David Grisman

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Grisman
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Mar 23, 1945(1945-03-23)
Age	79
Birthplace	Hackensack
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Pisces

David Grisman Biography

David Grisman is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on March 23, 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Folk music Americana bluegrass and mandolinist and jazz composer. He created an independent record label named Acoustic Disc.

They and Grateful Dead singer He and Grateful Dead musician Jerry Garcia were musical collaborators and close friends; a 2001 documentary film, Grateful Dawg, discusses their relationship. were musicians who were close friends and musical collaborators A documentary film from 2001, Grateful Dawg, discusses their friendship.

His birthplace was New Jersey to Jewish parents. His father was an accomplished trombone player.

David Grisman Net Worth

David Grisman is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Grisman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a member of his first musical group The Even Dozen Jug Band, in 1963.

He was briefly in the band together with Peter Rowan in a psychedelic group named Earth Opera.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is David Grisman Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David Grisman celebrates birthday on March 23 of every year.

Top Facts about David Grisman

1. David Jay Grisman is an American mandolinist who created a genre he calls “Dawg Music” which combines bluegrass, folk and jazz.
2. Grisman grew up in a Conservative Jewish household in Passaic, New Jersey and was musically inclined, playing piano, mandolin and saxophone.
3. At the age of 17 he was invited on stage by Doc Watson to join him on mandolin for a rendition of “In the Pines”.
4. In the 1970s, Grisman started a band called the David Grisman Quintet and released two albums, which marked the start of his musical career.
5. In the 1980s, Grisman founded the record label Acoustic Disc which has released his recordings and those of other acoustic musicians.
6. Grisman is married to Tracy Bigelow and has three grown children, Samson, Gillian and Monroe.
7. Grisman’s song “Dawggy Mountain Breakdown” was the opening theme song for Car Talk on NPR.
8. Grisman sued YouTube in May 2007 for illegally uploading recordings of his music.
9. The documentary Grateful Dawg was released in 2001 and chronicles the friendship between Jerry Garcia and Grisman.
10. Grisman was a judge for the 6th and 7th annual Independent Music Awards.
11. He wrote much of the bluegrass music for the 1974 film Big Bad Mama.
12. Acoustic Disc is an independent record label founded by Grisman in 1990 that specializes in bluegrass, folk, jazz and Dawg Music.
13. Grisman was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2023.
14. Grisman was given piano lessons at the age of 7 by his father, who was a professional trombonist.
15. He played in the bluegrass band the Kentuckians led by Red Allen and in the psychedelic rock band Earth Opera with Peter Rowan while at New York University.

Was David Grisman in the Grateful Dead?

He belonged to the Even Dozen Jug Band with Maria Muldaur and John Sebastian. He played in the bluegrass band the Kentuckians led by Red Allen, then in the psychedelic rock band Earth Opera with Peter Rowan. He moved to San Francisco, met Jerry Garcia, and appeared on the Grateful Dead album American Beauty.

What kind of mandolin does David Grisman play?

An incredibly famous Lloyd Loar mandolin , “Crusher” is the favorite Gibson F-5 of David “Dawg” Grisman, a phenomenal mandolin spirit and a treasured friend.

How old is David Grisman?

77 years (March 23, 1945)

What genre is David Grisman?

Folk

Who played mandolin for Grateful Dead?

BOSTON (Reuters) – Before there was psychedelic rock and the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia played bluegrass. Now, a legendary mandolin player whose music inspired Garcia and his Black Mountain Boys bluegrass band in the early 1960s has released a CD revealing the deep country roots of the Grateful Dead’s music.