Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Alison Krauss, Keep On The Sunny Side (50th Anniversary)

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Alison Krauss at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on September 14, 2015 with founding members Jeff Hanna and Jimmie Fadden plus Bob Carpenter and John McEuen. They are joined by Sam Bush on mandolin, Jerry Douglas on dobro and Byron House on bass. Taped for PBS to be aired next March 2016.

[@bobperrier6581]

Allison Krause could sing the Oxford unabridged dictionary and have me in tears.

[@kwiechufithu]

Oh yes!

[@gullreefclub]

Or the phone book from a large metropolitan city

[@robertcavalier6133]

The chorus section of the song is essential. Had societies in history been as optimistic as this band -- zillions of lives could have been extended. War could have been eliminated. Simple and true. Love, Cav. *

[@mf5202]

She sings like the angels.

[@gullreefclub]

Alison Krauss has an angelic voice much like Emmy Lou Harris and I could listen to either one of these talented beautiful ladies sing the names out of the phone book and love listening to it/them.

[@wmden1]

He was not wrong. One of the best, if not the best voice of any genre. It is pure, beautiful, and as unpretentious as it gets.

[@dwayneterrell1915]

Alison krauss she is so beautiful and her voice is more beautiful God bless her I love her so much❤❤❤❤

[@adamsummers4162]

No matter what song she sings, Alison Krauss makes it angelic. That's a voice that will ring for years

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Perfect !

[@patearly9492]

Great job Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Alison Krauss on a great song. God bless everyone from Pat

[@CharlesMoffett-v1s]

It doesn't get any better. This is awesome

[@chuck7476]

BEAUTIFULL IN EVERYWAY , CLASS SINGER AND SO DOWN TO EARTH , NO JUMPING AROUND AND NO MINI SKIRTS

[@theologian83]

Listening to Allison Krauss is a spiritual experience!

[@msoiseth3419]

Her simple, pure style and her natural beautiful voice brings out a certain magic in any song she sings.

[@Me2Lancer]

The introduction for Alison Krauss was great. Her performance was fantastic. I first heard her as a young teen, if I'm not mistaken at the Grand Ole Opry. She has only gotten better with time.

[@barrycushing6032]

im australian this is the america, we love and respect

[@jamesmitchellsailarmy]

Sorry. Hate sorry but it is not in our control

[@tonywilliams9917]

Thank you mate

[@mikegross6107]

I think that is the secret of her success: she has kept on the sunny side of life! God has certainly blessed her with good health, talent and beauty!

[@quiglough]

She is just amazing an amazing singer and musician I could listen her dulcet tones forever.❤️

[@cmichaelhoover8432]

I was fortunate to be at this concert. The whole concert was superb, but Alison (my secret love) was absolutely outstanding! Mother Maybell smiled when Alison sang "her" song.

[@monicacubberly-early1901]

My dad used to sing this to us and I am doing the Humane thing and just humming it. And sharing the Alison Krauss Nitty Gritty Dirt Band version with my family Thank you for this song all the performers and God bless everyone from Patrick

[@steveclinton4084]

Hello Monica how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@johnhayes1641]

AK can make any song, no matter how simple or fancy, simply amazing.

[@auntissie]

Just beautiful... In every way possible!! 💕🌷💕

[@wayneo1269]

Man does this woman have a powerful beautiful voice.Incredible just incredible,she could front any band.

[@jaysoneubanks579]

There is a special place reserved in Heaven's choir for Alison.

[@manuelsaturnino9300]

Thanks Alisson...love you...

[@robertcavalier6133]

Sweetness, timeless; fabulous! Can't get enough of their collective cool! Love from Cav! *

[@Jamesdylandean]

All that talent and a humble spirit, too. What a combo!!!

[@rickbullock4331]

They don’t get any better than Alison Krauss when it comes to vocals, she’s absolutely amazing in my opinion. Jerry Douglas on dobro definitely, can’t go wrong there. Great rendition of this song.👍👍🇨🇦

[@charlesjohnson-qf2ns]

Alison is one class singer. Love listening to her.

[@lindadevito3822]

Love Allison Kraus

[@waynelockwood5277]

This is A Awesome Video big time , could listen to this a lot ,a great mixture for Sure.

