Emmylou Harris

The Texas-born artist moved to California in the mid-1960s with her family. A mainstay at the Palomino Club, opening for the likes of Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Rodney Crowell, and an exhaustive list of other country music luminaries, her voice held a raspy quality akin to Wanda Jackson, and she possessed the storytelling ability of Loretta Lynn. With a unique guitar style influenced by…

to have numerous fruitful partnerships throughout the years. The duet she did with Kenny Rogers, Islands in the Stream, was another huge hit in 1983. They collaborated again four years later on the Grammy-winning album Trio with Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, and herself. Acting Career: 9 to 5 and…