We're posting some highlights of upcoming and recent David Grisman news, events and CD releases here.
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UPDATE JULY 2007-
Two special boat cruises...
NYC ROCKIN' THE RIVER CRUISES
THURSDAY JULY 19
NYC, NY 212-630-8888
42nd St. & the Hudson River at Circle Line Pier 83
7.00PM & 9.30PM
www.rtrcruises.com
On Thursday, July 19th, the David Grisman Quintet featuring guitarist Frank Vignola, will perform his unique variety of bluegrass and gypsy music referred to as "dawg music". They will perform at 7pm & 9:30pm as part of the NYC Rockin' the River Cruises (www.rtrcruises.com) and will be the first East Coast performance with the new line-up.
Each NYC RTR Cruise is a scenic tour and live music event in the most intimate and friendly concert setting you've ever experienced. Listening to your favorite artists while sailing past the Statute of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Brooklyn Bridge and the world's greatest skyline - you've never seen music like this before.
Also, a chance to see them in VT...
SATURDAY JULY 21
THE GREEN AT SHELBURNE MUSEUM
SHELBURNE, VT 802-652-0777
4.30PM
highergroundmusic.com
"If you're looking for something elegant, warm and delightful, go to the Dawg." (Wall Street Journal)
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The CD we're publicizing is...
* New Shabbos Waltz by David Grisman and Andy Statman (Acoustic Disc) Aug. 8.
A DVD was also released August 8th by Shanachie...
* Classic Dawg David Grisman Quartet live from the 1982 Montreal Jazz Fest.
October 3rd, Acoustic Disc released two more albums;
* David Grisman Bluegrass Experience
* David Grisman Quintet, Dawg's Groove
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Linda Ronstadt will appear at Herbst Theatre on Jan. 19... David Grisman will be among the musicians performing with her.
...a small number [of tix] will include a post-performance supper at the Hayes Street Grill.
- David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle (full article in press section)
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At the moment, the bigger question may center around how many people will like the sound of a mandolin and a well-played
acoustic guitar on bluegrass versions of Van Halen songs. That's the entire point of the new CD, Strummin' With the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen.
Backed by a bluegrass band led by multi-instrumentalist John Jorgenson, the singer known as Diamond Dave recorded new versions of two Van Halen classics -- "Jump" and "Jamie's Cryin'" -- for the CD released by CMH Records. Other tracks include ... "Hot for Teacher" by David Grisman and Sons... cmt.com/artists/news/1534233/06132006/grisman_david.jhtml
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Grateful Dead Family Discography:The David Grisman Discography
The David Grisman Discography section of the Grateful Dead Family discography. http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_David_Grisman.htm
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For nearly 40 years, mandolinist/composer David Grisman has been busy creating "dawg" music, a blend of many stylistic influences (including swing,bluegrass, Latin, jazz and
gypsy) so unique he gave it its own name. Indoing so, David has inspired a whole new genre of acoustic string instrumental music ?with style and virtuosity, while creating a unique niche for himself in the world of contemporary music.
Praised for his mastery of the instrument as well as his talents as a composer, bandleader, teacher and record producer by the New York Times, David’s role as an acoustic innovator continues to grow. After recording for several major and independent labels, Grisman founded his own company, Acoustic Disc, which he runs from his studio in northern California. After launching the label in 1990, David entered the most prolific period of his distinguished career, producing over 60 critically acclaimed, sonically superior recordings of acoustic music (five of which have been nominated for Grammy Awards).
David discovered the mandolin as a teenager growing up in New Jersey, where he met and became a disciple of mandolinist/folklorist Ralph Rinzler. Despite a warning from his piano teacher that it wasn't a "real" instrument, Grisman learned to play the mandolin in the style of Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music. He took it with him to Greenwich Village where he studied English at New York University and became immersed in the proliferating folk music scene of the early 1960s.
In 1963 Grisman made his first recordings as an artist (the Even Dozen Jug Band - Elektra) and producer (Red Allen, Frank Wakefield and the Kentuckians - Folkways). In 1966, Red Allen offered David his first job with an authentic bluegrass band, the Kentuckians. While studying the music of his bluegrass mandolin heroes like Bill Monroe, Jesse McReynolds and Frank Wakefield, Grisman began composing original tunes and playing with other urban bluegrass contemporaries like Peter Rowan and Jerry Garcia, with whom he would later form Old & in the Way.
