Influential Albums - Luxury Liner Emmylou Harris - Ask Zac 173
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A deep dive on Luxury Liner, the album that was my gateway drug for both the Telecaster and Country Music. My father bought the album for me on a road trip, and once I got home and placed the album on the turn table, I was hooked as soon as I heard the opening guitar riff from the title track. Luxury Liner is filled with top-notch songs, superb playing/singing, and beautiful production work from Brian Ahern. This album changed my musical direction.
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Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner
Released in 1977, by Warner Bros Records and Produced by Brian Ahern
Featuring:
The Hot Band
Albert Lee, Rodney Crowell, John Ware, Hank DeVito, Emory Gordy Jr, Glen D. Hardin
Guests
Dolly Parton, James Burton, Ricky Skaggs, Herb Pedersen, Mickey Raphael, Rick Cunha, Mike Auldridge, Fayssoux Starling, Dianne Brooks, Nicolette Larson
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We have had the good fortune of attending many Emmylou Harris shows over the past 46 years or so. She has always presented herself with dignity and
professionalism in every setting. The band members that have accompanied her on record and and live
is a Who’s Who of Americana genre. She is so committed and passionate about animals and roots of Country Music with great sincerity.
Emmylou has been a constant in my musical journey most of my life, I'm in my early 60's, I still remember the day I first heard Luxury Liner. A buddy brought the album to a garage band rehearsal in the summer of 77, we spent the whole afternoon trying to figure out all of Albert's licks and drooling over Emmylou's voice, music that last a lifetime! BTW, love your reaction to the picture at the end, don't we all just laugh or cringe when we see ourselves before we became our today selves!
Emmylou, aside from being a great musician has to be one of the most beautiful women ever born .
I don't thinks she's aged at all. She just dyes hair white so no one suspects she's immortal angel
Gram Parsons had her wrapped around his finger. That man lived in his short time with us.
Thoroughly enjoyable!! Excited for the new series.
Emmylou and the hot band’s Poncho and Lefty changed everything for me. I became a Townes fanatic and dove into the hole of country music I’m still stuck in to this day. Elite Hotel shan’t be slept on either.
It’s almost like finding a back door in Country Music and realizing how connected things really can be.
The album deep dive is a great idea, I hope to see many more videos with this theme. Thanks!
More to come!
I first learned of Miss Harris from Gram Parson's Grievous Angel album. I pray my memory recounts the following correctly. By luck, friends and I were at the Palomino club in North Hollywood to see Rodney Crowell play. With what was an early collection of musician's that were/went on to become The Hot Band/Cherry Bombs. Emmylou was in the audience. She was very pregnant with her second child at the time. Rodney coaxed her up onstage to sing a duet. That was a very special evening and I have been enjoying/following her artistry ever since. Thank-you for the deep dive. I look forward to more of these in the future. Safe travels.
I love that you started this new series off with this album. When I’m showing off my meager record collection, this one always comes out. The quality of musicianship, production and her talent is incredible. Her take on C’est la Vie is just so good.
Thank you
Look forward to this genius idea of a series! I'm pretty new to country music and I need to know the classics! None of this new "country" LOL
Oooo, I'm excited about this new series, Zac! Great album to start it off with!
I remember when this album came out , I bought it, came home and put it on and was totally blown away by the guitar on the first track . Like you it really was my introduction to the Telecaster, I had an SG at the time so this was a new tone to my ears. Still play this album a lot some 46 or so years later, especially love Tulsa Queen. Emmy has lasted so long because she's always surrounded herself with great musicians and writers etc. and always stayed true to herself. Thanks for digging up all the info on this album. will look forward to the next one!
I have always been an Emmylou fan. I think her version of "Pancho & Lefty" is a perfect recording. Great performances, great production, great feel.
I love these series of videos.
I was a predominantly rock and metal guy growing up and getting into older country music, so videos like this are great!
Wonderful to hear you talk about the music, artists and gear that I have been obcessed by my whole life.
Thank you & keep up the great work!
My pleasure!
Emmylou always had stellar lead guitar players. You've interviewed a few.
Although many of my music- and bandfriends had been listening to country and country-like ‘Americana’ stuff for years, I never really did or sat down to get to know some of it. The band Wilco was as close as I came to all of this music and styles, 🤣.
But, because of this channel (I found it on RUclips because -even as a bassist- I love Tele’s) it all started for me.
