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The brother of
Tony Rice, guitarist
Wyatt Rice played in his brother's bluegrass band before forming his own group in the late '80s. The
Wyatt Rice band has since recorded two albums in two different incarnations. The first version of the group was a sextet featuring violinist
Rickie Simpkins and mandolinist
Ray Legere; they released
New Market Gap in 1989. By the mid-'90s, the group had become a quintet, and this lineup released
Picture in a Tear in 1996. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine