GRISMAN, DAVID
(*1945)
GRISMAN, DAVID (b. D. Jay G., Hackensack, N.J., March 17, 1945) Grisman is a BLUEGRASS MANDOLIN player who has created his own genre of music that he playfully calls dawg music, a form of acoustic jazz. Grisman began his career performing in the New York area with both traditional bluegrass musicians ( RED ALLEN and Don Stover ) and younger innovators (BILL KEITH). He formed The New York Ramblers in 1965 with banjoist Winnie Winston and Jerry and DEL McCOURY on bass and guitar/vocals…