Mar West Explained

Mar West
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Tony Rice Unit
Cover:	Mar West.jpg
Released:	1980
Genre:	Bluegrass, jazz
Length:	34:28
Label:	Rounder
Producer:	Tony Rice
Chronology:	Tony Rice
Prev Title:	Manzanita
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Skaggs & Rice
Next Year:	1980

Mar West is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1980.^[1] It is credited to the Tony Rice Unit.^[2]

Mar West was reissued in 1987 along with Still Inside as Devlin, minus the song "Mar East".^[3]

Critical reception

The Florida Times-Union deemed the album "jazz-heavy spacegrass."^[4]

Track listing

All songs by Tony Rice unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Mar West" – 5:31
2. "Nardis" (Miles Davis) – 3:47
3. "Waltz For Indira" – 3:21
4. "Neon Tetra" – 4:25
5. "Is That So" – 4:26
6. "Whoa Baby, Every Day I Wake Up With The Blues" – 3:56
7. "Mar East" – 4:38
8. "Untitled As Of Yet" – 4:24

Personnel

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

Production notes

• Tony Rice - producer
• Bill Wolf - engineer
• Greg Fulginiti - mastering

Notes and References

1. News: Friskics-Warren . Bill . Tony Rice, 69, Inventive Bluegrass Artist Whose Pick Was Like a Paintbrush, Dies . The New York Times . 30 Dec 2020 . A19.
2. News: Denison . Paul . Bluegrass veterans team up . The Register-Guard . October 1, 2004 . 12T.
3. AllMusic entry for Devlin
4. News: Florida Folk Festival: Music and more in White Springs . The Florida Times-Union . November 9, 2007 . WE16.