Dan Small Presents Emmylou Harris

Dan Smalls Presents, Inc. in cooperation with Greek Peak Mountain Resort are proud to welcome EMMYLOU HARRIS and the Red Dirt Boys to the ski slopes this July 15th. Tickets for the event are on sale now. They include two options: General Admission SEATED for $45.00 and LAWN seats for $35.00. Tickets are available without service charge at the State Theatre Box Office, located at 105 West State Street in Ithaca, Angry Mom Records on the Commons in Ithaca, and in person at Greek Peak Mountain Resort. They are also be available online at dansmallspresents.com or by calling 888-512-SHOW.

In Dan Smalls Present’s debut at the beautiful Greek Peak Mountain Ski Resort, Dan mentions he could think of no one finer to present than the legendary country icon, Emmylou Harris. Come celebrate the summer with music on the mountain. In case you are unfamiliar, Dan Smalls Presents books and produces concerts and events throughout the region. Focusing on Ithaca, but working as far as Reading, PA and Portland, Me, they’ve brought acts as diverse as Lyle Lovett, Joan Baez, Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Michael Franti, George Thorogood, The Avett Brothers and too many more to mention. You can learn more at their new website www.dansmallspresents.com.

As far as Emmylou Harris is concerned, she’s touring in support of her latest album, Hard Bargain, which is her first in several years and almost entirely songs she has written personally. Often know best as an interpreter of others’ songs, she shows here that hers stand up to the one’s she’s made her own over the years.

More information about the show at Greek Peak:

• Gates will open at 4PM
• Showtime is 7PM
• Support Act(s) TBD
• There will be two levels of tickets:
• SEATED- General Admission Approx 1000
• LAWN – General Admission

Lawn ticket holders are allowed to bring blankets and chairs. No coolers, bottles, outside food or drink is allowed but there will be plenty of reasonably priced food and beverage options.

Hard Bargain follows Harris’ acclaimed 2008 release, All I Intended to Be, which received widespread acclaim—Newsweek called it an album that “shows that Harris is still the stalwart songbird at the top of the roost.” The new album, which comprises 11 new songs by Harris as well as two covers, was produced by Jay Joyce (Cage the Elephant, Patty Griffin). A deluxe edition of the album, which includes a DVD featuring six performances interspersed with interviews, will also be available and is available for pre-order.

“We did the whole record in about a month, which is quite unusual for me. But I had all the material beforehand. I’d written 11 of the 13 songs and I really wanted to include two more by other writers,” Harris explains. “One of the covers is Ron Sexsmith’s ‘Hard Bargain’ which I absolutely love. The other is by Jay Joyce, called ‘Cross Yourself.’

“We did the whole thing with just three musicians, me being one of them. Jay, the producer, and Giles Reeves play everything between them. It’s not a stripped down record though; there’s only one song that’s a little bare bones. I’m basically a slow ballad-y person, but Jay managed to really move the songs up a bit. But they still have the same emotional feel.”

In addition to “The Road,” another of the album’s songs looks back on a relationships that was central to Harris’ creative life: she wrote “Darlin’ Kate” for her close friend and collaborator Kate McGarrigle, who died last year of a rare form of cancer.

A 12-time Grammy winner and Billboard Century Award recipient, Emmylou Harris’ contribution as a singer and songwriter spans 40 years. She has recorded more than 25 albums and has lent her talents to countless fellow artists’ recordings. In recognition of her remarkable career, Harris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.