From the WTF department: Alison Krauss/Robert Plant collaboration

[Richardo]

I'm sorry but I don't see this working, even on paper...such different voices and styles. :crazy:

http://www.harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=11514

"Whole Lotta Twang: Robert Plant Teams Up w/Alison Krauss"

Track listing:
Rich Woman (Dorothy LaBostrie-McKinley Millet)
Killing the Blues (Rowland Salley)
Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us (Sam Phillips)
Polly Come Home (Gene Clark)
Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On) (Phil and Don Everly)
Through the Morning, Through the Night (Gene Clark)
Please Read The Letter (Robert Plant-Michael Lee-Jimmy Page-Charlie Jones) <-- Oh, Lynne!
Trampled Rose (Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan)
Fortune Teller (Naomi Neville)
Stick With Me Baby (Mel Tillis)
Nothin' (Townes Van Zandt)
Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson (Milt Campbell)
Your Long Journey (A.D. Watson and Rosa Lee Watson)

[taterguy]

1. John Paul Jones attended the great bluegrass festival Merlefest this year

I didn't attend but I heard from folks that he put on fine shows with a variety of artists.

I've seen a brief Youtube clip of a stirring rendition of that old Led Zep/Willie Dixon song Whole Lotta Love