Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass

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Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass
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Studio album by
Released1983
Genre Americana, newgrass, jazz
Label Warner Bros.
David Grisman chronology
David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas
(1983)
Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass
(1983)
Mandolin Abstractions
(1983)
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Back cover of the LP
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Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass is an album by American musician David Grisman, released in 1983. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Dawg Jazz"
  2. "Steppin' with Stephane"
  3. "Fumblebee"
  4. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz)
  5. "14 Miles to Barstow"
  6. "Swamp Dawg"
  7. "Dawggy Mountain Breakdown"
  8. "Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional)
  9. "Happy Birthday Bill Monroe"
  10. "Dawg Grass"

Personnel

Credits

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1983Billboard Jazz Albums18

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