BIOGRAPHY
David Grisman emerged as a mandolin visionary from New York City’s Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s. He first played with local bluegrass bands and then professionally with the Even Dozen Jug Band, Red Allen and the Kentuckians and Earth Opera. He became a record producer and session player on recordings with Tom Paxton, Judy Collins, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and many others. In 1969, Jerry Garcia invited David to play on the Grateful Dead’s classic, American Beauty. Garcia famously dubbed him “Dawg” and their musical friendship led to the formation of the legendary bluegrass band, Old & In The Way.
Dawg unleashed an acoustic musical revolution with his 1977 release — The David Grisman Quintet, featuring David’s original compositions and forging a ground-breaking style rooted in high-energy bluegrass, interlaced with elements of jazz and world music. The Quintet (and Quartet, Sextet and Dawg Trio) showcased dawg music for four decades with its renowned members — Tony Rice, Darol Anger, Todd Phillips, Mike Marshall, Mark O’Connor, Joe Craven, Enrique Coria, Matt Eakle, Jim Kerwin, John Carlini, George Marsh, Frank Vignola, Chad Manning, George Cole, Sam Grisman, Danny Barnes and others. David also maintained a formidable traditional bluegrass presence with the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience.
In 1990 David founded Acoustic Disc, producing over 100 projects featuring collaborations with Jerry Garcia, Del McCoury, Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Stephane Grappelli, John Hartford, Mike Seeger, Andy Statman, Vassar Clements, Martin Taylor, John Sebastian, Tommy Emmanuel and others, as well as historically important recordings by Dave Apollon, Jacob Do Bandolim, Oscar Aleman, Svend Asmussen and Bill Monroe.
David Grisman is known worldwide for his melodious mandolin style, compositional ingenuity and the inspired performances of the groups he’s led. Today Dawg spends most of his time producing digital projects for Acoustic Disc and Acoustic Oasis, which he runs with his wife Tracy. He still writes tunes and practices the mandolin, but rarely concertizes, making this appearance all the more special!
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