Tracklist
Introductions 96
Cedar Hill 220
Theme from Capone 193
Dawg Patch 150
Spain 424
Shasta Bull 40
Tipsy Gypsy 204
Waiting On Vassar 344
Key Signator 313
Dawgma 215
Swing 39 213
Ricochet 136
Pickin' In the Wind 221
Because 190
Flatbush Waltz/Opus 57 391
Albuquerque Turkey 404
Mondo Mando 533
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 319
Dawg Funk 232
Dawggy Mountain Breakdown 138
Free Dawg Night 595
Syeeda's Song Flute 353
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz 203
Steppin' With Stephane 540
Newmonia 574
Prelude in C Minor 313
Latin Lover 372
Sativa 572
Svingin' With Svend 442
Opus 38 568
Telluride 208
EMD 522
Blue Midnight 406
Rattlesnake 310
Dawgnation 217
1616 365
Dawgology 637
Shalom Aleichem 373
DGQ-20

1996

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Tracklist
Introductions 96
Cedar Hill 220
Theme from Capone 193
Dawg Patch 150
Spain 424
Shasta Bull 40
Tipsy Gypsy 204
Waiting On Vassar 344
Key Signator 313
Dawgma 215
Swing 39 213
Ricochet 136
Pickin' In the Wind 221
Because 190
Flatbush Waltz/Opus 57 391
Albuquerque Turkey 404
Mondo Mando 533
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 319
Dawg Funk 232
Dawggy Mountain Breakdown 138
Free Dawg Night 595
Syeeda's Song Flute 353
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz 203
Steppin' With Stephane 540
Newmonia 574
Prelude in C Minor 313
Latin Lover 372
Sativa 572
Svingin' With Svend 442
Opus 38 568
Telluride 208
EMD 522
Blue Midnight 406
Rattlesnake 310
Dawgnation 217
1616 365
Dawgology 637
Shalom Aleichem 373

Show Notes

Since the first quintet took the stage on January 31, 1976 in Bolinas, California, acoustic music has never been the same. In a March 1996 DGQ concert review, a Chicago Tribune critic described Grisman's "dawg" music as being among "the most important innovations in American music. By blending the exuberant spirit of bluegrass, the inspired melodies of classic American pop, the improvisatory techniques of instrumental jazz and even the plaintive gestures of turn of the century Klezmer, Grisman has created a distinctive form of American music and lifted it to the level of high art."

Tracing the DGQ in its various configurations, from that very first concert to 1996, this compilation contains over three hours of previously unreleased tracks (18 never before recorded by the quintet) from both live and studio performances. Among the outstanding DGQ alumni featured on this project are Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Mark O'Conner and Tony Rice. DGQ-20 also contains memorable collaborations with Svend Asmussen, Jethro Burns, Vassar Clements, Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins, Jerry Garcia, Stephane Grappelli and the Kronos Quartet. Above all, DGQ-20 is a remarkable audio-biography of the Dawg himself-producer, composer, bandleader and mandolinist David Grisman. Included in this special package is a 48 page history of the band featuring many rare photographs documenting this distinctive form of American music.

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