Hot Dawg Explained

Hot Dawg
Type:	studio
Artist:	David Grisman Quintet
Cover:	Hot Dawg David Grisman.jpg
Released:	1978
Genre:	Americana, progressive bluegrass, western swing, gypsy jazz
Length:	39:56
Label:	A&M-Horizon
Producer:	David Grisman
Chronology:	David Grisman
Prev Title:	The David Grisman Quintet
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Early Dawg
Next Year:	1980

Hot Dawg is an album by American musician David Grisman, released in 1978.

Critical reception

The Globe and Mail wrote: "One of Grisman's tunes is 'Dawgology', the title (more than the rather boppish theme) alluding to Reinhardt's 'Djangology'. And Grisman's backup, appropriately an acoustic stringband, recalls the general virtuosity and amiable swing of its Parisian counterpart."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Dawg's Bull" (David Grisman) – 4:14
2. "Devlin'" (Tony Rice) – 5:06
3. "Minor Swing" (Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) – 3:36
4. "Dawgology" (Grisman, Richard Greene) – 7:11
5. "Neon Tetra" (Rice) – 6:29
6. "Janice" (Grisman) – 3:57
7. "Dawg-Ola" (Grisman) – 3:56
8. "16/16" (Grisman) – 5:27

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Jazz Albums	14
1979^[2]	Australia Kent Music Report	93

Personnel

• David Grisman – mandolin
• Tony Rice – guitar, + violin (#6)
• Darol Anger – violin (#1,2,4,6,7), violectra (#5)
• Mike Marshall – mandolin (#3,4,8)
• Todd Phillips – bass (#1,5)

with

• Eddie Gómez – bass (#3,4,8)
• Stéphane Grappelli – violin (#3,8)
• Buell Neidlinger – bass (#2,7)
• Bill Amatneek – bass (#6)

Production notes:

• David Grisman – producer
• Bill Wolf – engineer, mixing, mastering
• Bob Shumaker – engineer
• Bob McLeod – mastering
• Mark Hanauer – photography
• Brian Davis – illustrations
• Chuck Beeson – design
• Roland Young – art direction

(#1,2,4-7) Recorded at His Masters Wheels Studio by Bill Wolf, (#3,8) Recorded of 1750 Arch Street Studios by Bob Shumaker

Notes and References

1. News: Miller . Mark . Hot Dawg . The Globe and Mail . 19 May 1979 . F4.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 130.