[@dmorgan28]

Awesome. Beautiful song by a great singer

[@marvingoodman7381]

THIS IS SO NICE!!!! Thanks for sharing...

[@s.a.m.international7239]

She can't do anything wrong -beautiful song by a beauty

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

So darn perfect 😁

[@M0ntaireF1lmworks]

This song bleeds of the Depression Era.

[@roberthunerberg1509]

It does The Carter Family Mother Mabel sang it!

[@Ruben20109]

Americans should be proud of that singers. Gorgeous !

[@mathmusic1490]

The harmony vocals on this live song are as good or better than any studio version, I believe. As soon as I heard it, I was blown away. So tight you can't separate the voices in your head to hear who's singing the thirds, or fifths or fourths or whatever in the harmony. And they back off the lead singer perfectly!!

[@markheyen7301]

Looking up different songs I came across this and gave it a thumb's up.

[@markheyen7301]

@Alison Krauss yes.

[@georgethompson3763]

Beautiful, thanks for sharing! I'll keep on eye on the PBS schedule.

[@lonewulf44]

Great band, great song, extraordinarily angelic voice

[@angelenesukhan6665]

Beautiful song and beautiful voice.

[@steveclinton4084]

Hello Angelene how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@MrBeepbeep11]

The goat of bluegrass female voices.

[@nettiezacharias6750]

What a beautiful voice!

[@thomasgarven129]

A voice than can sooth the soul.

[@CalmVibesVee]

🎶 Let us trust in our Savior always 🎶

[@vincentsutton6772]

ForgiveAndLove09 lovely

[@louisemayrand1549]

Amen sister!

[@randymacdonald492]

Allison Krauss has an angelic voice and fronts one of the most talented groups of musicians around. Her band is called Union Station. (AKUS) Please check them out.

[@MetafisicaVidaLibre]

Beautiful! God bless you all!

[@rogeralsop3479]

Excellent!

[@TerryHarrisontbh]

It doesn't get much better than this.

[@deborahn.6215]

Pure and perfect pitch... if GOD gave anyone a perfect voice it would be Alison's... Beautiful girl and A LADY.

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Seems to be a very wonderful person !

[@louisemayrand1549]

Wow.great song.very uplifting!🤗

[@danielholtxxl4936]

Tom. Hoffmann Her exhusband probably doesn’t think so.

[@anotherlooktoo5985]

There is no god and it sure didn't give anyone anything.

[@johnfeatherstone7299]

Just quality. Great musicianship.

[@jeronimonoguera3061]

Como no incluir en este maravilloso 50 aniversario, a la gigante y delicada Alison Krauss... Un álbum extraordinario y lleno de sorpresas. Muy recomendable, para oídos refinados y corazones solitarios... Nashville... Higher and higher... ❤️

[@benieaa7563]

Translate = How not to include in this wonderful 50th anniversary, the gigantic and delicate Alison Krauss... An extraordinary album full of surprises. Highly recommended, for refined ears and lonely hearts... Nashville... Higher and higher... from {Spanish] ❤ Translated to = Conas gan a bheith san áireamh sa chomóradh 50 bliain iontach seo, an gigantic agus íogair Alison Krauss... Albam iontach lán de iontas. Moltar go mór, do chluasa scagtha agus do chroíthe uaigneach... Nashville... Níos airde agus níos airde... in [Irish} 🥰❤💜

[@dalibyan]

You never age Alison!

[@mydoglayla5045]

Hark, I hear an angel’s voice!

[@schaferhundschmidt1798]

I've seen NGDB in concert, I've seen Allison Krauss in concert; the synergystic combination is fantastic! Allison's voice is angelic.

[@AmericanaMusicFan]

Thanks for posting this rare treasure from the late 80's. Excellent sound quality for a video this old [originally recorded on vhs i assume?] is the icing on the cake here !!!!! The list of legendary talent here is mind blowing -- In addition to the awesome members of the NGDB -- we have THE one and only Jerry Douglas... plus Mark O'Connor, from the New Grass Revival - Sam Bush and Bela Fleck Randy Scruggs, the late Roy Huskey, Jr. --- Paulette Carlson from Highway 101 - [precious intro to her song as a bonus] Michael Martin Murphey, John Denver, Vassar Clements, Jimmy Martin, the Carter Sisters, etc the finale [last 2 songs -- Take Me Home Country Roads, and Circle Be Unbroken] is absolutely phenomenally off the charts fantastic !!!! Thanks again, for what may be the best hour long concert p-- of all time p.s. -- will try to post setlist with starting times here soon !!!

