The album features delving more traditional country than the country-rock sound of Harris' previous releases.
Songs include work by
Willie Nelson and
Gram Parsons.
Rodney Crowell's "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" featured harmonies by
Dolly Parton and
Linda Ronstadt, and came out of the women's ill-fated 1978 recording sessions, where they first attempted to record a "trio" album (nearly a full decade before they actually succeeded in doing so).
The album won the 1980 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. "Beneath Still Waters" became Harris' fourth No. 1 hit; covers of the Drifters' 1960 hit "Save the Last Dance for Me" and the album's title track (originally recorded by Loretta Lynn) were top ten hits on the US country charts.
In response to criticism that her records weren't "country" enough, Harris recorded Blue Kentucky Girl, one of her most traditional outings. Relying on a more acoustic sound, the album largely forsakes contemporary pop songs in favor of standard country fare, including the Louvin Brothers' "Everytime You Leave" and Leon Payne's "They'll Never Take His Love from Me." The cover of Dallas Frazier's "Beneath Still Waters" earned Harris her fourth number one single.
In 2006, the album ranked #20 on
CMT's 40 Greatest Albums in Country Music.
Side A
A1. Sister’s Coming Home [with Tanya Tucker] - 2:52
A2. Beneath Still Waters - 3:41
A3. Rough and Rocky - 3:50
A4. Hickory Wind - 4:01
A5. Save the Last Dance for Me - 3:30
Side B
B1. Sorrow in the Wind [with Sharon & Cheryl White] - 3:28
B2. They’ll Never Take His Love From Me - 2:34
B3. Everytime You Leave [with Don Everly] - 2:58
B4. Blue Kentucky Girl - 3:17
B5. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues [harmony by Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton] - 3:56
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