The Pizza Tapes
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| Studio album by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice | ||
| Released | April 25, 2000 | |
| Recorded | February 1993 Dawg Studios |
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| Genre | Folk, Bluegrass | |
| Length | 73:58 | |
| Label | Acoustic Disc | |
| Producer(s) | Craig Miller | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice chronology | ||
| Breakdown (1997) |
The Pizza Tapes (2000) |
Don't Let Go (2001) |
The Pizza Tapes is an album by the American singers Jerry Garcia, David Grisman and Tony Rice. The album was made over a series of two evenings in 1993 featuring completely unrehearsed songs recorded in Grisman's own recording studio.
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[edit] History
In August 1975 David Grisman met Jerry Garcia in Mill Valley and invited him to join his band for the afternoon. Garcia agreed and played what would be for the last time with Grisman for 18 years.
In February 1993, Grisman was playing with Tony Rice and invited Garcia to his studio. Over the nights of February 4 and 5, the trio recorded what would be known as The Pizza Tapes.
Garcia's copy was stolen by a pizza delivery boy and not long after Grisman heard a song on the radio in New York. Fans started bringing tapes to Grateful Dead shows for autographs, and shortly after the band confiscated a box of bootleg CDs of the session.
Seven years later Grisman released the album with the songs in the order recorded, with a few mistakes, false starts, and some talking between musicians.
Rice gave credit to the late Garcia and wrote:
| I wish there were words that would express my gratitude for being a part of it. Perhaps just knowing that Garcia might be smiling somewhere saying, "Dawg can we hear that take again?" will suffice. | ||
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— Tony Rice, The Pizza Tapes
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[edit] Track listing
- "Appetizer" – 0:13
- "Man of Constant Sorrow" (traditional) – 5:06
- "Appetizer" – 0:29
- "Louis Collins" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 5:57
- "Shady Jam" (Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice) – 3:41
- "Shady Grove" (trad.) – 4:46
- "Always Late" (Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford) – 0:57
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) – 3:19
- "Appetizer" – 0:26
- "Long Black Veil" (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkins) – 4:31
- "Rosalee McFall "(trad.) – 3:12
- "Appetizer" – 1:13
- "Drifting Too Far From The Shore" (Charles Moody) – 4:54
- "Amazing Grace" (trad.) – 4:52
- "Little Sadie" (trad.) – 3:12
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) – 4:47
- "Space Jam" – 0:59
- "So What" (Miles Davis) – 6:29
- "Appetizer" – 0:23
- "House of the Rising Sun" (trad.) – 5:39
[edit] Trivia
- The Pizza Tapes contains the only known version of Garcia performing "Amazing Grace" which was only played after Pam Rice, Tony Rice's wife requested it.
[edit] Credits
[edit] Musical personnel
[edit] Production
- Producer – David Grisman
- Executive producer – Craig Miller
- Recording, mixing – David Dennison
- Mastering – Paul Stubblebine
- Production assistant – Rob Bleetstein
- Photography – Pamela Rice, Dexter Johnson
- Design, layout – D. Brent Hauseman
- Liner notes – David Grisman, Tony Rice
[edit] Samples
- Always Late (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- "Always Late" from The Pizza Tapes
- Problems playing the files? See media help.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- The Pizza Tape sleeve
- All Music Guide for The Pizza Tapes, which includes history
- Acoustic Disc's page on The Pizza Tapes
- The Pizza Tapes on Salon.com
