BLUEGRASS MOB (straight-ahead , rockabilly-inflected bluegrass from a rotating cast of NYC musicians)
I’m Blue I’m Lonesome (B. Monroe, H. Williams) MD - guitar, vocals; Carrie Rodriguez - fiddle, vocals; Andy Cotton - bass; Andy Cartoun - banjo
Sophronie (J. Martin) - personnel same as above

CHRIS THILE + MICHAEL DAVES (informal jam session, Aug ‘05)
Air Mail Special (C. Christian) MD - guitar; Chris Thile - mandolin

THE BUZZ BUZZ TABERNACLE (my experimental noise country band; we call it skree-onky-tonk)
MD - guitar, vocals; Leo Ferguson - drums; Jessi Carter - banjo, violin
It Takes One to Know One (J. Martin)
Sleep With One Eye Open (Flatt + Scruggs)
Evening Prayer Blues/Old Dangerfield (B. Monroe)

GREG GARING + MICHAEL DAVES (informal jam session, Feb ‘05)
Long Black Veil (J. Cash) MD- mandolin; Greg - vocals + guitar

MICHAEL DAVES SOLO (fingerstyle blues guitar)
Panhandle Rag (trad)
Chump Man Blues (A. Blake) with Whit Connah - harmonica

UNDERBELLY (old-time string band active 2002-4)
Sail Away Ladies/Sugar Shack (trad./A. Rabins) Mar ‘03; MD - guitar; Alicia Rabins - fiddle; Peter Siegel - mandolin

INNER ORCHESTRA (jazz/funk band active 1999-2003) MD- Guitar; Justin Tomsovic - drums; Ben Goodale - bass; Adam Scott - trumpet, soprano sax; Michael Pisapia - alto sax; Benjie Messer - trombone; Emiliano Garcia - tenor sax
R+R (J. Tomsovic)
Rumi (B. Goodale)
Number 2 (M. Daves)

ORRIN STAR + MICHAEL DAVES (hot bluegrass picking from a 2001 concert)
Alabama Jubilee (trad.) Nov ’01; MD - mandolin; Orrin Star - guitar

MICHAEL DAVES TRIO (jazz/funk project active 2001-3)
Sweet Emma (N. Adderly) MD- elec. guitar; Justin Tomsovic - drums; Ben Goodale - bass
Nubian Lady (K. Barron) MD - guitar; Justin Tomsovic - drums; Joel Ford - bass; Gordon Stone - pedal steel

SRUTIDARPAN (a project I produced in Spring ‘01 through Hampshire College fusing bluegrass, North Indian Classical music, and modern improvisation) MD - guitar, mandolin; Arnab Chakrabarty - Sarod; Gordon Stone - banjo, pedal steel; Debopriyo Sarkar - tabla; Aaron Germain - bass; Anne Sobel - oboe; Margo Edwards - flute Bombay Moonshine (M .Daves)
Fraction of a Second (M. Daves)
Lonesome Fiddle Blues (V. Clements)
Legs (M.Daves)

NOTES FROM A NEW DAD (from my senior thesis in jazz composition/arranging at Hampshire College from Spring ‘99) MD - Guitar; Aaron Germain - bass; Justin Tomsovic - drums; Adam Scott - trumpet; Michael Pisapia - alto sax; Emiliano Garcia - tenor sax; Benjie Messer - trombone; Taran Olsen - trombone
Nacimiento (M. Daves)
Commitment (M. Daves)
Montenegro (M. Daves)
Kali Yuga (M. Daves)
Llueve (M. Daves) duet with Ian Stearns - acoustic guitar


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