Harris has made some killer etched in stone type collaborations over her storied career playing with the likes of Gram Parsons, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, killer ‘All the Roadrunning’ with Mark Knopfler, Guy Clark, Bob Dylan, former guitar player for her Rodney Crowell to name just a “few”. Wow.

Her tale about playing the Liberty Hall with Neil Young and Ronstadt dropping in on her and Parsons was cool as were many of the stories she embelleshed the loyal crowd with this night.  Mixed in with the stories were 25+ songs of which only a few were off her latest,
‘Hard Bargain’.

Make no bones about EH was in control of this worshipping audience and band. Standouts from her talented Red Dirt Boys were mandolin heavy ‘Hello Stranger’, ‘Wheels’, dedication to Parsons on ‘The Road’, and the two Will Kimbrough opened up a bit on ‘Six White Cadillacs’ and ‘One of These Days’. Her heartfelt tale introducing ‘Emmett Till’ about the plight of a black man was stirring.

Emmylou was a trooper this night because you could tell she was a bit under the weather, but still gave a solid two hour perfomance which included a 2 song encore!  To still look this good and make you feel at ease like EH did this night was a nice bypass from the freeway of life……….When it was all said and done, I’m glad I attended what I’d call “The Church of Emmylou” where you could hear a freakin’ pin drop in the trance like state of adoration.  For my tastes I would of liked the Red Dirt Boys to spread out and let it loose more, but ya can’t have it all.

The chase is over and I’m a better person for it…………….God Bless and GO see some talented musician somewhere soon.