David's interests spread to jazz in 1967, while playing in the folk-rock ensemble, Earth Opera. A failed attempt at learning to play the alto saxophone turned him into a student of jazz musicianship and theory. In the meantime, his burgeoning career as a session musician gave him experience playing other types of music and opportunities to stretch the boundaries of the mandolin. His discography is filled with notable Artists including Sam Bush, Jerry Garcia, the
Grateful Dead, Stephane Grappelli, Emmylou Harris, Chris Isaak, Del McCoury, Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt , Earl Scruggs, Martin Taylor, James Taylor and Doc Watson.
David's unique instrumental style found a home in 1974 when he formed the Great American Music Band with fiddler Richard Greene. "Nothing against singers," said David, "but it became apparent to me that I could play 90 minutes without one. Besides, Elvis never called." Within a year, Greene moved on to join a pop act, and David met guitar wizard Tony Rice, who moved to California where they started rehearsing a new group, the David Grisman Quintet, which also included bassist/ mandolinist Todd Phillips and violinist Darol Anger. The rest is string band history.
For more than 30 years, the DGQ has won numerous polls and awards and has headlined at major jazz, folk and bluegrass festivals around the world. DGQ alumni (including Tony Rice, Mark O'Connor, Mike Marshall and Darol Anger) have gone on to establish successful careers as leaders of acoustic music. Current DGQ members include bassist Jim Kerwin, flutist Matt Eakle, Argentine guitarist Enrique Coria, and percussionist George Marsh.
In 1990, David founded the Acoustic Disc label with his friend and manager, Craig Miller, and two other long-standing friends from New York, Artie and Harriet Rose. To date, the label has released more than 60 CDs, including seven with Jerry Garcia, all produced or co-produced by Grisman.
David Grisman has always been a pioneer. He has deeply influenced several generations of musicians through his own musical explorations, and with the continuing success of Acoustic Disc has helped make artist-owned independent labels a viable force in the modern music business.
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UPDATE JULY 2007-
"The hottest David Grisman Quintet in 25 years" now featuring Frank Vignola on guitar, will be playing their first shows in the East, including two Musical Boat Cruises in NYC:
Two special boat cruises...
NYC ROCKIN' THE RIVER CRUISES
THURSDAY JULY 19
NYC, NY 212-630-8888
42nd St. & the Hudson River at Circle Line Pier 83
7.00PM & 9.30PM
www.rtrcruises.com
On Thursday, July 19th, the David Grisman Quintet featuring guitarist Frank Vignola, will perform his unique variety of bluegrass and gypsy music referred to as "dawg music". They will perform at 7pm & 9:30pm as part of the NYC Rockin' the River Cruises (www.rtrcruises.com) and will be the first East Coast performance with the new line-up.
Each NYC RTR Cruise is a scenic tour and live music event in the most intimate and friendly concert setting you've ever experienced. Listening to your favorite artists while sailing past the Statute of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Brooklyn Bridge and the world's greatest skyline - you've never seen music like this before.
Also, a chance to see them in VT...
SATURDAY JULY 21
THE GREEN AT SHELBURNE MUSEUM
SHELBURNE, VT 802-652-0777
4.30PM
highergroundmusic.com
"If you're looking for something elegant, warm and delightful, go to the Dawg." (Wall Street Journal)
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The CD we're publicizing is...
* New Shabbos Waltz by David Grisman and Andy Statman (Acoustic Disc) Aug. 8.
A DVD was also released August 8th by Shanachie...
* Classic Dawg David Grisman Quartet live from the 1982 Montreal Jazz Fest.
October 3rd, Acoustic Disc released two more albums;
* David Grisman Bluegrass Experience
* David Grisman Quintet, Dawg's Groove
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David Grisman to Perform with Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt will appear at Herbst Theatre on Jan. 19... David Grisman will be among the musicians performing with her.
...a small number [of tix] will include a post-performance supper at the Hayes Street Grill.
- David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle (full article in press section)
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David Lee Roth Jumps for Bluegrass Album
"Who doesn't like the sound of a mandolin?" David Lee Roth says. "Who doesn't like a well-played acoustic guitar?"At the moment, the bigger question may center around how many people will like the sound of a mandolin and a well-played
acoustic guitar on bluegrass versions of Van Halen songs. That's the entire point of the new CD, Strummin' With the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen.
