Jerry Garcia and David Grisman youTube
David Grisman and Jerry Garcia are both legends in their own right. Gerry Garcia a former member of the Grateful Dead has long moved on to wherever ALL the dead go; wheras David Grisman is a living legend that has made a name playing Dawg music, bluegrass, country, folk with some serious jazz overtones at times with players such as Tony Rice, Mark O’Connor and Stephane Grapelli to name a few.
The youtube that I have posted about today is a cover of BB King’s The Thrill is Gone, it is held together by an all acoustic rhythm section of Bass and Percussion. This is a basic A minor blues that really lends itself to classic Grisman style of mandolin improvisation which is instantly recognizable and has the classic trademark of melody and and fluent flowing lines. The video is very theartical in its presentation and Garcia’s guitar playing although simple is perfectly suitable for this song, the choice of f hole guitar and slightly gravely voice only add to it’s brilliance.
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