Tony Rice

Tony Rice was one of bluegrass' most inventive flatpicking guitar players. Although he displayed a mastery of the genre's traditions, Rice set the standard for more contemporary styles. A former member of the Bluegrass Alliance, the David Grisman Quintet, J.D. Crowe's New South, and the Bluegrass Album Band, Rice also displayed his eclectic approach on solo recordings, collaborative albums with flatpicking guitar ace Norman Blake, and sessions recorded with his brothers Larry, Ron, and Wyatt, as the Rice Brothers. In 1996, Rice recorded a tradition-rooted album, Out of the Woo...