British guitarist analyses Nanci Griffith performing live in the late 80's! 

I'm going down a deep Nanci Griffith rabbit-hole tonight because of the news of her passing. I'm very grateful of your appreciation of her. "Light and shade" indeed.

Nanci is one of my all time favorites. Her voice is one of those "clear as a bell". Will miss her talent 😔. Rest in Peace sweet Angel.

Nanci Griffith is a most compelling performer, completely comfortable, fully in the moment and obviously exceptionally good at what she does. Lovely stuff.

that was the most interesting introspective look at Nanci that I have ever seen. today, on the day of her passing, I'm so appreciative of your video. Thank you

I still can't watch a Nanci video without crying. This loss hurts deeply. She was, as Dave Letterman often said, the BEST!

I'm glad to see this analysis of Nanci's performance, but I'm terribly upset about the circumstances. The country music world has lost a great writer and performer. Her music swirled folk, country, and what she called "folkabilly." Her music composed a big part of the soundtrack of my life. This was a great analysis, and it's a shame she didn't get the commercial success that she deserved during her lifetime. Just keep up the good work, and keep her legacy alive.

Grateful now in August 2021 that you covered Nanci Griffith a year ago. Thank you. She was way beyond wonderful.

A hidden gem that I just discovered. What a awesome talent. Her "Love at the five and dime is poignantly sweet and hits the heart.

Dear Fil: How Nanci never became a household name is beyond me. Captivating voice, interesting lyrics. Thanks for pointing out the intricacies of her playing; she seems like a musician's musician. Your enthusiasm is as contagious as her performance!

In 1975, I used to see Nancy every Sunday happy hour at a little dive in Austin called The Hole in the Wall. She was already an established song writer and musician at, I think, 22 years old. The bar flies used to give her grief, and I would tell them, “She’s gonna be famous some day and you are all going to be sayin, ‘Oh, I’ve been listening to her for yeeeaars’”. Success is the best revenge.

As Helen Keller said, the best & most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched they must be felt by the heart. Many thanks for always “being there”. Rest In Peace Voice of an Angel. 😢❤️🌷

I love Nanci, she always looks like she is having so much fun, a smile on her face all the time :)

I lived in Austin when Nanci was starting out and she was such a joy to experience each performance I attended. Mary Chapin Carpenter, her female backup in the song, was another musical treat

It's fun to watch these old favorite ones! I remember how thrilled I was to see this one show up a couple of years ago. Heart emoji!

RIP Nanci Griffith and like you sang in the beautiful song "God is watching us from a Distance" and thank you for all of your Beautiful music

Just once in a very blue moon, do we get an artist like Nanci. You might like Love at the 5 and Dime, or it's a hard life. A beautiful soul gone too soon. R.I.P. Nanci!

I LOVE Nanci. I’ve seen her live several times. She has one of the clearest, sweetest voices ever. The musicians that play with her are all so amazing. I highly recommend listening to her music if you’re not familiar.

One of my favorites. RIP Nancy. Other Voices is one of my favorite records.

Nanci has been one of my favorite singer-songwriters for many years. I grew up in Austin, Texas as did Nanci. I am a little older than she, but I was in love of her for a long time. Thanks for doing this video.

Nanci sang into our souls when we played her cds . Unique , without question , her voice carried us into expectancy of discovering further insights into her musical world . Another treasure to be redeemed in heaven . Peter behind my Judy

one of my favorite preformers!!!! Thanks for this!

I saw her live three times between 1987 and 1988- all in NYC. First at Carnegie Hall opening for John Prine by her self. Then with her band at the Bottom Line in Greenwich Village and at Town Hall in midtown. All three shows were great!

RIP Nanci. Such a good, unique voice, wonderful musician and song writer.

Dearest Nanci. Our teardrops are no longer waiting to fall.❤😂

Some of us old rockers really love her. Thanks for this one.

Nanci was one of those musician/songwriters who had such a strong emotional presence that a listener might not be aware of how technically superlative she was, both vocally and on guitar. I saw her live in 1990 and was blown away, her charisma was through the roof and stayed with me for days afterward.

Nancy in my books is the best because she can perform with so many other people and she is not afraid to ,, i heard her for the first time on PBS when she hit the scene in the 80s and i have been listening to her ever since,

Nancy died on Friday, August 13, 2021. Thanks for the lovely songs, Nancy Griffith

Blessed be.

there must be something in the water for texas to have produced so many great singer songwriters...and nanci has delivered great songs albums and productions...'little love affairs' is a favorite (i wish it would rain)....thanks for showcasing her talents...

