Sunday night’s performance by Emmylou Harris and Rodney
Crowell, backed by the “Blazing Jimmy’s”, the tag for the rest of the back-up
band that Emmy Lou announced they had decided on just in time for the this, their
final performance of the tour, was, in one word—blazing.
I’d first heard Emmylou back in the mid-70’s and thought she
had the voice of an angel. Sweet and pure, almost a crystal bell in tone. She
still sings like an angel with that crystal bell perhaps a little deeper but
just as pure and sweet. Rodney Crowell, who said he also first became acquainted
with Emmylou back in the 70’s, though more intimately as he is the songwriter
for many of the songs on her albums, nicely harmonizes with Emmylou’s sweet
voice.
The back-up, “Blazing Jimmy’s” are an accomplished group of
musicians who added to the musical experience. The musicians rocked and harmonized,
stomped and created music that was memorable. From “Pancho and Lefty”, “Red
Dirt Girl”, “Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight”, to “Stars on the Water”
and “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, the packed house was thrilled by the variety
and depth of the music.
Though fans of Emmy Lou, like I, waited with baited breath
for Emmy Lou’s solos. Her voice, a fine instrument that rivals the angels seems
to only have improved with age.
The concert, part of the Troubadour Concert
Series was at the Lexington Opera House in Lexington , Kentucky
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