Showing posts with label Alison Krauss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alison Krauss. Show all posts

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Alison Krauss || Away Down the River...

THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO WAS CANCELLED BUT IT SHOWS UP ON ANOTHER SITE. SO SWEET! Takes 30 seconds to get to the video but it works still 9/3/14.

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I am not concert type of person. When I do attend a concert it is usually a small-house affair. But the last time I was at the record store I picked up two music DVD's. One was Doc Watson and the other was Alison Krauss. Today I finished work early and started to working on some weekend chores early. This included moving a couple hundred patio and retaining wall concrete blocks and pavers. I was a bit tired and mellow, so after watching some fast-speed-recorded-football I watched the Alison Krauss video with my wife Wendy.

About two songs into the DVD I see an ukulele. Could it be a baritone? After a few glimpses I see that the label indicates it is a Vega. Vega was a brand of ukulele that the 1950's television personality Arthur Godfrey promoted. So my next question is, "I wonder if it's on YouTube?" Lucky for you.

Without further ado, here's the angelic Alison Krauss...



Has anyone seen a capo like this one before? What brand?

Now tell me was that an awesome? So softly played. So soft yet powerful.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Killing the Blues...

I have written about Richard G's Ukulele Songbook over on Humble Uker and his arrangements show fingerings for the standard GCEA ukulele tuning. He posts this song both in A and C and since they are 3-chord songs are easily transferred over to the Bari. Richard has this song linked to this Alison Krauss / Robert Plant version.

http://www.scorpex.net/Uke/songs/Killing_the_Blues.pdf


I first heard this on a Chris Smither album called "Live as I'll Ever Be" and is one of my favorite albums. What a voice for the blues! This song needs to be played on a Bari.