My late Mothers favorite song. As child I got back stag and got her autograph for my Mom. Alison Krauss was so nice to me and was happy to do so. This song tugs on my heart strings. Lots of memories listening to this song with her.
yeah, I still miss Allison Brown being with Alison Krauss and Union Station, what a sensation they were when they became known back in the day....Alison Krauss is one ot the legendary performers, she changed the perception of bluegrass and gave it class like fine wine or beautiful old southern homes... her work has been and is a gift to this era.
They are all awesome. Alison Brown is my hero! She can add drive like a jack hammer and still produce the most delicate, innovative and tasteful back up at just the right time!
Miss Krauss has a special gift from God above the others. Quite often she gives glory to God in many of her gospel songs. She's not a preachy person but shares the good news of Christ through hand picked songs. Many of the AKUS are believers as well.
"Two Highways" is the first album that I heard of Alison. I heard "Teardrops Will Kiss The Morning Dew" in my car. KVOO AM Radio Station out of Tulsa Oklahoma was playing a Bluegrass Hour. It was the FIRST time I heard her sing and was crying my eyes out trying to drive one Sunday late afternoon/near evening, on a Highway. Thank God nobody else was with me and nobody else was on the Highway that day. My tears impaired my vision and I couldn't wipe them away FAST enough. Scary Situation. But I immediately became Alison Krauss's fan and ordered "Two Highways" the very next day. I believe she was about 17 then. Just a kid, then, with a Powerfully Beautiful Voice that only God in Heaven could gift someone with. And today....she just gets better and better!! One-of-a-Kind and Nobody ELSE like her ANYWHERE!!!
In my opinion, this is the best band Krauss has had to date. If Jerry Douglas were playing with her at the time it could not have gotten any better. Adam Steffey's shirt is ridiculously awesome and he rocks. And that Stafford rhythm with his polio stricken hand. Damn. The lovely and talented Alison Brown, and Barry Bales's solid rhythm. You need one hell of a stick to beat this with!
Saw this lineup in fall of 1990. Knew sound guy and he taped three sets and I've listened to those so many times amazed at what killer groove and music they made. Over the years as the band evolved and her sound softened I always remember that there is no doubt that can play high energy bluegrass
@@RaxOldies I saw them in Round Rock Tx about that time, maybe a little earlier, and Steffey let me pick his mandolin about 5 seconds after I met him. He didn't know me from anybody but after he shredded Katy Hill and the came off stage I was the first one back stage and just asked, "What model mandolin is that (big hairy deep throated instrument) He named it (a custom) held it out and said "Do you want to try it?" Not only yeah but hell yeah.
@@jamesoliver6625 That was a great lineup...we had a Cajun Festival in rural RI every Labor Day weekend, and Alison was there for about 4 or 5 yrs in a row and I was always working...(she was also at the Newport Folk Festival in '86 missed that too!) Finally in '91 my brother was working security, and I said what gate should I meet you at ??!! haha...That was the tour where she broke out Now That I Found You, and I Will...about 3 yrs before the album came out. The moon was full it was crystal clear, and that voice put me in another place. Fell in love immediately !! As I was heading out I nodded/waved to the band & Alison as they were eating/got a wave back and I was all set. Have seen them with the current lineup a couple of times since, but that night in '91 remains the highlight (Also last time they played that festival). We still have a festival every Labor Day/different venue, called Rhythm & Roots...mostly cajun but other diverse types also Sarah Potenza etc Glad you got to hang with Adam !!
Now this is Alison Krauss at her best with her best band ever. The timing is so good and rolls along like a sewing machine. Come back Alison Krauss. Get you metronome above 110bpm.
I first heard this song on her album 20 years ago and thought I knew it. Its like I just heard it for the first time with this performance. I can't imagine a better version. Bluegrass is endlessly new.
By far, this is my favorite era of the group. This is the Alison Krauss I fell in love with. Allison Brown is my favorite banjo player of all time, because of her role in Union station. I was inspired to pick up the mandolin because of Adam.
While I too have a special affection for Alison's early records, we have to accept that a talent and musical imagination as vast as hers could not be limited to any one genre.
This was her band lineup from 1991. I happen to have had the pleasure of booking her that year...we had a Valentine's Day party for our Bluegrass Association--40 people--and AKUS did 3 sets...I still have the video from that night and Adam wore the same shirt! I got to get on stage and do 3 songs with them too!
