Tony Rice, one of the leading lights of bluegrass music since the 1970s, and a 2013 inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame, died suddenly on Christmas Day. He was 69.
Eldridge has studied Rice’s entire career, including stints in J.D. Crowe & the New South, the David Grisman Quintet, the Tony Rice Unit and the Bluegrass Album Band, plus other incarnations. Seldom ...
Tony Rice could seemingly do it all: sing, compose, play spot-on rhythm. But it was his guitar solos that just astounded audiences and fellow musicians alike. He was idolized by bluegrass and acoustic ...
"It is with a heavy heart we say goodbye to one of the most iconic voices and musicians in bluegrass," the International Bluegrass Association said Saturday on social media. "Few will ever match his ...
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Tony Rice, the master bluegrass picker who drew fans worldwide for the chance to hear the quick, fluid sounds he conjured from his storied Martin D-28 guitar, has died at age 69. Rice died Friday at ...
Tony Rice, one of the leading lights of bluegrass music since the 1970s, and a 2013 inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame, died suddenly on Christmas Day. He was 69.