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Nanci Griffith
Background information
Birth name	Nanci Caroline Griffith
Born	July 6, 1953 (1953-07-06) (age 54)
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocalist, acoustic guitar
Years active	1978 to present
Label(s)	New Door Records, Elektra Records, MCA Records, Rounder Records, Featherbed Records, B.F. Deal Records
Associated acts	The Blue Moon Orchestra
Website	http://www.nancigriffith.com

Nanci Caroline Griffith, (born July 6, 1953 in Seguin, Texas) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas.

Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, folk, and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording, Other Voices, Other Rooms. This album features Griffith covering the songs of artists who are her major influences. Her best-known song is "From a Distance" by Julie Gold, although Bette Midler's version achieved greater commercial success. Similarly, other artists have occasionally achieved greater success with Griffith's songs than Griffith herself. For example, Kathy Mattea had a country music top five hit with a 1986 cover of Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime," and Suzy Bogguss had one of her largest hits with Griffith's and Tom Russell's "Outbound Plane."

Griffith was married to singer-songwriter Eric Taylor from 1976 to 1982. In the early 1990s, she was engaged to singer-songwriter Tom Kimmel, but the couple parted before marrying. Griffith is a survivor of breast cancer which was diagnosed in 1996, and Thyroid cancer in 1998.^[1]

Griffith has in recent years toured with various other artists including Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Suzy Bogguss and Judy Collins. Griffith has recorded duets with many artists, among them Don McLean, Jimmy Buffett, Willie Nelson, Adam Duritz (Singer of Counting Crows), and Darius Rucker (Singer of Hootie & the Blowfish). She has also contributed background vocals on many other recordings.^[2] She is particularly popular in Ireland,^{[citation needed]} and has recorded with The Chieftains.

Contents 1 Band (The Blue Moon Orchestra) 1.1 Current members 1.2 Previous band members 2 Charts and awards 2.1 Album charts 2.2 Singles charts 2.3 Awards 3 Discography 4 Videography 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

• Nanci Griffith — lead vocals, guitar
• James Hooker — keyboards, vocals
• Pat McInerney — percussion, vocals
• Thomm Jutz — guitar, vocals
• Alana Rocklin — Bass guitar, vocals

• Clive Gregson — guitar, vocals
• Ron De La Vega — bass, cello
• Pete Kennedy — guitar
• Maura Kennedy — vocals
• Iris DeMent — vocals
• Fran Breen — drums
• Philip Donnelly — guitar
• Le Ann Etheridge — bass guitar, vocals, mandolin
• Lee Satterfield — vocals, guitar, mandolin
• Lyle Lovett — backing vocals

Date	Album	Country	Chart	Peak
1987	Lone Star State of Mind	US	Billboard Top Country Albums	23
1988	Little Love Affairs	US	Billboard Top Country Albums	27
1988	One Fair Summer Evening	US	Billboard Top Country Albums	43
Sep 1989	Storms	UK	UK Album Chart	38
1989	Storms	US	The Billboard 200	99
1989	Storms	US	Billboard Top Country Albums	42
Sep 1991	Late Night Grande Hotel	UK	UK Album Chart	40
1991	Late Night Grande Hotel	US	The Billboard 200	185
Mar 1993	Other Voices, Other Rooms	UK	UK Album Chart	18
1993	Other Voices, Other Rooms	US	The Billboard 200	54
Nov 1993	The Best of Nanci Griffith	UK	UK Album Chart	27
Oct 1994	Flyer	UK	UK Album Chart	20
1994	Flyer	US	The Billboard 200	48
1997	Blue Roses from the Moons	US	The Billboard 200	119
1998	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)	US	The Billboard 200	85
2001	Clock Without Hands	US	The Billboard 200	149
2001	Clock Without Hands	US	Billboard Top Internet Albums	11
2002	Winter Marquee	US	Billboard Top Country Albums	45

Date	Single	Country	Chart	Peak
1986	"Once In A Very Blue Moon"	US	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	85
1987	"Cold Hearts/Closed Minds"	US	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	64
1987	"Lone Star State of Mind"	US	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	36
1987	" Never Mind"	US	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	58
1987	"Trouble in the Fields"	US	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	57
1988	"Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool"	US	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	64
1988	"I Knew Love"	US	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	37

Griffith won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for Other Voices, Other Rooms.

• There's a Light Beyond These Woods B. F. Deal Records (1978); reissued Philo Records/Rounder Records (1986); reissued and remastered Philo/Rounder (2002)
• Poet in My Window Featherbed Records (1982); reissued Philo/Rounder (1986); reissued and remastered Philo/Rounder (2002) (with bonus track — "Can't Love Wrong")
• Once in a Very Blue Moon Philo/Rounder (1984); reissued and remastered Philo/Rounder (2002)
• The Last of the True Believers Philo/Rounder (1986)
• Lone Star State of Mind MCA Records (1987)
• Little Love Affairs MCA (1988)
• One Fair Summer Evening (live) MCA, (1988)
• Storms MCA, (1989)
• Late Night Grande Hotel MCA, (1991)
• Other Voices, Other Rooms Elektra (1993)
• The MCA Years: A Retrospective MCA (1993)
• The Best of Nanci Griffith MCA (1993)
• Flyer Elektra Records (1994)
• Country Gold MCA (1997)
• Blue Roses from the Moons Elektra (1997)
• Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Elektra (1998)
• The Dust Bowl Symphony Elektra (1999)
• "Wings To Fly And A Place To Be" An Introduction To Nanci Griffith Universal MCA (2000)
• 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Nanci Griffith MCA Nashville (2001)
• Clock Without Hands Elektra (2001)
• From A Distance: The Very Best Of Nanci Griffith MCA (2002)
• Winter Marquee Rounder (2002)
• The Complete MCA Studio Recordings MCA Nashville (2003)
• Hearts in Mind New Door/Universal (2004) (UK/Ireland), (2005) (USA — with bonus track: "Our Very Own" — featuring Keith Carradine)
• Ruby's Torch Rounder Records (2006)

• Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Sony VHS (1993)
• Winter Marquee Rounder/Universal DVD, Widescreen, (2002)
• One Fair Summer Evening...Plus! Universal Music & VI DVD, Fullscreen, (2005)

• Music of Austin

• Official web site