Mar West

1980 studio album by Tony Rice Unit
Mar West
Studio album by
Tony Rice Unit
Released1980
GenreBluegrass, jazz
Length34:28
LabelRounder
ProducerTony Rice
Tony Rice chronology
Manzanita
(1979)
Mar West
(1980)
Skaggs & Rice
(1980)

Mar West is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1980.[1] It is credited to the Tony Rice Unit.[2]

Mar West was reissued in 1987 along with Still Inside as Devlin, minus the song "Mar East".[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

The Florida Times-Union deemed the album "jazz-heavy spacegrass."[5]

Track listing

All songs by Tony Rice unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Mar West" – 5:31
  2. "Nardis" (Miles Davis) – 3:47
  3. "Waltz For Indira" – 3:21
  4. "Neon Tetra" – 4:25
  5. "Is That So" – 4:26
  6. "Whoa Baby, Every Day I Wake Up With The Blues" – 3:56
  7. "Mar East" – 4:38
  8. "Untitled As Of Yet" – 4:24

Personnel

  • Tony Rice – guitar, vocals
  • Sam Bush – mandolin
  • Richard Greene – violin
  • Mike Marshall – mandolin
  • Todd Phillips – bass

Production notes

  • Tony Rice - producer
  • Bill Wolf - engineer
  • Greg Fulginiti - mastering

References

  1. ^ Friskics-Warren, Bill (30 Dec 2020). "Tony Rice, 69, Inventive Bluegrass Artist Whose Pick Was Like a Paintbrush, Dies". The New York Times. p. A19.
  2. ^ Denison, Paul (October 1, 2004). "Bluegrass veterans team up". The Register-Guard. p. 12T.
  3. ^ AllMusic entry for Devlin Retrieved September 2009.
  4. ^ AllMusic review
  5. ^ "Florida Folk Festival: Music and more in White Springs". The Florida Times-Union. November 9, 2007. p. WE16.
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Solo albums
Compilations
With...
The Tony Rice Unit
  • Manzanita (1979)
  • Mar West (1980)
  • Still Inside (1981)
  • Backwaters (1982)
  • Devlin (1987)
  • Unit of Measure (2000)
David Grisman Quintet
The Bluegrass Album Band
Norman Blake
Larry Rice, Chris Hillman
& Herb Pedersen
Pete Rowan
The Rice Brothers
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