- Manzanita (Tony Rice album)
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Manzanita 
Studio album by Tony Rice Unit Released 1979 Genre Americana, bluegrass, folk Length 37:35 Label Rounder Producer Tony Rice Tony Rice chronology Acoustics
(1977)Manzanita
(1979)Mar West
(1980)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Manzanita is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1979. It is credited to the Tony Rice Unit.[2]
Manzanita is considered breakthrough album combining traditional bluegrass and folk songs with more progressive playing. It shows not only Tony Rice instrumental and vocal talent, but also his strong all-star back-up band, consisting of Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Darol Anger and Todd Phillips. The album was both refreshing and controversial, in that it is a true bluegrass album that doesn't feature a banjo.[3]
Contents
Track listing
- "Old Train" (Herb Pedersen) – 2:08
- "Manzanita" (Tony Rice) – 4:46
- "Little Sadie" (Traditional) – 2:45
- "Blackberry Blossom" (Traditional) – 2:36
- "Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis) – 2:36
- "Hold Whatcha Got" (Jimmy Martin) – 2:45
- "Blue Railroad Train" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:18
- "Ginseng Sullivan" (Norman Blake) – 3:05
- "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 4:05
- "I Hope You Have Learned" (James Baker, Bill Carrigan) – 2:33
- "Stony Point" (Traditional) – 2:48
- "Home from the Forest" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 4:10
Personnel
- Tony Rice – guitar, vocals
- Darol Anger – violin
- Sam Bush – mandolin, violin, vocals
- David Grisman – mandolin
- Jerry Douglas – dobro
- Ricky Skaggs – mandolin, violin, vocals
- Todd Phillips – bass
Production notes
- Tony Rice – producer
- Bill Wolf – engineer, mixing
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Allmusic entry for Manzanita Retrieved September 2009.
- ^ Album info on www.rounder.com
External links
- Songs from Manzanita on You Tube
Discography Solo albums Guitar (1970) · California Autumn (1970) · Tony Rice (1977) · Acoustics (1970) · Church Street Blues (1983) · Cold on the Shoulder (1984) · Me & My Guitar (1986) · Native American (1986) · Tony Rice Plays and Sings Bluegrass (1993) · Crossings (1994)
Compilations Devlin (1987) · Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot (1996) · 58957:The Bluegrass Guitar Collection (2003) · Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection (2008)
With... The Tony Rice UnitManzanita (1979) · Mar West (1980) · Still Inside (1981) · Backwaters (1982) · Devlin (1987) · Unit of Measure (2000)
David Grisman QuintetThe David Grisman Quintet (1977) · Hot Dawg (1978) · Mondo Mando (1981) · DGQ-20 (1996)
The Bluegrass Album BandThe Bluegrass Album (1980) · Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2 (1982) · Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 (1983) · Bluegrass Album, Vol. 4 (1984) · Bluegrass Album, Vol. 5 (1989) · Bluegrass Album, Vol. 6 (1996)
Blake & Rice (1987) · Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2 (1990)
Larry Rice, Chris Hillman
& Herb PedersenOut of the Woodwork (1997) · Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen (1999) · Runnin' Wild (2001)
Pete RowanYou Were There For Me (2004) · Quartet (Rice/Rowan album) (2007)
The Rice BrothersThe Rice Brothers (1992) · The Rice Brothers 2 (1994)
Other artistsJ.D. Crowe & The New South (1974) · The David Grisman Rounder Record (1976) · Skaggs & Rice (1980) · Double Time (1984) · Drive (1988) · Banjoland (1990) · Tone Poems (1994) · River Suite for Two Guitars (1995) · The Pizza Tapes (2000)
Categories:- 1979 albums
- Tony Rice albums
- Rounder Records albums
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