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David Grisman (born 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a noted bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. 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 The Even Dozen Jug Band. His nickname, "Dawg" was affectionately assigned by his close friend Jerry Garcia (the two met at a Van Hoy Campground (NC) back when they used to host the old time fiddl...Read More >
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Hot Dawg
Released: 1987 8 tracks-
- 1. Dawg's Bull
- 2. Devlin'
- 3. Minor Swing
- 4. Dawgology
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- 5. Neon Tetra
- 6. Janice
- 7. Dawg-Ola
- 8. 16...16
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David Grisman started out playing bluegrass music, a pretty conservative musical form, but was very attracted to doing jazz style improvisations using bluegrass instrumentation. After he started performing that way with his bands, I'd heard that old timers would ask him "you still doing that dawg music?". That provided Grisman with the moniker which he uses playfully in many of his album and tune titles. I love the intricacy of this song, and how the melody comes t... MORE
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