Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Alison Krauss At the White House, a Report


Alison Krauss At the White House


The Washington Post


Accompanied by her band, Union Station, Krauss led off with a set that included a stirring "Man of Constant Sorrow" and an appropriately haunting "Ghost in This House."
The president was the first to his feet to applaud when Krauss finished. When the president stands, everyone else in the room is quick to follow.
Pride broke out his biggest hits for his White House appearance. "I'm so proud to be invited," he told the president before performing such classics as "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?" and "Kiss an Angel Good Morning."
Between sets, Grand Ole Opry anAccompanied by her band, Union Station, Krauss led off with a set that included a stirring "Man of Constant Sorrow" and an appropriately haunting "Ghost in This House."
The president was the first to his feet to applaud when Krauss finished. When the president stands, everyone else in the room is quick to follow.
Pride broke out his biggest hits for his White House appearance. "I'm so proud to be invited," he told the president before performing such classics as "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?" and "Kiss an Angel Good Morning."
Between sets, Grand Ole Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs, a Gaithersburg native and host of a show that ran for many years on WAMU, provided a country history lesson -- and issued a hard-to-refuse invitation to the president to visit the Opry, by pointing out that every president since Richard M. Nixon had done so. nouncer Eddie Stubbs, a Gaithersburg native and host of a show that ran for many years on WAMU, provided a country history lesson -- and issued a hard-to-refuse invitation to the president to visit the Opry, by pointing out that every president since Richard M. Nixon had done so. Read more...


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