Blue Grass 1950-1958

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Bluegrass Ramble
  2:13
• 2
  New Muleskinner Blues
  2:31
• 3
  My Little Georgia Rose
  3:07
• 4
  Memories of You
  3:00
• 5
  I'm on My Way to the Old Home
  2:26
• 6
  Alabama Waltz
  2:25
• 7
  I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome
  2:51
• 8
  I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning
  2:49
• 9
  Boat of Love
  2:45
• 10
  The Old Fiddler
  2:35
• 11
  Uncle Pen
  2:44
• 12
  When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall
  3:02
• 13
  Lord Protect My Soul
  2:42
• 14
  River of Death
  2:42
• 15
  Letter From My Darling
  3:08
• 16
  On the Old Kentucky Shore
  3:13
• 17
  Rawhide
  2:36
• 18
  Poison Love
  2:37
• 19
  Kentucky Waltz
  3:17
• 20
  Prisoner's Song
  2:41
• 21
  Swing Low Sweet Chariot
  2:43
• 22
  Angels Rock Me to Sleep
  2:40
• 23
  Brakeman's Blues
  2:36
• 24
  Travelin' Blues
  2:53
• 25
  When the Cactus Is in Bloom
  2:03
• CD 2
• 1
  Sailor's Plea
  2:36
• 2
  My Carolina Sunshine Girl
  2:39
• 3
  Ben Dewberry's Final Run
  2:42
• 4
  Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia
  2:18
• 5
  Those Gambler's Blues
  2:35
• 6
  Highway of Sorrow
  2:54
• 7
  Rotation Blues
  2:56
• 8
  Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues
  2:54
• 9
  Sugar Coated Love
  2:24
• 10
  You're Drifting Away
  2:36
• 11
  Cabin of Love
  2:40
• 12
  Get Down on Your Knees and Pray
  3:01
• 13
  Christmas Time's A-Coming
  2:48
• 14
  The First Whipoorwill
  2:54
• 15
  In the Pines
  3:12
• 16
  Footprints in the Snow
  2:41
• 17
  Walking in Jerusalem
  1:59
• 18
  Memories of Mother and Dad
  2:58
• 19
  The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake
  3:04
• 20
  Country Waltz
  2:24
• 21
  Don't Put It Off Til Tomorrow
  2:37
• 22
  My Dying Bed
  2:48
• 23
  A Mighty Pretty Waltz
  2:42
• 24
  Pike County Breakdown
  2:41
• 25
  Wishing Waltz
  2:37
• 26
  I Hope You Have Learned
  2:28
• 27
  Get Up John
  2:09
• CD 3
• 1
  Sitting Alone in the Moonlight
  2:29
• 2
  Plant Some Flowers by My Grave
  2:40
• 3
  Changing Partners
  2:15
• 4
  Y'All Come
  2:17
• 5
  On and On
  2:48
• 6
  I Believed in You Darling
  2:38
• 7
  New John Henry Blues
  2:29
• 8
  White House Blues
  2:13
• 9
  Happy on My Way
  2:11
• 10
  I'm Working on a Building
  2:45
• 11
  A Voice From on High
  2:37
• 12
  He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
  2:38
• 13
  Close By
  2:30
• 14
  My Little Georgia Rose
  2:41
• 15
  Put My Little Shoes Away
  2:33
• 16
  Blue Moon of Kentucky
  2:08
• 17
  Wheel Hoss
  2:20
• 18
  Cheyenne
  2:51
• 19
  You'll Find Her Name Written There
  2:52
• 20
  Roanoke
  2:39
• 21
  Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus
  2:39
• 22
  Let the Light Shine Down on Me
  1:58
• 23
  Used to Be
  2:07
• 24
  Tall Timber
  2:22
• 25
  Brown Country Breakdown
  2:27
• 26
  A Fallen Star
  2:10
• 27
  Four Walls
  2:21
• 28
  A Good Woman's Love
  2:22
• 29
  Cry Cry Darlin'
  2:24
• 30
  I'm Sitting on Top of the World
  2:21
• CD 4
• 1
  Out in the Cold World
  2:36
• 2
  Roane County Prison
  3:11
• 3
  Goodbye Old Pal
  2:07
• 4
  In Despair
  2:18
• 5
  Molly and Tenbrooks
  2:23
• 6
  Come Back to Me in My Dreams
  2:26
• 7
  Sally Jo
  2:40
• 8
  Brand New Shoes
  2:13
• 9
  A Lonesome Road
  2:40
• 10
  I Saw the Light
  2:31
• 11
  Lord, Build Me a Cabin in Glory
  2:04
• 12
  Lord Lead Me On
  2:28
• 13
  Precious Memories
  3:16
• 14
  I'll Meet You in the Morning
  2:13
• 15
  Life's Railway to Heaven
  2:50
• 16
  I've Found a Hiding Place
  3:27
• 17
  Jesus Hold My Hand
  2:26
• 18
  I Am a Pilgrim
  2:34
• 19
  Wayfaring Stranger
  3:07
• 20
  A Beautiful Life
  2:28
• 21
  House of Gold
  2:09
• 22
  Panhandle Country
  2:06
• 23
  Scotland
  1:54
• 24
  Gotta Travel On
  2:35
• 25
  No One but My Darlin'
  2:06
• 26
  Big Mon
  2:17
• 27
  Monroe's Hornpipe
  1:58

