Emmylou Harris Genre: Country Origin: Birmingham, Alabama Discography     Emmylou Harris, a gifted singer-songwriter, is also known for her spot on interpretation of other composer's work.  She is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with musical legends including Gram Parsons, John Denver, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, The Band, Mark Knopfler, Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Rodney Crowell, Little Feat, and Neil Young.     She has won 12 Grammy Awards, 3 CMA's, ranked #5 with CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.   She began to study music seriously while attending the University of North Carolina after winning a drama scholarship.  It was there she learned to play the songs of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.  She soon left college and moved the Greenwich Village performing folk songs in coffeehouses.      After attending a performance, Flying Burrito Band member, Chris Hillman, was so impressed by Harris that he recommended her Gram Parsons, who was looking for a female vocalist to work with on his first solo album, GP.      Harris toured as a member of Parsons' band, The Fallen Angels.  In the fall of 1973, Parsons died from an accidental overdose of drugs/alcohol.  Parsons' Grievous Angel was released posthumously in 1974.     The relationship between Harris and Parsons is of great importance in country and country-rock music history. Parsons offered Harris a study in true country music, introducing her to artists like The Louvin Brothers, and provided her with a musical identity.  Harris's harmony and duet vocals, on the other hand, were lauded by those who heard them, and helped inspire Parsons' performances.    While his death left her devastated, she eventually carried on with her own version of his musical vision, and was instrumental in bringing attention to his achievements.    Harris wrote "Boulder to Birmingham", shortly after Gram's death, showed the depth of her shock and pain at losing Parsons.       Her debut album, Pieces of the Sky, was released in 1975 on Reprise Records. The album was surprisingly eclectic, especially by Nashville standards, including cover versions of The Beatles' "For No One", Merle Haggard's "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down" and The Louvin Brothers' "If I Could Only Win Your Love". It also featured "Bluebird Wine", a composition by young Texas songwriter…

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