Nanci Griffith and Band
   with the BBC Concert Orchestra
   conducted by Robert Ziegler 
"Friday Night with Nanci Griffith"
BBC RADIO 2 (7:30-9:15pm, live broadcast)
Mermaid Theatre
London 2007-03-02
(85 min)

[some intros are indexed on the previous tracks, or across index points]

File Size - 513MB
Recorded Length - Disc1 40.45 - Disc 2 44.04
Lineage - Analogue FM - Wav - Cooledit - flac TLH (compression 6)

ORCHESTRA
01. Variations on a Shaker Theme (Aaron Copland)

NANCI GRIFFITH, ORCHESTRA AND BAND
02. (emcee intro)
03. Love at the Five and Dime (Griffith)
04. Gulf Coast Highway (Griffith/Brown/Flowers)
05. Tell Me How (Allinson/Petty/Hardin)
06. Beautiful (Griffith)
07. Drops From the Faucet (Frank Christian)

ORCHESTRA
08. The Big Country (Jerome Moross) [listed in original text file
       as "Plink Plank Plonk (Leroy Anderson)" (?)]
    (Nanci interview with emcee; band intros)

NANCI GRIFFITH, ORCHESTRA AND BAND
09. If These Old Walls Could Speak (Jimmy Webb)

[[INTERVAL]]

ORCHESTRA
10. Saturday Night Waltz (Rodeo) (Aaron Copland)
    Hoedown (Rodeo) (Aaron Copland)

NANCI GRIFFITH, ORCHESTRA AND BAND
11. Late Night Grande Hotel (Griffith)
12. Brave Companion of the Road (Griffith)
13. It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go (Griffith)
14. Listen to the Radio (Griffith)

ORCHESTRA
15. (Nanci prematurely introduces her next song)
    Pops Hoedown (Richard Hayman)
    (interview with Nanci)

NANCI GRIFFITH, ORCHESTRA AND BAND
16. Love Conquers All (Griffith/Stefl)
17. The Wing and the Wheel (Griffith)

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Live from London’s Mermaid Theatre, Paul Gambaccini invites listeners to spend the evening in the company of American singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith. 

Nanci has successfully crossed the boundaries of country and folk music. Dubbed “the queen of folkabilly” by Rolling Stone Magazine, Nanci was born on 6 July 1954 in Seguin, Texas. Her mother dabbled in amateur dramatics and her father was a publisher and sang in a barbershop quartet. He would later provide backing vocals on one of Nanci’s early albums.

The artist has penned such classics a Gulf Coast Highway (as recorded by Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson), Love at the Five and Dime (a hit for Kathy Mattea) and Outbound Plane (a hit for Suzy Boggus) Nanci herself was the first to record Julie Gold’s classic, From A Distance, which has been used to awaken astronauts on US Space Shuttle missions.  She has been honoured with five Grammy Award nominations, three as a solo artist (winning for Other Voices, Other Rooms) and twice for performances on albums by The Chieftains.

Tonight, Nanci performs songs old and new, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Robert Ziegler.

Presenter/Paul Gambaccini, Producer/Bridget Apps

Thank You Kindly!

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