Hot Dawg

Hot Dawg is an album by American musician David Grisman, released in 1978.

Hot Dawg
Studio album by David Grisman Quintet
Released	1978
Studio	His Masters Wheels (San Francisco) 1750 Arch Street, San Francisco
Genre	Americana, progressive bluegrass, western swing, gypsy jazz
Length	39:56
Label	A&M-Horizon
Producer	David Grisman
David Grisman chronology
The David Grisman Quintet (1977) Hot Dawg (1978) Early Dawg (1980)
David Grisman Quintet chronology
The David Grisman Quintet (1977) Hot Dawg (1978) Quintet '80 (1980)

Critical reception

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AllMusic

The Globe and Mail wrote: "One of Grisman's tunes is 'Dawgology', the title (more than the rather boppish theme) alluding to Reinhardt's 'Djangology'. And Grisman's backup, appropriately an acoustic stringband, recalls the general virtuosity and amiable swing of its Parisian counterpart."

Track listing

1. "Dawg's Bull" (David Grisman) – 4:14
2. "Devlin'" (Tony Rice) – 5:06
3. "Minor Swing" (Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) – 3:36
4. "Dawgology" (Grisman, Richard Greene) – 7:11
5. "Neon Tetra" (Rice) – 6:29
6. "Janice" (Grisman) – 3:57
7. "Dawg-Ola" (Grisman) – 3:56
8. "16/16" (Grisman) – 5:27

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Jazz Albums	14
1979	Australia Kent Music Report	93

Personnel

• David Grisman – mandolin
• Tony Rice – guitar, + violin (#6)
• Darol Anger – violin (#1,2,4,6,7), violectra (#5)
• Mike Marshall – mandolin (#3,4,8)
• Todd Phillips – bass (#1,5)

with

• Eddie Gómez – bass (#3,4,8)
• Stéphane Grappelli – violin (#3,8)
• Buell Neidlinger – bass (#2,7)
• Bill Amatneek – bass (#6)

Production notes:

• David Grisman – producer
• Bill Wolf – engineer, mixing, mastering
• Bob Shumaker – engineer
• Bob McLeod – mastering
• Mark Hanauer – photography
• Brian Davis – illustrations
• Chuck Beeson – design
• Roland Young – art direction

(#1,2,4–7) Recorded at His Masters Wheels Studio by Bill Wolf, (#3,8) Recorded of 1750 Arch Street Studios by Bob Shumaker