On August 13, 2021, Nanci Caroline Griffith died aged 68. She was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, toured and recorded with The Crickets, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Suzy Bogguss, Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris, Mary Black, John Prine, Don McLean, Jimmy Buffett, Dolores Keane, Willie Nelson, Adam Duritz, The Chieftains, John Stewart, Darius Rucker and Buddy Holly’s band. In 1994, Griffith won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk Album”, in 1995, she was awarded the “Kate Wolf Memorial Award” by the “World Folk Music Association”, and in 2008, the “Americana Music Association” awarded her its “Americana Trailblazer Award”. Griffith released 18th studio and 2 live albums.
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Bruce Springsteen: The Ghost Of Tom Joad
On November 21, 1995, “Columbia” label released “The Ghost of Tom Joad”, the eleventh Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded March–September 1995, at “Thrill Hill West”, Springsteen’s home studio in Los Angeles, and was produced by Bruce Springsteen and Chuck Plotkin. In 1997, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk Album”.
Personnel:
- Bruce Springsteen– vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
- Danny Federici– accordion, keyboards
- Marty Rifkin – pedal steel guitar
- Soozie Tyrell– violin, backing vocals
- Garry Tallent– bass
- Jim Hanson – bass
- Gary Mallaber– drums
- Lisa Lowell – backing vocals
- Patti Scialfa– backing vocals
- Toby Scott – engineer
- Greg Goldman – recording assistant
- Terry Magovern – research
- Sandra Choron – art direction
- Eric Dinyer – cover art
- Pam Springsteen– interior photographs
Track listing:
All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.
- The Ghost of Tom Joad
- Straight Time
- Highway 29
- Youngstown
- Sinaloa Cowboys
- The Line
- Balboa Park
- Dry Lightning
- The New Timer
- Across the Border
- Galveston Bay
- My Best Was Never Good Enough
Bob Dylan: Love And Theft
On September 11, 2001, “Columbia” label released “Love and Theft”, the thirty-first Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in May 2001, and was produced by Jack Frost (Bob Dylan). In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Love and Theft” at number 385 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. At the 44th “Annual Grammy Awards”, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk Album”.
Personnel:
- Bob Dylan— vocals, guitar, piano, record production
- Larry Campbell— guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin
- Charlie Sexton— guitar
- Augie Meyers— accordion, Hammond B3 organ, Vox organ
- Tony Garnier— bass
- David Kemper— drums
- Clay Meyers —bongos
- Chris Shaw —engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Bob Dylan.
- Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
- Mississippi
- Summer Days
- Bye and Bye
- Lonesome Day Blues
- Floater (Too Much to Ask)
- High Water (For Charley Patton)
- Moonlight
- Honest With Me
- Po’ Boy
- Cry a While
- Sugar baby
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