Acoustics (Tony Rice album) explained

Acoustics
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tony Rice
Cover:	Acoustics Tony Rice.jpg
Genre:	Americana, bluegrass, folk
Length:	33:20
Label:	Kaleidoscope Records
Producer:	Tony Rice
Prev Title:	Tony Rice
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Manzanita
Next Year:	1979

Acoustics is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, originally released on November 30, 1978. The album was recorded soon after Rice left the David Grisman Quintet to pursue his own music. On Acoustics, he merges genres such as jazz, bluegrass, and folk, to create a new genre which would later come to be known as "new acoustic music."^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

All songs by Tony Rice unless otherwise noted.

1. "Gasology" – 5:15
2. "Blues for Paradise" – 3:43
3. "Old Gray Coat" – 3:53
4. "Four on Six" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:41
5. "So Much" – 5:09
6. "Swing '51" – 3:10
7. "New Waltz" (Rice, Mike Marshall) – 5:10
8. "Fast Floyd" – 3:19

Personnel

• Tony Rice – guitar, vocals
• Richard Greene – violin
• Sam Bush – mandolin
• David Grisman – mandolin
• Mike Marshall – mandolin
• Todd Phillips – bass

Production notes

• Tony Rice – producer
• Bill Wolf – engineer

Notes and References

1. Allmusic entry for Acoustics
2. http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&musicalGroupId=1318&catalog_id=5939 Album info on www.rounder.com