Emmylou Harris - At the Ryman

Recorded live at the original Grand Ole Opry building (the Ryman Auditorium) from April 30, 1991 to May 2, 1991. The generous set reaches all the way back to the 19th century for Stephen Foster's "Hard Times," also touching on cowboy songs "Cattle Call," "Montana Cowgirl", honky tonk "Half As Much", gospel "Get Up, John", bluegrass "Walls of Time", and modern traditionalism "Guitar Town". Harris also manages to nod toward rock (Bruce Springsteen's "Mansion on the Hill," John Fogerty's "Lodi") without breaking stride. Throughout, her band provide seamless, effortlessly virtuosic support. At the Ryman is a great album from one of modern country's greatest artists.

1) Guitar Town
2) Half As Much
3) Cattle Call
4) Guess Things Happen That Way
5) Hard Times
6) Mansion on the Hill
7) Scotland
8) Montana Cowgirl
9) Like Strangers
10) Lodi
11) Calling My Children Home
12) If I Could Be There
13) Walls of Time
14) Get Up John
15) It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go/Abraham Martin
16) Smoke Along the Track