Early Dawg
1980 live album by David Grisman
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Live album by David Grisman | ||||
Released | 1980 | |||
Recorded | March 1966, June 1973 | |||
Genre | Progressive bluegrass, jazz | |||
Label | Sugar Hill | |||
Producer | David Grisman | |||
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Early Dawg is a live album by American mandolinist David Grisman, released in 1980. With Del McCoury on guitar and vocals, Jerry McCoury on bass, Bill Keith on banjo plus other well-known musicians, Grisman offers a mix of traditional songs, compositions by Bill Monroe and his own contributions, mainly of bluegrass and progressive bluegrass style. These are some of Grisman's earliest solo recordings from March 1966, except track 16 with Frank Wakefield was recorded in June 1973. The album was released on Sugar Hill.[2] [3]
Track listing
All tracks composed by David Grisman except where indicated
- "Fanny Hill"
- "Sugar Hill Ramble"
- "Little Maggie" (Traditional)
- "Blue Grass Twist" (Bill Monroe)
- "Shenandoah Breakdown" (Bill Monroe)
- "Opus 57"
- "The Prisoner's Song" (Guy Massey)
- "John Henry" (Traditional)
- "Rawhide" (Bill Monroe)
- "Little Sadie" (Traditional)
- "Dark Hollow" (Bill Browning)
- "Dear Old Dixie" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs)
- "Opus 38"
- "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond)
- "Caravan" (Duke Ellington)
- "Black Mountain Rag" (Traditional)
Personnel
- David Grisman – mandolin, baritone vocal (14)
- Del McCoury – guitar, vocals
- Artie Rose – guitar (2, 6, 10, 13, 15)
- Bill Keith – banjo (2, 6, 10, 15)
- Winnie Winston – banjo
- Frank Wakefield – mandolin (16)
- Jerry McCoury – bass
References
- v
- t
- e
- Earth Opera (1968)
- The Great American Eagle Tragedy (1969)
- Muleskinner (1973)
- Muleskinner Live: Original Television Soundtrack (1994, recorded 1973)
- Old & In the Way (1975)
- That High Lonesome Sound (1996)
- Breakdown (1997)
- Old & In the Gray (2002)
- Live at the Boarding House (2008)
- Live at the Boarding House: The Complete Shows (2013)
- Jerry Garcia / David Grisman
- Not for Kids Only
- Shady Grove
- So What
- The Pizza Tapes
- Grateful Dawg
- Been All Around This World
David Grisman Quintet
- The David Grisman Quintet (1977)
- Hot Dawg (1978)
- Quintet '80 (1980)
- Mondo Mando (1981)
- Dawg '90 (1990)
- Dawgwood (1993)
- Dawganova (1995)
- DGQ-20 (1996)
- Dawgnation (2002)
- Dawg's Groove (2006)
- Mandolin Abstractions (1983)
- Songs of Our Fathers (1995)
- New Shabbos Waltz (2006)
- Tone Poems 2 (1995)
- I'm Beginning To See The Light (1999)
collaborations
- The Even Dozen Jug Band (1964)
- The David Grisman Rounder Record (1976)
- Early Dawg (1980, recorded 1966 & 1973)
- Stephane Grappelli/David Grisman Live (1991)
- Here Today (1982)
- David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas (1983)
- Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass (1983)
- Acousticity (1984)
- Svingin' with Svend (1987)
- Home Is Where the Heart Is (1988)
- Bluegrass Reunion (1992)
- Common Chord (1993)
- Doc & Dawg (1997)
- Retrograss (1999)
- Dawg Duos (1999)
- New River (2001)
- Traversata (2001)
- Life of Sorrow (2003)
- Hold On, We're Strummin' (2003)
- DGBX (2006)
- The Living Room Sessions (2007)
- Satisfied (2007)
- Tone Poems (1994)
- Tone Poems 2 (1995)
- Tone Poems 3 (2000)
- Discography
- Chronological Discography
- Progressive bluegrass
- Jazz
- Bluegrass music
- Psychedelic music
- Old & In the Way
- Grateful Dead
- Tony Rice
- Sam Bush
- Joe Craven
- Todd Philips
- Mark O'Connor
- Richard Greene
- Bill Keith
- Darol Anger
- Mike Marshall
- Enrique Coria
- Jerry Garcia
- John Kahn
- Peter Rowan
- Vassar Clements
- Stephane Grapelli
- John Sebastian
- Denny Zeitlin
- Doc Watson
- Beppe Gambetta
- Acoustic Disc
- Muleskinner
- Earth Opera
- Alison Brown