Akira Otsuka ( - )

Male Person - Japan Bluegrass mandolin and lead guitar player

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. First Tear 2012

Recordings by (14)

  1. First Tear 1:21 (2012)
  2. White Orchid 2:01 (2012)
  3. Touch of Time 4:04 (2012)
  4. Daddy Long Legs Dodging Raindrops 5:59 (2012)
  5. Pink Special #3 5:24 (2012)
  6. Bash 4:23 (2012)
  7. Prince George's Mandolin 1:24 (2012)
  8. Node 18 Conversion 2:31 (2012)
  9. Long Black Jacket 3:49 (2012)
  10. Evanston Slide 1:00 (2012)
  11. Line Drive 2:53 (2012)
  12. Blue 2:50 (2012)
  13. Time for New Green 3:39 (2012)
  14. Heartaches 3:51 (2012)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Will the Roses Bloom 2:44 Cliff Waldron (1973) mandolin
  2. Pickin’ on Five 2:39 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1973) mandolin
  3. Daybreak in Dixie 2:08 Cliff Waldron (1973) mandolin
  4. Loving You So Long Now 3:01 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) mandolin
  5. Some Old Day 2:14 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) mandolin
  6. Ride Me Down Easy 2:54 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) mandolin
  7. M Street Rag 2:46 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin
  8. Wayburn's Fiddle 2:34 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin
  9. Before I Met You 2:29 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) mandolin
  10. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) 3:30 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) mandolin
  11. Doing My "Thang" 3:00 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin
  12. Strictly Arnold 2:12 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin
  13. Muddy Mississippi Line 2:14 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) guitar
  14. Doc Harris' Hornpipe 2:26 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin, guitar
  15. Tommy Jarrell 2:01 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin
  16. Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone) 2:36 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) mandolin
  17. Bye Bye Blues 2:23 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin
  18. Patches 3:38 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) mandolin
  19. Boarman's Way 1:57 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin
  20. Ramblin' Man 2:36 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) guitar
  21. Passing Through 2:23 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) mandolin
  22. A Memory of You 2:35 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) mandolin
  23. Ruby's Song 2:13 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin
  24. Panhandle Rag 2:50 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin
  25. Charmaine 2:34 Jimmy Arnold (1974) mandolin
  26. Breakthrough 2:13 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) mandolin
  27. Last Summer 3:34 Jordan Tice (2005) mandolin
  28. Cuckoo's Nest 3:30 Jordan Tice (2005) mandolin
  29. Whatever Makes You Happy 4:35 Jordan Tice (2005) mandolin
  30. Celia's Reel 3:53 Jordan Tice (2005) mandolin
  31. Jean's Reel/The Girls at Martinsfield 4:10 Jordan Tice (2005) mandolin
  32. First Tear 1:21 Akira Otsuka (2012) mandolin
  33. He Was a Friend of Mine 3:09 Dudley Connell & John Cowan (22 Jun 2018) mandolin
  34. Sad and Lonesome Day 2:35 Randy Waller & Lou Reid (22 Jun 2018) mandolin

Vocals

  1. Before I Met You 2:29 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) baritone vocals
  2. Ramblin' Man 2:36 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) baritone vocals
  3. A Memory of You 2:35 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass (1974) baritone vocals

Produced

  1. First Tear 1:21 Akira Otsuka (2012)
  2. If I Were a Carpenter 2:44 Jonathan Edwards (22 Jun 2018)
  3. Sunrise 3:22 Sam Bush & Béla Fleck (22 Jun 2018)
  4. Christmas Time Back Home 3:13 John Duffey Tribute All-Stars (22 Jun 2018)
  5. Cold Wind a Blowin’ 2:16 Ronnie Bowman & Lou Reid (22 Jun 2018)
  6. Going to the Races 2:00 James King (22 Jun 2018)
  7. Girl From the North Country 3:31 Steve Gulley (22 Jun 2018)
  8. Poor Ellen Smith 2:23 Tim O’Brien (22 Jun 2018)
  9. He Was a Friend of Mine 3:09 Dudley Connell & John Cowan (22 Jun 2018)
  10. If That’s the Way You Feel 3:20 Amanda Smith (22 Jun 2018)
  11. Bringing Mary Home 3:49 John Starling (22 Jun 2018)
  12. Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow 2:41 Don Rigsby (22 Jun 2018)
  13. Chim-Chim-Cher-Ee 1:27 Bruce Molsky (22 Jun 2018)

Credited as (2)

  1. Akira Otsuka
  2. Bill Rouse & The Uptown Grass Band feat. Akira Otsuka

Works (1)

Composed

  1. First Tear

Links (3)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.akiraotsuka.com/

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1557907

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000980425