Tony Rice discography

Tony Rice discography
Studio albums	37
Compilation albums	5

This article presents the discography of influential guitar player and vocalist Tony Rice.

Solo albums

• Guitar (1973)
• California Autumn (1975)
• Tony Rice (1977)
• Church Street Blues (1983)
• Cold on the Shoulder (1984)
• Me & My Guitar (1986)
• Native American (1988)
• Tony Rice Plays and Sings Bluegrass (1993)
• Crossings (1994)
• Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot (1996)
• 58957:The Bluegrass Guitar Collection (2003)
• Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection (2008)

As Tony Rice Unit

• Acoustics (1978)
• Manzanita (1979)
• Mar West (1980)
• Still Inside (1981)
• Backwaters (1982)
• Devlin (1987)
• Unit of Measure (2000)

With David Grisman Quintet

• The David Grisman Quintet (1977)
• Hot Dawg (1979)
• Mondo Mando (1981)
• DGQ-20 (1996)

With Bluegrass Album Band

• The Bluegrass Album (1981)
• Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2 (1982)
• Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 - California Connection (1983)
• Bluegrass Album, Vol. 4 (1984)
• Bluegrass Album, Vol. 5 - Sweet Sunny South (1989)
• Bluegrass Album, Vol. 6 - Bluegrass Instrumentals (1996)

With Norman Blake

• Blake & Rice (1987)
• Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2 (1990)

As Rice Brothers

• The Rice Brothers (1989)
• The Rice Brothers 2 (1994)

With Peter Rowan

• You Were There For Me (2004)
• Quartet (2007)

As Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen

• Out Of The Woodwork (1997)
• Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen (1999)
• Runnin' Wild (2001)

With J.D. Crowe & the New South

• Bluegrass Evolution (1973)
• J.D. Crowe & The New South (1975)

Collaboration with other artists

• Skaggs & Rice (1980) with Ricky Skaggs
• Clawgrass Mark Johnson with the Rice Brothers and Friends (1994) with Mark Johnson
• Tone Poems (1994) with David Grisman
• River Suite for Two Guitars (1995) with John Carlini
• The Pizza Tapes (2000) with David Grisman & Jerry Garcia
• Hartford Rice and Clements (2011) with John Hartford & Vassar Clements

As session musician

• The David Grisman Rounder Record (1976) for David Grisman
• Something Auld, Something Newgrass, Something Borrowed, Something Bluegrass (1976) for Bill Keith
• Catfish for Supper (1979) for Jon Sholle
• Eric Thompson's Bluegrass Guitar (1979) for Eric Thompson
• Roses in the Snow (1980) for Emmylou Harris
• Fiddlistics (1981) for Darol Anger
• Released (1984) for Todd Phillips (musician)
• Double Time (1984) for Béla Fleck
• Hometown Girl (1987) for Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Drive (1988) for Béla Fleck
• When It Rains (1991) for Lou Reid
• Cold Virginia Night (1994) for Ronnie Bowman
• Tales from the Acoustic Planet (1995) for Béla Fleck
• Leading Roll (1997) for Sammy Shelor
• The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 (1999) for Béla Fleck
• Fair Weather (2000) for Alison Brown
• In the Blue Room (2000) for Alan Bibey
• Don't Fret It (2002) for Rickie Simpkins
• Starting Over (2002) for Ronnie Bowman
• Carry Me Across the Mountain (2003) for Dan Tyminski
• The Bluegrass Fiddle Album (2003) for Aubrey Haynie
• Not Too Far From The Tree (2006) for Bryan Sutton
• Gaining Wisdom (2007) for Donna Hughes
• Secrets (2008) for Sierra Hull
• Almost Live (2009) for Bryan Sutton

Chronological discography

Pre-1970

• 1968 Session: Bobby Atkins, Frank Poindexter, and Tony Rice (1968 - Album apparently not released until 1981)) OLD HOMESTEAD 126

1970 - 1980

• Guitar (1973)
• Bluegrass Evolution (1973)
• J.D. Crowe & The New South (1975)
• California Autumn (1975)
• Tony Rice (1977)
• The David Grisman Quintet (1977)
• Hot Dawg (1979)
• Acoustics (1979)
• Manzanita (1978)
• Mar West (1980)
• Skaggs & Rice (1980)

1981 - 1990

• Still Inside (1981)
• Mondo Mando (1981)
• The Bluegrass Album (1981)
• Backwaters (1982)
• Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2 (1982)
• Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 - California Connection (1983)
• Church Street Blues (1983)
• Bluegrass Album, Vol. 4 (1984)
• Cold on the Shoulder (1984)
• Me & My Guitar (1986)
• Blake & Rice (1987)
• Native American (1988)
• Bluegrass Album, Vol. 5 - Sweet Sunny South (1989)
• The Rice Brothers (1989)
• Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2 (1990)
• Devlin (1990)

1991 - 2000

• Tony Rice Plays and Sings Bluegrass (1993)
• The Rice Brothers 2 (1994)
• Crossings (1994)
• Tone Poems (1994)
• River Suite for Two Guitars (1995)
• Bluegrass Album, Vol. 6 - Bluegrass Instrumentals (1996)
• DGQ-20 (1996)
• Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot (1996)
• Out Of The Woodwork (1997)
• Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen (1999)
• Unit of Measure (2000)
• The Pizza Tapes (2000)

2001 - 2011

• Runnin' Wild (2001)
• 58957:The Bluegrass Guitar Collection (2003)
• You Were There For Me (2004)
• Quartet (2007)
• Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection (2008)
• Tony Rice - The Bill Monroe Collection (Rounder Records compilation) (2011)