Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (Real Live Roadrunning | Official Live Video)

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Real Live Roadrunning is a concert film recorded live on 28th June 2006 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles towards the end of Mark and Emmylous' tour in support of their critically acclaimed album, All the Roadrunning.
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  • @brianamato1078
    @brianamato1078 Жыл бұрын

    Willie Nelson said there's two kinds of men: those who are in love with Emmy Lou and those that haven't met her yet.

  • @mlsjuge477

    @mlsjuge477

    4 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂👍

  • @johnniejenkins9557
    @johnniejenkins955711 сағат бұрын

    I have listened to this perfect woman for to many years to count…. A will continue sweet lady, God bless.

  • @Rubin4749
    @Rubin4749 Жыл бұрын

    This woman is an incredible incredible American treasure.

  • @MrDesalex

    @MrDesalex

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks to YT I can borrow her in the Uk whenever I want! Life's good.

  • @thethinredline4714

    @thethinredline4714

    5 ай бұрын

    absolutely

  • @katherinehunter9526

    @katherinehunter9526

    5 ай бұрын

    Emmylou Harris is a legend herself!

  • @thethinredline4714

    @thethinredline4714

    5 ай бұрын

    absolutely I prefer her to Mark Knopfler@@katherinehunter9526

  • @RamSkirata
    @RamSkirata2 жыл бұрын

    It says it all that Mark is sitting in the background without any of the lights on him. Such a brilliant and humble musician. Superstar? Yes. But Not really. Master craftsman. Master of the craft of music. Thats him.

  • @AegisNova

    @AegisNova

    2 жыл бұрын

    Torchbearer. Just as Mark went to Chet Atkins and others for guidance, now he carries the torch they passed to him.

  • @kmxfan

    @kmxfan

    2 жыл бұрын

    He's a monster musician, a master craftsman for sure.

  • @annicpadro9873

    @annicpadro9873

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kmxfan IP

  • @andrewbrowne5557

    @andrewbrowne5557

    2 жыл бұрын

    I remember back in the 80’s I went to see Clapton…and who was playing ‘rhythym’ guitar? Yup…Mark Knopfler…

  • @louisemikowychok6430

    @louisemikowychok6430

    2 жыл бұрын

    A gentle man. A giant of a musician.

  • @jimmyhawke
    @jimmyhawke15 күн бұрын

    I never even lived this ( because you're supposed to, somehow in some kind of way), but it still brings tears to my eyes.

  • @mrzog12
    @mrzog12 Жыл бұрын

    "Try hard to love him, but it never did take, just another way for the heart to break , so she learned to bend"....one of the few that gives me chills.

  • @abirdthatflew

    @abirdthatflew

    9 ай бұрын

    "One thing they don't tell you about the blues when you got 'em: You keep on falllng 'cos there ain't no bottom"

  • @robertchappell3327

    @robertchappell3327

    8 ай бұрын

    Sorry

  • @michaelconner7891

    @michaelconner7891

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, that's my favorite line from this song.@@abirdthatflew

  • @ninbug3666

    @ninbug3666

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm never gonna dye my hair. Going straight Emmylou!

  • @catherinehoffpauir6323

    @catherinehoffpauir6323

    Ай бұрын

    These words cut deep. She loved her brother.

  • @rainieresguerra6519
    @rainieresguerra65197 ай бұрын

    One of the most heartbreaking songs of all time. It really hits hard.

  • @Cleo-tk6lx
    @Cleo-tk6lx5 күн бұрын

    My mother was a red dirt girl, from the back o Bourke. Married a railway man from Albury or some such. The railways have figured large in my life, even when asleep.. a magic that underlines all our realities ‐ 24/7, night and day

  • @jeffstevens4262
    @jeffstevens42624 жыл бұрын

    Emmylou just keeps getting more and more beautiful and her music is just sublime. I love her.

  • @7pdude

    @7pdude

    3 жыл бұрын

    yes. same with Mark. these people age like wine.

  • @integralsun

    @integralsun

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sure is purrrrdy.

  • @julianlewis1792

    @julianlewis1792

    Жыл бұрын

    She is indeed beautiful. And I love her voice. It's really good and distinctive. This is one of the saddest songs I've ever listened to.

  • @malcomgolightly468

    @malcomgolightly468

    Жыл бұрын

    She is superb with dire straits what a nice lady

  • @SuperTrucker49

    @SuperTrucker49

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely amazing!!

  • @earlebubar1805
    @earlebubar18058 ай бұрын

    The American treasure, performs with one of English best guitar 🎸 players ever.

