From a Whitney Pastorek (of course) interview with country singer-songwriter Chely Wright:

Entertainment Weekly: [we are engaged in some pre-interview chit-chat about live performance and big arena spectacle.] On the flip side, I went to go see Patty Griffin a couple nights ago, and…
Chely Wright: The Patty? Living with Ghosts changed my life, changed how I write songs. It perhaps saved my life. My guitar, my bike, and Patty Griffin. There’s a song I didn’t record for this record called “Love for Patty Griffin.” It’s one of the ones I played when I went to [Lifted producer] Rodney [Crowell]’s house with my broken guitar and my broken self and said, “I think I’m dying,” and played him the songs that came to be Lifted Off the Ground.

How did she save your life?
Because she knew me in her songs. “Sweet Lorraine,” “You Are Not Alone,” “Nobody’s Crying,” “Mary.” I was reaching for God at this time in my life, and when I heard “Mary” and the Living With Ghosts album, I felt like God was whispering in my ear.

She’s been duetting with a lot of male country stars lately. Could she survive a career in mainstream country?
No. I think she’s so good she just doesn’t have to tolerate what the rest of us have to tolerate. Like getting your ass grabbed by a radio guy. Why would Patty Griffin ever walk into a room of drunk radio guys and get her ass grabbed? It’s a really broken template, because the labels are imploding. I’m not happy about it. I don’t look at that and go, ha ha ha. It’s heartbreaking to watch the labels close, because all my pals, they’re out of jobs. But you can’t do it the way we’ve been doing it.

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Great little snippet there! She obviously has never hear One More Girl! I think Patty knows all about her butt being grabbed, unfortunately

Anyway, thanks for the snippet!
Kevin

I like this snippet to! I like how she calls Patty, The Patty, sort of makes me think everyone should be wearing a WWPGD (what would Patty Griffin do?) bracelet (hahah ) an it made me wonder why I haven't listened to Living with Ghosts in a while. so all is good and of course its nice to hear how people are inspired by each other...

so yay for the patty love..and uh I forgot about One More Girl too . I guess Patty covers everything or almost everything... I wonder if Chely Wright is thinking of covering Patty?

Oh speaking of Sweet Lorraine, isn't Patty's mother's name Lorraine y/n? If so, does that have anything to do with the song or is it just a name Patty picked because its familiar..I'm just wondering?

Yes, but I do recall at some point her saying that it wasn't about anyone she knew… so I'd imagine that it's more about an imaginary person and she used a name that fit.

Q & A with comic Sarah Silverman on Popmatters.com:

Q: The greatest album, ever?

A: It is not possible to answer that question! But let’s see… I’ll say, Patty Griffin, 1000 Kisses.




http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/125226-20-questions-sarah-silverman

Kelly Clarkson listed "Top Of The World" as one of her Top 10 in Rolling Stone's recent 500 Greatest Songs issue.

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From a really sweet post published today by Margaret Cho:

I had not met Patty before this, but I had been a huge fan for many, many years. I had been introduced to her music by the wonderful and sadly missed Kevyn Aucoin. Her music reminded me of him, the bright light of him, the beauty of him always. Patty’s manager said, “She is obsessed with her dogs and country music.” So we wrote a country song about dogs. My dog in particular. My dog Ralph. The greatest.

. . .

I pulled out the words from out of my guitar case, weighted down by little Bean. I gave the dog warmed, wrinkled notes to Patty and she set them down in front of her. I left the room, returning moments later to Patty singing, “Ooooooo-ooo. Ooooooo-ooo!” and the song “Hey Big Dog” was born.

LINK: Hey Big Dog – with Patty Griffin, Ben Lee, Fiona Apple

http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a254897/paltrow-didnt-want-another-single.html

Gwyneth Paltrow ....also noted that guest vocals from Patty Griffin and Vince Gill were added after she completed her recording.

"I did my vocal, and then Byron Gallimore, the producer, who’s unbelievable, he was like, ‘You know, I just think Vince would sing so well on this'. I was like, 'There’s no way'. And he f**king got Vince Gill to sing on the track! It’s crazy.

"He has this best voice ever, in the history of any genre. I just die for that man’s voice. And Patty Griffin, I had seen her play in New York with John Prine years ago, and I had gotten really into her record Flaming Red. Amazing. I’m so humbled."