Thank you so much for sharing this awesome performance from my most favorite girl singer! (smiles) God bless you and her always!!! Holly in East Tennessee (a fan of her since 1994)
I personally love the stuff she was doing during this time period, but she is making alot more money doing what she is doing now! She is one of the most talented people on the planet and I respect her music for what it is, whatever she does (but I do miss this style of Alison)!
The matching pants were at the cleaners. Playing mandolin fills that good and that well at that tempo, he ought to be able to show up topless if he wants to. Thanks for replying. Gave me an excuse to listen to this track again: it's more fun than a flaming, overcapacity clown car.
I saw this great band in 1991 at the Fallon NV Community Center. Tickets were $15, but when AK played the MGM Grand in Reno about 10 years later tickets were $150 and I couldn't get two together.
LOL, it appear's what I was going to write, has already been expressed quite a few time's already! I love Alison with the Cox Family and in her early "High Lonesome" Bluegrass singing style. I agree with 'dragnuckle' >>> "we have to accept that a talent and musical imagination as vast as hers could not be limited to any one genre" but that doesn't need to say, one has preference's.
Two highways lay before me, which one will I choose? Down one lane, I'd find happiness and down the other I would lose There is no one that I can trust, I must decide alone My decision is an awful one, which road will take me home? In the mornin' would I wake to find down the wrong road I have gone Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long? Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice Perils, there are many, as I set out on my way If I lose your love, I know that I can call it back someday Rambler, lonely rambler, just ‘cause anyplace is home Nashville lights, how you have always shined In the mornin' would I wake to find down the wrong road I have gone Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long? Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice Wishing now that you had found a word or two to say But the mornin' came and we both knew my eyes gave it away As I kissed your cheeks and said goodbye, I thought only time will tell And you can't draw water from an empty well In the mornin' would I wake to find down the wrong road I have gone Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long? Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice
I couldn't agree more! I feel like the band certainly adapted to Jerry's style of playing, but Adam was the man. He is actually the one who inspired me to pick up the mandolin.
And I grew up thinking it was an "author unknown" folk classic!!...Dang. I should have known better. The Ancient Works have as many versions as there are singers.
Dogsee 1 is right. Alison Brown is no Raymond Fairchild because she is light years ahead of Raymond Fairchild, and believe me, I love Raymond's banjo pickin, he is one of the best ever! Alison is a one of a kind banjo picker and musician!
Proof of how great Stelling banjos are and oh by the way look at the capo and ask yourself just how true all over the fretboard a Stelling is with its compensated nut? I'll never understand why she switched to a Prucha.
anyone who knows anything about allison must wonder why adam steffy left the band. i was so pissed for a while--allison used to be so shy that adam would have to introduce the band and the songs. i was so pissed when she replaced adam with jerry douglas. i know adam went on to play on the dixie chicks album--but i still feel it was not fair to not give adam his props--i do not think there would be no akus without him. love you adam
yeah--a different alison then what we see today. better or worse? a miss adam so much. i miss that bluegrass. i saw her in georgia when she was about 17 years old. does anyone agree with me that she had a nose job?. the band has changed so much over the years--only one who is still with her is barry. i think i love both alisons--the old and the new. but for some reason i don't buy her cd's anymore. it think i may have love the old alison better. bluegrass rules!
Agreed. Actually I like this live version better than the studio version (with Mike Harman on Banjo). No offense, but Alison Brown adds a richness not heard on the original.
This was Alison Ks best band. Replacing Adam and Tim took away her edge. I saw Alison Brown and Stuart Duncan when they were kids at the Hugo Ok. festival late 70s. He was about 15, she 13. They came over for LA area as 2/5 of a band from Cali and entered the band contest.Came in second only because a full band from Ak was pretty good but two players played four instruments and showed everyone else how to do it. Then ~ 10 years later I go to the Round Rock Tx festival to see this knew singer Alison K and shazam! Two for the price of one.
If you think anybody but Alison is responsible for the change in her sound, you are mistaken. She wanted to change and explore different styles and sounds and found different band members to help her achieve it. That's typically what a gifted musician like Alison does. Their music tends to evolve with them.
Every musician in this performance is absolutely amazing. The banjo player, Alison Brown - I cannot keep my ears off of her playing - phenomenal.
The amazing Alison Brown. Some great hard driving banjo and a tasteful smattering of melodic runs & transitions.
My late Mothers favorite song. As child I got back stag and got her autograph for my Mom. Alison Krauss was so nice to me and was happy to do so. This song tugs on my heart strings. Lots of memories listening to this song with her.
