Here Today, released on Rounder in 1982, brought David Grisman together with a studio cast that included Jerry Garcia, Herb Pedersen, Vince Gill, and Taj Mahal for a project that sits squarely at the intersection of bluegrass tradition and the eclectic string-based music Grisman had been developing since the mid-1970s. The album looks backward more than his Quintet recordings of the same period — the acoustic ensemble arrangements favor bluegrass and country textures over the jazz inflections of his dawg music experiments — while still reflecting Grisman's broad sense of what the mandolin and the string band format could encompass. "The Children Are Crying" and "Love and Wealth" demonstrate the mix of original songwriting and traditional feeling that characterizes the record. For listeners who knew Grisman primarily through his jazz-leaning work, Here Today offered a reminder of how deep his roots in the older acoustic traditions ran.
Tracklist
- 1 The Children Are Crying 2:37
- 2 Love and Wealth 2:33