Artist: Nanci Griffith
Author: Julie Gold
Label: MCA
Year: 1987
On her lp Lone Star State Of Mind, later live on One Fair Summer Evening.
Covers:
Bette Midler [n°2 US]
Byrds [McGuinn, Crosby & Hillman]
Will Tura [as Van Een Afstand]
Julie Gold [author; see footnote]
Jack Groenland [as Van Een Afstand]
Jewel [in Christmas medley]
Ingebjorg Bratland [as Pa Avstand]
Along with XTC's Andy Partridge, author Julie Gold hates performing live, let alone touring. She's so much involved with her cats in her New York home, recording comes second. From A Distance was copyrighted in '86, but first time she recorded it was in '93, thanks to three of her colleagues (Christine Lavin, Sally Fingerett and Megan McDonaugh) who participated in all-female singer-songwriter project Buy Me, Bring Me, Take Me, Don't Mess With My Hair, Life According To Four Bitchin' Babes, Volume 2 (Philo).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)