David Grisman
By J Poet
David Grisman has bravely gone where no mandolin player has gone before and in the process created Dawg Music, a unique style that draws from Django Reinhardt’s jazz manouche, bluegrass, folk – both American and Mediterranean - and modern jazz. One of the founding fathers of newgrass, a blend of old time bluegrass, pop and jazz, Grisman can’t be easily contained by one category. Tony Rice, Mike Marshall, Mark O'Connor, Darol Anger, and Rob Wasserman all graduated from Grisman groups to fame as acoustic musicians and he’s been a sideman on over 100 albums by other artists including Bela Fleck, the Grateful Dead, Emmylou Harris, Chris Isaak, Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt , Earl Scruggs, and James Taylor... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
- Genre:
- Country, Bluegrass
- Birthdate:
- 03/23/1945
