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White Shoes (1983)

Where the lyrics of White Shoes take you, and where it was really made.

The Grammy-winning song on this album was written by the songwriter who became Emmylou Harris's third husband in 1985.

Key places

Tracks 2 and 6 recorded in a mobile truck (1983)

Recording site Schnee Studio — Tracks 2 and 6 were recorded by the Enactron Truck, listed in North Hollywood, California. The point is set at city-centre level and does not mark the exact spot of the truck. The other tracks were recorded at Magnolia Sound Studios. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• White Shoes: tenth studio album by Emmylou Harris
• Released in October 1983 by Warner Bros. Records
• Ten tracks in the listing
• Includes a rockish version of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"
• Includes a country remake of the Donna Summer hit "On the Radio"
• Includes a version of Sandy Denny's "Like an Old Fashioned Waltz"
• Singles: "In My Dreams" and "Pledging My Love"

Background

• Produced by Brian Ahern
• Last album Harris recorded with Ahern until her Grammy-nominated album All I Intended to Be in 2008
• Harris and Ahern divorced the year after this album was released

Recording

• Most tracks recorded at Magnolia Sound Studios
• Tracks 2 and 6 recorded by The Enactron Truck in North Hollywood, California
• Engineers listed: Alan Vachon, Brian Ahern, Donivan Cowart, Stuart Taylor
• Mastering: CDD pre-mastering by WCI Record Group
• Harris sings lead vocals and plays acoustic guitar
• Personnel includes T-Bone Burnett, Rodney Crowell, and Bill Payne

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

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.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

• The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that Harris's voice has a hoarse, quavery quality, a welcome relief from the crisp, crystalline warbling long associated with her
• The review singled out this change in her vocal sound from her usual trademark style

Records

• "In My Dreams" and "Pledging My Love" each reached No. 9 on the Billboard country singles chart in 1984
• "In My Dreams" won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards, Harris's third Grammy in that category
• The song "In My Dreams" was written by Paul Kennerley
• Label: Warner Bros. Records, released October 1983

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "In My Dreams" was written by Paul Kennerley, who would become Emmylou Harris's third husband in 1985
• Tracks 2 and 6 were recorded in a mobile studio truck rather than at the main studio
• Covers on the album include Donna Summer's hit "On the Radio" and Sandy Denny's "Like an Old Fashioned Waltz"
• "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" appears here in a rockish version

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

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