"Carolina in My Mind" will always be one of James Taylor's signature songs, but this cover by Alison Krauss' is a beautiful tribute to the original. Of course, Krauss could sing twenty pages randomly selected from the phone book and it would sound beautiful. Truly one of the best and most original voices country music has ever produced.
@@YHWHthegreatIAM even the Star Spangled Banner was originally called Mar Mangled Hammer and was written by an old black dude from somewhere in the Gulf coast
+Sean Rumney If you do a search on Douglas, the instrument he plays is called a resonator guitar, but I call him a dobro player, too, because he plays it flat. When you watch others play resonator guitars -- really good players like Colin Lindley and Bruce Cockburn -- they hold the resonator just like any other guitar.
+Jeff Samin I´ll add to this. Jerry also plays a flat neck, wish is made for laying on the lap, not rounded like a normal guitar neck. And the string height on that ting is ridiculous. Probably awesome for clean slide playing, but I like to be able to fret the stings once in a while :p
Jerry is rated one of the best acoustic Bluegrass musicians in the world, and he supports her vocals as well... And Alison has no comparison; she puts her own signature on every song she sings. The voice of an angel. Together they perform like a finely tuned instrument.
How is it possible even one person gives this a thumbs down, let alone 82? I'm a fan of all styles, even metal and punk, but this is about as close to musical perfection as I've heard. If you don't like this, you have no business even listening to music.
Ray ismyname I am partial to great female vocalists of all different genres. In my mind, Allison Krauss is the gold standard, it's just perfection to hear her sing.
Anything...anything she sings is absolutely songbird. She and Jerry Douglas take James Taylor's song to the next level. Thank you to all three. Music at it's finest.
Carl Holden - Amen. They touch the heart, feed the soul, please the ear and make the body glad to be alive and moving along with them while feeling the sunshine and moonshine and longing for whatever means home to us each.
Truly a gift from God. This made me weep it was so beautiful. Heaven must have this playing on loud speaker. James Taylor helped me go through the weary days after the sudden accidental death of my 13yr old son Sam. He was 13yrs old, 2003. He went to see if his X-box magazine arrived in the mail and was hit by an out of control car that tried to take a 90degree turn at 70mph. He will be 31 the 26th of this month. I miss you baby. Love, Mom❤💋 I can't believe it's been 17yrs. Thank you so much for posting this for it is yet another restless night for me. ❤
I love James Taylor's vocals on this song, but Krause makes them so much more evocative and heartbreaking. It's chilling and sweet at the same moment. Amazing
This rendition of James' song is utterly stunning in its beauty, glorious in its interpretation, and earth- shattering in my heart. My tears are endless now.......................
Never heard this song sang this way. In my opinion, its the best rendition yet. And her voice is still just as velvet smooth and full of emotion as ever. One of the reasons I love to hear her sing.
I used to have a bumper sticker on my car which read "Minds Are Like Parachutes, They Only Function When Open". Those who dislike this song are entitled to their opinions, BUT what a terrible waste, what they are missing out on my being narrow minded and not able to appreciate true talent. There is SO much good music out there from the big bands of yesterday, to blues, to jazz, to rock, to country. This is a song that is pure artistry, pure beauty, an angelic voice and just such an awesome arrangement. Please be open to the music around you, the world around you, the talent around you and the beauty around you. I had cancer 3 1/2 years ago and lost my husband last summer to cancer as well. Listening to this song brings peace to my heart and mind. Thank you Allison for sharing your gift with all of us.
+Sharon Lea Music is a powerful thing, isn't it? It sustained me through over 150 days of hospitalization, for surgeries and chemotherapy (bone cancer) way back in 1974-76. The old Service Book Hymnal Lutheran liturgy became sung prayer for me, and we had a great alternative rock station in the Seattle area, which introduced me to Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Leo Kottke and so many others. I turned 70 yesterday, and I'm still listening, and still singing. My best to you.
+Sharon Lea Listen to this everyday. Probably the best voice I ve ever heard along with Anita Carter doing Just You and I 1951 on youtube. Allisons voice makes babies stop crying and birds stop chirping its so beautiful.
