Viktor Krauss is an American musician who plays acoustic and electric bass. He has released solo albums and has worked as a sideman with many musicians, including his sister, singer and fiddler

Alison Krauss Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass- country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed wit ...

Music career

Krauss was born to Fred and Louise, and raised in

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. As a boy, he enjoyed listening to soundtracks. He started on piano and trumpet before moving on to playing

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with local jazz groups in his early teens. In high school, he began composing music and was influenced by rock, soul, and R&B. He attended the

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at Urbana-Champaign and studied bass, voice, and

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. While in college, he formed a band called Difficult Listening. In 1992, he became a member of the Free Mexican Airforce led by

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, a bluegrass guitarist and singer from Boston. After working with Rowan, he joined the band of country singer

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, touring and recording for the next ten years. He played on '' Forget About It'', a solo album by his sister, Alison. He recorded his album ''Far from Enough'' (

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, 2004) with Alison, dobro player Jerry Douglas, drummer

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, and guitarist

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. Alison sings a cover version of the song "

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" by

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. Viktor Krauss called his album a soundtrack without a movie. It combines country, bluegrass, and jazz. His second album, ''II'' (

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/ Back Porch, 2007), was also compared to a film soundtrack.

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sings a cover version of "

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" by Pink Floyd. Krauss has worked as a session musician on albums by the Cox Family, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Bill Frisell, Jerry Douglas,

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, Martin Taylor, Michael McDonald, and

Natalie MacMaster Natalie MacMaster (born June 13, 1972) is a Canadian fiddler from Troy, Inverness County, Nova Scotia who plays Cape Breton fiddle music. MacMaster has toured with the Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana, and Alison Krauss, and has recorded ...

. He is also the composer of the indie horror game '' No Players Online''. On the internet, as of 2019, he is also known as the main composer for the indie horror game "No Players Online".

Discography

* '' Different Strokes'' (Fiddle Tunes, 1985) * ''Far from Enough'' (

, 2004) * ''II'' (

/ Back Porch, 2007)

As sideman

With

* 1995 '' Now That I've Found You: A Collection'' * 1999 '' Forget About It'' * 2007 '' A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection'' With the Cox Family * 1994 '' I Know Who Holds Tomorrow'' with Alison Krauss * 1993 ''Everybody's Reaching Out for Someone'' * 1995 ''Beyond the City'' * 1996 ''Just When We're Thinking It's Over'' * 2015 ''Gone Like the Cotton'' With

* 1997 '' Nashville'' (Nonesuch) * 1998 '' Gone, Just Like a Train'' (Nonesuch) * 1999 '' Good Dog, Happy Man'' (Nonesuch) * 1999 '' The Sweetest Punch'' (Decca) * 2005 ''

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'' (Nonesuch) * 2007 '' Floratone'' (Blue Note) * 2009 '' Disfarmer'' (Nonesuch) With Jerry Douglas * 1998 '' Restless on the Farm'' * 2002 '' Lookout for Hope'' * 2005 '' The Best Kept Secret'' * 2012 ''Traveler'' With

* 1998 ''

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'' * 1999 '' Live in Texas'' * 2000 '' Dr. T & the Women'' * 2003 '' My Baby Don't Tolerate'' * 2003 ''

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'' * 2007 '' It's Not Big It's Large'' * 2012 '' Release Me'' * 2009 ''

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'' With Beth Nielsen Chapman * 2002 ''Deeper Still'' * 2005 '' Look'' * 2007 ''Prism'' With

* 1994 '' Heartsongs: Live from Home'' * 2005 '' Those Were the Days'' With

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* 1995 ''

'' * 1997 '' Happy Town'' With

* 1999 '' In My Hands'' * 2003 ''

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'' With

Ron Block Ronald Franklin Block (born July 30, 1964) is an American banjo player, guitarist, and singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the bluegrass band Alison Krauss & Union Station. He has won 14 Grammy Awards, 6 International Bluegrass Music A ...

* 2001 ''Faraway Land'' * 2007 ''DoorWay'' With

* 1994 '' Tree on a Hill'' * 2006 ''Crucial Country'' With Jason White * 2001 ''Shades of Gray'' * 2003 ''Tonight's Top Story'' With Carrie Rodriguez * 2006 '' Seven Angels on a Bicycle'' * 2016 ''Lola'' With

Sarah Jarosz Sarah Jarosz ( ; born May 23, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter from Wimberley, Texas. Her first album, ''Song Up in Her Head'', was released in 2009

* 2011 ''Follow Me Down'' * 2013 '' Build Me Up from Bones'' With Nicole C. Mullen * 2000 ''Nicole C. Mullen'' * 2001 '' Talk About It'' * 2008 ''Gift Tin'' With others * 1995 ''Departure'', Michael Johnson * 1995 ''In a Quiet Room'',

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* 1997 ''Blue Obsession'', Michael McDonald * 1998 ''Howlin' at the Moon'',

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* 1999 ''Family Tree'',

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* 1999 ''The Crossing'', Tim O'Brien * 1999 ''The Luxury of Time'', David Mead * 2000 ''Crazy as Me'',

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* 2000 ''The Beautiful Game'',

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* 2002 ''Down the Old Plank Road'',

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* 2002 ''Hey Y'all'', Elizabeth Cook * 2004 ''Between Here and Gone'',

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* 2004 ''Deja Vu All Over Again'', John Fogerty * 2004 ''Just Like There's Nothin' to It'', Steve Forbert * 2004 ''Lone Starry Night'', John Arthur Martinez * 2004 '' One Moment More'',

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* 2004 ''Passing Through'', Randy Travis * 2005 ''Say What You Feel'',

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* 2006 ''3D'',

Casey Driessen Casey Christopher Driessen (born December 6, 1978 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States) is an American bluegrass fiddler and singer. He plays acoustic and electric five-string violins, each of which has an additional low C string. He is a gr ...

* 2007 ''South of Delia'',

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* 2007 ''When at Last'',

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* 2008 ''In Time'',

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* 2009 ''Not Far Now'', Richard Shindell * 2009 ''The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer'', Antje Duvekot * 2009 ''The Scorpion in the Story'', Tori Sparks * 2009 ''Time to Grow'', Lovell Sisters * 2011 ''A Natural History'', J. D. Souther * 2011 ''Anniversary Celebration'', Randy Travis * 2011 ''City of Refuge'',

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* 2011 ''Mesabi'',

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* 2011 ''Tennessee: The Nashville Sessions'',

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* 2011 ''Until Morning/Come Out of the Dark'', Tori Sparks * 2011 ''Weights & Wings'',

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* 2012 ''All Fall Down'',

* 2012 ''Hello Cruel World'',

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* 2001 ''Nitelife'', Martin Taylor * 2011 ''Crazy Little Things'',

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* 2013 ''Every Man Should Know'', Harry Connick Jr. * 2013 ''The Living Room Sessions'', B. J. Thomas * 2012 ''Amazing Grace'',

* 2014 ''Sixty'', John Cowan * 2015 ''That Lovin' Feeling'',

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* 2016 ''Turns to Gold'',

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* 2016 '' Corazones (Omar Rodríguez-López album)'',

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References

External links

Official site
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