The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways

by Emmylou Harris

Overview

Emmylou Harris is an artist whose body of work is so consistently strong one could almost pull 20 songs at random from her catalog, string them together, and end up with a pretty listenable disc -- which suggests that the real choices in putting together a "best of Emmylou" album has as much to do with what not to include as what should be on hand. Harris herself helped compile The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways, and while the album certainly doesn't avoid Harris' chart successes, she seems less interested in creating a definitive hits collection than in tracing her journey from the sweet, sad-voiced girl who sang with Gram Parsons to the gifted and thoughtful artist who has lately crafted such mid-career masterpieces as Wrecking Ball and Red Dirt Girl. While the album isn't sequenced in a strictly chronological fashion, the results faithfully trace Harris' subtle but clear stylistic evolution while also offering plenty of evidence that she's perhaps the most naturally gifted song stylist to emerge in country music since the 1970s, able to swing from the honky tonk spirit of "Two More Bottles of Wine" to the rueful losers tale of "Pancho and Lefty" to the gospel passion of "Calling My Children Home" without missing a step. Her superb taste in collaborative musicians, songwriters, and duet partners is also clearly evident throughout, and while the surfaces of later tracks such as "Orphan Girl" and "Michelangelo" may have a different feel, the depth and clarity of Harris' voice and the singular beauty of her creative vision lend this material all the commonality one could need. (And the album's one new track, "The Connection," suggests there's plenty more where all this came from.) If you're looking for an introduction to Emmylou Harris' broad and remarkable body of work, The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways is a strong starting point, and if you simply want to hear 75 minutes of superb music, this fills the bill on that score as well. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	07/19/2005
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0081227312329

Tracks

1. Love Hurts
2. Boulder to Birmingham
3. Making Believe
4. Pancho and Lefty
5. One of These Days
6. (Lost His Love) On Our Last Date
7. Born to Run
8. Beneath Still Waters
9. If I Could Only Win Your Love
10. Together Again
11. That Lovin' You Feelin' Again
12. To Know Him Is to Love Him
13. Two More Bottles of Wine
14. Wayfaring Stranger
15. Calling My Children Home
16. Green Pastures
17. Orphan Girl
18. Michaelangelo
19. Here I Am
20. The Connection

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Emmylou Harris   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Gram Parsons   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Roy Orbison   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Dolly Parton   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Linda Ronstadt   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Herb Pedersen   Primary Artist,Guitar (Acoustic),Banjo,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Rhythm),Guitar (12 String),Vocals (Background)
Roy Huskey Jr.   Double Bass,Vocals (Background),Bass,Vocal Harmony,Bass (Upright)
Rodney Crowell   Guitar,Guest Artist,Hi String Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Rick Cuhna   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Acoustic)
Jerry Douglas   Dobro
Albert Lee   Mandolin,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Piano
Ricky Skaggs   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background),Banjo,Fiddle,Violin,Mandolin,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Acoustic)
Jai Winding   Guest Artist,Piano
Tony Hall   Drums,Guitar,Bass,Bass,Guitar
Bernie Leadon   Banjo
Kenny Edwards   Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Bill Payne   Piano
Craig Safan   Conductor
Mickey Raphael   Harmonica
Larry Atamanuik   Drums,Percussion,Vocal Harmony
Tony Rice   Guitar (Acoustic)
Larry Mullen, Jr.   Drums,Hand Drums
James Burton   Guitar (Electric)
Barry Tashian   Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm)
Rev. Brady Blade   Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Ben Keith   Pedal Steel
Ethan Johns   Drums,Guitar (Electric)
Ry Cooder   Guitar,Guitar (Tremolo)
Russ Kunkel   Drums
John Pierce   Bass
Emory Gordy Jr.   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
David Lindley   Guitar,Mandolin,Kona Guitar
Julie Miller   Vocals (Background)
Jon Randall Stewart   Mandolin,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Acoustic)
Ronnie Tutt   Drums
Sam Bush   Fiddle,Mandolin,Vocal Harmony
Ron Tutt   Drums
Richard Greene   Violin
Jim Hoke   Harmonica
Ray Pohlman   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Mike Auldridge   Dobro,Percussion
Brian Ahern   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Wayne Goodwin   Sax (Tenor)
Darryl Johnson   Djembe,Vocals,Percussion,Bass Pedals,Guitar (Bass),Vocal Harmony
Buddy Miller   Vocals,Mando-Guitar,Guitar (Electric),Guitar (12 String)
Hank DeVito   Pedal Steel
Glen D. Hardin   Piano,Piano (Electric)
Malcolm Burn   Bass,Tambourine
Daryl Johnson   Vocal Harmony
Donivan Cowart   Vocal Harmony
Steve Fishell   Percussion,Pedal Steel,Hawaiian Guitar
Frank Reckard   Guitar
Mike Bowden   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Ed Greene   Drums
Rick Cunha   Guitar (Acoustic)
Randy Sharp   Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Al Perkins   Banjo,Dobro,Pedal Steel,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Acoustic)
Byron Berline   Mandolin
Gerry McGee   Guitar (Electric)
Daniel Lanois   Dulcimer,Mandolin
John Ware   Drums,Percussion
Tony Brown   Piano
Donald Johnson   Piano (Electric)
Trevor Veitch   Guitar (Acoustic)
Fayssoux Starling McLean   Vocal Harmony,Vocals (Background)
Dianne Brooks   Vocals (Background)
John Baldwin   Beatbox
Brady Blade   Drums
Glen Hardin   Piano
Herb Pederson   Banjo,Guitar (Acoustic)
Larry Atamaniuk   Drums

