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.
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.
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!
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)
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Agreed. Actually I like this live version better than the studio version (with Mike Harman on Banjo). No offense, but Alison Brown adds a richness not heard on the original.
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Every musician in this performance is absolutely amazing. The banjo player, Alison Brown - I cannot keep my ears off of her playing - phenomenal.
The amazing Alison Brown. Some great hard driving banjo and a tasteful smattering of melodic runs & transitions.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Ms. Brown is KILLIN' on this performance!
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.
I had the pleasure of meeting Allison Brown a month ago, I would love to meet Alison Krauss one day.
Dang! What a banjo player!
ALISON BROWN RULES!
Incredible banjo player.
That's the best set ever
There is no one that touches Alison's voice and talent.
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!
Double Alison Time! The best Union Station line-up. EVAR. This energy level was never met with later line-ups. It is giving me goose bumps.
I couldn't agree more. I have found quite a few concerts of the band over the years, and these ones are my favorite to go back and listen to.
my absolute favorite song of hers. it just slaps me upside the head.
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 '91 at a festival ....awesome !!
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.
@@cadobroman They played killer bluegrass !!
@@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 !!
" You are either born with the gift of music or you sit in the audience . "
Anything this lady sings or plays is awesome
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.
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.
A bit like Bob Dylan 'going electric'. BUT I think I prefer her earlyier year's and her High Lonesome" style of singing.....
You said it all. Her gift transcends genres. She is genreless imo.
This one does it for me , vocals and lyrics, perfect
She's always had a great cast around her- Allison Brown is way underrated- she's awesome! I do miss her true bluegrass days though.....
You WILL hear the MELODY you've searched for oh so long ms. Krauss. ♡
Alison Brown is so badass
yes...so stoic, and playing her ass off. Doesn't get any better.
...and she's a savvy and ethical businesswoman, too (as you may well know).
I recently had the chance to meet her, and she couldn't have been any nicer.
the queen of bluegrass. nobody like her. a velvet voice. and personality to match.
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!
If possible, I would love to have a video. I mean huge fan of this lineup!
Allison is such a singer.
Unreal!
The speed of the guitar solo and banjo beginning stuns me.
Nimble and fast.
Wonderful Alison and Wonderful Alison. Great singing and playing by both...:-) Jack Baker NYC
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)
She is the best.
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)!
Definitely my favorite era of the group! It doesn't get any better than this.
I adore Steffey's shirt!!
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.
This song helped me through a break up. Thanks :)
I wish she would still play music like this.
Highway to Heaven here I come.Loving the banjo♥️
Best lineup of Union Station ever ...
So Young there still amazing from the start
Wow! Great song and great performance. Nice shirt too!
Awesome song!!
Looking for more of this set. I agree, Alison Brown is incredible, very tight.
Wonderful song and singing group
Bill Brown ii
That was a beautiful performance.
Love this music...
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
Love this song!!!!!
Love, love, LOOOOOOVE AKUS!!!! There's nothing better.
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.
I have Loved you from this day....till ernetnity.
Very clear voice!
l like this song♪
from Japan
Yeah boy, they were cutting it back then. As much as I love Jerry Douglas, you can't be beat the Union Station era when Steffey was doing his magic.
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've got chills.Larry Cordel is one of the best writers ever-his band is Lonesome Standard Time.
alison not only has the voice of an angel she is also the most beautiful women ive seen
At their best right here
Damn that girl plays a mean banjo!
If you look closely you can see smoke rising off the banjo
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.
WoW!❤❤❤
classic & timeless=]
My mom, my meri, my madjesty hears.
Thank you, Gina
Keep on won't yu
An old favorite of mine! :)
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.
I thought it would make a good user name. Love this song.
Nice take on this song.
Before this, I only heard the CD one.
This is nice.
ah, union station, the portals through with some of the greatest bluegrass musicians have passed
Stafford is a monster on guitar..
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.
WOW!
LOVE IT
It is Tim Stafford of Blue Highway.
That's the title songfrom the CD--
"Two Highways"
Alison Brown cutting it up on the 5-string.
Billy Strings getting you going...nice release
That was awesome
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.
I think the video is from a show on the old cable channel TNN, probably mid 90's
Must be 1990 or 1991. Barry Bales, Tim Stafford, and Adam Steffey joined the band in early 1990. Alison Brown left in the fall of 1991.
check the look too, that Alison Brown give Adam Steffey for his subtle, soft, flying accompaniment...
@norrman10 Stafford was a previous member of Union Station, roughly around the time this video was filmed. Just to complete the info :-)
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!
Alison Brown!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Theres you a beautiful woman
Great
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.
I just met Alison Brown over a month ago. She was super sweet!
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.
Wonder how much it would cost for a reunion of this configuration of the group?
If that ever happens, let me know. I'd pay to see that.
shes as good as charlie danels anytime wit that bow her sound as an angel
wow
I love jerry but I miss adam steffy.
Love this track and in my opinion Alison brown is the one who drives it
Absolutely
@TheJamdolinPlayer Agreed.
20 grammys already
Adam didn't get the memo that solid colors were preferred.
love you hun i have you was here in salyersville kentucky
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.
Alison brown...busting its bottom
stelling staghorn god of all banjos
Contrived
too cute
This is the best Union station lineup they had. It sounds real as opposed to overproduced and allison still looked like shrek
Why such a cruel comment? Let's see how you looked from childhood to adulthood, weirdo.
Wow.... She is outstanding, how old is she here?? Anyone!?
Rune Olsson where “Two Highways” was released when she was 18 (1989) this was1991, so she was 20
Agreed. Actually I like this live version better than the studio version (with Mike Harman on Banjo). No offense, but Alison Brown adds a richness not heard on the original.