David Grisman
Template:Short description Template:DMCA
Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.
David Grisman | |
|---|---|
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. Grisman on stage at the Granada Theater in Dallas, March 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | "Dawg" |
| Born | David Jay Grisman Script error: No such module "person date". Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". |
| Genres | Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. |
| OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content.
|
| InstrumentTemplate:Pluralize from text | Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content.
|
| Years active | 1963–present |
| LabelTemplate:Pluralize from text | Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content.
|
| Website | dawgnet |
Script error: No such module "Check for deprecated parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
David Jay Grisman[1] (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which releases his recordings and those of other acoustic musicians. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in Owensboro, Kentucky in 2023.[2]
Biography
Grisman grew up in a Conservative Jewish household[3] in Passaic, New Jersey.[4] His father was a professional trombonist who gave him piano lessons when he was seven years old. As a teenager, he played piano, mandolin, and saxophone.[5]
In the early 1960s, he attended New York University in Manhattan. He belonged to the Even Dozen Jug Band with Maria Muldaur and John Sebastian. Grisman played in the Kentuckians, a bluegrass band led by Red Allen, then in the psychedelic rock band Earth Opera with Peter Rowan. He moved to San Francisco, met Jerry Garcia, and appeared on the Grateful Dead album American Beauty.[5]
Grisman played in Old & In the Way, Garcia's bluegrass band, with Rowan and Vassar Clements.[5][6] When Grisman was 17 years old, he was invited on stage by Doc Watson to join him on mandolin for a rendition of “In the Pines”.[7] Garcia named him "Dawg" after a dog which was nearby while they were stopped while driving in Stinson Beach, California near Mount Tamalpais.[8] "Dawg Music" is what Grisman says is his mixture of bluegrass and Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli-influenced jazz[9] as highlighted on his album Hot Dawg (recorded in October 1978 and released in 1979).[10] Grisman's combination of Reinhardt-era jazz, bluegrass, folk, Old World Mediterranean string band music, as well as modern jazz fusion which developed into "Dawg" music.[11]
In the 1970s, Grisman started the David Grisman Quintet with Darol Anger, Joe Carroll, Todd Phillips, and Tony Rice. They released their eponymous first album in 1977 for Kaleidoscope Records and their second, Hot Dawg in 1979 for Horizon Records, the jazz division of A&M Records. When the quintet recorded for Warner Bros. Records, the membership changed to include Mike Marshall, Mark O'Connor, and Rob Wasserman, with occasional guest appearances by jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli.[5]
In the 1980s, Grisman formed an record label Acoustic Disc, which issued his recordings and those of other acoustic musicians.[12] The folk and bluegrass part of his personality emerged when he recorded with O'Connor, Rice, and Andy Statman.[5]
Family
Grisman and Tracy Bigelow are married and she is his third wife.[13] He has three grown children: Samson, Gillian, and Monroe. Samson, a bassist and recording session musician living in Portland, Oregon, often performs with his father.[14][13] Gillian, a filmmaker living in Novato, California, directed Grateful Dawg and the music documentary, Village Music: Last of the Great Record Stores.[15]
Monroe Grisman, named for bluegrass music pioneer Bill Monroe, lives in Fairfax, California and plays in the Tom Petty tribute band Petty Theft.[13]
In media
David Grisman's song "Dawggy Mountain Breakdown" was the opening theme song for Car Talk on NPR.[16] He sued YouTube in May 2007 in federal court, saying that YouTube should be required to prevent individuals from illegally uploading recordings of his music.[17] Grisman's attorneys requested voluntary dismissal of the suit.[18]
The documentary Grateful Dawg (October 14, 2001) is about the friendship between Jerry Garcia and Grisman.[19] He wrote much of the bluegrass music for Big Bad Mama (1974) directed by Roger Corman. It was performed by the Great American Music Band; they were recorded and mixed by Bill Wolf.[20]
Discography
Acoustic Disc
Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.
| Acoustic Disc | |
|---|---|
| Founded | Script error: No such module "Date time". |
| Founder | David Grisman |
| Genre | Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | San Rafael, California |
| Official website | acousticdisc |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
Acoustic Disc is an independent record label which Grisman started in 1990.[12] The label is based in San Rafael, California and specializes in bluegrass, folk, jazz, and Dawg music.
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bluegrass at the Beach". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."IBMA Announces 34th Annual Awards Nominees and Recipients". The Bluegrass Situation. July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ Berkofsky, Joseph (June 16, 1995). "Mandolin-Playing Duo Plucks Tunes from Jewish Past" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., J. The Jewish News of Northern California; retrieved March 31, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Andy Statman - National Heritage Fellow". Nyfolklore.org. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ginell, Richard S. "David Grisman". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Old & In the Way". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hatfield, Stephen. ""Review: Doc & Dawg" (September–October 1997)". No Depression. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hislop, Christopher (February 18, 2010). "The innovative David Grisman Quintet plays Portsmouth". SeacoastOnline. Dow Jones Local Media Group. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
- ^ Live in San Francisco Stephane Grapelli on YouTube, with special guest star David Grisman and his band (1982).
- ^ Horizon SP-731 LP Jacket
- ^ Quill, Greg, "Beyond the Pale, Creaking Trees build on common ground", Toronto Daily Star, February 10, 2005.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hitchcock, Paul (August 13, 2020). "David Grisman". Wmky.org. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dan Taylor (March 4, 2015). "Petaluma's David Grisman gets back on road". The Press Democrat. Petaluma. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."String master David Grisman to perform with latest edition of his bluegrass-fusion quintet". The Mercury News. December 16, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Whiting, Sam (October 7, 2012). "Gillian Grisman's film 'Village Music'". SF Gate. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Car Talk: Music on the Show". cartalk.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."YouTube hit with another lawsuit". Contra Costa Times. May 15, 2007. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Steve Bryant (August 6, 2008). "YouTube Lawsuits: A Roundup — Online Video News". Gigaom.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sullivan, James (October 2, 2001). "Dawg days / David Grisman's daughter makes film about his bluegrass partnership with Garcia". SF Gate. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ Big Bad Mama entry in The Compleat Grateful Dead Discography Script error: No such module "webarchive".
External links
- Dawg.net, David Grisman/Acoustic Disc official website (archived)
- Grisman/Acoustic Disc David Grisman's channel on Vimeo
- Grisman at The Music Box Collection of reviews
- Grisman discography at the Grateful Dead Family Discography
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Template:Old and in the Way Template:International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/config' not found.
