TS5- Alison Krauss - Dimming of the day

Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas and members of the Transatlantic Sessions 5 house band:

Danny Thompson - Bass,
Russ Barenberg- Guitar,
Nollaig Casey- Fiddle,
James Macintosh-Drums,
Donald Shaw-Keyboards, Accordion,
John Doyle- Guitar,
John mcCusker-Fiddle,Tin Whistle,Cittern,
Phil Cunningham- Accordion,
Donal Lunny-Guitar, Bohdran, Bouzouki

Category:

Music

Tags:

• transatlantic
• sessions
• Alison Krauss
• Jerry Douglas
• Richard Thompson
• acoustic

[Jitpring]

Music for adults is still being performed? Amazing!



[reddragonready]

@Jitpring I know. Quite the surprise when you find that so ain't it! ;D

[ZaBob]

Ohhh.... so close, but so far. This is too sweet, too tender. Linda Thompson's vocal on the original is unbeatable, she captures the longing in the song perfectly.

[reddragonready]

@ZaBob I don't think Alison Krauss was attempting to imitate Linda Thompson. Naturally that means she gave it her own interpretation. :)

[billybobk2]

Who is playing bass in this video?

[reddragonready]

@billybobk2 His name is Danny Thompson. You can find all about his other work/career on Wikipedia! :)

[ddog2212]

Spell binding. I've listened to various versions but this is just top of the pile.

[cuzinkevin]

Like soaring high above the clouds wrapped in a warm blanket

[oscotto1]

the Linda Thompson version is more poignant, more fractured-there is perhaps more flexibility and subtlety in the Krauss voice, and the accompaniment especially Douglas dobro lends depth. Both are wonderful interpretations of the song.Thanks for this.

[ladycocoist]

Fantastic voice keep singing

[hallroy12]

Awesome, just awesome

[catterlineCarties]

@paulbucksy and michael mcgoldrick on flute, and the legendary danny thompson on bass... it really doesn't get any better than this

[paulbucksy]

alison's class. but do you see the man on the bazouki? thats donal lunny . irelands greatest modern song arranger. check out his stuff for top quality



[cookerzz1]

I never thought that Alison could top 'Ghost in this house' but she has! I seem to have misplaced all my other cds.  Sorry Emmy...

[muzik4evanme]

they are all amazing artists!!!! Beautiful rendition

[psychobollox]

@reddragonready

agreed! this is not meant to be a copy of Linda Thompson's version ... that's her version. this is Alison's version ... and as versions go, it's a bloody good one!

thank you for posting these things!!!

[thepoint08]

Only one thing wrong with this version....it's too good, further giving credence to the reason AK has 26 grammies to her name. Rock on.