yeah, I still miss Allison Brown being with Alison Krauss and Union Station, what a sensation they were when they became known back in the day....Alison Krauss is one ot the legendary performers, she changed the perception of bluegrass and gave it class like fine wine or beautiful old southern homes... her work has been and is a gift to this era.
My late Mothers favorite song. As child I got back stag and got her autograph for my Mom. Alison Krauss was so nice to me and was happy to do so. This song tugs on my heart strings. Lots of memories listening to this song with her.
Now this is Alison Krauss at her best with her best band ever. The timing is so good and rolls along like a sewing machine. Come back Alison Krauss. Get you metronome above 110bpm.
They are all awesome. Alison Brown is my hero! She can add drive like a jack hammer and still produce the most delicate, innovative and tasteful back up at just the right time!
In my opinion, this is the best band Krauss has had to date. If Jerry Douglas were playing with her at the time it could not have gotten any better. Adam Steffey's shirt is ridiculously awesome and he rocks. And that Stafford rhythm with his polio stricken hand. Damn. The lovely and talented Alison Brown, and Barry Bales's solid rhythm. You need one hell of a stick to beat this with!
Saw this lineup in fall of 1990. Knew sound guy and he taped three sets and I've listened to those so many times amazed at what killer groove and music they made. Over the years as the band evolved and her sound softened I always remember that there is no doubt that can play high energy bluegrass
@@RaxOldies I saw them in Round Rock Tx about that time, maybe a little earlier, and Steffey let me pick his mandolin about 5 seconds after I met him. He didn't know me from anybody but after he shredded Katy Hill and the came off stage I was the first one back stage and just asked, "What model mandolin is that (big hairy deep throated instrument) He named it (a custom) held it out and said "Do you want to try it?" Not only yeah but hell yeah.
@@jamesoliver6625 That was a great lineup...we had a Cajun Festival in rural RI every Labor Day weekend, and Alison was there for about 4 or 5 yrs in a row and I was always working...(she was also at the Newport Folk Festival in '86 missed that too!) Finally in '91 my brother was working security, and I said what gate should I meet you at ??!! haha...That was the tour where she broke out Now That I Found You, and I Will...about 3 yrs before the album came out. The moon was full it was crystal clear, and that voice put me in another place. Fell in love immediately !! As I was heading out I nodded/waved to the band & Alison as they were eating/got a wave back and I was all set. Have seen them with the current lineup a couple of times since, but that night in '91 remains the highlight (Also last time they played that festival). We still have a festival every Labor Day/different venue, called Rhythm & Roots...mostly cajun but other diverse types also Sarah Potenza etc Glad you got to hang with Adam !!
I first heard this song on her album 20 years ago and thought I knew it. Its like I just heard it for the first time with this performance. I can't imagine a better version. Bluegrass is endlessly new.
Miss Krauss has a special gift from God above the others. Quite often she gives glory to God in many of her gospel songs. She's not a preachy person but shares the good news of Christ through hand picked songs. Many of the AKUS are believers as well.
"Two Highways" is the first album that I heard of Alison. I heard "Teardrops Will Kiss The Morning Dew" in my car. KVOO AM Radio Station out of Tulsa Oklahoma was playing a Bluegrass Hour. It was the FIRST time I heard her sing and was crying my eyes out trying to drive one Sunday late afternoon/near evening, on a Highway. Thank God nobody else was with me and nobody else was on the Highway that day. My tears impaired my vision and I couldn't wipe them away FAST enough. Scary Situation. But I immediately became Alison Krauss's fan and ordered "Two Highways" the very next day. I believe she was about 17 then. Just a kid, then, with a Powerfully Beautiful Voice that only God in Heaven could gift someone with. And today....she just gets better and better!! One-of-a-Kind and Nobody ELSE like her ANYWHERE!!!
This was her band lineup from 1991. I happen to have had the pleasure of booking her that year...we had a Valentine's Day party for our Bluegrass Association--40 people--and AKUS did 3 sets...I still have the video from that night and Adam wore the same shirt! I got to get on stage and do 3 songs with them too!
While I too have a special affection for Alison's early records, we have to accept that a talent and musical imagination as vast as hers could not be limited to any one genre.
