Sierra Hull onstage w/ Alison Krauss + Union Station. All-Star Bluegrass Celebration. Grand Ole Opry.
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@mfwolfer6 ай бұрын
That smile Sierra flashed Alison during her solo was worth a million bucks. Great stuff.
@bgrigg07 Жыл бұрын
Sierra holding her own with some of the best musicians on the planet.
@jeffreyhamer31078 жыл бұрын
It must feel pretty good for a sixth grader to be accepted as an equal by the best bluegrass band in the world.
@nonh8nsk8r5 жыл бұрын
I just met Sierra after her show the other night. After the fame, the endorsements, the constant critical acclaim, she is still down to earth, approachable and willing to stand and talk in the lobby with an old musical hack like me.
@velvetunderpants444 жыл бұрын
That's what I love about this video. There's not a hint of "ah she's so cute" Nope. She's just an incredible player!
@truckerenoch88244 жыл бұрын
What's even better is that she doesn't look at all like she's uncertain of whether or not she belongs there.😁
@billyballa700210 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine being 12 years old and playing in the middle with some of the greatest string musicians of all time?
@vaughnmaurt50132 жыл бұрын
When you an hold your own….you just pick!
@Augalv2 жыл бұрын
If you are referring to Sierra Hull, she was 14 years old when this video was made. Not 12
@brianvoith42352 жыл бұрын
And looking and playing like she belongs there. Almost miraculous
@ultraali4532 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they're encouraging her by letting her stand in the middle
@anthonysalvati5868 Жыл бұрын
@@Augalv She was in 6th grade, so I don't think she was 14.
@istvanklein8 жыл бұрын
The embarrassed grin after her solo is priceless.
@robertguilbeau17057 жыл бұрын
She had nothing to be embarrassed about :)
@ngzcaz7 жыл бұрын
A smile and a nod of acknowledgement from Alison.......... priceless
@passiveaggressivenegotiato80876 жыл бұрын
it was the crowd's approval
@truckerenoch88244 жыл бұрын
Ikr! I kinda get the idea that she's embarrassed by how good she is. Lol
@JewandGreek2 жыл бұрын
I love the look on Sierra's face, like she's saying "yeah I belong here". If it had been me I would have been totally freaking out at that age.
@stevegrooms11425 жыл бұрын
This is a classic bit of video. When Sierra Hull was just learning the mandolin, he dad would push her to practice more. "Some day," he'd say, "Allison Krauss will want you to play on the Grand Ol' Opry. And will you be ready?" This, in effect, is the day he predicted. And you can see how she performs. Her shy smile when she finishes her solo is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
@TrippiePineapplz5 жыл бұрын
Sierra was so little!!!! I love that Alison (my absolute favorite bluegrass fiddler of all time) took her under her wing and Sierra really has that old time style. Real music here
@billquailes788211 ай бұрын
According to my research Sierra was 11 years old. She is fantastic as usual.
@BrunoPadovani-t7g10 ай бұрын
One of the wonderful things about bluegrass, jazz, blues etc... is that the famous established "elders" really do find, nurture and lift up young talent. Little Sierra Hull looked so thrilled to be there. It must have been the highlight of her life up to that point.
@serundipity12 жыл бұрын
Every time I think about what that must have meant to that kid I get tears in my eyes. Not only does she get to play the Grand Ole Opry, she gets to play with some of the best bluegrass musicians in the world. It is a really exclusive club, and to be welcomed into it with open arms has to feel really good to a 12 year old.
@mosart70252 жыл бұрын
You should hear her now!!
@Augalv2 жыл бұрын
If you are referring to Sierra Hull, she was 14 years old when this video was made. Not 12
@dlagrua6 жыл бұрын
These are in fact some of the finest Bluegrass players in the world and my hats off to them for inviting Sierra Hull on stage with them. Sierra fit right in and played as smooth as silk. Listen to her today and she will really stand out.
@rodbirch58763 жыл бұрын
Very cool also seeing the Whitehouse performance with Alison and Sierra, some 8 years later!
@Eliminator55553 ай бұрын
Just saw her tonight in Knoxville and she's FREAKING AMAZING! Hadn't seen her since 2012. She's gotten so much better. She's stylistically the best mandolin player in the world and it's not even close.
@alszawara364510 ай бұрын
The sheer joy on Sierra's face tells it all.
@brucerockwell8769 ай бұрын
Sierra Hull has incredible talent.
@michaelwood4694Ай бұрын
Pure joy watching that little girl participate. Audience loved it too!!!
