The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1952
• 1
  My Long Journey Home

  The Monroe Brothers
  2:29
• 2
  What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul

  The Monroe Brothers
  3:13
• 3
  Muleskinner Blues
  3:08
• 4
  Cryin’ Holy Unto My Lord
  2:33
• 5
  Back Up and Push
  2:52
• 6
  Goodbye Old Pal
  2:42
• 7
  Heavy Traffic Ahead
  2:51
• 8
  Wicked Path of Sin
  2:41
• 9
  It’s Mighty Dark to Travel
  2:53
• 10
  Bluegrass Breakdown
  2:18
• 11
  Can’t You Hear Me Callin’
  3:17
• 12
  My Little Georgia Rose
  3:08
• 13
  I’m on My Way to the Old Home
  2:26
• 14
  I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome
  2:51
• 15
  Uncle Pen
  2:46
• 16
  Lord Protect My Soul
  2:43
• 17
  Raw Hide
  2:38
• 18
  Brakeman’s Blues
  2:38
• 19
  Sugar Coated Love
  2:25
• 20
  Christmas Time’s a Coming
  2:49
• 21
  The First Whippoorwill
  2:55
• 22
  In the Pines
  3:13
• 23
  Footprints in the Snow
  2:42
• 24
  Walking in Jerusalem
  1:59
• CD 2: The Music of Bill Monroe from 1952 to 1959
• 1
  Memories of Mother and Dad
  2:59
• 2
  The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake
  3:06
• 3
  Y’all Come
  2:18
• 4
  Sitting Alone in the Moonlight
  2:28
• 5
  On and On
  2:48
• 6
  White House Blues
  2:14
• 7
  Happy on My Way
  2:11
• 8
  A Voice From on High
  2:38
• 9
  Close By
  2:32
• 10
  Put My Little Shoes Away
  2:34
• 11
  Wheel Hoss
  2:21
• 12
  Cheyenne
  2:51
• 13
  You’ll Find Her Name Written There
  2:52
• 14
  Roanoke
  2:40
• 15
  Blue Moon of Kentucky
  2:42
• 16
  The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
  2:34
• 17
  Used to Be
  2:08
• 18
  A Good Woman’s Love
  2:23
• 19
  Cry, Cry Darlin’
  2:25
• 20
  I’m Sittin’ on Top of the World
  2:20
• 21
  I’ll Meet You in the Morning
  2:14
• 22
  Scotland
  1:55
• 23
  Molly and Tenbrooks
  2:30
• 24
  John Henry
  1:34
• CD 3: The Music of Bill Monroe from 1958 to 1969
• 1
  Big Mon
  2:16
• 2
  Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day
  2:30
• 3
  Sold Down the River
  2:33
• 4
  Little Joe
  2:59
• 5
  Lonesome Road Blues
  2:32
• 6
  I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky
  2:26
• 7
  Toy Heart
  2:16
• 8
  Nine Pound Hammer
  2:21
• 9
  Big Sandy River
  2:25
• 10
  Darling Corey
  2:02
• 11
  Salt Creek
  2:26
• 12
  Sailor’s Hornpipe
  1:56
• 13
  Roll On Buddy, Roll On
  2:13
• 14
  Bill’s Dream
  2:36
• 15
  Never Again
  2:10
• 16
  Dusty Miller
  2:23
• 17
  Midnight on the Stormy Deep
  3:45
• 18
  Soldier’s Joy
  2:11
• 19
  Blue Night
  2:41
• 20
  Sally Goodin
  3:17
• 21
  Kentucky Mandolin
  3:06
• 22
  Walls of Time
  3:19
• 23
  I Haven’t Seen Mary in Years
  3:06
• 24
  The Dead March
  2:20
• 25
  With Body and Soul
  3:07
• 26
  Walk Softly On My Heart
  2:36
• 27
  Goin’ Up Caney
  2:17
• CD 4: The Music of Bill Monroe from 1970 to 1994
• 1
  Kentucky Waltz
  3:06
• 2
  Get Up John
  2:34
• 3
  Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
  2:37
• 4
  Rocky Road Blues
  2:03
• 5
  Jenny Lynn
  2:16
• 6
  My Old Kentucky and You
  2:14
• 7
  You Won’t Be Satisfied That Way
  2:01
• 8
  Jerusalem Ridge
  3:32
• 9
  Ashland Breakdown
  2:17
• 10
  Come Hither to Go Yonder
  2:54
• 11
  My Last Days on Earth
  4:38
• 12
  My Sweet Blue‐Eyed Darlin’
  2:46
• 13
  Travelin’ This Lonesome Road
  3:33
• 14
  The Old Brown Country Barn
  2:31
• 15
  Stay Away From Me
  2:18
• 16
  The Long Bow
  2:48
• 17
  The Old Cross Roads
  4:08
• 18
  Southern Flavor
  3:18
• 19
  Take Courage Un’ Tomorrow
  2:29
• 20
  Pike County Breakdown
  2:28
• 21
  I’m Working on a Building
  2:35
• 22
  You’re Drifting Away
  2:41
• 23
  Boston Boy
  2:33

