Red Dirt Girl


Red Dirt Girl is an Emmylou Harris album from 2000, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard country album charts and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 2001. The album was a significant departure for Harris, as eleven of the twelve tracks were written or co-written by her. At the time, she was best known for covering other songwriters' work. Prior to this album, only two of Harris' LPs had more than two of her own compositions. Her next album, Stumble into Grace, was also written by Harris. The album contains "Bang the Drum Slowly", a song Guy Clark helped Harris write as an elegy for her father.

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

1. "The Pearl"
2. "Michelangelo"
3. "I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now"
4. "Tragedy"
5. "Red Dirt Girl"
6. "My Baby Needs A Shepherd"
7. "Bang The Drum Slowly"
8. "J'Ai Fait Tout"
9. "One Big Love"
10. "Hour Of Gold"
11. "My Antonia"
12. "Boy From Tupelo"