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The Pizza Tapes
The Pizza Tapes
Studio album by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice
Released	April 25, 2000
Recorded	February 4 and 5, 1993 ; Dawg Studios
Genre	Folk, bluegrass
Length	73:58
Label	Acoustic Disc
Producer	David Grisman
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AllMusic	^[1]
The Music Box	^[2]
Salon	(favorable)^[3]

The Pizza Tapes is an album by Jerry Garcia (acoustic guitar, vocals), David Grisman (mandolin), and Tony Rice (acoustic guitar). It was recorded at Grisman's studio on two evenings in 1993, and features unrehearsed performances of folk and bluegrass songs. It was released on the Acoustic Disc label on April 25, 2000.

History

The long-standing musical relationship between Garcia and Grisman began with Grisman's mandolin work on select tracks on the American Beauty album as well as a collaboration with Peter Rowan, John Kahn, and Vassar Clements in the bluegrass band Old & In the Way.^{[citation needed]} Rice's work with Grisman on their joint album Tone Poems would earn him a place in these historic recordings with Garcia.^{[citation needed]}

In February 1993, Grisman was playing with Rice and invited Garcia to his studio. Over the nights of February 4 and February 5, the trio recorded what would be known as The Pizza Tapes.

Garcia's copy was supposedly given to a pizza delivery person (as an unorthodox and really groovy tip) and, not long after, Grisman heard a song on the radio in New York City. Fans started bringing tapes to Grateful Dead shows for autographs, and shortly after, the band confiscated a box of bootleg CDs of the session.^[4]

Grisman said, "[a]fter several years of being pissed off (about their illegal release), I decided to bury the hatchet...and make these tapes available...."^[4] The tapes were released (seven years later), after the album with the songs in the order recorded, with a few mistakes, false starts, and some talking between musicians.

The Pizza Tapes contains the only known version of Garcia performing "Amazing Grace", which was played only after Pam Rice, Tony Rice's wife, requested it.

Rice gave credit to the late Garcia and wrote, "I wish there were words that would express my gratitude for being a part of it. Perhaps just knowing that Garcia might be smiling somewhere saying, 'Dawg can we hear that take again?' will suffice."^[4]

In 2010, Grisman's online label Acoustic Oasis released The Pizza Tapes: Extra Large Edition offering 170 minutes of music, including 16 previously unissued alternate takes in addition to the original master takes in their original sequence. In addition to new music, the expanded edition also features more of the personal repartee that characterized the initial release.

Track listing

"Appetizer" – 0:13
"Man of Constant Sorrow" (traditional) – 5:06
"Appetizer" – 0:29
"Louis Collins" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 5:57
"Shady Jam" (Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice) – 3:41
"Shady Grove" (trad.) – 4:45
"Always Late" (Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford) – 0:54
"Guitar Space" (Garcia, Rice) / "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) – 8:41
"Appetizer" – 0:26
"Long Black Veil" (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin) – 4:30
"Rosa Lee McFall" (trad.) – 3:12
"Appetizer" – 1:13
"Drifting Too Far From The Shore" (Charles Moody) – 4:54
"Amazing Grace" (trad.) – 4:54
"Little Sadie" (trad.) – 3:13
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) – 5:47
"Space Jam" – 0:59
"So What" (Miles Davis) – 6:28
"Appetizer" – 0:22
"House of the Rising Sun" (trad.) – 8:05

Personnel

Production

Producer – David Grisman
Executive producer – Craig Miller
Recording, mixing – David Dennison
Mastering – Paul Stubblebine
Production assistant – Rob Bleetstein
Photography – Pamela Rice, Dexter Johnson
Design, layout – D. Brent Hauseman
Liner notes – David Grisman, Tony Rice

Samples

Always Late

"Always Late" from The Pizza Tapes

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References

^ William Ruhlmann, Review: The Pizza Tapes, AllMusic
^ John Metzger, "Jerry Garcia - David Grisman - Tony Rice: The Pizza Tapes (Album review), The Music Box, 7:6, June 2000
^ Seth Mnookin, "Sharps & Flats: The Pizza Tapes, Salon.com, April 26, 2000
^ ^a ^b ^c liner notes, The Pizza Tapes, Acoustic Disc, April 25, 2000

External links

[amg-1] William Ruhlmann, Review: The Pizza Tapes, AllMusic

[mb-2] John Metzger, "Jerry Garcia - David Grisman - Tony Rice: The Pizza Tapes (Album review), The Music Box, 7:6, June 2000

[salon-3] Seth Mnookin, "Sharps & Flats: The Pizza Tapes, Salon.com, April 26, 2000

