''Backwaters'' is an album by

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, released in 1982. It is credited to The Tony Rice Unit. Allmusic entry for ''Backwaters''Retrieved September 2009.

Track listing

# "Common Ground" (Tony Rice) – 7:39 # "Just Some Bar In The French Quarters" (Rice) – 3:02 # "Backwaters" (Rice) – 6:08 # " My Favorite Things" (

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) – 5:14 # "A Child is Born" (

Dave Grusin Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record w ...

) – 3:34 # " On Green Dolphin Street" (

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) – 3:33 # "Mobius Mambo" (Rice) – 5:27

Personnel

– guitar *

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– guitar * John Reischman – mandolin * Fred Carpenter – violin *

Richard Greene Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985) was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series '' ...

– violin *

Todd Phillips Todd Phillips (né Bunzl, born December 20, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as ''Road Trip (film), Road Trip'', ''Old School (film), Old School'', ...

– bass

Production Notes

*Producer – Anthony Rice *Recording Engineer – Bob Shumaker *Recording Studio – 1750 Arch Studios, Berkeley, CA *Recorded – March 1982

References

{{Authority control 1982 albums Tony Rice albums Rounder Records albums