Released 1984 Artist Nanci Griffith Label Decca Records | Length 38:38 Release date 1984 Genre Country music | |
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Recorded 26 June-2 July 1984; Jack Clement's Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa, Nashville, Tennessee Once in a Very Blue Moon
(1984) The Last of the True Believers
(1986) Producers Jim Rooney, Nanci Griffith Similar Nanci Griffith albums, Country music albums | ||
Nanci griffith once in a very blue moon
Once in a Very Blue Moon is singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith's third album. The sounds have become a little more country and a little less folk than her previous albums. Her first two albums were backed sparsely with instrumentation, but starting with this album, the whole complement of country-styled instrumentalists can be heard. Noted country musicians performing on the album include banjo player Béla Fleck and champion fiddle player Mark O'Connor. The title song was covered by Dolly Parton, who included her version on her Real Love album in 1985.
Contents
The track order was different on MCA vinyl MCG 6054 with track 11 being omitted.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Nanci Griffith; except where indicated
- "Ghost in the Music" (Griffith, Eric Taylor) - 2:49
- "Love Is a Hard Waltz" - 3:10
- "Roseville Fair" (Bill Staines) - 2:59
- "Mary and Omie" - 4:31
- "Friend Out in the Madness" - 2:41
- [10]"I'm Not Drivin' These Wheels (Bring the Prose to the Wheel)" - 3:17
- [6]"Time Alone" - 2:01
- [7]"Ballad of Robin Winter-Smith" (Richard Dobson) - 3:15
- [8]"Daddy Said" - 2:35
- [9]"Once in a Very Blue Moon" (Patrick Alger, Eugene Levine) - 2:34
- "If I Were the Woman You Wanted" (Lyle Lovett) - 3:57 [Not on MCA vinyl MCG 6054]
- [11]"Year Down in New Orleans" - 2:28
- [12]"Spin on a Red Brick Floor" - 2:48
Songs
1Ghost in the Music2:49
2Love Is a Hard Waltz3:11
3Roseville Fair2:59