Alison Krauss and Union Station, 6-24-89

Here is another fine recording of Alison Krauss and Union Station. This is an early one in which Alison is just 18 years old at the time of this recording. This is most likely a soundboard even though it did not come with that information. It sounds real clear and clean. The early Union Station group with Jeff White on guitar is pretty strong.


Alison Krauss & Union Station
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Telluride, CO
06-24-1989

Alison Krauss – Fiddle & Vocals
Jeff White – Guitar & Vocals
Alison Brown – Banjo, Guitar, & Vocals
John Pennell – Bass
Butch Baldassari – Mandolin

1. Pastor Mustard intro, Two Highways
2. Wild Bill Jones
3. Beaumont Rag
4. Livin’ In The Name Of Love
5. Goin’ Gone
6. Standin’ By The Bedside
7. Banjo & Fiddle Tune
8. There’s Nowhere To Hide
9. Don’t Follow Me
10. Standin’ On The Outside
11. Sweet Georgia Brown
12. Steel Rails
13. A Woman In Love
14. On The Borderline
15. Loneliness & Desperation
16. Too Late To Cry
17. Gentle River
18. The Road Is A Lover
19. I Can’t Get You Off Of My Mind
20. Bury Me Beneath The Willow
21. I’m Goin’ On
22. I Will (Beatles Tune)
23. Shoppin’ For Love
24. Will You Be Leaving
Encore
25. Midnight Rider

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Seldom Scene, 6-23-85

Seldom Scene
1985-06-23
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Telluride, CO
Pre-FM Master Reel

01 - Little Georgia Rose
02 - Muddy Waters
03 - Born of the Wind
04 - With the Small Exception of Me
05 - Paradise
06 - Under the Double Eagle
07 - Old Train
08 - A Song for Life
09 - Open Up Your Window, Noah
10 - Lay Down Sally
11 - California Cottonfields
12 - Colorado Turnaround
13 - Wait a Minute
14 - Come Early Morning
15 - House of the Rising Sun
16 - It Turns Me Inside Out

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Alison Krauss and Union Station, 11-23-04

This is a radio broadcast of Alison Krauss and Union Station. It has some radio static and noise but still beats an audience recording in my opinion. Anyway there are some nice moments to be sure with Jerry Douglas and Dan Tyminski. My favorite Alison Krauss lineup. Someone out there has to have a better recording of this. But until that surfaces this will have to do.

Alison Krauss + Union Station
In Studio, "Morning Becomes Ecclectic" on KCRW,
Santa Monica, CA
11-23-2004
FM Broadcast
(Radio static and noise throughout)

01 Intro
02 Restless
03 Chatter
04 Unionhouse Branch
05 Chatter
06 Wouldn't Be So Bad
07 Chatter
08 I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
09 Radio Interview
10 Goodbye Is All We Have
11 More Chatter
12 Pastures Of Plenty
13 Chatter
14 Doesn't Have To Be This Way
15 DJ Chatter
16 Gravity

