The sound of 10,000 folks howling at the moon. The smell of flank steak and beer and sunscreen. Music before breakfast and Gospel on Sunday. Turning around and mezmerized by not only what and who was on stage but behind me, those beautiful mountains and all those smiling faces. The way we tried but failed many years ago in our youth to sneak in on our bellies laughing our butts off under the security horses. Crazy us. Man those memories are seated deep and everlasting. Thanks.
Watching a 12 or 13 year-old Alison Krauss being brought on stage - can’t even remember who the act was that introduced her.
Selling a tie-dye T-shirt to a young Bela Fleck and then seeing him on stage wearing it the next day!
Yeah … that was a very very long time ago !
HI Betcey, I first saw Allison and US in Santa Fe in 1987 when she was 15 and she blew me away. Her first time in Tride was 1989 when she was 17 and I don’t recall ever seeing her perform in Telluride before then, so I’m curious as to when you saw her there at age 12 or 13? She signed with Rounder in 1985. She is 50 now! Still has the voice of an angel. That show in Santa Fe was amazing. It was Alison Kraus and Union Station, followed by Tony Rice Unit, and finished up with New Grass Revival! Man what a show that was! After 35 years I still remember how amazing the whole day was!
WOW, that sounds like an amazing show!
Alison wasn’t playing as an official act when I saw her … someone else who was performing (I wish is could remember who!) just brought her onstage and introduced her, saying that she was an up and coming talent to watch. I think she only performed one song … my memory is fuzzy. It would have been somewhere between 1983 and 1985 … the only years I went to Telluride. I want to say it was '83.
I am soooo excited to finally be making it back often so many, many years!!
(Still desperately seeking a TP or WF ticket if you know anyone with one for sale!) 
My guess would be Sam Bush. He has been there since year 2 1975 I believe. My first was year 3 in 1976 but I don’t remember seeing Alison! I know Sam has definitely sung praises of up and coming young musicians including Chris Thiele and Sierra Hull.
WOW, that sounds like an amazing show!
Alison wasn’t playing as an official act when I saw her … someone else who was performing (I wish is could remember who!) just brought her onstage and introduced her, saying that she was an up and coming talent to watch. I think she only performed one song … my memory is fuzzy. It would have been somewhere between 1983 and 1985 … the only years I went to Telluride. I want to say it was '83.
I am soooo excited to finally be making it back often so many, many years!!
(Still desperately seeking a TP or WF ticket if you know anyone with one for sale!) 
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My guess would be Sam Bush. He has been there since year 2 1975 I believe. My first was year 3 in 1976 but I don’t remember seeing Alison! I know Sam has definitely sung praises of up and coming young musicians including Chris Thiele and Sierra Hull.
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I would LOVE to know if anyone else shares that memory … I know I didn’t dream it! Anyone else remember an early-to-mid ‘80s show when Alison was introduced onstage as a young girl?
That’s easy. BILL MUNROE fanning the feet of Emmylou (who I am secretly in love with) with his cowboy hat while she was dancing on stage with the Bluegrass Boys. Stunning!
2022-
Discovering Rising Appalachia. Watching those lovely women dancing on stage was the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen. I listened to them and played cross harp to their music all the way home after the festival. Then there was a happy crossing of stars when HOOCH and I traded tickets at the entrance to backstage at the festival. He REALLY IS kind of a big deal.
BUT, the killer this year was Punch Bros happy hour at Elks Park. It was so intimate and fun I actually teared up! Bless those boys.
With a killer version of Uncle John’s Band!
Ha, ha! Right, except Chris admitted he didn’t know the Dead catalog and had to read the words off his phone!