![]() Its success, as well as that of the album, caught Krauss by surprise. The single's B-side was a previously unreleased Whitley song titled "Charlotte's in North Carolina", which also appeared on the tribute album. 2 on the same magazine's Hot Country Singles Sales chart. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and a commercial single reached No. That version, also featured on Krauss' compilation Now That I've Found You: A Collection, peaked at No. After Krauss's cover began to receive unsolicited airplay, BNA Records, the label that had released the album, issued Krauss' version to radio in January 1995. The single release featured "Charlotte's in North Carolina," one of several previously-unreleased tracks sung by Whitley on the album, as the B-side. It is among the best-known hit songs for three different performers: Keith Whitley, who took it to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on DecemAlison Krauss, whose version was her first solo top-10 country hit in 1995 and Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, whose version was his first solo single and a chart-topper in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1999.Īlison Krauss, already a veteran bluegrass fiddler and vocalist at age 23, recorded "When You Say Nothing at All" with her country group, Union Station, in 1994 for a tribute album to Whitley titled Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album. Info: "When You Say Nothing at All" is a country song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. Title: When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss You say it best - when you say nothing at all Song Info The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall What's being said between your heart and mine But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd All day long I can hear people talking out loud You say it best - when you say nothing at all There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me The smile on your face lets me know that you need me Let’s go down to the river.Scroll Stop Speed Chords: Hide Show Top Right And everyone you care about is there with you.Ĭome on, y’all. Kind of like you’re in a peaceful old river. Listening to this song just puts you at ease. Krauss honors it out of the gate with her tender, yet moving, a capella rendition. Because no matter who sings it, I can’t help but feel a deep, steady, reverential pull toward something that is bigger than any one group in this country’s history. And I’m glad that Alison’s version exists, too. My point is: I’m grateful that someone put this wonderful song out into the universe. The words have been sung and are still alive there, as well. My lineage has its deepest roots in Appalachia. ![]() Allan in Slave Songs of the United States in 1867. The earliest publication of the tune is credited to George H. Some think the melody may have been a Native American tribal song before its Christian-lyrics adaptation. I knew it was an old hymn before that, but after researching the origins, no one seems to know exactly where it started. Wes Blankenship, Outsider content producerĪlison Krauss brought “Down to the River to Pray” into the mainstream* conscience on the soundtrack to 2000s O Brother, Where Art Thou? (*no pun intended here, but I like it). We tasked Outsider‘s Wes Blankenship, Clayton Edwards, and Jim Casey to wax poetic about their favorite songs from Alison’s catalog. In fact, in 1995, Alison took the country music world by storm by winning four CMA Awards: Female Vocalist of the Year, Horizon Award (new artist), Vocal Event of the Year ( “Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart” with Shenandoah), and Single of the Year (“When You Say Nothing at All”). Alison’s plethora of Grammy Awards pair nicely with more than a dozen International Bluegrass Music Awards, nine CMA Awards, two Dove Awards, and more. That’s fourth on the All-Time List, behind conductor Georg Solti (31), Beyonce (28), and Quincy Jones (28). In 1991, Alison won her first Grammy Award-and she never stopped. Her trophy case is packed, to say the least. While Alison has never been a darling of country radio-sans one solo Top 5 hit (we’ll get to that)-she’s been a showstopper at award shows. A record deal with Rounder Records followed a few years later, and she released Too Late to Cry in 1987. ![]() By age 11, she was the Illinois State Fiddle Champion. The virtuosic fiddle player-with a stunning voice to match-has been a musical force since she picked up the fiddle for the first time as a five-year-old. Actually, Alison rocks, too (just listen to her 2007 collaborative album with Robert Plant, Raising Sand). That’s a perfect reason for Outsider to celebrate the bluegrass and country music great. Alison Krauss is celebrating her 50th birthday on July 23, 2021.
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