Talk:Alison Krauss

Separate article for Union Station

I'm not sure there is a valid point to separating the Alison Krauss entry with a Union Station entry. The difference is largely contractual. Nearly all of Alison's solo records featured supporting accompaniment by her band and she always toured with the group. She did not truly have a "solo career" beyond the fact that in the late 90s, she used solo recording as a means of deviating from the bluegrass genre while maintaining a structure within the context of the her backing band, Union Station. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.171.232.208 (talk • contribs).

Her colo career began way before her joining of Union Station. Her first album was in 1985, then another in 1987, BEFORE she joined Union Station on Two Highways in 1989. She then had another in 1990, then in 1999, all the while singing without her band in numerous other recordings. To state that she didn't have a solo career is totally untrue. And to the other point of her band playing on those records, that is also untrue. I take out my two early albums of hers and see people like Stuart Duncan, Dave Pomeroy, Sam Bush, Glen Worf, Peter Wasner, Alison Brown, etc. etc. etc. who are not, and have never been in Union Station. Dancraggs 20:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Given that Union Station has no activity away from Alison Krauss, I don't know if the band itself merits an article. Three members of the band (Dan Tyminski, Jerry Douglas, and Barry Bales) have articles of their own already. Adding articles on Ron Block and maybe Larry Atamanuik might be a better course of action than starting an Union Station article.--RicardoC 03:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

When Union Station becomes a notable band on their own (like the E Street Band and Bruce Springsteen) they deserve a seperate article that is linked here and explained in summary form. I'm going to try and give this article a thorough clean-up, just let us know here is someone creates a new article. Until then, I'm removing the discuss tag. Staxringold _talk^contribs 01:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I have to disagree. Union Station is not a back-up band for Alison Krauss. Nor is it a nebulous "supergroup" of artists like The Highwaymen, yet that "group" warrants a page of its own. AKUS is a touring, recording group with consistent membership and a signature sound. Alison is a member of the band, not vice versa. They didn't invite her to join herself. It's also presumably a pain in the neck to reference the group but having to link it to Alison's individual page. The group plays as much into the concert draw as The E-Street Band does for Springsteen - probably more. No one says "Hey, I've got E-Street Band tickets!" when The Boss comes to town but many, many people will say "I've got Union Station tickets!" rather than spelling out the whole AKUS name. 128.158.14.42 21:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

This is messed up. "Union Station (band)" redirects to "Alison Krauss," and there isn't even a separate section for the band--it's just all mixed together. It's really confusing. If Union Station doesn't deserve its own entry, then it damn sure needs its own section on the Alison Krauss page. All this discussion is ridiculous; of course they need to be separated in some way.--97.104.84.192 (talk) 20:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Biography

Why no biographical information? Also, there are a lot of redundancies throughout. 71.237.89.173 21:43, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

There is biographical information, but it's all professional -- nothing about her personal life. For a famous person, she keeps it well secluded. --Cryptognome 04:27, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

However, this is Wikipedia, not alisonkrauss.com. Her personal details are expected as long as we don't try to smear her. Ipromise (talk) 03:53, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Shania Twain

I find it odd that Alison's performances with Shania Twain (notably Up! Close and Personal) are not even mentioned in the article. Levodevo 19:14, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Discography

Just so everyone knows, I just did a massive overhaul of the discography section, so don't get freaked out that it looks different. Staxringold _talk^contribs 01:44, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

FAC

Regarding the articles featured article candidacy. I personally feel that the article in itself is very informative and as clsoe to giving as much information as possible. However, in comparison to other featured articles there just isn't enough information. As I don not know of this singer this may be because there is no other information to add I'm not sure. Overall, the article is good just not, in my opinion, featured article quality. Maybe merging some of the artist's album articles or information into the main article would help. Dbertman 14:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• Replied on the FAC page, please keep FAC discussion there. Staxringold _talk^contribs 14:45, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

pics

I don't quite like the pics.. the one in the infobox is blurred and the other ones are copyrighted!!! I'll put a request.--((F3rn4nd0 ))^{(BLA BLA BLA)} 07:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC) -Your opinion wouldn't matter if the article is already featured. -24.92.43.153 18:19, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, wasn't she, well...kind of fat for quite some time? And didn't her reps say, "Alison, you are a major hottie...but you must lose some weight, girlfriend!"? There is a Canadian singer/songwriter named Jann Arden whose handlers have ragged on her for years to slim down. 66.183.40.135 (talk) 02:43, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

How long did Union Station exist before she joined?

Per the article, she wasn't their first fiddler. Anyone? Ferris? - Richfife 17:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

OPENING LINE

Someone has posted offensive language on the opening line of this article. I just thought someone should know so that it can be edited. --Holly Hilton

The article of the day always gets hammered. However, people are also constantly monitoring it, so vandalism is cleared very quickly. All part of the family fun! - Richfife 20:37, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Alison Krause causes breast cancer...

Yeah the article is gone and in its place is Alison Krause causes cancer... breast cancer. Im not a member, so i dont know what to do —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.30.144.197 (talk) 21:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC).

