Roses in the Snow

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Roses in the Snow
Studio album by Emmylou Harris
Released	March 1980
Recorded	Nashville, July 1979
Genre	country
Length	29:56
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Brian Ahern
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4½/5) [1]
Emmylou Harris chronology
Light of the Stable (1979) Roses in the Snow (1980) Evangeline (1981)

Roses in the Snow was a 1980 album by Emmylou Harris. While Harris' previous release, 1979's Blue Kentucky Girl featured traditional, straight-ahead country (as opposed to the country-rock of her prior efforts), Roses in the Snow found Harris performing Bluegrass-inspired music, with material by Flatt and Scruggs, Paul Simon, The Carter Family, and Johnny Cash. Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice made guest appearances. "Wayfaring Stranger" was released as the first single in 1980 and went to #7 on the Billboard Country charts. The second single, a remake of a Simon & Garfunkel song, "The Boxer" reached #13. Backing musicians included Albert Lee and Jerry Douglas.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Bonus tracks 3 Personnel 3.1 Technical Personnel

[edit] Track listing

1. "Roses in the Snow" [featuring The Whites] (Ruth Franks) – 2:32
2. "Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern) – 3:26
3. "Green Pastures" [featuring Ricky Skaggs and Dolly Parton] (Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern) – 3:08
4. "The Boxer" (Paul Simon) – 3:16
5. "Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn" [with Ricky Skaggs] (Ralph Stanley) – 3:22
6. "I'll Go Stepping Too" [featuring Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice] (Tom James/Jerry Organ) – 2:16
7. "You're Learning" [with Ricky Skaggs] (Ira Louvin/Charlie Louvin) – 2:57
8. "Jordan" [featuring Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice](Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern) – 2:07
9. "Miss the Mississippi and You" (Bill Halley) – 3:40
10. "Gold Watch and Chain" [with Ricky Skaggs and Linda Ronstadt] (A.P. Carter) – 3:12

[edit] Bonus tracks

A CD reissue in 2002 added a couple of previously unissued bonus tracks:

1. "You're Gonna Change" (Hank Williams) – 2:40
2. "Root Like a Rose" (Nancy Ahern) – 4:45

[edit] Personnel

• Emmylou Harris - vocals and acoustic guitar
• The Whites - harmony vocal
• Tony Rice - lead acoustic guitar, harmony vocal
• Brian Ahern - archtop, gut-string, 12-string and Adamas guitars, bass, percussion
• Ricky Skaggs - duet and harmony vocal, banjo, fiddle, acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Albert Lee - mandolin, electric guitar
• Emory Gordy, Jr. - bass
• Jerry Douglas - dobro
• John Ware - percussion
• Dolly Parton - harmony vocal
• Willie Nelson - gut-string guitar
• Bryan Bowers - autoharp
• Johnny Cash - harmony vocal
• Buck White - piano
• Linda Ronstadt - duet and harmony vocal

[edit] Technical Personnel

• Brian Ahern - producer, engineer, mixer
• Donivan Cowart - engineer, mixer
• Stuart Taylor - engineer

v • d • e Emmylou Harris Studio albums Gliding Bird • Pieces of the Sky • Elite Hotel • Luxury Liner • Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town • Blue Kentucky Girl • Light of the Stable • Roses in the Snow • Evangeline • Cimarron • White Shoes • The Ballad of Sally Rose • Thirteen • Angel Band • Bluebird • Brand New Dance • Cowgirl's Prayer • Wrecking Ball • Red Dirt Girl • Stumble into Grace • All I Intended to Be Live albums Last Date • At the Ryman (with The Nash Ramblers) • Spyboy Compilations Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris • Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris • Duets • Songs of the West • Portraits (3 disc set) • Anthology (2 disc set) • The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches and Highways • Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems (4 disc set + dvd) Collaborations With Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt: Trio • Trio 2 • With Linda Ronstadt: Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions • With Mark Knopfler: All the Roadrunning • Real Live Roadrunning Films and videos Live at the Ryman • Spyboy - Live from the Legendary Exit/In • Real Live Roadrunning (DVD - with Mark Knopfler)