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Merry Christmas, Amy. I miss you. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman Jerry Garcia & David Grisman 12/7/91
26 Songs About Moonshine
Prohibition ended over 70 years ago, but moonshine songs have still enjoyed a fair amount of popular
SPOTLIGHT: Assembly of Dust
Assembly of Dust was created when Reid Genauer left the group Strangefolk, the folk rock group he he
SPOTLIGHT: Assembly of Dust
Assembly of Dust was created when Reid Genauer left the group Strangefolk, the folk rock group he he
John Sebastian’s good time music
John Sebastian has always been a storyteller, particularly in his live solo shows, which he's been p
Biography David Grisman
David Grisman (born March 23, 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a noted
bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early
1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve
and spread acoustic or instrumental music.
David Grisman started his musical career in 1963 as a member of Even Dozen
Jug Band. His nickname, "Dawg" was affectionately assigned by his close
friend Jerry Garcia in 1973 (the two met in 1964 at a Bill Monroe show at
Sunset Park in West Grove, PA). "Dawg Music" is what he calls his mixture
of bluegrass and Django Reinhardt-Stéphane Grappelli-influenced jazz, as
highlighted on his 1977 album "Hot Dawg". Stephane Grappelli played on a
couple of tracks on the Hot Dawg album and then the 1981 recording
"Stephane Grappelli and David Grisman Live". It was Grisman's combination
of Reinhardt-era Jazz, bluegrass, folk, Old World Mediterranean string band
music, as well a
