The New Jersey native dominated the genre charts in the late 1980s and into the '90s, thanks to a streak of records that featured insightful reflections on love, politics and the human condition.
Mary Chapin Carpenter joined 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joan Baez onstage during Friday night's (April 7) induction ceremony to perform two songs, "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down."
It's time to start thinking about what songs you want to hear on Classic Country Saturday Night tonight. You might just want to hear this Grammy winner that picked up a trophy on this day in Country Music.
In case you missed today's Bark Back Game, here's the question and answer:
Q: It was on this date in 1994 that this song one a Grammy for two different artists, one for Best Country Song by Lucinda Williams and Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, by Mary Chapin Carpenter.