+Gail Williams i just saw this and you posted this forever ago I don't go to church but I miss Lutheran liturgy and hymns and good radio - I used to lisen to KMTT till it died I live in Boston area now and there is a station here that tries...
Allison, yeah... she has more Grammys than any other living artist. Angelic, yes... and she can burn that fiddle all day long, plus every other instrument typical to Bluegrass... she's the whole package, hands down. I never miss her show when she comes through music city where I live, about yearly - she loves it here. Pawned a gun to get a ticket last time. And no, I don't mean "Nashville" or Memphis or Austin... we don't even have a skyline, lol. peace, y'all
+Nelson Lugo Fully agree, but cannot say it as well as you, Nelson. The only artist that could warrant being on the stage is -- guess who? -- Jerry Douglas, who is the god of slide guitar.
This song means so much to me. I am a born and raised Carolina girl and sometimes I feel like this song was written with the grace and insight of only a Southern man or woman would understand.
Her voice is soft and light like a feather. Angelic & melodious too. Voice like hers sure did encode the message of the song. And when i closed my eyes I felt like im in the song. & that is what good singer like her does. She is music. 💜
Agree ... See Kathys song cover Albert Croak on youtube .. can't match her vocals But what the heck Enjoy singing and playing my true friend .. The guitar ?
I, a true Carolina Tar Heel boy, was languishing away in Tehran before the revolution, miserable in the summer dust, heat, and oppressiveness, plus a serious homesickness coming on - Fourth of July is not the same there. I was listening to USA radio letting homesickness overtake me, then the JT version of this bittersweet melancholy yearning for refuge of a song came on. I just dissolved into weeping of the sweetest longing, which comes back vividly every time I hear it. I still think of my vision of the great green oaks, and expansive lawns on North Campus that contrasted so much to the heat and traffic and noise and dust of Tehran, a virtual image of heaven. As much as JT means to me, Alison sings with more longing and soul - the things I treasure about this song. And listen to Jerry's magnificent lines that perfectly complement this angel voice! Seems I have something in the eye.
I'm not really sad when the music ends, I'm happy while it's playing, that warm feeling continues on after it stops. It's the kind of music that can make a rainy day sunny.
AKUS just brightens my day. Accomplished musicians, beautiful melodies (the best of American Bluegrass) and the voice of an angel. I have one album that is a DVD, and I swear, I think I will wear it out, just as I used to do with my old vinyls.
The purity of harmony between Allison Krauss and Jerry Douglass is truly magical. It's rare to have such finely integrated harmony among two people who aren't siblings. Their voices were literally made to be together...
Oh my... when you slow it down like this, you better bring it. The smoldering love in this rendition makes me listen intently. I hear Allison's gentle tremolo, and I weaken. Sometimes a woman can touch you at a level that exposes you and emboldens you and strengthens you, and well, I could go on... Music is so damn... emotional, neurological, and spiritual (take your pick). It strikes at the soul and makes you feel...taps into, hopefully, the better recesses of your humanity.
When she swings in, all the hairs on your arms and the back of your neck stand up - that's a physiological reaction to an aural stimulus - literally moves you. Awesome.
Jerry Douglas you are a legend.what a beautiful interpretation of this song sung so beautifully by Alision.You should defintely record and play more together
Me too....I just wanna do her....OVER and OVER...She is SO HOT !!...I don't even care if she is short....That only means I can spin her around...and around...Like a top....lol
My mom introduced me to Alison Krauss, Carole King, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and all the greatest songstresses of our time. Can't say thanks enough, Mom. I'm forever grateful.
Hard not to love her, not only is she just an amazing singer/musician, but what a great role model, has never embarrassed herself and has never had bad media pub like so many other’s have. Nothing but respect for her 🌷
As a performing artist. Whst could be more wonderful than to perform a great song written by one of a America's greater songsmiths,and see a beaming smile of approval on his face.
James Taylor's soulful song, cover by Alison Krauss and the amazingly magnificent Jerry Douglas is a beautiful tribute to the original. I just love these guys from Union Station way back.
Props to Allison, her voice is second to none and she's truly beautiful inside and out, but the guy on the guitar...what the flip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mad skillz! I loved it.
no one does it better than James, but Allison has the smoothest female voice I've ever heard by a MILE. perfect fit for this song and they knocked it out of the park.
