The Essential Guide to Bluegrass
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 2007
Tracklist
- CD 1: CD 1 - Classic Songs
- 1Orange Blossom SpecialRouse Brothers
- 2Blue Moon of KentuckyThe Osborne Brothers
- 3Man of Constant SorrowThe Stanley Brothers
- 4Foggy Mountain BreakdownLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
- 5Y'all ComeBill Monroe
- 6Feudin' BanjosDon Reno, Arthur Smith
- 7Cotton Eyed JoeFiddlin’ John Carson
- 8Footprints in the SnowCliff Carlisle
- 9Earl's BreakdownLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
- 10Sally GoodinErnest Stoneman
- 11Uncle PennBill Monroe
- 12Molly & TenbrooksThe Stanley Brothers
- 13Are You From Dixie?The Blue Sky Boys
- 14Poor Ellen SmithMolly O’Day
- 15Muleskinner BluesBill Monroe
- 16Don't Get Above Your Raisin'Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
- 17Roll in My Sweet Baby's ArmsBill Monroe, Charlie Monroe
- 18Will the Circle Be Unbroken?Bill Monroe, Charlie Monroe
- CD 2: CD 2 - Legends
- 1Bluegrass BreakdownBill Monroe
- 2The Great Speckled BirdCharlie Monroe
- 3Dim Lights, Thick SmokeLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
- 4The Little Glass of WineThe Stanley Brothers
- 5I'm Gone, Long GoneReno and Smiley
- 6RubyThe Osborne Brothers
- 7Going Back to the Blue Ridge MountainsThe Delmore Brothers
- 8Heart's Hall of FameBailey Brothers
- 9Air Mail SpecialJim and Jesse
- 10Save It, Save ItJimmy Martin
- 11Foggy Mountain SpecialLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
- 12Nobody's Love Is Like MineThe Stanley Brothers
- 13When the Train Comes AlongUncle Dave Macon
- 14In the Hills of Roane CountyThe Blue Sky Boys
- 15Hawkins RagGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers
- 16Hop Light LadiesErnest Stoneman
- 17Doin’ My TimeJimmie Skinner
- 18Going Back to Old KentuckyBill Monroe
- CD 3: CD 3 - Contemporary Bluegrass
- 1So Long, So WrongAlison Krauss & Union Station
- 2Think About You EverydayDan Tyminski
- 3Down Home Summertime BluesNorman Blake
- 4Lost and I'll Never Find the WayRicky Skaggs
- 5Ridin' the Red LineRhonda Vincent & The Rage
- 6Leavin's Heavy on My MindThe Grascals
- 7Love LightClaire Lynch
- 8Black Mountain RagDoc & Merle Watson
- 9Love Me or Leave Me AloneHazel Dickens, Carol Elizabeth Jones, Ginny Hawker
- 10Shape of a TearLynn Morris Band
- 11Duncan 1 Brady (He's Been on the Job Too Long)The Johnson Mountain Boys
- 12Thirty Years of FarmingJames King
- 13I'll Stay AroundAlecia Nugent
- 14Carolina StarTony Rice
- 15North Carolina BreakdownMichael Cleveland
- 16Lost at SeaBradley Walker
- 17Wild Fiddler's RagMark O’Connor
- 18Don't Stop the MusicDel McCoury
Release credits
- guitar [7], vocal [7]
- producer [1.3, 2.1]
- fiddle [12]
- mandolin [9]
- mandolin [13], vocal [13]
- guitar [15], lead vocals [5, 15], mandolin [1.5, 1.17-18, 2.1], tenor vocals [17-18], vocal [17]
- double bass [15]
- double bass [9]
- baritone vocals [9], vocal [9]
- guitar [3, 12]
- fiddle [5]
- guitar [17-18], lead vocals [17-18], vocal [17]
- fiddle [1]
- producer [13]
- lead vocals [12], mandolin [3, 12]
- producer [3]
- guitar [9]
- guitar [13], vocal [13]
- banjo [1]
- producer [17-18]
- double bass [3, 5]
- producer [13]
- tenor vocals [9]
- guitar [5]
- lead vocals [9]
- double bass [1]
- mandolin [9], vocal [9]
- assistant [9]
- guitar [9], vocal [9]
- guitar [5]
- producer [9]
- banjo [13], vocal [13]
- fiddle [3]
- guitar [1]
- guitar [9]
- bass [9], double bass [9]
- banjo [9]
- producer [5]
- tenor guitar [7], vocal [7]
- banjo [3, 12], lead vocals [3]
- banjo [9], fiddle [9]
- engineer [9]
- banjo [5]
- guitar [13]
- fiddle [9]
- fiddle [15]
- banjo [13], vocal [13]
- harmonica [7]
- double bass [7], guitar [7]
Issues
- T2007