Nanci Griffith ACL '85 full set
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- I know Nanci Griffith fans have been wanting this for a while and since I was devastated by her recent passing, I decided to post it in her honor. This video came from an old VHS tape that was copied from an even older VHS tape, so don't expect great quality-- but it's better than nothing, right?
The VHS to digital transfer was done courtesy of an EasyCAP device and a wonderful program called Debut Video Capture Software from NCH Software. Thanks to ACL for introducing me to Nanci Griffith.
I had met Nanci several times and she was a warm, sweet and beautiful person who affected my life more than she ever knew. God sent an angel for us to love for 68 years before he took her back home.
Thank you for so much, Nanci; rest well.
In 1985, I had come home after a day's work, showered, made dinner, sat down in front of the TV that just happened to be tuned to my PBS station ... and this show came on. Within a few days, I had purchased her first three albums and, over the years, continued to collect them all as they were released. I absolutely love this woman. Thank you, Nanci, for all the beautiful music, your lovely voice, and the lyrical stories from your heart and soul that you shared with us.
I did the exact same thing
Like you--I did almost the very same thing-I miss her music so much, but savour her musical legacy.....
Can I ask where you live (I write a journal and will not post ANYTHING you tell me online !) I am in Newfoundland, Canada--an island in the North Atlantic ocean.......are you in Hawaii ?
Yes, if you don't mind saying your name. We would love to quote you in our newspaper.
@@benkleschinsky What newspaper? Do you have a link?
@@VideoGuyHawaii I'm writing an article for an Artist Spotlight series called... If you haven't heard Nanci Griffith yet what are you waiting for? I was including quotes from fans to describe her enthusiasm and obituary, and I came across what you wrote and thought it was really good. So thought I would ask. I am a current student at UMASS Lowell. I can just leave a last name initial as well if you prefer. Thanks.
My life became more beautiful when I discovered Nanci Griffith! 😍
Me too. So sorry I found her so late. I cannot stop listening to her voice and her amazing songs. She is singing in heaven for sure. 💖
My thoughts exactly! She has captivated me fully!
I just discovered her thanks to chat on Mori Point, Pacifica live cam while watching a beautiful setting of Once in a Very Blue Moon.
True.
I remember going to see her in Boulder, Colorado in 1986. I loved her music so much and was hoping she could pull me out of the worst broken heart and darkest depression any human could have. I got there early and shared a table with a nice couple who took pity on me. Her music was just enough to save me, and to boot, when she asked if Mary Margaret was there with her husband, my two new friends stood up!
You couldn't make this stuff up
That my friend, is a GREAT story! Thanks for sharing.
That is wonderful! I've beena longtime fan and secretly in love with Nanci the whole time (Don't tell my wife!). Felt like I lost a soul mate when she passed.
Wow I don't know her story but now I know why we identify. I tried too save a child like me once. Betrayed in the worst ways.
This brings tears to my eyes for its beauty.
@@constancewalsh3646 Incomparable beauty, thank you. precious
Im going to be Nanci Griffith when I grow up, mark my words. Check again in five years, I will be singing her songs and mine too.
5 years? I don't know if we can wait that long! 🙂
@@hadji828 i have already started writing. I need to learn guitar and learn to sing. god hear me and help me!
Best of luck in your efforts, but I believe Nanci would advise you to be yourself. She appreciated other artists, but insisted on playing her music also. Wonderful for us she did
@@janette9872 better to be janette9872
Saw her in Telluride not too long after this performance. I was on mushrooms and fully unprepared for the journey her songs took me on. No better tour guide than Nanci...
I cherished what she had to say in song. She will never leave me.
Very few songs do it, but I was driving home when "from a distance" came on the radio, and the hairs on the back of my neck rose. It had just been released so next weekend I got what was available and attended all of her concerts in Dublin in the 90s and 00 s . She was well regarded in Ireland, and her concerts were sell outs She was a favourite of Gay Byrne, who was the host of the premier talk show, so was always interviewed .In time I would have acquired 11 of her CDs
Thanks for going to the trouble to dub this from your old VHS tape. My local PBS station last night aired a rerun of the Austin City Limits season finale from last February -- a compilation of some of Nanci's best performances on the show. It included only a couple of songs from this set, so thanks again for posting the whole thing.
Our local PBS station WUSF replayed the ACL show you describe just a few days ago. I, thankfully, saved it to our DVR & then fell into this RUclips algorithm rabbit hole & haven't quite made it out yet, thank god.
We're the better for her. We're the lucky ones who she sang to. She's so missed
Yes.
If you didn't grow up in the 70 s and 80 s you could never know how beautiful this music is it like going home to me and people our age
This is the Nanci my dear husband and I knew. Thank you ❤️
She just might be the best singer songwriter musician of the 20th and 21st century.