I traveled around the world the first 40 years of my life...this song always grabbed me and made me remember where I came from. At times when I was homesick and feeling alone it lifted my spirits and gave me something to live for. I've been back in Carolina almost 30 years and every time I hear this song it gives me goose bumps.
Under the definition of dobro, it should just refer you to "see Jerry Douglas" - the master of the Dobro. Ms. Krauss- born with the voice of an angel. James Taylor - awesome.
Please check out Eric Clapton singing and playing a dobro on "Running on Faith," on "Clapton Un-Plugged." It's the best dobro playing that I've ever heard. You're welcome.
theoriginalbadbob While Clapton plays wonderful slide guitar on a dobro for "Running on Faith", for sheer expertise, playing ability, breadth of knowledge, nobody trumps Jerry Douglas as a dobro player...nobody.
theoriginalbadbob That how dobro is meant to be played. Clapton played it like a regular guitar because he never learnt to do it the proper way (no disrespect to Clapton obviously, you can'do everything). But Jerry Douglas is the undisputed master - Clapton himself says that on his official website. (BTW Clapton guested on Jerry's last album).
Agreed. I looked up "dobro" in my encyclopedia and it had a picture of Jerry Douglas. Lots of good dobro players out there, but no one can hold a candle to Jerry.
When I'm at the firehouse waitin' on the call, I listen to Alison, because her beautiful voice relaxes me and helps me get through the shift.... all the anxiety just seems to fade away.
I listened to this song when I was in the worst place and darkest place I have ever been and it lifted my soul.... thank you for a beautiful song and for pulling me back from the edge
Allison Krauss has without question one of the 2 most beautiful voices I have ever heard. My wife & I have seen her many times in concert, Outstanding, simply Outstanding! The other voice was taken from us many years ago, but I was lucky enough to have seen her in concert at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park out in Los Angeles. Her name was Karen Carpenter and she was Angelic! May she rest in peace.
@Alison Krauss I have serious doubts that this is really Alison Krauss. My apologies if it really is. But I looked at your RUclips channel and it is completely blank. Nothing there except a tiny picture of you. Zero content. Very suspicious. Again, I'm sorry if this is really legit, but why would Alison Krauss want to share her personal information with little ol' me?
@Alison Krauss OK, sorry to have to quiz you if this really is Alison. But answer me this. Where were you on the night of July 1, 2007? I know, because I was there. One more. What are the names of your long-time banjo player's children? Again, I apologize if you not just trolling.
Makes me think walking through fields and playing amongst the ponds and trees, fishing and nights catching lightning bugs at my grandmother's house in brown summit, nc. Nothing like those old days, only 20-25 years ago but it feels like a lifetime. God bless the south land
Видеоклипы
If there truly was a voice of an angel, it would be Allison Krauss.
Indeed
She probably has the most on pitch voice outside of opera, that I’ve ever heard. Her voice is like a perfect musical instrument that never wavers.
Agreed. You may also enjoy Katherine Jenkins.
@alisonprvt1Well I sure am! I saw you and Robert Plant with T-Bone Burnett several years ago in Knoxville, TN.
Yeah, Ronstadt with a sweet voice.
And a SUPREME recognizer of coming talent.
2nd to none
@@Billwillie57 Is there anyone so beautiful as Alison Krauss or so homely as Robert Plant. It's difficult to watch them together.
"Carolina in My Mind" will always be one of James Taylor's signature songs, but this cover by Alison Krauss' is a beautiful tribute to the original. Of course, Krauss could sing twenty pages randomly selected from the phone book and it would sound beautiful. Truly one of the best and most original voices country music has ever produced.
She is a gift from God an Angel
@Jim Dandy just curious. What song was this ripped off from?
Supposedly every song ever written was by some old black blues artist lol. Some people.....
@@YHWHthegreatIAM even the Star Spangled Banner was originally called Mar Mangled Hammer and was written by an old black dude from somewhere in the Gulf coast
Truly one of the best and most original voices ever born.
Without question, the finest female voice of our time.(IMO)
IMHO too
Only after Party Loveless
She is great but try "Sissel" Going home. She teaches the Angels to sing. Both artists are wonderful.
