Blue Roses from the Moons
Her twelfth album, cut live in the studio with the Blue Moon Orchestra and three of the Crickets.
Nanci Griffith, 1997
- Released
- March 1997
- Label
- Elektra
Released in March 1997, it was recorded from live takes in the studio with the Blue Moon Orchestra and Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis and Joe B. Mauldin of the Crickets. Darius Rucker duets on Gulf Coast Highway. Waiting for Love was later recorded again with a symphony orchestra for The Dust Bowl Symphony in 1999.
Thom Owens of AllMusic found the slick sound a little disarming for longtime fans but wrote that her songwriting remained skilled and assured.
Track listing
- Everything's Comin' Up Roses2:55
- Two for the Road3:04
- Wouldn't That Be Fine4:06
- Battlefield3:34
- Saint Teresa of Avila5:20
- Gulf Coast Highway3:30
- I Fought the Law2:37
- Not My Way Home3:54
- Is This All There Is?3:48
- Maybe Tomorrow2:20
- Waiting for Love4:11
- I'll Move Along2:39
- Morning Train3:09
- She Ain't Goin' Nowhere3:41
Personnel
- Nanci Griffith vocals, guitar
- Jerry Allison the Crickets
- Sonny Curtis the Crickets
- Joe B. Mauldin the Crickets
- Darius Rucker duet vocals on Gulf Coast Highway
More from Nanci Griffith
Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984), The Last of the True Believers (1986), Lone Star State of Mind (1987), Little Love Affairs (1988), Storms (1989), Late Night Grande Hotel (1991), Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993), Flyer (1994), Clock Without Hands (2001)
Sources
- Blue Roses from the Moons, Wikipedia