Date uploaded: 2021-08-13 23:16:42
Nanci Griffith, a Grammy-winning self-described "folkabilly" singer who was the first artist to record "From a Distance," died Friday in Nashville. She was 68.
Though she never had a commercial hit single of her own, several of her compositions – first recorded by her— became hits for other country artists. That included Kathy Mattea’s first Top 10 hit, “Love at the Five and Dime,” and Suzy Bogguss’ “Outbound Plane.”
Those who collaborated with Griffith included Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, Iris DeMent, Jimmy Buffett, Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers and Darius Rucker, among others.
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