Spyboy

A good song can survive and shine in different ways in the hands of different musicians, says Emmylou Harris. “It can have different meanings at different times in your life. A good song can travel with you anywhere.” That philosophy has guided her fifty-year career in country music, during which she has covered countless songs across countless genres and put her own indelible stamp on each one. More specifically, it’s the philosophy that animates both Spyboy, her touring band in the late 1990s, and "Spyboy", the 1998 live album that demonstrates how these musicians made her songs shine. Sequencing old songs alongside new ones, the album tests the tensile strength of each one, pushing them into wilder and more psychedelic territory while remaining grounded in earthy country music. It’s completely unique in her catalog, a crucial document of an important chapter in her career, and it’s finally getting reissued after years of being unavailable. “It’s such a special record,” she says. “Well, they all are, but this one is really, really special. That was such a fantastic band and such an amazing time.” "Spyboy" grew out of "Wrecking Ball", Harris’ groundbreaking 1995 collaboration with producer Daniel Lanois. In 1996 and 1997 together with Buddy Miller, Brady Blade and Daryl Johnson, The band, also named Spyboy, toured America and Europe together, never playing a song the same way twice. Buddy Miller brought along his recording gear and recorded nearly every show on the tour. When their time on the road ended, Miller and Harris sat down together and they culled through hundreds of tracks to choose the ones that best represented the Spyboy ethos of endless possibility. They whittled the original release down to 14 tracks and in 1998 Eminent Records released "Spyboy" on CD. Product Details Artist: EMMYLOU HARRIS Title: Spyboy Catalogue Number: CDNW6607 Barcode: 607396660728 Label: NEW WEST RECORDS Tracklisting 1. My Songbird 2. Where Will I Be 3. I Ain't Living Long Like This 4. Love Hurts 5. Green Pastures 6. Deeper Well 7. Prayer In Open D 8. Calling My Children Home 9. Tulsa Queen 10. Wheels 11. Born To Run 12. Boulder To Birmingham 13. All My Tears 14. The Maker 15. Thing About You 16. All I Left Behind 17. Get Up John 18. Sweet Old World