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Sunday, June 15, 2008Well, Im on vacation this week, at the beach actually, so that means its time for a quick EP. Its not that I cant force my lazy self to write something worthwhile (and I… (in post John Michael Cassetta Entry #14 from Side One: Track One. Download this at Amazon iTunes)

What do the words "swing, bluegrass, Latin, jazz and gypsy" have in common?
They are all genres of music, and they have been combined into a contemporary
music genre dubbed "dawg" music by its creator, mandolinist and composer
David Grisman.

When David was a teenager growing up in New Jersey, he discovered the
mandolin and studied under folklorist Ralph Rinzler. He began his mandolin
career in the style of Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass Music. Grisman
studied English at New York University in the early 1960's and took his
mandolin with him to Greenwich Village, where the folk music culture of the
early 1960's welcomed him warmly.

In 1963 Grisman debuted as both a recording artist (Elektra's Even Dozen Jug
Band) and producer (Folkways' Red Allen, Frank Wakefield and the Kentuckians).

In 1966, while a member of the Kentuckians, Grisman also composed original
tunes and played with bluegrass contemporaries such as Peter Rowan and Jerry
Garcia, with whom he later joined to form the band Old and In The Way. In
1973, Jerry Garcia gave Grisman the nickname "Dawg."

Grisman began applying jazz musical techniques to his playing beginning in
1967. He was a prolific session musician at this time, and played many genres
of music with musicians such as Bela Fleck, the Grateful Dead, Emmylou Harris,

Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt , Earl Scruggs, Dan Fogelberg,
Maria Muldaur, John Sebastian and James Taylor.

David met guitarist Tony Rice and the David Grisman Quintet formed in 1975
with bassist/ mandolinist Todd Phillips and violinist Darol Anger. The David
Grisman Quintet headlined at the world's largest jazz, folk, and bluegrass
festivals for twenty-five years.

In 1990, Grisman founded the Acoustic Disc label, which has released fifty-
five compact discs, all produced or co-produced by David. Five of those have
been nominated for Grammy Awards.

David Grisman is a true music pioneer and has inspired a new genre of
acoustic string instrumental music. He is a master of the mandolin and
remains a talented composer, teacher, and record producer. Because of the
success of Acoustic Disc, artist-owned independent music labels now have a
talented mentor and business model to follow.

The author is the webmaster of Mandolin World, where you can browse an extensive selection of mandolins made by Gibson, Weber, and other companies.

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