  • @ratter531

    @ratter531

    7 ай бұрын

    This song is just so beautiful.

  • @eddiewinehosen6665

    @eddiewinehosen6665

    24 күн бұрын

    English? Knopfler is one of the best guitarist EVER, period!

  • @daviron2855
    @daviron28555 күн бұрын

    I adore Emmylou 's voice !!!

  • @stevenquon1657
    @stevenquon1657 Жыл бұрын

    These 2 musicians complement each other like no other, just an awesome song, I can just leave it on repeat n never get tired of it, it’s that good.

  • @dongeorge4037

    @dongeorge4037

    10 ай бұрын

    Like no other, other than Emmylou and Fayssouix Starling of course.

  • @fuzzybad

    @fuzzybad

    8 ай бұрын

    I saw them on the Roadrunning tour, it was amazing.

  • @margaux1298
    @margaux12988 ай бұрын

    Egal wie alt Emmylou Harris ist, sie singt immer noch zauberhaft.

  • @SysterEuropa
    @SysterEuropa Жыл бұрын

    For me this is the most heartbreaking song. Red dirt is my family's existence. God, what pain the government inflicts on the poor of America.

  • @katherinemasterson8866

    @katherinemasterson8866

    9 ай бұрын

    It’s horrible honey, you’re not alone, always remember that ❤

  • @robertchappell3327

    @robertchappell3327

    9 ай бұрын

    Exactly. If you can't hear the pain in this song, you are not my people.

  • @carolegeorge7040

    @carolegeorge7040

    8 ай бұрын

    Back a couple generations on both sides of the family ... it's in the blood. 😢

  • @georgethomas9343

    @georgethomas9343

    7 ай бұрын

    My Daddy would say some time,s ...The Rich get Richer and the poor stay poor,that...just the way it is...unless you sell your soul...it,s a Way of Life for so many poor boys and girls❤️always the hardest on the kids🌹

  • @donnaj.clarke2482

    @donnaj.clarke2482

    3 ай бұрын

    The secret is to get out of those red dirt states. Go the pill and you don't always need a man. You can do a Euro tour like Jane Austen suggested . If you don't know what it means look it up.

  • @fadmacat
    @fadmacat10 ай бұрын

    You can hear generations of wisdom in her amazing voice. I get the same feeling listening to Dylan.

  • @saundersaldridge3033

    @saundersaldridge3033

    2 ай бұрын

    Old Dylan, not electric Dylan

  • @LoneGranger
    @LoneGranger Жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite Emmy Lou Harris recordings. Dan Lanois is a master. Thank you ELH for your beautiful voice and storytelling.

  • @larrysawchuk370

    @larrysawchuk370

    Жыл бұрын

    @Radbod Egal You should add its only your opinion.

  • @benbarclay5546

    @benbarclay5546

    Жыл бұрын

    One of the zillion things we have to thank Danny for is sitting Emmy Lou down and saying: "Baby, your songs, your way". Fuckin' genius.

  • @jccook5353

    @jccook5353

    5 ай бұрын

    Daniel Lanois produced the album where she sang "Here I Am". Feels like he pushed her to sing a little out of character, and they hit a home run.

  • @monolithsound
    @monolithsound Жыл бұрын

    She's always had a beautiful voice but somehow over time it seems that it has matured into something beyond perfection. Bowls me over every time. Soul, spirit, love and a lifetime of living spills out.

  • @lnl3237

    @lnl3237

    Жыл бұрын

    So right, Christopher.

  • @rosemarygranat

    @rosemarygranat

    Жыл бұрын

    Perfect..,thank you all

  • @rosemarygranat

    @rosemarygranat

    Жыл бұрын

    Please get home safe....everywhere . .

  • @rosemarygranat

    @rosemarygranat

    Жыл бұрын

    So sad about Ukraine.....wow.....

  • @rosemarygranat

    @rosemarygranat

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you to Brad Paisley for taking that title and responsibilities to help them.....to all a goodnight

  • @longjohnsilver7986
    @longjohnsilver79863 жыл бұрын

    That´s the way a heart cries. She never has been so beautiful

  • @M1911jln
    @M1911jln23 күн бұрын

    “Could have been the whiskey Could have been the pills.” Truer words have never been sung.