I remember this on Austin City Limits. This was the first time I remember seeing Nanci. Loved her music ever since.
Really like the 'ping' to that lead guitar.
I'm so,so thankful...I had the opportunity to see are Miss. Griffith in concert... that style, class, beauty & pressus 💜 speaks volumes.🕊️ ☮️
Nanci was special .. when others made noise, she made music.
Nicely put
Nice job pulling this out from ancient archives! Everybody seeing this gives you a very sincere THANK YOU!! for your efforts and generous sharing with all of us.
This was the raw Nanci ..that I loved
On leave from Okinawa, with a Texas Redhead, pulled pan head into motel room in Las Cruces NM. And got introduced to Nanci on whatever the PBS channel A replay and been loving her music since.
I think this is what music from heaven sounds like!!!!! Nanci’s music catalog is astounding! Her vibrato is a joy to behold! Sadly missed!
There is a sweetness to Nanci's voice that I can listen to all day, every day.
My father recorded this performance on Beta and I used to watch it a lot as a little kid. Thanks for posting this, I feel like I'm reliving the greatest hits of childhood.
Thank you so very much....she was and is still is a brighter, daily light for so many, like myself, in these times....thank you!!
1985 is the year I believe I first heard Nanci sing. I loved her voice right away and never stopped listening. So sad to hear she passed away!! She was wonderful in concert, I saw her twice. RIP ms Griffith!!!!
0:09 | The Ballad of Robin Winter-Smith
4:51 | There's a Light Beyond These Woods
9:34 | Roseville Fair
12:43 | Once in a Very Blue Moon
15:32 | The Last of the True Believers
18:55 | West Texas Sun
22:38 | Spin on a Red Brick Floor
Thanks for taking the time to do that!
❤
Been there.and love it and there is lights back there in the woods❤
It's 2022 and I have missed one of the greatest singers of the last two centuries. She is just wonderful but thanks to this tape for keeping her memory alive.
I came too late to discover how superb this lady was. That voice it is country folk at its very best. Her song The flyer got me hooked on her music, its so sad it really is a crying shame she left us so so early. Far too early.
I touched her hand and she touched my heart .
Thank you for sharing this! I saw this when it originally aired on TV. I just fell in love with her voice. Rest in peace, Nanci. Thank you for giving your music to the world.
Back when talent morphed the industry.
I loved her and the Austin music since the 1907's, that dates me. My dad was in or lead bands from the 1961 in and near there and all that. I was lucky to meet many of these pickers. I loved that she was as down to earth, with a big heart as she seemed, but she did have big dreams. Love the way she never changed, and always sung with that Texans twang, that we all loved...
Thanks for the beautiful comment-- though I'm pretty sure you meant the "1970s... " 😉
I watched ACL years but only if i recognized the artist. Boy was I wrong. I'd never heard of her until her passing, unfortunately. I love her voice and hope someday I can listen to her without a lump in my throat.
this angel with the beautiful voice is NOW singing in heaven... RIP nancy ....and ty for this priceless post
Why do you say shes in heaven?
Ameer Nanci Griffith died a couple of years ago!
Of all the great story tellers that have come and gone in time, my favorite will always be a gal named Nanci Griffith. She had such a unique voice and an infectious smile. When she sang her stories you just felt like you were right there with her. I will miss you forever my Texas rose.
Thank you. Austin City Limits is how I first heard this Angel.
Love me some Texas gal Nanci. I cry when I see her videos. Wishing she were still here! 😭☺️👋
This was my first time seeing Nanci! Moved to Texas that year, Copperas Cove...never had cable til then and happened to catch ACL...so glad I did! Collected all of her albums from then on and was lucky enough to see her live twice...was so saddened to hear of her passing as she'd been "traveling" with me all over the world since that day in '85! Thanks for the miles and music Nanci, RIP
Maybe the best thing I have ever seen.
Thank you! (kindly)
I got turned on to Tom Russel through a newspaper article that was so well written that I went out and bought his latest "Long Way Around". Listened to it 4 or 5 times that night. He sang several duets and the first two was with this woman who had the voice of an angel. Nanci Griffith. I bought one of her CDs the next day and then everything I could find. Was lucky to see her twice in the KC area. Wonderful. Cried my eyes out when I heard she passed. Seemed like such a nice lady. Thanks for posting this. Cried my eyes out again.
She was a long time favorite performer of mine. I miss her sweet pure vocals and harmonizing with her from the audience and in my home/ car. And I did spy Lyle Lovett singing back up vocals in there! What a treasure of a video. Thanks for posting! The world misses you, Nanci!
And I think that's Mark O'Connor on the fiddle.....
I came really late to listening to Griffith's music, ... what an incredible performer, the perfect tonic,she is,...
Thank you for pointing Lyle Lovett hiding there on backgrounds. I’m not sure I would have noticed it myself.
