Band (The Blue Moon Orchestra)
Nanci refers to her backing team as "The Blue Moon Orchestra." This reference is believed to have been drawn from both the title of one of her earliest albums, Once in a Very Blue Moon, and its title selection, which reached #85 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1986.
- Current members
- Nanci Griffith — lead vocals, guitar
- Pat McInerney — percussion
- Maura Kennedy — vocals, guitar
- Pete Kennedy — guitar, vocals
- Previous band members
- James Hooker — keyboards, vocals
- Clive Gregson — guitar, vocals
- Thomm Jutz — guitar, vocals
- Ron De La Vega — bass, cello
- Iris DeMent — vocals
- Fran Breen — drums
- Philip Donnelly — guitar
- Le Ann Etheridge — bass guitar, vocals, mandolin
- Lee Satterfield — vocals, guitar, mandolin
- Lyle Lovett — backing vocals
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