Guitar

Tony Rice

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Cat No: REBCD1582

Release Date: 01 March 2000

Label: Rebel

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 032511158222

Genres: Country Bluegrass

Release Date: 26 August 2022

Label: Rebel

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 032511158215

Genres: Country Bluegrass

Description
'Guitar' was Tony Rice's very first album. At the time of its recording in 1973, no US label was interested enough to issue the record stateside, so a couple of duly impressed Japanese fans released the LP in Japan. Later, as a member of J. D. Crowe's Kentucky Mountain Boys (along with his brother Larry Rice and Bobby Slone), Tony became a phenomenon in the States and the rights to the record were bought out by Rebel Records, where the album has remained a favorite over the years. With Tony in fine form vocally and his always amazing guitar work, this is where you will find his signature versions of "Freeborn Man," "Doin' My Time," "Nine Pound Hammer" and "John Hardy," plus his nine-minute tour-de-force rendition of closing track "Lonesome Reuben."

Description
Ask any of the great guitar pickers who have emerged over the last four decades to name a primary influence and the response is likely to be "Tony" or "Rice" or, to avoid confusion, "Tony Rice."

There can be no doubt that Tony Rice's footprint on the time-line of guitar playing in bluegrass music is monumental.

"Guitar" was Tony Rice's first venture into recording and it still holds up as one of the great bluegrass guitar records ever issued. The album came to Rebel in a roundabout way. It was recorded in Lexington, Kentucky, first appeared on a record label in Japan, made its way back to Kentucky for release on a regional label that was later acquired by Rebel in the late 1970s. As Tony was working in banjo-great J. D. Crowe's band at the time, it was quite natural for Crowe, Tony's brother and mandolinist Larry Rice, and bassist Bobby Slone to provide the instrumental backing. Recorded at a time when progressive sounds and styles were treading on the traditional framework of bluegrass, "Guitar" was praised for walking the fine line of spotlighting Tony's prowess on the instrument while remaining very much a "band" recording.

With Tony in fine form vocally and his amazing guitar work on full display, this is where you will find his signature versions of "Freeborn Man," "Doing My Time," "Nine Pound Hammer," and "John Hardy" â€“ plus the closing track, a nine-minute tour-de-force rendition of "Lonesome Reuben."
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