The Dust Bowl Symphony

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The Dust bowl Symphony
Studio album by Nanci Griffith
Released	1999
Genre	Folk / Country
Length	53:29
Label	Elektra
Producer	Peter Collins
Nanci Griffith chronology
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998) The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999) "Wings To Fly And A Place To Be" An Introduction To Nanci Griffith (2000)

The Dust Bowl Symphony was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London with the London Symphony Orchestra, and released in 1999, presenting mostly Griffith's own songs with an orchestral accompaniment. Darius Rucker duets with Griffith on Love At The Five And Dime, and the album also features contributions from Sonny Curtis and Glen Hardin, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Griffith's own band The Blue Moon Orchestra.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Nanci Griffith; except where indicated

1. "Trouble In The Fields" 4:36
2. "The Wing And the Wheel" 4:56
3. "These Days In An Open Book" 3:30
4. "Love At The Five And Dime" 4:53
5. "It's A Hard Life (Wherever You Go)" 4:20
6. "Late Night Grande Hotel" 2:48
7. "Tell Me How" (Buddy Holly, J.I.Allison) 3:02
8. "Not My Way Home" 4:27
9. "1937 Pre-War Kimball" 4:10
10. "Waiting For Love" 3:35
11. "Nobody's Angel" 3:50
12. "Always Will" 2:52
13. "Drops From The Faucet" (Frank Christian) 3:51
14. "Dust Bowl Reprise" (James Hooker, Michael Hanna) 2:48