Mike Marshall's Incredible Bluegrass Journey

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0:00 Intro
0:47 Living With Tony
2:57 Studying Jazz
5:00 What's Different?
8:33 The David Grisman Quintet
11:36 About Tony Rice
16:44 The Magic
19:53 Artistworks
20:48 Improvisation
27:00 Improviser Mentality
32:56 Classical Music
37:36 Teaching
40:56 Outro

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[josephpeter]

I rode with Tony on a plane quite by chance 1982ish before I became a fan years later - I told him I played guitar and trumpet - Tony told me keep up with your horn, don't let that go. He said he tried to learn the sax but it was too much later in life. He also loved coltrane and modern jazz which is obvious. The really cool thing he saw me at the break at one of his concerts and remembered me? It took me a while to put together that I had roade on an airplane with him before I became a die hard fan? I saw tony at the Ark with Mike Marshall and Darol Angor in the early 2000s. I have just so many fond memories to go along with his music.

[zachsav]

As an obsessive DGQ/TR fanatic I can't fully articulate how much I appreciate this interview. Been following MM for years but haven't heard an interview this in depth before, even learned some Tony info I hadn't previously heard. Fantastic questions and very informative as always. Cheers Marcel

[docwill]

Saw Tony Rice several times with Grisman c.'76 in Santa Cruz. Inimitable band. Shared a joint backstage at Catalyst. Unforgettable.

[gwennbair]

As one Mike's current Artistworks students, I definitly feel too lucky and privileged. Thanks Marcel and Mike (and Hayes who lives in my town). Hugs to all.

[aeb]

Man your content is under viewed, Marcel. It's so clear that you put a lot of heart into this!

[timkimware]

Mike Marshall is such a great articulator of blue/new grass/acoustic music. A super-smart dude and a natural musician. He's also quite well rounded and worldly... Just ask him about "Moby Dick" or Schoenberg. Great interview!

[richardmindemann]

Great to see Mike Marshall. Huge talent. How heady were the days of acoustic string jazz and Dawg music. So much brilliant new ground was broken.

[jimmccarley]

Great interview Marcel, I, for one, appreciate the reverence granted to Shenedoah. So far, being new to bluegrass, I've only heard it once. He said he would start out noodling in A minor. I was just blown away by the tastiness of it all. Mike is a great guest, I love your channel, keep it up!

[HowCommunicationWorks]

These guys are my heroes, and it’s such a privilege to hear them interviewed and talking about those times that means so much to me.

[robertsteinkamp]

Words cannot describe how much I loved the early Grisman albums and how much influence they had on my guitar playing.

[jonp]

Love your channel! The Grissman Quintet introduced a whole new arena of expertise in the 70s. Garcia and Grissman opened into a mini festival of delightful creativity! Thanks for rekindling a route gone cold!

[ethangray]

What an amazing interview! I love the part about Shenandoah. I myself spent some time trying to learn parts of it, but realized that every recording was different. It was all him. No tab could capture the essence of the song, and no one could play it like Tony. One of the greatest guitarists ever.

[brianeversole]

You channel is amazing marcel keep up the good work.

Mike is such a fearless musician and always on a quest. Truly inspiring. I loved the Old Grey Coat.

[thechrisburcher]

This is one of the greatest things out there about this era of musical magic. Thank you Marcel and Mike for shining a new light on this period.

[nancychace]

Very nice interview. Good memories. Amazing to consider how bluegrass evolved back in the old days. It's been a long time -
Life is an improvisation ~
Hope things go well - take care.

[michaelmarra]

Beautiful interview fellas. Thank you so much ❤

[robfowler]

Awww this was so great, Marcel! And really nice production quality too! Hope to see some of these full length videos of Mike and and Hayes picking!

[milesmcclain]

I love the idea of improvising with 'landing notes'. That is incredibly freeing!

[joelspaulding]

The Grisman sound and all its variants and progeny- That is where I want my music to be.

Such creativity mixed with virtuosity.