76-617: Forget About It is a studio album by Alison Krauss , released in 1999. It reached number 5 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The lead single, "Forget About It", peaked at number 67 on the Country Singles Chart, and "Stay" reached number 28 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Country Standard Time wrote that "despite the prominence of dobro and mandolin here, it's obvious that Krauss
152-401: A spoken word piece for the introduction of the song Obsolete . Numan had a long-standing dislike for being associated with what he perceived as dated music, and this initially made him apprehensive of working with Fear Factory until realizing "there was a chance that it could introduce me to a new generation of people who didn't know my history. And that can be useful, because my music's got
228-533: A Man of Constant Sorrow" were used for George Clooney 's character. The soundtrack sold over seven million copies and won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2002. Both Krauss and the surprisingly popular album were credited with reviving interest in bluegrass. She has said, however, that she believes Americans already liked bluegrass and other less-heard musical genres, and that the film merely provided easy exposure to
304-499: A car in the modern world...When you're in it, your whole mentality is different...It's like your own little personal empire with four wheels on it. Numan later revealed that the entire song was written in 30 minutes, originating in the bass riff, which was the first thing he played on a newly bought bass guitar. The original UK single was released in August 1979, backed with a non-album instrumental track called "Asylum". The US B-side
380-399: A career as a jazz and rock multi-instrumentalist. At her mother's insistence, Krauss began studying classical violin at age five. Krauss was reluctant to spend time practicing, but she continued with classical lessons until she was eleven. Krauss said her mother "tried to find interesting things for me to do" and "wanted to get me involved in music, in addition to art and sports". Krauss
456-420: A close involvement with her group and a long career in music, she rarely performs music she has written herself. She has also described her general approach to constructing an album as starting with a single song and selecting other tracks based on the first, to give the final album a somewhat consistent theme and mood. She most commonly performs in the bluegrass and country genres, though she has had two songs on
532-537: A conventional rock rhythm section of bass guitar and drums, but the rest of the instruments used are analogue synthesisers , principally the Minimoog (augmenting the song's recognisable bass riff ) and the Polymoog keyboard, providing austere synthetic string lines over the bass riff. The bridge section also includes a tambourine part. Numan's vocal part is sung in an almost expressionless, synthesized style. There
608-925: A custom violin made by hand in Missouri ;– her first adult-sized instrument. At 13, she won the Walnut Valley Festival Fiddle Championship, and the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America named her the "Most Promising Fiddler in the Midwest". She was also called "virtuoso" by Vanity Fair magazine. Krauss first met Dan Tyminski around 1984 at a festival held by the Society. Every current member of her band, Union Station, first met her at these festivals. Krauss made her recording debut in 1986 on
684-527: A doctorate in psychology . He later went into the business of real estate ; among the properties he owned was the so-called American Football House , located at 704 W. High St. in Urbana , which was featured on the cover of the first album by emo band American Football . Louise Krauss, an American of German and Italian descent, is the daughter of artists, and works as an illustrator of magazines and textbooks. Fred and Louise met while they were studying at
760-473: A featured vocalist on the songs "This Guitar" and "Lifeless". Krauss duetted with High Valley on the group's 2023 single " Do This Life ". Krauss' earliest musical experience was as an instrumentalist, though her style has grown to focus more on her vocals with a band providing most of the instrumentation. Musicians she enjoys include vocalists Lou Gramm of Foreigner and Paul Rodgers of Bad Company . Krauss' family listened to "folk records" while she
836-434: A few years earlier. To be fair to Numan, this notion of the car in relation to individuals and society has only deepened in the decades since." A selected list of Numan's official live recordings and remixes. Numan performed "Cars" using a set of two dozen automobiles and their horns in an innovative 2010 commercial for DieHard . All of the cars were powered from one single battery. James Frost of Zoo Films directed
