Spyboy (album) explained

Spyboy
Type:Live album
Artist:Emmylou Harris
Cover:Spyboy (album).jpg
Released:August 11, 1998
Genre:Country
Length:61:55
Label:Eminent
Producer:Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris
Prev Title:Wrecking Ball
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Trio II
Next Year:1999

Spyboy is a 1998 live album by Emmylou Harris and her backing band, Spyboy which she formed for a tour to perform songs from her 1995 career-redefining album, Wrecking Ball. Taking a stripped-down approach, Harris is backed by a trio comprising country singer-songwriter Buddy Miller on guitar and New Orleans musicians Daryl Johnson on bass and Brady Blade on drums. Along with songs from Wrecking Ball, such as "Where Will I Be" and "Deeper Well", Harris performs other songs from earlier in her career, such as "Born to Run" from Cimarron, "Love Hurts", which she first performed with Gram Parsons, "I Ain't Living Long Like This" from Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town and her ode to Parsons, "Boulder to Birmingham", from her 1975 debut album, Pieces of the Sky.

Personnel

Spyboy

Additional personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1998)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums27
U.S. Billboard 200180

Release history

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DateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaAugust 11, 1998Eminent Records[1]

Notes and References

  1. Harris . Emmylou . Spyboy (Liner Notes) . Eminent Records . August 11, 1998 . EM-25001-2 (CD); EM-25001-4 (Cassette).