Red Dirt Girl

Infobox Album |
Name = Red Dirt Girl
Type = studio
Artist = Emmylou Harris


Released = September 12, 2000
Recorded = March-April 2000, New Orleans
Genre = Country
Length = 55:58
Label = Nonesuch Records
Producer = Malcolm Burn
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5s841vd2zzza link]
Last album = "Spyboy" (1998)
This album = "Red Dirt Girl" (2000)
Next album = "Stumble into Grace" (2003)

"Red Dirt Girl" is an Emmylou Harris album from 2000, which reached #3 on the Billboard country album charts and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 2001. The album was a significant departure for Harris, as eleven of the twelve tracks were written or co-written by her. She was best known for covering other songwriters' work. Prior to this album, only two of Harris' LPs had more than two of her own compositions ("Gliding Bird" in 1970, and "The Ballad of Sally Rose" in 1985). Her next album, "Stumble into Grace", was also written by Harris.

Track listing

All tracks written by Emmylou Harris, except where noted.

#"The Pearl" – 5:02
#"Michelangelo" – 5:14
#"I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now" – 4:47
#"Tragedy" [with Patti Scialfa - duet vocals & Bruce Springsteen - harmony vocals] (Harris, Rodney Crowell) – 4:24
#"Red Dirt Girl" – 4:19
#"My Baby Needs a Shepherd" – 4:39
#"Bang the Drum Slowly" (Harris, Guy Clark) – 4:51
#"J'ai Fait Tout" (Harris, Jill Cunniff, Daryl Johnson) – 5:31
#"One Big Love" (Patty Griffin, Angelo) – 4:33
#"Hour of Gold" – 5:00
#"My Antonia" [with Dave Matthews] – 3:43
#"Boy from Tupelo" – 3:48