Sunday, September 24, 2023

Nine Pound Hammer - The Tony Rice Unit

Nine Pound Hammer - The Tony Rice Unit
2:55
Manzanita, 1979
traditional

Where Johnny Cash and Merle Travis play this song straight and slow, as a working song (takes that have failed to grab me), Tony Rice transforms it into a uptempo, fast-paced masterclass in dazzling flatpicking guitar, with clean, rapid, melodic runs, and a polished blend of bluegrass and jazz phrasing.  The mandolin, bass, and fiddle hum along with a light, fluid touch, blending bluegrass with jazz phrasing.  Rice's smooth, laid-back vocals ler the musicianship take center stage.

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