Emmylou Harris : Making Believe (1977)

[rickyd0821]

Wow!!!

[WSGZM]

ich liebe diese frau

[b42baritone]

Female singers of the 70's like Emmy Lou, Linda Ronstadt, Buffy St. Marie, Rita Coolidge, Carly Simon and Bonnie Raitt are far superior to the singers today.

[mrbmac0509]

Thirty something years ago I thought she was just the prettiest women, and now she is just down right beautiful. The voice has gotten sweeter.

[juliano66]

Sweet--

Same show that had the NYC Dolls on!

Big tent!

[sjrkbr]

Emmy Lou Rocks the Party that Rocks the Body!

[52pedros]

what a fanstastic voice

[Abedude71]

So beautiful... like a fine wine she improves with age. x

[danskheste]

Oh THANK YOU!

[ElvisFanForever19561]

Beautiful...Love Emmylou!!

[fearlessesther]

Emmy Lou ...always loved your talented voice and abilitys. The country music singers today are okay,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,nothing beats you, dolly, linda, and so many many more. Being OUR age is NOT so bad huh? YOU and I have that in common and its a FINE thing. LOOKING good and having had a mostly GOOD LIFE~ hey God Bless and to the creator of this.. thumbs up~ : )

[mrlevina2]

it's good that people report on the musicians; the songwriters should also be mentioned - they're as important as the singers but we seldom know who wrote the song.

[BirdOfParadise777]

@ShirleyMalcolm There are many people who "try" to take credit for "being the one who wrote a song." After it becomes a huge HIT! But, you can't talk about it. ??? It's kinda hard to believe:(

[Lostchord1000]

Beautiful lady, beautiful voice. Emmylou has the loveliest eyes I've ever seen!

[nothinghumanlovesfor]

she so beautiful then and she even more beautiful now i miss singers like this

[tjs197622]

Holy Christ! Does it get better than this?

[kegs95]

ummm....is THIS the origin of the Social Distortion version? Cuz god damn, mike ness, you are god.

[loveandonions]

No one but Emmylou.

[Schnitzelschitzen]

Like a crisp cool sip of a mountain spring, this voice is refreshing, just as pure as the clean mountain air.

[battlehrfred]

this super singer and lovely lady still give me "goosebumps" when she sing this song... nobody else can do it quite like her ty 100-----100

[myrjer]

@battlehrfred Her voice and her beauty bring tears to my eyes and I'm a tough 'ol macho guy.

[BartenderGVille]

Love Social Distortion's cover of this song

[sportysoccerboy1]

I'm a marginal contemporary country music fan, but love folk music, folk rock. That said I have never been able to deny ELH and especially the brief magic that was created wtih the great Gram Parsons. Such a beautiful and pure sound. Goose bumps!

[lnielsen18]

Is that a young Rodney Crowell opposite Albert Lee??

[1baillee]

@lnielsen18 ..........Yes, that is Rodney Crowell

[lesy1]

Emmlou is truley one of the 1st ladies of all music.

[eggman077]

She's always been a beauty, in 1977 and 2011, love her!!!!

[schuldm]

Her voice breaks me apart.

[70erhighriser]

The Best!!!!!!

[54MURAI]

You'll always own me...

[wisewonder52]

she still knocks me out...

[TheHerepata]

greetings from easter island...

[geekaypee]

Can't go past Kitty Wells' haunting original, but ELH can't go wrong either. Wot a beautiful song! Hi from Australia, everybody.

[nowseaworthy]

HOLY SHIT MEGABABES OF HISTORY

[hotajax]

I'll probably get rocks thrown at me for this, but here goes - She never sounded better than when she was with The Hot Band. There's just such a blend there that will never be repeated.

[cacjy6b]

Look how young Rodney Crowell was. Great video.

[Ruthy1952]

Emmylou has the most beautiful voice ever. It is like it came from the angels in Heaven.

[cuteoldguy]

@JoseT34......You would have to push me aside .

[BIGLOVE4TRUTH]

Hello Emmylou, goodbye heart.

[JoseT34]

She is awesome--I would like to die in her arms!

WOW!

[FLSHBK1]

@JoseT34 Can you imagine dancing with her? Holding her close? The impossible part would be letting her loose when the song ended.

[chrisbrho]

check out Solcial Distortion's version of this song

[sznranderson]

Such a beautiful woman with a voice to go with it.

[sznranderson]

Such a beautiful woman with a voice to go with it.....