[liner-4] r notes, The Pizza Tapes, Acoustic Disc, April 25, 2000

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+| label      = [[Acoustic Disc]]
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+| producer   = [[David Grisman]]
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+| next_title = [[Grateful Dawg (soundtrack)|Grateful Dawg]]
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+| next_year  = 2001
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+| misc       = {{Extra chronology
-  | This album  = '''''The Pizza Tapes'''''<br>(2000)
+ | artist     = [[Jerry Garcia]]
-  | Next album  = ''[[Don't Let Go (album)|Don't Let Go]]''<br/>(2001)
+ | type       = studio
-  }}
+ | prev_title = [[Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions (album)|Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions]]
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+ | title      = The Pizza Tapes
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+ | next_year  = 2001
+}}
 {{Extra chronology
-  | Artist      = [[David Grisman]]
+ | artist     = [[David Grisman]]
-  | Type        = studio
+ | type       = studio
-  | Last album  = [[Tone Poems 3]]''<br />(1999)
+ | prev_title = [[Tone Poems 3]]
+ | prev_year  = 1999
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+ | title      = The Pizza Tapes
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-  }}
+ | next_title = [[Grateful Dawg (soundtrack)|Grateful Dawg]]
+ | next_year  = 2000
+}}
 {{Extra chronology
-  | Artist      = [[Tony Rice]]
+ | artist     = [[Tony Rice]]
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+ | type       = studio
-  | Last album  = [[Unit of Measure (Tony Rice album)|Unit of Measure]]''<br />(2000)
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+ | prev_year  = 2000
-  | This album  = '''''Pizza Tapes''''' <br /> (2000)
+ | title      = The Pizza Tapes
-  | Next album  = ''[[Runnin' Wild (Tony Rice album)|Runnin' Wild]]''<br />(2001)
+ | year       = 2000
-  }}
+ | next_title = [[Runnin' Wild (Tony Rice album)|Runnin' Wild]]
+ | next_year  = 2001
+}}
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 {{Album ratings
-| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
+| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
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+| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=amg>William Ruhlmann, [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000057163|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''The Pizza Tapes''], [[AllMusic]]</ref>
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-| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref name=mb>John Metzger, [http://www.musicbox-online.com/jgdgpiza.html "Jerry Garcia - David Grisman - Tony Rice: ''The Pizza Tapes'' (Album review)], ''The Music Box'', '''7:6''', June 2000</ref>
+| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=mb>John Metzger, [http://www.musicbox-online.com/jgdgpiza.html "Jerry Garcia - David Grisman - Tony Rice: ''The Pizza Tapes'' (Album review)], ''The Music Box'', '''7:6''', June 2000</ref>
-| rev3      = [[Salon.com|Salon]]
+| rev3      = ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]''
-| rev3Score = <small>(favorable)</small> <ref name=salon>Seth Mnookin, [http://archive.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/04/26/garcia/index.html "Sharps & Flats: ''The Pizza Tapes''], [[Salon.com]], April 26, 2000</ref>
+| rev3Score = <small>(favorable)</small><ref name=salon>Seth Mnookin, [http://archive.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/04/26/garcia/index.html "Sharps & Flats: ''The Pizza Tapes''], [[Salon.com]], April 26, 2000</ref>
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-'''''The Pizza Tapes''''' is an acoustic album by the American musicians [[Jerry Garcia]], [[David Grisman]] and [[Tony Rice]]. The album was made over a series of two evenings in 1993 featuring completely unrehearsed songs recorded in Grisman's own recording studio.
+'''''The Pizza Tapes''''' is an album by [[Jerry Garcia]] ([[Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], [[singing|vocals]]), [[David Grisman]] ([[mandolin]]), and [[Tony Rice]] (acoustic guitar). It was recorded at Grisman's studio on two evenings in 1993, and features unrehearsed performances of [[American folk music|folk]] and [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] songs.  It was released on the Acoustic Disc label on April 25, 2000.
 ==History==
-The long standing musical relationship between Garcia and Grisman began with Grisman's mandolin work on select tracks on the ''[[American Beauty (album)|American Beauty]]'' album as well as collaborators amongst the likes of [[Peter Rowan]], [[John Kahn]], and [[Vassar Clements]], in the bluegrass band [[Old and in the Way]]. Tony Rice's contributions with Grisman's quintet in the early 1980s would earn him a place in these historic recordings.
+The long-standing musical relationship between Garcia and Grisman began with Grisman's mandolin work on select tracks on the ''[[American Beauty (album)|American Beauty]]'' album as well as a collaboration with [[Peter Rowan]], [[John Kahn]], and [[Vassar Clements]] in the bluegrass band [[Old & In the Way]].{{Citation needed|reason=Not supported by reference given|date=December 2019}} Rice's work with Grisman on their joint album ''[[Tone Poems (Dave Grisman and Tony Rice album)|Tone Poems]]'' would earn him a place in these historic recordings with Garcia.{{Citation needed|reason=Source?|date=December 2019}}
-In February 1993, Grisman was playing with Tony Rice and invited Garcia to his studio. Over the nights of February 4 and February 5, the trio recorded what would be known as ''The Pizza Tapes''.
+In February 1993, Grisman was playing with Rice and invited Garcia to his studio. Over the nights of February 4 and February 5, the trio recorded what would be known as ''The Pizza Tapes''.
