Nanci Griffith - Listen to the Radio (Austin City Limits)

This was recorded on VHS from the 1991 PBS Austin City Limits with the Indigo Girls, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Julie Gold. The opening lines contain my favorite Nanci lyric - "These Delta towns wear satin gowns..."

[@chetdudeweb707]

I'll bet the rehearsals were a hoot. Gawd, the world's a more empty place without Nanci.

[@helenbeaty4736]

Nanci with Mary Chapin Carpenter. Gonna miss you Nanci.

[@cyndieward1351]

LOVE THIS! I wish, so wish I had listened to her before her passing. Such an AUTHENTIC talent!

[@barneysimpson4775]

My sentiments exactly. I fell in love at first sight seeing her in a duet with John Prine. What a range in her voice and she sure loved composing. B. Simpson. Pender Island, BC.

[@rogerr2796]

Nanci was so very special. Thank you George Flew for posting this.

[@shanekeogh-wm9ot]

Nancy Griffith was so cute loved her very much and so did mum

[@rickberry3067]

Nanci and this song rocks.
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[@lindasargent2465]

Lucky to see them all together in one evening George!

[@FrancoS59]

Thanks George, this performance is extraordinary...well Nanci is, she is special...I love her.

[@charlieduncan2007]

Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings do a lovely version of this on the recent tribute album.

[@manaswiacharya2371]

I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain
These Delta towns wear satin gowns
In a high beamed frame
Loretta Lynn guides my hands through the radio
Where would I be in times like these
Without the songs Loretta wrote?
When you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
When you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
Radio, listen to the radio
Radio, listen to the radio
I left a handsome two stepped good ole boy in Tennessee
Now, he's sittin' on the sofa, lookin' for his supper,
Wonderin' what's become of me
I've got a double-o-eighteen Martin guitar in the
Back seat of the car
Hey, I'm leaving Mississippi,
With the radio on
When you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
When you can't find a friend
You've still got the radio
Radio, listen to the radio
Radio, listen to the radio
There's a moon across the border in the Louisiana sky
I smell the Pontchartrain, I hear Silver Wings
Then, away Merle Haggard flies
That good ole boy will find a Band of Gold
On the stereo
Hey, then my Mama's gonna call and say,
"Where's she gone?"
He'll say, "Down the road with the radio on."

[@davefish7064]

wow. thats some good shit

[@Katya67]

😩😫😢😢🤩🥰

[@mmsmith987]

great song by a great songwriter. makes it look like it was recorded in 2021, fraud!

[@yogimama974]

timeless🤩