I love how you delve into the more obscure music, and it is fantastic material. I am impressed. I was a high school kid growing up in a dusty West Texas town when she came to the music scene. Instant crush that has lasted all these years. Don't belive me, just ask my wife, hahaha.

Thank you for all the little nuances that my ear is not trained to hear. Since her passing, I've been seeking anything and everything about her that would help me feel settled. You have helped take the edge off the pain.

I saw Nanci perform live just once, at the Cambridge Folk Festival. I was already a huge fan and it was the thrill of a lifetime to see her in concert. Fly high, sweet little nightingale.

I love this guy. Last place I'd expect to see Nancy Griffith analyzed, this is so wonderful. She will always be one of my all time favorites.

That is what live music is all about!

You can't believe what a major favorite this song is!!! I am so dang happy! Super thanks for giving Nanci such great treatment, Heart emoji.

rest in peace nanci . thank you for sharing her extraordinary talent.

If you are new to Nanci Griffith you will quickly become obsessed with her music. A treasure trove of music and video.

Thanks!

I loved Nanci Griffith when I heard the song "Drive-In Movie", and bought her album. But then she seemed to drop out off the radio. I still love her music.

Wow. This song got me through A LOT! Nice to hear it again and remember how much it gave me a deep feeling of freedom and exhilaration in my heart when I was raising 2 young ones. And I bought myself a baby Martin and took guitar lessons at that time.

I have loved Nanci's music for decades Combines sweet music with a driving beat..

Great choice. A very important artist in the 70's-80's Country music scene. Her influence is hard to overestimate.

I mourn her passing ..so thankful for her musical gifts

She’s so good - late 80s to mid 90s I listened to basically nothing else - bc when I had Nanci, I didn’t need other music! So for many years, her music was a soundtrack for my life and I appreciate her so much! Will always love her. Wonderful analysis - thank you 🙏

Nanci is awesome, never heard a bad tune from her. 2021 RIP Nancy. Saw her in 2002 in Austin, brilliant show.

Yet another very gifted artist gone too soon.

LOVE this song! I've loved Nanci ever since I first heard it. I'm not usually a fan of folk or country style but she is So. Much. Fun. to listen to! Had her CD Storms on endless repeat for quite a bit of the early 90s. :)

Discovered NG while she was on tour with John Prine in the early 90s. Two tours later, met her backstage…she was so incredibly nice and honest. Such a magical voice with extremely precise guitar. Can’t believe she and Prine are gone.

Nanci had no idea she was paving the way for Alison Krauss to achieve great heights in folkabilly and beyond. Thanks NG for that too.

First time I saw her was 1985 at the Telluride Bluegrass festival. She was basically the soundtrack of my life through the 80’s and 90’s. I’ve probably seen her live 20+ times. This one hits hard. Really, really hard. “And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing And we will fly away to heaven Come some sweet blue bonnet spring…” Fly free sweet Nanci. R.I.P.

Thanks for this video. I'm learning the song so I can pay tribute. Nanci will be remembered fondly and gratefully

Brilliant again....thankyou.

So much talent in such a beautiful package. She oozed talent and soul from every pore. One of a kind never to be seen again.

RIP Nanci...such a loss

When I watch her live performance. She hardly ever looks down at her finger placement. She's been playing sence she was a little girl. Her parents would take her to the bars around Austin TX to listen to the bands. That was the only way to get into bars back then. Accompanied with an adult. Nanci new what she wanted to do in life. And she did it great 🤓😎🤪😛🎳🎺🎸

She was an angel on earth. So talented.

Beautifully done and so appropriate! Thank you!

So wonderful to see Nanci showcased here. Your analysis of her vocals were super! Thank you.

RIP Nanci 🙏

Possibly the best songwriter/singer of her generation.

great video Fil. One of your best. A lovely tribute to a lovely lady

Was lucky to see Nanci at a few Folk Festivals in America near the time of my high school graduation. If my memory serves me correctly, saw Nanci at least twice at Newport Folk Festival and Clearwater Folk Festival. Then moved to Austin Texas and Galveston Texas, Holy moly there's Mary Chapin Carpenter hi Mary! Oh my goodness there is Amy Ray whose voice is one of my favorite voices wow. Good times. Nanci had distinct southern belle charm, warm gracious, incredible respect. I remember her performing Speed of the Sound of Loneliness live. Maybe that was Apple Farm Folk Festival. In year 1999 or 2000. Really left impression on me.

