RetrograssDavid Grisman, John Hartford and Mike SeegerInitial release : September 1999Acoustic Disc ACD 37 'Music shifted back in time.' A collection of popular songs from bluegrass, country and rock taken back a step and reinterpreted with an 'old-timey' feel. A remastered and expanded version of Retrograss was released in 2013.
Tracks
- My Walking Shoes (Martin)
- Hound Dawg (Leiber/Stoller)
- Maggie's Farm (Dylan)
- Memphis (Berry)
- Flint Hill Special (Scruggs)
- Old Home Place (Jayne/Webb)
- Uncle Pen (Monroe)
- Airmail Special (McReynolds)
- Rocky Top (Bryant/Bryant)
- Room at the Stop of the Stairs (Hylton)
- Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay (Cropper/Redding)
- Jerusalem Ridge (Monroe)
- Windy Mountain (Cline)
- Maybellene (Berry)
- Blue Ridge Cabin Home (Certain/Stacey)
- Rocky Road Blues (Monroe)
- When I'm Sixty-Four (Lennon/McCartney)
- 2 hidden tracks
Musicians
- David Grisman - guitar, guitar-banjo, mandolin-banjo, banjo, mandolin, mandola, ukelele, bass, vocals
- John Hartford - banjo, fiddle, guitar-banjo, guitar, autoharp, vocals,
- Mike Seeger - banjo, guitar, guitar-banjo, fiddle, mandolin, jew's harp, autoharp, mouth harp, vocals
- Sam Grisman - bass (on Memphis)
Credits
- Producer - David Grisman, John Hartford, Mike Seeger
- Executive Producer - Craig Miller
- Recording and mixing engineer - David Dennison
- Mastering - Paul Stubblebine
- Photography, design, layout - D. Brent Hauseman
- Cover background collage drawings - Dave Kiphuth
- Additional photography - Andrew Day, Clarke Prouty, Sturbjon Bergelt
- Liner notes - David Grisman, John Hartford, Mike Seeger
- Special thanks to Rob Bleetstein, Mary Buffington, Larry Cumings, Jack Crymes, Pam Grisman, Marie Hartford, Sean Kane, Jim & Janna Kerwin, Artie & Harriet Rose, Alexia Seeger, Matthew Stafford, D'Addario Strings and Schoenberg Guitars
- Recorded live and mixed direct to 2-track analog at Dawg Studios
Related releases
An expanded, remastered version of Retrograss was released in 2013:
Memphis and Hound Dawg are included on the Acoustic Disc sampler:
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