Tracy Nelson (born in Madison, Wisconsin, on 27 December 1944) is an Americ… Read Full Bio ↴Tracy Nelson (born in Madison, Wisconsin, on 27 December 1944) is an American singer. She fronted 60s blues band Mother Earth and recorded albums in her own name and as Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas and Tracy Nelson.
In her teens, Nelson sang folk music in coffeehouses and with The Fuller's Wood Singers group, and was lead singer in The Fabulous Imitations band.
In 1966, Nelson moved to San Francisco where she became part of the SF music scene . The band she fronted, Mother Earth, played the Fillmore Auditorium, sharing bills with the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix. It was during this period that Nelson wrote and first recorded her signature song "Down So Low" (released on the Mother Earth album "Living with the Animals") that was later covered by a number of artists including Linda Ronstadt, and Etta James. Nelson re-recorded "Down So Low" herself several times.
In the late 1960s, Nelson relocated to Nashville, where she and Mother Earth recorded the album Make A Joyful Noise and the solo effort Tracy Nelson Country. In 1974, her duet with Willie Nelson, "After the Fire is Gone," was nominated for a Grammy Award.
After a lengthy hiatus from recording in the 1980s, Nelson released several albums on the independent Rounder Records label in the 1990s. Her 1998 "Sing It!" collaboration with label-mates Marcia Ball and Irma Thomas (as Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas and Tracy Nelson) garnered a second Grammy nomination.
Since the early 2000s, Nelson has recorded for various independent record labels. Other projects include a collaboration with blues-rock veterans Nick Gravenites, Harvey Mandel, Corky Siegel and Sam Lay (as the Chicago Blues Reunion), with Angela Strehli, Annie Sampson, and Dorothy Morrison (as the Blues Broads), and performed intermittently with Missouri band the Bel Airs and with Chicago-based Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues.
Growing up in the early 1960s, Nelson immersed herself in R&B, and later what she calls "the folk scare of the sixties." As an undergrad at the University of Wisconsin, she combined her musical passions singing folk and blues at coffeehouses and R&B at frat parties. In 1964 she went to Chicago to record her first album, Deep Are The Roots. A young harmonica player from Memphis named Charlie Musselwhite played on the album and the two would explore the city's famed south side where she met and was inspired by such legendary figures as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Spann and others. A short time later, Nelson moved to San Francisco and, in the midst of the era's psychedelic explosion, formed Mother Earth. After six Mother Earth albums for Mercury Records and Reprise Records, Nelson continued to record as a solo artist on various labels.
In her teens, Nelson sang folk music in coffeehouses and with The Fuller's Wood Singers group, and was lead singer in The Fabulous Imitations band.
In 1966, Nelson moved to San Francisco where she became part of the SF music scene . The band she fronted, Mother Earth, played the Fillmore Auditorium, sharing bills with the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix. It was during this period that Nelson wrote and first recorded her signature song "Down So Low" (released on the Mother Earth album "Living with the Animals") that was later covered by a number of artists including Linda Ronstadt, and Etta James. Nelson re-recorded "Down So Low" herself several times.
In the late 1960s, Nelson relocated to Nashville, where she and Mother Earth recorded the album Make A Joyful Noise and the solo effort Tracy Nelson Country. In 1974, her duet with Willie Nelson, "After the Fire is Gone," was nominated for a Grammy Award.
After a lengthy hiatus from recording in the 1980s, Nelson released several albums on the independent Rounder Records label in the 1990s. Her 1998 "Sing It!" collaboration with label-mates Marcia Ball and Irma Thomas (as Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas and Tracy Nelson) garnered a second Grammy nomination.
Since the early 2000s, Nelson has recorded for various independent record labels. Other projects include a collaboration with blues-rock veterans Nick Gravenites, Harvey Mandel, Corky Siegel and Sam Lay (as the Chicago Blues Reunion), with Angela Strehli, Annie Sampson, and Dorothy Morrison (as the Blues Broads), and performed intermittently with Missouri band the Bel Airs and with Chicago-based Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues.
Growing up in the early 1960s, Nelson immersed herself in R&B, and later what she calls "the folk scare of the sixties." As an undergrad at the University of Wisconsin, she combined her musical passions singing folk and blues at coffeehouses and R&B at frat parties. In 1964 she went to Chicago to record her first album, Deep Are The Roots. A young harmonica player from Memphis named Charlie Musselwhite played on the album and the two would explore the city's famed south side where she met and was inspired by such legendary figures as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Spann and others. A short time later, Nelson moved to San Francisco and, in the midst of the era's psychedelic explosion, formed Mother Earth. After six Mother Earth albums for Mercury Records and Reprise Records, Nelson continued to record as a solo artist on various labels.
Rock Me In Your Cradle
Tracy Nelson Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Tracy Nelson:
After The Fire Is Gone Love is where you find it when you find no…
Come See About Me I've been crying 'Cause I'm lonely (for you) Smiles have all…
Cow Cow Boogie Out on the plains down near Santa fe I met a…
Cry On all my tears are in vain i just lost my man in…
Down So Low When you went away I cried Cried for so long And I…
Feel So Bad Feel so bad Like a ball game on a rainy day Feel…
God Cain slew Abel, Seth knew not why For if the children…
Hold An Old Friend's Hand Another year and I'm still here The grass just will not…
Howlin Pretty baby. Come on home. I love you. If you hear…
I Know It I know it's wrong, things I do The way that I,…
I Never Loved Anyone More Seems like I don’t think about you too much And I’m…
I Still Miss Someone At my door, the leaves are fallin' The cold wild wind…
I Wish Someone Would Care Sitting home alone, thinkin about my past Wonderin how I ma…
I'll Be Long Gone I'll be long gone By the time you make up your…
Lean On Me Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have…
Need Your Love So Bad Dewi ... Bintang kecil ku yang pilu Coba pahami arti hidupku…
Oh Lonesome Me Everybody’s goin' out and havin' fun I’m just a fool for…
One More Mile It's been a hard hard journey But, don't have to worry…
Piece of My Heart I cried all day and i cried all night my head got…
Seven Bridges Road In the southern sky Southward as you go There is moonlight A…
Shoot My Baby The woman, I love she won't treat me right Leave in…
Somebody Loves You Stop! Na na na! You'd better save it Stop, stop, stop,…
Stand By Your Man Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love…
Stranger in My Own Home Town I'm like a stranger Like a stranger in my own home…
That's All Right Well, that's all right, mama That's all right for you That…
The Love You Save Stop! Na na na! You'd better save it Stop, stop, stop,…
Thinking of You Sometimes, I get to thinkin' 'bout old times And h…
Tonight The Sky's About To Cry When I grow too tired To open up my eyes As where…
Victim of the Blues My man left this morning, just about half past four My…
Won Baby, here I am By the railroad track Waiting for my baby …
You I couldn't figure why You couldn't give me what everybody n…
You'll Be Mine Well darling all the night You'll be mine and I…
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