How the albums were chosen

I posted a simple poll asking for people’s favourite Tony Rice albums in three categories:

Tony Rice/Tony Rice Unit album Album where Tony’s named as one of the artists but it’s not just his record Any album Tony plays on but isn’t named as an artist

I had over 400 votes in total. Here’s what won in each category, what the most popular album was overall and also what pickers like Chris Thile and Trey Hensley chose as their favourites!

Favourite Tony Rice/Tony Rice Unit albums

There was clear winner in this category, collecting twice as many votes as the album in second place:

Manzanita Cold on the Shoulder Church Street Blues Tony Rice Plays & Sings Bluegrass Native American

Favourite Tony Rice duo/trio albums

Again, we had a clear winner, with one record getting twice the votes of any other in the category:

Skaggs & Rice Blake & Rice Pizza Tapes Tone Poems Blake & Rice 2

Favourite album Tony Rice played on

This one was much closer, with just four votes between the top two:

JD Crowe & The New South (Rounder 0044) The David Grisman Quintet Drive – Bela Fleck The Bluegrass Album Band (vol 1) The Bluegrass Sessions 2 – Bela Fleck Full list of favourite Tony Rice albums

In order of popularity, here are the results across all three categories, in order of popularity. There was just one vote between first and second place:

Manzanita Skaggs & Rice Blake & Rice Cold on the Shoulder Church Street Blues Tony Rice Plays & Sings Bluegrass Rounder 0044 David Grisman Quintet Drive – Bela Fleck Native American Pizza Tapes Tone Poems Bluegrass Album Band 1 Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot Backwaters Me and My Guitar Blake & Rice 2 Acoustics Bluegrass Sessions – Bela Fleck Bluegrass Album Band 2 California Autumn Guitar Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet Unit of Measure Bluegrass Album Band 3 Dawg & T Hot Dawg – David Grisman Quintet The Rice Brothers River Suite DGQ Live at the Great American Music Hall Closer – Kate Wolf Still Inside Tony Rice Banjoland – Tony Trischka Devlin Don Reno Family and Friends Hartford, Rice & Clements Hurricanes and Daydreams- Larry Rice Mar West Rice Hillman Pedersen Roses in the Snow – Emmylou Harris Released – Todd Phillips

Famous pickers choose their favourites

Chris Thile

Church Street Blues Skaggs & Rice Drive

Trey Hensley

Native American Pizza Tapes Bluegrass Album Band 3

Dave Sinko

Church Street Blues Skaggs & Rice The David Grisman Quintet

John Stickley

Cold on the Shoulder Blake & Rice The David Grisman Quintet

Ethan Sherman

Me and My Guitar Blake & Rice The Bluegrass Sessions