
Alice Gerrard: “December Daisy”
Clip: 3/13/2025 | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Alice Gerrard and her band perform the upbeat bluegrass instrumental “December Daisy.”
Alice Gerrard performs the upbeat bluegrass instrumental “December Daisy” with Rebecca Branson Jones on banjo, Tatiana Hargreaves on fiddle and Reed Stutz on mandolin.
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Alice Gerrard: “December Daisy”
Clip: 3/13/2025 | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Alice Gerrard performs the upbeat bluegrass instrumental “December Daisy” with Rebecca Branson Jones on banjo, Tatiana Hargreaves on fiddle and Reed Stutz on mandolin.
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