background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
instrument	Dobro
name	Jerry Douglas
landscape	Yes
born	May 28, 1956Warren, Ohio
genres	Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Jazz |
labels	E1 Music, Rounder, MCA, Sugar Hill, Koch
years active	1970s–present
website	Official website }}

Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Calvin Douglas, May 28, 1956 in Warren, Ohio) is an American record producer and resonator guitar player. Called "Dobro's matchless contemporary master," by ''The New York Times'', and lauded as "my favorite musician" by John Fogerty, Douglas is one of the world’s most renowned Dobro players.

Career

In addition to his twelve solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1600 albums. As a sideman, he has recorded with artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Phish, Dolly Parton, Paul Simon, Ricky Skaggs, Elvis Costello, and Johnny Mathis, as well as performing on the landmark O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. He has been part of such notable groups as The Whites, J. D. Crowe and the New South, the Country Gentlemen, and Strength in Numbers.

As a producer, he has overseen albums by Alison Krauss, the Del McCoury Band, Maura O'Connell, Jesse Winchester and the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Along with Aly Bain, he serves as Music Director of the popular BBC Television series, "Transatlantic Sessions".

Since 1998, Douglas has been a key member of Alison Krauss and Union Station, touring extensively and playing on a series of platinum-selling albums. When not on the road with Alison Krauss and Union Station, Douglas tours with his band in support of his extensive body of work.

Awards

Douglas has received twelve Grammy Awards and has won the Country Music Association's 'Musician of the Year' award three times, in 2002, 2005 and 2007.

In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Douglas a National Heritage Fellowship.

Douglas was named Artist in Residence for the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

Douglas was honored at the 36th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado for his twenty-fifth consecutive year playing in and at the festival.

Discography

Solo recordings

Year	Album	Chart Positions			Label
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1979	''Fluxology''
1982	''Fluxedo''
1986	''Under the Wire''
	''Changing Channels''
''Everything Is Gonna Work Out Fine''				Rounder
1989	''Plant Early''				MCA
1992
1998	''Restless on the Farm''
2002
2005					Koch
2007	''Best of the Sugar Hill Years''				Sugar Hill
2008					Koch
2009	''Jerry Christmas''				E1

Other recordings

''Remembrances and Forecasts'' 1974 as The Country Gentlemen

''J.D. Crowe & The New South'' 1975 as J. D. Crowe & the New South

''Holiday In Japan'' 1975 as J. D. Crowe & the New South

''New South Live'' 1975 as J. D. Crowe & the New South

''Boone Creek'' 1977 as Boone Creek

''One Way Track'' 1977 as Boone Creek

''That Down Home Feeling'' 1977 as Buck White & Down Home Folks

''Buck and Family Live'' 1979 as Buck White & Down Home Folks

''More Pretty Girls Than One'' 1979 as Buck White & Down Home Folks

''Bluegrass Album Vol.3: California Connection'' 1983 as Bluegrass Album Band

''Snakes Alive'' 1984 as Dreadful Snakes

''Bluegrass Album Vol.4'' 1985 as Bluegrass Album Band

''Bluegrass Album Vol.5: Sweet Sunny South 1989 as Bluegrass Album Band

''The Telluride Sessions'' 1989 ''as Strength in Numbers''

''Will the Circle be Unbroken Vol. 2'' 1990 with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

''Skip, Hop & Wobble'' 1993 as Barenberg, Douglas & Meyer

''The Great Dobro Sessions'' 1994 as Jerry Douglas and various artists

''Far From Enough'' 1994 with Viktor Krauss

''Bluegrass Album Vol.6: Bluegrass Instrumentals'' 1996 as Bluegrass Album Band

''Bourbon & Rosewater'' 1996 as Bhatt, Douglas & Meyer

''Yonder'' 1996 with Peter Rowan

''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' 2000 with Alison Krauss, The Whites, as Soggy Bottom Boys

''Deja Vu (All Over Again)'' 2004 with John Fogerty

''Secret, Profane, & Sugarcane'' 2009 with Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes

With Alison Krauss or Alison Krauss and Union Station

''Forget About It'' 1999

''New Favorite'' 2001

''Live'' 2002

''Lonely Runs Both Ways'' 2004

''A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection'' 2007

Awards

Grammy awards

1983 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Fireball" - with The New South

1994 Best Bluegrass Album - "The Great Dobro Sessions"

2001 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" with Earl Scruggs

2001 Album of the Year - "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" - various artists

2001 Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group - "The Lucky One"- Alison Krauss + Union Station

2001 Best Bluegrass Album - "New Favorite" - Alison Krauss + Union Station

2003 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Cluck Old Hen" - Alison Krauss + Union Station

2003 Best Bluegrass Album - "LIVE" - Alison Krauss + Union Station

2004 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Earl's Breakdown" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements & Jerry Douglas

2006 Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - "Restless" - Alison Krauss and Union Station

2006 Best Country Instrumental Performance - "Unionhouse Branch" - Alison Krauss and Union Station

2006 Best Country Album - "Lonely Runs Both Ways" - Alison Krauss and Union Station

CMA Awards

2002 Musician of the Year

2005 Musician of the Year

2007 Musician of the Year

IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards

1990 Instrumental Performers of the Year — Dobro

1991 Instrumental Performers of the Year — Dobro

1992 Instrumental Album of the Year - ''Slide Rule'', Jerry Douglas

1992 Record Event of the Year - ''Slide Rule''

1992 Instrumental Performers of the Year — Dobro

1993 Instrumental Performers of the Year - Dobro

1994 Instrumental Album of the Year - ''Skip, Hop & Wobble''; Douglas, Barenberg & Meyer

1994 Instrumental Performers of the Year - Dobro

1995 Instrumental Album of the Year - ''The Great Dobro Sessions''; Mike Auldridge, Curtis Burch, Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, Rob Ickes, Oswald Kirby, Stacy Phillips, Tut Taylor, Sally Van Meter, Gene Wooten

