| Nanci Griffith |
Article Index for Nanci |
Website Links For Nanci |
Information AboutNanci Griffith |
Nanci Caroline Griffith, (born July 6 , 1953 in Seguin, Texas ) is an American Singer , Guitarist and Songwriter from Austin, Texas . Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical Genre s, predominantly Country , Folk , and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award For Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording, '' Other Voices, Other Rooms ''. This album features Griffith covering the songs of artists who are her major influences. Her best-known song is " From A Distance " by Julie Gold, although Bette Midler 's version achieved greater commercial success. Similarly, other artists have occasionally achieved greater success with Griffith's songs than Griffith herself. For example, Kathy Mattea had a country music top five hit with a 1986 cover of Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime," and Suzy Bogguss had one of her largest hits with Griffith's and Tom Russell's "Outbound Plane." Griffith was married to singer-songwriter Eric Taylor from 1976 to 1982. In the early 1990s, she was engaged to singer-songwriter Tom Kimmel , but the couple parted before marrying. Griffith is a survivor of Breast Cancer which was diagnosed in 1996, and Thyroid Cancer in 1998. Biography at nancigriffith.com Griffith has in recent years toured with various other artists including , and has recorded with The Chieftains . BAND (THE BLUE MOON ORCHESTRA) Current members
Previous band members
CHARTS AND AWARDS Album charts Singles charts Awards Griffith won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for '' Other Voices, Other Rooms ''. DISCOGRAPHY
VIDEOGRAPHY
SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINK |
|
|