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David Grisman & Tony Rice Tone Poems (1994)
The sounds of the great vintage guitars & mandolins.\n\nThere is far toomuch information in the booklet included\nwith this CD to write in here.I did include David\nGrisman's commentary so that the reader could get an\nidea of the music contained herein.... If you love\nclassic acousticmusic and vintage instruments, this is\na must have CD.... The booklet is a mini-reference with\nphotographs and historical backgrounds on each instrument.\n\n********\n Great singers are born with their instruments; acoustic instrumentalists must choose them. How\ndoes one "select a voice"? As a novice bluegrass mandolinist in the early '60s, I began to emulate my\nmusical heroes, Ralph Rinzler, Frank Wakefield, and of course,the great tonal practitioner, Bill\nMonroe. As I soon learned, they allplayed older Gibson F-5 models. Soon I was on my own path of tonal\ndiscovery, acquiring in succession a '60s Kay plywood pawn-shop special, a '20s Gibson A-Junior, a 1919\nGibson F-4, a 1951 Gibson F-5, and finally,a 1924 Gibson Loar F-5. Each instrument cost a little more\nthan its predecessor and took me a step closer to "my sound." As I progressed on this journey, I became\nincreasingly enamored with the sounds of these instruments, each with its own subtle differences and\npotential. At that time, terms like "vintage", "Lloyd Loar," and "herringbone," were not associated with\nthe instruments; they were simply "used" or "old." I certainly did not view them as investments, or stock\nshares that would soon be splitting. But I loved them, their tone, feel, smell (probably more due to their\nmusty cases), and vibe. I still do, but now in 1994 vintage guitars and mandolins are big business.\n\nAs the current market values forthese instruments have expanded way beyond the means of the\naverage contemporary acoustic musician, something sad (to me) has taken place: more of them are now\nowned by wealthy collecters, who have in effect taken them out of circulation. Many of them sit in\nclosets and glass cases, unplayed and unheard. The focus has shifted from the music!\n\nThe purpose of this recording is to redirect some of the attention being paid to vintage guitars\nand mandolins back to their musical values.\n\\nWhat do they sound like? Is one of these instruments worth 10 times more than another,when\nit comes down to the music? To assist in this experiment, I invited my friend Tony Rice to lend his\nmasterly touch to 17 vintage guitars,while I played 17 vintage mandolins. Dexter Johnson, a fine\nluthier and proprietor of the acoustic-only Carmel Music, helped us set up and select the instruments,\nand my expert engineer, David Dennison, recorded ourduets, live to 2-track analog, without any tonal\nenhancement, using thesame microphones and set-up for each cut. Here are the results, complete with\nsome wonderful photographs by Eric Harger: a mini-reference work on a subject that's been dear to my\nheart for over 30 years now.\n\n-David Grisman, January 1994
This country cd contains 17 tracks and runs 55min 38sec.
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