Spyboy (album)

Spyboy
Live album by Emmylou Harris
Released	August 11, 1998 (1998-08-11)
Genre	Country
Length	61:55
Label	Eminent
Producers	Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris chronology
Wrecking Ball (1995) Spyboy (1998) Trio II (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [2]
Robert Christgau	[3]

Spyboy is a 1998 live album by Emmylou Harris and her backing band, Spyboy. The band was formed for a tour performing songs from her career-redefining 1995 album Wrecking Ball .

Taking a stripped-down approach, Harris is backed by a trio comprising country singer-songwriter Buddy Miller on guitar and New Orleans musicians Daryl Johnson on bass and Brady Blade on drums. Along with material from Wrecking Ball, such as "Where Will I Be" and "Deeper Well", the album includes songs from earlier in her career, such as "Born to Run" from Cimarron , "I Ain't Living Long Like This" from Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town , "Love Hurts", which she first performed with Gram Parsons, and "Boulder to Birmingham," her ode to Parsons from Pieces of the Sky .

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Songbird"	Jesse Winchester	3:30
2.	"Where Will I Be"	Daniel Lanois	4:21
3.	"I Ain't Living Long Like This"	Rodney Crowell	4:20
4.	"Love Hurts"	Boudleaux Bryant	2:55
5.	"Green Pastures"	Traditional	3:05
6.	"Deeper Well"	Emmylou Harris, Daniel Lanois, David Olney	7:16
7.	"Prayer in Open D"	Emmylou Harris	4:01
8.	"Calling My Children Home"	Doyle Lawson, Charles Waller, Robert Yates	3:02
9.	"Tulsa Queen"	Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris	4:30
10.	"Wheels"	Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons	3:04
11.	"Born to Run"	Paul Kennerley	4:44
12.	"Boulder to Birmingham"	Bill Danoff, Emmylou Harris	3:21
13.	"All My Tears (Be Washed Away)"	Julie Miller	5:06
14.	"The Maker"	Daniel Lanois	8:40
Total length:			61:55

2025 rerelease bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Thing About You"	Tom Petty	4:25
16.	"All I Left Behind"	Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Kate McGarrigle	3:25
17.	"Every Grain of Sand"	Bob Dylan	3:58
18.	"Get Up John"	Bill Monroe	3:32
19.	"Sweet Old World"	Lucinda Williams	4:02
Total length:			81:17

Personnel

Spyboy

• Emmylou Harris - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Buddy Miller - electric guitar, backing vocals
• Daryl Johnson - electric bass, bass pedals, djembe, percussion, backing vocals
• Brady Blade - drum kit, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Julie Miller - backing vocals on "All My Tears (Be Washed Away)"

Chart performance

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	27
U.S. Billboard 200	180

Release history

Release history and formats for Spyboy

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	August 11, 1998	CD cassette	Eminent Records	[4]
North America and Europe	April 12, 2025	Vinyl (Record Store Day exclusive)	New West Records	[5]
North America and Europe	November 7, 2025	CD vinyl streaming	New West Records	[6]

References

1. Pendragon, Jana. Spyboy at AllMusic
2. Entertainment Weekly review
3. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Emmylou Harris" . Retrieved October 20, 2011.
4. Harris, Emmylou (August 11, 1998). "Spyboy (Liner Notes)". Eminent Records. EM-25001-2 (CD); EM-25001-4 (Cassette).
5. "Emmylou Harris - Spyboy". Record Store Day. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
6. "EHear Emmylou Harris cover Tom Petty & the Heartbreaker's "Thing About You"". Uncut. Retrieved September 10, 2025.