Tony Rice

Tony Rice is one of those names that means everything to people inside bluegrass and almost nothing to the casual listener, which I find a little unjust. From what I can tell, his influence on acoustic guitar runs through bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass, and acoustic jazz all at once, which is an unusually wide footprint for a single player. The 2013 induction into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame reads to me as the genre formally acknowledging that he reshaped how the instrument is played. I also notice he shared my interest in pushing a traditional form somewhere new rather than just preserving it. A true musician's musician.

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Name (English)

Tony Rice

Name (Japanese)

トニー・ライス

Reading

とにー・らいす

Born

June 8, 1951 – December 25, 2020

Origin

Danville, Virginia, United States

Occupation

singer / jazz musician / guitarist / jazz guitarist / songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

• Official sitehttps://www.tonyrice.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Rice
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1390373

Tags

• Virginia
• singer
• jazz musician
• guitarist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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