INTRODUCING THE ACOUSTIC DISC PODCAST
ACOUSTIC ENCOUNTERS
with David Grisman & Danny Barnes
The first 39 episodes are now available as downloads. CLICK HERE to purchase.
Episode 45: Tone Poets
Dawg & Danny discuss and listen to selections from Tone Poets, a unique 2005 Acoustic Disc release, featuring a stellar cast of 42 mandolinists and guitarists, performing solos or duets on the same vintage 1922 Gibson F-5 mandolin and 1933 Martin OM-45 guitar — revealing sonic secrets that only master musicians know. Tone Poets is a companion piece to the highly acclaimed Tone Poems series, exploring the singular relationship between musician and instrument.
Episode 44: The Gasoline Brothers & The New Smokey Grass Boys
Dawg & Danny discuss two Acoustic Oasis releases featuring guitar legend Tony Rice and David Grisman playing traditional bluegrass in the 1970s. The Gasoline Brothers showcases living room recordings of Tony’s stellar guitar & vocals with David’s mandolin, accompanied by bassist Todd Phillips and banjoist extraordinaire Steve Arkin, as well as tracks with Todd, banjo legend Bill Keith and fiddler Richard Greene, recorded in Japan. The New Smokey Grass Boys is a living room session of red-hot bluegrass instrumentals by Dawg & ’T’ with Todd Phillips (bass), Darol Anger (fiddle) and Robert Bowden (banjo).
Episode 43: Blues for a Gypsy & Frank’N’Dawg – Melody Monsters
Dawg & Danny discuss two Acoustic Disc releases featuring guitar virtuoso Frank Vignola. Blues for a Gypsy showcases Frank’s masterful abilities playing solo and puts a unique gypsy jazz spin on a variety of styles from Bach to the Blues. David Grisman joins Frank on Melody Monsters, in a program of duo arrangements of classic melodies from the Great American Songbook, including tunes by Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Rodgers and others.
Episode 42: Dawg Books & Audio Companions
Dawg & Danny discuss David’s series of music books, Dawg Roots, Dawg Grass, Dawg Jazz and Dawg Latin, along with their ancilary Audio Companions. This episode focuses on these educational materials designed to help students learn some of the vast repertoire that David Grisman has unleashed on the world of acoustic music for the past 60 years.
Episode 41: Dawg & Del
Dawg & Danny discuss and listen to selections from Early Dawg Deluxe, Hardcore Bluegrass in the Dawghouse and Del & Dawg Live, three Acoustic Disc/Oasis projects featuring Bluegrass Hall of Famers Del McCoury and David Grisman. This episode traces their musical history and friendship of six decades with recordings from 1966 through 2014.
Episode 40: Jethro Burns & Tiny Moore – Back to Back
Dawg & Danny discuss and listen to selections from Back to Back, the Acoustic Disc project featuring the masters of mandolin jazz, Jethro Burns and Tiny Moore, originally produced on LP for Kaleidoscope Records in 1979 by David Grisman. This episode tells the story of this historic meeting of two mandolin geniuses and the sessions that included three other legendary musicians, bassist Ray Brown, drummer Shelly Manne and guitarist/arranger Eldon Shamblin, with guest appearances by the Dawg himself.
Introductory Episode: Ralph Rinzler – Dawg’s Guru
Dawg & Danny discuss Ralph Rinzler, David Grisman’s guru. Ralph was an amazing musician, folklorist and neighbor who mentored David during his formative years in Passaic, NJ. Included are tracks featuring Ralph’s mandolin playing that inspired Dawg, and their only recording together on Grisman’s Life of Sorrow.
