Alison Receives Honor Tonight

[Doug]

November Accolades
Newark Star Ledger
09/10/05
Alison Krauss, Tim McGraw, Earl Scruggs and BeBe and CeCe Winans will be the recipients of Recordings Academy Honors from the Nashville chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. All are Grammy Award-winning artists Their careers will be celebrated in Nashville Nov. 7

The awards honor "outstanding individuals whose work embodies excellence and integrity and who have improved the environment for the creative community," according to NARAS.

Proceeds from the awards dinner will benefit the Recording Academy's professional, educational and advocacy programs. Proceeds from a corresponding silent auction will benefit the MusiCares Hurricane Katrina relief fund.

In other awards news, Terry Gilliam will receive the Stockholm Visionary Award at the Stockholm film festival in November. Organizers cited Gilliam's "unique inventiveness which has captured the hearts and minds of film enthusiasts everywhere."

Gilliam was a member of the Monty Python comedy group before becoming a director. He has directed, "Brazil," "Twelve Monkeys," "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," and "The Brothers Grimm."

Director David Croneberg had previously been named winner of the Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award. Both awards will be presented during the Nov. 17-27 festival in the Swedish capital.

And Cedric the Entertainer will host the 33rd annual American Music Awards on Nov. 22. The actor-comedian will preside over the three-hour show televised by ABC from Los Angeles. Nominee for 21 awards will be announced Sept. 20.

[sunshine007x]

Yeah Good news ! Thanks for this information. Congratulations to Alison. She's the best !

[Doug]

Here's the write-up on the festivities from the Nashville newpaper. It's great to see Alison get such recognition.

See: tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20051108&Category=ENTERTAINMENT01&ArtNo=511080348&SectionCat=&Template=printart

[Doug]

A little more info off of the CMT site:

Douglas offered a brief summary of Krauss' career, aided by a video that carried canned congratulations from such luminaries as Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard. Krauss, the video summarized, has released 11 albums that have sold more than 7 million copies. She has won 17 Grammys, more than any other woman in the award's history.

Stating that Sparks is "one of Alison's favorite singers," Douglas called the two-time winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association's male vocalist of the year prize to the stage. The song Krauss had requested was the bluegrass standard, "Doin' My Time," and the crowd began cheering Sparks when he sang the first line. Backing him was an all-star band that included fiddler Stuart Duncan, banjoist Ron Block (from Union Station), mandolinist Sierra Hull and bassist Dennis Crouch. Sparks finished to a standing ovation.

"I never thought I'd ever do anything like this," said Krauss as she accepted her award. "I never thought I'd do this for a living." Usually funny and flippant, Krauss was in tears when she thanked her parents, who were in the audience, for introducing her to bluegrass music. Then, returning to form, she quipped, "That video was so touching I almost got sick. . . . I still want to be Larry Sparks fiddle player."

[Doug]

More pictures at:

www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=SRH&logsrch=1

[Jason]

When you search from the main page make sure you put in Allison Krauss, they spelled her name in the caption wrong.

www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls====147969&VwMd=i

[Doug]

Jason stumbled across a hint that I will give everyone if you are searching for information on Alison on the internet. Always search on "Krauss" and not "Alison Krauss". Too many "sources" will misspell her first name so its better to only use her last name and then some other pertinent term. You will also see her last name spelled "Krause" but that's not as common.

[eyesoflove]

That's a great pic!

Thanks for the tip, Doug : ). Oh, I just scrolled up and saw you supplied the pic, too. Thanks again hehe.

Stacy