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Release credits

• Bessie Lee Mauldin
  double bass [4.1-27, 3.23-30]
• Bill Monroe
  lead vocals [2.1-8, 2.13, 2.16-17, 2.20-21, 2.23, 2.25, 1.2-3, 1.5-8, 1.10-12, 1.19-25, 3.2-4, 3.7-8, 3.13-16, 3.19, 3.21, 3.23, 3.26-30, 4.1-9, 4.14-15, 4.15-16, 4.18-19, 4.21, 4.24-25], mandolin [3.1-10, 3.10-30, 4.1-19, 4.19-27, 1.1-25, 2.1-16, 2.18-27], tenor vocals [4.4, 4.10-15, 4.15-17, 4.19, 4.19-20, 1.4-5, 1.7-9, 1.11-16, 1.18, 2.9-15, 2.17-19, 2.22, 2.26, 3.1, 3.5-6, 3.9-10, 3.10-12, 3.21-22], vocal [1.4, 1.16, 2.9, 2.22]
• Birch Monroe
  bass vocals [8-9]
• Bobby Hicks
  bass vocals [21-22], fiddle [4.22-27, 3.17-21, 3.23-25]
• Boudleaux Bryant
  bass vocals [17]
• Buddy Killen
  double bass [21-22]
• Carter Stanley
  guitar [7-12], lead vocals [9-12]
• Charles K. Wolfe
  liner notes
• Charlie Cline
  baritone vocals [3.5-6, 3.9-10, 3.10-12, 3.21-22, 2.17], fiddle [2.15-16, 2.18-27, 3.1-8, 3.13-21], guitar [23-25]
• Culley Holt
  bass vocals [13-19, 19-20], double bass [15-17, 19]
• Dale Potter
  fiddle [4.1-6, 3.26, 3.28-30]
• Don Stover
  banjo [4.1-6, 3.26-30], lead vocals [4]
• Doug Kershaw
  guitar [7-9]
• Edd Mayfield
  guitar [2.13-14, 4.10-19, 4.19-23, 3.13-16], lead vocals [2.13-14, 4.10-15, 4.15-17, 4.19, 4.19-20], tenor vocals [18]
• Ernie Newton
  double bass [1.19-22, 3.1-10, 3.10-20, 2.1-8, 2.15-27]
• Farris Coursey
  drums (drum set) [1.19-22, 2.1-6]
• Gordon Terry
  bass vocals [4.10-12, 2.10, 2.12], fiddle [3.13-16, 3.23-24, 3.26-30, 2.7-9, 2.11, 2.13-14, 4.1-6]
• Grady Martin
  electric guitar [1.19-22, 2.1-4, 2.6], guitar [2.5, 3.1-4]
• Hal Smith
  fiddle [2.1-6, 1.23-25]
• Harold Bradley
  producer [22-23]
• Howard Watts
  double bass [9-12]
• Hubert Davis
  banjo [17-20]
• Jack Cooke
  guitar [24-27]
• Jack Shook
  guitar [1-6]
• Jackie Phelps
  guitar [17-22], lead vocals [21-22]
• James Bowers
  banjo [13-14]
• Jim Smoak
  banjo [13-15]
• Jimmy Elrod
  banjo [7-9]
• Jimmy Martin
  guitar [3.1-12, 1.1-18, 1.23-25, 2.15-27], lead vocals [2.15, 2.17-19, 2.22, 2.26, 3.1, 3.5-6, 3.9-12, 1.4-5, 1.7-9, 1.11-16, 1.18], tenor vocals [8, 22], vocal [2.22, 1.4, 1.16]
• Jimmy Selph
  guitar [19-22]
• Joe Drumright
  banjo [22-23]
• Joe Stuart
  banjo [23-25], baritone vocals [4], fiddle [4.1-9, 3.26], guitar [26-30]
• Joel Price
  baritone vocals [8-9, 11], bass vocals [13-14], double bass [1-18, 23-25]
• Jörg Siemer
  mastering
• Kenny Baker
  baritone vocals [10-19, 19-20], fiddle [7-9, 22-23]
• Leslie Sandy
  guitar [4.1-6, 3.26]
• Merle "Red" Taylor
  baritone vocals [12], fiddle [1.11-12, 1.15-18, 3.13-16]
• Milton Estes
  bass vocals [9-10, 10, 12]
• Neil Rosenberg
  liner notes
• Owen Bradley
  organ [4.13, 4.15, 4.19, 4.21, 1.19, 1.21-22], piano [1.20, 2.23], producer [10-21, 24-27], vibraphone [13]
• Paul Cohen
  producer [3.1-15, 3.17-30, 2.1-27, 4.1-9, 1.11-14, 1.19-25]
• Richard Weize
  task
• Robert Lee Pennington
  banjo [24-27]
• Rudy Lyle
  banjo [3.1-8, 2.1-9, 2.11, 2.25-27, 1.1-7, 1.10-12, 1.15-18, 1.23-25], baritone vocals [2.10, 2.12, 1.13-14, 1.22]
• Shorty Shehan
  double bass [13-14]
• Sonny Osborne
  banjo [15-16, 18-24]
• Tommy Jackson
  fiddle [3.26-30, 1.19-22]
• Vassar Clements
  fiddle [3.23, 3.25, 1.1-7, 1.10]
• [unknown]
  bass vocals [22]
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Issues

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  Blue Grass 1950-1958

  4x CD
  1989