@wreckinhondas Жыл бұрын
Best mandolin player ever
@TheZenomeProject5 күн бұрын
She certainly is widely regarded as the best mandolin player today. She's won IBMA's best mandolin player award for six of the last eight years. I saw her perform at the IBMA festival a couple of days ago and she can do all sorts of ridiculously technical stuff on her instrument. Amazing to listen to it in person, really.
@greavous93 Жыл бұрын
I bought my first mandolin at age 59 after watching Ms. Hull do her thing. Hopefully, Ill be able to play it fairly well before I die.
@joanmarkiewicz3042 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I'm so impressed by your comment. Good Luck & let us know how you are doing. Joan frm NY 😊
@guitartec Жыл бұрын
Immediately following Sierra's performance here, The Berklee School Of Music Dean leans over to his VP in charge of admissions and says "Hey Jon, that Bluegrasss thing is comin' BIG and that little girl right there is headin' the way. When she hits 18, git her in here on a scholarship, or your fired! Okay Sam, I'll get her in here with that other promising Bluegrasser.... Tuttle something. Sounds like a plan. The rest is herstory!!!
@istvanklein17 жыл бұрын
Brilliant to see Sierra's embarrassed grin when the crowd erupts in applause after her solo
@herbertwells87574 жыл бұрын
I love how happy that cute little- and enormously talented-girl looks by the end.
@cHUCHo4588 жыл бұрын
The smallest GIANT I have ever seen, Sierra is a restless mandolin of love and music for the happy souls! Love her all the way up!
@tomeemerson4 жыл бұрын
Just watched another video where Sierra mentions Allison as someone she looks up to, then this video pops up. That young Sierra is incredible!
@katford728615 жыл бұрын
This wonderful bluegrass music has its roots in the amazing folk music from England,Ireland,and Scotland, so as a European, you can take pride in the part you played in our musical heritage.
@alanspector72572 жыл бұрын
Actually, bluegrass music is at least 50 percent derived from the music of black Americans. Before Bill Monroe synthesized black American music with British and Scottish/Irish music, there was no bluegrass. The earlier British and Irish music is quite lovely... But the rhythms many of the harmonies and even the banjo as an instrument all came from the music of black America.
@iank5061 Жыл бұрын
@@alanspector7257 I recently read somewhere that the banjo actually came across from Africa to the US
@alanspector7257 Жыл бұрын
It is absolutely indisputable that the American banjo came to the USA from Africa. Many, many sourcese back this up. Prior to bluegrass, much southern USA (and North) had English, Scittish and Irish influences. No surprise here. Much of it came from church music. In the early 1900s, especially after radio, there were also some influences from jazz and blues. Bluegrass music, itsrkf, was synthsized, put into it's present form by one man.....Bill Monroe who had a country based group called THE BLUEGRASS BOYS. He played mandolin,, not banjo and slong with his brother Charlie, took old country songs and soed them up. Monroe credits a black musician, Arnold Schultz, as being the major influence on the creation of that special burgers sound... the heavily syncopated rhythm that came from African music and therefire also jazz.. THAT is what is special abiut bluegrass music. Without that, Southern mountain "country" music (among white folks) would hace continued to be replicas of lovely, but not especially unique after coming to America. So while the lyrics, and much of the harmony in bluegrass music has British)Irish roots, what is so very special, so distinctive about bluegrass is its African/ slave influences. This is widely documented, including by Bill Monroe himself.. .onroe brought in Earl Scruggs, a wonderful banjo player to complet his group.Tap out the rhythm of some early bluegrass banjo songs and you can hear the syncopation. Lovely British/Irish music is the beautiful "clothing" of bluegrass, but what makes it special, what makes it BB luegrass is the energized core of African-American music influences. You can find this info everywhere. For starters... www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/09/27/black-bluegrass-legacy This part of a well known article, one among many, explains this. While some bluegrass fans date the genre to 1939 when Monroe first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, most believe that the classic bluegrass sound came together in December 1945 when Earl Scruggs joined the band. Scruggs, a 21-year-old from North Carolina, played an innovative three-finger picking style on the banjo (which came to be known as “Scruggs style”) with such drive and clarity that it energized and excited audiences. Equally influential in the classic 1945 line-up of the Blue Grass Boys were Lester Flatt (of Sparta, Tennessee) on guitar and lead vocals, Chubby Wise on fiddle; and Howard Watts, also known by his comedian name “Cedric Rainwater,” on the upright bass.
@jerrym32615 ай бұрын
Listen to the Dubliners and you can feel a lot of Bluegrass.
@jamesbattiest38855 ай бұрын
Sierra is one of the best musicians on the planet
@crimminall17 жыл бұрын
If angels exist, alison is one of them.
@jjmuni3 жыл бұрын
Even if not she is one
@cuzinkevin17 жыл бұрын
Absolutely awesome so much talent on one stage. Sierra Hull is blessed with a great talent. Alison has probably done more to advance the cause of Bluegrass than any one.
