Grateful Dawg | ||||
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Released | September 11, 2001 | |||
Genre | Progressive bluegrass, new acoustic | |||
Label | Acoustic Disc | |||
Jerry Garcia and David Grisman chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Music Box | [2] |
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.
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David Jay 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. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2023.
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.
Grateful Dawg is a documentary film released in 2000 which chronicles the friendship and musical relationship of musicians Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Director and producer Gillian Grisman uses multiple videos,as well as live recordings,to help show this bond between two friends and musicians. It gives a view of Garcia outside the Grateful Dead.
Old &In the Way is the 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.
Breakdown is the third live release of bluegrass music by Old &In the Way.
Not for Kids Only is an album of children's songs released by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Most of the songs come from the Southeast region of the United States. It was released by Acoustic Disc.
Shady Grove is an acoustic album by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. It was released on the Acoustic Disc record label in 1996. The album was produced by Garcia and Grisman for Dawg Productions. Also appearing on the album:Joe Craven,Jim Kerwin,Matt Eakle,Bryan Bowers,and Will Scarlett. "Hesitation Blues" is an uncredited track appearing at the end of the album.
Jerry Garcia / David Grisman is an album of folk music by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. It was the second album released under Grisman's record label Acoustic Disc.
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.
Retrograss is a bluegrass album by David Grisman,John Hartford and Mike Seeger. It was released on the Acoustic Disc record label in 1999.
Doc &Dawg is a 1997 recording by the American folk music artist Doc Watson and mandolinist David Grisman.
Natural Bridge is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck,released in 1982. Bela Fleck was a young bluegrass musician whose work with such bands as Spectrum and the New Grass Revival pushed the envelope of bluegrass tradition and contributed to the development of the New Acoustic movement spearheaded by mandolinist David Grisman,guitarist Tony Rice,and others. Influenced by Bill Keith and Tony Trischka,he moved the banjo sound much further than anyone could imagine.
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.
Wanted Dead or Alive is an album by David Bromberg. It was his third album,released by Columbia Records as a vinyl LP in 1974. It has been released as a CD several times −by Sony Music Media in 2004,by SBME Special Markets in 2008,and by Columbia Records in 2011. It was also released as a double CD,combined with Bromberg's subsequent album Midnight on the Water,by BGO Records in 2010.
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.
Before the Dead is an album by Jerry Garcia. It is a compilation of early recordings of Garcia playing folk and bluegrass music with various other musicians. The recordings were made from 1961 to 1964,before Garcia co-founded the rock band the Grateful Dead. Produced as a four-CD box set,and also as a five-LP limited edition box set,it was released on May 11,2018.
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.