Episode 11: Tony Rice Tribute pt. 1

The Travis Book Happy Hour

On Christmas Day 2020 we lost the greatest flat top flat picker of all time, the incredible Tony Rice. I’ve been obsessed with Tony’s music since the first time I came across it and immediately set to work putting together a tribute to this legend. He was a huge inspiration for me and all of my contemporaries and I am so grateful to Shawn Lane, Lyndsay Pruett, and Jon Stickley for helping me produce this career retrospective. I loved Tony Rice and this is my gift to him and any would-be/should be fans of this musical luminary. The show ran nearly 2 hours and I didnt want to cut anything out so I split it into two episodes.

:06 soundbite: Stickley on Tony’s tuning

1:16 introduction

3:50 on Tony Rice, the show

5:36 Don’t Give Your Heart to a Rambler

9:06 on J.D. Crowe and The New South, David Grisman Quintet

11:00 Swing 51

14:54 on Dawg music, Manzanita and Acoustics

16:20 Old Train

19:00 on Tony’s split musical personalities

20:47 Soul of Man

24:18 Old Gray Coat

30:20 noodling and advertisements

31:57 Neon Tetra

40:22 on Tony’s singing

41:16 Model Church

45:35 on Church St. Blues

45:55 interview w/ Jon Stickley

48:43 Orphan Annie

51:41 outro

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