Luxury Liner, Emmylou Harris' third album, found Harris' Hot Band undergoing a major transformation. Quick-picking maestro Albert Lee replaced lead guitarist James Burton. And future mega-star Ricky Skaggs, fresh from a stint with bluegrass pioneers J.D. Crowe and the New South, also signed on, taking Rodney Crowell's place. The result was a different, but equally breathtaking, version of what was fast earning a reputation as country music's finest ensemble.

Harris takes mentor Gram Parson's title track and kicks it up a notch, allowing Lee to show off his trademark chops. Townes Van Zandt's Pancho and Lefty immediately follows and, while this isn't the recording of the song that topped the charts (Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard had a hit with it later), it clearly laid the blueprint for the blockbuster version.

Track Listing :

• Luxury Liner
• Pancho & Lefty
• Making Believe You're Supposed To Be Feeling Good
• I'll Be Your San Antone Rose
• (You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie
• When I Stop Dreaming
• Hello Stranger feat Nicolette Larson
• She
• Tulsa Queen
• Me And Willie
• Night Flyer feat Delia Bell