Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town

Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
Studio album by Emmylou Harris
Released	January 1978
Genre	Country
Length	34:55
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Brian Ahern
Emmylou Harris chronology
Luxury Liner (1976)Luxury Liner1976 Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (1978) Blue Kentucky Girl (1979)Blue Kentucky Girl1979

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Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town is an album by country music artist Emmylou Harris, released in 1978. The album reached number 3 on the Billboard charts, with three charting singles: "To Daddy" (written by Dolly Parton) at #3, "Two More Bottles of Wine" at #1 (the third #1 of Harris' career), and "Easy from Now On" (co-written by Carlene Carter, and the song from which the album's title comes) at #12. Also featured are "One Paper Kid", a duet with Willie Nelson, and "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight", which the Oak Ridge Boys would reach #1 with in 1980. The painting used for the album cover is by Susanna Clark.

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Easy From Now On"	Susanna Clark, Carlene Carter Routh	3:07
2.	"Two More Bottles of Wine"	Delbert McClinton	3:07
3.	"To Daddy"	Dolly Parton	2:47
4.	"My Songbird"	Jesse Winchester	3:09
5.	"Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight"	Rodney Crowell, Donivan Cowart	4:20

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Defying Gravity"	Jesse Winchester	4:16
7.	"I Ain't Living Long Like This"	Rodney Crowell	4:06
8.	"One Paper Kid" (with Willie Nelson)	Walter Martin Cowart	2:57
9.	"Green Rolling Hills" (with Fayssoux Starling)	Utah Phillips	3:40
10.	"Burn That Candle"	Winfield Scott	4:27

2004 CD Reissue Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"New Cut Road"	Guy Clark	4:10
12.	"LaCassine Special" (with Barry Tashian)	Iry LeJeune, Eddie Shuler	2:44

Personnel

• Brian Ahern: Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Gut-String Guitar, Percussion, Baby Bottle
• Dianne Brooks: Backing Vocals
• James Burton: Electric Guitar
• Rodney Crowell: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
• Rick Danko: Fiddle, Backing Vocals
• Hank DeVito: Pedal Steel
• Emory Gordy, Jr.: Bass
• Glen D. Hardin: Piano, Electric Piano, String Arrangements
• Emmylou Harris: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
• Garth Hudson: Accordion, Baritone Sax
• Nicolette Larson: Backing Vocals
• Albert Lee: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Mandolin
• Willie Nelson: Duet Vocals
• Mickey Raphael: Harmonica
• Ricky Skaggs: Fiddle, Viola
• John Ware: Drums, Percussion

Technical Personnel

• Brian Ahern: Producer, Engineer
• Donivan Cowart: Engineer
• Bradley Hartman: Engineer

References

Emmylou Harris Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town liner notes