Early Dawg

Live album by David Grisman

Released

1964

Recorded

1964

Genre

Progressive bluegrass, Jazz

David Grisman chronology

The Even Dozen Jug Band
(1964)

Early Dawg
(1964)

Earth Opera
(1968)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	^[1]

Early Dawg is the debut solo album by American mandolinist David Grisman. With Del McCoury on guitar and vocals, Jerry McCoury on bass, Bill Keith on banjo plus other well-known musicians, Grisman offers a mix of traditional songs, compositions by Bill Monroe and his own contributions, mainly of bluegrass and progressive bluegrass style. ^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Grisman; except where indicated

"Fanny Hill"
"Sugar Hill Ramble"
"Little Maggie" (Traditional)
"Blue Grass Twist" (Bill Monroe)
"Shenandoah Breakdown" (Bill Monroe)
"Opus 57"
"The Prisoner's Song" (Guy Massey)
"John Henry" (Traditional)
"Rawhide" (Bill Monroe)
"Little Sadie" (Traditional)
"Dark Hollow" (Bill Browning)
"Dear Old Dixie" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs)
"Opus 38"
"I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond)
"Caravan" (Duke Ellington)
"Black Mountain Rag" (Traditional)

Personnel

David Grisman - mandolin, baritone vocal, (14)
Artie Rose - guitar (2, 6, 10, 13, 15)
Jerry McCoury - bass
Winnie Winston - banjo
Frank Wakefield - mandolin (16)
Bill Keith - banjo (2, 6, 10, 15)
Del McCoury - guitar, vocals

References

David Grisman

Discography

with Earth Opera	Earth Opera (1968) The Great American Eagle Tragedy (1969)

with Muleskinner	Muleskinner (1973) Muleskinner Live: Original Television Soundtrack (1994, recorded 1973)

with Old and in the Way	Old and in the Way (1975) That High Lonesome Sound (1996) Breakdown (1997) Old and in the Gray (2002) Live at the Boarding House (2008) Live at the Boarding House: The Complete Shows (2013)

with Jerry Garcia	Garcia/Grisman Not for Kids Only Shady Grove So What The Pizza Tapes Grateful Dawg Been All Around This World

with David Grisman Quintet	The David Grisman Quintet (1977) Hot Dawg (1978) Quintet '80 (1980) Mondo Mando (1981) Dawg '90 (1990) Dawgwood (1993) Dawganova (1995) DGQ-20 (1996) Dawgnation (2002) Dawg's Groove (2006)

with Andy Statman	Mandolin Abstractions (1983) Songs of Our Fathers (1995) New Shabbos Waltz (2006)

with Martin Taylor	Tone Poems 2 (1995) I'm Beginning To See The Light (1999)

Solo albums and collaborations	The Even Dozen Jug Band (1964) Early Dawg (1966) The David Grisman Rounder Record (1976) Stephane Grappelli/David Grisman Live (1991) Here Today (1982) David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas (1983) Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass (1983) Acousticity (1984) Svingin' with Svend (1987) Home Is Where the Heart Is (1988) Bluegrass Reunion (1992) Common Chord (1993) Doc & Dawg (1997) Retrograss (1999) Dawg Duos (1999) New River (2001) Traversata (2001) Life of Sorrow (2003) Hold On, We're Strummin' (2003) DGBX (2006) The Living Room Sessions (2007) Satisfied (2007)

Tone Poems project	Tone Poems (1994) Tone Poems 2 (1995) Tone Poems 3 (2000)

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