Emmylou Harris Trivia Quiz

Answer: Birmingham, Alabama

Seguin was the birthplace of Nanci Griffith, Staten Island was Joan Baez' birthplace and Duluth was where Bob Dylan came into the world.

Answer: The Fallen Angels

The "Grievous Angel" album with Emmylou Harris and The Fallen Angels was the last album Gram Parsons recorded before his death in September 1973.

Answer: Neil Young

The "Wrecking Ball" album was a departure from Emmylou's usual style - indeed she has referred to it as her "weird album" (Bill DeYoung - "Emmylou Harris: The Sweetheart of the Rodeo"). If I can put in my two pen'orth I think it's a superb album!

Answer: Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt

Released in March 1987 Trio took the Grammy for Country Performance by a Duo or Group.

Answer: A.P. and Sara Carter

A sad song about two members of the legendary Carter Family, A.P. and Sara Carter. According to "The Sun" the song was inspired by Emmylou and Kate and Anna McGarrigle watching a TV show about the Carter Family.

Answer: Red Dirt Girl

Prior to this album, Emmylou was known principally for singing other people's songs. On "Red Dirt Girl" she wrote eleven of the twelve tracks.

Answer: O Evangeline

The phrase "Stumble into Grace" in these lines formed the title of the album containing the song. Emmylou Harris explained the origin of this song in "Rolling Stone" magazine (September 16, 2003): "I was working on the song and I started thinking about the journey that we make, especially from the point of view of women. Sometimes someone gets frozen in time at a particular moment in your mind.

When I think of Mimi (Farina) I tend to think of a beautiful young girl who lost the love of her life on her twenty-first birthday, and people tend to think of that as the end of the story.

But she actually had an extraordinary life and helped so many people very quietly."

Answer: Every Grain of Sand

One of Dylan's metaphysical poems beautifully interpreted by Emmylou.

Answer: Angel Band

"Blue Kentucky Girl" is an album of traditional country style songs. "Light of the Stable" contains Christmas songs and carols, while "Cowgirl's Prayer" is a 1992 album of a more mainstream style.

Answer: 2008

And about time! On the announcement, on February 12, 2008, that Emmylou was to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Edward Morris wrote on CMT.com: "Emmylou spoke of falling in love with country music when she was in high school and living in Woodbridge, Va., near where her Marine father was stationed.

She said she listened faithfully to a folk music show on a Washington, D. C., radio station, WAMU, as she learned her first chords on a cheap guitar her uncle had given her. But it was meeting Gram Parsons later, she explained, that really taught her to appreciate country music."