-Garcia's copy was stolen by a [[pizza delivery]] boy and, not long after, Grisman heard a song on the radio in [[New York]]. Fans started bringing tapes to [[Grateful Dead]] shows for autographs, and shortly after, the band confiscated a box of [[Bootleg recording|bootleg]] CDs of the session.<ref name=liner/>
+Garcia's copy was supposedly given to a [[pizza delivery]] person (as an unorthodox and really groovy tip) and, not long after, Grisman heard a song on the radio in [[New York City]]. Fans started bringing tapes to [[Grateful Dead]] shows for autographs, and shortly after, the band confiscated a box of [[Bootleg recording|bootleg]] CDs of the session.<ref name=liner/>
-Seven years later, Grisman released the album with the songs in the order recorded, with a few mistakes, false starts, and some talking between musicians.
+Grisman said, "[a]fter several years of being pissed off (about their illegal release), I decided to bury the hatchet...and make these tapes available...."<ref name="liner" /> The tapes were released (seven years later), after the album with the songs in the order recorded, with a few mistakes, false starts, and some talking between musicians.
-''The Pizza Tapes'' contains the only known version of Garcia performing "Amazing Grace", which was only played after Pam Rice, Tony Rice's wife, requested it.
+''The Pizza Tapes'' contains the only known version of Garcia performing "Amazing Grace", which was played only after Pam Rice, Tony Rice's wife, requested it.
+Rice gave credit to the late Garcia and wrote, "I wish there were words that would express my gratitude for being a part of it. Perhaps just knowing that Garcia might be smiling somewhere saying, 'Dawg can we hear that take again?' will suffice."<ref name=liner>liner notes, ''The Pizza Tapes'', Acoustic Disc, April 25, 2000</ref>
-Rice gave credit to the late Garcia and wrote:
-{{cquote2|I wish there were words that would express my gratitude for being a part of it. Perhaps just knowing that Garcia might be smiling somewhere saying, "Dawg can we hear that take again?" will suffice.|Tony Rice|The Pizza Tapes<ref name=liner>liner notes, ''The Pizza Tapes'', Acoustic Disc, April 25, 2000</ref>|##px|##px}}
-In 2011, Grisman's online label, [http://www.acousticoasis.com Acoustic Oasis] released The Pizza Tapes: Extra Large edition offering 170-minute of music, including 16 previously unissued alternate takes in addition to the original master takes in their original sequence. In addition to new music, the expanded edition also features more of the personal repartee that characterized the initial release.
+In 2010, Grisman's online label Acoustic Oasis released ''The Pizza Tapes: Extra Large Edition'' offering 170 minutes of music, including 16 previously unissued alternate takes in addition to the original master takes in their original sequence. In addition to new music, the expanded edition also features more of the personal repartee that characterized the initial release.
 ==Track listing==
@@ Line 68: / Line 80: @@
 #"Louis Collins" ([[Mississippi John Hurt]]) – 5:57
 #"Shady Jam" (Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice) – 3:41
-#"[[Shady Grove (song)|Shady Grove]]" (trad.) – 4:46
+#"[[Shady Grove (song)|Shady Grove]]" (trad.) – 4:45
-#"Always Late" ([[Lefty Frizzell]], Blackie Crawford) – 0:57
+#"Always Late" ([[Lefty Frizzell]], Blackie Crawford) – 0:54
-#"[[Summertime (song)|Summertime]]" ([[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]], [[Dubose Heyward]]) – 3:19
+#"Guitar Space" (Garcia, Rice) / "[[Summertime (George Gershwin song)|Summertime]]" ([[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]], [[Dubose Heyward]]) – 8:41
 #"Appetizer" – 0:26
-#"[[Long Black Veil (song)|Long Black Veil]]" ([[Danny Dill]], [[Marijohn Wilkin]]) – 4:31
+#"[[Long Black Veil (song)|Long Black Veil]]" ([[Danny Dill]], [[Marijohn Wilkin]]) – 4:30
-#"Rosa Lee McFall"(trad.) – 3:12
+#"Rosa Lee McFall" (trad.) – 3:12
 #"Appetizer" – 1:13
 #"Drifting Too Far From The Shore" (Charles Moody) – 4:54
-#"[[Amazing Grace]]" (trad.) – 4:52
+#"[[Amazing Grace]]" (trad.) – 4:54
-#"[[Little Sadie]]" (trad.) – 3:12
+#"[[Little Sadie]]" (trad.) – 3:13
-#"[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" ([[Bob Dylan]]) – 4:47
+#"[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" ([[Bob Dylan]]) – 5:47
 #"Space Jam" – 0:59
-#"[[So What (composition)|So What]]" ([[Miles Davis]]) – 6:29
+#"[[So What (composition)|So What]]" ([[Miles Davis]]) – 6:28
-#"Appetizer" – 0:23
+#"Appetizer" – 0:22
-#"[[House of the Rising Sun]]" (trad.) – 5:39
+#"[[House of the Rising Sun]]" (trad.) – 8:05
 ==Personnel==
-*[[Jerry Garcia]] - [[guitar]], [[vocals]]
+*[[Jerry Garcia]] – [[guitar]], [[vocals]]
-*[[David Grisman]] - [[mandolin]]
+*[[David Grisman]] – [[mandolin]]
-*[[Tony Rice]] - guitar
+*[[Tony Rice]] – guitar
 ==Production==
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 ==Samples==
+<div style="float:left">
 {{listen|filename=The Pizza Tapes - Always Late.ogg|title=Always Late|description="Always Late" from ''The Pizza Tapes''|format=[[Ogg]]}}
+</div>
+{{-}}
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.acousticdisc.com/acd_html/acd41.html Acoustic Disc's page on The Pizza Tapes]
 * [http://jerrygarcia.com/ Jerry Garcia's official website]
 * [http://www.tonyrice.com/discography.html Tony Rice's official website]
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 {{David Grisman}}
 {{Tony Rice}}
+{{Authority control}}
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 [[Category:Jerry Garcia albums]]
 [[Category:Tony Rice albums]]
-[[Category:2000 albums]]
+[[Category:2000 collaborative albums]]
 [[Category:Folk albums by American artists]]
 [[Category:Acoustic Disc albums]]
-[[Category:Collaborative albums]]

