Another try for a Perry Duet????
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:51 amhttp://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/C ... _Children/
We Are the Children
Alison Krauss to team with new duet partners, help fund health care for kids
Now that bluegrass goddess Alison Krauss has the attention of the music world, thanks to her hit duet album with Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, Raising Sand, she is the darling of old rock stars seeking to catch some of her luster. Apparently, aging frontmen from once-successful bands are contacting her daily, seeking to work with her on a duet album.
“She’s heard from a bunch of them,” says a source in Krauss’ management, ticking down the list: “Geddy Lee from Rush, Steve Perry from Journey, Johnny Rotten, one of those guys from Three Dog Night, I can’t remember which one—even Jello Biafra, that guy from the Dead Kennedys.”
As it happens, some of these improbable musical pairings may actually take place. Krauss has been approached to organize a benefit concert for a new state children’s insurance program, and is reportedly considering using the show as an audition for some of these prospective recording partners.
Since President Bush vetoed additional funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP), the state of Tennessee has set a goal for state funding of the program, independent of federal dollars. That program, the Children’s Strategic Health Insurance of Tennessee (C-SHIT), seeks more than $5 million in funding for the medical care of the state’s children. The nascent program’s slogan, “If they won’t give us S-CHIP, we’ll give them C-SHIT,” will soon be on fund-raising billboards all over the state.
If Krauss takes on the benefit, she will headline the “Music for C-SHIT” concert at the Sommet Center (part of a statewide telethon to raise money for the new program) and, sources say, would likely invite several of her prospective duet partners to the stage.One music insider says he can’t wait: “Alison Krauss performing with Johnny Rotten—I think C-SHIT could be fully funded from that alone. Hell, if she’d throw in Roger Daltrey, she could probably raise enough to keep hockey here, too.”
Wonder what the response was?
We Are the Children
Alison Krauss to team with new duet partners, help fund health care for kids
Now that bluegrass goddess Alison Krauss has the attention of the music world, thanks to her hit duet album with Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, Raising Sand, she is the darling of old rock stars seeking to catch some of her luster. Apparently, aging frontmen from once-successful bands are contacting her daily, seeking to work with her on a duet album.
“She’s heard from a bunch of them,” says a source in Krauss’ management, ticking down the list: “Geddy Lee from Rush, Steve Perry from Journey, Johnny Rotten, one of those guys from Three Dog Night, I can’t remember which one—even Jello Biafra, that guy from the Dead Kennedys.”
As it happens, some of these improbable musical pairings may actually take place. Krauss has been approached to organize a benefit concert for a new state children’s insurance program, and is reportedly considering using the show as an audition for some of these prospective recording partners.
Since President Bush vetoed additional funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP), the state of Tennessee has set a goal for state funding of the program, independent of federal dollars. That program, the Children’s Strategic Health Insurance of Tennessee (C-SHIT), seeks more than $5 million in funding for the medical care of the state’s children. The nascent program’s slogan, “If they won’t give us S-CHIP, we’ll give them C-SHIT,” will soon be on fund-raising billboards all over the state.
If Krauss takes on the benefit, she will headline the “Music for C-SHIT” concert at the Sommet Center (part of a statewide telethon to raise money for the new program) and, sources say, would likely invite several of her prospective duet partners to the stage.One music insider says he can’t wait: “Alison Krauss performing with Johnny Rotten—I think C-SHIT could be fully funded from that alone. Hell, if she’d throw in Roger Daltrey, she could probably raise enough to keep hockey here, too.”
Wonder what the response was?
LOL!! 
