Manzanita (Tony Rice album)

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Manzanita
Manzanita Tony Rice.jpg
Studio album by
Tony Rice Unit
Released1979
Genre Americana, bluegrass, folk
Length37:35
Label Rounder
Producer Tony Rice
Tony Rice chronology
Acoustics
(1977)
Manzanita
(1979)
Mar West
(1980)
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Manzanita is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1979. It is credited to the Tony Rice Unit. [2]

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Manzanita is considered a breakthrough album that combines traditional bluegrass and folk songs with more progressive playing. It shows not only Tony Rice's instrumental and vocal talent, but also his strong all-star back-up band, consisting of Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Darol Anger and Todd Phillips. The album is notable in that it does not feature a banjo.

Track listing

  1. "Old Train" (Herb Pedersen) – 2:08
  2. "Manzanita" (Tony Rice) – 4:46
  3. "Little Sadie" (Traditional) – 2:45
  4. "Blackberry Blossom" (Traditional) – 2:36
  5. "Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis) – 2:36
  6. "Hold Whatcha Got" (Jimmy Martin) – 2:45
  7. "Blue Railroad Train" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:18
  8. "Ginseng Sullivan" (Norman Blake) – 3:05
  9. "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 4:05
  10. "I Hope You Have Learned" (James Baker, Bill Carrigan) – 2:33
  11. "Stony Point" (Traditional) – 2:48
  12. "Home from the Forest" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 4:10

Personnel

Production notes

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