Band
Barry Bales
Ron Block
Jerry Douglas
Alison Krauss
Dan Tyminski

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Paria River Canyon

Here are some photos from a recent trip to Paria River Canyon on the Arizona-Utah border. I already posted about this area but thought people might like some more. This time when I went down the canyon there had been some rain and it was real muddy and the water flow was much deeper than I have experienced. Even still I made it down to the confuence of the Paria River and Buckskin Gulch. From White House trailhead to the confulenec and back took me more than six hours and It was tough going. Slippery and muddy and wet. 14 plus miles total. This is a fantastic canyon that gets very tight and very tall. As you strart down stream from the trail head at first the rocks on eack side are far apart and not very tall This time there was much more water than I have experienced before. In the past the stream has been very low flow and the soil around it has just been dry sand. This time there was mud, and lots of it. As you go farther down stream you can see the cliffs start to get much bigger.
The hight of the cliffs at first will get large and then decrease and then get large again. And the distance between wil tighten and then widen intermitantly. But soon the cliffs get much closer together as you go and they stay that way. It is around 3 to 4 miles before the first real narrow sections. Pretty soon the cliffs are huge, towering hundreds of feet up and close together shutting out all but just reflected light.
In some places the cliff walls only 15 feet across with cliffs that are several hundred feet high on both sides. This time because of the water flow the water was wall to wall in many locations. Most of the time the water depth was about knee high. But being cloudy it was hard to tell where deeper holes were.
As you get to the confuence with Buckskin Gulch, it gets real tight and dark. This next one below is the slot canyon of Buckskin Gulch coming in from the side into the Paria River Canyon. I read that the cliffs are 400 to 500 feet tall in some locations and I don't doubt it. This next one is looking from inside Buckskin Gulch out to where Paria River Canyon meets it. This last one is looking from the confluence of the two canyons back into the Paria River slot that is the way back.
This is a fantastic canyon. I'm telling you that a camera just can't get the job done. Or at least if I'm in control of the camera. You just have to see it. The White House trail head has only five camp sites that are on a first come first serve basis. So you are lucky if you get to camp at the trailhead.

Veterans Day

Well today is Veterans Day. I just want to say thanks to those who have served our country. The United States is a fortunate county with freedoms that many places don't have. Sometimes to maintain freedom we have to fight those who want to take it from us and others. When this happens there is great cost to the ones who serve and the ones who love the ones who serve. So thanks to all that have paid these prices that are so great. I do not always agree with the leaders on when they choose to use military force. But that does not diminish the respect I have for those who serve. Sometimes our counties leaders send our boys into harms way for intentions that do not appear to be what they tell us. Sometimes they do it with poor judgment and unrealistic expectations of the outcome. But again that does not diminish the respect I have for the ones who serve with loyalty to this country.

John Fogerty said "Some folks were born, made to wave the flag, oh that red white and blue. But when the band plays Hail To The Chief, oh they are pointing the cannon at you. It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senators son. It ain't me I ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one. Some folks inherit Star Spangled Eyes, Oh they sent you down to war. But when you ask them how much should we give, their only answer is more, more, more. It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, It ain't me, It ain't me I ain't no I ain't no fortunate one." Well John you have been pretty fortunate to have had the freedom to express yourself and make a living doing it. I feel we are all fortunate to live in this county that has been blessed for so long.

So why have we been blessed?

In Genesis 10 Noah says "May God enlarge Japheth and may he dwell in the tents (dwell in the ways of) of Shem". Who are the descendants of Japheth? Javan=Greeks, Gomer=Germany, Tiras=Italy. So the Europeans will be blessed or "enlarged" if they follow the ways of Shem. Shem are the people who became the nation of Israel. So when the Europeans started following the ways of the Messiah that came out of the descendants of Shem they rose in power and blessings and they became the most blessed people of the planet. And those Europeans are us the United States of America. Founded on principals of law found in the bible. With the words "In God We Trust" on our currency. With the idea that God gives us our rights. And as we fall away from these ideas our blessing or "enlargement" has diminished just as the Europeans have.

Anyway. Thanks to those who have sacrificed and protected my freedom to express my views and worship in the way that I choose. And may all the men and women who are serving today come home safely and soon.

