From the mid Nineties, and accompanied by a stellar set of backing singers including Emmylou Harris and Trisha Yearwood, this is the wonderful Mary Chapin Carpenter with a song that sadly still has resonance today. Have a great weekend everyone.
From Mary Chapin Carpenter's most commercially successful album 'Come On Come On' comes the Grammy nominated 'He Thinks He'll Keep Her'. Recorded at the 1993 CMA awards this classic comes complete with a very youthful looking Vince Gill introducing and showing the piece of sexist cheese that inspired the song. It…
Like the majority of the artists in the ‘Essentials’ feature Mary Chapin Carpenter will be familiar to many. 35 years after her country leaning debut ‘Hometown Girl’ Carpenter continues to cement a reputation as one of the finest artists of her generation. Her five Grammys may date back to the…
The power of three. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, and Karine Polwart have announced the release of their new album “Looking For The Thread” via Thirty Tigers on 24th January 2025, an exciting debut collaboration from the trio. No one quite knew what to expect when multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Mary…
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Thanks Jeremy for posting this great song, performed by a stellar backing band and so many beautiful women!!
What I would like to know is more pieces of information about the names (members) of the wonderful backing band!!
From the PBS special “The Women Of Country”