Yeah, I saw that. Sorry I lost my password so I'm not logged in - OK I clicked edit this page and boom! There was the old article data so I dunno how the whole breast cancer thing got up there, but I think I fixed it (I'm new to Wikipedia, so hope it's fixed)

Dumbo?

What about her version of Baby Mine from the Disney movie Dumbo? To be honest I don't know much about Alison Krauss and that is the only song of hers I know because I love Disney music, but I was a bit surprised to find no mention of it here? Arwen289, 23 Feb 2007

• Dumbo was released before she was born... I'm not sure to what you're referring, but if it's notable and you can find a source go right on and add it! Staxringold _talk^contribs 19:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Yeah fair enough, I did a bit more research and it's actually a cover of Baby Mine she did for an album called "The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney" released in 1996. Arwen289 12:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
• Come On, guys! She even got a Grammy nomination for this rendition! EmmyWinner 19:07, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh Atlanta

Oh Atlanta is not Bad Company's song. 40.0.40.10 19:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I assume you are thinking of the Little Feat song.

Bad Company recorded an original song entitled "Oh, Atlanta", written by guitarist Mick Ralphs and which appeared on their 1979 album Desolation Angels. There is also a song entitled "Oh Atlanta" by Little Feat, written by keyboardist Bill Payne that originally appeared on their 1974 album Feats Don't Fail Me Now. They are two different songs (and in my opinion they are both very good songs). The song by Alison Krauss that appears on Now That I've Found You is definitely the Bad Company song, not the Little Feat song. If you don't want to take my word for it, by all means get a hold of them, listen, and judge for yourself. --Mwalimu59 01:11, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Some additional trivia: Emmylou Harris recorded a cover of Little Feat's "Oh Atlanta". It appears on her 1981 album Evangeline. --Mwalimu59 15:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Fiddle champion age 12

At twelve, Alison won which Illinois fiddle championship? There's a contest at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, a contest at Rockome Gardens in Arcola, Illinois and another at Sandwich Fair in Sandwich, Illinois. Within those contests are age divisions... did Allison just win in her division or did she knock over the grizzled veterans? Binksternet (talk) 19:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm still wondering which fiddle championship Alison won... I know the source is from Krauss' own PR package but I can't find confirmation from anywhere else. I haven't found a published list of past winners that includes Alison in 1983. I'm going to wait a week or so then put a citation needed tag on that sentence. It's not that I don't believe it, it's just not clear enough as it stands. Hey, somebody out there knows which one it was... ;^) Binksternet (talk) 19:49, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

User:NeilN added the MTV version of Krauss's bio as a resolution to my citation needed tag. There are a zillion websites out there that parrot the official public relations package sent out by the Krauss team, and MTV is just one of them. In fact, we could have used her agent's website as the source closest to Krauss. Unfortunately, the official Alison Krauss website's bio doesn't mention 12 or 13 years old; it begins with her signing with Rounder Records at 14.

At any rate I am reverting this MTV cite as it isn't specific as to which contest and which category she entered and won. I'm still waiting for a definitive citation that spells out the time and place. Somebody, somewhere has a list of winners from one of the Illinois contests. Binksternet (talk) 21:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm taking out the mention of Illinois since we haven't yet found a source that can verify which contest and which age division. Hopefully, somebody will find a good reference in the future. Binksternet (talk) 21:33, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

No Discography

Since the discography has been deleted from this article, it no longer meets the Featured Article criteria for two reasons:

1. It is no longer comprehensive. Any article on a musician needs to include at least a basic "selected" discography (not just a link to a full discography).
2. It no longer conforms to Wikipedia:Summary style, which states: "Sections of long articles should be spun off into their own articles leaving a summary in its place.

I'm going to go ahead and add a short discography back into the article. Feel free to edit it, but please do not delete it. Thanks! Kaldari (talk) 20:34, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Union Station: plus, and or ampersand?

I notice that in the introduction AKUS is spelled with a plus sign. That's how it is spelled on the cover of Live, but many other albums and other sources use 'and' or '&'. So what's official? Elcalen (talk) 10:27, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

On their official website, linked from this article, it's "Alison Krauss and Union Station." I'd venture there's not really an "official" way to write it - not all bands are that anal about such things. Different albums, websites, press materials, etc., probably reflect a grammar-du-jour of sorts, in other words, they go with whatever happens to strike them for look of the album they're putting out at the given moment. For the purposes of Wiki, I'd recommend "Alison Krauss and Union Station," no cutsie symbols, as a generic spelling. 138.162.8.58 (talk) 21:15, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

She won 26 Grammy's, but none are listed

I've recently read about a hundred Wikipedia music artists pages. One Grammy and the article makes a big deal. Often the article has a chart for "Awards" and lists them. Alternately, the article has a column in the discography for awards and lists Grammy's. This woman has gotten a raw deal. She has more Grammy's than anyone in history, but the article and discography article don't even bother to list them. The lack of awards is consistent with the tone of the article. A quick read makes it sound like she's not a very good artist. Some people most like her or she wouldn't have gotten the Grammy's and sold so many records. How many did she sell? This is usually in the first paragraph or two, but again she gets the raw deal of not showing how successful her sails have been.