Chances are, the most devoted fans of these three musicians have heard these tunes before, thanks to the crafty pizza-delivery boy who filched the tapes from Garcia's kitchen soon after they were recorded in 1993. That said, the warm, intimate performances here are very much worth an official CD release. The sessions came about when Tony Rice was in Northern California to record the delightful duet-collection Tone Poems with David Grisman. Garcia stopped by to hang out and jam with his old buddy Grisman and with Rice, one of his guitar idols. The disc retains all of the joy and spontaneity you'd expect from such an informal setting--Grisman even elected to leave in the between-song banter, which mostly consists of genuine overflowing mutual praise. The music itself, primarily traditional folk songs, is quite engaging thanks to Garcia's affecting, soulful, pained vocals and to the picking of all three. The contrast in flat-picking-guitar styles makes for an interesting combination: while Rice is technically superb, marvelously quick, and of remarkably clarion tone, Garcia is much more emotional and visceral, feeling his way along. There are a handful of exploratory, off-the-cuff jams that add to the impulsive nature of the whole project. Had the threesome actually intended this to be released, it probably wouldn't have the appeal it does, for this is the product of friends and music lovers, not recording artists.
Back in February 1993, David Grisman invited Jerry Garcia to join himself and Tony Rice in the studio. The trio performed together over two days on February 4 and February 5. As the story has it, Garcia’s recording were stolen soon afterwards by a pizza delivery boy and eventually leaked out to the public via a series of bootlegs. In 2000 Grisman released portions of the sessions as The Pizza Tapes. Now Grisman is offering an “Extra Large” 170 minute version of The Pizza Tapes through Acoustic Oasis, Grisman’s new download-based label. The Pizza Tapes – Extra Large Edition offers 16 previously unissued alternate takes along with the original master takes in their original sequence. - amazon.com
DISC 1:
01. Pizza Preamble
02. Man Of Constant Sorros (Run Through)
03. Man Of Constant Sorrow (Instumental)
04. Always Late
05. Man Of Constant Sorrow 1
06. Constant Patter
07. Man Of Constant Sorrow 2
08. Louis Collins 1
09. Louis Collins 2
10. Shady Grove (Run Through)
11. Shady Grove 1 (Incomplete)
12. Shady Jam
13. Shady Grove 2
DISC 2:
01. Shady Grove 3
02. Summertime (Run Through)
03. Guitar Space
04. Summertime
05. Long Black Veil (Run Through)
06. Long Black Veil 1 (Incomplete)
07. Rosa McFall (Run Through)
08. Rosa McFall 1
09. Rosa McFall 2
10. Drifting Too Far From The Shore (Inc Run Through)
11. Nestles Quick
12. Drifting Too Far From The Shore 1
13. Jerry Plays Tonys D-28
DISC 3:
01. Long Black Veil Reprise (Run Through)
02. Long Black Veil Intro
03. Long Black Veil Reprise 2
04. Amazing Grace (Run Through)
05. Amazing Grace
06. Little Sadie (Run Through)
07. Little Sadie
08. Knockin' On Heavens Door (Run Through)
09. Knockin' On Heavens Door
10. Free Transition
11. So What
12. Interlude
13. House Of The Rising Sun http://fp.io/14ed986f/
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