Emmylou Harris - Trios

Emmylou Harris is one of the best harmony singers ever. In addition to recording two trio albums with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, she has recorded and performed with numerous other artists.

Here are three videos with three totally different trio combinations.

"Are You Tired of Me My Darling" is an old Carter Family song that Emmylou and Iris Dement recorded with Nanci Griffith for Nanci's Other Voices/Other Rooms album.



This is one of my favorite videos on all of YouTube. Emmylou, Mary Black and Dolores Keane performing "Sonny".



The last two videos where from back in the 1990's. Here is a video from a recent Three Girls and their Buddy concert. Emmylou, Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin singing Patty's song "Mary".

Emmylou Harris

The best part about writing a blog is that you get to make up all the rules. So, in that vein, I am declaring this Emmylou Harris week on this blog. Last week was her birthday, but I am not going to say how old she is, because I consider to be ageless.

Of the songs that Emmylou has written herself "Red Dirt Girl" is my favorite.



Here, with some help from Buddy Miller, is a great cover of the Townes Van Zandt song "Pancho & Lefty".



From the same concert, one of Lucinda William's best songs, "Sweet Old World".

Miserere Mei Deus ("Have mercy on me, O God")

For Good Friday, here is the King's College Chapel Choir with "Miserere Mei Deus" by Gregorio Allegri. Written for performance at the Sistine Chapel during Holy Week, this is the piece that a 14 year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart heard on Wednesday of Holy Week, went home and wrote down the music from memory, then returned to the Sistine Chapel on Good Friday so he could make corrections to his transcription.