- Roses in the Snow
Infobox Album |
Name = Roses in the Snow
Type =Album
Artist =Emmylou Harris
Released = March 1980
Recorded =Nashville , July 1979
Genre = Country
Length = 29:56
Label =Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Brian Ahern
Reviews =Allmusic (4½/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:304tk6hx9krj]
Last album = "Light of the Stable" (1979)
This album = "Roses in the Snow" (1980)
Next album = "Evangeline" (1981)"Roses in the Snow" was a 1980 album by
Emmylou Harris . While Harris' previous release, 1979's "Blue Kentucky Girl " featured traditional, straight-ahead country (as opposed to the country-rock of her prior efforts), "Roses in the Snow" found Harris performing Bluegrass-inspired music, with material byFlatt and Scruggs ,Paul Simon ,The Carter Family , andJohnny Cash . Cash,Dolly Parton ,Linda Ronstadt , andRicky Skaggs andTony Rice made guest appearances. "Wayfaring Stranger" was released as the first single in 1980 and went to #7 on the Billboard Country charts. The second single, a remake of aSimon & Garfunkel song, "The Boxer" reached #13. Backing musicians includedAlbert Lee andJerry Douglas .Track listing
# "Roses in the Snow" [featuring
The Whites ] (Ruth Franks ) – 2:32
# "Wayfaring Stranger " (Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern) – 3:26
# "Green Pastures" [featuringRicky Skaggs andDolly Parton ] (Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern) – 3:08
# "The Boxer " (Paul Simon ) – 3:16
# "Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn " [with Ricky Skaggs] (Ralph Stanley ) – 3:22
# "I'll Go Stepping Too " [featuring Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice] (Tom James/Jerry Organ) – 2:16
# "You're Learning " [with Ricky Skaggs] (Ira Louvin /Charlie Louvin ) – 2:57
# "Jordan" [featuringJohnny Cash , Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice] (Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern) – 2:07
# "Miss the Mississippi and You " (Bill Halley ) – 3:40
# "Gold Watch and Chain " [with Ricky Skaggs andLinda Ronstadt ] (A.P. Carter) – 3:12Bonus tracks
A CD reissue in 2002 added a couple of previously unissued bonus tracks:
# "You're Gonna Change" (Hank Williams) – 2:40
# "Root Like a Rose" (Nancy Ahern) – 4:45Personnel
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Emmylou Harris - vocals and acoustic guitar
*The Whites - harmony vocal
*Tony Rice - lead acoustic guitar, harmony vocal
*Brian Ahern - archtop, gut-string, 12-string and Adamas guitars, bass, percussion
*Ricky Skaggs - duet and harmony vocal, banjo, fiddle, acoustic guitar, mandolin
*Albert Lee - mandolin, electric guitar
*Emory Gordy, Jr. - bass
*Jerry Douglas - dobro
*John Ware - percussion
*Dolly Parton - harmony vocal
*Willie Nelson - gut-string guitar
*Bryan Bowers - autoharp
*Johnny Cash - harmony vocal
*Buck White - piano
*Linda Ronstadt - duet and harmony vocalTechnical Personnel
*Brian Ahern - producer, engineer, mixer
*Donivan Cowart - engineer, mixer
*Stuart Taylor - engineer
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