  • @crampoos
    @crampoos8 ай бұрын

    Just her voice and guitar picking sounuds like angel singing. But Mark and guys with their numerous instruments gave additional magic to this stunning tune. That I love so much. The whole Knopfler & Harris project is such a God given thing. I've heard the album, saw two of them performing together on YT what can be seen. My only regret is that was not able to see them live. THAT would be ultimate magic. Cause it can be felt here...on this video. And on Shangri La...and others. The reaction of the audience....All of it. So, so beautiul. Dear Mrs Harris and dear Mr Knopfler...thank you so much for the beuty you've created. You've heared it surely million times...but here's a million and one - thank you for the joy you give to my life.

  • @CBeauford
    @CBeauford3 жыл бұрын

    I'm 51 years old and this is my first time listening to Emmylou Harris....Talk about regret... All those wasted years. She is mesmerizing. Thank god I'm a huge fan of Mark Knopfler, I may have never listened to her.

  • @stimpsonjcat67

    @stimpsonjcat67

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same...one damn song and BOOM.

  • @robertewalt7789

    @robertewalt7789

    2 жыл бұрын

    There’s plenty of EmmyLou on KZread

  • @vincenzavesani5295
    @vincenzavesani5295Ай бұрын

    I fell in love with her immediately❤

  • @charlesreese5543

    @charlesreese5543

    28 күн бұрын

    Willie Nelson said there’s two types of men those who love Emmylou Harris and those who haven’t met her yet

  • @Sorrywhytescaresu
    @Sorrywhytescaresu3 жыл бұрын

    I am from that part of the world, and I have seen the world, and that damn Red Dirt (clay) is as much a part of me as anything else. When I get to missing my people back in Alabama, I can count on this song to take me back there to walking barefoot down an old red dirt road with my brothers and friends. This song really gets the desperation, the fear of being left in a small backward world, but a kind of lingering appreciation for from where one comes . Much love to all!

  • @lastnamefirst4035

    @lastnamefirst4035

    3 жыл бұрын

    I knew guys who joined the military just to get out of towns such as that. Some went ti vietnam and some never came back

  • @amandahogg2249

    @amandahogg2249

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well said.

  • @Nunewschannel

    @Nunewschannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Going back to Mobile right now after 2 months in Netherlands, and yeah, missing hometown

  • @nickyork8901

    @nickyork8901

    2 ай бұрын

    A beautiful comment, thanks

  • @kendushane1039
    @kendushane103911 күн бұрын

    Emmylou is a godess. Period.

  • @khobzihome6247
    @khobzihome62478 ай бұрын

    Elmmylou s voice melts the snow This great lady has been singing from the bottom of his heart ... a stunning singer I listen to her since decades when i get down and weary and feel something missing with me... .. I get heart warming and comfort

  • @anthonysalciccioli5918
    @anthonysalciccioli5918 Жыл бұрын

    Emmylou Harris is a national treasure.

  • @steveyeattsleadershipcoach2086
    @steveyeattsleadershipcoach20867 ай бұрын

    Wow! Emmylou Harris is a national treasure. This song is perfection.

  • @tomtorrell8019
    @tomtorrell80193 жыл бұрын

    I once heard Emmylou talk about this song as it relates to her. She explains...I was not a red dirt girl myself. This song brought up memories of the south ( Alabama), where she was born. But she came from a military family, her father was a Major in the Marine Corps., and her parents moved a lot. She was a small child when they moved and lived in NC, VA and Md. As she states, she got the words in her mind while driving by Meridian on her way to New Orleans. She proved yo be a great song writer.

  • @gardenermd
    @gardenermd Жыл бұрын

    A heartache, captured by Emmylou and the musicians. A heartache.

  • @glennatkinson9948
    @glennatkinson994811 ай бұрын

    Emmy Lou‘s voice gives me chills all over🎶🎶👍😘

  • @gregdales8627
    @gregdales86272 ай бұрын

    Emmylou We loved you in the 70s and still do, our youngest daughter is named after you xxxx

  • @davidroga6508
    @davidroga65082 жыл бұрын

    Emmy is so accomplished in this song that she can carry this song as a solo effort. She needs no one to accompany her to tell her story. This version is outstanding.

  • @gni1805
    @gni1805 Жыл бұрын

    Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris cosa puoi sentire di meglio, dopo averli ascoltati puoi anche morire

  • @KP-ww3zy
    @KP-ww3zy Жыл бұрын

    I can't imagine anyone not enjoying this music. It's purely beautiful.

  • @thomascleveland8121
    @thomascleveland81217 ай бұрын

    God I love this song. Invokes a cascade of emotions, memories, and lives lost that somehow are still with us. Thank you Emmylou for a lifetime of joy and tears and thankfulness.

