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Alison Krauss is Awesome

Started by hadar · 10 months ago

Last night Lois and I went to see Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas at the Beacon Theater in NYC. We went with our friends who took us to see Harry Connick Jr. at Radio City Music Hall.
We were all looking forward to a wonderful dinner at Ruby Foos first. Of the four [...%5 ... Continue reading »

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  • Lois

    1 year ago

    Read the first part, and you'll see why men need wives :-) Alison has the voice of an angel, very pure and steady....She's also generous (highlights all her band member's accomplishments) and warm.
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  • bob

    1 year ago

    there is a fine line about wife nagging.... if it's done well as to help guys learn and not forget the tickets - that's one thing... in that case it's hadar's fault for not remembering the tickets - in spite of gentle, helpful and periodic "nags" in the past.....

    however, if nagging is so constant and repetitive - and will take place whether the guy remembers on his own or not - then, why should the guy try to remember - he'll simply wait for the nag and say "yes dear - I'll bring the tckets".... the facts re last night are that Lois forgot to nag Hadar who has been conditioned to act upon nagging..... so, it's really her fault and she should pay for the extra cab fares...
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    Exactly. Yay verily! ;-)
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  • Sally

    1 year ago

    How is Bob the expert in nagging? It's not as if I nag is it?

    Glad you enjoyed the concert. Kudos to y'all for taking advantage of some great concerts in the City!
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  • Alan

    1 year ago

    This may be out of chronological order as I clicked on a few of your links but I thought I would recommend two bluegrass records that are exemplary standards of two different styles. 1) Seldom Scene's "Live at the Cellar Door" and "Old and in the Way" a project with Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Vassar Clements and others. Both recorded in the early mid-1970s. The Seldom Scene was one of the first bluegrass groups to rearrange "modern" songs in a bluegrass style. The harmonies are superb as well as the instrumentals with a terrific dobro player. Old and in the Way you might be familiar with. It is definaltely bluegrass and some of the musicians actually played with Bill Monroe but it has an incredibly loose feel to it that is hard to describe. There are about three different versions of the album. Start with the original.
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    Thanks Alan. I am a long-time Grisman fan (we have tickets to see him next month!) and a life-long Garcia/Dead fan, so that one sounds like a must have. I'm intrigued by the other one as well, so I'll check that out too. Thanks again.
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  • Alan

    1 year ago

    Though I don't listen to Grisman much these days. The flute part doesn't grab me, Grisman was essential to my musical growth in the 70s and 80s. I listened to a lot of bluegrass in those times. There was more live bluegrass in NYC then. Doug Tuchman (I think that was his name) had a series at the Seaport in the summer before it became the "Seaport" and a winter series at NYU in a beautiful theatre on LaGuardia Place that I think has been torn down.

    The David Grisman Quintet album created a whole new genre of music and helped me explore whole new areas and get me to Stephane Grappelli who I adore. I am a lover of swing music in all its acoustic and mostly non-horn variations. Give me a fiddle and any type of guitar playing swing music and I am a hppy camper though somehow Django Reinhardt never grabbed me.
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  • hadar

    1 year ago

    Interesting. When I got my copy of Acousticity, I knew I'd be a life-long Grisman fan. As opposed to you, I also really love horn sections though. :-)
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