Spyboy (album)

Spyboy
Live album by Emmylou Harris
Released	August 11, 1998
Genre	Country, rock
Length	61:55
Label	Eminent Records
Producer	Buddy Miller & Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris chronology
Wrecking Ball (1995)Wrecking Ball1995 Spyboy (1998) Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (1999)Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau
Entertainment Weekly	A−

Spyboy is a 1998 live album by Emmylou Harris and her backing band, Spyboy, which she formed for a tour to perform songs from her 1995 career-redefining album, Wrecking Ball. Taking a stripped-down approach, Harris is backed by a trio comprising country singer-songwriter Buddy Miller on guitar and New Orleans musicians Daryl Johnson on bass and Brady Blade on drums. Along with songs from Wrecking Ball, such as "Where Will I Be" and "Deeper Well", Harris performs other songs from earlier in her career, such as "Born to Run" from Cimarron, "Love Hurts", which she first performed with Gram Parsons, "I Ain't Living Long Like This" from Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town and her ode to Parsons, "Boulder to Birmingham", from her 1975 debut album, Pieces of the Sky. The album is currently out of print.

Track listing

1. "My Songbird" (Jesse Winchester) – 3:30
   • Studio version on Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
2. "Where Will I Be" (Daniel Lanois) – 4:21
   • From Wrecking Ball
3. "I Ain't Living Long Like This" (Rodney Crowell) – 4:20
   • Studio version on Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
4. "Love Hurts" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:55
   • First performed by Harris with Gram Parsons on Grievous Angel
5. "Green Pastures" (Traditional) – 3:05
   • First performed by Harris on Roses in the Snow
6. "Deeper Well" (Harris, Lanois, David Olney) – 7:16
   • From Wrecking Ball
7. "Prayer in Open D" (Harris) – 4:01
   • From Cowgirl's Prayer
8. "Calling My Children Home" (Doyle Lawson, Charles Waller, Robert Yates) – 3:02
   • First performed by Harris with the Nash Ramblers on At the Ryman
9. "Tulsa Queen" (Crowell, Harris) – 4:30
   • From Luxury Liner
10. "Wheels" (Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons) – 3:04
    • A Flying Burrito Brothers' song, Harris first recorded it for Elite Hotel
11. "Born to Run" (Paul Kennerley) – 4:44
    • From Cimarron
12. "Boulder to Birmingham" (Bill Danoff, Harris) 3:21
    • First recorded on Pieces of the Sky
13. "All My Tears (Be Washed Away)" (Julie Miller) – 5:06
    • From Wrecking Ball
14. "The Maker" (Lanois) – 8:40
    • Also recorded with Willie Nelson on Teatro

Personnel

Spyboy

• Emmylou Harris - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Buddy Miller - electric guitar, backing vocals
• Daryl Johnson - electric bass, bass pedals, djembe, percussion, backing vocals
• Brady Blade - drum kit, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Julie Miller - backing vocals on "All My Tears (Be Washed Away)"

Chart performance

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	27
U.S. Billboard 200	180