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#1732787713185912-578: A group, many reviews note Krauss still "remains the undisputed star and rock-solid foundation" and have described her as the "band's focus" with an "angelic" voice that "flows like honey". Her work has been compared to that of the Cox Family , Bill Monroe , and Del McCoury , and has in turn been credited with influencing various " Newgrass " artists including Nickel Creek, for which she acted as record producer on two of their albums. In addition to her work with Nickel Creek, she has acted as producer to
988-675: A hit single'; I was writing this before 'Are "Friends" Electric?' happened." He has since described "Cars" as "a pretty average song". In the UK charts, it reached number 1 in 1979, and in 1980, it hit number 1 in Canada two weeks running on the RPM national singles chart (29 weeks in the top 100), his only single to chart there. The single was first issued in the US in February 1980, where it peaked at #4 on
1064-419: A lot heavier and darker anyway." The result would be satisfactory for both parties, and Numan praised the band as "brilliant, really easy to work with. They didn't have a bad word to say about anyone." The uncharacteristically bouncy and bright rendition somewhat contrasts with Fear Factory's reputation for intense, grinding metal, while the heavy use of synthesizer and other electronic elements corresponds with
1140-544: A performance at the White House attended by then-President Bill Clinton and then-Vice President Al Gore . She has also been in the White House again, performing the song " When You Say Nothing at All " at country music performances. She also performed a tribute to the Everly Brothers at which she sang " All I Have to Do is Dream " with Emmylou Harris and " When Will I Be Loved " with Vince Gill . She
1216-455: Is a disappointing follow up to "Friends"". Garry Bushell in Sounds was cynical of both Numan and the single, yet adds, " Jimmy Pursey tells me this will be number one. He's probably right." Retrospectively, "Cars" has been called "one of the greatest singles in pop history". Writing for The Guardian in 2012, George Chesterton found "the force of the multi-layered Moog synthesiser parts
1292-442: Is a pop star more than anything else." Production notes: Alison Krauss Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass - country singer, fiddler and music producer . She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of eight and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She
1368-467: Is almost overwhelming. Using effects usually associated with heavy guitars – reverb, flanging and phasers – Numan drenched the gliding synth lines so they flow over you like wave after wave of ice water. These build throughout the song until the fantastical 1'30" fadeout, during which the Polymoogs – used as elements of a string section – are folded on top of each other in hypnotic harmonies that reinforce
1444-489: Is no "chorus" as such, and no more lyrics after the 1:30 point. According to Numan, the song's lyrics were inspired by an incident of road rage : I was in traffic in London once and had a problem with some people in front. They tried to beat me up and get me out of the car. I locked the doors and eventually drove up on the pavement and got away from them. It's kind of to do with that. It explains how you can feel safe inside
1520-615: The Cash Box Top 100 and #9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on June 7, 1980, remaining at that position for three weeks. Although Numan had a string of hits in the UK, "Cars" was his only song in the American pop charts. Remixed versions of the song again reached the top 20 in the UK in 1987 and 1996 respectively. "Cars" is based on two musical sections: a verse /instrumental break and a bridge . The recording features
1596-518: The 2004 Academy Awards . Platinum-selling Raising Sand (2007) was the first of her two collaborations with English rock singer Robert Plant . As of 2019, she has won 27 Grammy Awards from 42 nominations, ranking her fourth behind Beyoncé , Quincy Jones and classical conductor Georg Solti for most Grammy Award wins overall. Krauss was the singer and female artist with the most awards in Grammy history until Beyoncé won her 28th Grammy in 2021 . When Krauss won her first Grammy in 1991 , she
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#17327877131851672-558: The 60th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Country Solo Performance and Best American Roots Performance . In August 2021, Krauss announced she was releasing a sequel album to Raising Sand with Robert Plant called Raise the Roof . The album was released in November that year, and Krauss and Plant went on tour as a duo in 2022. Krauss has made guest appearances on other records on lead vocals, harmony vocals , and fiddle . In 1987, at
1748-478: The 76th Academy Awards in February 2004, where she performed two nominated songs from the Cold Mountain soundtrack, Krauss was chosen by Hollywood shoe designer Stuart Weitzman to wear a pair of $ 2 million 'Cinderella' sandals with 4½ inch clear glass stiletto heels and two straps adorned with 565 Kwiat diamonds set in platinum. Feeling like a rather unglamorous choice, Krauss said, "When I first heard, I
