SPYBOY

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"A good song can survive and shine in different ways in the hands of different musicians," explains Emmylou Harris. "It can have different meanings at different times in your life. A good song can travel with you anywhere. This philosophy has guided her fifty-year career in country music, during which she has covered countless songs in countless genres and left her own indelible mark on each of them. More specifically, it is the philosophy that drives both Spyboy, her touring band in the late 1990s, and Spyboy, the 1998 live album that demonstrates how these musicians made her songs shine. By sequencing old songs alongside new ones, the album tests the resilience of each, pushing them into wilder and more psychedelic territory while remaining grounded in earthy country music. It is completely unique in her catalog, a crucial document of an important chapter in her career, and it is finally being reissued after years of unavailability. "It's such a special record," she says. "Well, they all are, but this one is really, really special. It was such a fantastic band and such an incredible time."