Emmylou Harris: Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Barbara Charone, Sounds, 21 February 1976
EXACTLY EIGHT years ago a very uncertain singer stood in the centre of a New York recording studio singing demos to an audience of muzak businessmen eager to tap some up 'n' coming commercial potential. The well was not dry but the songs were waterless.
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