4 Joey + Rory Songs That Will Always Touch Your Heart
on Dec 29, 2017
“If I Needed You”
Originally written and recorded by blues/country/folk singer Townes Van Zandt, “If I Needed You” isn’t a new song to the country music community. Emmylou Harris and Don Williams released a duet version of it nine years after Townes’ original, which climbed to the third spot on the charts.
33 years after the release of Emmylou and Don’s duet, Joey + Rory covered the song for their album Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage. The song was never released as a single, and therefore didn’t make its way onto the charts, but did receive some special recognition.
On December 7, 2015, the nominees for the 2016 Grammy Awards were announced, with Joey + Rory’s version of “If I Needed You” being nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. The nomination was a huge surprise to Joey + Rory, with Rory telling ET their reaction to the news:
“Joey and I feel like we’re just regular folks…so to be nominated for an award like this…is such an honor.”
The music video for “If I Needed You” is just as heartwarming as the song itself, since it features footage from the day Joey gave birth to her and Rory’s daughter, Indiana.
