Early Dawg

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Early Dawg
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Live album by David Grisman
Released 1964
Recorded 1964
Genre Progressive bluegrass, jazz
Label Sugar Hill
Producer David Grisman
David Grisman chronology
The Even Dozen Jug Band
(1964)
Early Dawg
(1964)
Earth Opera
(1968)
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Early Dawg is the debut solo studio album by American mandolinist David Grisman. With Del McCoury on guitar and vocals, Jerry McCoury on bass, Bill Keith on banjo plus other well-known musicians, Grisman offers a mix of traditional songs, compositions by Bill Monroe and his own contributions, mainly of bluegrass and progressive bluegrass style. [2]

David Grisman Mandolinist, composer, and record label owner

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.

Del McCoury American musician

Delano Floyd "Del" McCoury is an American bluegrass musician. As leader of the Del McCoury Band, he plays guitar and sings lead vocals along with his two sons, Ronnie McCoury and Rob McCoury, who play mandolin and banjo respectively. In June 2010, he received a National Heritage Fellowship lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts and in 2011 he was elected into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.

Bill Keith (musician) Talentened Banjo Player

William Bradford "Bill" Keith was a five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the stylistic development of the instrument. In the 1960s he introduced a variation on the popular "Scruggs style" of banjo playing which would soon become known as melodic style, or "Keith style".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Grisman except where indicated

  1. "Fanny Hill"
  2. "Sugar Hill Ramble"
  3. "Little Maggie" (Traditional)
  4. "Blue Grass Twist" (Bill Monroe)
  5. "Shenandoah Breakdown" (Bill Monroe)
  6. "Opus 57"
  7. "The Prisoner's Song" (Guy Massey)
  8. "John Henry" (Traditional)
  9. "Rawhide" (Bill Monroe)
  10. "Little Sadie" (Traditional)
  11. "Dark Hollow" (Bill Browning)
  12. "Dear Old Dixie" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs)
  13. "Opus 38"
  14. "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond)
  15. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington)
  16. "Black Mountain Rag" (Traditional)

Personnel

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wakefield is an innovative American mandolin player in the bluegrass music style. Wakefield is known for his collaborations with a number of important and well-known bands, including Red Allen, Jimmy Martin, Don Reno, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, The Stanley Brothers, and the Greenbriar Boys.

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