1824-556: The Red Hot Organization . In 1997, she recorded vocals and violin for "Half a Mind", on Tommy Shaw 's 7 Deadly Zens album. Now That I've Found You: A Collection , a compilation of older releases and some covers of her favorite works by other artists, was released in 1995. Some of these covers include Bad Company 's " Oh Atlanta ", the Foundations ' & Dan Schafer 's " Baby, Now That I've Found You ", which
1900-618: The U2 song " I Will Follow ," in 2005. "Cars" played a significant part in Obsolete ' s status as Fear Factory's highest-selling album. By 2001, it had sold over 750,000 copies. According to Herrera, the cover received greater enthusiasm in the UK than in the band's native US, which was validated by its chart status. During the song's promotion, Gary Numan joined the band for a concert performance in Brixton, London to much enthusiasm. After
1976-674: The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign . After a brief residence in nearby Decatur, the family settled in Champaign , where Krauss was raised with her older brother, Viktor . Krauss's mother played banjo and acoustic guitar , so Krauss was exposed to folk music at home, and she heard rock and pop music on the radio: She liked Gary Numan 's synth-pop song " Cars ", and rock bands such as Foreigner , Bad Company , and Electric Light Orchestra . Her brother Viktor played piano and double bass in high school, launching
2052-460: The adult contemporary charts, has worked with rock artists such as Phish and Sting , and is sometimes said to stray into pop music. Krauss did not think she would make music videos at the beginning of her career. After recording her first she was convinced it was so bad that she would never do another. Nonetheless, she has continued to make further videos. Many of the first videos she saw were by bluegrass artists. Dan Tyminski has noted that
2128-460: The video for Thriller was very popular at the time she was first exposed to music videos. She has made suggestions on the style or theme to some videos, though she tends to leave such decisions to the director of the particular video. The group chooses directors by seeking out people who have previously directed videos that band members have enjoyed. The director for a video to "If I Didn't Know Any Better" from Lonely Runs Both Ways , for example,
2204-639: The Billboard adult contemporary chart , "Stay". The album was certified gold and charted within the top seventy-five of the Billboard 200 and in the top five of the country chart. In addition, the track "That Kind of Love" was included in another episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Adam Steffey left Union Station in 1998, and was replaced by renowned dobro player Jerry Douglas . Douglas had provided studio back-up to Krauss' records since 1987's Too Late to Cry . Their next album, New Favorite ,
2280-470: The Cox Family, Reba McEntire and Alan Jackson . Adam Sweeting of The Guardian has said Krauss and Union Station are "superb, when they stick to hoedowns and hillbilly music , but much less convincing, when they lurch towards the middle of the road". Blender magazine has said the "flavorless repertoire [Krauss] sings... steers her toward Lite FM". In addition, Q magazine and The Onion AV Club have said their newer releases are "pretty much
2356-511: The Grammy Awards) presented her with a special musical achievement honor in 2005. She has also won 14 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards , 9 Country Music Association Awards , 2 Gospel Music Association Awards , 2 CMT Music Awards , 2 Academy of Country Music Awards , and 2 Canadian Country Music Awards . Country Music Television ranked Krauss 12th on their "40 Greatest Women of Country Music" list in 2002. At
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2432-649: The Mountain was followed by the Great High Mountain Tour , which was composed of musicians from both O Brother and Cold Mountain , including Krauss. She has also given several notable smaller performances including at Carnegie Hall (with the Grand Ole Opry ), on Lifetime Television in a concert of female performers, on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion , where she sang two songs not previously recorded on any of her albums, and
2508-526: The Wind . Krauss had her only number one hit in 2000, receiving vocal credit for "Buy Me a Rose". She has contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks, most notably O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). She and Dan Tyminski contributed multiple tracks, including " I'll Fly Away " (with Gillian Welch ), "Down to the River to Pray", and "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow". In the film, Tyminski's vocals on "I Am
