Yep, the voice on an angel.
Yep, the voice on an angel.
Just listened to Gulf Coast Highway again, what a great song.
One of Nancy's TV appearances I remember watching and was very impressed by her voice. Here's the song "Roseville Fair" that aired on KET.
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I bumped into this compilation of Nanci's appearances on Letterman over several years.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
I always tear up at the end when I hear her sing "Tecumseh Valley".
Me too. I saw her a number of times starting in '93. At one show in Seattle, I was just about front row, and when she introduced this song, she mentioned how it has especial resonance for her since her middle name is Caroline. She got visibly choked up mid-song and had to pull back to swallow her tears and continue on.
Along with countless others, I fell in love with her then, and will now miss her always.
Bernie
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Due to current budgetary restrictions the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off -- sorry about the inconvenience.
R.I.P. Nanci.
Far and away my favorite:
"I play BG so that's what I can talk intelligently about." A line I loved and pirated from Mandoplumb
RIP Nanci, you were a true talent and left this earth too soon.
A quarter tone flat and a half a beat behind.
Townes once said her version of "Tecumseh Valley" was the best cover anyone ever did of any of his songs, and it's hard to argue with that.
This one really hurt.
THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE JUST FOR YOUR SMILE!
Kit
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A friend turned me on to Nanci’s music in the mid 1980s. What a beautiful voice, and she wrote great songs. Loved seeing her in a concert in Cincinnati in, I think, 1986. I especially like her song “Once in a very blue moon.”
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