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| Mar West | ||||
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| Studio album by Tony Rice Unit | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Bluegrass, jazz | |||
| Length | 34:28 | |||
| Label | Rounder | |||
| Producer | Tony Rice | |||
| Tony Rice chronology | ||||
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Mar West is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1980. [1] It is credited to the Tony Rice Unit. [2]
Mar West was reissued in 1987 along with Still Inside as Devlin , minus the song "Mar East". [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
The Florida Times-Union deemed the album "jazz-heavy spacegrass." [5]
All songs by Tony Rice unless otherwise indicated.
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