Finest in multiple generations I would say. Greatest singer in the last 100 years easily.
@Alison Krauss uh.... sure.😉
I'm a metal head. Pantera and the like all day. Allison Krauss has the most beautiful voice I've ever heard. I love her voice!
+mike semore Thank you.
man i listen to mudvayne, pantera and all that comes with it, but she makes me cry like a baby
heck yes!
+Sean Rumney If you do a search on Douglas, the instrument he plays is called a resonator guitar, but I call him a dobro player, too, because he plays it flat. When you watch others play resonator guitars -- really good players like Colin Lindley and Bruce Cockburn -- they hold the resonator just like any other guitar.
+Jeff Samin I´ll add to this. Jerry also plays a flat neck, wish is made for laying on the lap, not rounded like a normal guitar neck. And the string height on that ting is ridiculous. Probably awesome for clean slide playing, but I like to be able to fret the stings once in a while :p
Jerry is rated one of the best acoustic Bluegrass musicians in the world, and he supports her vocals as well... And Alison has no comparison; she puts her own signature on every song she sings. The voice of an angel. Together they perform like a finely tuned instrument.
Go watch Jerry Douglas and Allison Kraus perform “The Boxer. It will knock your socks off.
Well said...
Jerry Douglas also has no comparison.
staying tasteful with that obnoxious slide resonator is no easy task
How is it possible even one person gives this a thumbs down, let alone 82? I'm a fan of all styles, even metal and punk, but this is about as close to musical perfection as I've heard. If you don't like this, you have no business even listening to music.
James Derrickson - The only conclusion I can come to is that they don't know greatness when they see it. And they certainly aren't musicians.
H Imhoff Yep, you called it :)
James Derrickson 82 people just like to hate things...that's the only answer.
Ray ismyname
I am partial to great female vocalists of all different genres. In my mind, Allison Krauss is the gold standard, it's just perfection to hear her sing.
Anthony Salvati
What burns my butt. Someone said ' that its too bad Alison Krauss has to whisper to sing ,like she was a good singer " She is magic
Anything...anything she sings is absolutely songbird. She and Jerry Douglas take James Taylor's song to the next level. Thank you to all three. Music at it's finest.
They did the same for Simon and Garfunkel’s The Boxer
How do she and Jerry do it? Take a simple song that we've all heard 1000 times and make it into an absolute piece of musical art? Just amazing!!!!
Jerry is a master.
I know.....I love this song by James, but this version is SO awesome!!!!
Soul - I believe only a few get the gift. -
Carl Holden - Amen. They touch the heart, feed the soul, please the ear and make the body glad to be alive and moving along with them while feeling the sunshine and moonshine and longing for whatever means home to us each.
To be fair, this song is incredible whoever sings it. But yeah, I agree with you
Truly a gift from God. This made me weep it was so beautiful. Heaven must have this playing on loud speaker. James Taylor helped me go through the weary days after the sudden accidental death of my 13yr old son Sam. He was 13yrs old, 2003. He went to see if his X-box magazine arrived in the mail and was hit by an out of control car that tried to take a 90degree turn at 70mph. He will be 31 the 26th of this month. I miss you baby. Love, Mom❤💋 I can't believe it's been 17yrs. Thank you so much for posting this for it is yet another restless night for me. ❤
When it's time for me to be up and gone I'll be looking for a holy host with an Xbox.
Oh my precious person! This makes me weep. ❤ My prayers are for you sweet person.
beautiful rendition by such an angelic, smooth, velvet voice
cityofchamps66 - yes indeed!
Purely the voice of an Angel, what a blessing she is to the world and everyone that loves her and her music
Yes. Truly a blessing she is .
I can listen to her all day.
I'd put a straw in her bath water.
Ted Arndt I've got dibbs on tomorrow's bath!
Greating from Croatia****
I love James Taylor's vocals on this song, but Krause makes them so much more evocative and heartbreaking. It's chilling and sweet at the same moment. Amazing
Who cares about thumbs down? These two are THE VERY BEST at their crafts. Enough said.
PERIOD.
I feel sorry for those who don't get the same blissful feelings from this as I do.
