Looking Back With Emmylou
Seven-time Grammy winner Emmylou Harris has a new album called Spyboy. It was recorded live during her last tour. She dropped by CBS This Morning to perform Love Hurts, a song she first recorded as a duet in 1973 with Gram Parsons. He died in September of that year.
"He reallyÂ…was one of the first people - or the first person - to marry the real traditional country music with the power of rock 'n' roll, and came up with something that was greater than the sum of the parts," says Harris, 51, of Parsons. "He was a real visionary."
This Morning Co-Anchor Mark McEwen points out that some people say that if had not been for Parsons there would have been no Eagles.
Spyboy is the name of Harris' band. The word itself is a New Orleans Mardi Gras term for a person who goes ahead of the parade and whips the crowd into a frenzy. The album was produced by Harris and by Buddy Miller, who is also the band's guitar player.
The songs on Spyboy span 25 years of Harris' career, including new interpretations of old hits.
"You know, it's all live. So it's really an honest record," she adds.
Harris' hits include If I Could Only Win Your Love (1975), Sweet Dreams (1976), and Making Believe (1977). She was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1992.