Old & In the Way

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Old & In the Way was a 1970s American bluegrass supergroup known for popularizing progressive bluegrass through its virtuosic playing and influential live recordings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bluegrass band
activeYearsEndYear 1974
activeYearsStartYear 1973
associatedAct David Grisman Quintet
Grateful Dead
New Riders of the Purple Sage
countryOfOrigin United States
dissolved mid 1970s
genre bluegrass
progressive bluegrass
hasInfluenced jamgrass
progressive bluegrass
hasMember David Grisman
Jerry Garcia
John Kahn
Peter Rowan
Vassar Clements
hasRecording Old & In the Way (1975 live album release date)
hasRole David Grisman – mandolin, vocals
linked to: David Grisman

Jerry Garcia – banjo, vocals
John Kahn – bass
Peter Rowan – guitar, vocals
Vassar Clements – fiddle
instrumentation banjo
bass
fiddle
guitar
mandolin
language English
liveAlbumFrom recordings at the Boarding House, San Francisco
locationOfFormation California
San Francisco Bay Area
notableAchievement helped popularize progressive bluegrass to rock audiences
notableFeature influential live recordings
virtuosic playing
notableSong Midnight Moonlight
Panama Red
Pig in a Pen
Wild Horses
notableWork Breakdown (live album)
Old & In the Way (album)
linked to: Old & In the Way

That High Lonesome Sound
recordLabel Acoustic Disc
Round Records
releaseType live albums
startTime early 1970s

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Jerry Garcia associatedAct Old & In the Way
David Grisman notableWork Old & In the Way (album)
linked to: Old & In the Way
David Grisman associatedBand Old & In the Way
Old & In the Way notableWork Old & In the Way (album)
linked to: Old & In the Way
Jerry Garcia Band associatedAct Old and in the Way
linked to: Old & In the Way
John Kahn notableWork Old & In the Way
John Kahn memberOf Old & In the Way
John Kahn associatedAct Old & In the Way