The Best!!💖
As you say it doesn't matter. Those who don't get the same feelings from such mellifluous music are losing out on life.
INDEED, David Clark...INDEED!!
You know they're great when they sound this good live.
cskillet2003 I
Yrs. True test of talent.
This rendition of James' song is utterly stunning in its beauty, glorious in its interpretation, and earth- shattering in my heart. My tears are endless now.......................
What a lovely thing to say.
Never heard this song sang this way. In my opinion, its the best rendition yet. And her voice is still just as velvet smooth and full of emotion as ever. One of the reasons I love to hear her sing.
Can't argue with ya. I love her voice and this song as well.
Velvet, that's the word. Allison and Jerry, like a velvet magic carpet to carry us away.
I used to have a bumper sticker on my car which read "Minds Are Like Parachutes, They Only Function When Open". Those who dislike this song are entitled to their opinions, BUT what a terrible waste, what they are missing out on my being narrow minded and not able to appreciate true talent. There is SO much good music out there from the big bands of yesterday, to blues, to jazz, to rock, to country. This is a song that is pure artistry, pure beauty, an angelic voice and just such an awesome arrangement. Please be open to the music around you, the world around you, the talent around you and the beauty around you. I had cancer 3 1/2 years ago and lost my husband last summer to cancer as well. Listening to this song brings peace to my heart and mind. Thank you Allison for sharing your gift with all of us.
+Sharon Lea Music is a powerful thing, isn't it? It sustained me through over 150 days of hospitalization, for surgeries and chemotherapy (bone cancer) way back in 1974-76. The old Service Book Hymnal Lutheran liturgy became sung prayer for me, and we had a great alternative rock station in the Seattle area, which introduced me to Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Leo Kottke and so many others. I turned 70 yesterday, and I'm still listening, and still singing.
My best to you.
+Sharon Lea Listen to this everyday. Probably the best voice I ve ever heard along with Anita Carter doing Just You and I 1951 on youtube. Allisons voice makes babies stop crying and birds stop chirping its so beautiful.
+Gail Williams i just saw this and you posted this forever ago I don't go to church but I miss Lutheran liturgy and hymns and good radio - I used to lisen to KMTT till it died I live in Boston area now and there is a station here that tries...
Most Grammies of any female artist ( 27 ).
Sharon Lea
I worked on oilfield equipment today My fingers were numb…freezing temps. I am warm now listening to this angel.
How could ANYONE in their right mind give this a thumbs down??? This is brilliance personified.
They're not in their right mind.
.....it's proof of "there's no explaining human taste".....as far as i'm concerned, she's the voice of an angel.
Duke fan obviously
They may like it , but they get some kind of sick enjoyment out of being a jerk . Same with bullies and mean tweeters .
Duke Ellington was pretty good
Allison, yeah... she has more Grammys than any other living artist.
Angelic, yes... and she can burn that fiddle all day long, plus every other instrument typical to Bluegrass... she's the whole package, hands down. I never miss her show when she comes through music city where I live, about yearly - she loves it here. Pawned a gun to get a ticket last time. And no, I don't mean "Nashville" or Memphis or Austin... we don't even have a skyline, lol.
peace, y'all
+Nelson Lugo guess you are a fan
+Nelson Lugo
Fully agree, but cannot say it as well as you, Nelson. The only artist that could warrant being on the stage is -- guess who? -- Jerry Douglas, who is the god of slide guitar.
Agreed. I'd throw a couple cats in there too, notably the underrated Mr. Lindley. Jerry is All THAT, for sure!
+Nelson Lugo Hopefully you have other guns available to shoot non believers?
+Nelson Lugo Female artist. (27)
No matter how long I watch Alison Krauss through the years, with and without Union Station, she and they: a class act, a joy to watch and listen to.
You couldn't possibly get a better version of this song. Musical heaven.
This song means so much to me. I am a born and raised Carolina girl and sometimes I feel like this song was written with the grace and insight of only a Southern man or woman would understand.
Now you know what an angel sounds like❤
I could listen to Allison sing James Taylors song every day.. I love her voice.
