012 (2013)

Recording site Nashville — The album was recorded in 2012 at Eastern Island Sounds in Nashville. The pin is placed at city-centre level, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Old Yellow Moon: collaborative album by Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
• Released 26 February 2013 in the United States by Nonesuch Records
• 27th studio album for Harris and 14th for Crowell
• Harris's fifth album for Nonesuch Records
• Duo followed it with The Traveling Kind two years later
• Produced by Brian Ahern, Harris's ex-husband and longtime producer

Background

• Latest of many collaborative projects by Harris and Crowell
• First of their joint projects that ultimately resulted in an entire album
• Duet album had been planned for a long time
• Duo met in 1974 and almost instantly recorded Crowell's Bluebird Wine
• Bluebird Wine opened Harris's 1975 album Pieces of the Sky and was re-recorded for this album with Crowell on lead vocals
• Crowell became part of Harris's backing band The Hot Band in 1975
• Harris has recorded roughly 20 Crowell-composed songs over the years
• Album mostly revisits older compositions
• Includes Roger Miller's Invitation To The Blues, a US Country top-3 hit for Ray Price in 1958
• Open Season on My Heart was previously recorded by Tim McGraw in 2004

Recording

• Recorded in 2012 at Eastern Island Sounds and Ronnie's Place, both in Nashville

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Tracklist

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Artist

Career

• 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.

Reception

Records

• Billboard Top Country Albums: number 1 (Spanish-language article)
• Another Top 10 Country album for Harris, and won her a 13th Grammy Award in 2014 for Best Americana Album
• Track record: Bull Rider, written by Crowell for Johnny Cash, reached number 66 on the US Country charts as a single in 1980
• Track record: Dreaming My Dreams was a top 10 hit for Waylon Jennings before this album's version
• Track record: Invitation To The Blues was a US Country top-3 hit for Ray Price in 1958

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Trivia

• The first song released to the public was the opening number Hanging Up My Heart, uploaded to YouTube in December 2012.
• The duo met in 1974, and Harris's Pieces of the Sky opener Bluebird Wine was re-recorded here with Crowell singing lead.
• Ray Price's 1958 version of Invitation To The Blues was a US Country top-3 hit.
• Spanish Dancer was written and recorded by Patti Scialfa for her Rumble Doll album in 1993.
• Bull Rider was written by Crowell for Johnny Cash, who recorded it for his 1979 album Silver.

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