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The Last of the True Believers is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, released in 1986 by Philo Records. The acclaim accorded her from her previous album, Once in a Very Blue Moon, and this album earned her a contract with a major recording company.
Aug 16, 2021 · She had had her friend Lyle Lovett grace the album cover of “Last of the True Believers”, he, too, ended up signed to MCA via a deal
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- “If I Were the Woman You Wanted,” Nanci Griffith. It might confuse some because Griffith released the song on her 1984 album, Once in a Very Blue Moon, as “If I Were the Woman You Wanted.”
- “Closing Time,” Lacy J. Dalton. No, this isn’t the Semisonic song. This is the 1986 finger-picked Americana tune by country singer Lacy J. Dalton.
- “The Front Porch Song,” Robert Earl Keen Jr. Released on Keen’s 1984 album, No Kinda Dancer, “The Front Porch Song” is a storytelling song about slower times, a perspective from your home, and simple wants and hopes.
Front cover characters: John T. Davis, Paisley Robertson, Nanci Griffith, Dianne Warren, and Lyle Lovett. Comes in standard jewelcase with two-panel insert. Made in USA on disc face.
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Lyle Lovett is the 1986 debut album by American singer Lyle Lovett. By the mid-1980s, Lovett had already distinguished himself in the burgeoning Texas singer-songwriter scene. He had performed in the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1980 and returned to win in 1982. [5] .
Nanci Griffith - The Last Of The True Believers (Official Audio) 2:56. 1001 albums you must hear before you die moberg65. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1987 Vinyl release of "The Last Of The True Believers" on Discogs.
The following year Nanci Griffith, whom Lovett had interviewed for a school paper while he was in college, recorded his “If I Were the Woman You Wanted” on her Once in a Very Blue Moon album. He, too, sang on that album as well as on Griffith’s 1985 album The Last of the True Believers.