Her voice is soft and light like a feather. Angelic & melodious too. Voice like hers sure did encode the message of the song. And when i closed my eyes I felt like im in the song. & that is what good singer like her does. She is music. 💜
Agree ... See Kathys song cover Albert Croak on youtube .. can't match her vocals But what the heck Enjoy singing and playing my true friend .. The guitar ?
I, a true Carolina Tar Heel boy, was languishing away in Tehran before the revolution, miserable in the summer dust, heat, and oppressiveness, plus a serious homesickness coming on - Fourth of July is not the same there. I was listening to USA radio letting homesickness overtake me, then the JT version of this bittersweet melancholy yearning for refuge of a song came on. I just dissolved into weeping of the sweetest longing, which comes back vividly every time I hear it. I still think of my vision of the great green oaks, and expansive lawns on North Campus that contrasted so much to the heat and traffic and noise and dust of Tehran, a virtual image of heaven. As much as JT means to me, Alison sings with more longing and soul - the things I treasure about this song. And listen to Jerry's magnificent lines that perfectly complement this angel voice! Seems I have something in the eye.
@Alison Krauss seriously? That would mean so much
I'm right there..cryin' right beside you , hope peace , love and right direction now consume your life !
"Seems I have something in the eye..." Yes, brother...me, too.
The most traditional voice in country music. She takes sounding great to the top of any mountain.
Indeed. We are very fortunate to have grown up with her achievements. Allison Krauss is truly a master at her craft.
Just pure music no backup dancers or flashing lights just beautiful music
Alison and Union Station have the ability to make me forget everything else while they play. I'm always sad when the music ends.
Amen
Always sad when it ends, but often cry during as they evoke many emotions. Pure magic!
Me too! You have summed up exactly how I feel. Mesmorised. X
I'm not really sad when the music ends, I'm happy while it's playing, that warm feeling continues on after it stops. It's the kind of music that can make a rainy day sunny.
AKUS just brightens my day. Accomplished musicians, beautiful melodies (the best of American Bluegrass) and the voice of an angel. I have one album that is a DVD, and I swear, I think I will wear it out, just as I used to do with my old vinyls.
The purity of harmony between Allison Krauss and Jerry Douglass is truly magical. It's rare to have such finely integrated harmony among two people who aren't siblings. Their voices were literally made to be together...
I love Alison Krauss. She just has some kind of genuineness in her voice.....love her doing Carolina In My Mind...
Meeeee Toooo!
Her voice is the essence of all things pure and beautiful and amazing and healing. ❤
I just can't stop thinking this is an angel's voice.......
Alison's rendition of this song sent chills up my spine. So beautiful!
Alison Krauss could charm the birds from the trees
Lance Farre
With her voice, Alison could sing a pack of wild dogs off of a meat wagon.
Alison is a pure GODDESS that can make a truck driver cry! Love everything about her.
Oh my... when you slow it down like this, you better bring it. The smoldering love in this rendition makes me listen intently. I hear Allison's gentle tremolo, and I weaken. Sometimes a woman can touch you at a level that exposes you and emboldens you and strengthens you, and well, I could go on... Music is so damn... emotional, neurological, and spiritual (take your pick). It strikes at the soul and makes you feel...taps into, hopefully, the better recesses of your humanity.
You nailed it,my friend.
Uncle Tommy you're right uncle tommy, he nailed it.....music picks us up, dusts us off and sends us on our way to face another day.
Emotional, neurological, spiritual--I'll take all 3.
well put
When she swings in, all the hairs on your arms and the back of your neck stand up - that's a physiological reaction to an aural stimulus - literally moves you. Awesome.
Jerry Douglas you are a legend.what a beautiful interpretation of this song sung so beautifully by Alision.You should defintely record and play more together
teand45s he’s been in her band since 1998
@Alison Krauss That would be a honor .
I love her voice so much and she is such a sweetie.
also the best cover by far.
Me too....I just wanna do her....OVER and OVER...She is SO HOT !!...I don't even care if she is short....That only means I can spin her around...and around...Like a top....lol
My mom introduced me to Alison Krauss, Carole King, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and all the greatest songstresses of our time. Can't say thanks enough, Mom. I'm forever grateful.
Your mom has a fine ear, and the intelligence to pass this pedigree on to you.
