Outbound Plane

Griffith and Tom Russell's song from Little Love Affairs, a top ten country hit for Suzy Bogguss.
Nanci Griffith, from Little Love Affairs (1988)

Written by
Nanci Griffith, Tom Russell
Released
1988
Length
2:39
Album
Little Love Affairs

Griffith wrote it with Tom Russell, and it is the ninth track on Little Love Affairs. Suzy Bogguss recorded it as the opening track of her 1991 album Aces and released it as the second single. It reached number nine on the country chart in March 1992. The video was filmed at the aircraft boneyard of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, and directed by the team of Robert Deaton III and George Flanigen IV.

Griffith played it at Mountain Winery in Saratoga, California, on 23 July 1994.

On stage

Covers and versions

More songs by Nanci Griffith

St. Olav's Gate, From a Distance, Speed of the Sound of Loneliness, Love at the Five and Dime

Sources

  1. Outbound Plane, Wikipedia
  2. Little Love Affairs, Wikipedia
  3. Nanci Griffith, Folk and Country Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 68, Pitchfork (2021-08-13)