1995 Record Event of the Year - ''The Great Dobro Sessions''

1995 Instrumental Performers of the Year - Dobro

1997 Album of the Year - ''True Life Blues—The Songs of Bill Monroe''; Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, Mike Compton, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Pat Enright, Greg Garing, Richard Greene, David Grier, David Grisman, John Hartford, Bobby Hicks, Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis, Mike Marshall, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Jim Nunally, Scott Nygaard, Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Alan O'Bryant, Herb Pedersen, Todd Phillips, John Reischman, Peter Rowan, Craig Smith, Chris Thile, Tony Trischka, Roland White

1997 Record Event of the Year - ''True Life Blues—The Songs of Bill Monroe''

1997 Instrumental Album of the Year - ''Bluegrass Instrumentals, Volume 6''; The Bluegrass Album Band

2001 Instrumental Performers of the Year - Dobro

2002 Instrumental Performers of the Year - Dobro

2003 Album of the Year - ''Alison Krauss + Union Station Live'', Alison Krauss + Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas

2003 Record Event of the Year - ''Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III''; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Matraca Berg, Sam Bush, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Vassar Clements, Iris DeMent, Rodney Dillard, Jerry Douglas, Glen Duncan, Vince Gill, Josh Graves, Jamie Hanna, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Martin, Del McCoury, Robbie McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Jonathan McEuen, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Tony Rice, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Richard Watson, Glenn Worf & Dwight Yoakam

National Endowment for the Arts

2004 National Heritage Fellowship

Country Music Hall of Fame

2008 Artist in Residence

References

Humphrey, Mark. (1998). "Jerry Douglas". In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 151.

Notes

External links

Jerry Douglas Official site

Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas Official site

Folk Radio UK review of ''Jerry Christmas''

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Douglas "Doug" Band (born October 1972) is an aide and counselor to former President Bill Clinton.

Early life

A native of Sarasota, Florida, Band is an alumnus of Pine View School and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida with a major in English and a minor in Ethics. As an undergraduate at Florida, Band was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He later attended Georgetown University's graduate school at night to earn a master's degree in liberal arts and then he earned a law degree at night from Georgetown University Law Center.

Career during presidency

Douglas J. Band serves as counselor to President Clinton. He began working in the White House in 1995 working with Cheryl Mills as an unpaid intern in the White House Counsel's office. Band has been with President Clinton since then. Prior to his role as Counselor to President Clinton, Doug served in the White House Counsel's office for 4 years, becoming a Special Assistant to the President before he was made one of the youngest Deputy Assistants ever to serve a President. Band concluded his final year in the White House in the Oval Office as the President's Aide.

Post-presidential activities

Band has served as counselor and chief advisor to President Clinton since 2002, becoming the key architect of Clinton's post-presidency, and overseeing the 1,200 employees of both the William J. Clinton Foundation and the President's personal office. In his current role, Band has traveled to nearly 100 countries, over 2,000 cities, and has helped and advised several heads of state transition out of public office into private life. He created and built the Clinton Global Initiative that has raised $46 billion dollars for 1,200 philanthropic projects around the world. To date, CGI has impacted 200 million people in over 150 countries. President Clinton has credited Band with being the originator of CGI and has noted that "Doug had the idea to do this"

Band was responsible for negotiating with the Obama administration for then-Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to become Secretary of State. He also played a key role in negotiations leading to the release of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee on August 4, 2009, accompanying Bill Clinton to Pyongyang along with his brother Roger. He currently serves as Clinton's representative to the White House and other governments, organizations and businesses around the world.

Personal

Doug serves on the Coca-Cola Company International Advisory Board, as an advisor to Avenue Capital Group, a trustee on the Oklahoma National Memorial Museum, and Vote Vets. Band was a member of the Board of Directors for the USA Bid Committee in its effort to bring the FIFA World Cup to the United States in 2018 or 2022.

Band also serves on the faculty of New York University as an adjunct professor.

He and his wife Lily live in New York City. Clinton gave a toast at Band's wedding.

Band's physician brother Roger Band serves as Clinton's personal physician on overseas trips.

Band is the youngest of four children of David and Myrna Band.

References

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name	Sam Bush
background	solo_singer
born	April 13, 1952Bowling Green, Kentucky, US
instrument	Mandolin, Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
genre	Bluegrass, Progressive bluegrass
occupation	Musician
years active	1963–present
label	Flying Fish, Sugar Hill
associated acts	Bluegrass Alliance, New Grass Revival, Strength in Numbers, Nash Ramblers, Sam Bush Band
website	http://sambush.com
notable instruments	}}

Sam Bush (born April 13, 1952 in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.

History

Sam Bush was exposed to country and bluegrass music at an early age through his father Charlie's record collection, and later by the Flatt & Scruggs television show. Buying his first mandolin at the age of 11, his musical interest was further piqued when he attended the inaugural Roanoke, VA Bluegrass Festival in 1965. As a teen Bush took first place three times in the junior division of the National Oldtime Fiddler's Contest in Weiser, ID. He joined guitarist Wayne Stewart, his mentor and music teacher during Sam's teen years, and banjoist Alan Munde (later of Country Gazette) and the three recorded an instrumental album, Poor Richard's Almanac, in 1969. In the spring of 1970, Bush attended the Fiddlers Convention at Union Grove, NC, and was inspired by the rock-flavored progressive bluegrass of the New Deal String Band. Later that year, he moved to Louisville and joined the Bluegrass Alliance. In the fall of 1971, the band dissolved and reformed as the New Grass Revival.