I had the pleasure of meeting Allison Brown a month ago, I would love to meet Alison Krauss one day.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Ms. Brown is KILLIN' on this performance!
ALISON BROWN RULES!
Incredible banjo player.
That's the best set ever
yeah, I still miss Allison Brown being with Alison Krauss and Union Station, what a sensation they were when they became known back in the day....Alison Krauss is one ot the legendary performers, she changed the perception of bluegrass and gave it class like fine wine or beautiful old southern homes... her work has been and is a gift to this era.
Dang! What a banjo player!
They are all awesome. Alison Brown is my hero! She can add drive like a jack hammer and still produce the most delicate, innovative and tasteful back up at just the right time!
Miss Krauss has a special gift from God above the others. Quite often she gives glory to God in many of her gospel songs. She's not a preachy person but shares the good news of Christ through hand picked songs. Many of the AKUS are believers as well.
"Two Highways" is the first album that I heard of Alison. I heard "Teardrops Will Kiss The Morning Dew" in my car. KVOO AM Radio Station out of Tulsa Oklahoma was playing a Bluegrass Hour. It was the FIRST time I heard her sing and was crying my eyes out trying to drive one Sunday late afternoon/near evening, on a Highway. Thank God nobody else was with me and nobody else was on the Highway that day. My tears impaired my vision and I couldn't wipe them away FAST enough. Scary Situation. But I immediately became Alison Krauss's fan and ordered "Two Highways" the very next day. I believe she was about 17 then. Just a kid, then, with a Powerfully Beautiful Voice that only God in Heaven could gift someone with. And today....she just gets better and better!! One-of-a-Kind and Nobody ELSE like her ANYWHERE!!!
Anything this lady sings or plays is awesome
In my opinion, this is the best band Krauss has had to date. If Jerry Douglas were playing with her at the time it could not have gotten any better. Adam Steffey's shirt is ridiculously awesome and he rocks. And that Stafford rhythm with his polio stricken hand. Damn. The lovely and talented Alison Brown, and Barry Bales's solid rhythm. You need one hell of a stick to beat this with!
Saw this lineup in '91 at a festival ....awesome !!
Saw this lineup in fall of 1990. Knew sound guy and he taped three sets and I've listened to those so many times amazed at what killer groove and music they made. Over the years as the band evolved and her sound softened I always remember that there is no doubt that can play high energy bluegrass
@@RaxOldies I saw them in Round Rock Tx about that time, maybe a little earlier, and Steffey let me pick his mandolin about 5 seconds after I met him. He didn't know me from anybody but after he shredded Katy Hill and the came off stage I was the first one back stage and just asked, "What model mandolin is that (big hairy deep throated instrument) He named it (a custom) held it out and said "Do you want to try it?" Not only yeah but hell yeah.
@@cadobroman They played killer bluegrass !!
@@jamesoliver6625 That was a great lineup...we had a Cajun Festival in rural RI every Labor Day weekend, and Alison was there for about 4 or 5 yrs in a row and I was always working...(she was also at the Newport Folk Festival in '86 missed that too!) Finally in '91 my brother was working security, and I said what gate should I meet you at ??!! haha...That was the tour where she broke out Now That I Found You, and I Will...about 3 yrs before the album came out. The moon was full it was crystal clear, and that voice put me in another place. Fell in love immediately !! As I was heading out I nodded/waved to the band & Alison as they were eating/got a wave back and I was all set. Have seen them with the current lineup a couple of times since, but that night in '91 remains the highlight (Also last time they played that festival). We still have a festival every Labor Day/different venue, called Rhythm & Roots...mostly cajun but other diverse types also Sarah Potenza etc Glad you got to hang with Adam !!
Double Alison Time! The best Union Station line-up. EVAR. This energy level was never met with later line-ups. It is giving me goose bumps.
I couldn't agree more. I have found quite a few concerts of the band over the years, and these ones are my favorite to go back and listen to.
This one does it for me , vocals and lyrics, perfect
There is no one that touches Alison's voice and talent.
Now this is Alison Krauss at her best with her best band ever. The timing is so good and rolls along like a sewing machine. Come back Alison Krauss. Get you metronome above 110bpm.
the queen of bluegrass. nobody like her. a velvet voice. and personality to match.
Wonderful Alison and Wonderful Alison. Great singing and playing by both...:-) Jack Baker NYC
I first heard this song on her album 20 years ago and thought I knew it.
