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Tony Rice.
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Tony Rice.


Dec 12, 2016, 8:45 PM

Does anyone remember if Danny tried to get Tony to come to Clemson? Just watching the 30 for 30 and brought back memories of how good he was at Woodruff.

I know we had Rodney at time. Being that I was only in 4th grade and I don't believe Al Gore had invented internet, it was hard to follow recruiting in those days.

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Re: Tony Rice.


Dec 12, 2016, 8:46 PM

Al Gore invented global warming , he " fostered " the internet .

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Dec 12, 2016, 8:53 PM

I believe he was the QB that was committed to Clemson and Lou Holtz visited in home with him and his family and he suddenly switched to Notre Dame weeks before signing day. Many wondered what Lou had in the envelope if you know what I mean.

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Dec 12, 2016, 10:39 PM [ in reply to Re: Tony Rice. ]

I'm from Woodruff. I talked w/ the salesman at the Ford place(an n.c. state grad)who said tony and his mom got new cars from there every year,paid by a ND booster while tony was at ND.The cars were listed in his uncles nameTony lived in a real nice condo in south bend and kept 2 new cars there.Rumor has it that he took a pay cut to play canadian league ball.Nothing like NCAA immunity.Lou is a corrupt man.

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We wanted, and offered, Tony, but back in the day, Notre


Dec 12, 2016, 8:54 PM

Dame was the major player in the nation.

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Yes


Dec 12, 2016, 8:56 PM

Rice also implicated us in NCAA violations of too many visits.

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Yes we recruited him


Dec 12, 2016, 8:58 PM

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-01-10/sports/sp-234_1_clemson-football-coaches

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Thanks for article..


Dec 12, 2016, 9:11 PM

We were ranked #4 in country to start 88 season. Back in those days was the true meaning of the word we hate to hear ESPN say.

We always lost to some scrub like Duke or NC State.

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Was in Old and in the Way. Great flat picker.


Dec 12, 2016, 9:05 PM

Got to see him with Vassar Clements on fiddle and Larry Keel in Greenville before Vassar died. Love this tune..

https://youtu.be/7ELfaivU_7U

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Perhaps some updated version of Old and in


Dec 12, 2016, 9:21 PM

the Way, but I assure you he never had anything to do with the original band. That aside, he is a tremendous musician.

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My mistake.. he did a recording with Grisman and Garcia


Dec 12, 2016, 11:07 PM

called the Pizza Tapes. I mixed those up.
Regardless, great musician.

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Yep...I wondered what you guys were talking about....


Dec 12, 2016, 11:13 PM

Pete Rowan buddied up with Garcia on the original "Old and In The Way" albums

and you're right....in his prime, you count on a couple of fingers flatpickers in Rice's league


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Seen my share of Panama Red and Midnight Moonlight performances too***


Dec 12, 2016, 11:18 PM



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.....??....."Midnight Moonlight" has always been (IMO)


Dec 12, 2016, 11:21 PM

very underrated and I've always been surprised it wasn't covered more than it was.

Several years ago, saw what now constitutes New Riders Of The Purple Sage in Chucktown. The steel player and one rhythm guitarist (not Marmaduke) were the only originals. It was just OK....but still fun hearing the old ones and remembering when country music began merging with rock---Byrds, Burrito Bros, Dead, etc


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He was better with Crowe...


Dec 12, 2016, 9:22 PM [ in reply to Was in Old and in the Way. Great flat picker. ]

and the Album Band... but the solo stuff was pretty strong too. I don't think he's in very good health these days.

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Looks like some crippling arthritis has


Dec 12, 2016, 9:32 PM

kept him playing for a few years now....

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has kept him "from" playing....***


Dec 12, 2016, 9:34 PM



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Vintage Rice - Playing his best music


Dec 12, 2016, 10:08 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py9ZPX-8CUE



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Dec 12, 2016, 9:22 PM [ in reply to Was in Old and in the Way. Great flat picker. ]

I worked with Tony in the recording studio back when I was on the road.

Great player...good dude.

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I was really hoping to see this Tony Rice in the post...


Dec 12, 2016, 10:22 PM [ in reply to Was in Old and in the Way. Great flat picker. ]

TU for you.

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....playing Clarence White's old pre-war D-28***********


Dec 12, 2016, 10:51 PM [ in reply to Was in Old and in the Way. Great flat picker. ]



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Dec 12, 2016, 9:14 PM

I read an article in the Sporting News back in the late 80's that Tony Rice told his high school coach (Willie Varner) to please tell Clemson that he wasn't interested and to leave him alone.Chuck Reedy who was an assistant under Ford used to be on with Kornblut once a week stated on his show that if Clemson would have signed Rice they would have won 2 national championships.

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Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't recall


Dec 12, 2016, 9:22 PM

Clemson accepting prop 48 players. Not sure we could have gotten him into school. Sounds like Holtz was "reprimanded" for promising him acceptance. Happy it worked out for Rice, He seems like a nice man

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I've followed recruiting since 1974 and losing Tony Rice was


Dec 12, 2016, 9:35 PM

The hardest to take. Danny personally recruited Tony Rice. Up until the last week before signing date, he was thought to be a Clemson lock. Lou Holtz came down and scooped him up the last week. Ford would have never talk about it but it was shady... to say the least. We would have won another National Championship with Tony Rice.

Rice had a great career at ND but he could have owned the state of SC.

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Dec 12, 2016, 10:42 PM

UNC thot they had him,but was outbid by ND.

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Best acoustic guitarist I ever saw....and his


Dec 12, 2016, 10:40 PM

brother Wyatt ain't bad either.

Tony fell on some bad times health-wise, but I understand is bouncing back...and Tony still occasionally plays Clarence White's old Martin

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