[MrDjeu]

Volbeat have make a very nice version to ;-)

[MrDjeu]

Volbeat have make a very nice version to ;-)

[TerrySleeper]

Saw her in England last week - great gig, must catch her again.

[jamieandmeredith1]

Amazingly Beautiful.  Jamie K

[DicksPC]

Mrphatbastard1, Its a heartbreaking song , And its gota be one of her best !!! Dick

[MollyMalone71]

Fabulous

[katewinslet1912]

What a gem of a clip. Thanks so much. Im 33 years old and have loved her voice since i was about 10 years old (thanks mum) Such a soothing sound.

[Mrphatbastard1]

Does anyone agree that this song best shows off her voice?

[michlef]

Just the best video I have from the Singing Angel.

Thanks a lot !

[jackrodgrs]

very nice !



[chitchitify]

Love this song :)

[stevedench]

Isn't that Rodney Crowell playing too?

[SinUnAdios]

I've never been to heaven, but this is what I imagine the angels must sound like.

[dbacke1]

I was just thinking something when I saw the date (1977) of this video. I noticed that only Glen Hardin of Elvis' TCB Band was on stage. James Burton and Ronnie Tutt were missing. I then realized that Elvis was probably still alive at this time, and Burton and Tutt were probably on tour with him. Tony Brown had taken Hardin's place behind the piano in the TCB Band by this time, and that explains it.

[1000Magicians]

@dbacke1 James Burton left The Hot Band in '76 and was replaced by Albert Lee who features here. Ronnie Tutt was never in Emmylou's Hot band - John Ware was the drummer from the outset.

[dbacke1]

@1000Magicians

You're right about Ronnie Tutt never touring with Emmylou's band. I do remember, though, that he was in the studio with her on her first few albums. I found this out by looking at the album credits. I also noticed that James Burton still had a presence on her studio albums all the way up until the early '80s, and Ronnie Tutt was also there for a while as well.

[Fenderpilot]

@1000Magicians Ronnie Tutt played in studio with Emmylou Harris on more than one LP!

But remember that Emory Gordy who plays bass here... he did play with Elvis and his band in 1973 when Jerry left for a two years period. Then Duke Bardwell played for Elvis in 74 and in the march season in Vegas 1975.

[zackman86]

@1000Magicians although Ronnie Tutt did do some stuff with Emmylou on her Blue Kentucky Girl album he played drums on the song They'll never take his love from me...so sure he wasn't in The Hot Band but I guess you can say he did contribute to some of her work

[danlay]

@1000Magicians Is that Hank Devito on pedal steel? I see Emory Gordy (a local boy made good) on bass. Of course Rodney is here also.

[1000Magicians]

@danlay Yes it is Hank DeVito on steel. Full band - Albert Lee lead guitar, Emory Gordy bass, Rodney Crowell guitar, John Ware drums, Glen D Hardin piano.

Laurie

[dbacke1]

I was just thinking something when I saw the date (1977) of this video. I noticed that only Glen Hardin of Elvis' TCB Band was on stage. James Burton and Ronnie Tutt were missing. I then realized that Elvis was probably still alive at this time, and Burton and Tutt were probably on tour with him.  Tony Brown had taken Hardin's place behind the piano in the TCB Band by this time, and that explains it.

[roger3644]

Emmylou You Songs Are Wonderfuf ***** The Best....RW

[JoseT34]

When I hear sing, I feel like running across Loop Highway 1604!

What a voice! "JT"

[ILuvSkaterChix]

She inspired Mike Ness...she inspires me!

Jeremiah Molodecki...a true fan.

[johnnybgood5289]

My my you are such a singing Blessing GBy,i sing to and play the guitar,you sound like a star to me GBy

[baal9336]

this is heavenly,the voice of another world

erik l t

[MrEVIL1666]

on the Telly... ladies and gentlmen Mr Albert lee

[kawikahob1]

True country stuff with a great voice and instuments to back it up. This is my kind. Upload more of them.....

[larryjackson04]

So beautiful....Emmylou...what can I say? You were so beautiful to listen to and look at back then. You were and still are something to behold.....

[WhiteDwarf18]

God bless this woman

[jimdcarter]

Pay attention Katy Perry, Justin Beiber & Lady Gaga: this is REAL music.  You 3 just make crap!!!

[bibe318]

@jimdcarter Couldn't have said it better!