She was beautiful!
I really appreciate all of the views, likes and great comments from everybody. I really loved Nanci and I decided I should post this-- my very first RUclips upload-- for others that appreciated her as much as I did and are as devastated as I am. I will look through my Nanci collection to see if I have anything that hasn't already shown up on RUclips and try to post it in the future. I might have something that I've only seen parts of on RUclips and it would be perfect for Christmas-- so I may post it when it gets a little closer to that time. Also sometime in the future, I may (or may not, depending) be able to help some guitarists who want to learn some her songs, too. Please don't hold me to anything, though.
UPDATE: I was going to post "A Nitty Gritty Christmas" with Nanci, Kathy Mattea and Aaron Neville as guests but I see somebody already posted a decent version of it-- so I decided to post her appearance on a 90s show called "The Road," instead; I hope nobody beat me to it!
Thank you for posting this. I had this recorded when it aired the second time (86 or 87, not sure) on my Sony Betamax. Yeah, I always picked the wrong team. Needless to say, the machine and the tape are long gone. I thought I'd never see this again. THANK YOU!! It got me started on a long wonderful journey with Nanci Griffith.
@@AvenueH😆 I still have a Betamax, but a belt needs to be replaced in it.
Thanks for posting. Brings back good memories. In ‘85 had moved to Mandeville La. and tuned in to Austin City Limits and saw Nancy for the first time. Fell in love with Nancy and her music right then and there.
I notice that Nanci's first three albums and fifth album are not on Spotify or Apple Music. These songs are great. I'm going to look for the out of print CDs.
Very well done thank you, Philip Donnelly. Irelands Clontarf Cowboy.
ACL 1985. This was when I fell in love with Nanci and her songs.
I’ve heard several versions of The Ballad of Robin Winter-Smith but this one is the best. Wish I could get it on my music service.
Such a doll. Still wearing Bobby socks... Loved her so much. I have huge gratitude for the person who posted this jewel (that I bawled all the way through...)
Never heard if her till today but really enjoyed listening to the stories in music. Her legacy is still being passed on.
Such a great voice! I am very glad one day I discovered this wonderful talented singer. She is a true gem in the history of country music. Deep gratitude for sharing this video with her!
I’m grieving for her and another great we lost recently, John Prine. They were two of my absolute favorites. 🎶❤️🙏🏼
i love nanci griffith so much RIP angel
With Lyle Lovett in the backing vocals section!
I am italian and I started to look for Nanci Griffith songs iust after I learned about her death. I was completely got from her voice and songs. fantastic full experience I would had the possibiliti to participate to live music experience with her
RIP Lady
I’ve never seen this artist. What a beautiful video, it’s almost like seeing a hidden video of Joni Mitchell. The audio is amazing. What a treat. And a quiet audience, no cell phones. Love it. Can someone put up time stamps?
Couple of more thoughts.That's Lyle Lovett on backup vocals.I can't help but think of Kate Wolf when considering people taken from us too soon.
It seems like 90% of the music artists I truly love were introduced to me by Austin City Limits. Thanks, PBS.
I have a rather long list too.
Completely agree.
A joy. With much gratitude.
I was in Austin when this was taped, she played in venues around town, so sorry now I never saw her then, so full of energy and superb songwriter
I discovered Nanci when I was particularly broke! Yes, I got CD's from the Libary and 'copied them'. Naughty, yes but over time I bought them and I do not regret "illegally copying them"....
hearing this kind of heartfelt music, makes me feel there is hope for Texas.
Thank-You, Hadji, for this wonderful post. Nanci was a beautiful songstress., full of melodies, harmonies, short stories and genuine compassion. No time for trickster productions or record company compromises. RIP, Angel. You mean so much to so many.
Thank you very much . I miss her very much.
Thank you for the effort in getting this up here. Nancy was surely a unique artist, a singular lady.
Philip Donnelly passed in late 2019, just a few months before his lifelong friend John Prine and sadly then Nancy herself.
Philip was instrumental in expanding Nancy's reach and popularity in Ireland and Northern Europe. Others helped too as JP's wonderful speed of the sound arranged by Donnelly made big in Europe,
Wonderful folk, country and RnR legends that were not afraid to try something different.
Rest gently in peace, each and every one of them 🙏🙏❤️
Thanks so much for this. Even though it made me cry. And at the end she just walks away, leaving us wanting more. I will always love you Nanci Caroline Griffith ❤️😢😢🇺🇸
My Dad, a music teacher, said "always leave them wanting more."
Life is a mystery, but death will have the answer.
Did my heart good too see this again...
I had just learned of Nanci's music as the internet was beginning to be available to everyone and she was self publishing (online) a draft of a novel that took place in Texas. I read the first 3 chapters as they came out and loved her writing but then lost track and have never found this since then. GoodReads says she published 2 draft novels on her website but I can't find them. Has anyone come across these? I never see anyone write about them.
