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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss to release album this fall
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Posted on 08/06/2007 6:57:51 AM PDT by dead
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Thats just a bizarre pairing, but it might work. Ive seen Alison Krauss many times over the years, in a variety of settings the Down from the Mountain shows, with Union Station, with Jerry Douglas only, with Bela Fleck, etc. She could sing directions to the mall, and it would sound beautiful.
Plants an odd duck though. His Zepplin stuff rocks, but those showtunes years are a horror to behold. Ive seen him a few times, he can belt, but Im less than impressed with the slow stuff.
Some great musicians listed - Ribots a genius (was Tom Waits' guitarist for years) and Norman Blakes a bluegrass great. Some fantastic songwriters listed too.
Should be interesting.
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posted on
08/06/2007 6:57:53 AM PDT
by
dead
To: dead
I’d go to the concert. It would be awesome!
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:00:43 AM PDT
by
colorcountry
(Silence isn't always golden.....Sometimes it's just yellow!)
To: dead
I bet Plant and Alison would do an excellent version of “The Battle of Evermore.”
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:01:32 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: dead
Krauss would sound good with anyone. She’s awesome.
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:02:41 AM PDT
by
peggybac
(Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
To: peggybac
Alison Krauss is Awesome. Seen her many times in concert and always a delight.
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:04:14 AM PDT
by
JFC
To: dead
Plant's best material is as a blues wailer - not as a crooner. Krauss' strength is that "high, lonesome sound."
Krauss is a brilliant student and reinterpret of white country blues and Plant is a solid student and inventive reinterpreter of black country blues.
Both styles of country blues are very similar and the differences are subtle: if they play to their strengths they can make a very good album.
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:04:28 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
To: dead
Zepplin’s last album was dang near a country album.
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:05:34 AM PDT
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Tribune7
(Michael Moore bought Haliburton)
To: Tribune7
To: dead
I can see Plant doing the blues, as Led Zeppelin was influenced by i, and some of the more obscure Zeppelin tracks are even pretty much straight-out blues songs. But country? I’ll have to wait and see.
To: dead
“There’s also “Please Read the Letter,” a song written by Plant and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page from their 1998 album, “Walking Into Clarksdale.”
Walking Into Clarksdale is a good album, IMO about the best either Plant or Page have done post-Zeppelin. It stayed high up on the sales charts for a good many weeks. Anyone looking for blues-based rock could do a lot worse than this album.
To: dead
“Goin’ to California”. I’d pay to see them perform that one.
To: colorcountry
I am looking forward to hearing this CD.
I have liked Alison Krauss for a long time, to me her voice is so pure....
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:13:26 AM PDT
by
Kimmers
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: dead
HUGE Zeppelin fan here...saw them in '77, opening night at Madison Square Garden....also went to all the major reunions including Live Aid and the Atlantic Records Tribute....when my wife and I built our house the first thing I put up in my 5-month old daughters room was a Zeppelin poster....four years later it's still there..
Plant was and has always been my favorite member of the band...his first few albums rocked then his solo stuff slid...
I give him credit though; he's always trying new things and this is another example....he could've sat back and did some gigs with Page and Jones every five year, as the masses want, but he didn't...
Plant has always been into that Memphis Blues, Sun Records type of music...
btw: I have no idea who Allison Kraus is...
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:14:37 AM PDT
by
God luvs America
(When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
To: antiRepublicrat
To: God luvs America
I never saw them in person but when I was in my 20’s we would go every Saturday night to the midnight showing of “The Song Remains the Same” in Bronxville NY. It was a pissa!
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:16:42 AM PDT
by
angcat
("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
To: dead
Alison is my favorite. She has no equal in Bluegrass.
To: angcat
I’ve actually seen Plant in concert probably two dozen times...
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:17:50 AM PDT
by
God luvs America
(When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
To: Kimmers
I’ve been infatuated with the “Tall Cool One,” since about 1972 when I was 16. And I love traditional bluegrass even though I prefer Alison’s band to her, she does have a sweet and pure voice.....reminds me a little bit of a young Emmy Lou Harris.
Plant has paired with musicians from India several times, so it will be interesting to say the least.
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:18:16 AM PDT
by
colorcountry
(Silence isn't always golden.....Sometimes it's just yellow!)
To: God luvs America
I wonder how he looks these days.
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posted on
08/06/2007 7:19:07 AM PDT
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angcat
("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
To: God luvs America
There has never been, nor will ever be, a band as GREAT as Led Zeppelin. Period. First saw them in Houston in the 70’s. I often wonder if someday I’ll be the only 80 year old in the retirement home who puts the Zeppelin cds on and smiles.
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