# Red Dirt Gril - the Emmylou Harris appreciation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dirt-gril-the-emmylou-harris-appreciation-thread/119795 "2002-07-19T13:06:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![burntsand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@burntsand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burntsand)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dirt-gril-the-emmylou-harris-appreciation-thread/119795/1 "2002-07-19T13:06:32Z")
Haunting, crystalline voice, constant growth and development as a performer, and she just keeps getting better looking as she ages. Brothers and Sisters of the Straight Dope, testify for **Ms. Emmylou Harris** ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dirt-gril-the-emmylou-harris-appreciation-thread/119795/2 "2002-07-19T14:32:31Z")
I measure the success and credibility of new neo-traditional country acts by whether **Emmylou** does any harmony vocals or duets on their albums. Until she appears with them, they lack true grit. ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dirt-gril-the-emmylou-harris-appreciation-thread/119795/3 "2002-07-19T15:25:58Z")
One thing that makes me really like her were her comments before one of the songs in _Will the Circle be Unbroken II_. She basically said that music has become too commercialized and that “we’ve lost the living room” in a lot of today’s music. That really struck me as insightful and accurate. WOW - it was even mentioned [here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002P8G/qid=1027091943/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/103-3079762-3610236). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dirt-gril-the-emmylou-harris-appreciation-thread/119795/4 "2002-07-19T16:23:06Z")
I suck!! I really like Emmy’s music and everytime I hear her voice, I say to myself, “Self, you really need to go buy this album, and a few more just for good measure!”. Then, I procrastinate, and don’t do it. Shame, Shame on me! I will repent and get some of her albums for my collection. Tommorrow. 😉 **Homebrew** , check out Cheri Knight’s solo allbum _Northwest Kingdom_. Emmy is featured on the opening track and this is one of the best albums I have found lately. Kind of “AltCountry/Rock” with a lot of Steve Earle influence. Try it, I think you will like it. And yes, Emmy is getting hotter every day! That platinum hair makes me put up a pee-pee tee-pee! * * * My dog has dyslexia and a Christ complex. ---
**Author:** ![burntsand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@burntsand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burntsand)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dirt-gril-the-emmylou-harris-appreciation-thread/119795/5 "2002-07-19T19:11:41Z")
Erm … of course I meant “Red Dirt Girl” … although “Red Dirt Grill” might make a fine name for a roadside diner. P.S. Memo to self: never post after 3 a.m. without previewing ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dirt-gril-the-emmylou-harris-appreciation-thread/119795/6 "2002-07-20T01:48:11Z")
Wrecking Ball is pure genius…never quite wrapped my ears around Red Dirt Girl though. Hard to go wrong with Nanci, Gillian, Allison either. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dirt-gril-the-emmylou-harris-appreciation-thread/119795/7 "2002-07-20T14:40:28Z")
Here’s another fan checking in. I’ve hung on Emmylou’s every word since I first heard her versions of “Wayfaring Stranger” and “Pancho and Lefty” about a gazillion years ago.