The Father of Bluegrass: The Essential Recordings
Compilation by Bill Monroe
Released 2014
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Will the Circle Be Unbroken2:24
- 2What Would You Give in Exchange For Your Soul?3:10
- 3Mule Skinner Blues2:45
- 4Katy Hill2:39
- 5Blue Yodel No.72:53
- 6In the Pines3:23
- 7Orange Blossom Special2:33
- 8Heavy Traffic Ahead2:52
- 9True Life Blues2:50
- 10Rocky Road Blues2:36
- 11Blue Grass Special2:30
- 12Summertime Is Past and Gone2:57
- 13Blue Moon of Kentucky3:05
- 14Toy Heart2:46
- 15Wicked Path of Sin2:40
- 16Bluegrass Breakdown2:17
- 17Blue Yodel No.43:05
- 18My Rose of Old Kentucky2:57
- 19Molly and Tenbrooks2:45
- 20Little Cabin Home on the Hill3:00
- CD 2
- 1I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky2:58
- 2It's Mighty Dark to Travel2:53
- 3Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong2:48
- 4Girl in the Blue Velvet Band3:16
- 5Can't You Hear Me Callin'3:18
- 6My Little Georgia Rose3:07
- 7Uncle Penn2:44
- 8New Mule Skinner Blues2:30
- 9I'm on My Way to the Old Home2:26
- 10Rawhide2:37
- 11Kentucky Waltz3:18
- 12Memories of Mother and Dad2:58
- 13Footprints in the Snow2:41
- 14Walking in Jerusalem2:00
- 15Get Up John2:12
- 16On and On2:48
- 17Roanoke2:40
- 18I'm Sittin' on Top of the World2:19
- 19Wayfaring Stranger3:07
- 20I Am a Pilgrim2:34
More by Bill Monroe
Release credits
- producer [1.8-9, 1.11-14, 1.16-19, 2.2-5]
- fiddle [5-7], lead vocals [7]
- double bass [18, 20]
- arranger [2], guitar [3], lead vocals [1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 1.10, 1.13, 1.17-19, 2.4, 2.6-9, 2.11, 2.14, 2.18, 2.20], mandolin [1.1-2, 1.4-14, 1.16-19, 2.2-12, 2.15-18, 2.20], tenor vocals [1.1-2, 1.6-7, 1.9, 1.12, 1.14, 2.2-3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.9, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16]
- double bass [3-5, 7], guitar [6], lead vocals [6]
- fiddle [17]
- bass vocals [14]
- baritone vocals [14, 16], fiddle [12, 15-17]
- arranger [2], guitar [1-2], lead vocals [1-2]
- fiddle [1.8-14, 1.16-19, 2.2-5]
- guitar [4]
- bass vocals [20]
- fiddle [18]
- banjo [18]
- banjo [1.8, 1.12-14, 1.16-19, 2.2-3]
- guitar [20], tenor vocals [20]
- producer [1-2]
- double bass [11-12, 14-17]
- drums (drum set) [11]
- fiddle [18]
- electric guitar [11]
- baritone vocals [12], double bass [1.8-14, 1.16-19, 2.2-3]
- banjo [17]
- double bass [4-5]
- guitar [17]
- guitar [6-10, 12, 14-16], lead vocals [7, 9, 12, 14, 16]
- guitar [11]
- guitar [18]
- baritone vocals [7], double bass [6-10]
- baritone vocals [20]
- guitar [1.8, 1.12-14, 1.16-19, 2.2-3], lead vocals [1.12, 1.14, 2.2-3]
- guitar [4-5], lead vocals [5]
- fiddle [7, 10]
- organ [11], producer [20]
- producer [7, 11-12, 14-18]
- double bass [6], guitar [5, 7]
- banjo [4-10, 15-16]
- banjo [12]
- banjo [9-11]
- guitar [9-11], lead vocals [9]
- fiddle [11, 18]
- fiddle [3-4]
- fiddle [6, 8-9]
- accordion [9-11]
Issues
T2014