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New Favorite is the fourth album by bluegrass music group Alison Krauss & Union Station, released August 14, 2001. The album peaked in the top 50 of the Billboard 200 and within the top 5 of the Billboard charts for both Country and Bluegrass and was certified gold.
- Bluegrass , Country
Ronald Franklin Block (born July 30, 1964) is an American banjo player, guitarist, and singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the bluegrass band Alison Krauss & Union Station. He has won 14 Grammy Awards , 6 International Bluegrass Music Awards , a Country Music Association Award , and a Gospel Music Association Dove Award .
Throughout his life – and certainly throughout his extraordinary career – multi-instrumentalist Ron Block has been something of a musical Huck Finn, a tireless adventurer exploring various styles yet rooted firmly in the bluegrass-country tradition.
Aug 14, 2001 · The musicianship, however, is beyond top-notch. The players (specifically banjo player Ron Block and guitarist Tyminski) are among the best in the genre, and the harmonies between the two vocalists are stunning and sine-tingling.
- Alison Krauss
Nov 13, 2020 · Join us as Ron recalls a run-in with the Secret Service when playing the ultimate house concert … the White House, recounts—as someone who has played everywhere—his favorite gigs and venues, and reveals the pleasure of working on the iconic soundtracks of O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Cold Mountain. ~NoteWorthy Music.
Fourteen-time Grammy winning banjoist and guitarist Ron Block, 24-year veteran of Alison Krauss & Union Station, steps out to record a collection of romping bluegrass instrumentals. He combines brand new originals and older tunes from some of his musical heroes, like Earl Scruggs, J.D. Crowe, Ralph Stanley, Art Stamper, and Stephen Foster.
Ron Block - HISTORY. 1975 July – Ron’s Dad, Chuck Block, owner of Hogan’s House of Music, buys Ron his first guitar. 1976 Ron sees Lester Flatt on television, bluegrass for the first time. Starts bugging his Dad for a banjo.
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