2584-553: The Ya-Ya Sisterhood , Alias , Bambi II and Cold Mountain . She contributed "Jubilee" to the 2004 documentary Paper Clips . The Cold Mountain songs she sang, " The Scarlet Tide " with T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello , and " You Will Be My Ain True Love " with Sting , were each nominated for an Academy Award . She performed both songs at the 76th Academy Awards , the first with Costello and Burnett, and
2660-602: The Year (" Please Read the Letter "). Krauss and Plant recorded a Crossroads special in October 2007 for the Country Music Television network, which first aired on February 12, 2008. Returning with Union Station, Krauss released an album called Paper Airplane on April 12, 2011, the follow-up album to Lonely Runs Both Ways (2004). Mike Shipley , the recording and mixing engineer for the album, said that
2736-540: The age of 15, she played fiddle on the album The Western Illinois Rag by Americana musician Chris Vallillo. In 1993 she recorded vocals for the Phish song "If I Could" in Los Angeles. In 1997 she sang harmony vocals in both English and Irish on the album Runaway Sunday by Irish traditional band Altan . In 1998 she played and sang on the title track of Hawaiian slack-key artist Ledward Kaapana 's album, Waltz of
2812-426: The album and DVD have been certified double Platinum. Also in 2002 she played a singing voice for one of the characters in the animated comedy film Eight Crazy Nights . Lonely Runs Both Ways was released in 2004, and eventually became another Alison Krauss & Union Station gold certified album. Ron Block described Lonely Runs Both Ways as "pretty much... what we've always done" in terms of song selection and
2888-757: The album had a lengthy production time because of Krauss' non-stop migraines. Nevertheless, Paper Airplane became Krauss's highest-charting album in the U.S., reaching number three on the Billboard 200 on topping both the country and bluegrass album charts. In 2014, Krauss and her band Union Station toured with Willie Nelson and Family , with special guests Kacey Musgraves , and the Devil Makes Three . Capitol Records released Windy City , an album of country and bluegrass classics, produced by Buddy Cannon and her first solo release in 17 years, on February 17, 2017. Krauss received two nominations at
2964-684: The album, including " Tennessee Waltz ", which she practiced on violin with her mother accompanying on guitar. Krauss entered the talent contest in the novice category at the age of eight, placing fourth. (This is where she first met fiddler Andrea Zonn , who won the junior division at age 10. ) Krauss investigated the bluegrass genre more thoroughly after this, and she developed a knack for learning complex riffs by ear, quickly turning them into her own version. In 1981–82, Krauss performed with Marvin Lee Flessner's country dance band, in which she fiddled and sang. In September 1983, her parents bought her
3040-427: The band Ultravox , but he had not played on the recording of "Cars". Upon its release in 1979, Smash Hits reviewer Steve Bush wrote: "With its distant haunting message of doom, "Cars" doesn't stray very far from the themes of the excellent 'Replicas" album, although the new lyrics are shorter and the vocals sharper. The instrumental B side is a rip-off of Bowie's "Warsawa", with mad, tinkling piano. All in all, this
3116-408: The band name Tubeway Army , under which he had released four singles and two LPs, including the number one UK hit " Are 'Friends' Electric? ", and its parent album Replicas . Musically, the new song was somewhat lighter and more pop-oriented than its predecessors, Numan later said that he had chart success in mind: "This was the first time I had written a song with the intention of 'maybe it could be
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3192-497: The band's industrial style. Drummer Raymond Herrera described the cover as "basically like a blueprint of a futuristic car." He added that, while other songs were considered, the band chose "Cars" because all the band members knew and appreciated it and because the keyboards suited Fear Factory's sound. Herrera later noted that the group initially wanted to record U2's " New Year's Day " but chose "Cars" because they were fortunate enough to have Numan participate. Fear Factory later covered
3268-447: The course of her career as a solo artist, as a group with Union Station, as a duet with Robert Plant , and as a record producer. As of 2021, she ranks fourth on the list of winners of the most Grammy Awards . She overtook Aretha Franklin for the most female wins at the 46th Grammy Awards , where Krauss won three, bringing her total at the time to seventeen (Franklin won her sixteenth that night). The Recording Academy (which presents
3344-468: The group was "just beginning right now" (in 2002) because "in spite of all the great things that have happened for the band, [she] feel[s] musically it's just really beginning". Although she alternates between solo releases and works with the band, she has said there is no difference in her involvement between the two. As a group, AKUS have been called "American favourites", "world-beaters", and "the tightest band around". While they have been successful as