Thank you for this video. Simply, completely wonderful.
Wonderful, also great backing vocals by Denice Franke
Lyle also
That's a very young Lyle Lovett doing harmony vocals on "Once in a Very Blue Moon". I just love Nanci! I have everything she has ever recorded! (:
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing.
I have never seen this performance and I thought I had seen everything that RUclips had for her.She has been a favorite of mine since I first saw her on a ACL circa 1988.What a loss to those of us who loved her "at a distance".I shall wear this out watching it.Thank you.
Yell I sure did love her sweet angle didn't get to meet her but I'm sure God's little angel
This has brought me so much joy - this was how I was introduced to the amazing and talented Nanci Griffith. Thank you for posting.
Lyle Lovett as one of your "backup" singers...priceless!
That's some mighty serious clout...
Lyle😳
Thank you so much for the work you put into transferring and sharing the final product.
Thanks so much for putting this up. Nancy and I were born on the same day a half a continent away from each other and I've enjoyed her music and had a bit of a crush on her for many years. What a gift she was to music. RIP Nancy.
Chased this gal around for decades, Austin Angel.. one fkn thing bout Nanci was there wasn't one thing.. She was.an amazing performer, song writer, incredible person, cute as a button and beautiful at the same time.
Never had a crush like my Nanci crush. I'll miss you until I c u on the other side. Definitely got a whole u used to fill, love u forever woman.
I watched this the first time it was broadcast and immediately bought one of her albums. Some friends of mine had a band and they promptly learned several of her songs. Rest in peace, lovely lady. You got a lot of people through some tough times.
I left a 10 bedroom ocean front beach cottage (Outer Banks) to travel to Richmond to see one of my very favs. Saw her at the Birchmere twice, and then she came to Portsmouth, Va sharing the stage with her buddy John Prine. Always a great concert.
When I think of Nanci Griffith's music -- I think of delicacy, beauty, wistfulness, sauciness, disillusion, toughness, reverence, generosity, humility, illusion, idealism, wildness, recklessness, decency, empathy...I don't have all day. Let's just say she was, and her music is, superb! just think of the song she wrote for Townes -- along with Steve Earle's "FT. Worth Blues;" such fitting laments for the one they, and we, revered! P.S.: Let's also add "astonishment" to that list, at just how great a bo.idy of work she leaves, and to her wondrous musicianship and perfect taste in touring mates, collaborators, and backing musicians. Love you always, Nanci.-J.Jones
Thank you so much for uploading this. It is a great show and so good to watch it.
thanks for posting
A very special talent.
Marvelous considering this is 3rd generation copy. Thanks hadji828 for sharing. Peace from the UK.
Thank you for posting this. Watching and listening to Nanci perform in her first ACL appearance, which helps to relieve the grief some of us are feeling, by reminding us of the tremendously angelic, beautiful, tranquil, and joyful music she inspired us with.
This is a touch of irony, Nanci Departed in the season of not just one but two blue moons. Rest amongst the angels from whence you came Nanci!
12:49 Once In a Very Blue Moon
So wonderful. Thank you.
thank you for posting this. it fills a hole in her videography. there just isn't any way to get enough of her fantastic talent.
Thanks so much for posting this. I can't wait to watch it. I have had the audio on cassette that I recorded from KUT when the show aired and have listened to it so many times since.
We all miss you so much Nanci . . .
She had a strong voice and sweet soul. Beautiful Lady.
Thanks for sharing. Such a wonderful look back. Miss her.......
I met my husband in 1982 when we moved in together,he had the most beautiful pictures of Emmy Lou . But he refused to hang them in the house out of respect for me. Even though I wanted to see them in the house. I always felt they were to special the way she was looking right into his eyes was magic.
Nanci was only 68 when she died. Not fair. She had so much more to share with us.
Nanci Griffith had such a beautiful voice and her band was excellent. I never got the opportunity to see her in concert but I have purchased 9-10 of her CDs since she passed away on Friday 8/13/2021.
May Nanci Griffith rest in eternal heavenly peace with all the Angels and Saints in heaven. Nanci you will be sadly and sorely missed by your family, friends and all your fans worldwide.
What a nice video! Pure Nanci Griffith at her best.
This was the very first time I saw Nanci, and I always thought it would be impossible to watch again. Thanks again for taking the time to capture and post this video. It's a great gift to all of us who are sad at her passing.
She is the cutest woman I have ever seen 😊 And so talented 🍻🎸
Hi Thank you for sharing this video.
I love this version of the song Ballad of Robin winter-smith, what a voice, what a band and what a solo guitar!!! Simply amazing...
OMG thank you for posting this!9
Very fine concert ... thnx so much 4 sharing!
I miss that girl And sorry shes gone…