David Grisman at the Union Theatre

On Friday this weekend, November 3rd, I had a chance to go see David Grisman, aka "Dawg" at the Union Theater which is inside of the Memorial Union in Madison. Not only did I get to see this extremely talented mandolin player that is one of the fastest picker's I have seen, but I got to see him for free, thanks to my girlfriend who won free tickets through The Onion

Dawg, and his band comprised of a percussionist, flute player, classical guitar player and stand up bass which they have been playing together for around 30 years, according to dawg.

The David Grisman band played for around 2 hours and played songs ranging from folk bluegrass, to swinging jazz. With lots of fast picking and amazing improvisation thrown in. With all the band members being at minimum over the age of 40, you could really tell you were in the presence of incredible musicianship.

In between each song Dawg would tell a little story about the band or how and when a song was created. He also talked about his days playing with Jerry Garcia, and played one of the most famous Dawg and Garcia tunes, "Grateful Dawg"

I encourage anyone who is into upbeat folk and bluegrass music to check out David Grisman's Website, where he gives away a free song each day! All and All, one of the coolest concerts I have been to in a while

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