{{Short description|American bluegrass musician (born 1946)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sandy Rothman | image = 180px|Sandy Rothman on stage, playing a mandolin | alt = Sandy Rothman on stage, playing a mandolin | caption = Sandy Rothman in 2008 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|01|30}} | birth_place = Miami, Florida | origin = San Francisco, California | genre = Bluegrass | occupation = Musician, record producer | instrument = Mandolin, Dobro, banjo | years_active = Early 1960s – present | label = }}
'''Sandy Rothman''' (born January 30, 1946, Miami, Florida<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120406111336/http://bluegrasstoday.com/20897/i%E2%80%99m-going-back-to-old-kentucky-122/ ''Bluegrass Today'', 30 January 2011]</ref>) is an American bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and record producer, playing mandolin, dobro and banjo. Rothman was a friend and colleague of Grateful Dead bandleader Jerry Garcia, and a member of the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chadbourne |first=Eugene |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sandy-rothman-p120543/biography |title=Sandy Rothman |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2011-10-24}}</ref> He performed with Garcia and David Nelson as the Black Mountain Boys in 1964,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=w3y3PbFPNe4C&dq=%22sandy+rothman%22&pg=PA61 ''Garcia: An American Life'', Blair Jackson (p. 61)]</ref> and has played in 1964 with Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GAbnm5EdCu0C&dq=%22sandy+rothman%22&pg=PA81 ''Bean Blossom: The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals'', Thomas A. Adler (p. 81)]</ref><ref>[http://doodah.net/bgb/chrono.html Bluegrass Boys, Chronological index]</ref> Earl Taylor, Red Allen, Jimmie Skinner, Larry Sparks, the Kentucky Colonels, Country Joe McDonald,<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SBkhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m0cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5077,5119813&dq=sandy-rothman&hl=en "Country Joe' Mcdonald Tries Singing A New Tune", ''Daily News'' (Bowling Green, Kentucky) June 21, 1991]</ref> Kathy Kallick<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sandy-rothman-p120543/credits |title=Sandy Rothman |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2011-10-24}}</ref> and Clarence White, among other musicians.
==Discography== *''Almost Acoustic'' – Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Arista Records (1988) (producer and performer) *''The Old Road to Home'' – Sandy Rothman – Tonebar Records (1993) (producer and performer)<ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hillwilliam/BGdiscography/?v=fullrecord&albumid=5697 ''The Old Road to Home''] at Bluegrass Discography. Retrieved April 30, 2016.</ref> *''Bluegrass Guitar Duets'' – Sandy Rothman and Steve Pottier – Sierra Records (1994)<ref>Lankford, Ronnie D., Jr. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/bluegrass-guitar-duets-mw0000120199 ''Bluegrass Guitar Duets''] at AllMusic. Retrieved April 30, 2016.</ref> *''Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, October 31, 1987'' – Jerry Garcia Band and Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Jerry Made Records (2004) *''Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, New York City, The Best of the Rest, October 15–30, 1987'' – Jerry Garcia Band and Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Jerry Made Records (2004) *''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 (2010) (producer and performer)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306050350/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-52470520101027 "Bluegrass Legend Puts Out Album of Grateful Dead Music"], ''Reuters'', October 27, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/songs-of-the-grateful-dead-feat-jesse-mcreynolds-and-more/Event?oid=2593461 "Songs of the Grateful Dead Featuring Jesse McReynolds & More"], ''Nashville Scene'', August 4, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.jimandjesse.com/resources/TributetoJerryGarciaandRobertHunter.php ''Songs of the Grateful Dead''], JimAndJesse.com. Retrieved April 30, 2016.</ref> *''Ragged but Right'' – Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Jerry Made Records (2010) (recorded in 1987) (producer and performer) *''On Broadway: Act One – October 28th, 1987'' – Jerry Garcia Band and Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – ATO Records (2015) *''Electric on the Eel'' – included on the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band bonus disc ''Acoustic on the Eel'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web |first=Scott |last=Bernstein |date=February 1, 2019 |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/jerry-garcia-band-electric-on-the-eel-box-set |title=Jerry Garcia Band ''Electric on the Eel'' Box Set Due in March |website=JamBase |access-date=September 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Jerry-Garcia-Acoustic-Band-Acoustic-On-The-Eel/release/13376521 |title= Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Acoustic on the Eel |website=Discogs |date= 19 March 2019 |access-date=September 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://deaddisc.com/disc/Acoustic_On_The_Eel.htm |title=Acoustic on the Eel |website=Grateful Dead Family Discography |access-date=September 12, 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}} *[http://woodstockrecords.com/woodstock113.shtml Rothman at Woodstock Records website] *[http://www.thebestofwebsite.com/Bands/Jerry_Garcia/Misc/Jerrys_Banjo_Years.htm "Jerry's Banjo Years", article on Jerry Garcia by Rothman]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rothman, Sandy}} Category:American bluegrass mandolinists Category:Living people Category:Grateful Dead Category:American country banjoists Category:American country singer-songwriters Category:American bluegrass guitarists Category:American male guitarists Category:Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area Category:1946 births Category:20th-century American guitarists Category:Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band members Category:Singer-songwriters from California