[100Linnet]

@jimdcarter - hmmmmm - I'm an Emmylou fan too - but maybe you should listen to Lady Gaga's live version of "on the edge of glorie" - that might change your opinon. She sings amazingly live.

[beingshar]

Is there any reason Emmy never did 'SHE' (yes a Gram Parson's original I know! I know!), but she did ALL the songs off of he LUXURY LINER except for this amazing hearftelt version of the song - as far as I'm concerned she 'owns' SHE....

[honizuka00]

SO good even i wasn't born yet

[rubbersole79]

Punishing beauty.......

[mohowski]

i won't mind dying if the angels sound anything like Emmylou

[Booper501]

Love her beautiful voice

[ralphus44]

God, Emmylou was so hot before she let her hair go grey. What a babe!

[doowopnuts]

Emmylou is simply wondrous...

[52Mik]

I agree

[TheHawkeyemark]

I'm afraid we have lost the ability for critical thinking and the ability to put intellect and emotion together. Don't react- act. Don't just feel. That is unique to us all. Thought is what seperates us from the animals- in Cairo, in Athens. The anarchists who just feel and therefore they are right. Get REAL! Think of what this means. Don't ' Make Believe'. Make it come true and know love is real- not 'Make Believe!'

[BALKISDREAMER]

Yeah! Albert Lee! Fucking guitarist and vocalist too!

[killacommieformommy]

Allison Krauss, do this song

[TheHawkeyemark]

She turned me on to her. I still appreciate this song- makes more sense 30 years later. Thanks Terri.

[lsrgfromsl]

it is really wonderful to see these clips in an era where most of female have to or do sell their figure to attract people not their talent.

[9SolidSnake9]

Today's music is CRAP compared to what Emmylou just did!

Where did this generation go wrong?

[valdostastate77]

@9SolidSnake9 MTV killed all forms of music. It went from tallent to a beauty contest. Could a Janis Joplin, Areatha Franklin, or Patsy Cline get promoted by the media. Probably not!! Thank God for pre 1982

[w9j15g]

@valdostastate77 Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse made it big without beauty, no matter how you might feel about their music. Duffy is another example.

[valdostastate77]

@w9j15g Good point, I dont agree about lady gaga(her whole act is visual). Amy Winehouse is awsome, I don't know who Duffy is but I'll take your word for it.

[frnzkuester]

@9SolidSnake9 So true!!

[m0ib0y]

It was maybe 15 year's ago I saw her life in the Noorderlicht in Tilburg in Holland I stayed 1 meter in front of her she was and is still a angel.

Her voice gives me hope, love and a great smile.

thedutch

[52Mik]

Is making a steel guitar cry becoming a lost art too? Where is country music going? May these good old songs live forever!!

[pipelineron]

@52Mik

Sir you are right. I hope that good ole country music survive.

I am not an American, but ever since I was a kid I listened to the Grand Ole Opry on AFRTS in Trinidad, on short wave radio. I just love country music. I love the sound of a steel guitar.

God Bless.

[Crosisborg]

@52Mik Country music died long ago. It had its last great hurrah in the 80s.

[toterola451]

@52Mik , you just ain't listening to the right country music! Drive-By Truckers, Wayne Hancock, Reckless Kelly, Hank 3, Whitey Morgan, Unknown Henson, The Boxmasters, etc. feature the steel guitar prominently. Check it out, dude!

[ravNhouse93]

@52Mik

 man that steel guitar sure could he make cry!!!

[stuballs42]

@ravNhouse93 Please punch up (David Hartley pedal steel Guitar) on U-tube!!!

You'll love him!!!!!

[RXBA3U5]

@52Mik Southern rock is displacing country music. There are no more Chet Akins or Owen Bradley's in Nashvile......ever since Mutt Lange hit town, nashvile hit the skids...sad but true.......

[175K10K175]

@52Mik Old country is the only country I like. I can stay up all night drinking to old Hank and Cash but if I hear some newer country I just wanna shoot the stereo.

[raginroadrunner]

absolutely awesome...

[djerone88]

Volbeats version is so much better!!

[coonshine1]

What a woman, what a voice. Then and now.....

[nailswood]

She's had more great back up bands than even elvis. Which one was "the best"?

[nailswood]

@nailswood I mean which backup band.

[Solsticesun1]

holy shit this women can sing....loveeeee that last part, wht a soulfoul voice

[6theo]

try the volbeat version!:P

[Pujardoff1]

What's with her nose? Too straight for the real one. Surgerу or something?

