Grisman CD/Book.

[telepbrman]

Is Retrograss a good cd? Also, is the Tone Poem II tab book a good book to track down, along with the disc? Thanks, dy.

[jim simpson]

I really like Grisman and must own most of his recorded work. Retrograss was one I had to get rid of. It was okay for a laugh once or twice but that was it.

[wah]

I'll disagree about Retrograss. I've always enjoyed that cd and bring it out frequently.

Wayne

[SternART]

I learned some cool jazzier tunes out of the Tone Poems II book & CD.........there is a cool take on Somewhere Over The Rainbow that is a fun version to play....solo starts in the first position, then there is up the neck stuff......Tone Poems I is more Old timey & BG......Tone Poems II is jazzier.
I like em both. I'll tell ya, walking in the notes of a Grisman solo is a lesson in itself, I really like the Watson Blues, a Monroe tune in Tone Poems I. It is one of those duets that Big Mon & Doc would play together, cool tune in E.

[AlanN]

hmmm...TP 1 Old Timey? hmmm....not sure I hang with you there, old pal...maybe on certain tunes, but to me, it's Tony and the Dawg, each getting their signature sounds on a variety of grooves. Tell you what, that Sambino is a gahl dang lesson in G major, a la Grisman, and that Dawg After Dark...well, it's killer...and all the rest...

[SternART]

Well maybe not OT, but certainly more Traditional.....the non originals by Dawg on TP I are tunes like Grandfather's Clock, Good ol' Mountain Dew, I am a Pilgrim, Wildwood Flower, Banks of the Ohio..........TP II has all those Gershwin, Ellington, Cole Porter, Rogers & Hart, etc. tunes. Well I guess these tunes are classics in jazz and could be considered Traditional too, just in a different genre.

Both CD's are killer, but most BGers probably prefer the Tony Rice rather than the Martin Taylor one. For me, its all music......I dig it all & with the sparse duet format plus the music & tab readily available, I found these both a good path to follow in looking for Dawg paw prints around the fingerboard. He really uses the entire board, and knows how to make the mandolin sound good, regardless of genre. I'm really glad Mel Bay put these out.