1. Nanci Caroline Griffith was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter.
22 Facts About Nanci Griffith
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Nanci Griffith often appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits, starting in 1985 during season 10.
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In 1994, Nanci Griffith won a Grammy Award for the album Other Voices, Other Rooms.
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Nanci Griffith toured with various other artists, including Buddy Holly's band - the Crickets, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Suzy Bogguss, Judy Collins, and the Everly Brothers.
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Nanci Griffith recorded duets with many artists, among them Prine, Emmylou Harris, Mary Black, Don McLean, Jimmy Buffett, Dolores Keane, Willie Nelson, Adam Duritz, the Chieftains, John Stewart, and Darius Rucker.
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Nanci Griffith referred to her backing band as the Blue Moon Orchestra.
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Nanci Griffith, the youngest of three siblings, was born in Seguin, Texas, and grew up in Austin, where her family moved shortly after her birth.
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Nanci Griffith's mother Ruelene was a real estate agent and amateur actress; her father, Marlin Griffith, was a graphic artist and barbershop quartet singer.
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Nanci Griffith began her music career at age 12, singing in a local coffeehouse.
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The album features Nanci Griffith covering the songs of artists who were her major influences.
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In 1994, Nanci Griffith teamed with Jimmy Webb to contribute the song "If These Old Walls Could Speak" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization.
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Nanci Griffith survived breast cancer0 which was diagnosed in 1996, and thyroid cancer in 1998.
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Nanci Griffith suffered from severe writer's block after 2004, lasting until the 2009 release of her The Loving Kind album, which contained nine selections that she had written and composed either entirely by herself or as collaborations.
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Nanci Griffith won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for Other Voices, Other Rooms.
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Nanci Griffith was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Nanci Griffith was awarded the Kate Wolf Memorial Award by the World Folk Music Association in 1995.
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In 2010, Nanci Griffith received a Lifetime Achievement Award at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
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Nanci Griffith was posthumously inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Association's Hall of Fame in February 2022 at the Paramount Theatre in Austin.
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In 1986, Nanci Griffith showcased tracks from her Lone Star State of Mind album on The Nashville Network TV show, New Country.
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Nanci Griffith was married to singer-songwriter Eric Taylor from 1976 to 1982.
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Nanci Griffith died in Nashville on August 13,2021, at the age of 68.
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On September 22,2023, a tribute album, More than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith, was released by Rounder and Concord Records.