Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town

Infobox Album |
Name = Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
Type = Album
Artist = Emmylou Harris


Released = 1978
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 34:55
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Brian Ahern
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9x2m963odep6]
Last album = "Luxury Liner" (1977)
This album = "Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town" (1978)
Next album = "Blue Kentucky Girl" (1979)

"Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town" was a #3 country album for Emmylou Harris on the Billboard charts, with three charting singles: "To Daddy" (written by Dolly Parton) at #3, "Two More Bottles of Wine" at #1 (the third #1 of her career), and "Easy from Now On" (co-written by Carlene Carter, and the song from which the album's title comes) at #12. Also featured is "One Paper Kid", a duet with Willie Nelson. The painting used for the album cover is by Susanna Clark [Liner notes from the CD] .

Track listing

#"Easy from Now On" (Susanna Clark/Carlene Carter Routh) – 3:07
#"Two More Bottles of Wine" (Delbert McClinton) – 3:08
#"To Daddy" (Dolly Parton) – 2:45
#"My Songbird" (Jesse Winchester) – 3:07
#"Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" (Rodney Crowell/Donivan Cowart) – 4:21
#"Defying Gravity" (Jesse Winchester) – 4:16
#"I Ain't Living Long Like This" (Rodney Crowell) – 4:08
#"One Paper Kid" [with Willie Nelson] (Walter Martin Cowart) – 2:58
#"Green Rolling Hills" [with Fayssoux Starling] (Utah Phillips) – 3:38
#"Burn That Candle" (Winfield Scott) – 4:27

Bonus tracks

A CD reissue in 2004 added a couple of previously unissued bonus tracks taken from live performances:
# "New Cut Road" (Guy Clark) – 4:11
# "LaCassine Special" [with Barry Tashian] (Iry LeJeune, Eddie Shuler) – 2:44

References