Alison Krauss & Union Station

Tim Stafford left the band in 1992,[2] and was replaced by mandolin and guitar player Dan Tyminski from Lonesome River Band. During 1993, Tyminski briefly rejoined Lonesome River Band and was then replaced by John R. Bowman who toured with Union Station until 1994,^[3] when Tyminski returned as a permanent member.

Adam Steffey left Union Station in 1998, and was replaced by renowned Dobro player Jerry Douglas, who had been playing on the solo and band albums from Too Late To Cry onwards.

Their next album, New Favorite, was released on August 14, 2001. The album went on to win the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, with the single "The Lucky One" winning a Grammy as well. Lonely Runs Both Ways was released in 2004, and eventually became another Alison Krauss & Union Station gold certified album. Ron Block described Lonely Runs Both Ways as "pretty much... what we've always done" in terms of song selection and the style, in which those songs were recorded.^[6] Krauss believes the group "was probably the most unprepared we've ever been" for the album and that songs were chosen as needed rather than planned beforehand.

Returning with Union Station, Alison Krauss released a new album called Paper Airplane on April 12, 2011,^[7] the follow-up album to Lonely Runs Both Ways (2004). Mike Shipley (the engineering mixer) said that it took a lot of time to do the album because of Krauss' non-stop migraines.^[8][9]

In 2014, she and her band Union Station toured with Willie Nelson and Family, with special guests Kacey Musgraves, and The Devil Makes Three.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Members

Current members

• Alison Krauss – lead vocals, piano, fiddle (1987–present)
• Larry Atamanuik – drums, percussion (1987–present)
• Ron Block – guitar, banjo (1991–present)
• Barry Bales – bass (1990–present)
• Dan Tyminski – vocals, guitar, mandolin (1992–1993, 1994–present)
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
  (1998–present)

• Dave Denman – vocals, guitar (1987–1992)
• Mike Harman – banjo, vocals (1987–1992)
• John R. Bowman – guitar (1993–1994)
• Alison Brown – guitar, banjo (1987–1991)
• Viktor Krauss – bass (1989–1990)
• John Pennell – bass (1987–1989)
• Tim Stafford
  – guitar, mandolin (1990–1992)
• Adam Steffey – mandolin (1990–1998)
• Jeff White – guitar, vocals (1987–1990)

Discography

Studio albums

• Two Highways (1989)
• Every Time You Say Goodbye (1992)
• So Long So Wrong (1997)
• New Favorite (2001)
• Lonely Runs Both Ways (2004)
• Paper Airplane (2011)

References