David Grisman
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American mandolinist, composer, and record label owner
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Mondo mando
- Tone Poems II for Mandolin
- Pickin'
- Bluegrass mandolin solos
- What will you wear, Jenny Jenkins?
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1945-03-23
bluegrassfolk
Discography
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bluegrassmandolinjazzfolkacoustic
David Grisman (born 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a noted bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. He started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music. David Grisman started his musical career in 1963 as a member of The Even Dozen Jug Band. His nickname, "Dawg" was affectionately assigned by his close friend Jerry Garcia (the two met at a Van Hoy Campground (NC) back when they used to host the old time fiddlers
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hackensack
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Educated at
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Conservative Judaism
- Instrument
- mandolin
- Record label
- Elektra
- Official website
- www.dawgnet.com
- Image
- David-Grisman.jpg
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- birth name
- David Jay Grisman
- name in native language
- David Grisman
- Commons category
- David Grisman
- date of birth
- 1945-03-23
- Commons gallery
- David Grisman
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- nickname
- Dawg
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