The New Grass Revival went through numerous personnel changes, with Bush remaining as the sole original member. Bassist and vocalist John Cowan joined in 1974, with banjo ace Béla Fleck and acoustic guitarist Pat Flynn being enlisted in 1981. From 1979 through 1981, the group toured with Leon Russell, opening the shows and backing Russell during his headlining set.

Beginning in 1980, Bush and Cowan periodically jammed with the Nashville-based Duckbutter Blues Band, whose other members were blues guitarist Kenny Lee, drummer Jeff Jones, and bassist Byron House. Bush recorded his debut solo album, ''Late as Usual'', four years later. In 1989, Bush and Fleck joined Mark O'Connor, Jerry Douglas, and Edgar Meyer in an all-star bluegrass band, Strength in Numbers, at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado. When the New Grass Revival dissolved in 1989, Bush joined Emmylou Harris' Nash Ramblers, touring and recording with Harris for the next five years.

In 1995, Bush worked as a sideman with Lyle Lovett and Bela Fleck's Flecktones. He formed his own band, featuring Cowan and ex-Nash Ramblers Jon Randall and Larry Atamanuick, shortly before recording his second solo album, ''Glamour & Grits'', in 1996. He released his next album, ''Howlin' at the Moon'', in 1998, with many of the same players and special guests, including Harris, Fleck and J. D. Crowe.

In the winter of 1997, Bush and the New Grass Revival reunited for an appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien as the backup band for Garth Brooks. On March 28, 1998, Bush's hometown of Bowling Green, KY, honored him with a special "Sam Bush Day" celebration.

Following ''Howlin' at the Moon'' in 1998, he released ''Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride in 2000'', which was a live recording. In 2004, Randall left Bush's band and Brad Davis (musician) took over harmony vocals and guitar duties.

In 2006, Bush released ''Laps in Seven''. The release was significant because it marked the return of the banjo to Bush's recordings, performed by Scott Vestal. The guitarist, Keith Sewell, performed on the recording, but shortly after took a job with the Dixie Chicks. Bush sought a new guitarist for his recordings and road band and found Stephen Mougin.

In 2007, Bush released his first live concert DVD, titled ''On The Road''. 2007 also marked the first time he had been chosen to host the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards.

In March 2010, Legislation passed in Kentucky that officially named Bowling Green the "Birthplace of Newgrass" and Sam Bush the "Father of Newgrass." The Resolution, sponsored by Representative Jim DeCesare, passed the Kentucky Senate 37-0 on March 25. It passed the House on March 3, 99-0.

Performance

As well as being an accomplished bluegrass vocalist, Bush also is an accomplished instrumentalist on guitar and fiddle winning title of National Fiddle champion at fifteen years of age. He was a founding member of the New Grass Revival and has been called a modern day Bill Monroe, or as Sam would tell . .

Sam, affectionately "Sammy", or "Mr. Entertainment", also recalls meeting Mr. Monroe as a young teen. After demonstrating his mandolin technique Monroe offered the advice: "stick to the fiddle". Sam is one of the main attractions at the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, Colorado and plays the eight p.m. set on Saturday night as well as many guest appearances throughout the weekend. He is affectionately known as "The King of Telluride" for his perennial appearances there (and Emmylou Harris the "Queen of Telluride"). Sam did tour with Harris' band, The Nash Ramblers. Additional collaborations include recording and live performances with many virtuoso musicians and artists such as Doc Watson, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Ann Savoy, Tony Rice, Peter Rowan, Russ Barenberg, David Grisman, Mark O Connor, Edgar Meyer, and importantly; "Strength in Numbers", a band consisting of Bela Fleck, Tony Rice, Mark O Connor, Edgar Meyer, Jerry Douglas, and Sam Bush.

Strength in Numbers was a collaboration born from jam sessions at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. The music on their CD release entitled "The Telluride Sessions" was all instrumental and recorded live, showcasing the individual talent of each player and their ability to improvise. During recent years (2000–2008) there have been many variations of the Strength in Numbers band, also known as "Bluegrass Sessions", always including Jerry Douglas, (Dobro), and usually bassist Byron House, also from Bowling Green, KY. Other musicians include Gabe Witcher (fiddle), Brian Sutton (guitar), Tim O'Brien (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals) and Darol Anger, (fiddle).

Sam Bush Band tours extensively, appearing at many small venues and large festivals such as the Strawberry Music Festival (Memorial Day and Labor Day), Rockygrass (late July), and every spring at the Americana Festival, Merlefest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Sam Bush is known as one of the liveliest performers at these festivals, and makes many guest appearances with the other artists.

Distinctions and awards

Chosen to host the 2007 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, held at the Grand Ole Opry. Sam walked away with an award himself for Mandolin Player of the Year IBMA 2007. Nominated as "Instrumentalist of the Year" by the Americana Music Association. He is affectionately known as "The King of Telluride" for his perennial appearances there (Emmylou Harris as the "Queen of Telluride"). Known as "King of Newgrass".