Its like I just heard it for the first time with this performance.
I can't imagine a better version. Bluegrass is endlessly new.
By far, this is my favorite era of the group. This is the Alison Krauss I fell in love with. Allison Brown is my favorite banjo player of all time, because of her role in Union station. I was inspired to pick up the mandolin because of Adam.
Allison is such a singer.
Unreal!
The speed of the guitar solo and banjo beginning stuns me.
Nimble and fast.
Alison Brown is so badass
yes...so stoic, and playing her ass off. Doesn't get any better.
...and she's a savvy and ethical businesswoman, too (as you may well know).
I recently had the chance to meet her, and she couldn't have been any nicer.
While I too have a special affection for Alison's early records, we have to accept that a talent and musical imagination as vast as hers could not be limited to any one genre.
A bit like Bob Dylan 'going electric'. BUT I think I prefer her earlyier year's and her High Lonesome" style of singing.....
You said it all. Her gift transcends genres. She is genreless imo.
If you look closely you can see smoke rising off the banjo
This was her band lineup from 1991. I happen to have had the pleasure of booking her that year...we had a Valentine's Day party for our Bluegrass Association--40 people--and AKUS did 3 sets...I still have the video from that night and Adam wore the same shirt! I got to get on stage and do 3 songs with them too!
If possible, I would love to have a video. I mean huge fan of this lineup!
Thank you so much for sharing this awesome performance from my most favorite girl singer! (smiles)
God bless you and her always!!!
Holly in East Tennessee (a fan of her since 1994)
She is the best.
my absolute favorite song of hers. it just slaps me upside the head.
You WILL hear the MELODY you've searched for oh so long ms. Krauss. ♡
I personally love the stuff she was doing during this time period, but she is making alot more money doing what she is doing now! She is one of the most talented people on the planet and I respect her music for what it is, whatever she does (but I do miss this style of Alison)!
Definitely my favorite era of the group! It doesn't get any better than this.
I adore Steffey's shirt!!
Best lineup of Union Station ever ...
Highway to Heaven here I come.Loving the banjo♥️
This song helped me through a break up. Thanks :)
Awesome song!!
Looking for more of this set. I agree, Alison Brown is incredible, very tight.
Wow! Great song and great performance. Nice shirt too!
So Young there still amazing from the start
The matching pants were at the cleaners.
Playing mandolin fills that good and that well at that tempo, he ought to be able to show up topless if he wants to.
Thanks for replying. Gave me an excuse to listen to this track again: it's more fun than a flaming, overcapacity clown car.
" You are either born with the gift of music or you sit in the audience . "
Alison Brown cutting it up on the 5-string.
She's always had a great cast around her- Allison Brown is way underrated- she's awesome! I do miss her true bluegrass days though.....
Love this music...
That was a beautiful performance.
Love, love, LOOOOOOVE AKUS!!!! There's nothing better.
Wonderful song and singing group
Bill Brown ii
Love this song!!!!!
Very clear voice!
l like this song♪
from Japan
I wish she would still play music like this.
I saw this great band in 1991 at the Fallon NV Community Center. Tickets were $15, but when AK played the MGM Grand in Reno about 10 years later tickets were $150 and I couldn't get two together.
LOL, it appear's what I was going to write, has already been expressed quite a few time's already!
I love Alison with the Cox Family and in her early "High Lonesome" Bluegrass singing style.
I agree with 'dragnuckle' >>> "we have to accept that a talent and musical imagination as vast as hers could not be limited to any one genre" but that doesn't need to say, one has preference's.
@norrman10 Stafford was a previous member of Union Station, roughly around the time this video was filmed. Just to complete the info :-)
At their best right here
I have Loved you from this day....till ernetnity.
It is Tim Stafford of Blue Highway.
I've got chills.Larry Cordel is one of the best writers ever-his band is Lonesome Standard Time.
Two highways lay before me, which one will I choose?
Down one lane, I'd find happiness and down the other I would lose
There is no one that I can trust, I must decide alone
My decision is an awful one, which road will take me home?
In the mornin' would I wake to find down the wrong road I have gone
Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long?
Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice
And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice
Perils, there are many, as I set out on my way
If I lose your love, I know that I can call it back someday
Rambler, lonely rambler, just ‘cause anyplace is home
Nashville lights, how you have always shined
In the mornin' would I wake to find down the wrong road I have gone
Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long?
Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice
And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice
Wishing now that you had found a word or two to say
But the mornin' came and we both knew my eyes gave it away
As I kissed your cheeks and said goodbye, I thought only time will tell
And you can't draw water from an empty well
In the mornin' would I wake to find down the wrong road I have gone
Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long?
Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice
And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice
And though sadness cries my inner soul, my lover haunts my voice
Yeah boy, they were cutting it back then. As much as I love Jerry Douglas, you can't be beat the Union Station era when Steffey was doing his magic.
I couldn't agree more! I feel like the band certainly adapted to Jerry's style of playing, but Adam was the man. He is actually the one who inspired me to pick up the mandolin.
WoW!❤❤❤
Nice take on this song.
Before this, I only heard the CD one.
This is nice.
alison not only has the voice of an angel she is also the most beautiful women ive seen
I thought it would make a good user name. Love this song.
That's the title songfrom the CD--
"Two Highways"
I think the video is from a show on the old cable channel TNN, probably mid 90's
Must be 1990 or 1991. Barry Bales, Tim Stafford, and Adam Steffey joined the band in early 1990. Alison Brown left in the fall of 1991.
My mom, my meri, my madjesty hears.
Thank you, Gina
Keep on won't yu
Stafford is a monster on guitar..
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
LOVE IT
classic & timeless=]
That was awesome
An old favorite of mine! :)
And I grew up thinking it was an "author unknown" folk classic!!...Dang.
I should have known better. The Ancient Works have as many versions as there are singers.
Alison Brown!
WOW!
Dogsee 1 is right. Alison Brown is no Raymond Fairchild because she is light years ahead of Raymond Fairchild, and believe me, I love Raymond's banjo pickin, he is one of the best ever! Alison is a one of a kind banjo picker and musician!
Damn that girl plays a mean banjo!
check the look too, that Alison Brown give Adam Steffey for his subtle, soft, flying accompaniment...
Proof of how great Stelling banjos are and oh by the way look at the capo and ask yourself just how true all over the fretboard a Stelling is with its compensated nut? I'll never understand why she switched to a Prucha.
anyone who knows anything about allison must wonder why adam steffy left the band. i was so pissed for a while--allison used to be so shy that adam would have to introduce the band and the songs. i was so pissed when she replaced adam with jerry douglas. i know adam went on to play on the dixie chicks album--but i still feel it was not fair to not give adam his props--i do not think there would be no akus without him. love you adam
@TheJamdolinPlayer Agreed.
Great
Theres you a beautiful woman
Billy Strings getting you going...nice release
wow
love you hun i have you was here in salyersville kentucky
ah, union station, the portals through with some of the greatest bluegrass musicians have passed
yeah--a different alison then what we see today. better or worse? a miss adam so much. i miss that bluegrass. i saw her in georgia when she was about 17 years old. does anyone agree with me that she had a nose job?. the band has changed so much over the years--only one who is still with her is barry. i think i love both alisons--the old and the new. but for some reason i don't buy her cd's anymore. it think i may have love the old alison better. bluegrass rules!
I love jerry but I miss adam steffy.
Wonder how much it would cost for a reunion of this configuration of the group?
If that ever happens, let me know. I'd pay to see that.
shes as good as charlie danels anytime wit that bow her sound as an angel
Wow.... She is outstanding, how old is she here?? Anyone!?
Rune Olsson where “Two Highways” was released when she was 18 (1989) this was1991, so she was 20
1991
Contrived
too cute
Check out Ritchie Nevada - "Someday"
Alison brown...busting its bottom
stelling staghorn god of all banjos
Agreed. Actually I like this live version better than the studio version (with Mike Harman on Banjo). No offense, but Alison Brown adds a richness not heard on the original.
She has "it".
20 grammys already
Adam didn't get the memo that solid colors were preferred.
This was Alison Ks best band. Replacing Adam and Tim took away her edge. I saw Alison Brown and Stuart Duncan when they were kids at the Hugo Ok. festival late 70s. He was about 15, she 13. They came over for LA area as 2/5 of a band from Cali and entered the band contest.Came in second only because a full band from Ak was pretty good but two players played four instruments and showed everyone else how to do it. Then ~ 10 years later I go to the Round Rock Tx festival to see this knew singer Alison K and shazam! Two for the price of one.
I just met Alison Brown over a month ago. She was super sweet!
If you think anybody but Alison is responsible for the change in her sound, you are mistaken. She wanted to change and explore different styles and sounds and found different band members to help her achieve it. That's typically what a gifted musician like Alison does. Their music tends to evolve with them.