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Discography
with Earth Opera	Earth Opera (1968) The Great American Eagle Tragedy (1969)
with Muleskinner	Muleskinner (1973) Muleskinner Live: Original Television Soundtrack (1994, recorded 1973)
with Old & In the Way	Old & In the Way (1975) That High Lonesome Sound (1996) Breakdown (1997) Old & In the Gray (2002) Live at the Boarding House (2008) Live at the Boarding House: The Complete Shows (2013)
with Jerry Garcia	Jerry Garcia / David Grisman Not for Kids Only Shady Grove So What The Pizza Tapes Grateful Dawg Been All Around This World
with David Grisman Quintet	The David Grisman Quintet (1977) Hot Dawg (1978) Quintet '80 (1980) Mondo Mando (1981) Dawg '90 (1990) Dawgwood (1993) Dawganova (1995) DGQ-20 (1996) Dawgnation (2002) Dawg's Groove (2006)
with Andy Statman	Mandolin Abstractions (1983) Songs of Our Fathers (1995) New Shabbos Waltz (2006)
with Martin Taylor	Tone Poems 2 (1995) I'm Beginning To See The Light (1999)
Solo albums and collaborations	The Even Dozen Jug Band (1964) The David Grisman Rounder Record (1976) Early Dawg (1980, recorded 1966 & 1973) Stephane Grappelli/David Grisman Live (1991) Here Today (1982) David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas (1983) Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass (1983) Acousticity (1984) Svingin' with Svend (1987) Home Is Where the Heart Is (1988) Bluegrass Reunion (1992) Common Chord (1993) Doc & Dawg (1997) Retrograss (1999) Dawg Duos (1999) New River (2001) Traversata (2001) Life of Sorrow (2003) Hold On, We're Strummin' (2003) DGBX (2006) The Living Room Sessions (2007) Satisfied (2007)
Tone Poems project	Tone Poems (1994) Tone Poems 2 (1995) Tone Poems 3 (2000)
Related articles	Discography Chronological Discography Progressive bluegrass Jazz Bluegrass music Psychedelic music Old & In the Way Grateful Dead Tony Rice Sam Bush Joe Craven Todd Philips Mark O'Connor Richard Greene Bill Keith Darol Anger Mike Marshall Enrique Coria Jerry Garcia John Kahn Peter Rowan Vassar Clements Stephane Grapelli John Sebastian Denny Zeitlin Doc Watson Beppe Gambetta Acoustic Disc Muleskinner Earth Opera Alison Brown