3420-571: The independent album, Different Strokes , in collaboration with Swamp Weiss and Jim Hoiles, and featuring her brother Viktor Krauss . From the age of 12 she performed with bassist and songwriter John Pennell in a band called "Silver Rail", replacing Andrea Zonn. Pennell later changed the band's name to Union Station after another band was discovered with the name Silver Rail. Later that year, she signed to Rounder Records, and in 1987, at 16, she released her debut album Too Late to Cry with Union Station as her backup band. Krauss' debut solo album
3496-757: The main theme for Test Drive 6 , a video game released in 1999 for the PlayStation and Dreamcast consoles. Numan also appears in the sci-fi music video, directed by John S. Bartley and filmed in Vancouver, which debuted in June 1999. Bell enthusiastically described the ambitious video as having a " Stanley Kubrick -type of vibe to it": [Bartley] put Gary and me into harnesses and we had to simulate floating in space . We were floating around this junked out '79 Trans Am that he had as this car in space, and we're coming up to it. They had another '70 Trans Am that
3572-466: The mainstream. In their rendition, Gary Numan performs a duet with frontman Burton C. Bell . According to Bell, around 1996, the band started performing "Cars" as an encore at European concerts. Word spread that Fear Factory was performing the song, and as a result, Gary Numan's manager contacted them. Upon request, Numan's management flew him out to the Vancouver studio for a three-day span to record vocals on "Cars." The band also asked Numan to record
3648-414: The music. She did not appear in the movie, at her own request, because she was pregnant during its filming. In 2007, Krauss released A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection , an album of new songs, soundtrack tunes, and duets with artists such as John Waite , James Taylor , Brad Paisley , and Natalie MacMaster . The album was successful commercially but given a lukewarm reception by critics. One of
3724-738: The other with Sting. She produced Nickel Creek 's debut album (2000) and the follow-up This Side (2002), which won Krauss her first Grammy award as a producer. Krauss performed on Moody Bluegrass: A Nashville Tribute to the Moody Blues . She participated in Billy Childs' 2014 tribute album to Laura Nyro , Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro , performing on the track " And When I Die ". Krauss also appears on Def Leppard 's twelfth studio album, Diamond Star Halos , released March 2022, as
3800-602: The radio trade publication R&R listed "Cars" as the most added track on both active rock and mainstream rock in May 1999, the song earned "Breaker" status and continued to surge up the chart. "Cars" debuted and peaked at number 57 in the UK Singles Chart on 9 October. It peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and No. 38 on Modern Rock Tracks . The song was featured as
3876-507: The rest of the band follows her. Krauss has said she used to dislike working in the studio, where she had to perform the same song repeatedly, but has come to like studio work roughly the same as live stage performances . Her own favorite concert experiences include watching three Foreigner concerts during a single tour, a Dolly Parton concert, and a Larry Sparks concert. She appeared on Austin City Limits in 1992 and opened
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#17327877131853952-642: The show in 1995 with Union Station. The New Favorite tour, after AKUS' album of the same name, was planned to start September 12, 2001 in Cincinnati, Ohio , but was delayed until September 28 in Savannah, Georgia following the September 11 terrorist attacks . Krauss took part in the Down from the Mountain tour in 2002, which featured many artists from the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack. Down from
4028-478: The song's sense of eerie dystopia." Chesterton also noted that the song, unlike many similar contemporaries, had aged well lyrically: "Cars contains a bit of futurology that was rather sophisticated. Numan positions the car not as a mode of mechanical transport, but as a fetishised, abstract interface with the rest of the world. This is – in a pop form – what the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard had been writing about
4104-516: The style, in which those songs were recorded. Krauss believes the group "was probably the most unprepared we've ever been" for the album and that songs were chosen as needed rather than planned beforehand. She also performed a duet with Brad Paisley on his album Mud on the Tires in the single " Whiskey Lullaby ". The single was quickly ranked in the top fifty of the Billboard Hot 100 and