Technical Credits

Daniel Lanois   Audio Production,Producer
George Massenburg   Audio Production,Producer
Gram Parsons   Audio Production,Producer
Brian Ahern   Audio Production,Arranger,Producer,Mastering
Emmylou Harris   Audio Production,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Compilation Producer
Allen Reynolds   Producer
Paul Kennedy   Composer,Composer
Traditional   Composer
Paul Kennerley   Composer
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Ira & Charlie Louvin   Composer
Ira Louvin   Composer
Robert K. Oermann   Liner Notes
Craig Safan   String Arrangements
Jack Routh   Composer
Larry Atamanuik   Group Member
Jimmy Work   Composer
Barry Tashian   Duet
Steve Woolard   Discographical Annotation
Doyle Lawson   Composer
Jon Randall Stewart   Group Member
Sam Bush   Group Member
Richard Bennett   Producer,Producer
Nick DeCaro   String Arrangements
Roy Huskey Jr.   Group Member
Gillian Welch   Composer
Buddy Miller   Producer
Glen D. Hardin   String Arrangements
Malcolm Burn   Producer
Henry Diltz   Cover Photo,Photography
Phil Spector   Composer
Donivan Cowart   Mastering
Townes Van Zandt   Composer
Bill Danoff   Composer
Charles Waller   Composer
Conway Twitty   Composer
James Austin   Compilation Producer
Earl Montgomery   Composer,Lyricist
Gregg Geller   Producer
Floyd Cramer   Composer
Charlie Louvin   Composer
Delbert McClinton   Lyricist,Composer
Lee Herschberg   Digital Mastering
Robin Hurley   Project Assistant
Roy Orbison   Duet,Composer
Randy Sharp   Composer
Al Perkins   Group Member
Buck Owens   Composer
Dallas Frazier   Composer
Gary Peterson   Discographical Annotation
Floyd Carter   Composer
Sheryl Farber   Project Assistant
Alan Fletcher   Associate Producer
Richard McCaffrey   Photography
Hugh Davies   Mixing,Engineer
Ginger Dettman   Project Assistant
Robert Yates   Composer
Mimi Miraflor   Project Assistant
Annie Leibovitz   Photography
Scott Webber   Project Assistant
Michael Wilson   Photography
Ken Levitan   Project Coordinator
Michael Putland   Photography
Chris Price   Composer
David Gahr   Photography
Gina R. Binkley   Design,Art Direction
Joel Hoffner   Project Assistant
Emily Deaderick   Project Coordinator
John Baldwin   Musician
Joseph Hobson   Composer
Dayle Lawson   Composer
Roscoe Reid   Composer
Malia Doss   Project Assistant