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Premiered July, 2003

The lineup of Alison Krauss + Union Station consists of five talented individuals who each contribute to the whole sound of Union Station. The stellar musicianship of each band member allow them to feed off one another's talent and be more expressive. As a group, Union Station has won a multitude of Grammy, CMA and IMBA awards, and has contributed in opening the door to a wider bluegrass audience.

Barry Bales (Kingsport, Tennessee) has been the bass player and harmony vocalist for Alison Krauss + Union Station since 1990. For his work with Alison Krauss and Union Station and others, Barry has received seven Grammy Awards, five IBMA Awards, and one Country Music Association Award.

For the past ten years, Ron Block has been the spiritual touchstone of Alison Krauss + Union Station, contributing not only sterling musicianship on banjo and guitar, but also seven beautiful songs recorded by Alison Krauss + Union Station. Ron has also released his own solo project for Rounder Records titled Faraway Land, which is a musically wide-ranging collection of original gospel song.

Jerry Douglas, who has been with Union Station since 1998, as a teenager adopted the Dobro has his instrument of choice, and that decision has helped him carve out a unique place in American music. His transcendent technique has helped him net six Grammy Awards and six International Bluegrass Music Association Dobro Player of the Year awards. LIFE Magazine named him one of the ten best country musicians of all time, and the CMA named Jerry the 2002 CMA Musician of the Year. Between recording and touring with Alison Krauss + Union Station, Jerry records his own albums. His latest solo album Lookout for Hope was released in Spring of 2002.

Signing a record deal with Rounder Records at age 14, Alison Krauss' first release, Too Late To Cry came out when she was 16. A Grammy nomination came at 18, and she has gone on to win, collectively & individually, 14 Grammy awards. Since her teens, she has toured with Union Station, though the band membership has changed several times since she joined at the invitation of bassist and songwriter John Pennell. In 1993, Alison joined the cast of the Grand Ole Opry, and in 1995 she released Now That I've Found You: A Collection, which has sold more than two million copies and garnered Alison four Country Music Association awards. The band's latest release is Live, a double CD recorded at the Palace Theater in Louisville.

Dan Tyminski has been the acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vocalist for Union Station since 1994 and is one of the most dynamic and talented performers to appear on the bluegrass scene in years. Dan gained National recognition as the singing voice of George Clooney in the motion picture O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Dan won Single of the Year at the 2001 Country Music Association Awards Show for "Man of Constant Sorrow," a Grammy Award at the 2001 Awards for Country Collaboration of the year for "Man of Constant Sorrow" and two International Bluegrass Music Awards, one for Male Vocalist of the Year (2001) and one for Song of the Year "Man of Constant Sorrow" (2001).