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Emmylou Harris (born April 2 1947) is an United States|American Country music|country, folk music|folk, alternative rock music|alternative rock, and alternative country musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists.

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Early years
Emmylou Harris was the daughter of a career military father, a Marine Corps officer who was reported missing in action in Korea in 1952 and spent ten months as a prisoner of war. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she spent her childhood in North Carolina and Woodbridge, Virginia, where she graduated from Gar-Field Senior High School as class valedictorian. In high school she also won a drama scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she began to study music seriously, learning to play the songs of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez on guitar. Leaving college to pursue her musical aspirations, she moved to New York City|New York, working as a waitress to support herself while performing folk songs in Greenwich Village coffeehouses. She married fellow songwriter Tom Slocum in 1969 and in the following year recorded her first album, ''Gliding Bird'', which was released by Jubilee Records. The label was on its last legs f... read all

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1. Emmylou Harris + Jimmy Gaudreau + Moondi Klein at Nob Hill Masonic, San Francisco, CA on 26 Jul 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA United States
2. Emmylou Harris + Ricky Skaggs + Del McCoury at The Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa on 29 Jul 2008
Location: 100 Fair Dr, Costa Mesa 92626, United States
3. Emmylou Harris at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow on 9 Sep 2008
Location: 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY, United Kingdom Tickets from [url=http://www.glasgowconcerthalls.com/whatson/event/74326]glasgowconcerthalls.com[/url]
4. Emmylou Harris at National Stadium, Baile Átha Cliath on 12 Sep 2008
Location: Baile Átha Cliath, Ireland
5. Emmylou Harris at Apollo Hammersmith, Hammersmith on 14 Sep 2008
Location: Queen Caroline St, Hammersmith, W6 9QH, United Kingdom
6. Emmylou Harris at Tempodrom, Berlin on 16 Sep 2008
Location: Möckernstraße 10, 10963 Berlin, Germany
7. Emmylou Harris at Philharmonie, München on 17 Sep 2008
Location: München, Germany
8. Emmylou Harris at Sentrum Scene, Oslo on 21 Sep 2008
Location: Arbeidesamfunnets plass 1, 0181 Oslo, Norway
9. Emmylou Harris at Cirkus, Stockholm on 22 Sep 2008
Location: Djurgårdsslätten 43-45, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden
10. Emmylou Harris at Falconer Salen, Copenhagen on 23 Sep 2008
Location: Falkoner Allé 9, 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark
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