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Old & In The WayOld & In The WayInitial release : February 1975Round Records RX 103 The original Old and In The Way LP with Garcia on banjo and vocals.
Sleeve note by David Grisman. December 1974: I first met Peter Rowan on the school grounds at Union Grove, North Carolina in 1963. The following year, Garcia and I crossed paths in the parking lot at Sunset Park in West Grove, Pennsylvalnia. Back then we were all on a quest, searching out that 'high lonesome sound' of Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, and other idols (Vassar, among them). The music on this disc, recorded live at a gig, embodies the spirit of that original Blue Grass quest, and a genuine affection for that superlative acoustic blend of banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, string bass and voice(s). We hope you dig.An additional technical note is added for the CD release; Eight microphones were used in recording - four in each channel, mixed live onto a Nagra tape recorder. Tape speed of 15 IPS with 'Nagra Master' equalization insured low noise on transfer to disc. Persons interested in this EQ sould read 'Master Tape Equalization Revisited' by John G. McKnight And Peter F. Hille, Audio Engineering Society preprint #865 (A-G)In an interview in 1973 Garcia spoke of the formation of the group; .... It's been eight years since I've played banjo. We all used to be heavily into bluegrass, so we got together a little over a month ago, started playing and then decided, 'Shit, why don't we play a few bars and see what happens.'Related releases
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