Emmylou Harris Parents: Eugenia Harris And Walter Harris

Fourteen-time Grammy Awards winner Emmylou Harris, was born to her parents Eugenia and Walter Harris.

Walter Harris

Harris’ dad, Walter was born in 1921 and became a prisoner of war in Korea in 1952.

He later worked as a Marine Corps officer. Walter passed away in 1993.

Eugenia Harris

Harris’ mother, Eugenia was born in 1921 and passed away in 2014. Not much information is available about her, but she played her role well in the life of her only child, Emmylou Harris, and as the wife of a military officer.

Who Is Emmylou Harris?

Emmylou Harris is a songwriter and musician who has dozens of albums and singles over in her name.

Harris was born on April 2, 1947, in Alabama, United States, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1992.

She has been a bandleader, a song interpreter, a back up vocalist, and has collaborated with various artistes such as Rodney Crowell, Buddy Miller, Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams, Alison Krauss, Lee Ann Womack, Martina McBride, Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow.

Harris is the brain behind the sond “In Rodanthe” in the 2008 film Nights in Rodanthe.

In the same year, she released her solo album, All I Intended To Be and achieved critical acclaim.

She has a huge portfolio of musical works and a few of them include “Gone, Long Gone”, “Blackhawk” and “Boulder to Birmingham”.

Harris has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and is a holder of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

So far, she has won 48 Grammy Awards nominations, out of which she won 14.