Discography

Solo albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions			Label
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1985	''Late as Usual''				Rounder
1996	''Glamour & Grits''
1998	''Howlin' at the Moon''
2000	''Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride''
2003	''Hold On, We're Strummin''' (w/ David Grisman)				Acoustic Disc
2004	''King of My World''
2006	''Laps in Seven''
2009	''Circles Around Me''

DVDs

''On the Road'' (2007) Sugar Hill ASIN: B000RHRG5S

Specialty projects

''Drive'' - Béla Fleck - Rounder Records 1988

''The Telluride Sessions'' by supergroup Strength in Numbers - MCA 1989

''Short Trip Home'' - Sony Classical 1999

:(Edgar Meyer & Joshua Bell with Sam Bush and Mike Marshall)

''Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza'' - Acoustic Disc 1999

:(w/ David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs, others)

''The Bluegrass Sessions'' - Béla Fleck - Warner Bros. 1999

''Soulgrass'' - Bluegrass and Jazz Fusion 2005

''Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino'' 2007, performing "Rising Sun" with Marc Broussard

New Grass Revival

''New Grass Revival'' (1972) Hollywood

''Fly Through the Country'' (1975) Flying Fish

''When the Storm Is Over'' (1977) Flying Fish

''Too Late to Turn Back Now'' (1977) Flying Fish ASIN: B000000ME2

''Barren County (album)'' (1979) Flying Fish ASIN: B000000MEL

''Leon Russell & New Grass Revival'' (1981) Paradise

''Commonwealth'' (1981) Flying Fish ASIN: B000000MGE

''On the Boulevard'' (1984) Sugar Hill ASIN: B000000EZL

''Live in Toulouse'' (1984) Sugar Hill ASIN: B000000F0O

''New Grass Revival'' (1986) Capitol

''Hold to a Dream'' (1988) Capitol

''Friday Night in America'' (1989) Capitol

''When the Storm Is Over/Fly Through the Country'' (1992) Flying Fish ASIN: B000000MDQ

''Best of New Grass Revival'' (1994) Capitol ASIN: B000002TNY

''Grass Roots: The Best of the New Grass Revival'' (2005) Capitol ASIN: B0009ML1RK

Collaboration

Bush appears on numerous country and bluegrass albums, including those by:

	* Suzy Bogguss	* Garth Brooks	* Guy Clark
* John Cowan	* Dan Crary		* Neil Diamond
	* Steve Earle	* Eddie From Ohio	* Béla Fleck
* Richie Furay	* Nanci Griffith	* David Grisman	* Emmylou Harris
* John Hartford	* Wynonna Judd	* Alison Krauss	* Leftover Salmon
* Lyle Lovett		* Dolly Parton	* John Prine
* Tony Rice	* Butch Robins	* Linda Ronstadt	* Peter Rowan
* Shel Silverstein	* Ricky Skaggs	* Shania Twain	* Doc Watson
* Don Williams	* Trisha Yearwood	* Collin Raye	* Michael Martin Murphey

Video

"The River's Gonna Run - Sam Bush" YouTube.com

"Sam Bush & Pat Flynn of New Grass Revival - Beaumont Rag" YouTube.com

"The New Grass Revival (Live) - Metric Lips" YouTube.com

See also

Bluegrass music

Country music

Mandolin

Grammy Awards

New Grass Revival

Progressive bluegrass

Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Merlefest

International Bluegrass Music Association

Americana Music Association

Grand Ole Opry

Bowling Green, Kentucky

References

Further reading

Bush, Sam (1999). ''Sam Bush Teaches Mandolin Repertoire and Technique (Listen & Learn)'', Hal Leonard, ISBN 0-7935-9950-4.

Rosenberg, Neil V.(2005). ''Bluegrass: A History'', University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0-2520-7245-6.

External links

Official site

Sam Bush Music Video

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Name	Alison Krauss
Landscape	Yes
Background	solo_singer
Born	July 23, 1971Decatur, IllinoisUnited States
Occupation	Musician, Songwriter, Producer, Bandleader
Instrument	Vocals, Fiddle, Viola
Genre(s)	Bluegrass, Country, Adult Contemporary, R&B;
Years active	1984–present
Associated acts	Dan Tyminski, Robert Plant, John Waite, Rhonda Vincent, Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley, Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Jerry Douglas
Label	Rounder
Website	AlisonKrauss.com}}

Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station (AKUS), and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989.

She has released twelve albums, appeared on numerous soundtracks, and helped renew interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' soundtrack, an album also credited with raising American interest in bluegrass, and the ''Cold Mountain'' soundtrack, which led to her performance at the 2004 Academy Awards. As of the 2011 Grammy Awards, she has won 26 Grammy Awards, making her the most awarded singer, the most awarded female artist, and tied for the third most awarded artist overall in Grammy history. At the time of her first award, at the 1991 Grammy Awards, she was the second youngest winner ever (currently tied as third youngest).

Biography

Alison Maria Krauss was born in Decatur, Illinois. Her parents are originally from Columbus, Mississippi. Krauss was raised in Champaign, Illinois. She began studying classical violin at age five but soon switched to bluegrass. Krauss said she first became involved with music because "[my] mother tried to find interesting things for me to do" and "wanted to get me involved in music, in addition to art and sports." At the age eight she started entering local talent contests, and at ten she had her own band. At 13 she won the Walnut Valley Festival Fiddle Championship, and the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America named her the Most Promising Fiddler in the Midwest. Krauss first met Dan Tyminski around 1984 at a festival held by the Society. Every current member of her band, Union Station, first met her at these festivals.

