Winter Marquee is a live album by folk singer Nanci Griffith. It was her first album for Rounder Records after leaving Elektra Records. Recorded live during the Clock Without Hands tour in spring 2002, this album grew from the original wish to capture just one live song (Phil Ochs' "What's That I Hear") into a 14-track live CD album,[4] Griffith's first live recording since One Fair Summer Evening (1988). On May 29, 2002, at the historic Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville,[5] a live performance was filmed, and released on DVD under the same name. During the recording of both the album and the DVD, Griffith was joined on stage by Emmylou Harris, Tom Russell and Andrew Hardin.

Winter Marquee
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2002
RecordedMay 29, 2002
GenreFolk, country
Length58:45
LabelRounder
ProducerNanci Griffith
Monty Hitchcock
Nanci Griffith chronology
From A Distance: The Very Best Of Nanci Griffith
(2002)
Winter Marquee
(2002)
The Complete MCA Studio Recordings
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]
No Depression(favorable) [1]
Rolling Stone [2]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Nanci Griffith; except where indicated

  1. "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (John Prine) 4:40
  2. "I Wish It Would Rain" 2:36
  3. "Boots of Spanish Leather" (Bob Dylan) 6:34
  4. "Two for the Road" 2:59
  5. "Listen to the Radio" 3:51
  6. "There's a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)" 4:46
  7. "Gulf Coast Highway" (Griffith, James Hooker, Danny Flowers) 3:32
  8. "The Flyer" 4:46
  9. "Good Night, New York" (Julie Gold) 5:06
  10. "Traveling Through This Part Of You" 4:19
  11. "Last Train Home" 3:05
  12. "I'm Not Drivin' These Wheels (Bring the Prose to the Wheel)" 3:40
  13. "What's That I Hear" (Phil Ochs) 4:08
  14. "White Freight Liner" (Townes Van Zandt) 5:01

Personnel

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  • Nanci Griffith - vocals, acoustic guitars
  • James Hooker - keyboards, vocals
  • Pat McInerney - drums, percussion
  • Ron de la Vega - bass, cello, vocals
  • Chas Williams - electric guitars, dobro
  • Le Ann Etheridge - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Emmylou Harris - harmony vocal on "Good Night, New York"
  • Tom Russell - acoustic guitar & additional vocals on "What's That I Hear" & "White Freight Liner"
  • Andrew Hardin - acoustic guitar on "What's That I Hear" & "White Freight Liner"

Chart performance

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Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 45

References

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  1. ^ No Depression review
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ Lankford Jr., Ronnie D.. Winter Marquee at AllMusic
  4. ^ "www.nancigriffith.com - Ruby's Torch - Albums". www.nancigriffith.com. Archived from the original on 2007-05-05.
  5. ^ "Tennessee Theatre". www.tennesseetheatre.com. Archived from the original on 2005-04-04.