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Since the release of her major-label debut, 'Pieces of the Sky' in 1975, Emmylou Harris has built a career on filling each of her subsequent albums with songs from some of the world's most acclaimed writers. Her latest disc, 'Hard Bargain,' featuring 11 of her own original tunes, continues the trend she began with 1995's 'Wrecking Ball' of including more of her own writing on each project.
"Maybe I was lazy," Emmylou tells Spinner of her reliance on other writers for so long. "Or maybe I was nervous that I wouldn't come up with something good. I knew I could write, but there were all these great songs out there by other people, ready for the plucking."
One subject that has come up in interviews with the singer-songwriter throughout her entire career is Gram Parsons, the late country-rock pioneer with whom she toured and recorded in the early '70s. He is, however, not a subject that has come up as often in her songwriting, which makes 'The Road,' the opening track on 'Hard Bargain,' all the more poignant. It's a song Emmylou insists she had no choice but to write.
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