Editing Nanci Griffith (section)

{{Short description|American singer-songwriter (1953–2021)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Nanci Griffith
| image             = Nanci Griffith at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010.jpg
| caption           = Griffith receiving an award at the [[BBC Radio 2]] Folk Awards in 2010
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| birth_name        = Nanci Caroline Griffith
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1953|07|06}}
| birth_place       = [[Seguin, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2021|08|13|1953|07|06}}
| death_place       = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.
| instrument        = Vocals, acoustic guitar
| genre             = [[Country (music)|Country]], [[country folk]], [[Americana (music)|Americana]], [[neotraditional country]]
| years_active      = 1977–2021
| label             = [[B.F. Deal Records|B.F. Deal]], Featherbed, [[Philo Records (folk)|Philo]], [[MCA Records|MCA]], [[Elektra Records|Elektra]], [[Rounder Records|Rounder]], New Door
| website           = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225194609/http://www.nancigriffith.com/ |title=nancigriffith.com |date=February 25, 2021}}
}}

'''Nanci Caroline Griffith''' (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|pages=548–9|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref> She often appeared on the [[PBS]] music program ''[[Austin City Limits]]'', starting in 1985 during season 10. In 1990, Griffith appeared on the [[Channel 4]] program ''Town & Country with John Prine'' in a segment entitled "White Pants", where she wore white pants at the [[Bluebird Café]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], along with Buddy Mondlock, Barry "Byrd" Burton, and [[Robert Earl Keen]]. In 1994, Griffith won a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for the album ''[[Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith album)|Other Voices, Other Rooms]].''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sweeting|first=Adam|date=2021-08-15|title=Nanci Griffith obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/15/nanci-griffith-obituary|access-date=2021-08-15|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

Griffith toured with various other artists, including [[Buddy Holly]]'s band - [[the Crickets]], [[John Prine]], [[Iris DeMent]], [[Suzy Bogguss]], [[Judy Collins]], and [[the Everly Brothers]].<ref>Steve Hochman: [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-01-ca-3731-story.html '' Country Music’s Griffith Has A Few Novel Ideas''], latimes.com, Oct. 1, 1986</ref> Griffith recorded duets with many artists, among them Prine, [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Mary Black]], [[Don McLean]], [[Jimmy Buffett]], [[Dolores Keane]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Adam Duritz]] (of [[Counting Crows]]), [[the Chieftains]], [[John Stewart (musician)|John Stewart]], and [[Darius Rucker]]. Griffith referred to her backing band as the Blue Moon Orchestra.