[@AmericanaMusicFan]

sheerlook1 -- you are correct, i mistakenly posted that comment here, instead of where it belongs over at THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND and FRIENDS LIVE IN CONCERT {the full show} posted by Larry Musicman with 33,500 views currently. I reposted the comment over there where it belongs. the audio and video are a second or two offsync during most of the concert, but the sound quality is fantastic and the setlist is phenomenal - it came out right after WTCBU Volume 2 so it is basically that classic album performed live -- when you check it out, note the hilarious introduction of Lovin' On the Side at the 20 minute mark, where Jimmy Ibbotson who was such a great part of the NGDB sound and still is one of the best male vocalists in country music, proves once again -- that it's all about HIMSELF !! [no wonder he has had such a rocky relationship with the band members over the years, such a shame] thanks for your input and pointing this out, sheerlook1 !!! l

[@sandrastreifel6452]

The best version of this wonderful old song, Granny always sang to us!

[@adamhordos9121]

Sandra Streifel George Jones sings Christmas songs

[@wolfeshadow1313]

Her voice is awesome.

[@debbiemcnear388]

My husband just loved her & rhonda Vincent voice

[@sandrahulsey3355]

love this 🌻💛

[@edbabcock6363]

This is a special reminder to me of Sunny, Sarah and Malachi Sonnleitner

[@wrightchix]

There, I found the connection between Jackson Browne and Alison Krauss, The Dirt Band was Brownes earliest professional association.

[@77pete7]

I remember this band from the film, Paint your Wagon!

[@JoeInCT418]

Alice Blue Another "Country" music band. I liked them all the way back to the 1970s. "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band" says it all. "Mr Bojangles " was my favorite. KZbin has it. As i said, I tried to get my kids to like the best of all genres of music, regardless of the culture or nationality behind it. In that, we Yanks are truly "mutts", canines of mixed breeds. We Yanks have a bad habit, I think, of being demeaning to ourselves, although I suspect that tendency comes from the huge number of people who came to the USA shores with only the clothes on their backs, ashamed of their poverty, and learned how to lighten their day by playing simple instruments, some homemade (an old galvanized steel washtub big enough to wash a small child in, cut a hole in the bottom, cut a strong willow branch for the fret board, and put a string on it made from animal sinew. That would be a typical "bass ".Cheap or old violins became "fiddles", and banjos were made from animal materials, just like the bass., and using barrel hoops for circles to enclose the skins. It works, and for us Yanks, sometimes that is all it has to do.

[@TheDrmedina]

Allison Krauss is the woman with the greatest number of Grammy awards, 35. The men's record is also 35, for Quincy Jones.

[@abbottmicheal6999]

My. Hats. Off. To. You. Young. Laday. As well. As. Bow. Too. You. Congrlations

[@erinkelly3480]

Always beautiful to listen to this song!

[@mikegross6107]

I think this is the secret to her success (or anybody's success): Keep on the Sunnyside!

[@tiffanybittman7523]

Love it

[@pjnalty]

I just ❤ adore Allison.

[@arianawilson2878]

Ahhh! I am seeing them live next weekend! Praying Alison Krauss and Vince Gill both make an appearance. I would be crushed if they didnt!

[@EndangeredProductions]

Ariana Wilson How'd it turn out?

[@norgermish1]

Maybe she was crushed?

[@thomascuddihy2933]

How did the concert go 2years ago Hope it was 👍

[@rogeralsop3479]

Great song.

[@jeffc.4323]

jeff was doin it and doin it makin California/B. Monroe/A P genre that barefooted kids runnin hollywood over the hill to the valley and beyond..yep a long time ago and worth the trip! love aqnd thanks you guys!

[@denisehoward177]

Jeff Hanna😊is always enthusiastic.

[@maryleone2023]

I love this song, so great for a pick me up. Alison Krauss sings it well, but my favorite version is The Whites, Country Road TV with country music legends in the small audience.

[@jimsanford9215]

Beautiful!

