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Roses in the Snow (1980)

Where the lyrics of Roses in the Snow take you, and where it was really made.

Emmylou Harris moved toward bluegrass on this 1980 album, and its first single still reached No. 7 on the Billboard country chart.

Key places

Recorded in Nashville, July 1979 (1979)

Recording site Nashville — Recording took place in Nashville in July 1979, according to the album's source page. Credit information places the sessions in the Enactron Truck. The pin marks the Nashville recording location; the exact studio is not confirmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Roses in the Snow: seventh studio album by Emmylou Harris
• Released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records
• Follows Blue Kentucky Girl (1979), which featured traditional, straight-ahead country
• Shifts toward bluegrass-inspired music rather than the country-rock of her earlier work
• Contains material by Flatt and Scruggs, Paul Simon, the Carter Family, and Johnny Cash
• Guest appearances by Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, the Whites, Ricky Skaggs, Willie Nelson, and Tony Rice
• Backing musicians include Albert Lee and Jerry Douglas

Background

• Preceded by Blue Kentucky Girl, a 1979 album of traditional country
• Marks a clear change from the country-rock sound of Harris's earlier records
• Wayfaring Stranger was released as the first single in 1980
• The Boxer, a remake of a Simon & Garfunkel song, was released as the second single

Recording

• Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, in July 1979
• Sessions were credited to the Enactron Truck
• Mixed in Enactron Studio Two
• Produced by Brian Ahern, with engineers Donivan Cowart and Stuart Taylor

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · ja.wikipedia.org

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

At release

• Moves from the traditional, straight-ahead country of Blue Kentucky Girl into bluegrass-inspired material
• Includes songs by Flatt and Scruggs, Paul Simon, the Carter Family, and Johnny Cash
• Guest vocalists and players include Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, the Whites, Ricky Skaggs, Willie Nelson, and Tony Rice
• Backing musicians Albert Lee and Jerry Douglas take part in the sessions
• Wayfaring Stranger, released as the first single in 1980, reaches No. 7 on the Billboard Country charts
• The Boxer, a Simon & Garfunkel song remade by Harris, is the second single and reaches No. 13

Records

• Nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards
• The category award goes to Anne Murray for Could I Have This Dance
• Two singles from the album reach the country chart top 15
• Recorded in July 1979 and credited to the Enactron Truck

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The first single, Wayfaring Stranger, went to No. 7 on the Billboard Country charts.
• The Boxer, a Simon & Garfunkel song remade for this album, reached No. 13.
• The album reached No. 2 on the country album charts in both Canada and the United States.
• The album was mastered at The Record Group.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · es.wikipedia.org

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