Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter - A Late Show, BBC, The Bottom Line, New York City, 8-29-1992

Today, as I write this, August 13, 2021, singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith died. The cause is unknown, but she was 68 years old.

I'm not a huge Nanci Griffith fan, but I do like some of her material, especially her 1988 live album "One Fair Summer Evening." It so happens that I have something to post from her, so here it is, in tribute to her music career.

This is a concert recorded for the BBC TV show "A Late Show" in 1992. (I'm not sure if the date I have for it, August 29, 1992, is the date it was recorded, or the date it was broadcast, but it's the only date related to the show I know. If anyone knows the exact recording date if it's different, please let me know.) Actually, this is equal parts a concert of Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Just the three of the sat on the same stage together with their guitars, and took turns playing songs. As I write this, you can find the video of the show on YouTube. You can see from that that occasionally one or two of the others would join in with backing vocals and/or guitar, especially near the end, but most of the time it's just each individual performer doing their own songs.

Nanci Griffith played the first song, then Rosanne Cash played the second one, and Mary Chapin Carpenter the third one. That rotating pattern continued for the rest of the show without exception. The last song was one of Carpenter's, so each of them did an equal number of songs.

I wish there were more concerts like this, with similar artists performing on stage together. The sound quality is excellent, as you'd expect from the BBC, and the performance was solid all around. The only thing I'm not happy about is that it's rather short, at only 42 minutes long. I suspect the concert was longer, but it was cut down to fit into the time allotted for the TV show.

01 There's a Light Beyond These Woods (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
02 talk (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
03 Rise from the Ashes (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
04 Never Had It So Good (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
05 talk (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
06 It's Too Late (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
07 talk (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
08 Bedroom Lies (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
09 I Feel Lucky (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
10 The Sun, Moon and Stars (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
11 talk (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
12 Dance with the Tiger (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
13 talk (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
14 The Moon and St. Christopher (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
15 talk (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
16 Listen to the Radio (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
17 talk (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
18 Blue Moon with Heartache (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
19 talk (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
20 Quittin' Time (Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash & Mary Chapin Carpenter)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15291746/GriffCashCarp_1992_ALateShwBBBttomLineNewYrkC__8-29-1992_atse.zip.html

For the cover art, I took a screenshot from the YouTube video of this concert that I mentioned above. It's not an ideal cover, esp. since the quality is rather low-res, but I figured it was important to use a picture of all three of the stars together, and I couldn't find any images of them together outside of that video. (By the way, Carpenter is on the left and closest, Cash is in the middle, and Griffith is on the right and farthest away.)