I personally love the stuff she was doing during this time period, but she is making alot more money doing what she is doing now! She is one of the most talented people on the planet and I respect her music for what it is, whatever she does (but I do miss this style of Alison)!
By far, this is my favorite era of the group. This is the Alison Krauss I fell in love with. Allison Brown is my favorite banjo player of all time, because of her role in Union station. I was inspired to pick up the mandolin because of Adam.
Thank you so much for sharing this awesome performance from my most favorite girl singer! (smiles) God bless you and her always!!! Holly in East Tennessee (a fan of her since 1994)
Two highways lay before me, which one will I choose? Down one lane, I'd find happiness and down the other I would lose There is no one that I can trust, I must decide alone My decision is an awful one, which road will take me home? In the mornin' would I wake to find down the wrong road I have gone Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long? Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice Perils, there are many, as I set out on my way If I lose your love, I know that I can call it back someday Rambler, lonely rambler, just ‘cause anyplace is home Nashville lights, how you have always shined In the mornin' would I wake to find down the wrong road I have gone Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long? Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice Wishing now that you had found a word or two to say But the mornin' came and we both knew my eyes gave it away As I kissed your cheeks and said goodbye, I thought only time will tell And you can't draw water from an empty well In the mornin' would I wake to find down the wrong road I have gone Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long? Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice
I couldn't agree more! I feel like the band certainly adapted to Jerry's style of playing, but Adam was the man. He is actually the one who inspired me to pick up the mandolin.
I saw this great band in 1991 at the Fallon NV Community Center. Tickets were $15, but when AK played the MGM Grand in Reno about 10 years later tickets were $150 and I couldn't get two together.
LOL, it appear's what I was going to write, has already been expressed quite a few time's already! I love Alison with the Cox Family and in her early "High Lonesome" Bluegrass singing style. I agree with 'dragnuckle' >>> "we have to accept that a talent and musical imagination as vast as hers could not be limited to any one genre" but that doesn't need to say, one has preference's.
Dogsee 1 is right. Alison Brown is no Raymond Fairchild because she is light years ahead of Raymond Fairchild, and believe me, I love Raymond's banjo pickin, he is one of the best ever! Alison is a one of a kind banjo picker and musician!
The matching pants were at the cleaners. Playing mandolin fills that good and that well at that tempo, he ought to be able to show up topless if he wants to. Thanks for replying. Gave me an excuse to listen to this track again: it's more fun than a flaming, overcapacity clown car.
And I grew up thinking it was an "author unknown" folk classic!!...Dang. I should have known better. The Ancient Works have as many versions as there are singers.
yeah--a different alison then what we see today. better or worse? a miss adam so much. i miss that bluegrass. i saw her in georgia when she was about 17 years old. does anyone agree with me that she had a nose job?. the band has changed so much over the years--only one who is still with her is barry. i think i love both alisons--the old and the new. but for some reason i don't buy her cd's anymore. it think i may have love the old alison better. bluegrass rules!
anyone who knows anything about allison must wonder why adam steffy left the band. i was so pissed for a while--allison used to be so shy that adam would have to introduce the band and the songs. i was so pissed when she replaced adam with jerry douglas. i know adam went on to play on the dixie chicks album--but i still feel it was not fair to not give adam his props--i do not think there would be no akus without him. love you adam
Proof of how great Stelling banjos are and oh by the way look at the capo and ask yourself just how true all over the fretboard a Stelling is with its compensated nut? I'll never understand why she switched to a Prucha.
This was Alison Ks best band. Replacing Adam and Tim took away her edge. I saw Alison Brown and Stuart Duncan when they were kids at the Hugo Ok. festival late 70s. He was about 15, she 13. They came over for LA area as 2/5 of a band from Cali and entered the band contest.Came in second only because a full band from Ak was pretty good but two players played four instruments and showed everyone else how to do it. Then ~ 10 years later I go to the Round Rock Tx festival to see this knew singer Alison K and shazam! Two for the price of one.
If you think anybody but Alison is responsible for the change in her sound, you are mistaken. She wanted to change and explore different styles and sounds and found different band members to help her achieve it. That's typically what a gifted musician like Alison does. Their music tends to evolve with them.
Adam arrived at the studio at the last moment, fresh off a race horse he'd just run at the track and couldn't fully change in time for the studio recording.
