DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
(featuring Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, Allison Krauss and
Union Station, Ricky Skaggs, Norman and Nancy Blake, Rodney Crowell, Kate and Anna
McGarrigle, The Whites, Del McCoury Band, Chris Thomas King, Soggy Bottom Boys and
The Nashville Bluegrass Band)
July 17, 2002
Chastain Park Amphitheater-Atlanta
Nashville Bluegrass Band:
Norman Blake:
If you like "old-time" country music, there has never been a better package tour than this one inspired by the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Performances from Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, Del McCoury, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Patty Loveless, Rodney Crowell, The Whites, Norman & Nancy Blake, the Soggy Bottom Boys and the Nashville Bluegrass Band would've been waaay more than enough, but when Dr. Ralph Stanley took the stage near the end of the night for a solo a cappella version of "O Death" under a single white spotlight, all time ceased. There was nothing but the voice and the raw existential angst of the spooky song. By the end of the night, all the artists had turned in amazing sets, but those moments with Ralph are what took this show from "special" to "magic."
(Chris McKay/concertshots.com)
Alison Krauss:
Soggy Bottom Boys:
Emmylou Harris with Kate and Anna McGariggle:
Chris Thomas King:
Del McCoury Band:
Patty Loveless, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris hang out backstage:
Emmylou, Patty and Alison onstage:
Ricky Skaggs:
Ricky Skaggs with The Whites:
Packed house on a summer night in the South:
Norman and Nancy Blake:
Union Station:
The Whites with the Nashville Bluegrass Band:
Rodney Crowell:
Rodney Crowell with Emmylou Harris:
Emmylou Harris with The Whites:
Patty Loveless:
Ralph Stanley:
Ralph Stanley with Patty Loveless:
Ralph Stanley with Patty Loveless and Emmylou Harris:
Finale:
