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AKUS Tours Spring of 2007 with Legendary Tony Rice
In spring of 2007, Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas will be joined by acoustic music's most influential modern master - Tony Rice for a limited number of dates in which they will exclusively perform music drawn from Rice's remarkable recorded legacy. "It's hard to find words to say what an influence Tony Rice has been on people of our generation who grew up in bluegrass," says Union Station bassist Barry Bales.
In a career that has now spanned over three decades, Rice has used bluegrass as the foundation for a series of acoustic explorations that have ranged from sophisticated jazz-informed instrumentals to haunting, heartbreaking song-based work. Alison Krauss and Union Station have long professed the great musical debt they owe to Rice, citing the profound impact albums such as Cold on the Shoulder, Native American, Manzanita, and Me and My Guitar have had on their concept of acoustic music and their individual development as musicians.
This special series of engagements gives Union Station an opportunity to bring a wide-ranging selection of Tony Rice's music to a new audience and to perform it with their unmatched blend of passion and precision. Drawing from both Rice's vocal and instrumental catalog, the performances will feature Rice's still evolving and dazzling guitar work augmented by the vocals and fiddle of Krauss; Dan Tyminski on guitar, mandolin, and vocals; Ron Block on guitar, banjo, and vocals; the supple bass of Barry Bales; longtime Rice associate Jerry Douglas on Dobro; and drummer Larry Atamanuik. As Bales remarked on the eve of the tour's first rehearsals, "The hardest thing is not picking which songs to do - it's deciding which songs not to do..."
This special tour comprised solely of Tony Rice's material will only perform in select markets, including performances at MerleFest: An Americana Music Celebration and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.
Date Venue Tickets on Sale
April 21st Chattanooga, TN Soldiers & Sailors
Memorial Auditorium Tickets go on sale Saturday December 16
April 22nd Louisville, KY Louisville Palace Theatre Tickets go on sale Monday December 18
Additional tour dates for this special tour will be added very soon. Please visit alisonkrauss.com for 2007 touring updates.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | For ALL MUSICIANS this is news. AKUS, as an ensemble, is as near musical perfection as any band that ever cut a record and more so, than most any other that plays live.
and then add Tony Rice....
You may not go for the genre, but you will never see better musicians playing together.
(btw... I have wet dreams of Alison Krauss singing to me from the ground below my bedroom window) |
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Location: SoCal | "btw... I have wet dreams of Alison Krauss singing to me from the ground below my bedroom window"
and you think you're different from the rest of us because.....? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | come early, come often... |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...sigh... certainly doesn't take long to go into the gutter around here does it! I thought some people might be interested in some of the finest music that will ever be produced..... guess not. |
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Location: Midland, MI | I saw AKUS on ACL a year or more ago and was blown away. Even though I wouldn't say I'm a fan of that particular genre, it was musical and well played. In fact, I watched the whole thing, so it must have been 'good.'
Thanks for posting this, as I had forgotten all about that episode. I wonder if iTunes has any AKUS stuff available. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Lots of stuff from AKUS on iTunes, Crusty...
And your experience was precisely what I was claiming in my first post... They are such fine musicians, they really transcend genre.
If you're already a fan, you need no convincing... if you not a fan, you will be...
They made an appearance on Austin City Limits a while back or it might have been a CMT special... keep your eyes open for that.
AKUS w/ Vince Gill |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ..plenty of stuff here: AKUS on Youtube |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Akus -Man of Constant Sorrow |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | AKUS - doing the blues |
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AKUS to tour with Tony Rice!