Manzanita (Tony Rice album)

Manzanita is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1979. It is credited to the Tony Rice Unit.

Manzanita
Studio album by Tony Rice Unit
Released	1979
Genre	Americana, bluegrass, folk
Length	37:35
Label	Rounder
Producer	Tony Rice
Tony Rice chronology
Acoustics (1977) Manzanita (1979) Mar West (1980)

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Manzanita is considered a breakthrough album that combines traditional bluegrass and folk songs with more progressive playing. It shows not only Tony Rice's instrumental and vocal talent, but also his strong all-star back-up band, consisting of Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Darol Anger and Todd Phillips.

Track listing

1. "Old Train" (Herb Pedersen) – 2:08
2. "Manzanita" (Tony Rice) – 4:46
3. "Little Sadie" (Traditional) – 2:45
4. "Blackberry Blossom" (Traditional) – 2:36
5. "Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis) – 2:36
6. "Hold Whatcha Got" (Jimmy Martin) – 2:45
7. "Blue Railroad Train" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:18
8. "Ginseng Sullivan" (Norman Blake) – 3:05
9. "Midnight On The Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 4:05
10. "I Hope You Have Learned" (James Baker, Bill Carrigan) – 2:33
11. "Stony Point" (Traditional) – 2:48
12. "Home from the Forest" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 4:10

Personnel

• Tony Rice – guitar, vocals
• Darol Anger – violin
• Sam Bush – mandolin, violin, vocals
• David Grisman – mandolin
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Ricky Skaggs – mandolin, violin, vocals
• Todd Phillips – bass

Production notes

• Tony Rice – producer
• Bill Wolf – engineer, mixing

External links

• Songs from Manzanita on YouTube
  • Tony and Wyatt Rice play and explain chords on song "Manzanita"
  • Manzanita on www.youtube.com
  • Nine Pound Hammer
  • Little Sadie
  • Blue Railroad Train
  • Home from the Forest