Tony Rice

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tony Rice
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jun 8, 1951(1951-06-08)
Age	73
Date Of Death	December 25, 2020, Reidsville, NC
Birthplace	Virginia
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Gemini

Tony Rice Biography

Tony Rice is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on June 8, 1951 in Virginia, Virginia, United States. Grammy Award-winning American acoustic guitarist who had a considerable impact on the bluegrass genre.

He has often collaborated with long-time friend and fellow bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs.

Around this time, Rice met mandolinist David Grisman, who played with Red Allen during the 1960s and was now working on original material that blended jazz, bluegrass, and classical styles. Rice left the New South and moved to California to join Grisman’s all-instrumental group. As part of the David Grisman Quintet, in order to broaden his expertise and make himself more marketable, Rice began studying chord theory, learned to read charts, and began to expand his playing beyond bluegrass. Renowned guitarist John Carlini came in to teach Rice music theory, and Carlini helped him learn the intricacies of jazz playing and musical improvisation, in general. The David Grisman Quintet’s 1977 debut recording is considered a landmark of acoustic string band music.

In 1970, Rice had moved to Louisville, Kentucky where he played with the Bluegrass Alliance, and shortly thereafter, J.D. Crowe’s New South. The New South was known as one of the best and most progressive bluegrass groups—eventually adding drums and electric instruments (to Rice’s displeasure). When Ricky Skaggs joined them in 1974, however, the band recorded J. D. Crowe & the New South, an acoustic album that became Rounder Records’ top-seller up to that time. At this point, the group consisted of Rice on guitar and lead vocals, Crowe on banjo and vocals, Jerry Douglas on Dobro, Skaggs on fiddle, mandolin, and tenor vocals, and Bobby Slone on bass and fiddle.

His father was a semi-professional bluegrass musician.

Tony Rice Net Worth

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

He began his music career in Los Angeles, California before moving to Kentucky, which was more fitting with his bluegrass style.

In 2013, he was an International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductee.

David Anthony Rice (born June 8, 1951) is an American guitarist and bluegrass musician. He is perhaps the most influential living acoustic guitar player in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and flattop acoustic jazz. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2013.

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Who is Tony Rice Dating?

According to our records, Tony Rice married to Pam Rice. As of December 1, 2023, Tony Rice’s is not dating anyone.

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Beginning in 1984, Rice collaborated on four albums by Béla Fleck – Double Time (Béla Fleck album) (1984), Drive (Béla Fleck album) (1988), Tales from the Acoustic Planet (1995), and The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 (1999).

Facts & Trivia

Tony Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tony Rice celebrates birthday on June 8 of every year.

Rice’s singing voice was a distinctive baritone. In 1994 he was diagnosed with a disorder known as muscle tension dysphonia and as a result was forced to stop singing in live performance. A 2014 diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis (“tennis elbow”) made guitar playing painful and Rice’s last performance playing guitar live was his induction into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2015, Rice was quoted as saying “I am not going to go back out into the public eye until I can be the musician that I was, where I left off or better. I have been blessed with a very devout audience all these years, and I am certainly not going to let anybody down. I am not going to risk going out there and performing in front of people again until I can entertain them in a way that takes away from them the rigors and the dust, the bumps in the road of everyday life.”

What illness did Tony Rice have?

Rice’s singing voice was a distinctive baritone. In 1994 he was diagnosed with a disorder known as muscle tension dysphonia and as a result was forced to stop singing in live performance.

Is Tony Rice death?

December 25, 2020

What kind of guitar did Tony Rice play?

Rice’s iconic 1935 Martin D-28 , the TR Model is voiced to showcase his stellar lead work with influences from Clarence White to John Coltrane.

How old was Tony Rice when he passed away?

69 years (1951–2020)

What did Vassar Clements play?

Clements was proficient on viola, cello, string bass, guitar and banjo, but his primary instrument was the violin. He played a 400-year-old French violin given to him by Hartford, with the head of a bearded man carved on the scroll.