Talk:Alison Krauss

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Staxringold (talk • contribs)

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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)