Your mum is a star 🌟 and great taste, for me Carole king is just amazing but love them all
Hard not to love her, not only is she just an amazing singer/musician, but what a great role model, has never embarrassed herself and has never had bad media pub like so many other’s have. Nothing but respect for her 🌷
Allison Krauss has such a beautiful voice when I hear her sing I feel like I've left this earth and gone to heaven. The voice of an Angel.
@Alison Krauss Yes of course. I'd be honored.. :)
Allison Krauss has a beautiful voice,so pure and warm,emotion with out force..Love and respect to Allison.
As a performing artist. Whst could be more wonderful than to perform a great song written by one of a America's greater songsmiths,and see a beaming smile of approval on his face.
Jerry Douglas,aka The Flux Man,is the worlds greatest Dobro player,and Allison has the most heavenly voice ever.Great song!
What a great video!
James Taylor's soulful song, cover by Alison Krauss and the amazingly magnificent Jerry Douglas is a beautiful tribute to the original. I just love these guys from Union Station way back.
Let me be the first to say: She sings like an angel.
What power and strength and such emotion from such a muted performance and a modest performer. Just wow !!!
So perfectly expressed, my friend!.
"and it seems like it goes on like this forever." That line gives me goosebumps, it's so perfect.
James Taylor may have wrote this song but Allison was meant to sing it. 🙌🇺🇸
Yes, totally agree; sheer magic...!
Fantastic performance - beautiful. They are both so GOOD.
Props to Allison, her voice is second to none and she's truly beautiful inside and out, but the guy on the guitar...what the flip!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mad skillz! I loved it.
LOL ... yah Jerry's pretty good alright
strangher11 Jerry Douglas is the best there is on dobro
I never get tired of listening to this. I've lost count how many times I've played this version, it's been saved to my favorites for years!
I just love this version - and Allison - wonderfull
This performance always gives me goosebumps....love it. Thank you, AK
Love this song. I'm a Carolina girl. She's doing a great job. ❤️
Brings tears from the old eyes of a Tarheel.
Always a Tar Heel!
American by birth, Southern by luck, Tarheel by the Grace of God!
Allison Krauss's Voice alone can bring a grown man to tears.
The absolute best cover of James Taylor's classic song - Jerry Douglas and Allison Krauss are amazing together.
True beauty in that voice.
That you James Taylor for the lyrics. Thank you Allison and Jerry for a heartwarming performance.
no one does it better than James, but Allison has the smoothest female voice I've ever heard by a MILE. perfect fit for this song and they knocked it out of the park.
She ain't noTaylor Swift, but she is pretty good. She should do some Taylor Swift covers.
jpaw303 Yeah, you're a funny guy. Like a clown, you amuse me.
jpaw303 Yeah, your right. 27 grammies, she's ALMOST as a good as Taylor Swift. But now she has something to aspire to! /facepalm
Alison's voice is a treasure. What a gifted artist.
Beautiful,...just beautiful. I don't know what more to day.
One man is a whole orchestra, and the angel sings it like a choir alone.
I traveled around the world the first 40 years of my life...this song always grabbed me and made me remember where I came from. At times when I was homesick and feeling alone it lifted my spirits and gave me something to live for. I've been back in Carolina almost 30 years and every time I hear this song it gives me goose bumps.
Stunning...and I'm old enough to remember when this first came out
Me 2. Nothing criticizing James Taylor. Her version is all Alison ....
@Alison Krauss Sure. BTY, I come from Natalie McMaster's old stomping ground.
What a lovely rendition. Ms. Krauss is angelic.
That's as close to perfection as it gets!
I lived in NC in 1960, and now at 61, this takes me back home.
Turned 61 yesterday . 12/13/16
the most beautiful singer going... she breathes through her heart.
Under the definition of dobro, it should just refer you to "see Jerry Douglas" - the master of the Dobro. Ms. Krauss- born with the voice of an angel. James Taylor - awesome.
Please check out Eric Clapton singing and playing a dobro on "Running on Faith," on "Clapton Un-Plugged." It's the best dobro playing that I've ever heard. You're welcome.
theoriginalbadbob While Clapton plays wonderful slide guitar on a dobro for "Running on Faith", for sheer expertise, playing ability, breadth of knowledge, nobody trumps Jerry Douglas as a dobro player...nobody.
