Well let's get things started with Nanci Griffith. So, I discovered the singing gal just last May by chance and I have been a devoted fan ever since. She's one of those rare artists who is really the whole package: beautiful songwriting, a unique voice, skillful musician, a wonderful stage presence, hilarious and pointed stage banter, and an internal beauty that seeps through those big, expressive eyes and only enhances her outward attractiveness. In a word, she's a true gem. So, this video is from her legendary One Fair Summer Evening video that was recorded at the famed Anderson Fair in Texas. And this song is certainly one of her best...she's able to tell the entire history of a romantic love that first bloomed in a Woolworths store in about 4 minutes. This particular performance is notorious for the rambling and absolutely charming introduction where she divulges the origin of the "ping" guitar sound in the tune.
If you aren't completely charmed by this woman from this video alone, then I have a lot of work to do...
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