We lost a great musician on Christmas Day when Tony Rice passed at the age of 69. His friend Ricky Skaggs described Tony as “the single most influential acoustic guitar player in the last 50 years.” This week’s show, we’ll pay tribute by sharing some great recordings featuring Tony, as well as some selections from players who were inspired by him. We'll hear Bryan Sutton, Molly Tuttle and David Grier … and we’ll also hear some players who inspired Tony, including Doc Watson, Clarence White and Maybelle Carter. Farewell to Tony Rice … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-04: Tony Rice, RIP

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

The Bluegrass Album Band / “Foggy Mountain Rock” / Sweet Sunny South / Rounder

The Tony Rice Unit / “Jerusalem Ridge” / Unit of Measure / Rounder

Tony Rice / “Go My Way” / Sings Gordon Lightfoot / Rounder

The Tony Rice Unit / “My Favorite Things” / Backwaters / Rounder

The Kentucky Colonels / “Beaumont Rag” / Long Journey Home / Vanguard

The Kentucky Colonels / “Nine Pound Hammer” / Appalachian Swing / EMI

Clarence White / “Alabama Jubilee” / Flatpick / Sierra

Doc & Merle Watson / “Texas Gales” / Ballads from Deep Gap / Vanguard

Doc Watson / “Black Mountain Rag” / Live at Club 47 / Yep Roc

David Grisman / “Minor Swing” / Hot Dawg / A+M

Norman Blake / “The Old Brown Case” / The Fields of November / Flying Fish

Maybelle Carter / “Wildwood Flower” / Wildwood Pickin' / Vanguard

Mark O'Connor / “Dixie Breakdown” / Retrospective / Rounder

Molly Tuttle / “Take the Journey” / When You're Ready / Compass

David Grier / “Billy in the Lowground” / Ways of the World / Dreadnaught

Bryan Sutton / “Ragtime Annie” / Not Too Far From the Tree / Sugar Hill

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways