The David Grisman Quintet (album)

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The David Grisman Quintet
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Released1977
Genre Americana, progressive bluegrass, folk
Label Kaleidoscope, Acoustic Disc (reissue) [1]
Producer David Grisman
David Grisman chronology
The David Grisman Rounder Record
(1976)
The David Grisman Quintet
(1977)
Hot Dawg
(1978)
David Grisman Quintet chronology
The David Grisman Quintet
(1977)
Hot Dawg
(1978)
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Christgau's Record Guide B+ [3]

The David Grisman Quintet is the debut album by the David Grisman Quintet, recorded in 1976 and released in 1977. [4]

Contents

Cover

The instruments pictured on the cover are David's 1927 Gibson F-5 Mandolin, Darol's 1856 Guisepe Marconcine "Ferrara" Violin, Tony's 1935 Martin D-28 Guitar, Todd's 1924 Loar Gibson F-5 Mandolin, on loan, and Bill's 1875 Czech Flatback Bass. [5]

Track listing

All songs by David Grisman unless otherwise noted.

  1. "E.M.D." – 2:37
  2. "Swing 51" (Tony Rice) – 4:25
  3. "Opus 57" – 2:56
  4. "Blue Midnite" – 3:40
  5. "Pneumonia" – 4:31
  6. "Fish Scale" (Artie Traum) – 7:30
  7. "Richochet" (Grisman, Richard Somers) – 2:05
  8. "Dawg's Rag" – 9:04

added on CD

  1. "Minor Swing" (Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) – 2:59
  2. "16-16" - 5:35

Personnel

[6]

Production notes:

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References

  1. "The David Grisman Quintet Listing". Discogs. 1977. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  4. Allmusic entry for The David Grisman Quintet Retrieved September 2009.
  5. Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved November 2009.
  6. "David Grisman / David Grisman Quintet". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2012-08-07. Band line-ups