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GuitarInch was Tony Rice's first venture into recording and it still holds up as one of the great bluegrass guitar records ever issued. The album came to Rebel in a roundabout way. It was recorded in Lexington, Kentucky, first appeared on a record tag in Japan, made it's way back to Kentucky for on a regional tag that was later acquired by Rebel in the late 1970s. As Tony was working in banjo-great J.D. Crowe's band at the time, it was quite natural for Crowe., Tony's brother and mandolinist Larry Rice, and bassist Bobby Slone to provide the instrumental backing. Recorded at a time when progressive sounds and styles were treading on the traditional framework of bluegrass, InchGuitarInch was praised for walking the fine line of spotlighting Tony's prowess on the instrument while remaining very much a InchbandInch recording. With Tony in fine form vocally and his amazing guitar work on full display, this is where you will find his signature versions of InchFreeborn Man,Inch InchDoing My Time,Inch InchNine Pound Hammer,Inch and InchJohn HardyInch - plus the closing track, a nine-minute tour-de-force rendition of InchLonesome Reuben. Album Tracks 1. Freeborn Man 2. Faded Love 3. Salt Creek 4. Doing My Time 5. Windy and Warm 6. John Hardy 7. Nine Pound Hammer 8. Lonesome Reuben
