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Happy New Year everyone! I’m pretty excited to kick the new year off with the legendary musician Todd Phillips!

Todd (a two time Grammy award winner) is not only the bass player on some of the most legendary and influential bluegrass recordings of all time (Manzanita, TBAG, JD Crowe and many, many more) his is also a founding member and rhythm mandolin player of The David Grisman Quintet! Amazing!

To find out more about Todd and more importantly to purchase his recordings, head over HERE to his website!

Songs featured in this episode:

“Released” by Todd Phillips (Released) (out of print)

“Fat Kid” by Todd Phillips (Released) (out of print) Youtube link

“Rye Straw” by Todd Phillips (In the Pines)

“Daniel’s Dream” by Todd Phillips (Released)

“I Want You, She’s so Heavy” by Phillips, Grier, Flinner (Looking Back)

“It’s Too Early” Todd Phillips (Timeframe)

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