Sandy Rothman

Sandy Rothman (born 30 January 1946, Miami, Florida^[1]) is a San Francisco Bay Area bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and record producer, who plays mandolin, dobro and banjo, and was a friend and colleague of Grateful Dead bandleader Jerry Garcia, and a member of the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band.^[2] He played bluegrass with Garcia and David Nelson as the Black Mountain Boys in 1964,^[3] and has played with Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys,^[4] Earl Taylor, Red Allen, Jimmie Skinner, Larry Sparks, the Kentucky Colonels, Country Joe McDonald,^[5] Kathy Kallick^[6] and Clarence White, among other musicians. He has been described as "one of the chief biscuits when and where bluegrass music is discussed, scribed, or performed in northern California."^[7]

Discography

• Almost Acoustic, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Arista Records (1988) (producer and performer)
• The Long Road to Home, Tonebar Records (1993) (producer and performer)
• Bluegrass Guitar Duets, with Steve Pottier, Sierra Records (1994)
• Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, October 31, 1987 – Jerry Garcia Band and Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band (2004)
• Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, The Best of the Rest, October 15–30, 1987 – Jerry Garcia Band and Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band (2004)
• Jesse McReynolds & Friends: Songs of the Grateful Dead: A Tribute to Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, Woodstock Records (2010) producer and performer)^[8][9][10]
• Ragged but Right, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Rhino Records (2010) (recorded in 1987) (producer and performer)

References

External links

• Rothman at Woodstock Records website
• "Jerry's Banjo Years", article on Jerry Garcia by Rothman