The Rice Brothers

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The Rice Brothers
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Studio album by
The Rice Brothers
Released1989
Genre Americana, bluegrass, folk
Length35:38
Label Rounder
Producer Tony Rice
Tony Rice chronology
Bluegrass Album, Vol. 5 – Sweet Sunny South
(1989)
The Rice Brothers
(1989)
"Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2"
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The Rice Brothers is album recorded by guitarist Tony Rice and his brothers Ron, Larry, and Wyatt. . [2]

Tony Rice American guitarist and bluegrass musician

Tony Rice is an American guitarist and bluegrass musician. He is perhaps the most influential living acoustic guitar player in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and flattop acoustic jazz. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2013.

Larry Prentis Rice was an American mandolinist, singer, songwriter, and band leader in the bluegrass tradition. He is known for his solo albums and for his unique syncopated mandolin picking style.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Grapes on the Vine" (Steve Gillette and Charles John Quarto)
  2. "This Old House" (Craig Bickhardt / Thom Schuyler)
  3. "Original Untitled" (Wyatt Rice)
  4. "Teardrops in My Eyes" (Red Allen (bluegrass) / Tommy Sutton)
  5. "You're Drifting Away" (Bill Monroe)
  6. "Don't Think Twice" (Bob Dylan)
  7. "Let It Ride" (Gordon Lightfoot)
  8. "Keep the Lamp on Sadie" (Larry Rice)
  9. "Soldier's Joy" (Traditional)
  10. "Whisper My Name" (Gordon Lightfoot)
  11. "Life Is Like a Mountain Railway" (M. E. Abbey and Charles Davis Tillman)

Personnel

Wyatt Rice is an American guitarist and bluegrass musician. He is best known for his solo albums and his work in his brother's group the Tony Rice Unit.

William Hundley "Bill" Emerson, Jr. is an American five-string banjo player known for being one of the founding members of the original The Country Gentlemen and Emerson & Waldron.

Jerry Douglas American bluegrass musician

Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas is an American resonator guitar and lap steel guitar player and record producer.

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