Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile and Tenille Townes - Delta Dawn
LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Delta Dawn’ - Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile and Tenille Townes
Our LCM featured track today is a wonderful live version of Tanya’s 1972 classic hit ‘Delta Dawn’ performed by three generations of US Country artists. The video was filmed at the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
Please check out Tanya’s latest album ‘While I’m Livin’’
"Delta Dawn" was written by former child rockabilly star Larry Collins and songwriter Alex Harvey. The title character is a faded former Southern belle from Brownsville, Tennessee who, at forty-one, is obsessed with the long-ago memory of a suitor who jilted her. The song's lyrics describe how the woman regularly "walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand / looking for a mysterious dark-haired man" who she says will be taking her "to his mansion in the sky".
At the age of 13, the original female country outlaw Tanya Tucker was the youngest female to grace the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine with the message, “You’re Gonna Hear From Me.” Dubbed as the female Elvis, she achieved mainstream chart-topping success with 15 number 1 hits including "Delta Dawn," 41 top 10 hits, and 23 top 40 albums. Nominated 9 times for a Grammy, this CMA and ACM winning artist was awarded the 2016 ACM Pioneer Award for her over 50 years of success in her longstanding musical career.
17 years after the release of her last record, the 60-year-old living legend is set to release a tell-all record, full of wisdom, wit, and heart, produced by 3 time Grammy award-winning artist Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, alongside the full length documentary “Delta Dawn, Then and Now: The Return of Tanya Tucker.” Join us on the journey with this one and only living legend.