The music on this recording marks a special reunion, a rare live duo performance of David “Dawg” Grisman and Tony “T” Rice, who started an acoustic music revolution in the Bay Area in the late 1970s with the original David Grisman Quintet. For people around the band, like myself, they were known as the “Gasoline Brothers”—a nickname Tony started using while recording the Disc 1 (1st Set) Disc 2 (2nd Set) first Quintet album, when their playing was so hot they were about to explode. There was a correctness to the sound. They 01 - INTRO 01 - INTRO complemented each other so well, one of those rare pairings 02 - GOOD OLD MOUNTAIN DEW 02 - ANTIQUE MANDOLIN that share a certain chemistry, an inner clock, a way of hearing and interacting musically that few musicians have. 03 - EIGHTH OF JANUARY 03 - TURN OF THE CENTURY

04 - TONE POEMS INTRO 04 - O’BANION INTRO The next release by the “Gasoline Brothers” was Tone Poems, a 05 - I DON’T WANT YOUR MANDOLINS, MISTER 05 - O’BANION’S WAKE duet project showcasing historical vintage instruments, released in 1994. By that time “Dawg” and “T” were living legends, 06 - SAMBINO 06 - BANKS OF THE OHIO steeped in tradition while carrying their musical torches together 07 - WATSON BLUES 07 - DAWG AFTER DARK into uncharted territory. There were precious few live shows in support of Tone Poems. including one I was lucky to attend in 08 - RALPH’S BANJO SPECIAL 08 - DAWG’S RAG Carmel, California! 09 - I AM A PILGRIM 09 - MILL VALLEY WALTZ 10 - SWING ’42 10 - DEVLIN’ This recording from 1997 is a mixture of tunes from Tone Poems along with some bluegrass and jazz classics mixed with dawg 11 - WILDWOOD FLOWER 11 - FIDDLE TUNE MEDLEY originals. The “Gasoline Brothers” were certainly on fire this 12 - SHENANDOAH 12 - SONG FOR TWO PAMELAS night. This might be the only duet recording of “Dawg’s Rag”, or Tony’s “Devlin’” and it’s a treat to hear Grisman playing mandola Produced by David Grisman for Dawg Productions 13 - OPUS 38 13 - FANNY HILL on his “Opus 38”. These giants of acoustic string music are in top 14 - DAWG’S BULL Recorded Live at Acoustic Stage, Hickory, NC - 10/11/97 David Grisman - mandolin form here and the recording is so good it’s just like when I used Tony Rice - guitar 15 - O SOLO MIO to stand a few feet away, listening to them rehearse backstage Executive Producer - Craig Miller ACD-CD-50053 with “Dawg” in one ear and “T” in the other. Now that folks, is Recorded by Larry Cumings what your ears are made for and what I consider perfect stereo! - Arthur Stern, July 2017 Cover Photo - Cynthia Smith © 2017 ACOUSTIC DISC * P.O. Box 4143 San Rafael, CA 94913 Design & Layout - Dave “FM” Moretti 800-221-DISC / 415-454-1187 * www.acousticdisc.com Concert Production - Bill & Linda Bost ACD-CD-50053