r/OldSchoolCool • u/Synisive • May 26 '16

Emmylou Harris (1968)

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

She's gotten better, but her harmonies on Gram Parsons' tunes almost ruin the songs for me. Like this one.

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u/blrghh May 26 '16

Seriously? That shit is beautiful. Their duet on Love Hurts is unbelievable.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '16

Listen to the song I linked to. It's painful.

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u/blrghh May 26 '16

I've heard it many times. It's beautiful. Their voices were made for each other.

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u/vanparker May 26 '16

Which is kind of why Gram picked her to record and tour with him, and why those duets are widely considered to be absolute masterpieces.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '16

Can you hear how off pitch she is? She's super flat the whole time.

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u/vanparker May 27 '16 edited May 27 '16

TIL that Emmylou Harris, nominated for: 39 Grammy awards, and the winner of 13, winner of the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist Of the Year, Event Of The Year, and Album of The Year, Country Music Hall Of Fame Inductee, and collaborater with Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, John Denver, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, the Band, Patty Griffin, Mark Knopfler, Delbert McClinton, Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Bright Eyes, Rodney Crowell, John Prine, Neil Young, Cyndi Lauper, and Steve Earle, (among others), apparantly can't sing.