Emmylou Harris
hosted and performed an hour-long set at the Grand Ole Opry Saturday
evening (Jan. 21) to commemorate her 20 years of Opry membership. Handpicking a few of the evening's guests, she performed
alongside
Vince Gill ("Two More Bottles of Wine") and
Rodney
Crowell ("Till I Gain Control Again," "If I Needed You"). Gill and Crowell are also former members of Harris' Hot Band.
The singer-songwriter's other collaborations at the Opry included
Buddy Miller ("Wide
River to Cross") as well as
Shawn Colvin and Kimmie Rhodes ("Love and
Happiness"). Harris became a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008. Earlier in the evening, the show included performances
by
Mandy Barnett,
Craig Morgan and Country Music
Hall of Fame members
Little Jimmy Dickens and
Jean
Shepard. Harris' latest work,
Hard Bargain, is nominated for an upcoming Grammy for best Americana album.
