Nanci Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021): RIP
Submitted by wendy davis on Tue, 08/17/2021 - 10:48am
No doubt she’s flying away to heaven in some bluebonnet spring (h/t mr. wd):
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okUYwIdxRWs&list=RDokUYwIdxRWs&start_rad...
It's a Hard Life wherever you go
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCnAwkULI-4]
From Feb. 15, 2021: Nanci Griffith & The Chieftains - Little Love Affairs
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbjekFnte8E]
Covering Julie Gold's From a Distance
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can't omit
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
i ♥ it too, and am
so glad you've brought it. the pathos in her voice in the denouement: 'they danced to the radio late at night...'
there's a video up with nanci joining lyle lovett for Closing Time', (one of my faves ever), but it was murky somehow.
my long ago partner and i did this fun one:
Nanci Griffith - Lookin' For The Time (Workin' Girl)
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXkMQRyhSys]
thanks, EL. she'd been ill for a long time, and mr. wd found that a few more day need to pass before her illness/cause of her demise...is hared with the world.
An old John Prine song;
whoosh; john prine's another
epic story-teller, isn't he? donald and lydia, sam stone came home, on and on. i reckon 'flag decal won't...' is another ind of story, too.
Thank you, randtntx.
Another story, "Jesus, the missing years"
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --