For the Sake of the Song: Emmylou Harris “(You Never Can Tell) C’est La Vie”

For the Sake of the Song: Emmylou Harris “(You Never Can Tell) C’est La Vie”

By the time Emmylou Harris released her third Warner Brothers album “Luxury Liner” in 1976 she was on a roll both commercially and artistically. She had her own Hot Band in place which now featured the UK’s own Albert Lee and up-and-coming bluegrass star Ricky Skaggs which made it more Emmylou’s than Gram’s or Elvis’s. The approach of finding obscure covers and new songs by emerging writers had not yet become too stale. “Luxury Liner” included t…