4180-598: The top five of the Hot Country Songs , and won the Country Music Association Awards for "Best Musical Event" and "Best Music Video" of the year. In 2007, Krauss and Robert Plant released the collaborative album titled Raising Sand . RIAA-certified platinum, the album was nominated for and won five Grammy Awards at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album, and Record of
4256-569: The tracks, " Missing You ", a duet with Waite (and a cover of his hit single from 1984), was similarly received as a single. On August 11, television network Great American Country aired a one-hour special, Alison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More , based on the album. Krauss appeared on Heart 's March 2010 concert DVD Night at Sky Church , providing the lead vocals for the song " These Dreams ". Other soundtracks for which Krauss has performed include Twister , The Prince of Egypt , Eight Crazy Nights , Mona Lisa Smile , Divine Secrets of
4332-413: The usual", and that although Krauss is generally "adventurous", these recent releases contain nothing to "alienate the masses". Krauss possesses a soprano voice, which has been described as "angelic". She has said her musical influences include J. D. Crowe , Ricky Skaggs , and Tony Rice . Many of her songs are described as sad, and are often about love , especially lost love. Though Krauss has
4408-408: The video, and Synn Labs, which had previously worked with the band OK Go , engineered the cars. Fear Factory , an American industrial metal band, recorded a version of "Cars" and released it as the second single from their album Obsolete . The song was only included as a bonus track on the limited edition digipak re-release of Obsolete and would be instrumental in breaking Fear Factory into
4484-667: The year, Krauss recorded with the band Shenandoah on its single " Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart ", which brought her to the country music Top Ten for the first time and it won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals . Also in 1994, Krauss collaborated with Suzy Bogguss , Kathy Mattea , and Crosby, Stills, and Nash to contribute " Teach Your Children " to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by
4560-555: Was " Metal ", from The Pleasure Principle The track has been a UK Top 20 hit for Numan in three successive decades: on its original release in 1979 (reaching number 1), in 1987 as the ' E Reg Model ' remix (reaching number 16), and in 1996 following its use in an advertisement for Carling Premier beer (reaching number 17). Numan has performed the song onstage since its original release, and it appears on all but one of his official live albums to date. The music video featured Numan's then-current backing band, including Billy Currie from
4636-531: Was also invited by Taylor Swift to perform with her at the 2013 CMA's and by Joshua Bell to perform with him on a Christmas album; Bell said that "she (Krauss) is someone I've adored for so many years now". She performed at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., on January 10, 2015, as a part of "The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All Star Concert Celebration" which is a tribute to Emmylou Harris . Krauss has won twenty-seven Grammy Awards over
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#17327877131854712-480: Was also very active in roller skating , and in her teens she finally decided on a career in music rather than roller derby . In mid-1979, Krauss's mother saw a notice for an upcoming fiddle competition at the Champaign County Fair, so she bought a bluegrass fiddle instruction book and the 1977 bluegrass album Duets by violinist Richard Greene . Krauss learned by ear to play several songs from
4788-582: Was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music . In March 2015, her hometown of Champaign, Illinois, designated the 400 block of West Hill Street as "Honorary Alison Krauss Way". On April 13, 2024, Krauss became a recipient of the Order of Lincoln , which is Illinois' highest civilian honor. Krauss was married to musician Pat Bergeson from 1997 to 2001. They have one child, born in 1999. a. Sources vary on birthplace; see talk page discussion †Honorary former member;
4864-592: Was growing up, but she had friends who exposed her to such acts as AC/DC , Carly Simon , the Rolling Stones , Lynyrd Skynyrd , and ELO . She cites Dolly Parton , with whom she has since collaborated a number of times, as a major influence. Some credit Krauss and Union Station, at least partially, with a recent revival of interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Despite being together for nearly two decades and winning numerous awards, she said
4940-441: Was her first album to rise onto the Billboard charts , peaking in the top seventy-five on the country chart . The album also was a notable point in her career as she earned her first Grammy Award , the single "Steel Rails" was her first single tracked by Billboard, and the title single "I've Got That Old Feeling" was the first song for which she recorded a music video. Krauss' second Union Station album Every Time You Say Goodbye
