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Blue Kentucky Girl is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Emmylou Harris, released in 1979. The album features Harris delving into more traditional country than the country-rock sound of her previous releases. Songs include work by Willie Nelson and Gram Parsons. Rodney Crowell's "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" featured harmonies by Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, and came out of the women's ill-fated 1978 recording sessions, where they first attempted to record a "trio" album (nearly a full decade before they actually succeeded in doing so).
| Blue Kentucky Girl | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 13, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | Nashville, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
| Producer | Brian Ahern | |||
| Emmylou Harris chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Guardian | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
The album won the 1980 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. "Beneath Still Waters" became Harris' fourth No. 1 hit; covers of the Drifters' 1960 hit "Save the Last Dance for Me" and the album's title track (originally recorded by Loretta Lynn) were top ten hits on the US country charts.
In 2006, the album ranked No. 20 on CMT's "40 Greatest Albums in Country Music".
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sister's Coming Home" (with Tanya Tucker) | Willie Nelson | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Beneath Still Waters" | Dallas Frazier | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Rough and Rocky" | Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Hickory Wind" | Gram Parsons, Bob Buchanan | 4:01 |
| 5. | "Save the Last Dance for Me" | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Sorrow in the Wind" (with Sharon & Cheryl White) | Jean Ritchie | 3:28 |
| 7. | "They'll Never Take His Love from Me" | Leon Payne | 2:34 |
| 8. | "Everytime You Leave" (with Don Everly) | Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin | 2:58 |
| 9. | "Blue Kentucky Girl" | Johnny Mullins | 3:17 |
| 10. | "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" (harmony by Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton) | Rodney Crowell | 3:56 |
| 11. | "Cheatin' Is" (with Glen Campbell) (bonus track for 2004 CD re-issue) | Rafe Van Hoy | 2:28 |
| 12. | "I Know an Ending When It Comes" (bonus track for 2004 CD re-issue) | Hank Cochran | 2:52 |
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- Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar, high-strung guitar, bass, percussion, 6-string banjo
- Duke Bardwell – bass
- Mike Bowden – bass
- Tony Brown – piano
- James Burton – electric guitar
- Rodney Crowell – acoustic guitar, high-strung guitar
- Lincoln Davis Jr. – accordion
- Hank DeVito – pedal steel
- Don Everly – duet vocals
- Emory Gordy Jr. – bass
- Glen Hardin – piano, string arrangements
- Emmylou Harris – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Ben Keith – pedal steel
- Albert Lee – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- Dolly Parton – backing vocals
- Bill Payne – piano
- Mickey Raphael – harmonica
- Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals
- Ricky Skaggs – fiddle, 5-string fiddle, mandolin, backing vocals
- Fayssoux Starling – backing vocals
- Tanya Tucker – duet vocals
- Ron Tutt – drums
- John Ware – drums
- Cheryl White – duet vocals, backing vocals
- Sharon White – duet vocals, backing vocals
Technical
- Brian Ahern – producer, engineer
- Donivan Cowart – engineer
- Bradley Hartman – engineer
- Stuart Taylor – engineer
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| North America | December 28, 1976 |
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Warner Bros. Records | [8] |
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