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Tony Rice

Danville, United States • 1951-06-08 – 2020-12-25

Tony Rice is credited on 396 releases across 141 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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396

Pressings credited

141

Albums

6

Decades active

106

In collections

Biography

David Anthony Rice (June 8, 1951 – December 25, 2020) was an American bluegrass guitarist and singer. He was an influential acoustic guitar player in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and acoustic jazz. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rice's music spans the range of acoustic music from traditional bluegrass to jazz influenced, New Acoustic music to songwriter-oriented folk. Over the course of his career, he played alongside J. D. Crowe and the New South, David Grisman (during the formation of Dawg Music) and Jerry Garcia, led his own band, the Tony Rice Unit, collaborated with Norman Blake, recorded with his brothers Wyatt, Ron, and Larry, and co-founded the Bluegrass Album Band. Over the course of his career, he recorded with drums, piano and soprano sax as well as with traditional bluegrass instruments.

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Credited work

396 releases · 141 albums · active 1972–2025

  • Performance · 1,076
  • Production · 45
  • Other credits · 22
  • Engineering · 8

Studios: 1750 Arch Studios · Magnolia Sound Studios · Enactron Studios · Enactron Truck

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