  • @mieranash5773
    @mieranash57733 жыл бұрын

    My favorite all time, 50 years, female vocalist. Her albums brought me such joy and many tears. I love you Emmylou Harris.

  • @torhildulvestad4599

    @torhildulvestad4599

    3 жыл бұрын

    So sad to get that messiage.... Yes I love her too....From Norway.....

  • @torhildulvestad4599

    @torhildulvestad4599

    3 жыл бұрын

    What the F did USA do in Nam????????.....No good!!!!!! Thats for sure!!!!!!!

  • @grahamshove5090

    @grahamshove5090

    Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful song, beautifully played❤️

  • @sbolfing
    @sbolfing6 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best songs ever written; cannot listen to it without misting up.

  • @sjs928

    @sjs928

    2 жыл бұрын

    ... If this doesn't get to ya , you just ain't Human..... A sad , sweet , perfect story telling song.

  • @gabegrace8333

    @gabegrace8333

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agree Captures essence of unfulfilled dreams and aspirations

  • @LtShaffer

    @LtShaffer

    Жыл бұрын

    Perfection 😊

  • @lnl3237

    @lnl3237

    Жыл бұрын

    I listen to this song when I want to pray for all the Lillians in the world. I ask God to make Himself visible to them somehow, some way. The melody, the lyrics, and Emmylou's performance make Lillian so real to me.

  • @TheAgeOfAnalog

    @TheAgeOfAnalog

    Жыл бұрын

    Same, and I've heard it dozens of times.

  • @diablo121675
    @diablo1216757 ай бұрын

    This song made me cry tonight. Emmylou has been my "go to" singer ever since I was introduced to her in the early seventies. I have seen her perform three times, and I treasure those memories. Now, I am so thankful for KZread. It is almost like being there!

  • @Andygirl1974

    @Andygirl1974

    4 ай бұрын

    I get tears every time, but I keep coming back

  • @robertpope9753
    @robertpope97534 жыл бұрын

    To all you "Country Music Artists", with your twangin' and wangin': you can't hold a candle to this music.

  • @JamesHolland-hb8nv
    @JamesHolland-hb8nv7 ай бұрын

    You can't help but love Emmylou

  • @ratter531

    @ratter531

    7 ай бұрын

    She is the best.❤❤

  • @alastairclunie7232

    @alastairclunie7232

    6 ай бұрын

    As Willie Nelson once said there are 2 types of men in this world those how love Emmylou and those that have never meet her ❤

  • @crampoos
    @crampoos Жыл бұрын

    This Emmylou's "Aaaa...." in the very end of the song totaly breaks my heart...kills me. The woman is so ...brilliant author and singer.

  • @markweilerma
    @markweilerma10 ай бұрын

    For all the real life Lillian's out there, may you find comfort and courage to see a way forward with the dawning of each new day.

  • @benjaminhawthorne1969
    @benjaminhawthorne19694 ай бұрын

    I've loved both of these artists all of my life. It is wonderful to hear them TOGETHER! 😊

  • @dailymoy-el2of
    @dailymoy-el2of2 ай бұрын

    A very beautiful sound that is pleasent to listen to suitable to listen to when relaxing on the beach or with friends before going to sleep

  • @humboldtharry4248
    @humboldtharry42484 жыл бұрын

    Emmy Lou wrote a true modern day classic country masterpiece with this one. One of the finest songs I’ve heard

  • @TedAlexandro
    @TedAlexandro Жыл бұрын

    The haunting, heartbreaking beauty of this song. It is America.

