This is one of my favourite tv shows with Nanci - she seems to be enjoying herself so much. I find myself smiling the whole way through. Love Nanci’s music so much - what an astonishing body of work she’s left us with. RIP Nanci - I’ll never stop loving your music. ♥️♥️♥️
Nanci is one of my top 3 favorites of all time, across several genres. She was a beautiful girl and a natural talent, also one of my top 3 favorite live performers. She lit up the screen and took her audience to a familiar, comfortable place with her music. My wife and I discovered Nanci on the old Lonesome Pine Specials on PBS back in the early '90s, our whole family was saddened to hear of her passing. The world lost a true star.
I've always thought that Nanci didn't need a band. She was an excellent guitar player and accompanied herself more than adequately. Her choice of alternate tunings and her Merle Travis picking style were the foundation of every song she wrote. And like her beautiful vocal melodies and spot on pitch, her guitar compositions always provided a bass line played by her thumb and captivating harmony notes and interesting sounds played with her fingers as well. And she was ALWAYS in perfect tune, and played flawlessly and dynamically, with an amazing touch. So much so that her guitar work was a show in itself. Nanci was so talented in her writing and so seasoned in performing that she had all she needed to not only entertain her audience but captivate them in a journey through the little miracles of life, leaving us feeling we'd been part of an epic movie from the golden age of Hollywood She was a very special entertainer and will influence folk music and singer-songwriters for decades to come..
Totally agree; her voice was consistently right on pitch, her guitar ability was excellent and her skill of conveying a song was second to none. She is indeed sorely missed.
If somehow I could attend one of Nanci's past shows from all the videos I have seen on TH-cam.... this is the one. And I would be embarrassed to say how many times I have watched these and the ACL videos. Thanks for posting because I don't believe I had ever seen one of the songs previously.
Wonderful, the whole Nanci concert, with her marvelous talent, thank you. You are an extraordinary discoverer of Nanci concerts. In an archive I discovered that the concert date is August 11, 1986
01 Intro 02 Ballad of Robin Winter-Smith 03 Going Gone 04 Fly By Night 05 Banks of The Ponchartrain 06 St. Olav's Gate 07 The Wing & The Wheel 08 Lookin' For The Time 09 Once In A Very Blue Moon 10 Ford Econoline 11 Cold Hearts/Closed Minds 12 Last of The True Believers 13 Spin On A Red Brick Floor 14 There's A Light Beyond These Woods 15 Daddy Said 16 Roseville Fair 17 Love at The Five And Dime
I became friends with Eric Taylor about ten years ago, and in a brave/foolish moment, asked him this: "You were married to Nancy Griffith....HOW did you fuck that up? " I expected some kind of clever rebuttal or a smack in the face. Instead, he got a sad look on his face, and said, simply, "heroin". It makes me sad to know that that demon was ever in Nanci's life--to me she represented purity to a high degree. As I got to know Eric I realized that he was a great guy who suffered mightily from his addictions, and when I heard a few years ago that he had passed, I was very sad. Now Nancy is gone too, and if there is a musical heaven...well, you know.
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Thank you for keeping Nanci’s memory alive by sharing these gems. 🙏
This is one of my favourite tv shows with Nanci - she seems to be enjoying herself so much. I find myself smiling the whole way through. Love Nanci’s music so much - what an astonishing body of work she’s left us with. RIP Nanci - I’ll never stop loving your music. ♥️♥️♥️
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Nanci is one of my top 3 favorites of all time, across several genres. She was a beautiful girl and a natural talent, also one of my top 3 favorite live performers. She lit up the screen and took her audience to a familiar, comfortable place with her music. My wife and I discovered Nanci on the old Lonesome Pine Specials on PBS back in the early '90s, our whole family was saddened to hear of her passing. The world lost a true star.
A good gift comes from heaven. Tears fall on my cheek. RIP Nanci.
Thank you for posting this. My heart is broken today. RIP Nanci Caroline Griffith. )-:
I've always thought that Nanci didn't need a band. She was an excellent guitar player and accompanied herself more than adequately.
Her choice of alternate tunings and her Merle Travis picking style were the foundation of every song she wrote. And like her beautiful vocal melodies and spot on pitch, her guitar compositions always provided a bass line played by her thumb and captivating harmony notes and interesting sounds played with her fingers as well. And she was ALWAYS in perfect tune, and played flawlessly and dynamically, with an amazing touch. So much so that her guitar work was a show in itself.
Nanci was so talented in her writing and so seasoned in performing that she had all she needed to not only entertain her audience but captivate them in a journey through the little miracles of life, leaving us feeling we'd been part of an epic movie from the golden age of Hollywood
She was a very special entertainer and will influence folk music and singer-songwriters for decades to come..
Totally agree; her voice was consistently right on pitch, her guitar ability was excellent and her skill of conveying a song was second to none. She is indeed sorely missed.
How can you not be pulled into her gravitational force !!!!❤
never heard her before. she sure had a great voice and a lot of talent...
If somehow I could attend one of Nanci's past shows from all the videos I have seen on TH-cam.... this is the one. And I would be embarrassed to say how many times I have watched these and the ACL videos. Thanks for posting because I don't believe I had ever seen one of the songs previously.
Wonderful, the whole Nanci concert, with her marvelous talent, thank you.
You are an extraordinary discoverer of Nanci concerts.
In an archive I discovered that the concert date is August 11, 1986
Not sure which videos make me cry more, Nanci or Eva Cassidy. Both so achingly evocative and gone too soon.
Nancy Griffith with Marc O'Connor? Yes please
01 Intro
02 Ballad of Robin Winter-Smith
03 Going Gone
04 Fly By Night
05 Banks of The Ponchartrain
06 St. Olav's Gate
07 The Wing & The Wheel
08 Lookin' For The Time
09 Once In A Very Blue Moon
10 Ford Econoline
11 Cold Hearts/Closed Minds
12 Last of The True Believers
13 Spin On A Red Brick Floor
14 There's A Light Beyond These Woods
15 Daddy Said
16 Roseville Fair
17 Love at The Five And Dime
I became friends with Eric Taylor about ten years ago, and in a brave/foolish moment, asked him this: "You were married to Nancy Griffith....HOW did you fuck that up? " I expected some kind of clever rebuttal or a smack in the face. Instead, he got a sad look on his face, and said, simply, "heroin". It makes me sad to know that that demon was ever in Nanci's life--to me she represented purity to a high degree. As I got to know Eric I realized that he was a great guy who suffered mightily from his addictions, and when I heard a few years ago that he had passed, I was very sad. Now Nancy is gone too, and if there is a musical heaven...well, you know.
Unbelievable voice oh my gosh. To bad she had work to do for our lord and had to leave.
Damn is that Mark O'Connor? I didnt know he played with Nancy.