Tuesday, January 10, 2012: Emmylou Harris - The Road

Yesterday, we talked about an artist who I claimed had staying power because she has been making records since 1999.

So, now let's get real. Here's an artist who's been making records since 1970.

That, friends, is staying power.

In April, 2011, mulit-Grammy Award winning musical Icon Emmylou Harris released her 26th studio album, Hard Bargin.

For this album, the entire musical personnel are only three people:

Emmylou Harris – Acoustic guitar and vocals
Jay Joyce – Electric guitars, Acoustic guitar, Hi-string guitars, Bass guitar, Synthesizer, Piano, Omnichord, Ganjo, Mandolin
Giles Reaves – drums, Wurlitzer piano, Djembe, Picked piano, Pump organ, Vibraphone, Synthesizer, Marimbula, Moog bass, Rhodes, Organ, Piano. Shaker

How about that for keeping it simple?

Here is her ode to the late Gram Parsons, her musical mentor who died in 1973.

Cool, friends, hardly ever sounds better than this.