David Grisman/Tony Rice - Tone Poems

Artist:

Grisman, David

UPC:

715949101021

See Also:

Various Artists - True Life Blues: The Songs Of Bill Monroe Martin Taylor/David Grisman - I`m Beginning To See The Light

Description:

Personnel: David Grisman (mandolin); Tony Rice (guitar).
Recorded at Dawg Studios, Mill Valley, California in 1993 & 1994. Includes liner notes by Davis Grisman.
Adapters: David Grisman; Tony Rice.
Personnel: David Grisman (mandolin); Tony Rice (guitar).
Liner Note Authors: David Dennison; David Grisman; Dexter Johnson.
Recording information: Dawg Studios (02/02/1993-01/15/1994).
Authors: David Grisman; Tony Rice.
Unknown Contributor Role: Dexter Johnson.
Arrangers: David Grisman; Tony Rice.
As lovely as its sequel TONE POEMS II is, the first TONE POEMS, with Tony Rice on guitar, feels like a more original piece of work. Perhaps the musical communication between Grisman and Rice is simply second nature, Rice having been there at the founding of the first David Grisman Quintet in the `70s. Grisman`s contributions as a composer are more significant here, as the mandolin maestro wrote eight of TONE POEMS` 17 tunes.
Whatever the reason, this extravagantly produced release certainly fulfills Grisman`s concept--described in the liner notes as "what happens when a vintage instrument collector, a mandolin player, a record producer, and the owner of an independent acoustic record label all happen to be the same person." Grisman and Rice record in stereo with no overdubbing, employing a different historically matched pair of instruments for each duet. TONE POEMS also includes a 36-page booklet filled with detailed color photographs of the various vintage instruments used and historical notes on both their makers and the players who first figured out what to do with them.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Turn of the Century
2. Prisoner`s Waltz, The
3. Sam-Bino
4. Grandfather`s Clock
5. Good Old Mountain Dew
6. I Am a Pilgrim
7. Mill Valley Waltz
8. Vintage Gintage Blues
9. I Don`t Want Your Mandolins Mister
10. Dawg After Dark
11. Wildwood Flower
12. Morning Sun
13. Banks of the Ohio
14. Swing `42
15. Watson Blues
16. O Solo Mio
17. Song for Two Pamelas

Album Information

Release Date:

05/18/1994

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Bluegrass

Label:

Acoustic Disc

Producer:

David Grisman

Catalog Number:

10

Original Release Year:

1994

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

48 : 16

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