SXSW '07: 3/15 -- EMMYLOU ENTHRALLS
With her silvery mane and honey-sweet voice, no one looks or sounds like Emmylou Harris.
And although she's had a long and diverse career, her association with former Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers guitarist Gram Parsons remains a subject that always seems to come up.
In her Thursday morning SXSW interview with director Jonathan Demme, Harris credited Parsons for putting her on "a wonderful track that's brought me more than I could imagine."
She recalled being a 26-year-old single mother living in Washington, D.C., circa the early 1970s. She had just about given up on a music career, but through her baby sitter, she met Parsons, who was about to record a solo album and needed a harmony singer.
"I can't believe that wasn't destined to happen," she said.
Harris then played a wonderful version of "Love Hurts," an Everly Brothers song that she recorded with Parsons.
It's a cliche, but when it comes to Harris, some things really do get better with age.
With her silvery mane and honey-sweet voice, no one looks or sounds like Emmylou Harris.
And although she's had a long and diverse career, her association with former Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers guitarist Gram Parsons remains a subject that always seems to come up.
In her Thursday morning SXSW interview with director Jonathan Demme, Harris credited Parsons for putting her on "a wonderful track that's brought me more than I could imagine."
She recalled being a 26-year-old single mother living in Washington, D.C., circa the early 1970s. She had just about given up on a music career, but through her baby sitter, she met Parsons, who was about to record a solo album and needed a harmony singer.
"I can't believe that wasn't destined to happen," she said.
Harris then played a wonderful version of "Love Hurts," an Everly Brothers song that she recorded with Parsons.
It's a cliche, but when it comes to Harris, some things really do get better with age.
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