The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers

Compilation by Bill Monroe

Released 1997

Tracklist

  • 1
    Mule Skinner Blues
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:45
  • 2
    No Letter in the Mail
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:42
  • 3
    Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:29
  • 4
    Six White Horses
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    3:02
  • 5
    Dog House Blues
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    3:08
  • 6
    I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:51
  • 7
    Katy Hill
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:39
  • 8
    Tennessee Blues
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:51
  • 9
    Shake My Mother's Hand for Me
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    3:06
  • 10
    Were You There?
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:47
  • 11
    Blue Yodel No. 7
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:53
  • 12
    The Coupon Song
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:56
  • 13
    Orange Blossom Special
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:33
  • 14
    Honky Tonk Swing
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:31
  • 15
    In the Pines
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    3:24
  • 16
    Back Up and Push
    Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
    2:48
  • 17
    The Great Speckled Bird
    Charlie Monroe's Boys
    2:12
  • 18
    No Home, No Place to Pillow My Head
    Charlie Monroe's Boys
    2:07
  • 19
    New River Train
    The Monroe Brothers
    3:40
  • 20
    Once I Had a Darling Mother
    Charlie Monroe's Boys
    3:20
  • 21
    On the Banks of the Ohio
    The Monroe Brothers
    3:31
  • 22
    Weeping Willow Tree
    The Monroe Brothers
    3:17
  • 23
    Just a Song of Old Kentucky
    The Monroe Brothers
    2:21
  • 24
    Don't Forget Me
    The Monroe Brothers
    2:40
  • 25
    I Am Thinking Tonight of the Old Folks
    The Monroe Brothers
    2:29

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Release credits

  • baritone vocals [9-10], fiddle [11-13, 15-16], lead vocals [13]
  • guitar [1, 5], lead vocals [1, 3, 5, 9-11], mandolin [2-4, 6-16, 19, 21-25], tenor vocals [2, 6, 13, 15, 19, 21-25]
  • double bass [1-2, 4-8, 11, 13-14, 16], guitar [12, 15], lead vocals [12, 15], tenor vocals [3, 9-10]
  • guitar [19, 21-25], lead vocals [19, 21-25]
  • bass vocals [3], guitar [2-4, 6-8], lead vocals [2, 4, 6]
  • producer [19, 21-25]
  • bass vocals [9-10], double bass [12, 15], guitar [9-11, 13-14, 16]
  • baritone vocals [3], fiddle [1-2, 4-7]

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