re: John Denver vs. Emmylou Harris

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Emmylou collaborated with a lot of Nashville artists in the 70's. She was close with Gram Parsons of the Byrds, and that helped her get in with the country scene. Even though it was "fringe" Nashville, it was still Nashville.

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That was the conclusion I came to as well. Although I wasn't sure if Gram ever really got the respect he deserved in Nashville until well after his death.

I know that Emmylou had connections with Guy and Susanna Clark, as well as Townes. Even though they were fringe, they had connections.

I do think it is funny that Bill Danoff has a connection to Emmylou in co-writing Boulder to Birmingham with her and then also co-wrote Take Me Home, Country Roads with Denver.