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There is no question that the most influential lead guitarist in bluegrass history is the late Clarence White. After that, the arguments start. Who comes next -- Doc Watson? Norman Blake? Dan Crary? While you'll never achieve complete consensus on this point, if you took a vote the chances are very good that the second name in the list of important lead guitarists would be that of Tony Rice, who is not only an acknowledged master of the traditional bluegrass idiom but a highly influential stylistic innovator, one who helped create the jazz-grass fusion music of the 1970s and 1980s that came, for better or worse, to be called new acoustic music. This excellent compilation (which gets its title from the serial number of Clarence White's Martin D-28 guitar, which Rice has owned and played since 1975) celebrates his contributions on the more traditional side of things, and its tracks include full-band performances with the likes of the Bluegrass Album Band, his own Tony Rice Unit, and a quartet made up entirely of Rice brothers, as well as a handful of duo recordings with Norman Blake and a rambunctious arrangement of "Lost Indian" for a guitar trio featuring Rice, Blake, and Doc Watson. Although you could argue that his take on Bill Monroe's "Jerusalem Ridge" is maybe a bit lacking in nuance, everything else on this album ranges from great to spectacular. Among the particular highlights are a gorgeous and quite traditional rendition of "Home Sweet Home," a great medley of Irish tunes played in duet with Blake, and a hard-driving arrangement of "Monroe's Hornpipe" on which Rice's solos are like a 60-second seminar on how to combine virtuosity and taste. This album makes an excellent introduction to one of America's most gifted musicians in any genre.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Sam Bush, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vassar Clements, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1986 Rounder Records Corp.
Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Vassar Clements, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - David Glasser, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill VornDick, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Mixer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records
Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Tony Rice, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Wyatt Rice, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Rickie Simpkins, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - The Tony Rice Unit, MainArtist - Jimmy Gaudreau, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Simpkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.
Tony Rice, Producer, MainArtist - Norman Blake, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records
Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Sam Bush, Mandolin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Wolf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Tony Rice Unit, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Rounder Records Corp.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Rice, Producer, MainArtist - Norman Blake, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BELA FLECK, Producer, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Bush, Mandolin, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Corp.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Blake, Producer, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 Rounder Records
Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Sam Bush, Mandolin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Wolf, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Tony Rice Unit, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Rounder Records Corp.
Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Vassar Clements, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - David Glasser, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill VornDick, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Wolf, Mixer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records
Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Tony Rice, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Wyatt Rice, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Rickie Simpkins, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - The Tony Rice Unit, MainArtist - Jimmy Gaudreau, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Simpkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.
Louise Certain, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Stacey Flatt, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vassar Clements, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer - Billy Wolf, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 Rounder Records
Tony Rice, Producer, MainArtist - Jim McReynolds, ComposerLyricist - Jesse McReynolds, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Corp.
Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Vassar Clements, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - David Glasser, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill VornDick, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Mixer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records
Bill Emerson, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Rice, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - The Rice Brothers, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jon Carroll, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rickie Simpkins, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Rice, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Poindexter, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Logan Neil, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 Rounder Records
Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Vassar Clements, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - David Glasser, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill VornDick, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Ahr, ComposerLyricist - Bill Wolf, Mixer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records Corp.
PUBLIC DOMAIN, ComposerLyricist - The Rice Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Bill Wolf, Producer
℗ 2003 Rounder Records
Todd Phillips, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Baritone, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer - Billy Wolf, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Tony Rice, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2003 Rounder Records Corp.
Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Carpenter, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Wolf, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Tony Rice Unit, MainArtist - John Reischman, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Shumaker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Rounder Records Corp.
Tony Rice, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Wolf, Producer
℗ 2003 Rounder Records
Album review
There is no question that the most influential lead guitarist in bluegrass history is the late Clarence White. After that, the arguments start. Who comes next -- Doc Watson? Norman Blake? Dan Crary? While you'll never achieve complete consensus on this point, if you took a vote the chances are very good that the second name in the list of important lead guitarists would be that of Tony Rice, who is not only an acknowledged master of the traditional bluegrass idiom but a highly influential stylistic innovator, one who helped create the jazz-grass fusion music of the 1970s and 1980s that came, for better or worse, to be called new acoustic music. This excellent compilation (which gets its title from the serial number of Clarence White's Martin D-28 guitar, which Rice has owned and played since 1975) celebrates his contributions on the more traditional side of things, and its tracks include full-band performances with the likes of the Bluegrass Album Band, his own Tony Rice Unit, and a quartet made up entirely of Rice brothers, as well as a handful of duo recordings with Norman Blake and a rambunctious arrangement of "Lost Indian" for a guitar trio featuring Rice, Blake, and Doc Watson. Although you could argue that his take on Bill Monroe's "Jerusalem Ridge" is maybe a bit lacking in nuance, everything else on this album ranges from great to spectacular. Among the particular highlights are a gorgeous and quite traditional rendition of "Home Sweet Home," a great medley of Irish tunes played in duet with Blake, and a hard-driving arrangement of "Monroe's Hornpipe" on which Rice's solos are like a 60-second seminar on how to combine virtuosity and taste. This album makes an excellent introduction to one of America's most gifted musicians in any genre.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:12
- Main artists: Tony Rice
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder Records
- Genre: Country
© 2003 Rounder Records ℗ 2003 Rounder Records
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