David Grier and Wyatt Rice

[1980kyboy]

man my dad died last summer and day after we buried him i went to rudy fest. grayson, ky. my buddy was security and let me sit front row in the grass to the tony rice unit! wyatt and tony my all time favorites! i met tonys daughter she sat right beside me and noticed so many walkin by hugging me over my fathers recent passing. after that show she walked me on the bus and there sat tony rice and wyatt rice!! june 26 2010 i'll never forget!! what an honor to sit by them as they offered condolences

[GoodieGoodboy]

I want to put my guitar away forever now... haha

[acousticguitarfinger]

He dresses very respectfully. Somebody sloppy disrespects their audience. Goatee is a sign that a person is power-hungry.

[acousticguitarfinger]

He's in my town tonight, and I never heard of him, so that's why I'm here. Several points: he is better than Tony Rice or Randy Scruggs, but still I would rather hear Randy Scruggs, because I like his spirit and I don't like this "liberal" spirit. Other point, I don't want to hear a song called "Wheelin", but one called "Logan", get me?

[acousticguitarfinger]

He made one mistakin. It's not in the dorian nor phryggian scale. That is a mistakin.

[wankatronic]

David Grier has right hand technique enough to kill a horse.

[TheTimothyjtaylor]

David Grier to me IS economy. The amount of beauty that he gets out of the least amount of work is simply amazing. He is not fighting the guitar at all because if he feels like he is going to have to fight to get a sound he finds something else to play that's easier and sounds just as good, cause in the end the sound is what matters and people can hear you straining. In some music that works, I guess, but certainly not in modern bluegrass or new acoustic music.

[1980kyboy]

hey guys i finally got to meet an watch tony rice unit last summer in grayson ky and im here to tell u right now that wyatt rice has to be the most underated flatpicker alive! this guy can wear it out im tellin ya!!!! not just rythmn, he can burn it up!

[CuttyMonsta]

David's awesome, buuuuut could you hold that pick for a sec so I can hear Wyatt.

[CoryLottMusic]

What the fuckin' deal with the awesome songs you be makin'?

[489177]

Wyatt's rhythm playing is always sublime.

[RHMETAL]

My step-dad got to pick with him and Bill Monroe's banjo player. My step dad is actually good friends with Bill Monroe's banjo player, and that's how he got to meet and play with David Grier.

[jonman45]

that was SO awesome

[ansonlytle]

Comparing David to Dan Crary is like comparing Byron Berline to Richard Green. David has taste, technique, and a unique sound that is VERY identifiable. If you had to compare his style, Clarence White might be a better direction to go. Crary is a talented picker but he always sounds like he's fighting the guitar. Nobody gets paid by the note.

[blugrastooth]

i couldn't have said it better myself about Crary. I always thought he just wasn't one with his guitar. Not as smooth and comfortable as grier, rice, sutton, etc. They're all great though i must admit!

[inky960]

@ansonlytle Jeez -- is this to say that either Richard Greene or Byron Berline is "fighting his fiddle" -- or whatever? Both of them amaze and delight me, so I don't understand your analogy at all. Please explain?

[dashdingle12]

One of the smoothest progressive acousitc players around. His psychograss stuff isn't as intriguing, but it doesn't take away from his playing. Amazing

[wesmantodd1974]

Dave Grier is great-but I didn't like the psychograss thing so well either.

[wheetman]

Jazzgrass?

[dashdingle12]

progressive acoustic, or progressive bluegrass

[resophon]

Thing of BEAUTY. David Rulez!

[xxxMrBrownstonexxx]

Awesome!

[abridg20atuncc]

while listening to this amazing music i start babeling and drooling, i was unable to control the awe that was in. Bluh Blah ble Bluh. i need a napkin or a BIB!! Good Job guys!!

[mrytb]

Smooth & Sweet!!!

Great recording quality.

Notice David holds his right leg higher by parking the right foot on top of the left foot.

[syncopater999]

David sounds so like Dan Crary it just isn't true. I love them both but struggle to tell their playing apart at times. This tune is perhaps less so as it is more jazzy than most of what Dan plays.

[markie65]

Dave's less clunky

[jblflatpicker]

I honestly don't see the comparison. But they're both great!

[hoof2001]

Whoa! Brilliant!! 'scuse me while I get my guitar & throw it out the window, 'tho. U guys ever heard of/played with Antonio Forcione? Should do! Look him up here

[RaggedTime]

I'd like to comment on David's tone - he has an amazing tone. So clean and colorful. This is just such a great piece.

[johntrik]

such a great piece,brings in mind pictures of the great american landscape..and reminds us why music is the best ambassador of american culture.Wyatt just awesome and what someone can say about Grier.......!

[derfeus]

I don't think he sounds anything like Dan Crary. He has a much softer touch and is more fluid. I don't think he sounds like anyone really. He's just very inventive player!

[melodymansdream]

The rhythm is more impressive than the lead.

[Mexmando]

David followed Clarence white around when he was a young lad....what a teacher to have

[Revelations]

Personally, I think Dan Crary had a more harsher sound, but I could be wrong. I think David does play with a much lighter touch than Dan, though, I've seen them both, and Mr. Crary beats the Hell out of his instruments.

[syncopater999]

I too thought that I was listening to Dan Crary when I first heard David Grier. He has similar fluidity in his style but he plays slightly more staccato like and with fewer hammer on rolls. I really like his playing -very clean and precise as well as melodic.

[JonathanPolson]

I met David Grier when i was younger. Seen him live. What a guitar player.

[pickerjer]

T Rice has said that Grier has captured the technique and spirit of Clarence White closer than anyone. Very unique excellent picker.

[syncopater999]

This guy's style is so close to that of Dan Crary. I heard several tunes before and thought it was Dan. This is no bad thing -but gradually you realise he has his own distinct style -very good player.

[jayjamm74]

Give me a refrence for some work of the "Edwards". NO way can be this good.

[duhcrackuh]

this guy is great, the edwards brothers can blow them off the face of the planet (ronnie edwards, and mark edwards). If you dont believe me, just ask david grier.