Never too late! 😄
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Lucinda Williams album
“Essence” one im digging on lately
Very good episode! Also if you could do one about Gram Parsons album it would be awesome! ❤
Really enjoy hearing about the history of these artists! Rediscovered this album fro listening to you and Kenny Vaughn. Had it on repeat all the way from Alberta to vancouver and back last summer!
Good stuff, I had only heard the Willie Bob Dylan version of Pancho. Emmylou has a golden voice. Albert Lee was quite young on this . Amazing to hear the background
Thanks for the quality content, Zac.
Thought this was going to be boring(not).
Zac,you have a talent for making things interesting, thanks
Looking forward for more of this.👍
I appreciate that!
Good video! I loved "Luxury Liner". Emmylou caught my attention about 1975 with "If I Could only Win Your Love". For some reason, Emmylou's first major single, "One of these Days", didn't impress me that much at first, but now I LOVE the song.
Zac, there's a really interesting album, just before your time, that just blew me away.
--- Overall, I don't list Judy Collins in my Top Ten, but her 1969 album "Who Knows Where the Time Goes", is one of those records that HIT OUT OF THE BLUE, then disappeared.
--- Judy decided to play with "Country Twang" just a bit, and that record may be the first to bring awareness to songwriter Leonard Cohen, especially his composition "Bird on the Wire".
--- James Burton and Stephen Stills also contributed to the album, which had some "Wooden-Ship-Sounding" licks on it.
--- By far, Judy's rendition of "Pretty Polly", is the most haunting and beautiful version I have ever heard.
--- The album does NOT include either of Judy's biggest hits, "Both Sides Now" or "Send in the Clowns", yet, the album is AMAZING.
Thanks Zac. That was a fascinating insight. I’m looking forward to more in this series.
More to come!
Luxury Liner got me going too!
What a great idea!!! And who better than you, Zac, to do it. I've been lurking for a while and just subscribed. Thank you.
Awesome! Thank you!
Zac,this LP changed my guitar playing too...I loved the first 2 lps but this one really showed me the potential of how country music was evolving, always loved Emmy Lou & I got to see the Hot Band right after the lp came out ...fantastic.Albert always one of the best...even after having to fill James shoes
This is a terrific idea. Great start!
Thanks so much!
Great breakdown, Zac! Her early records are such a strong blueprint for how each instrument fits in around a wonderful singer.
Thanks, Amigo!!
I heard that album also and it changed me like it did you
Thank you for introducing me to this album. I know Emmylou Harris from Grievous Angel and from "being Emmylou Harris" which means "she's one of our American treasures and whenever she sings something on TV or something I like it" but I didn't know where to begin and this gave me the prompt to listen to that album. It is just wonderful. Great playing, great singing.
Great info and insights as usual, Zac. I think Luxury Liner and Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town are essential listening.
I’ve been rocking the Original Lux Liner.
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also friday was my mom birthday 😊
Happy birthday to you mom!
Yes, incredible album. I definitely return to it from time to time. About the Burton Tele in the picture...looks like the strap is attached at the neck plate rather than the usual button. Did it have a bender in it?
I had a bender added
Great video Zac and I really love everything Emmylou ever did, but man, Poncho and Lefty by Willie and Haggard is hard to top. It is very subjective though.
Great analysis. James Burton would use "Shop Around" to let rip live and this song was never recorded on an album which Emmylou said was for "contractual reasons" or something like that. I have been listening to this album since 1977 but cannot get on with her version of "She" and that may be because the original on "GP" is in my opinion made by James Burton's guitar and really makes the song special. Emory Gordy Jr interestingly, played mandolin during the acoustic element of Emmylou's concerts while James sat down and played dobro and Hank DeVito played the bass. I once saw a concert by Neil Diamond- filmed circa 1970 and Emory Gordy was listed as his musical director, so he is clearly a massively talented guy who went into production.
this is a very loose paraphrase of somebody, maybe willie nelson, but i believe the gist of the quote is "if you are not in love with emmylou harris, it's only because you haven't met her."
Great Video do you still have your James Burton Tele? I recall you mentioned you did not get on with it and eventually it moved on.
I traded it for a 1969 Twin Reverb in the mid 90s. Not my best move
I hear you. @@AskZac
Is the enactron truck the thing that’s on display at the Musicians Hall of Fame?
Yes
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Albert is always good, didn't think much of the rest of the album.