  • @jond9884
    @jond988410 ай бұрын

    This song stops time …. Stunning words … tears of joy

  • @chadlefeber347
    @chadlefeber347 Жыл бұрын

    Me and my best friend Lillian And her blue tick hound dog Gideon Sittin' on the front porch coolin' in the shade Singin' every song the radio played Waitin' for the Alabama sun to go down Two red dirt girls in a red dirt town Me and Lillian Just across the line And a little southeast of Meridian She loved her brother I remember back when He was fixin' up a '49 Indian He told her, ? Little sister, gonna ride the wind Up around the moon and back again" He never got farther than Vietnam I was standin' there with her When the telegram come for Lillian Now he's lyin' somewhere About a million miles from Meridian She said, ? There's not much hope for a red dirt girl Somewhere out there is a great big world That's where I'm bound" "And the stars might fall on Alabama But one of these days I'm gonna swing My hammer down" Away from this red dirt town I'm gonna make a joyful sound She grew up tall and she grew up thin Buried that old dog Gideon By a crepe myrtle bush in the back of the yard Her daddy turned mean and her mama leaned hard Got in trouble with a boy from town Figured that she might as well settle down So she dug right in Across a red dirt line Just a little south east of Meridian Yes, she tried hard to love him But it never did take Just another way for the heart to break So she learned to bend One thing they don't tell you about the blues When you got 'em You keep on fallin' 'cause there ain't no bottom There ain't no end at least not for Lillian Nobody knows when she started her skid She was only 27 and she had five kids Could-a been the whiskey, could-a been the pills Could-a been the dream she was tryin' to kill But there won't be a mention in the News of the World About the life and the death of a red dirt girl Named Lillian Who never got any farther Across the line than Meridian Now the stars still fall on Alabama Tonight she finally laid That hammer down without a sound In the red dirt ground

  • @rosemarygranat4541
    @rosemarygranat45412 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Mark Knopler and Emmylou Harris. Beautiful 🎶

  • @scopex2749
    @scopex27494 жыл бұрын

    I had never heard this until I got into ‘First Aid Kit’ and You tube put the song up, their cover is amazing! Beautiful song. Whilst in the states when married to a Missouri gal i realised the power of country songs, they all tell a story! Emmylou is the Queen of country! Always brings a tear to my eye..................

  • @bjrnrichter4414

    @bjrnrichter4414

    2 жыл бұрын

    yep

  • @theperfectcat9901
    @theperfectcat9901 Жыл бұрын

    She will always will be my Barn Cat Girl. Beautiful-touching. Meow

  • @ulrichwill496
    @ulrichwill4968 ай бұрын

    Sie hat eine Engelsstimme. Ich habe sie 1979 zum erstenmal gesehen und seither ein Riesen Fan von dieser Schönheit! ❤❤️🇨🇭

  • @skyhighproductions24
    @skyhighproductions246 жыл бұрын

    She has taken my breath away, and put tears in my eyes for decades. Love her.

  • @joneinarpettersen7574

    @joneinarpettersen7574

    5 жыл бұрын

    It`s not only one!

  • @kasseyr1

    @kasseyr1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Emmylou is an American treasure...NZ 🇳🇿

  • @juanitashatley9438

    @juanitashatley9438

    4 жыл бұрын

    She still looks BEAUTIFUL!💜💛🎃👻

  • @sharethebest1

    @sharethebest1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here. Chill bumps....

  • @juanitashatley9438

    @juanitashatley9438

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sharethebest1 have you heard of First Aid Kit? The 2 Swedish sisters??😂👻🎃

  • @russparker1647
    @russparker164729 күн бұрын

    There is no other voice or style in the world like Emmylou. She melts my heart.

  • @rosemarygranat4636
    @rosemarygranat4636 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Good morning to all. Thank you Emmy Lou

  • @michaelmisbach4859
    @michaelmisbach4859 Жыл бұрын

    How many "red dirt girls" tragically before, now, and still to come?!

  • @danielshaw8049
    @danielshaw8049 Жыл бұрын

    Emmylou Harris is a Beautiful musician.

  • @donaldleroy6502
    @donaldleroy650211 ай бұрын

    Mr Knopfler is great and all but I'm here for Emmylou, it's amazing how she never seems to age except for the better ❤😊

  • @williameaton9299
    @williameaton9299 Жыл бұрын

    Well I have been playing folk/bluegrass all my life and at 70 they are one of my favorites any way very nice job young people as usual thank you so much :)

  • @albertocarlos6743
    @albertocarlos67432 жыл бұрын

    sincerely i love you . you are the best than anyone

  • @ltfitz87
    @ltfitz872 ай бұрын

    Thank you Emmy Lou, brought tears to my eyes! fitz

  • @robertchappell3327
    @robertchappell33278 ай бұрын

    My angel and Mark can't say enough.

  • @brianlorey2243
    @brianlorey22433 жыл бұрын

    Stars Fell on Alabama

  • @davidroga6508
    @davidroga65082 жыл бұрын

    Emmy is the most accomplished singer. She is singer songwriter extraordinaire. She is the quintessential queen of music.

  • @sharonanne116
    @sharonanne1162 жыл бұрын

    "Never got farther than Viet Nam" How many families must have had that experience. Heartbreaking.

  • @williamrichards3707
    @williamrichards3707 Жыл бұрын

    Brings tears of Joy each and every time I hear her. So utterly beautiful words just don't do her justice. Long may you live Emmylou...

