Alison Brown (born in Hartford, Connecticut, on 7 August 1962) is an American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer She has won and has been nominated for several Grammy awards As well as solo recordings, Brown has recorded as Alison Brown & Stuart Duncan, led the Alison Brown Quartet, and, from 1987–1991, been a member of Alison Krauss & Union StationBrown learned to play guitar at eight and banjo at ten When she was twelve, she met fiddler Stuart Duncan In the summer of 1978, Brown traveled across the country with Duncan and his father, playing festivals and contests She won first place at the Canadian National Banjo Championship, which helped her land a one-night gig at the Grand Ole OpryIn 1987, Alison Krauss asked Brown to join her band, Union Station Brown spent three years with Krauss In 1990, she moved to Tennessee, and was named International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year in 1991
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