Retrograss

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Released 1999 Retrograss (1999) Good Old Boys (1999) Southern Banjo Sounds (1997) Retrograss (1999) Release date 1999 Genre Bluegrass		Length 49:24 Retrograss (1999) Dawg Duos (1999) Retrograss (1999) True Vine (2003) Label Acoustic Disc

Artists David Grisman, John Hartford, Mike Seeger Producers David Grisman, John Hartford, Mike Seeger Similar David Grisman albums, Bluegrass albums

Retrograss is a bluegrass album by David Grisman, John Hartford and Mike Seeger. It was released on the Acoustic Disc record label in 1999. Retrograss received a Grammy nomination in the Traditional Folk Album category in 2000.

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Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Brian Kelly wrote "All in all, these live, in-studio recordings are mirthful, rocking chair adaptations of American music history. Seeger and Grisman's honeyed tenors conflict well with Hartford's quirky baritone. There are no breakneck solos, and the whole effort achieves more than the sum of its parts..."

Kevin Oliver of Country Standard Time wrote the "more radical reworkings are balanced out by some less revolutionary, but still intriguing versions of bluegrass tunes - Earl Scruggs, "Flint Hill Special," Jimmy Martin's "My Walking Shoes" and the omnipresent classic, "Uncle Pen." With these more traditional tunes included, what could have been a mere novelty record becomes a fascinating study in the mutability of musical genres from another era."