The nostalgic tune
It was only the other day on the bus that I had a good look through the Sydney Film Festival program for the coming January. I discovered that Emmylou Harris is performing at the State Theatre, and I am half tempted to go along (anybody fancy coming?).
It was my childhood best-friend’s Dad who introduced me to Emmylou Harris. Yeah, we grew up in Tamworth, but Emmylou’s not your average country musician. You can read about her illustrious career on the link above, in which she’s worked with artists such as Bob Dylan and Neil Young (see here and here). Obviously my friend’s Dad and his music taste had a big influence over us, even though we were supposed to be rebellious teenagers, because when my friend got married she had Like an Old-Fashioned Waltz for the bridal waltz. I was a bridesmaid and was in on all the fun.
So, sigh, I fell to reminiscing and found this video (though it makes me smile, because they all look so, well, umm, much older - Emmylou's black locks are silver, and her silvery voice is huskier, and two old friends near the end, well ...). I used to play the little interlude in the middle on my Mum’s alto baroque recorder (though it’s a bit simpler, and Emmylou is a lot younger, on the album version I also eventually found, which is just so romantic). I remember several times crashing into furniture in our lounge-room trying to both play this and waltz at the same time.
Emmylou Harris - Old Fashioned Waltz (Transatlantic Sessions
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