Manzanita (Tony Rice album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Manzanita
| type = studio album
| artist = Tony Rice Unit
| cover = Manzanita Tony Rice.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1979
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Americana, bluegrass, folk
| length = 37:35
| label = Rounder
| producer = Tony Rice
| chronology = Tony Rice
| prev_title = Acoustics
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Mar West
| next_year = 1980
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r116177|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
Manzanita is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1979. It is credited to the Tony Rice Unit.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r116177|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic entry for Manzanita] Retrieved September 2009.
Manzanita is considered a breakthrough album that combines traditional bluegrass and folk songs with more progressive playing. It shows not only Tony Rice's instrumental and vocal talent, but also his strong all-star back-up band, consisting of Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Darol Anger and Todd Phillips.
Track listing
- "Old Train" (Herb Pedersen) – 2:08
- "Manzanita" (Tony Rice) – 4:46
- "Little Sadie" (Traditional) – 2:45
- "Blackberry Blossom" (Traditional) – 2:36
- "Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis) – 2:36
- "Hold Whatcha Got" (Jimmy Martin) – 2:45
- "Blue Railroad Train" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:18
- "Ginseng Sullivan" (Norman Blake) – 3:05
- "Midnight On The Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 4:05
- "I Hope You Have Learned" (James Baker, Bill Carrigan) – 2:33
- "Stony Point" (Traditional) – 2:48
- "Home from the Forest" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 4:10
Personnel
- Tony Rice – guitar, vocals
- Darol Anger – violin
- Sam Bush – mandolin, violin, vocals
- David Grisman – mandolin
- Jerry Douglas – dobro
- Ricky Skaggs – mandolin, violin, vocals
- Todd Phillips – bass
Production notes
- Tony Rice – producer
- Bill Wolf – engineer, mixing
References
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External links
- Songs from Manzanita on YouTube
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5VayE24CFI Tony and Wyatt Rice play and explain chords on song "Manzanita"]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1y3UsPTLMo Manzanita on www.youtube.com]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfaclUfJuI4 Nine Pound Hammer]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eqjYIoWfFc Little Sadie]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av7l1F_TKfU Blue Railroad Train]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRNeLb2tkWE Home from the Forest]
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