Editing Nanci Griffith (section)

== Personal life ==
Griffith's high-school boyfriend, John, died in a motorcycle accident shortly after taking her to the senior prom. He inspired many of her later songs.<ref name="popdose">{{cite web|url=http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-nanci-griffith/ |title=The Popdose Guide to Nanci Griffith |publisher=Popdose |date=January 8, 2008 |access-date=May 21, 2012}}</ref> She was married to singer-songwriter [[Eric Taylor (American musician)|Eric Taylor]] from 1976 to 1982. In the early 1990s, she was engaged to singer-songwriter [[Tom Kimmel]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Ibrahim|first=Samantha|title=Nanci Griffith, Grammy-winning 'Five and Dime' singer, dead at 68|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=August 13, 2021|url=https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/nanci-griffith-folk-singer-songwriter-dead-at-68/|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref>