Emmylou Harris fans vs. Allison Krauss fans.

I may be simple, but I would’ve thought the fan base for these two artists would have a pretty substantial overlap; it certainly wouldn’t have occurred to me that their differences would generate such heated debate! I’m a fan of both these ladies and have seen them both perform (on the same stage no less–at the San Francisco Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park). Surely we’re not talking irreconcilable differences here.

Anyway, I think I prefer Gillian Welch to either one.