Video: David Grisman Quartet - E.M.D.

For those of you who may have wondered why David Grisman is considered one of the acoustic masters, here's just a small sampling of the "Dawg". I have my first radio station general manager to thank for introducing me to Grisman's 1977 album The David Grisman Quintet (from which this track originally appears). The beautifully worn vinyl record sits tucked in the bluegrass shelves of a small, West Virginia radio station and the cover still looks like gentled age. And the music, which squarely stands at the crossroads of jazz [...]