1985–1991: Early career

Krauss made her recording debut in 1985 on the independent album, ''Different Strokes'', featuring her brother Viktor, Swamp Weiss and Jim Hoiles. From the age of 12 she performed with bassist and songwriter John Pennell in a band called "Silver Rail". Pennell later formed Union Station, and Krauss joined at his invitation, replacing their previous fiddler Andrea Zonn. Pennell remains one of her favorite songwriters and wrote some of her early work including the popular "Every Time You Say Goodbye."

Later that year she signed to Rounder Records, and in 1987, at 16, she released her debut album ''Too Late to Cry'' with Union Station as her backup band.

Krauss' debut solo album was followed shortly by her first group album with Union Station in 1989 ''Two Highways''. The album includes the traditional tunes, Wild Bill Jones and Beaumont Rag, along with a bluegrass interpretation of The Allman Brothers' "Midnight Rider." Alison Krauss and Union Station would later perform at the 1989 Newport Folk Festival.

Krauss' contract with Rounder required her to alternate between releasing a solo album and an album with Union Station, and she released the solo album ''I've Got That Old Feeling'' in 1990. It was her first album to rise onto the Billboard charts, peaking in the top seventy-five on the country chart. The album also was a notable point in her career as she earned her first Grammy Award, the single "Steel Rails" was her first single tracked by Billboard, and the title single "I've Got That Old Feeling" was the first song for which she recorded a music video.

1992–1999: Rising success

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''Now That I've Found You: A Collection'', a compilation of older releases and some covers of her favorite works by other artists, was released in 1995. Some of these covers include Bad Company's "Oh Atlanta," The Foundations' "Baby, Now That I've Found You," which was used in the Australian hit comedy movie ''The Castle'', and The Beatles' "I Will." A cover of Keith Whitley's "When You Say Nothing at All" reached the top five on the Billboard country chart; the album peaked in the top fifteen on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, and sold two million copies to become Krauss' first double-platinum album. Krauss also was nominated for four Country Music Association Awards and won all of them.

''So Long So Wrong'', another Union Station album, was released in 1997 and won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. One critic said its sound was "rather untraditional" and "likely [to] change quite a few . . . minds about bluegrass." Included on the album is the track "It Doesn't Matter," which was featured in the second season premiere episode of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and was included on the ''Buffy'' soundtrack in 1999.

Her next solo release in 1999, ''Forget About It'', included one of her two tracks to appear on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, "Stay." The album was certified gold, and charted within the top seventy-five of the Billboard 200 and in the top five of the country chart. In addition, the track "That Kind of Love" was included in another episode of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer.''

2000–present: Current career

Adam Steffey left Union Station in 1998, and was replaced with renowned Dobro player Jerry Douglas. Douglas had provided studio back-up to Krauss's records since 1987's ''Too Late To Cry''. Their next album, ''New Favorite'', was released on August 14, 2001. The album went on to win the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, with the single "The Lucky One" winning a Grammy as well. ''New Favorite'' was followed up by the double platinum double album ''Live'' in 2002 and a release of a DVD of the same live performance in 2003. Both the album and the DVD were recorded during a performance at The Louisville Palace and both the album and DVD have been certified double Platinum. Also in 2002 she played a singing voice for one of the characters in "Eight Crazy Nights"

''Lonely Runs Both Ways'' was released in 2004, and eventually became another Alison Krauss & Union Station gold certified album. Ron Block described ''Lonely Runs Both Ways'' as "pretty much... what we've always done" in terms of song selection and the style in which those songs were recorded. Krauss believes the group "was probably the most unprepared we've ever been" for the album and that songs were chosen as needed rather than planned beforehand. She also performed a duet with Brad Paisley on his album ''Mud on the Tires'' in the single "Whiskey Lullaby." The single was quickly ranked in the top fifty of the Billboard Hot 100 and the top five of the Hot Country Songs, and won the Country Music Association Awards for "Best Musical Event" and "Best Music Video" of the year.

Krauss recorded a collaborative album, ''Raising Sand'' with Robert Plant in 2007 which would ultimately be RIAA certified platinum. ''Raising Sand'' was nominated for and won 5 Grammys at the 51st Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album, and Record of the Year ("Please Read the Letter"). Krauss and Plant recorded a Crossroads special in October 2007 for the Country Music Television network which first aired on February 12, 2008. The pair are currently working on a new album. Alison Krauss has announced a new album release called ''Paper Airplane'' with Union Station on April 12, 2011, the follow-up album to "Lonely Runs Both Ways" (2004)

Other work

Krauss has made multiple guest appearances on other records with lead vocals, harmony vocals, or fiddle playing. In 1993 she recorded vocals for the Phish song "If I Could" in Los Angeles. In 1997 she contributed harmony vocals in both English and Irish to Irish traditional band Altan's ''Runaway Sunday'' album. She has contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks, most notably the soundtrack ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' in 2000. She and co-vocalist Dan Tyminski contributed multiple tracks to the soundtrack, including "I'll Fly Away" (with Gillian Welch), "Down to the River to Pray", and "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow." She also makes a guest appearance on Heart's March 2010 concert DVD Night At Sky Church, providing the lead vocals for the song These Dreams.

In the film, Tyminski's vocals on "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" were used for George Clooney's character. The soundtrack sold over seven million copies and won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2002. The unexpected success of the album has been partially credited, as was Krauss herself, with bringing a new interest in bluegrass to the United States. She has said, however, that she believes Americans already liked bluegrass and other less-heard musical genres, and that the film merely provided easy exposure to the music. She did not appear in the movie, at her own request, as she was nine months pregnant during its filming.

