DGBX

David Grisman Bluegrass Experience

For many years, one of the best-kept secrets of the Bay Area music scene was a David Grisman Bluegrass Experience show. Now everyone can hear Dawg and his stellar group of Bay Area bluegrass musicians on DGBX - The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience.

The band includes Keith Little (Ricky Skaggs, Dolly Parton, the Country Gentlemen) on 5-string banjo, guitar and vocals, Jim Nunally (John Reischman’s Jaybirds) on guitar and vocals, Chad Manning on fiddle, Samson Grisman on bass and of course, David Grisman on mandolin and vocals.

The tunes are varied — a dynamic version of the Monroe Brothers' "I'm Rollin' On,” the Carter Family classic, "Engine 143" and a unique bluegrass interpretation of Charlie Poole's "Baltimore Fire." Jim Nunally's renditions of "Down the Road" and "Ruben's Train" would make Lester & Earl smile, while Keith Little's eloquent delivery of both "Dream of the Miner's Child" and "Are You Afraid to Die?" (highlighted by Sam Grisman's bass solo) pay heartfelt homage to the Stanley Brothers. Rounding out this traditional bluegrass program are Grisman favorites, "Dawggy Mountain Breakdown" (the popular theme from radio's Car Talk show) and "Old and in the Way.” DGBX is a fine debut recording of the Dawg's own bluegrass band.