[dbeater1]

anyone know how many grammy's this beautiful Lady has on her mantle? ( a bunch)

[danhughart]

@dbeater1 Not enough!

[dbeater1]

@danhughart ha ha ..agreed!

[theJadulable]

great song...i love it

[juanarto]

The Voice That Broke a Thousand Hearts

[ernlay]

This woman was so good looking ! Still is as far as I'm concerned. I always liked just to watch and hear her talk, as well as her singing!

[GRobb62]

great song, Social D did a great cover of this song. I think it was on the, "Somewhere Between Heaven % Hell" cd

[bamapoppy]

1000magicians, i just wanna thank you for the videos. gotta love emmylou, and have since the 70's. i'm from bham and used to live in her old neighborhood. btw, jezake, opinions are like ----- everybody's got one. i say she's fabulous, then, now, and into the future.

[Bluecatsinger]

Emmylou always makes my heart melt ... and yes, that was just a wonderfully perfect band around her. Glad we can go on seeing her on the net in her best performances ! Country love to you all, Claudia

[OriginalLilSoldier1]

Anyone who slams this womans musical talent is a tasteless individual. Shes underated if you really wanna get honest. LOVE HER SHES ONE OF A KIND....

[HawaiianMachinist]

My feelings for my ex Anna....

[RossM3838]

this runs rings around Kitty Wells' original. Its more beautiful, more emotional, more heartbreaking. Albert Lee's greatness as a musician comes from the fact that he gives the song exactly what it needs, not one note more and not one note less.

[rockrockshard]

Oh how this reminds me of Don Doggett..... RIP Sweetie. Love you.

[rockrockshard]

Oh how this reminds me of Don Doggett... RIP sweetie.

[Jezake]

Everyone to their own taste, but Emmy is way over rated... way to whiney voice.

[woodscritter]

@Jezake For some of us Emmylou is one of the "voices of a generation."

(Bet you don't like operatic sopranos, or Joan Baez either.)

Lovely person. Don't know whose rating you're going by, and frankly ...

[Jezake]

@woodscritter

Frankly.... I know Emmy and have for years.... My opinion is as good or better than yours I would suppose.... after all, well frankly...

[MegaJewels1]

@Jezake I believe the word you're really searching for is "plaintive!"

[Jezake]

@MegaJewels1 Not searching... I was applying the sentiment as was addressed to me... try and keep up!

[7Samurais]

Beautiful song, beautiful woman and all great musicians.

[63fenderjazzbass]

@326 cir: I'm tempted to agree. However, all it takes is one listen to her singing "That's All It Took" with Gram Parsons and I must disagree.

[candacelove]

So so beautiful.

[JimmyDFFD]

Fantastic, thank you!

[edgardesouza27]

sweet harmony. 

[vedicfire]

Perhaps the pedal steel guitarist is Hank Divito?

[rubbersole79]

W h e w w . . ! !

What a doll.

[WDemMusic]

She rules, love her stuff with Dylan.  First time I heard this song was on Ray Charles Modern sounds in country and western 2

[theJadulable]

so deep...

[Aphidboy]

Perfection.

[1953jazzman]

The exquisite Emmylou Harris with the best band she ever had! In my opinion, Luxury Liner is the finest album she ever made - and she has l LOT of great ones over the years! All that talent and impossibly beautiful to boot - it's almost too much for a man to bear! Whew!!!!!!!!!

[MITCHWILD]

I had the pleasure of meeting Albert Lee a short while back, a sweet guy. Seems he's played with everybody!..........well, everybody that's worth playing with.

[murilosk8skater01]

I'll spend my lifetime loving you and MAKING BELIEVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

she´s perfect.. but social distortion version is great too!

[jubjub2112]

I remember the first time I heard this song . . . I was living in Czechoslovakia . . . had an old hippie friend who introduced me to some amazing music . . . Van Morrison's Astral Weeks . . . some old Neil Young . . . the Edwin Hawkins Singers . . . and this . . . among others . . . what a treasure!

[dar808]

Great post.....Did they ever record the old grey whistie test series of songs as an album ?

[NobodyPointBarre]

@dar808

I don't know if "The Old Grey Whistle Test" has been recorded on either CD or DVD, but I have been lucky to watch (and record it) on BBC 4 justa bout one or two years ago (time flies, you know...). Professionnal TV quality images. A treasure...

LT