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From her 1985 Austin City Limits, Nanci Griffith performs "Once in a Very Blue Moon." Lyle Lovett joins on background vocals. Enjoy an hour of late Texas singer/songwriter legend...
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Once in a Very Blue Moon is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, released in 1985. [1] The album had more of a country sound than her previous albums. Her first two albums were backed sparsely with instrumentation, but starting with this album, the whole complement of country-styled instrumentalists ...
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- “If I Were The Woman You Wanted,” Nanci Griffith
- “Closing Time,” Lacy J. Dalton
- “The Front Porch Song,” Robert Earl Keen Jr.
Lovett, who was married to actress Julia Roberts for a few years, boasts a handsome face and a tender soul. The four-time Grammy Award winner’s quotesinclude, “If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem, and you’re screwed.” But what about the words to a song you’ve writt...
Written by Lyle Lovett It might confuse some because Griffith released the song on her 1984 album, Once in a Very Blue Moon, as “If I Were the Woman You Wanted.” But later, in 1986, Lovett released the song, “If I Were the Man That You Wanted,” on his self-titled debut album. His version is a bit more drawn out, and smoother, whereas Griffith, on h...
Written by Lyle Lovett No, this isn’t the Semisonic song. This is the 1986 finger-picked Americana tune by country singer Lacy J. Dalton. Written by Lovett, this track appeared first (though just barely) on Dalton’s album, Highway Diner. A folk artist, Dalton released 23 albums, the latest of which was in 2010, Here’s To Hank. “Closing Time,” which...
Written by Lyle Lovett Released on Keen’s 1984 album, No Kinda Dancer, “The Front Porch Song” is a storytelling song about slower times, a perspective from your home, and simple wants and hopes. The track appeared two years later on Lovett’s self-titled album in 1986 as “This Old Porch.” Keen plays it faster, more of a chug-a-lug song, whereas Love...
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Lyle Lovett, who contributed backing vocals to her third album, Once in a Very Blue Moon, [20] had won it before her. In 2010, Griffith received a Lifetime Achievement Award at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards .
In 1984, Nanci Griffith, along with Lovett’s vocal performance of the song, had this recorded on her album, Once in a Very Blue Moon.
3. ONCE IN A VERY BLUE MOON 2:31 (Patrick Alger & Eugene Levine/Michael H. Goldsen Inc./ Bait and Beer Music ASCAP) 4. IF | WERE THE WOMAN YOU WANTED 3:53 (Lyle Lovett/Lyle Lovett ASCAP) 5. YEAR DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS 2:26 (Nanci Griffith/Griffmill Music ASCAP) 6. SPIN ON A RED BRICK FLOOR 2:51 (Nanci Griffith/Griffmill Music ASCAP)
30 nov 2023 · Blue Moon was recorded with a band that included pedal-steel player Lloyd Green, bassist Roy Huskey Jr., a very young Bela Fleck on banjo, and background vocalist Lyle Lovett, who would become a lifelong friend and ally.