[@LessThanFaceProductions1]

I wish that I was here for this.

[@norgermish1]

You are here for this :)

[@craigpetroskey8934]

Mother Maybelle and A.P. are looking down and smiling...

[@gordonlee2438]

I was at abluegrass festival,maybe Otter Springs or Hatchet Creek STANDING ENCHANTED BLOWING my harmonica at the stage nearest herand met her as she came down the steps last...Holding her hand athe bottom Wefell into esch others eyes...mid 70's maybe Stanley Broz band..!!!

[@Cinderspark9]

I was listening to it on another tab and thought it was Dolly for a minute haha

[@vickieharrismusic164]

Goosebumps.

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Exactly 😀

[@steveclinton4084]

Hello gorgeous how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@clarababo207]

....quando fiz uma paragem técnica no aeroporto de Nashville , lembro-me que estava uma banda parecida com esta , tocando num corredor do aeroporto ! ......achei bonito !

[@wildbill562]

This is the good side of American culture expressing itself. Make America Great Again....

[@jpomorgan9818]

So Johnny would support Hildabeast????

[@wildbill562]

Of the 2 Prez candidates on offer, Donald J. Trump is the only choice for any person with an ounce of godly character.

[@markstolpe2280]

Donald Trump, godly character, you have to be kidding.

[@wildbill562]

Mark Stolpe Not at all. He is fighting for what is right - which is what God wants all of us to do. btw, you twisted my statement...

[@markstolpe2280]

Nothing Trump has done in his entire life has been in the service of God. Everything he does is for the enrichment and glory of Trump. Now you think he is suddenly going work for the benefit of others? Trump supporters are projecting their values on a candidate that shares none of them.

[@lindamoore7066]

I like fishing in the dark,!!

[@steveclinton4084]

Hello Linda how are you doing hope you having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@JimRedland]

❤❤❤❤ Alison ❤❤❤

[@Sylkenwolf]

Who did the original? I love Alison Krauss. My favorite woman of bluegrass

[@musik102]

The Carter Family

[@patrickhenrypdx5355]

Keep on the Sunny Side, also known as Keep on the Sunny Side of Life, is a popular American song originally written in 1899 by Ada Blenkhorn (1858-1927) with music by J. Howard Entwisle (1866-1903). The song was popularized in a 1928 recording by the Carter Family. -Wikipedia

[@jaydenjames9458]

On steel guitar is that Leo Jackson from the Blue Boys Jim Reeves band..

[@gracie.arnold]

keep on the sunny side

[@markscholfield5001]

AK humbly talented.

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Absolutely 😊

[@longnamenocansayy]

i didn't know nitty gritty dirt blues band was still playing and i didn't know alison krauss ever sang with them.

[@MutantD0g]

NGDB, plus Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas.

[@sharontricamo7408]

BB BB BB ...love it

[@tom.hoffmann6585]

Me too Sharon 😄

[@sweetpjen]

What does BB BB BB mean? I've seen this post on other AK videos.

[@baskervillebee6097]

Alison Krasse, enough said.

[@svs1481]

the NGDB got a lot of mileage out of country music artists, old and young.

[@stefanoeagle3134]

❤❤❤❤

[@krissyramsey3934]

RESPECT

[@steveclinton4084]

Hello Krissy how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@Baby-dl8yp]

Powerful

[@tdrnkr]

I remember back when she wore poor girl clothes and had bad teeth. She has come a long way. She sings better now too. Her voice has really grown stronger

[@DavidShattock]

Was mike Nesmith in this band once please ?

[@mariemeise4287]

👏🏼❤️❤️❤️

[@Hearthman1159]

All Star lineup

[@rickowen3629]

Nitty gritty dirt

[@belascialoja4812]

If I'm not mistaken, Allison is the only Jewish artist in all of country/bluegrass music. Anyone know of others?

[@brucemacewen2751]

Who's the drunk person on the camera?

[@pettyfogger2305]

Someone who was illegally doing a video against Opry and copyright laws.

[@benwinkel]

The dobro swamped everything but Allison's voice.

[@uptoit100]

I set the video speed at 1.25 .....Big improvement with the faster tempo.

[@charlesjohnson-qf2ns]

Yes I changed the speed to 1.25... Man what a difference that makes.. A big THANKYOU..