Backed by a bluegrass band led by multi-instrumentalist John Jorgenson, the singer known as Diamond Dave recorded new versions of two Van Halen classics -- "Jump" and "Jamie's Cryin'" -- for the CD released by CMH Records. Other tracks include ... "Hot for Teacher" by David Grisman and Sons... cmt.com/artists/news/1534233/06132006/grisman_david.jhtml
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Grateful Dead Family Discography:The David Grisman Discography
The David Grisman Discography section of the Grateful Dead Family discography. http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_David_Grisman.htm
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Grisman tour updates at davidgrisman.com/tours/html
----------Look for New Shabbos Waltz in November's Global Rhythm... "...the bittersweet soulfulness of the chosen melodies is given a solemn but sympathetic space to unfold." -John Kuhlman
----------ABOUT DAVID GRISMAN...
For nearly 40 years, mandolinist/composer David Grisman has been busy creating "dawg" music, a blend of many stylistic influences (including swing,bluegrass, Latin, jazz and
gypsy) so unique he gave it its own name. Indoing so, David has inspired a whole new genre of acoustic string instrumental music ?with style and virtuosity, while creating a unique niche for himself in the world of contemporary music.
Praised for his mastery of the instrument as well as his talents as a composer, bandleader, teacher and record producer by the New York Times, David’s role as an acoustic innovator continues to grow. After recording for several major and independent labels, Grisman founded his own company, Acoustic Disc, which he runs from his studio in northern California. After launching the label in 1990, David entered the most prolific period of his distinguished career, producing over 60 critically acclaimed, sonically superior recordings of acoustic music (five of which have been nominated for Grammy Awards).
David discovered the mandolin as a teenager growing up in New Jersey, where he met and became a disciple of mandolinist/folklorist Ralph Rinzler. Despite a warning from his piano teacher that it wasn't a "real" instrument, Grisman learned to play the mandolin in the style of Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music. He took it with him to Greenwich Village where he studied English at New York University and became immersed in the proliferating folk music scene of the early 1960s.
In 1963 Grisman made his first recordings as an artist (the Even Dozen Jug Band - Elektra) and producer (Red Allen, Frank Wakefield and the Kentuckians - Folkways). In 1966, Red Allen offered David his first job with an authentic bluegrass band, the Kentuckians. While studying the music of his bluegrass mandolin heroes like Bill Monroe, Jesse McReynolds and Frank Wakefield, Grisman began composing original tunes and playing with other urban bluegrass contemporaries like Peter Rowan and Jerry Garcia, with whom he would later form Old & in the Way.
David's interests spread to jazz in 1967, while playing in the folk-rock ensemble, Earth Opera. A failed attempt at learning to play the alto saxophone turned him into a student of jazz musicianship and theory. In the meantime, his burgeoning career as a session musician gave him experience playing other types of music and opportunities to stretch the boundaries of the mandolin. His discography is filled with notable Artists including Sam Bush, Jerry Garcia, the
Grateful Dead, Stephane Grappelli, Emmylou Harris, Chris Isaak, Del McCoury, Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt , Earl Scruggs, Martin Taylor, James Taylor and Doc Watson.
David's unique instrumental style found a home in 1974 when he formed the Great American Music Band with fiddler Richard Greene. "Nothing against singers," said David, "but it became apparent to me that I could play 90 minutes without one. Besides, Elvis never called." Within a year, Greene moved on to join a pop act, and David met guitar wizard Tony Rice, who moved to California where they started rehearsing a new group, the David Grisman Quintet, which also included bassist/ mandolinist Todd Phillips and violinist Darol Anger. The rest is string band history.
For more than 30 years, the DGQ has won numerous polls and awards and has headlined at major jazz, folk and bluegrass festivals around the world. DGQ alumni (including Tony Rice, Mark O'Connor, Mike Marshall and Darol Anger) have gone on to establish successful careers as leaders of acoustic music. Current DGQ members include bassist Jim Kerwin, flutist Matt Eakle, Argentine guitarist Enrique Coria, and percussionist George Marsh.
In 1990, David founded the Acoustic Disc label with his friend and manager, Craig Miller, and two other long-standing friends from New York, Artie and Harriet Rose. To date, the label has released more than 60 CDs, including seven with Jerry Garcia, all produced or co-produced by Grisman.
David Grisman has always been a pioneer. He has deeply influenced several generations of musicians through his own musical explorations, and with the continuing success of Acoustic Disc has helped make artist-owned independent labels a viable force in the modern music business.
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