In 2007, Krauss released the anthology ''A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection'' which was a collection of soundtrack work, duets with artists such as John Waite, James Taylor, Brad Paisley and esteemed fiddle player Natalie MacMaster, and newer tracks. The album was very commercially successful, but was received with a lukewarm reception from critics. One of the tracks, "Missing You", a duet with Waite (and a cover of his hit single from 1984), was similarly received as a single. On August 11, television network Great American Country aired a one-hour special, "Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More" based on the album and featured many of the album's duets and solo performances.

Other soundtracks for which Krauss has performed include ''Twister'', ''The Prince of Egypt'', ''Eight Crazy Nights'', ''Mona Lisa Smile'', ''Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'', ''Alias'', ''Bambi II'' and ''Cold Mountain''. She also contributed the song "Jubilee" to the 2004 documentary ''Paper Clips''. The ''Cold Mountain'' songs "The Scarlet Tide" by T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello, and "You Will Be My Ain True Love", by herself and Sting were nominated for an Academy Award, and she performed both songs at the 76th Academy Awards, the first with Costello and Burnett and the other with Sting. She also worked as a producer for Nickel Creek on their debut self-titled album in 2000 and the follow-up ''This Side'' in 2002, which won Krauss her first Grammy as a music producer.

Reception and influences

Krauss's earliest musical experience was as an instrumentalist, though her style has grown to focus more on her vocals with a band providing most of the instrumentation. Musicians she enjoys include Lou Gramm of Foreigner and Paul Rodgers of Bad Company. Krauss' family listened to "folk records" while she was growing up, but she had friends who exposed her to groups such as AC/DC, Carly Simon, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and ELO. She cites Dolly Parton, with whom she has since collaborated a number of times, as a major influence. Some credit Krauss and Union Station, at least partially, with a recent revival of interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Despite being together for nearly two decades and winning numerous awards, she said the group was "just beginning right now" (in 2002) because "in spite of all the great things that have happened for the band, [she] feel[s] musically it's just really beginning." Although she alternates between solo releases and works with the band, she has said there is no difference in her involvement between the two. and "the tightest band around." While they have been successful as a group, many reviews note Krauss still "remains the undisputed star and rock-solid foundation" and have described her as the "band's focus" with an "angelic" voice that "flows like honey". Her work has been compared to that of The Cox Family, Bill Monroe, and Del McCoury, and has in turn been credited with influencing various "Newgrass" artists including Nickel Creek, for which she acted as record producer on two of their albums. In addition to her work with Nickel Creek, she has acted as producer to the Cox Family, Reba McEntire and Alan Jackson. Adam Sweeting of ''The Guardian'' has said Krauss and Union Station are "superb when they stick to hoedowns and hillbilly music, but much less convincing when they lurch towards the middle of the road," and ''Blender magazine'' has said the "flavorless repertoire [Krauss] sings... steers her toward Lite FM". In addition, ''Q'' magazine and ''The Onion'' AV Club have said their newer releases are "pretty much the usual," and that although Krauss is generally "adventurous," these recent releases contain nothing to "alienate the masses".

Voice, themes, and musical style

Krauss's vocal range could generally be described as mezzo soprano with little to no vibrato: her clear vocals have been described as "angelic". She has said her musical influences include J. D. Crowe, Ricky Skaggs, and Tony Rice. Many of her songs are described as sad, and are often about love, especially lost love. Krauss herself has said of her song selection that she looks for "tunes that [she] can relate to". Though she has a close involvement with her group and a long career in music, she rarely performs music she has written herself. She has also described her general approach to constructing an album as starting with a single song and selecting other tracks based on the first, to give the final album a somewhat consistent theme and mood. She most commonly performs in the bluegrass and country genres, though she has had two songs on the adult contemporary charts, has worked with rock artists such as Phish and Sting, and is sometimes said to stray into pop music.

Music videos

Krauss did not think she would make music videos at the beginning of her career, and after recording her first she was convinced it was so bad that she would never do another. Nonetheless, she has gone on to make further videos. Many of the first videos she saw were by bluegrass artists, although Dan Tyminski has noted that the video for ''Thriller'' was very popular at the time she was first exposed to music videos. She has made suggestions on the style or theme to some videos, though she tends to leave such decisions up to the director of the particular video. The group chooses directors by seeking out people who have previously directed videos bandmembers have enjoyed. The director for a video to "If I Didn't Know Any Better" from ''Lonely Runs Both Ways'', for example, was selected because Krauss enjoyed work he had done with Def Leppard, and she wondered what he could do with their music. While style decisions are generally left to the various directors of the videos, many —including for "The Lucky One", "Restless", "Goodbye is All We Have", "New Favorite", and "If I Didn't Know Any Better"—follow a pattern. In all of these videos Krauss walks, sometimes interacting with other people, while the rest of the band follows her.

Performances

Krauss has said she used to dislike working in the studio where she had to play the same song repeatedly, but has come to like studio work roughly the same as live stage performances. Her own favorite concert experiences include watching three Foreigner concerts during a single tour, a Dolly Parton concert, and a Larry Sparks concert. She appeared on ''Austin City Limits'' in 1992 and opened the show in 1995 with Union Station. The ''New Favorite'' tour, after AKUS' album of the same name, was planned to start September 12, 2001 in Cincinnati, Ohio, but was delayed until September 28 in Savannah, Georgia following the September 11 terrorist attacks Krauss also took part in the ''Down from the Mountain'' tour in 2002, which featured many artists from the ''O Brother, Where Art Thou''. ''Down from the Mountain'' was followed by the ''Great High Mountain Tour'', which was composed of musicians from both ''O Brother'' and ''Cold Mountain'', including Krauss. She has also given several notable smaller performances including at Carnegie Hall (with the Grand Ole Opry), on Lifetime Television in a concert of female performers, on the radio show ''A Prairie Home Companion'' where she sang two songs not previously recorded on any of her albums, and a performance at the White House attended by then-President Bill Clinton and then-Vice President Al Gore.

