David Grier Freewheeling (Guitar TAB)

David Grier: Freewheeling (Mel Bay Presents)
Composed by David Grier (Except Where Noted)
Softcover Book with Guitar TAB
Arranged for Bluegrass/Flat-picking Guitar
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

The son of D.C. banjo player Lamar Grier, guitarist David Grier has a wonderful feel for bluegrass and old-time music, and is now one of Nashville's finest guitarists. His improvising is varied and complex, intense and humorous -- he has absorbed the tone, touch and texture of Clarence White's acoustic playing in a way that no other bluegrass guitarist has done. He's joined here (on the CD) by Clarence's brother Roland White, plus Stuart Duncan and Sam Bush.

Grier has proven himself one of the most agile and resourceful flat-picking guitarists in modern bluegrass. He shows an uncanny ability to offer crafty, clever, and ambitious lines without ever losing control or command of his ideas or his hands. Freewheeling, Grier's 1988 solo debut, finds a guitarist able to push traditional bluegrass forward while always maintaining an old-timey verve. Helped by top-shelf musicians including Stuart Duncan and Sam Bush, Grier tackles traditional fiddle tunes, Bill Monroe staples, and several originals ranging in tone from old-style rags to introspective ballads. As strong as the ensemble cuts are, the final three cuts for solo guitar are even more revealing. Grier has taken traditional bluegrass, refracted it through Clarence White, and emerged with his own fluent, tasteful sound. --Marc Greilsamer

Full Song List: "Wheeling" * "Shadowbrook" * "The Old Hotel Rag" * "Angeline the Baker" (by Stephen Foster [P.D.]) * "Bluegrass Itch" * "Alabama Jubilee" (Traditional) * "A Blue Midnite Star" * "If I Knew Her Name" * "Fog Rolling Over the Glen" * and "The New Soldier's Joy" (Traditional).

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