I had thanksgiving dinner at her house in Austin, Texas in the 90s, she lived on West Annie street back then.

An American original (love that light and shade that you mention) - and my heart is sick from this loss. You picked a fine performance and song here, Fil. A sing-along-song. Just love the James Hooker keyboard solo but when she comes back into verse and he does the high upside down arpeggios - beautiful. He was with her for a long time. I know that there was great appreciation of her in the UK. Nanci, YOU will be missed! Thank you, for doing this and the LATFAD video after her passing, Fil. Class, as always. And an excellent breakdown of the song and what she is doing.

I love Nanci Griffith. 30 years ago I listened to her music -- especially on road trips across Texas. I saw Nanci, her Blue Moon Orchestra, and the Austin Symphony perform at Bass Hall at UT once upon a time. It was marvelous.

Great Fil video. YOU are so good at finding great artists and how good they really are. RIP Nanci.

Thank you wings . You are so great

If you REALLY want to see Nanci get emotional, watch her performance of Tecumseh Valley at the Townes Van Zandt tribute.

I always thought Nanci was an exceptional talent! Great voice and a great style to her music! Yeah....brilliant Fil! 😀👌🤘

mary chapin carpenter is singing back-up....there is a youtube of Lyle Lovett calling Nanci to join her on the last song of the set.....they are both mere kids, great.....i first saw Lyle and Nanci at about the same time....Lyle with his big band ....he said to the audience that it was the first night he sold out a 1000 seat hall. When i first heard of Nanci's death it tore out my heart...i'm not over it

1:36…..Best lyric in the song 👍🏻

Hi Fil! What a gorgeous voice! Wasn’t familiar with her, but glad I took a listen! She is so talented! Thanks a lot Fil! ✌️

I'm so happy to come across this. Thank you.

Look like Mary Chapin Carpenter doing harmony. 🎶 I saw Nanci soooooo many times in the 80’s and the 90’s. She never had an off night. 💕

I LOVE Nanci. Why the Hell haven't "Late Nite Grande Hotel" and "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" been used in a movie or TV show? So cinematic!

RIP dear companion

I saw her in Hampton Beach New Hampshire with John Prine as the opening act. That was a fun night, she was great and so was John Prine. Club Casino a nice small venue.

I was just spinning a Nanci LP last night! She's one of the greats, and her "Other Voices, Other Rooms" album deserved the accolades it garnered ... I learned about a lot of great music by following the threads of those songs. 💖💖💖

She was such a beautiful spirit. Across the Great Divide her Magnum Opous interpretation of Kate Wolf.🙂🙂🙂

R.I.P. Nanci . She was a true Gem ! Her Godmother was Ann Richards the former Governor of Texas. Both wonderful ladies will be sorely missed.

Thank you for this, Fil. She was brilliant, joyous and infectious. Your analysis is wonderful and brings such added appreciation to her talent.

Nancie’s best album in my opinion is “Poet in my Window”, recorded in Fredricksburg TX with Brian Woods on 12-string lead guitar.

I just love her so much, have many CD's and always listen when cleaning or road trips. It makes me happy to listen to her. So sad she is gone

TIME STAMPS 0:28 Performance 4:01 Analysis Start 5:50 Chords 6:40 Sus4's, Sus2's 7:32 Rhythm 9:25 Caad9 Fill 10:14 Analysis Resumes 10:55 Vocals 13:08 Unscripted moment! 14:38 Range 16:34 Brief Background

