Person · Male
David Grisman
- From
- Hackensack, United States
- Since
- 1945–present
- Releases
- 70
- bluegrass
- folk
About
David Jay Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which releases his recordings and those of other acoustic musicians. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in Owensboro, Kentucky in 2023.
Member of
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The David Grisman Quintet eponymous
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The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience eponymous
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The David Grisman Sextet eponymous, lead vocals, mandolin
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Muleskinner mandolin
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Earth Opera lead vocals, saxophone, mandolin, piano, mandocello
Discography
Albums
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The David Grisman Rounder Album Apple Music
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Hot Dawg
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Quintet '80
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Mondo Mando Apple Music
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Mandolin Abstractions
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Dawg Jazz Dawg Grass
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Acousticity
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David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas
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Home Is Where the Heart Is Apple Music
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Dawg '90 Apple Music
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Jerry Garcia / David Grisman
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Bluegrass Reunion
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Common Chord
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Minor Swing
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Not for Kids Only
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Tone Poems
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Songs of Our Fathers
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Tone Poems II
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Shady Grove
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Doc & Dawg
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So What
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Just Among Friends
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Retrograss
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Dawg Duos Apple Music
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I’m Beginning to See the Light
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The Pizza Tapes
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Tone Poems III
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New River
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Traversata
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Hold On, We’re Strummin’
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Life of Sorrow Apple Music
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Been All Around This World
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New Shabbos Waltz
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Satisfied
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The Living Room Sessions
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Frank 'N' Dawg: Melody Monsters
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The First Session
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Gypsy Rumble
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Dawg Plays Bill Monroe
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David Grisman’s Folk Jazz Trio
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First Time Together!
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Pickin’
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The Dawg Trio Apple Music
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Music From Capone
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Dawgnilo!
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Unexpurgated Grass, Volume 1
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David Grisman's New Smokey Grass Boys
Singles
Live
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The Thrill Returns
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Doc & Dawg Live at Acoustic Stage
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Del & Dawg Live!
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Live At Wigmore Hall- 4/21/96
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Jug Band Extravaganza
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At the Strawberry Festival, Yosemite California
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1991-12-08: Warfield, SF, CA, USA
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1991-02-02: Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Live
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Warfield Theatre, SF, CA (May 7 To 11, 1992)
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Doc & Dawg - Live in Watsonville 1998
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1977-05-28: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA
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1990-12-17: Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA, USA
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Warfield Theater, 12-08-91
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1991-08-25: Goldcoast Concert Bowl, Squaw Valley, CA, USA
Compilations
Other
Links
Listen
Official
Concerts
Founder
Married
Parent
Teacher
Tribute
Also known as
Dave Grisman · Dawg
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 402e4f4f-33aa-4b2b-9fdb-3cb4eb38f729
- ISNI
- 0000000078281448
- IPI
- 00041301735
- IPI
- 00041421232
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.