@berndtherrenvolk1951 Жыл бұрын
Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, and Jimmy Martin are spinning in their graves!
@tetedur377 Жыл бұрын
@@berndtherrenvolk1951 My guess is that he meant "keeping Bluegrass alive and relevant in the modern age." To that, I'd say dead on. Let's not discount Rhonda Vincent among those luminaries.
@berndtherrenvolk1951 Жыл бұрын
@@tetedur377 On second thought you’re probably right.
@arnoldmarkowitz75010 ай бұрын
Aside from the little one's thrilling debut, this thing is loaded with wonderful instrumental breaks, especially by Block and Krauss.
@andyroosuchandsuch69469 жыл бұрын
I love how happy Sierra looks at the end of it. It reminds me of an Irish style session. That's the most exhilarating experience you can ask for.
@JustFiddler6 жыл бұрын
yes
@alan4sure6 жыл бұрын
My gosh, Sierra was advanced even at that age!
@Ace_Hunter_lives4 жыл бұрын
It's weird to say this, but twelve year-old Sierra had killer tone. She still does. The notes just frickin' ring so cleanly.
@BeeDubDakota12 жыл бұрын
Only in a dream do you look left and see Dan Tyminski and then look right and see Alison Krauss before you take a break on "Cluck Old Hen." That would be higher than the high point of most people's lives. Awesome.
@ryansmithcellomusic2 жыл бұрын
This video was released in 2003, which was the year Sierra Hull turned 12.
@nolier Жыл бұрын
Bet you can't stop ya foot tapping listening to this perfection
@artsylovelylady17 жыл бұрын
Blue grass has always been music for every generation. I'm glad to see it continuing to be passed on! Blue grass forever!!!
@stevewelch50122 жыл бұрын
Two of my favorite ladies.
@PeterMastropasqua-rk7tp Жыл бұрын
Soulful Sierra 😘☀️
@joanmarkiewicz3042 Жыл бұрын
Amazing little Sierra, so right Peter! 😂
@buckzx12r10 жыл бұрын
Allison and Claire Lynch have the two most beautiful voices in bluegrass.
@davevanhoose65732 жыл бұрын
That’s a special moment in time of pure magic! No weak links in that chain of players Brilliant!!!!
@chuchulainn92757 жыл бұрын
Gotta hand it to Alison Krauss. Woman has an eye and ear for talent.
@dianesilverstein647510 ай бұрын
Bravo! But, Sierra...oh my goodness...i'm blown away! ❤❤❤
@kev18911017 жыл бұрын
Alison's musical talent is endless.
@user-xh1kz7rm4j3 жыл бұрын
I enjoy the mentoring that goes on in Bluegrass music
@Longboardsinglefin17 жыл бұрын
Just realised why I love bluegrass. RHYTHM! Pure, intense,multi layered kickass rhythm!
@joanmarkiewicz3042 Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, can't stop watching this! 😊 joan from ny
@xxxtexanpa15 жыл бұрын
I just loved Sierra Hull in this. Thanks so much to Alison Krauss and Union Station for giving this young super star a chance. You will be rewarded for sure. -Jimmy
@philm95935 жыл бұрын
That's one gig Sierra won't forget in a hurry. Good job.😎
@srfsk8cree8 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Musicians! Playing, like, instruments!
@pavelkratochvila61573 жыл бұрын
Sierra has it from a little girl magic fingers, great technique. That´s incredible and I like it so much !
@elizabethboulter75784 жыл бұрын
Wow. Sierra was fantastic at nine and she's fantastic now!
@KathleenFrench9 ай бұрын
Happy tears!
@CharlesMoffett-v1s2 ай бұрын
I love Alison Krause music she has the voice of an Angel
@westlag17 жыл бұрын
Come on over to the UK please. You've got talent like this and all we've got is the Spice Girls - at least we managed to dump one of them on you!!
@melissaanne92132 жыл бұрын
So awesome
@746c13 жыл бұрын
I love Bluegrass
@tomscribner52617 жыл бұрын
this is like mist on , mountain top,! absolutely priceless!
@unclebobunclebob12 жыл бұрын
Love to hear Alison play the fiddle. Doesn't play enough on Union Station CDs.
@jessef198013 жыл бұрын
You can see how proud she is to be playing with some of the greats. I love this video
@georgescarlett54418 жыл бұрын
More adorable would be IMPOSSIBLE!!! Gb bg
@beking48 жыл бұрын
Sierra Hull is such a badass on mandolin! She stole the show! What an incredible talent at such a young age.