Awards

Alison Krauss has won a record twenty-six Grammy Awards over the course of her career as a solo artist, as a group with Union Station, as a duet with Robert Plant, and as a record producer. This is more than any other female artist and is the third most won by any artist overall. She overtook Aretha Franklin for the most female wins at the 46th Grammy Awards where Krauss won three, bringing her total at the time to seventeen (Franklin won her sixteenth that night). The Recording Academy (which presents the Grammy Awards) presented her with a special musical achievement honor in 2005. She has also won 14 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, 8 Country Music Association Awards, 2 Gospel Music Association Awards, 2 CMT Music Awards, 2 Academy of Country Music Awards, and 1 Canadian Country Music Award. Country Music Television ranked Krauss 12th on their "40 Greatest Women of Country Music" list in 2002.

At the 76th Academy Awards in February 2004, where she performed two nominated songs from the ''Cold Mountain'' soundtrack, Alison Krauss was chosen by Hollywood shoe designer Stuart Weitzman to wear a pair of $2 million 'Cinderella' sandals with 4½ inch clear glass stiletto heels and two straps adorned with 565 Kwiat diamonds set in platinum. Feeling like a rather unglamorous choice, Krauss said, "When I first heard, I was like, 'What were they thinking?' I have the worst feet of anybody who will be there that night!" In addition to the fairy-tale-inspired shoes, Weitzman outfitted Krauss with a Palm Trēo 600 smartphone, bejeweled with 3,000 clear-and-topaz-colored Swarovski crystals. The shoes were returned, but Krauss kept the crystal-covered phone. Weitzman chose Krauss to show off his fashions at the urging of his daughters, who are fans of Krauss' music.

Discography

1985: ''Different Strokes''

1987: ''Too Late to Cry''

1989: ''Two Highways''

1990: ''I've Got That Old Feeling''

1992: ''Every Time You Say Goodbye''

1994: ''I Know Who Holds Tomorrow''

1997: ''So Long So Wrong''

1999: ''Forget About It''

2001: ''New Favorite''

2002 "Live"

2004: ''Lonely Runs Both Ways''

2007: ''Raising Sand''

2011: ''Paper Airplane''

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	''Annabelle's Wish''	Additional Voices	UncreditedVoice only
2002	''Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights''	Jennifer	Voice only
Television
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	''Hee Haw''	Herself	1 episodeEpisode: #22.21
1996	''Austin City Limits''	Herself	5 episodes, 1996–2005
1997	''Miracle on Highway 31''	Herself	TV movie
2005	''Sesame Street''	Herself	1 episodeEpisode: "American Fruit Stand"
2006	''CMT Cross Country''	Performer	with Vince Gill
2008	''CMT Crossroads''	Performer	with Robert Plant

References

External links

Official site

Rounder Records site for Alison Krauss

[ Alison Krauss] on Allmusic database

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name	Shawn Colvin
background	solo_singer
born	January 10, 1956Vermillion, South Dakota, United States
origin	Carbondale, Illinois, United States
instrument	Vocals, guitar
genre	Rock, contemporary folk
occupation	Musician, singer-songwriter
years active	1970s–present
label	Columbia (1989-2004)Nonesuch (2005-present)
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Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.

Childhood and early career

Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10. Her first public concert was at age 15 at the Southern Illinois University campus. Colvin cites Joni Mitchell as a primary influence on her music, and her initial performances reflected that.

Career

Music

Colvin began working in the music scene in earnest in the late 1970s, first in Austin, Texas and then nationally. She moved to New York City in 1980, where she became involved with the ''Fast Folk'' cooperative in Greenwich Village.

She met music partner John Leventhal during this time; Leventhal became Colvin's producer on several albums. Colvin often lends her talent to contemporaries in the music business; she can be heard singing the backing vocals on the Suzanne Vega hit, "Luka". Vega returned the favor, singing backup on Colvin's "Diamond In The Rough", from her debut album, ''Steady On''. Early in their careers, Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter formed a friendship that led to their frequently guesting on one-another's recordings: Colvin lent her vocals to Carpenter's 1992 recordings "The Hard Way" and "Come On Come On", and Mary Chapin returned the favor on Colvin's "Climb On a Back That's Strong", from Colvin's ''Fat City'' album. She also contributed in the studio and onstage to several Bruce Hornsby songs.

Colvin spent a short time in 1987-1988 with the North Carolina-based experimental string band the Red Clay Ramblers.

In 1988, Colvin was asked to perform a "trio" concert with fellow folk singer/songwriters Cheryl Wheeler and Mary Chapin Carpenter. The three performed two consecutive nights to critical acclaim at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. During these performances, Colvin performed several songs which appeared on her first two albums. The performances were recorded at the soundboard, but they were never released officially.

Colvin also has connections with singer/songwriters Julie Miller and Buddy Miller. Shawn became involved musically with the Millers when all three were working in Austin in the late 1970s/early '80s. Shawn provided backing vocals on Julie's first three solo albums (now out of print) released in 1990, 1991 and 1993.

