Once in a Very Blue Moon
Her third album, where the full country band arrived and the Blue Moon Orchestra got its name.
Nanci Griffith, 1984
- Released
- 1984
- Studio
- Nashville
- Label
- Philo
- Producer
- Nanci Griffith and Jim Rooney
From this album on, the whole complement of country instrumentalists can be heard, among them Bela Fleck on banjo, Mark O'Connor on fiddle and mandolin and Lloyd Green on dobro and pedal steel. Lyle Lovett sang harmony. The cover was shot at the Blue Moon Cafe in Austin.
Dolly Parton covered the title song on her 1985 album Real Love. In AllMusic, Vik Iyengar wrote that the record marks the emergence of a major talent.
Personnel
- Nanci Griffith acoustic guitar, vocals
- Pat Alger acoustic guitar
- Philip Donnelly electric guitar
- Stephen Doster acoustic and electric guitar
- Mark Howard acoustic rhythm guitar, high-strung guitar
- Bela Fleck banjo
- Lloyd Green dobro, pedal steel
- Mark O'Connor piccolo mandolin, mandolin, fiddle, mandola
- John Catchings cello
- Roy Huskey Jr. upright bass
- Kenny Malone percussion
- Ralph Vitello piano, synthesizer
- Denice Franke harmony vocals
- Lyle Lovett harmony vocals
More from Nanci Griffith
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), Blue Roses from the Moons (1997), Clock Without Hands (2001)
Sources
- Once in a Very Blue Moon, Wikipedia