FIL - glad you're on the mend, keep getting stronger, hopefully, great to be young and resilient. I just love watching your analysis videos, all the way across the different genres/ artists you look at, especially cool because of your technology platform, and the fact that you're analyzing both voice and guitar. In watching your recent Nanci Griffith analysis video today (love at the five and dime) today - and, BTW, this comment is being attached to the EARLIER Nanci Griffith video you referred to in the "five and dime" video - I did a quick search, to see whether you'd analyzed anything by Eric Taylor in the past. (Many artists named Eric Taylor, sorry for having to hunt through those until you find the right one.) This Eric Taylor was Nanci's only husband, then ex, married 1979 - 82 if memory serves, though fortunately lifelong friends thereafter; and Eric was one of the greats among that unique, now-dying breed of Texas singer-songwriters (Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Patrick Alger, Lyle lovett, Rodney Crowell, & Nanci of course), with a pretty tragic life story, with some significant ups and REALLY REALLY DEEP downs, overall worsening until his death in 2021, which you can trace thru searching out videos. So I'd like to see you analyze 1 or more of his songs, at least a couple dozen of which are worthwhile doing; essentially, he was a writer/ poet who came to songwriting, and, primarily performing acoustic-solo, developing gifts of incredibly rich, interesting, unusual (eg percussive), finger-style guitar accompaniment, and an equally amazing, natural (as you say, conversational), resonant, warm (or hauntingly harsh-edged, depending on the song) baritone voice. Many of his songs (most all in the nature of storytelling) are just REALLY so dark, probably not great for you to do, but a bunch of the others also are more major-keyed, melodic, with insightful, beautifully crafted lyrics, even tinged with humor, some popularly covered, in nice duets or singly, including by Nanci, such as Deadwood; of course you should check out his whole discography and so I'm writing but for an analysis video I would suggest that you consider really unusual melodic, humorous, incredibly sad, insightful tune called Prison Movie, which he recorded several times, eg, in studio, on his 1995 eponymous album (though not his first), but anyway my favorite version, which I think is great for your audience to get an overall sense of him at his best, was his version of Prison Movie (along with several other songs) that's on his full (30-min?) live ACL set, with that terrific house band, doing its usual, incredibly nuanced work with Eric (along with three talented female backup/ harmony singers), ca. 2001. Apologize for the long-winded comment with context, for this suggestion to take a look at Eric Taylor and Prison Movie, but I thought it might be helpful to you - in reality you or your viewers could spend, as I did, a long, rainy afternoon, poking around the web and music apps, finding his records and videos, getting a sense of the life of Eric Taylor, the prodigiously talented, tragically troubled, complex, endlessly interesting, sadly damaged member of that vaunted, dying breed of "Texas singer-songwriters." And before you leave that area of musicology, check out David Olney, Michael Peter Smith, Tim Grimm, and several handfuls of other artists in this area of American music, just like a dozen others,from the 20th century, & a good ways into the 21st, seemingly (but hopefully not truly) now dying out. Rock -

I'm a huge Nanci Griffith fan. Lucky to have seen her live several times. Her songs and delivery could always resonate with me. As an aside, you need to do some Tom Russell when Andrew Harden was playing lead guitar for him. Love to see you analyses Andrew's playing. I'm sure you would enjoy it. Great video and thank you for it.

Nanci is my favorite singer/songwriter and a great cover artist too. And her long collaboration with James Hooker (piano - Amazing Rhythm Aces) produced some amazing music.

How true ,so many times ,the radio ,,has been there ,music is a great source of comfort,and when youre curious about music ,in my early yrs ,it was the place I went to so many times ,so much talent and inspiration ,this song speaks to me ,thanks ,and goodnight ,sleep well ,Nancy griffith.

RIP, Nanci Griffith… I lived in Austin, Texas in the 1990s and saw her live many times, listened her in my car or Walkman everyday. Just reordered some of my favorites on CD. Austin music makes me feel happy!

Nanci collaborated with Counting Crows sort of mid 90s, Going Back to Georgia. Great song, good for a romantic dance with your fave partner.

This appearance on Austin City Limits was in 1991. Mary Chapin Carpenter and the Indigo Girls who appear with her weren't that well-known in 1989; they were just releasing their first major albums. At 13:48 (1 min 13 secs on the original video), Nanci Griffith is looking round and winking in the direction of Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls. I suspect this relates to the mention of the 00-18 Martin guitar in the song, though Amy's is actually a 0-18.

Excellent analysis.She was such a great musician ,singer, songwriter. RIP Nanci.

She's one of the greatest. Her melodies are perfection.

Brilliant! I'm embarrassed to say I am not familiar with her and I'm from Texas. I'm a fan now. Thank you for sharing this.

Phil, I just love your channel. You are so kind to all your "guests" and seem like a great guy!

Thank you so much for this video. I am a person who dearly love music but has no ear for it at all. Your videos are so thorough and easy to understand even I can learn from it. Thank you!

Such a great spirit and talent she had. So glad I heard her, John Prine, Emmylou, Bruce Cockburn, Steve Earle, and Mary Chapin Carpenter in 2000 playing the landmine-free earth benefit! What a night, what an unforgettable bunch of singer/songwriters! Your brilliance shines on, Nanci, forever and ever.

Thank you for this. Wasn’t sure a lot of people recognized her talents

Why hadn't I heard of her before? Great song, she presents it well and I'm now a new fan. That's what I love about your channel. And Hallelujah, no more Hallelujah!