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Release credits

• Amos Garren
  double bass [3]
• Arlene Harden
  background vocals [11]
• Art Satherly
  producer [6-11]
• Art Wooten
  fiddle [3, 5]
• Benny Williams
  fiddle [8, 13-15, 21], guitar [11-12], lead vocals [15]
• Bessie Lee Mauldin
  double bass [3.1-15, 2.16-22]
• Bill Keith
  banjo [11-12]
• Bill Monroe
  arranger [2], guitar [3], lead vocals [1.4, 1.6-7, 1.12-15, 1.18, 1.20, 1.23-24, 3.2-8, 3.10, 3.13, 3.15, 3.19, 3.25-26, 2.3, 2.6, 2.9-10, 2.13, 2.17-21, 4.1, 4.4, 4.7, 4.15, 4.21], mandolin [4.1-23, 3.1-27, 1.1-2, 1.4-23, 2.1-24], tenor vocals [1.1-2, 1.8-9, 1.11, 1.13-16, 1.19-22, 1.24, 3.7, 3.13, 3.15, 3.17, 3.22-23, 3.26-27, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 2.7-8, 2.21, 4.6, 4.12-13, 4.17, 4.19, 4.21-22], vocal [1.3, 1.19, 2.15-16, 2.23-24]
• Bill Wesbrooks
  double bass [5], tenor vocals [4]
• Bill Yates
  double bass [26-27], lead vocals [27]
• Billy Rose
  double bass [20-22]
• Birch Monroe
  bass vocals [8]
• Blake Williams
  banjo [12-21], baritone vocals [17, 19, 21]
• Bob Black
  banjo [8-9]
• Bob Fowler
  guitar [7]
• Bobby Hicks
  fiddle [3.1-2, 4.14-16, 4.18-19, 2.11-14, 2.16-17, 2.22]
• Bobby Thompson
  banjo [1-3, 5]
• Boudleaux Bryant
  bass vocals [24]
• Buddy Spicher
  fiddle [3.6-7, 3.14-15, 4.5, 4.12, 4.15-19]
• Butch Robins
  banjo [10]
• Byron Berline
  fiddle [20]
• Carl Butler
  guitar [3-5]
• Carter Stanley
  guitar [19], lead vocals [19]
• Charles Smith
  fiddle [2]
• Charlie Cline
  baritone vocals [1.24, 2.5, 2.7-8], fiddle [2.1-6, 2.9-14, 1.22-23], guitar [17]
• Charlie Monroe
  arranger [2], guitar [1-2], lead vocals [1-2]
• Chubby Wise
  fiddle [6-7, 9-11]
• Cindy Nelson
  background vocals [11]
• Clarence "Tater" Tate
  bass [13], bass vocals [17, 19, 21-22], double bass [13, 15-16, 18, 23], fiddle [17, 20-21]
• Clyde Moody
  bass vocals [4], guitar [4]
• Culley Holt
  bass vocals [21]
• Curley Bradshaw
  guitar [6]
• Curtis McPeake
  banjo [3-8]
• Curtis Young
  background vocals [11]
• Dale Potter
  fiddle [2.18-20, 3.3-5]
• Dale Sellers
  guitar [12]
• Dana Cupp
  banjo [23]
• David Freeman
  producer [8-9]
• Del McCoury
  guitar [13], lead vocals [13]
• Don Stover
  banjo [18-20]
• Earl Scruggs
  banjo [7, 9-10]
• Earl Snead
  banjo [4]
• Edd Mayfield
  guitar [1.20-21, 2.9-10, 2.21-23], lead vocals [1.20-21, 2.21]
• Eli Oberstein
  producer [1-2]
• Emory Gordy
  double bass [19], producer [13-19]
• Ernie Newton
  double bass [2.1-14, 1.22-24]
• Glen Duncan
  fiddle [13-14]
• Gordon Terry
  fiddle [4.1, 4.3, 1.19-21, 2.9-10, 2.17-20], guitar [2]
• Grady Martin
  guitar [3-4]
• Guy Stevenson
  double bass [7]
• Hal Smith
  fiddle [18]
• Harold Bradley
  producer [22]
• Harry Silverstein
  producer [9-27]
• Howard Watts
  baritone vocals [8], double bass [6-10, 19]
• Hubert Davis
  banjo [11-14]
• J.C. "Cleo" Davis
  mandolin [3]