  • @SuperTinman2009
    @SuperTinman2009 Жыл бұрын

    Saw EmmyLou this past week here...she still has it! Red Dirt Girl fifth in playlist...memories from my trucking days. Beautiful! Thank you EmmyLou.

  • @iridion68
    @iridion682 жыл бұрын

    I saw their concert in Barcelona. I went because I love Mark Knopfler's music. But when Emmylou started singing I realized who the legend is. In live she is different, you feel different and you stay hooked on the song until she finishes. Does anyone else agree with me?

  • @donfleming9886

    @donfleming9886

    2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the reality of Emmy Lou. Check out some of her other work. She has been so great for many years. Check out "No Regrets" " Till I can gain control again" "Pancho and lefty" "If you were a bluebird" and on and on. Just a few of my favorites

  • @michaelstewart7871

    @michaelstewart7871

    2 жыл бұрын

    She speaks to my soul.

  • @TuckerStrategy
    @TuckerStrategy3 жыл бұрын

    This might be one of the best songs ever performed....

  • @johnmorello1164
    @johnmorello11644 жыл бұрын

    Kids, this is music .......

  • @Annadmcbride

    @Annadmcbride

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!!! This is coming from a 18 year old

  • @thomasdickmann8332
    @thomasdickmann8332 Жыл бұрын

    "One thing they don't tell you about the blues When you got 'em You keep on fallin' 'cause there ain't no bottom"

  • @ganeshvaidyanathan8355
    @ganeshvaidyanathan83553 ай бұрын

    Heartbreakingly sad and beautiful at the same time… this song is hauntingly addictive for me🙏❤️

  • @cgillit
    @cgillit2 жыл бұрын

    Emmylou's voice is absolutely timeless, but she is one hell of a songwriter too. She has these little lines that are just absolute punches to the gut. One of my favorite lines is from Boulder to Birmingham (a song about Gram Parsons death) "Well you really got me this time. And the hardest part is knowing I'll survive." Such an amazingly haunting line about grief and mourning.

  • @8001e

    @8001e

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree, also my favorite song

  • @davidroga6508

    @davidroga6508

    2 жыл бұрын

    True. It is a brilliant tribute to a loved one. It does not get better than that.

  • @BrianWMay

    @BrianWMay

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep.

  • @charlesbireland1780

    @charlesbireland1780

    8 ай бұрын

    I can not help it... I hear this song, and I get all teary-eyed. I suggest that if it makes you the same way, then you shouldn't drive while listening to it.

  • @LeoWalterds
    @LeoWalterdsАй бұрын

    Just beautiful to keep it simple. Made me cry.

  • @krystiansieminski8060
    @krystiansieminski80603 жыл бұрын

    The song, like this is like story of once life, the more You want to run away the more You dig a hole to make Your self stay......You want to go far places and end up not going anywhere......dream big, but never end up to put that hammer down with the nice sound.They dont make songs like that anymore, song with a soul, so nice. BRAVO. TH

  • @robjawa5909
    @robjawa59094 жыл бұрын

    We are in the presence of beautiful music and deep truth here. Thank you Emmylou for who you are, and what you have sung.

  • @jondoe888i
    @jondoe888i4 жыл бұрын

    From Emmylou Harris herself - the background to this song on her website: "I am very, very inspired by the sound of words, and the names of places are so melodic and beautiful," she said. "I was passing through Meridian on my way down to record in New Orleans and that's what started it." "But what really took it over the edge for me was on a night off in New Orleans we went to see Boys Don't Cry," Emmylou continued. "It unnerved me, not only because of the violence and homophobia, but also because of the underlying theme of how trapped those young people were. We all come into this world with so much potential and so many dreams. Who knows why some people escape and other people don't? The key idea is in the lyric, 'There won't be any mentions on The News of the World.'" Emmylou told the story of the song to American Songwriter magazine: "I had driven to New Orleans with my dog Bonaparte and I passed the sign for Meridian, and I started making rhymes in my head. So I had this rhyme scheme but I didn't know what it was about. You get crushes on words and then the rhymes come. Anyways, right after I got there, I went to see the movie Boys Don't Cry. This story about the lost lives of these young people with nowhere to go and it turns into such negative things …" "I've had this incredibly blessed life, but I created this character who'd had all of these hopes … and I just made this story up inspired by my remembrances of the south. I also imposed the lives of these kids from Boys Don't Cry. Who knows where these songs come from? It's such a mystery to me. Sometimes, I think, 'God, I really wrote that?'" A stunning, sad song, about everyday life in America.

