Shortly after, Tony played in a group with his brothers Larry on mandolin and Ronnie on bass, plus banjo player Andy Evans.
It was here that he met the Kentucky Colonels and their lead guitarist, Clarence White, who would have a profound impact on his playing. He made his performing debut at age nine when he sang “Under Your Spell Again” on the Town Hall radio show. Tony started out learning to play mandolin but soon switched to guitar. The band, headed by Tony’s guitar and mandolin-playing father Herbert Rice, also included uncles Walter Poindexter on banjo and Leon Poindexter on bass. In his infancy, the family headed west to Los Angeles where Tony’s earliest musical memory is the guitar playing of his uncle, Hal Poindexter, who played in the Golden State Boys.
Tony Rice was born in Danville, Virginia, on June 8, 1951.
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