• Jack Cooke
  guitar [2.24, 3.1-2]
• Jack Hicks
  banjo [6-7]
• Jack Thompson
  double bass [11]
• Jackie Phelps
  guitar [2.11-14, 3.15]
• James Bowers
  banjo [20-21]
• James Monroe
  double bass [16-22], guitar [3.23-27, 4.1-6], lead vocals [23, 26]
• Jim Smoak
  banjo [9-10]
• Jimmy Martin
  guitar [1.12-18, 1.22-24, 2.1-8], lead vocals [1.13-16, 1.22, 1.24, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 2.7-8]
• Jimmy Maynard
  guitar [6-8, 14], lead vocals [7]
• Joe Drumright
  banjo [2.22, 3.13]
• Joe Hayes
  fiddle [3.23-24, 3.26, 4.1-3]
• Joe Stuart
  banjo [2.17, 2.24, 3.14-15], baritone vocals [6], double bass [1-5], fiddle [13], guitar [4.6, 4.8-9, 3.9-10, 2.18-20]
• Joe Zinkan
  double bass [23-25]
• Joel Price
  baritone vocals [15], bass vocals [16], double bass [12-18]
• Johnny Montgomery
  double bass [17]
• Kenny Baker
  baritone vocals [21], fiddle [3.9-12, 3.22-27, 2.22, 2.24, 4.1-10, 4.12]
• Lamar Grier
  banjo [16-19]
• Lester Flatt
  guitar [7-10], lead vocals [8-9]
• Lonnie Hoppers
  banjo [9-10]
• Mac Wiseman
  acoustic guitar [13], guitar [1.11, 4.13], lead vocals [1.11, 4.13]
• Mark Hembree
  double bass [10-11, 11]
• Mark J. Coddington
  task [13]
• Merle "Red" Taylor
  fiddle [1.15, 1.17, 2.9-10]
• Michael Feagan
  fiddle [18-19]
• Milton Estes
  bass vocals [7]
• Monroe Fields
  double bass [6], lead vocals [6]
• Norman Blake
  guitar [11]
• Owen Bradley
  producer [2.21, 3.1-8], vibraphone [20]
• Paul Cohen
  producer [2.1-14, 2.17-20, 1.15-16, 1.18-24]
• Pete Pyle
  guitar [5]
• Peter Rowan
  guitar [16-19], lead vocals [17]
• Randy Davis
  double bass [8-9]
• Richard Greene
  fiddle [16-19]
• Ricky Skaggs
  guitar [12, 22], lead vocals [12, 22]
• Robert Bowlin
  fiddle [23]
• Robert Lee Pennington
  banjo [1-2]
• Roland White
  guitar [20-22], lead vocals [22]
• Rual Yarbrough
  banjo [23-27], baritone vocals [26-27]
• Rudy Lyle
  banjo [1.11-15, 1.17-19, 2.3-6], baritone vocals [16]
• Russ Martin
  task [13]
• Shorty Shehan
  double bass [20-21]
• Sonny Osborne
  banjo [2.1-2, 1.22-23]
• Steve Buchanan
  producer [22]
• Steve Tillisch
  task [13]
• Stringbean
  banjo [6]
• The Shelly Kurland Strings
  strings [11]
• Tim Kish
  task [13]
• Tom Ewing
  baritone vocals [22], guitar [17-21, 23], lead vocals [17, 19, 21]
• Tommy Jackson
  fiddle [18-20]
• Tommy Magness
  baritone vocals [4]
• Tommy Williams
  fiddle [3.25, 4.6]
• Vassar Clements
  fiddle [2.17, 3.6-7, 1.12-14]
• Vic Gabany
  producer [23], task [13]
• Vic Jordan
  banjo [20-22]
• Walter Haynes
  producer [1-7, 10-12]
• Wayne Lewis
  acoustic guitar [13], guitar [10, 12-16]
• Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester
  accordion [6]
• [unknown]
  banjo [15-16, 23], double bass [15, 23-24], fiddle [15, 23], guitar [15-16]
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  The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994

  4x CD
  1994