David Grisman is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass,folk,and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc,which issues his recordings and those of other acoustic musicians.
John Kahn was an American bassist. From 1970 to 1995,Kahn was Jerry Garcia's principal musical collaborator outside of the Grateful Dead.
Old &In the Way was a bluegrass group formed in 1973. It was composed of Peter Rowan,Vassar Clements (fiddle),Jerry Garcia,David Grisman,and John Kahn. When the group was forming,it was intended that John Hartford would be the fiddle player. Based on Hartford's engagements,and Clements' reputational stature in the bluegrass community,Clements became the group's fiddler.
Peter Rowan is an American bluegrass musician and composer. Rowan plays guitar and mandolin,yodels and sings.
Vassar Carlton Clements was an American jazz,swing,and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz,an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing,hot jazz,and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions.
Old &In the Way is the self-titled first album by the bluegrass band Old &In the Way. It was recorded 8 October 1973 at the Boarding House in San Francisco by Owsley Stanley and Vickie Babcock utilizing eight microphones mixed live onto a stereo Nagra tape recorder. The caricature album cover was illustrated by Greg Irons. It was,for many years,the top selling bluegrass album of all time. Eventually,however,the soundtrack album for O Brother,Where Art Thou surpassed its sales.
That High Lonesome Sound is the second live release of bluegrass music by Old &In the Way. Like the first one,Old &In the Way,it was recorded at the Boarding House in San Francisco in October 1973. It was released in February 1996.
The Pizza Tapes is an album by Jerry Garcia,David Grisman (mandolin),and Tony Rice. It was recorded at Grisman's studio on two evenings in 1993,and features unrehearsed performances of folk and bluegrass songs. It was released on the Acoustic Disc label on April 25,2000.
Grateful Dawg is the soundtrack to the 2000 film of the same name. It is a collaboration between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. It was released on the Acoustic Disc record label.
Texican Badman is the 1980 release by country rock / bluegrass musician Peter Rowan. Guest musicians include Jerry Garcia,David Grisman (mandolin),Flaco Jimenez (accordion),and Bill Kreutzmann (drums). Four of the songs were studio recordings from 1974,and the other six were recorded live in 1979. The standout tracks are "Sweet Melinda","Four Corners/A Vacant Sea","Texican Badman",and "What of Alicia".
Medicine Trail is the third solo album by country rock / bluegrass musician Peter Rowan. Guest musicians include Jerry Douglas,Ricky Skaggs,David Grisman,Mike Auldridge,Flaco Jimenez,and Peter's brother Lorin Rowan.
Old &In the Gray is a bluegrass album released in 2002 by the surviving members of the band Old &In the Way –Peter Rowan (guitar),David Grisman (mandolin),and Vassar Clements (fiddle). Banjoist Jerry Garcia and bassist John Kahn,both of whom were deceased,were replaced by Herb Pedersen and Bryn Bright,respectively.
Richard Greene is an American violinist who has been described as "one of the most innovative and influential fiddle players of all time". Greene is credited with introducing the chop to fiddle playing while working with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys,the invention of which he attributes to pain in his wrist and arm and "laziness". He featured the technique in his performances with Seatrain.
Live at the Boarding House is an album recorded by the 1973–1974 bluegrass group,Old &In the Way. It is a complete recording of a concert held October 08,1973,at the Boarding House in San Francisco. It was released in 2008.
Friends of Mine is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott,released in 1998.
The David Grisman Rounder Record is an album by American musician David Grisman,released in 1976.
David Grisman has issued albums with his groups the David Grisman Quintet and Old &In the Way,performed in duos with Jerry Garcia,Andy Statman,Martin Taylor,Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard,John Sebastian,Tony Rice,and played in the psychedelic band Earth Opera with Peter Rowan. He has produced solo albums and collaborated with musicians in many genres.
DGQ-20 is a 1996 compilation album by American musician David Grisman,recorded with his group David Grisman Quintet. Spanning the period from 1976 to 1996,this triple-CD set offers 39 songs,18 of which were not released by Grisman before. Musicians include Tony Rice,Béla Fleck,Sam Bush,Mark O'Connor,Stephane Grappelli and others.
Live at the Boarding House:The Complete Shows is a four-CD live album by the bluegrass band Old &In the Way. It was recorded on October 1 and October 8,1973,at the Boarding House in San Francisco,and contains the complete concerts from those dates. It was released by Acoustic Disc and Acoustic Oasis on October 1,2013. The album includes 55 tracks,14 of which were previously unreleased.
Jerry Garcia was an American musician. A guitarist,singer,and songwriter,he became famous as a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead,from 1965 to 1995. When not touring or recording with the Dead,Garcia was often playing music in other bands and with other musicians.
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