@VOLKART7777 Жыл бұрын
Get after it folks ty much amen❤
@EdMcPuff12 жыл бұрын
I just love her grin...trying to hide her excitement. She's truly talented.
@BruceWing Жыл бұрын
It’s 2023 as I write this: go look at this young lady now.
@averagewhiteman59393 жыл бұрын
Holding her own up there
@robertliepe67662 жыл бұрын
💯🎵 TRUE HISTORY 🎶🌹😎🇺🇸
@TheOlervman13 жыл бұрын
I am in awe of her play and her composure on stage at this early age. She can flat make that mando talk......
@iangillis2230 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant!❤
@SarPixie7713 жыл бұрын
Amazing!! You can't not like bluegrass when there is this much talent being shown!!
@stevenfeil70797 ай бұрын
Came for the little girl, stayed for the little girl.
@leftyrite17 жыл бұрын
It's beautiful to watch people who have the music in them.
@MrMechanic19669 жыл бұрын
I have been playing and singing Bluegrass since I was around 8. I am almost 50 now. I would KILL to get to pick with that bunch!! That would be like... All the rest of my birthdays were "covered"!!
@dreadnought4516 жыл бұрын
Sierra Hull. A rising buluegrass star for sure.
@Targetteer112 жыл бұрын
Yup just an adorable little girl with amazing talent that has grown into a beautiful young lady with even more talent.Hope she stays open to her fans and not become alll business like some do.
@gracenatassa166610 жыл бұрын
Alison you will always be a CLASSIC xxx
@troynov19658 жыл бұрын
It just dont get much better than that !
@hochbob6 жыл бұрын
The future of Bluegrass music is in good hands.
@PaulMcCaffreyfmac7 жыл бұрын
I've just seen Sierra Hull's first show in Britain. She was wonderful
@cholly8535 жыл бұрын
Sierra looks up at Alison with a smile when the song ends as if to say...."I can do it right mamma bluegrass"
@mbsnyderc11 жыл бұрын
And now she is one of the best bluegrass musicians in the world.
@SylvusPresley2 жыл бұрын
GETIT LITTLE SIS!!!!
@karencawthorn31732 жыл бұрын
I wonder how that little girl is doing now. God bless y'all.
@mbsnyderc2 жыл бұрын
She's a 4 time International Bluegrass Music Association mandolin player of the year and two time Grammy nominee.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHmoma2jhtt8Z80
@wiscgaloot13 жыл бұрын
What a little sweetheart! I also just heard about Sierra Hull, and I'll be listening to her a lot more.
@jongray61593 жыл бұрын
Nicely done! Kudos to Sierra for being good enough to play with these guys much less to excel at such a young age!
@transportaren9016 жыл бұрын
she is one of the best bluegrass singer
@CaptainQueue13 жыл бұрын
Sierra is amazing, playing on top of complex chording like this at such a young age and with technical mastery. Wow!
@jeanlouislaenens7 жыл бұрын
Amazing instrumental with the young talented Sierra Hull (from 1'35") on mandocello !
@MichaelFlynn03 жыл бұрын
get 'em when they are young.... got'em for life.
@XaeroQ316 жыл бұрын
Sierra Hull is amazing! all are amazing! I luv bluegrass music!
@intracoast16 жыл бұрын
Really fun. The little girl added a lot. And she handled herself very well. Sweet.
@vettorescap34452 жыл бұрын
Absolutely ripped it on all over!
@jungleVIP16 жыл бұрын
AWESOME! this song is my ring tone! i wish i could play the violin like alison! and that little girl is so cool.
@robinhood4816 жыл бұрын
Wonderful Alison Kraus. She behaves like the elder sister!
@kaysandesses17 жыл бұрын
Alison is very talented, but don't forget the stellar company she's in. This group is like the all-stars of bluegrass. Everytime I watch this I'm amazed at the poise that Sierra Hull exibits. It's like she's just jamming with her pals. Who knows, maybe she's in shock. ;-)
@itscecilyredman17 жыл бұрын
I absolutley adore Alison Krauss, and this is one of my favourite songs!!
@mashtones15 жыл бұрын
John Ashby & The Free State Ramblers were an old time music group from the Blue Ridge Mountain area of Virginia. There is a My Space page with some of their music including a version of Cluck Old Hen that may sound like what people heard at dances and parties way back when.
@ManuelRCrespo9 жыл бұрын
The joy of music.
@AlaniSugar8 жыл бұрын
I love sierra!!!! She'a so amazing!!!
@drraechristopher5 жыл бұрын
ONE WHO MAINFEST FLOWERS OF MUSIC 🌸 🎶
@swelsher13 жыл бұрын
Wow. Sierra is now a presidential scholar at my alma mater. Mindblowing.