Nanci Griffith - The Last of The True Believers - Desperadoes Waiting For a Train - Aquarium Drunkard

Lovely article and tribute to Nanci Griffith here from the Aquarium!

The Last of The True Believers - Nanci Griffith - Aquarium Drunkard

 

On the July 21st, 1998 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, a murderer’s row of country and folk songwriters were arranged on the stage. They were performing Guy Clark’s “Desperados Waiting for a Train,” and Clark himself was there to kick things off. Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, and Eric Taylor would also take turns singing, but the central figure, the reason all of these songwriters were there, was the lone woman on stage:Nanci Griffith.

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Nanci Griffith walked a very fine line that can be difficult as an artist. Her songs contained politics just in the very nature of being about humans and humanity. But while it was obvious that some of her songs were about her own experiences, so many others were about the people out there that she met, knew or otherwise saw. And that widescreen view of what life is about is a huge part of what made her music endearing and relatable across generations. Sometimes empathy can be some of the most radical politics of all.

"Thanks for the wisdom, Nanci." |article by  j neas