U2, the Christian Band that does not want the label

I saw Pastor Bill Hybels from Willow Creek interview Bono at a leadership conference and Bill asked Bono about if Bono and U2 were Christian. Bono said he didn't like labels and did not want to be placed in with what he saw of Christianity today (I can't blame him). But labels are not how we know if someone follows Jesus. It is if they believe that He died for our sin. It is if we walk out our lives by following His example of sacrifice for others. Here are some quotes that tell me what Bono is. Bono understands Jesus died for our sin. "The point of the death of Christ is that Christ took on the sins of the world, so that what we put out did not come back to us, and that our sinful nature does not reap the obvious death. That’s the point. It should keep us humbled… It’s not our own good works that get us through the gates of Heaven." Bono understand salvation come by grace and not by our own works. "And yet, along comes this idea called Grace to upend all that “as you reap, so will you sow” stuff. Grace defies reason and logic. Love interrupts, if you like, the consequences of your actions, which in my case is very good news indeed, because I’ve done a lot of stupid stuff.I’m holding out for Grace. I’m holding out that Jesus took my sins onto the Cross, because I know who I am, and I hope I don’t have to depend on my own religiosity." Bono understand that Jesus is not a "good teacher" but is actually God. "Christ says, No. I’m not saying I’m a teacher, don’t call me teacher. I’m not saying I’m a prophet. I’m saying: “I’m the Messiah.” I’m saying: “I am God incarnate.” "And people say: No, no, please, just be a prophet. A prophet we can take."

So He is a follower of Christ by words and his time sacrificed on causes to help others shows he is a follower of Christ by deeds as well. But is U2 a Christian band? Well three of the members of U2 met and started out in a church youth group. They may have left organized religion but they have never left their faith. They start each show by praying together. The music is full of biblical quotes, references, and ideas. In fact 40 is essentially Psalm 40. Here are some lyrics from I Still Haven't Found What I Am looking For
"You broke the bonds, Loosed the chains
Carried the cross, Of my shame, Of my shame
You know I believe it,
But I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
It appears that Bono believes that Jesus freed him from sin and died for his sin but is unsatisfied due to what he sees in other Christians and in the world. There are just to many biblical references in their songs to list so here is a link that can help but is by no means the total of it. http://www.atu2.com/lyrics/biblerefs.html Anyway U2 is Christian just not the Christianity that alot of people are used to. So here is my favorite U2 show. It is not rare. In fact you can get this at many other blogs, but I just want it to be at my blog because they (U2) are what my blog is about, leading the blind and lost to the truth in an unconventional way. As Robert Hunter wrote and Jerry Garcia sang "Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right."


U2
Madison Square Garden
New York City, NY
10-25-2001
Soundboard

Disc 1:

101. Intro
102. Elevation
103. Beautiful Day
104. Until The End Of The World
105. New Year's Day
106. I Will Follow
107. Sunday Bloody Sunday
108. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
109. Kite
110. Angel Of Harlem
111. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
112. Bad/40

Disc 2:

201. Where The Streets Have No Name
202. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
203. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
204. Bullet The Blue Sky
205. What's Going On
206. New York
207. Bono's Speech
208. One
209. Unchained Melody
210. Walk On

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Why Should I Give To People In Need?

This country even in tough economic times is blessed with unparalleled wealth. There are many people in this country living better than kings might have in other times. People with multiple houses, multiple cars, multiple televisions and computers. I have worked for ladies who had more than 100 pairs of shoes. All the time while there are people of this world who don't even have shoes. People who don't have a home. There are people in this country that throw out more food than whole families could eat, while people in the world are dying of starvation. We have probably more people dying of over eating than starvation in this country.
Many of the people of this country that I'm talking about call themselves followers of Christ. And they are one of the reasons Christianity is on the decline in the United States.

Here are some facts to think about, they are a few years old but close enough for this discussion.

Eighty-five percent of young people outside the church who have had connection to Christians believe present-day Christianity is hypocritical. Inside the church, forty-seven percent of young people believe the same thing.

80 percent of the world’s evangelical wealth is in North America.
Giving by churchgoers was higher during the Great Depression than it is today.
Self Proclaimed Christians give an average of $13.31/week to their local church.
Only 9 percent of “born-again” adults reported tithing in 2004.And let's take a peek in on our neighbors in need:

More than 1 billion people live in absolute poverty.
500 million people are at the edge of starvation.
200 million children are being exploited as laborers.
Half of the human beings on the planet live on less than $2/day.
1.5 billion people do not have enough money to buy food.

