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Distinguish|Patty Griffinlead too short|date=December 2010BLP sources|date=July 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Nanci Griffith| image = Nancicarolinegriffith.jpg| caption =| image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name = Nanci Caroline Griffith| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1953|7|6| death_date =| origin =| instrument = Vocalist , acoustic guitar | genre = Country music|country , Folk music|folk , singer-songwriter | occupation =| years_active = 1978 to present| label = New Door Records , Elektra Records , MCA Records , Rounder Records , Featherbed Records , B.F. Deal Records | associated_acts = The Blue Moon Orchestra The Crickets Darius Rucker The Kennedys | website = http://www.nancigriffith.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Nanci Griffith , (born Nanci Caroline Griffith , July 6, 1953, Seguin, Texas ) is an United States|American singer , guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas .
Biography
Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genre s, predominantly country music|country , folk music|folk , and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording, Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith album)|Other Voices, Other Rooms . This album features Griffith covering the songs of artists who are her major influences. One of her better-known songs is " From a Distance " by Julie Gold , although Bette Midler 's version achieved greater commercial success. Similarly, other artists have occasionally achieved greater success with Griffith's songs than Griffith herself. For example, Kathy Mattea had a country music top five hit with a 1986 cover of Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime," and Suzy Bogguss had one of her largest hits with Griffith's and Tom Russell 's " Outbound Plane ."
Griffith's high school boyfriend, John, died in a motorcycle accident after taking her to the senior prom, and subsequently inspired many of her songs. http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-nanci-griffith/ Griffith was married to singer-songwriter Eric Taylor (musician)|Eric Taylor from 1976 to 1982. In the early 1990s, she was engaged to singer-songwriter Tom Kimmel , but the couple parted before marrying. In 1994, Griffith teamed up with Jimmy Webb to contribute the song "If These Old Walls Could Speak" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization . Griffith is a survivor of breast cancer which was diagnosed in 1996, and thyroid cancer in 1998. http://www.nancigriffith.com/biography.php Biography at nancigriffith.com
Griffith has in recent years toured with various other artists including Buddy Holly 's band, The Crickets ; John Prine ; Iris DeMent ; Suzy Bogguss ; and Judy Collins . Griffith has recorded duets with many artists, among them Emmylou Harris , Mary Black , John Prine , Don McLean , Jimmy Buffett , Dolores Keane , Willie Nelson , Adam Duritz (singer of Counting Crows ), The Chieftains , and Darius Rucker (singer of Hootie & the Blowfish ). She has also contributed background vocals on many other recordings. http://www.grantguerrero.com/nanguest.html Guest Appearances on Other Artists' Albums
Griffith suffered from severe 'writers block' for a number of years after 2004, lasting until the 2009 release of her The Loving Kind (Nanci Griffith Album)|"The Loving Kind" album which contained nine self-penned or co-written songs.
After several months of limited touring in 2011, bandmates The Kennedys ( Pete & Maura Kennedy ) packed up their professional Manhattan recording studio and relocated it to Nashville, where they installed it in Nanci's home. There, Ms Griffith and band (including Pete & Maura Kennedy and Pat McInerney ) co-produced her forthcoming album, "Intersections" over the course of the summer. The album includes several new original songs and is due to be released in early 2012 with a UK tour scheduled and an American tour to follow.
As well as her own songs Griffith is well-known for her outstanding versions of other people's material, usually by contemporary singer-songwriters.
Wings to Fly and a Place To Be: An Introduction to Nanci Griffith
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2001
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Nanci Griffith
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2002
From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith
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2003
The Complete MCA Studio Recordings
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Singles
Year
Single
Chart Positions
Album
US Country
CAN Country
1986
"Once in a Very Blue Moon"
85
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Once in a Very Blue Moon
1987
"Lone Star State of Mind"
36
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Lone Star State of Mind
"Trouble in the Fields"
57
43
"Cold Hearts/ Closed Minds"
64
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1988
"Never Mind"
58
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Little Love Affairs
"I Knew Love"
37
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"Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool"
64
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1989
"It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go"
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Storms
1991
"Late Night Grande Hotel"
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Late Night Grande Hotel
1994
"This Heart"
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Flyer
1995
"Well...All Right" (w/ The Crickets )
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87
Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly)
1997
"Maybe Tomorrow"
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Blue Roses from the Moons
"Gulf Coast Highway"
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1999
"These Days in an Open Book"
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The Dust Bowl Symphony
Awards
Griffith won the 1994 Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album|Best Contemporary Folk Album for Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith album)|Other Voices, Other Rooms .
Videography
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Sony VHS (1993)
Other Voices, Other Rooms Elektra Video VHS (1993)
Winter Marquee Rounder/Universal DVD , Widescreen, (2002)
One Fair Summer Evening...Plus! Universal Music & VI DVD , Fullscreen, (2005)
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