Sandy Rothman
Sandy Rothman is a San Francisco Bay Area bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He plays mandolin, dobro and banjo, and he also sings. Rothman was a friend and colleague of Grateful Dead bandleader Jerry Garcia, and a member of the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band. He played bluegrass with Garcia and David Nelson as the Black Mountain Boys in 1964, and has played with Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys, Earl Taylor, Red Allen, Jimmie Skinner, Larry Sparks, the Kentucky Colonels, Country Joe McDonald, Kathy Kallick and Clarence White, among other musicians. He has been described as "one of the chief biscuits when and where bluegrass music is discussed, scribed, or performed in northern California."Discography
- Almost Acoustic – Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Arista Records
- The Old Road to Home – Sandy Rothman – Tonebar Records
- Bluegrass Guitar Duets – Sandy Rothman and Steve Pottier – Sierra Records
- ' – Jerry Garcia Band and Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Jerry Made Records
- ' – Jerry Garcia Band and Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Jerry Made Records
- Songs of the Grateful Dead: A Tribute to Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter – Jesse McReynolds and Friends, feat. David Nelson and Stu Allen – Woodstock Records
- Ragged but Right – Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Jerry Made Records
- – Jerry Garcia Band and Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – ATO Records
- Electric on the Eel – included on the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band bonus disc Acoustic on the Eel