That's because he plays it like a steel guitar.
theoriginalbadbob That how dobro is meant to be played.
Clapton played it like a regular guitar because he never learnt to do it the proper way (no disrespect to Clapton obviously, you can'do everything).
But Jerry Douglas is the undisputed master - Clapton himself says that on his official website. (BTW Clapton guested on Jerry's last album).
Agreed. I looked up "dobro" in my encyclopedia and it had a picture of Jerry Douglas. Lots of good dobro players out there, but no one can hold a candle to Jerry.
When I'm at the firehouse waitin' on the call, I listen to Alison, because her beautiful voice relaxes me and helps me get through the shift.... all the anxiety just seems to fade away.
Tears in my eyes every time. So moving...
I listened to this song when I was in the worst place and darkest place I have ever been and it lifted my soul.... thank you for a beautiful song and for pulling me back from the edge
Every time I listen to her voice I start crying
I know exactly how you feel!
Mikey Fern Eat some meat and man up. James has done the same song for 40 years one hundred times better.
Amen! No place like home....God bless all of Carolina North and South....Much love from Myrtle Beach,SC :)
Her voice is so soft and smooth. It's like liquid gold! 😍
This is the most beautiful version of this song that I’ve ever heard! Absolutely beautiful!!! ❤️ Love it so much.
When you have listened to this song, you have heard an angel sing !!! The most angelic voice I have ever heard !!! Wow......
Indeed! Couldn't have said it better myself.
Allison Krauss has without question one of the 2 most beautiful voices I have ever heard. My wife & I have seen her many times in concert, Outstanding, simply Outstanding!
The other voice was taken from us many years ago, but I was lucky enough to have seen her in concert at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park out in Los Angeles. Her name was Karen Carpenter and she was Angelic! May she rest in peace.
The most amazing voice on the planet
Cycled through the Carolinas some 10 years ago...left my heart there
Beautiful voice.
... it has been a great pleasure listening this perfect performance, indeed.
Proud to have been born, raised and still live in North Carolina.
Made me cry. Too sweet.
Her voice turns me into one big puddle...she just makes me melt. Ahh...
@Alison Krauss I have serious doubts that this is really Alison Krauss. My apologies if it really is. But I looked at your RUclips channel and it is completely blank. Nothing there except a tiny picture of you. Zero content. Very suspicious. Again, I'm sorry if this is really legit, but why would Alison Krauss want to share her personal information with little ol' me?
@Alison Krauss OK, sorry to have to quiz you if this really is Alison. But answer me this. Where were you on the night of July 1, 2007? I know, because I was there. One more. What are the names of your long-time banjo player's children? Again, I apologize if you not just trolling.
@@BobMarshall1952 ^5s bro !
You know it's not fair that everyone else has to wait until they die and go to heaven to sing like an angel, but Alison got the gift before hand.
Amen Brother!!!!!!!!
She has the voice of an angel.
Makes me think walking through fields and playing amongst the ponds and trees, fishing and nights catching lightning bugs at my grandmother's house in brown summit, nc. Nothing like those old days, only 20-25 years ago but it feels like a lifetime. God bless the south land
how can one person have so much talent she is one of the best singers ever ive been here 59 years iknow
Oh, how I miss my North Carolina mountains!😥
Nobody tugs (auadibally) my heart strings like Jerry Douglas
Wow, these two make beautiful music together. Each so richly talented .... And on a song which so beautifully describes the beauty of those States.
When I get to heaven I'm positive angels will sound like this
Incredible
This is what they call real music. Simple but when you listen to the harmony these guys make it will be a great honor to hear them.
This woman can turn any song into a masterpiece.
Loathe country music with a passion, but this brought me to tears. Born and raised in NC.
Alison is quite amazing.
Jerry held up his end for sure!
MyMoppet52
Like Emmylou, Alison has one of those voices that really touches me my soul.
catman916
Yes, she has a wonderful & expressive voice. I do love Jerry Douglas though. He wasn't even mentioned. :)
We could say „She is THE MOST amazing” and it wouldn t be enough for her talent!!!!