Luxury Liner
By 1977, Emmylou Harris's Hot Band had truly hit its stride, adding electric-guitar wizard Albert Lee to an already powerful core ofRicky Skaggs, Glen D. Hardin,Rodney Crowell, and Hank DeVito. Harris's mix of material remained eclectic, but surefire, with room for everybody from theCarter Familyand theLouvin BrotherstoChuck BerryandTownes Van Zandt, who contributes his masterful "Pancho & Lefty." In addition to the requisiteGram Parsonstunes, Harris also gently tackles the country standard "Making Believe."--Marc Greilsamer