Roses in the Snow

Studio album by Emmylou Harris

Released

May 1980

Recorded

Nashville, July 1979

Genre

Country, Bluegrass

Length

29:56

Emmylou Harris chronology

Light of the Stable
(1979)

Roses in the Snow
(1980)

Evangeline
(1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Roses in the Snow is the seventh album by country music artist Emmylou Harris, released in 1980. While Harris' previous release, 1979's Blue Kentucky Girl, featured traditional, straight-ahead country (as opposed to the country-rock of her prior efforts), Roses in the Snow found Harris performing Bluegrass-inspired music, with material by Flatt and Scruggs, Paul Simon, The Carter Family, and Johnny Cash. Cash, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice made guest appearances. "Wayfaring Stranger" was released as the first single in 1980 and went to #7 on the Billboard Country charts. The second single, a remake of a Simon & Garfunkel song, "The Boxer" reached #13. Backing musicians included Albert Lee and Jerry Douglas.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Roses in the Snow"	Ruth Franks	2:32
2.	"Wayfaring Stranger"	Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern	3:26
3.	"Green Pastures"	Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern	3:08
4.	"The Boxer"	Paul Simon	3:16
5.	"Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn"	Ralph Stanley	3:22
6.	"I'll Go Stepping Too"	Tom James/Jerry Organ	2:16
7.	"You're Learning"	Ira Louvin/Charlie Louvin	2:57
8.	"Jordan"	Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern	2:07
9.	"Miss the Mississippi and You"	Bill Halley	3:40
10.	"Gold Watch and Chain"	A.P. Carter	3:12
11.	"You're Gonna Change" (bonus track on 2002 CD reissue)	Hank Williams	2:40
12.	"Root Like a Rose" (bonus track on 2002 CD reissue)	Nancy Ahern	4:45

Personnel

Brian Ahern: 12-String Guitar, Adamas Guitar, Archtop Guitar, Gut-String Guitar, Bass, Percussion
Bryan Bowers: Autoharp
Johnny Cash: Backing Vocals
Jerry Douglas: Dobro
Emory Gordy, Jr.: Bass
Emmylou Harris: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Albert Lee: Electric Guitar, Mandolin
Willie Nelson: Gut-String Guitar
Dolly Parton: Backing Vocals
Tony Rice: Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Linda Ronstadt: Duet Vocals, Backing Vocals
Ricky Skaggs: Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin, Duet Vocals, Backing Vocals
John Ware: Percussion
Buck White: Piano, Backing Vocals
Cheryl White: Backing Vocals
Sharon White: Backing Vocals

Technical personnel

Brian Ahern: Producer, Engineer
Donivan Cowart: Engineer
Stuart Taylor: Engineer

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	2
U.S. Billboard 200	26
Canadian RPM Country Albums	2

References

↑ Ankeny, Jason. Roses in the Snow at AllMusic

Emmylou Harris Roses in the Snow liner notes

Emmylou Harris

Studio albums	Gliding Bird Pieces of the Sky Elite Hotel Luxury Liner Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town Blue Kentucky Girl Light of the Stable Roses in the Snow Evangeline Cimarron White Shoes The Ballad of Sally Rose Thirteen Angel Band Bluebird Brand New Dance Cowgirl's Prayer Wrecking Ball Red Dirt Girl Stumble into Grace All I Intended to Be Hard Bargain

Collaboration albums	Trio (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Trio II (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (with Linda Ronstadt) All the Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler) Old Yellow Moon (with Rodney Crowell) The Traveling Kind (with Rodney Crowell)

Live albums	Last Date At the Ryman (with The Nash Ramblers) Spyboy

Compilation albums	Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris Duets Songs of the West The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems

Video albums	Real Live Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler)

Notable singles	"If I Could Only Win Your Love" "Together Again" "One of These Days" "Sweet Dreams" "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie" "Making Believe" "To Daddy" "Two More Bottles of Wine" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Beneath Still Waters" "Wayfaring Stranger" "The Boxer" "Mister Sandman" "If I Needed You" (with Don Williams) "Tennessee Rose" "Born to Run" "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" "I'm Movin' On" "So Sad to Watch Good Love Go Bad" "In My Dreams" "Pledging My Love" "Heartbreak Hill" "Heaven Only Knows" "I Still Miss Someone"

Collaboration singles	"To Know Him Is to Love Him" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Telling Me Lies" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Those Memories of You" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Wildflowers" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)

Guest singles	"Thing About You" (with Southern Pacific) "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Earl Thomas Conley)

Discographies	Discography Solo contributions Collaborations A–F Collaborations G–K Collaborations L–Q Collaborations R–Z

Related articles	Roy Orbison John Denver Gram Parsons Daniel Lanois Rodney Crowell Desire The Last Waltz

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