RIP Tony Rice

As Jerry said it’s a #€¥£ing pleasure to play with you Tony. Tony said likewise. rip Tony listen to the shady grove on Jerry David and Tony’s pizza tapes as good as noodling and in the moment acoustic jamming gets gives me goosebumps every time I play it. I bet him and Jerry are having a good time right now

Really weird. I was just listening to Pizza Tapes just two days ago. I absolutely love their recording of Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door. Probably my favorite of all time. If it weren’t for too much dialog at times on some of the tracks Pizza Tapes would be on my desert island list (probably still would take it with me :)).

Seen him live twice! This was at Telluride Bluegrass, once with just him and Alison Krauss. Simple awesome. Pizza tapes on vinyl please MOFI!

Another huge loss, and far too young. The recordings with Grisman are dynamite.

I got to see him from the second row about nine years ago.  You could tell that underneath that suit, he was thinner than his cigarette.  A breeze might have blown him off the stage.

But good lord, he could still slay on guitar.  On solos, he'd intersperse phrases that sounded like pretty-standard bluegrass with riffs that would just blow your mind with inventiveness.  An all-time great.

RIP Tony.