Ghost In This House-Shenandoah (Cover)
The song was also recorded later by Alison Krauss & Union Station. I loved Alison's version until I discovered the original. Man, it put a whole new spin on the song. I tried to be true to who I am and still keep the "good bones" of the original. You'll understand what I mean if you really pay attention. Diehard Country fans will probably pick it up immediately. Sorry, not sorry. Thank ya'll for all the shares so far!

Ghost In This House - Shenandoah (Cover)

“On Banjo”

In sunny a San Diego high school somewhere in the 70s, while kids were listening to Aerosmith and Van Halen and Boston, Alison Brown was listening to bluegrass. She had started on guitar but gravitated to the banjo and by her teens, she was already pretty proficient on the instrument. She won first place at the Canadian National Banjo Championship, played a gig at the Grand Ole Opry and toured one summer with fiddler Stuart Duncan. After high school She headed to Harvard, knocked out an MBA at UCLA and then went to work as an Investment Banker. You know—the typical bluegrass story you hear all the time. Thinking music was a weekend thing, Brown had a nice balance going but then music decided to tip the scales. Alison Krauss flashed the bat signal for a banjo player and Brown answered the call, and gave up her Wall Street environs for a life in music. And what a life it has been. An internationally recognized virtuoso on banjo, Brown has played with Alison Krauss, Michelle Shocked, fronted her own Alison Brown Quartet, toured all over the world, from Japan to South America, along the way playing The Kennedy Center, the Newport Folk Festival, The Cambridge Folk Festival in England and the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland. With a Grammy in her trophy case along with multiple Grammy nominations, features on CBS Sunday Morning, NPRs All Things Considered and close to 15 critically lauded albums under her belt, including her fabulous new one No Banjo, Alison Brown is an artistic force. And what of On Banjo? Well, putting it simply, it’s a stunner. A deftly played album filled with technical prowess, musical finesse and compositional dexterity, On Banjo is a song cycle that’s celebratory, joyful and cathartic. Brown is the co-founder of Compass Records Group, she serves on the Board of the Nashville Chapter of the Recording Academy and she's the co-chair of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize. She’s kind of a big deal and guess what? She’s as nice as can be. 

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0331: Alison Brown

Tried this classic Everly Brothers song that was made famous all over again by Robert Plant and Allison Krauss on Raising Sand. This is a beautiful simple song that really begs for a good harmony. I sang the track live with a pro drummer and the overdubbed a harmony and bass. This song suits my Telecaster perfectly.

Stick With Me Baby (WT JB) 3 - 15 - 24 V1.3

Broke out the Telecaster with a pro drummer and tried a Lucinda Williams song that Robert Plant and Alison Krauss covered on their album "Raise the Roof". Just digging into basic rock and roll vibes.

Can't Let Go  3 - 15 - 24 V1.3

WT and JB play "Killing The Blues", a song made famous by Robert Plant and Allison Krauss. Wish we had had a harmony vocal.

Killing The Blues (RB) 10-18-24

Played a version of "Killing the Blues" that I know from the Robert Plant/AlisonKrauss collaboration. Sam on electric guitar and Earl on bass. Lo-fi recording on a single microphone in the room. 

Killing the Blues (Mel and Earl) 7-27-25

Acoustic guitar; folk; Americana; jam band influences; blues; rock; old time; bluegrass; grungey stuff. Even some electro and EDM vibes occasionally. I play a wide mix of music with a lot of different people.

At 30, I decided my dreams of stardom couldn't just fade into the background anymore. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. As a full-time Autism mom, full-time homeschool mom, full-time chauffeur, full-time everything, it's so hard to find quiet time to work and record. My voice isn't what it used to be but I'm not ready to say I'm done dreaming.

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