Dutch fan introducing!

[eilleen333]

Hey there!
I'm Louise, 19 years old and I'm from the Netherlands (Europe). I've been a fan of AKUS since I guess two years. Right before Alison and Shania Twain played together on the Up! Close and Personal DVD. That is just the perfect concert!

Two years ago Alison would come to Holland, but the tour was cancelld because of private reasons, so I couldn't see her live. But I went to see her live a few weeks ago, May 14, when she sang with Robert Plant. I just loved the show. Recorded everything so I could listen to it again .

But I'm not the only AKUS fan at home, my horse is also a huge fan of her music .

[tal]

Hi Louise,
Welcome! Hope you will enjoy this site!
Tal.

[eilleen333]

I bet I will. Thanks for letting me know there was a AKUS forum !

[eyesoflove]

Hi and welcome, Eilleen. That's a beautiful horse you've got! I look forward to getting to know you!

[eilleen333]

Hello everybody!

I kinda forgot about these forums, I don't know how that happened. I just wanted to let yu guys know that I am back, and I will try to be involved in the discussions here.
Hoe did I find my way back to the forums?

I was searching on google on Alison Krauss guitar tabs and chords. A while ago I started playing the guitar and I am really making progress now. I am kinda old to learn to play an instrument (I turned 24 a week ago), but I am trying really hard and practising a lot.

My new project is "If I Didn't Know Any Better" since my sister and I want to perform a song in November and I wanted to play something by Alison. I just love the song and it is not that hard to play on the guitar (the easy version ), I am just having some trouble figuring out the strumming. But I am getting there.

Well, I think I'll go and have a look on the forums now to see what has happened here while I was gone .


Edit: I just realised that I never really introduced myself! So I will do that now.

Well, I am Louise, 24 years old and I live in the Netherlands, Europe. I study veterinary medicine and in my free time I like to take my horse for a ride. To pay for all this I have a part-time job at the local butcher. Don't ask .


So far I have seen Alison preform live two times. Once with Robert Plant in 2008 and past July with Union Station. I was really shocked when I heard them play. They started the show with the song "Paper Airplane" and I was just.... In shock really. I already loved the song, but this live performance was just amazing. It was just so beautiful! I'll never forget that moment. I have been to many concerts but this was so different. I was really caught up in the moment, and like a few minutes after the song was finished I landed back into my chair noticing my friend next to me was trying to tell me something for a while already. I was like in trance or something .

I'll never forget that day. The show was amazing and another amazing thing happend. It was a long shot, but took it, and now I have got the most unique guitar ever .
I'll share the story with you guys.
I was playing the guitar for a few weeks when I attended AKUS in concert. I sent an e-mail to the theatre where they were playing to ask if there was a possibility to get my guitar signed. They said I could drop my guitar off prior to the show and I could pick it up afterwards, signed and all. Unfortunately it was not possible to meet AKUS, bus their signatures on my guitar is already amazing! Just wanted to share the pic with you guys: