Early Dawg


Early Dawg is a live album by American mandolinist David Grisman, released in 1980. With Del McCoury on guitar and vocals, Jerry McCoury on bass, Bill Keith on banjo plus other well-known musicians, Grisman offers a mix of traditional songs, compositions by Bill Monroe and his own contributions, mainly of bluegrass and progressive bluegrass style. These are some of Grisman's earliest solo recordings from March 1966, except track 16 with Frank Wakefield was recorded in June 1973. The album was released on Sugar Hill.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Grisman except where indicated
  1. "Fanny Hill"
  2. "Sugar Hill Ramble"
  3. "Little Maggie"
  4. "Blue Grass Twist"
  5. "Shenandoah Breakdown"
  6. "Opus 57"
  7. "The Prisoner's Song"
  8. "John Henry"
  9. "Rawhide"
  10. "Little Sadie"
  11. "Dark Hollow"
  12. "Dear Old Dixie"
  13. "Opus 38"
  14. "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight"
  15. "Caravan"
  16. "Black Mountain Rag"

Personnel