Colvin's first several albums did not sell in substantial numbers, although she won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording for her debut album, ''Steady On'' (1990). After several albums of original work, Colvin released ''Cover Girl'', a collection of cover versions. During this period, she also toured as Richard Thompson's opening act and back-up singer. She also sang "I Don't Want to Live on The Moon" with Ernie on Sesame Street, Ernie sang when Colvin said "hi" to him.

Colvin experienced breakthrough success with ''A Few Small Repairs'' in October 1996. The single "Sunny Came Home" reached the US Top Ten, and won Grammy Awards for Song and Record of the Year. She has released several subsequent albums which were nominated for Grammys, and she has also released a greatest hits album and a collection of Christmas music.

Colvin was the guest vocal artist on the Lisa Loeb single "Falling in Love". She performed at various Lilith Fair music festivals. Colvin's song "Nothin' on Me" served as the theme song to the Brooke Shields situation comedy ''Suddenly Susan''. She also has been featured on the live music show ''Austin City Limits'' and played at the 2003 Austin City Limits Music Festival. She appeared in a 2001 tribute to Joni Mitchell that was broadcast on TNT.

Colvin appeared on The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (Bobfest) - October 16, 1992, at the Madison Square Garden, NYC. She performed "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" with Roseanne Cash and Mary-Chapin Carpenter. She was part of the group of artists who performed "Knockin' On Heaven's Door." Both performances (including a picture of her) can be found on "Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration" (Columbia 4740000 2)

Colvin appeared on ''Live from Abbey Road'', which aired on Channel 4 in the UK and the Sundance Channel in the USA. Her live session recorded at Abbey Road Studios was shown on an episode with Nerina Pallot, The Zutons and Ray LaMontagne.

Colvin has recorded "Hold On To The Good Things" in 2002 that was played during the ending credits of Stuart Little 2. She also recorded "A Great Big World" which was played in The Little Bear Movie.

In 2007, Colvin released a single titled "Crazy", a cover of the Gnarls Barkley song.

Colvin released a 15-song ''Live'' collection on June 23, 2009 on Nonesuch . The album was recorded live in San Francisco during a three-night stint at Yoshi's in July 2008.

Television and film

Colvin made a few appearances on the comedy series ''The Larry Sanders Show'', in the episodes "The Young Intern" (where she performed an acoustic version of "Polaroids") and "The New Writer" (where she performed an acoustic version of "Get Out of This House"). Colvin also ended the final episode of ''The Larry Sanders Show'' with an acoustic cover of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?".

She has made two guest appearances on animated comedy series ''The Simpsons'' as Rachel Jordan, lead singer for Christian rock band Kovenant (not related to the Norwegian black metal rock band The Kovenant). She first appeared in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily", where Rachel wins widower Ned Flanders' heart. Later, in the episode "I'm Goin' to Praiseland", Ned dates Rachel, only to scare her off when he tries to turn her into a version of his deceased wife Maude. The two promptly get back together at the end of the same episode. She has not been mentioned in the series since then.

Colvin played country music legend Kitty Wells in a role in ''Crazy'', a film that features a number of contemporary artists as music stars of the past.

Colvin's rendition of "Viva Las Vegas" can be heard during the closing credits of the Coen Brothers film, ''The Big Lebowski''.

Colvin appeared in a Season 2 episode of ''The L Word'', "Land Ahoy," as herself.

On HBO's show Treme, Colvin appeared as herself in performance in New Orleans at the House of Blues in the second season's episode #4: "Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?".

Awards and recognition

Grammy Awards

*1991: Best Contemporary Folk Album — ''Steady On''

*1998: Record of the Year — "Sunny Came Home"

*1998: Song of the Year — "Sunny Came Home"

Grammy Nominations

*1994: Best Contemporary Folk Recording — ''Fat City''

*1994: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance — "I Don't Know Why"

*1995: Best Contemporary Folk Album — ''Cover Girl''

*1997: Best Pop Album — ''A Few Small Repairs''

*1997: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance — "Get Out of This House"

*1998: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance — "Sunny Came Home"

*2009: Best Contemporary Folk Recording - "Shawn Colvin Live"

Video Premiere Award Nomination

*2001: Best Original Song - "Great Big World" (''The Little Bear Movie'')

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions			RIAA
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		—	44	25	—	—	73
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1993		—	16	—	—	59	62
1994		—	—	—	—	—	65
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	2	1	—	1	3	29
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Other contributions

''One Fine Day (film) '' Track 5: "Someone Like You" - (CD) - Sony - 1996

''Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours]' Track 7: "The Chain" — (CD) — Atlantic Records — 1998

''Elmopalooza!'' Track 6: "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" (with Ernie) — (CD) — Sony Wonder — 1998

''Armageddon'' Track 6: "When the rainbow comes" — (CD) — 1998

''Runaway Bride'' Track 8: "Never Saw Blue Like That Before" — (CD) — Sony — 1999

''Serendipity'' Track 7: "When You Know" — (CD) — Sony — 2001

''107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10'' Track 7: "Not a Drop of Rain" — (CD) — 2002

''WYEP Live and Direct: Volume 4 - On Air Performances'' Track 3: "Whole New You" — (CD) — 2002

''Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins'' Track 5: "Secret Gardens" — (CD) — Wildflower — 2008

''Bela Fleck and the Flecktones'' - ''Outbound'' - Track 3: "A Moment So Close" (Vocals) - (CD) - 2000

See also

Music of Austin

References

External links

Official Website

These Four Walls

Rock On the Net Artist page

Yahoo Music Artist page

VH1 Artist page

Public radio special (2-hr), produced by Paul Ingles, rock historian

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