Once in a Very Blue Moon

Once in a Very Blue Moon
Studio album by
Nanci Griffith
Released1985
RecordedJune 26 – July 2, 1984
StudioCowboy Arms (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length
  • LP (34:32)
  • CD (39:01)
LabelPhilo
ProducerJim Rooney, Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith chronology
Poet in My Window
(1982) 		Once in a Very Blue Moon
(1985) 		The Last of the True Believers
(1986)

Once in a Very Blue Moon is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, released in 1985.[1] The album had more of a country sound than her previous albums. Her first two albums were backed sparsely with instrumentation, but starting with this album, the whole complement of country-styled instrumentalists can be heard. Noted country musicians performing on the album include banjo player, Béla Fleck, champion fiddle player, Mark O'Connor, and pedal steel master, Lloyd Green. The title song was covered by Dolly Parton, who included her version on her Real Love album in 1985.

  1. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. pp. 191–192. ISBN 9780679737292.