5016-517: Was invited to join Union Station , releasing her first album with them as a group in 1989 and performing with them ever since. Krauss has released 14 albums, appeared on numerous soundtracks, and sparked a renewed interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack , and the Cold Mountain soundtrack , which led to her performance at
5092-483: Was like, 'What were they thinking?' I have the worst feet of anybody who will be there that night!" In addition to the fairy-tale-inspired shoes, Weitzman outfitted Krauss with a Palm Trēo 600 smartphone, bejeweled with 3,000 clear-and-topaz-colored Swarovski crystals. The shoes were returned, but Krauss kept the crystal-covered phone. Weitzman chose Krauss to show off his fashions at the urging of his daughters, who are fans of Krauss' music. In May 2012, Alison Krauss
5168-517: Was quickly followed by her first group album with Union Station in 1989, Two Highways . The album includes the traditional tunes "Wild Bill Jones" and "Beaumont Rag", along with a bluegrass interpretation of the Allman Brothers ' " Midnight Rider ". Krauss' contract with Rounder required her to alternate between releasing a solo album and an album with Union Station, and she released the solo album I've Got That Old Feeling in 1990. It
5244-618: Was released in 1992, and she went on to win her second Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album of the year. She then joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 at the age of 21. She was the youngest cast member at the time, and the first bluegrass artist to join the Opry in 29 years. She also collaborated on a project with the Cox Family in 1994, a bluegrass album called I Know Who Holds Tomorrow . Mandolin and guitar player Dan Tyminski replaced Tim Stafford in Union Station in 1994. Late in
5320-538: Was released in 1997 and won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album . One critic said its sound was "rather untraditional" and "likely [to] change quite a few ... minds about bluegrass". Included on the album is the track "It Doesn't Matter", which was featured in the second-season premiere episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and was included on the Buffy soundtrack in 1999. Her next solo release in 1999, Forget About It , included one of her two tracks to appear on
5396-448: Was released on August 14, 2001. The album went on to win the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, with the single " The Lucky One " winning a Grammy as well. New Favorite was followed up by the double platinum double album Live in 2002 and a release of a DVD of the same live performance in 2003. Both the album and the DVD were recorded during a performance at The Louisville Palace and both
5472-440: Was scheduled to be invited, but died before the invitation was extended Cars (song) " Cars " is the first solo single by English musician Gary Numan . It was released on 24 August 1979 and is from his debut studio album The Pleasure Principle . The song reached the top of the charts in several countries, and is Numan's most successful single. The song was the first release credited solely to Gary Numan after he dropped
5548-443: Was selected because Krauss enjoyed work he had done with Def Leppard and, she wondered, what he could do with their music. While style decisions are generally left to the various directors of the videos, many – including for " The Lucky One ", "Restless", "Goodbye is All We Have", "New Favorite", and "If I Didn't Know Any Better" – follow a pattern. In all of these videos Krauss walks, sometimes interacting with other people, while
5624-691: Was the second-youngest winner at that time. On November 21, 2019, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts . She was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in September 2021. Alison Maria Krauss was born in Decatur, Illinois , to Fred and Louise Krauss. Fred Krauss was a German immigrant who came to the United States in 1952 at age 12, and taught his native language while he earned
5700-551: Was turned into a spaceship, and that's what we're driving in. It was just wicked. It was unbelievable. It was like a dream come true. According to Bell, at one point during the shoot, Numan remarked, "Odd; the song is about cars – why are we in space?" In 2009, Chicane sampled "Cars" in " Hiding All the Stars ", which reached No. 42 in the UK and No. 23 in Belgium. Toronto -based alternative rock quartet Sloan performed
5776-641: Was used in the Australian hit comedy movie The Castle , and the Beatles ' " I Will " with Tony Furtado. A cover of Keith Whitley 's " When You Say Nothing at All " reached number three on the Billboard country chart; the album peaked in the top fifteen on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, and sold two million copies to become Krauss' first double-platinum album . Krauss also was nominated for four Country Music Association Awards and won all of them. So Long So Wrong , another Union Station album,
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