Manzanita (Tony Rice album)

Manzanita is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1979. It is credited to the Tony Rice Unit.

Manzanita is considered a breakthrough album that combines traditional bluegrass and folk songs with more progressive playing. It shows not only Tony Rice's instrumental and vocal talent, but also his strong all-star back-up band, consisting of Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Darol Anger and Todd Phillips.

Track listing

 * 1) "Old Train" (Herb Pedersen) – 2:08
 * 2) "Manzanita" (Tony Rice) – 4:46
 * 3) "Little Sadie" (Traditional) – 2:45
 * 4) "Blackberry Blossom" (Traditional) – 2:36
 * 5) "Nine Pound Hammer" (Merle Travis) – 2:36
 * 6) "Hold Whatcha Got" (Jimmy Martin) – 2:45
 * 7) "Blue Railroad Train" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:18
 * 8) "Ginseng Sullivan" (Norman Blake) – 3:05
 * 9) "Midnight On The Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 4:05
 * 10) "I Hope You Have Learned" (James Baker, Bill Carrigan) – 2:33
 * 11) "Stony Point" (Traditional) – 2:48
 * 12) "Home from the Forest" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 4:10

Personnel
Production notes
 * Tony Rice – guitar, vocals
 * Darol Anger – violin
 * Sam Bush – mandolin, violin, vocals
 * David Grisman – mandolin
 * Jerry Douglas – dobro
 * Ricky Skaggs – mandolin, violin, vocals
 * Todd Phillips – bass
 * Tony Rice – producer
 * Bill Wolf – engineer, mixing