So what is a follower of Christ called to do according to the Bible?
Ephesians 2:10 "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them" So we are made to do "good works". What would these "good works" look like? John the Baptist who Jesus called the greatest of the Prophets said In Luke 3 that unless you bear "good fruit" you will be cut off from the branch. What did "good fruit" look like to John? He said in Luke 3:11 "He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none, and he who has food , let him do likewise." Jesus put it this way in Matthew 25:31-46. "When the Son of Man comes in His glory (When I, Jesus, come back), and the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the thrown of His Glory." "All the nations (that means everyone)will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as the shepherd divides his sheep from the goats." "And He will set up sheep on His right hand and goats on His left." "Then the King (Jesus) will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me'." "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'When did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink'? "When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe You?' 'Or when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?' "And the King will answer and say to them, "Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did to the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.' "Then He will also say to those on the left hand(the goats). 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 'for I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' "Then they will also will answer Him saying Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger, or naked, or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?' "Then He (Jesus the King) will answer them, saying 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' "And these (the ones who did not help others) will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life."
So that puts it pretty plainly. We ("all the nations")will be divided between the ones who help others and the ones who don't. The ones who help others eternal life. The ones who don't eternal punishment.
So doesn't that contradict that we are not saved by our works? No because if we are saved by belief and faith in Christ we will follow Christ and bear fruit of the spirit that is love. And we will as Jesus said follow His commandments the greatest of which are Love the lord you God with all your heart and love your neighbor as you love yourself. Following Christ means to lay down our lives for others just as He did. So how do we find a place or a way to help "the least of these"? Here is a place I have found, that could use any help you could give.

LIFE GIVING MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC. It is a small ministry done by two of my friends Michael and Marianna Purinton and their friends in Uganda James and Merry Kizza . Michael went to Uganda and made connections by helping build and orphanage and school. And now helps by sending funds to keep it going. Here is what Mike says "On last count I had was 134 kids in the school. This school is different because the kids don't have to be Christians to come. Every kid in the village is welcome."

Mike and Marianna are not wealthy just loving. Mike is an electrician.

Here are some messages sent by James Kizza in Uganda to Mike and Marianna.

(May 26th 2009)
Hello dear Pastor Mike and Marianna Purinton.How are you in the name our Lord Jesus Christ? Hope in him all are good. On Sunday at around 9.30 pm when we were coming from mission Mulago hospital we met the thief they bitten us with Merry and Matovu ,they bitten us badly and at this moment Merry is admitted at Namirembe hospital because she is in critical condition ,she is pregnant and the doctor said that she may get operation because the child in womb does not shaking in.!!Pray for us because the situation is not easy for us. The thief took our amplifier and Little money from my pocket. The good news the house its already finished for roofing for two rooms and door but the windows are not yet .Slow but sure. So my brother Mike thank you for the work you are doing here and I thank you very very much. In few days i will send to you the snap and see your work. Pray for Maria and the Children are crying because they are missing their Mother at home ,when they ask me where is their mother I tell them that she is in hospital and I carriage them that Mam will come at in the name of Jesus. Any information about Merry i will let you know.
Have a nice time.
James
(July 21st 2009)
Hello dear Pastor Mike and Marianna Purinton.Hope you are fine in the name of Jesus.How are family members?We are fine at home but last week i visited to Bukomero to see how is there but the famine will kill the people!They don't have food and water!I went there last Saturday but when i found that situation there ,I came back on that very day but yesterday on the money you sent I bought 200kg of maize flour and took them ,but dear MIKE pray for Uganda the famine started to kill some people in some arias ! How was the weekend there? We are good and your grand kids are fine.
Send my greetings to all that we love you so much.
Let me wish you the best and may God bless you.
James

(Sept. 21st 2009)
Dear Pastor Mike and Marianna Purinton.Its so good in the name of Jesus Christ,this morning we have got the Baby Boy, God is good !All things we had expected to be God decided that will not happen on Merry ,because Doctors told us that according to the damages she got when we had the problems with thieves that she can get operation! But all are good and the Baby no any complication has happen.
Thank you for you prayers.
Have a nice time.
James
(Nov. 20th 2009)
Dear Pastor Mike and Marianna Purinton,hope you all fine.How is Ministry? We are O.K and we are getting rain every day.God is good because the people were going to die the hungry ,there is no food in the village but now the hope has come in the minds of the people because We have the rain. Let me wish you the best and and may God bless you.
James

(Feb 10th 2010)
Hello dear Pastor Mike and Marianna Purinton,hope you all fine.lam so happy for the great work you are building this Ministry and lam so happy that you are joining hands with us to build the word of our Lord in this Nation, thank you so much.
Yesterday I got the money on account there is 1900,000= thank you very much ,The beginning of the school was so good but the parents sent many Pupil at our new school! According to the environment of that aria no help no what, the parents see it as a miracle of our school ,I told them all you are seeing here its on the head of Mike Purinton. The money on account let me buy the uniforms of the kids and maize flour for the pollage for drinking on lunch .On Monday Merry is going to be very busy on sewing the uniforms. and am going to save some little money to pay the teachers but so far We are still have three teachers because are very expensive.As soon as we finished the uniforms lam going to send the photos of the kids. Today i have sent the photos of our buildings ,one of the photo you can see the house of teachers and the other one it is class rooms play ground it is behind of the houses .In the other photo you can see the Baby David James with Isaac ,the other one are your grand children at the Church. You will see more development in next photos. We wish you the best and may God bless you.
James and Merry.
We love you so much


(Feb 25th 2010)
My dear Pastor Mike Purinton and Marianna,hope you are all fine.All are going well in Bukomero and at Church.God is working in us.Thank you so much for all you are doing.
So far we have 57 pupils in our school ,others were stoped because the classes are not enough but next term i promised them because we are going to make expand the rooms pray for this work .All these not me but You mike.
So you can see the kids at their school and teacherd.
Have a nice time.
Yours James Kizza

(June 2nd 2010)
Dear Pastor Mike and Marianna Purinton.
How are you dear? We praise the Lord for the work you are doing here.God is good.I james Kizza ,i THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK GOING ON IN BUKOMERO .sa far we have 110 students ,in the photos those are children of primary one.Dear Mike you can wonder the parents are very happy for your work here. We have six teachers and one chef kook.You know the pupils have to get a break fast. Every Teacher getting 80000= the cooker 60000= thats your you doing it.Thank you Mike. Every parent will benefit in you in the name of Jesus and many people will benefit in this project.
This day I have received the parcel you sent in last year 2009 and will tell you
For the big work we are doing there and the land owner promised to give us more two acres let us pray for that.if we get it we can make the pray ground for the pupils and the other part to build staff quarters. In the mango tree that is our new building ,in the other photo I was purse with teachers. God is good all the time. We wish you the blessings.
James beans

(Oct 2010)
Dear Pastor Mike and Marianna Purinton,how are you dear ? We are fine but this day we have lost our Church member!!! She has gone to meet our Father ,she have been a good person ,hamble and leader.Let her soul rest in peace. Dear Pastor Mike ,yesterday I recieved the two boxes of pencils and other things,thank you so much ,all will be happy and every child must must get on the gifts you sent ,they will be very happy. Let us pray God you to be with us next year,Glory be to God.
Have a nice week.
James

As you can see that Michael and Marianna have made a difference. When Michael got there several years ago they had to choose between the children to save and the ones who would die due to lack of funds to buy food. Today they have a school building and some hope. Still life is on the edge for these people but they are making progress.

So if you want to join Mike and Marianna and James and Merry give hope to this poor village in Uganda. Send a check made out to LIFE GIVING MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC. Send it to Michael and Marianna Purinton PO Box 18201 695 Oak Dr. Munds Park, AZ 86017. To call them 928-286-9481. A little will go a long way and there is no administration costs.