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I started with the classical violin when I was 6, and I guess it went well.

Alison Krauss

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Alison Krauss
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 23
Fiddler
Mandolinist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Decatur
Illinois
Alison Maria Krauss
Allison Krauss
Guess
Started
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Well
Violin
Classical

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