Talk:Tracy Nelson (singer)

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1989 television appearance[edit]

If I am not mistaken, it was Tracy Nelson who appeared (along with John Hiatt and Robert Cray) in episode #121 in 1989 on the much acclaimed television series Sunday Night/Night Music (hosted by David Sanborn). She performed Slim Harpo's "I'm Gonna Miss You Like the Devil" and also CCR's "Proud Mary." Unfortunately (for reference purposes within the article), internet sources for her appearance on that episode seem to mistakenly list Tracy Nelson (a white woman, as is the singer on the show) as either Tracy Chapman, or Koko Taylor, both latter women being black singers. But the singer appears to be Tracy Nelson, not Lou Ann Barton nor Marcia Ball, whom my investigative trail also led to as possibles. Tracy Nelson went on to record "Like the Devil" several years later, so this 1980s televison appearance of hers may have been a significant comeback for her recording career. Worth a mention in the article, if we can find a proper accurate source.Steven Russell 07:21, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Any updates (e.g., youtube video(s)) on this? Acwilson9 (talk) 09:42, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Birthdate[edit]

Tracy's age has been kicked around before, but 1947 doesn't seem to be on. That would would have her recording in Chicago at the age of sixteen, after being at U. Wisconsin already. She also mentioned having a star named after her for her sixtieth birthday a couple of years ago. I prefer the previous consensus of 1944, but I can't prove that either. Ampwright 19:32, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a source for her birthdate. --Jezebel'sPonyo ^shhh 14:57, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tracy Nelson was almost certainly born in 1945. Friends of mine, born in 1945, were her classmates at West High School in Madison, Wisconsin.

Nelson also performed at the Memorial Union Great Hall during the Fall, 1963, and at a Madison coffeehouse called The Pad during the same era. She was already a student at the University of Wisconsin. Younggoldchip (talk) 00:16, 28 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Earl Scruggs LP[edit]

Her fabulous work on Earl Scruggs' "I Saw the Light with Some Help from my Friends" should really get some mention. Her own song "Motherless Child Blues" as well as her duet with Linda Ronstadt on "Rock Salt and Nails" are worthy of mention and deserve to be remembered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrieck (talk • contribs) 23:30, 12 May 2016 (UTC) MQR (talk) 23:33, 12 May 2016 (UTC)Michael Rieck[reply]

Please add what you've got, WITH citation(s), to the "Other collaborations (incomplete)" subsection. Acwilson9 (talk) 09:42, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

External link[edit]

The link (tracynelson.com) no longer relates to [THIS] Ms Nelson. --Ampwright (talk) 04:07, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Final archived version of THIS Tracy Nelson's tracynelson.com: http://web.archive.org/web/20141230051500/http://www.tracynelson.com:80/ . (Subsequent versions of tracynelson.com belong to a different Tracy Nelson, who is on the staff of the UWisconsin management school.) Acwilson9 (talk) ??:??, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Questionable info recently added on Tracy's page[edit]

Not sure who this is directed to, but there has been some highly suspect info recently added to Tracy Nelson's page. It states that the original version of "Down So Low' on the 1968 Mother Earth album "Living with the Animals" was recorded in Nashville and Memphis. Huh?? It's commonly known that Mother Earth was a Bay Area band in its early incarnation and that first album was recorded in the San Francisco area with Dan Healy, Barry Goldberg, Travis Rivers and Mark Naftalin the principals in the production/engineering/arranging departments. I'm not familiar with the name Terry Manning and his name does not appear in the somewhat lengthy list of credits. Appears to be possibly bogus information. Anybody else have any comments? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chukmunk (talk • contribs) 04:46, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]