![]() ![]() musicians like the Kentucky Colonels, led by Roland and Clarence White. Tony and his brothers learned the fundamentals of bluegrass and country music from L.A. ![]() Rice was born in Danville, Virginia but grew up in Los Angeles, California, where his father, Herb Rice, introduced him to bluegrass. ![]() He recorded with drums, piano, soprano sax, as well as with traditional bluegrass instrumentation. Crowe and the New South, David Grisman (during the formation of "Dawg Music") and Jerry Garcia, led his own 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 played alongside J. Rice's music spans the range of acoustic from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced New Acoustic music to songwriter-oriented folk. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2013. He was an influential acoustic guitar player in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and acoustic jazz. David Anthony Rice (June 8, 1951 – December 25, 2020), known professionally as Tony Rice, was an American guitarist and bluegrass musician. ![]()
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