  • @freetickeys

    @freetickeys

    4 жыл бұрын

    How's Exene Cervenka?

  • @naomiparnell4332

    @naomiparnell4332

    3 жыл бұрын

    I live near Meridian

  • @kenrehill8775

    @kenrehill8775

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can you be very very inspired? Or isn’t inspired enough? Case of tortology?

  • @lassebetulander5051

    @lassebetulander5051

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your songs R great Wat feling and pipe .thank you Emilie grerings from Lars,, sweden

  • @lastnamefirst4035

    @lastnamefirst4035

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@freetickeys last I heard about a year ago she is doing fine living in southern ca. But what does Exene have to do w this?

  • @HoosierRooster
    @HoosierRooster3 жыл бұрын

    , my God she is still beautiful

  • @bartmallady6356
    @bartmallady63563 жыл бұрын

    best in the world

  • @rosemarygranat
    @rosemarygranat Жыл бұрын

    That's what we do!!!!!!

  • @ratter531
    @ratter5317 ай бұрын

    Such a beautiful song.❤❤ Emmylou Harris has the voice of an angel

  • @mairenared
    @mairenared2 жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful sad song wonderfully sung by Emmylou. Always moves me to tears. Beautiful accompaniment too from Mark's band.

  • @paulmarsteller6422
    @paulmarsteller64225 жыл бұрын

    As a 19 year old, I got to see her several times before she was "discovered", playing at the Childe Harold in D.C., near Dupont Circle, in the very early '70s. There were about 30 people in that little club, and, of course, all of us guys had a crush on her. My buddy lived near her parents out in Howard County. Still go see her when she is on tour. She's gone a long ways from that little club, as have all of us.

  • @guarddog318

    @guarddog318

    4 жыл бұрын

    The years pile up quick, don't they? It really floors me sometimes, when I think of an event like you mention, that I remember so clearly that it seems like yesterday, then start adding up how many years it was since it happened. ...then of course I see a video like this one, and the time is obvious, and written on people's faces. Getting old sucks, I don't care what anybody says.

  • @richardwallace6313

    @richardwallace6313

    4 жыл бұрын

    Got way too drunk at Childe Harold many years ago, but it closed for good more than a decade ago. It lived from 1967 to 2007, not bad for a restaurant, most close in fewer than five years.

  • @lilabrown1980

    @lilabrown1980

    4 жыл бұрын

    memories memories! I was a regular at Childe Harold - loved that place - lived up on U street and used to hang at CH and Stetsons...long gone days, but wonderful to hear Emmy Lou here - fan of hers for decades! (so many!)

  • @tomtorrell8019

    @tomtorrell8019

    3 жыл бұрын

    I saw her at the Child Herald in 1971...when she was unknown. Sitting at a table with a friend, I heard her singing folk music..it was a Buffy Saint Marie song. She sounded like Joan Baez and with her long black hair..so beautiful. I asked someone what's her name and found out and remembered. A few years later I heard her sing on an album with Gram Parsons and I said...dammit...its her. I went out and bought the album "Grevious Angel". Now I have most of her albums and have been in love with her since 1971. I saw her once more after that and hope to see her again so I can tell her my story. She is awsome.

  • @lastnamefirst4035

    @lastnamefirst4035

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@guarddog318 I agree. Ive not found any benefit in old age (im 68) Sure wasn't prepared for this

  • @sjs928
    @sjs9284 жыл бұрын

    A sad song sung with the voice of an angel....

  • @ulrichwill496

    @ulrichwill496

    3 жыл бұрын

    👏👏👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇭🇨🇭

  • @stephenbabin8833
    @stephenbabin88332 жыл бұрын

    My mothers maiden name was Glass and her family was raised on a red dirt road. Her family was a tad bit dysfunctional. I heard this song and declared one day to write a song called Broken Glasses on the red dirt road. It's true and I told my mom and she told me of the dead body she would bury on the red dirt road if I wrote it

  • @bobmorris4079
    @bobmorris4079 Жыл бұрын

    i love her story songs

  • @davidhopkins1786
    @davidhopkins1786 Жыл бұрын

    I've listened to Emmylou for many, many years and she can still bring tears to my eyes.

  • @chuck7476
    @chuck74763 жыл бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL IN EVERYWAY , EMMYLOU SINGING AND MUSIC WILL LIVE ON UNTIL THE END OF TIME

  • @frankprice7575
    @frankprice75752 жыл бұрын

    Dreams trampled in the red dirt, heartbreakingly beautiful song, Emmylou at her finest…..

  • @ronnieirvine2552
    @ronnieirvine25525 ай бұрын

    Wow.this is the most I've replayed in years please dontsplt. awesome .. sound together is just bliss ..

  • @briane5706
    @briane57064 жыл бұрын

    One of the loveliest ladies on the planet. A wonderful artist, songwriter and such a hauntingly beautiful voice. This song just pulls your heart strings until they break and cause you to burst into tears. Yes, it is a story that may not be true, but I suspect there are many Red Dirt Girls in real life.

  • @melodiefrances3898

    @melodiefrances3898

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, there are. My childhood best friend ... ☹💔

  • @briane5706

    @briane5706

    4 жыл бұрын

    Melodie Frances Thank you for sharing this. Love and best wishes to you and your family.

  • @melodiefrances3898

    @melodiefrances3898

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@briane5706 thank you. Life just seems to be too hard for some people. She and I were best friends as children, and even on similar trajectories. I managed to get off it, she didn't ...

  • @briane5706

    @briane5706

    4 жыл бұрын

    Melodie Frances I’m sorry to hear that. Let us all be thankful for our blessings.

  • @steveharris5008

    @steveharris5008

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lots of Red Dirt Boys as well...

  • @michaelsteven1090
    @michaelsteven10902 жыл бұрын

    Although EmmyLou wrote very few songs, this song is one of the finest anywhere.

  • @jameslevi1243
    @jameslevi1243 Жыл бұрын

    This is a beautiful, chilling song. Her voice pulls me in. I felt every emotion.

  • @ziegunerweiser
    @ziegunerweiser Жыл бұрын

    Me and my best friend Lillian And her blue tick hound dog Gideon Sittin' on the front porch coolin' in the shade Singin' every song the radio played Waiting for the Alabama sun to go down Two red dirt girls in a red dirt town Me and Lili Just across the line And a little southeast of Meridian She loved her brother, I remember back when He was fixin' up a '49 Indian He told her, little sister, going to ride the wind Up around the moon and back again He never got farther than Vietnam I was standing there with her When the telegram come for Lillian Now he's lying somewhere About a million miles from Meridian She said, There's not much hope for a red dirt girl Somewhere out there is a great big world That's where I'm bound And the stars might fall on Alabama But one of these days I'm going to swing my hammer down Away from this red dirt town I'm going to make a joyful sound She grew up tall and she grew up thin Buried that old dog Gideon By a crepe myrtle bush at the back of the yard Her daddy turned mean and her mama leaned hard Got in trouble with a boy from town Figured that she might as well settle down So she dug right in across a red dirt line Just a little south east of Meridian She tried hard to love him but it never did take It was just another way for the heart to break So she learned to bend one thing they don't tell you about the blues When you got em You keep on falling cause there ain't no bottom There ain't know end least not for Lillian Nobody knows when she started her skid She was only 27 and she had five kids Coulda' been the whiskey Coulda been the pills Coulda been the dream she was trying to kill But there won't be a mention in the news of the world About the life and the death of a red dirt girl named Lillian Who never got any farther across the line than Meridian Now the stars still fall on Alabama Tonight she finally laid That hammer down Without a sound In the red dirt ground

  • @johnsteine4053
    @johnsteine40534 жыл бұрын

    Met Emmylou from 8 years ago. I will never forget it. She was so friendly.. had time to talk. I could hardly belive. She is a great legend. Her music will never die. Proud to have met Emmylou Harris.

  • @shermananderson763
    @shermananderson7633 жыл бұрын

    Her voice has only gotten more beautiful over the decades.

  • @charleswarth1333
    @charleswarth133310 ай бұрын

    I listen to Emmylou Harris every single day and will probably do so until I go to meet my maker.

  • @hectore.cerrutti4075
    @hectore.cerrutti40756 жыл бұрын

    Mark and Emmylou are the kind of people who know through their art, reach out to people, God bless them

  • @malehuseng8196

    @malehuseng8196

    2 жыл бұрын

    So mestldstimerghry

  • @dongeorge4037
    @dongeorge4037 Жыл бұрын

    "Little sister, gonna ride the wind, up around the moon and back again. Never got farther than Vietnam, I was standing there with her when the telegram come to Lillian. Now he's lying somewhere about a million miles from Meridian". Welcome us home when we cross that river again, brother.

  • @cherylfreeman3918
    @cherylfreeman39187 ай бұрын

    There's nobody like Emmylou.

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