The Music Of Bill Monroe: 1936 to 1994

Bill Monroe

MCA 11048

Jerry Garcia probably contributed to the liner notes of this 4 CD collection of Monroe's music. Peter Rowan and Vassar Clements play on some of the tracks.

Tracks

• My Long Journey Home (Traditional)
• What Would You Give in Exchange for Your... (Berry/Carr)
• Mule Skinner Blues (Rodgers/Vaughn)
• Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord (Traditional)
• Back up and Push (Traditional)
• Goodbye Old Pal (Monroe)
• Heavy Traffic Ahead (Monroe)
• Wicked Path of Sin (Monroe)
• It's Mighty Dark to Travel (Monroe)
• Bluegrass Breakdown (Monroe)
• Can't You Hear Me Calling (Monroe)
• My Little Georgia Rose (Monroe)
• I'm on My Way to the Old Home (Monroe)
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (Smith)
• Uncle Pen (Monroe)
• Lord Protect My Soul (Monroe)
• Rawhide (Monroe)
• Brakeman's Blues (Rodgers)
• Sugar Coated Love (Butler)
• Christmas Time's A-Coming (Logan)
• The First Whippoorwill (Monroe)
• In the Pines (Davis/Monroe)
• Footprints in the Snow (Jones)
• Walking in Jerusalem (Monroe)
• Memories of Mother and Dad (Price)
• The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake (Price)
• Y'all Come (Duff)
• Sitting Alone in the Moonlight (Monroe)
• On and On (Monroe)
• White House Blues (Jones)
• Happy on My Way (Pyle)
• A Voice from on High (Mauldin/Monroe)
• Close By (Monroe/VanWinkle)
• Put My Little Shoes Away (Jones)
• Wheel Hoss (Monroe)
• Cheyenne (Monroe)
• You'll Find Her Name Written There (Hensley)
• Roanoke (Ahr)
• Blue Moon of Kentucky (Monroe)
• The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band (Carlisle/Foree)
• Used to Be (Monroe)
• A Good Woman's Love (Coben)
• Cry, Cry Darling (Newman)
• I'm Sitting on Top of the World (Henderson/Lewis/Young)
• I'll Meet You in the Morning (Brumley)
• Scotland (Monroe)
• Molly and Tenbrooks (Monroe)
• John Henry (Traditional)
• Big Mon (Monroe)
• Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day (Monroe)
• Sold Down the River (Monroe)
• Little Joe (Monroe)
• Lonesome Road Blues (Monroe)
• I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky (Monroe)
• Toy Heart (Monroe)
• Nine Pound Hammer (Traditional)
• Big Sandy River (Baker/Monroe)
• Darling Corey (Traditional)
• Salt Creek (Keith/Monroe)
• Sailor's Hornpipe (Keith/Monroe)
• Roll on Buddy, Roll On (Wilburn/Wilburn)
• Bill's Dream (Monroe)
• Never Again (Williams)
• Dusty Miller (Traditional)
• Midnight on the Stormy Deep (Traditional)
• Soldier's Joy (Traditional)
• Blue Night (McGee)
• Sally Goodin' (Duncan/Wills)
• Kentucky mandolin (Monroe)
• Walls of Time (Monroe)
• I Haven't Seen Mary in Years (Black)
• The Dead March (Monroe)
• With Body and Soul (Stauffer)
• Walk Softly on My Heart (Landers/Monroe)
• Going up Caney (Monroe)
• Kentucky Waltz (Monroe)
• Get up John (Monroe)
• Lonesome Moonlight Waltz (Monroe)
• Rocky Road Blues (Monroe)
• Jenny Lynn (Monroe)
• My Old Kentucky and You (Monroe)
• You Won't Be Satisfied That Way (Davis/Ellis)
• Jerusalem Ridge (Monroe)
• Ashland Breakdown (Monroe)
• Come Hither to Go Yonder (Monroe)
• My Last Days on Earth (Monroe)
• My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' (Monroe)
• Travelin' This Lonesome Road (Monroe)
• The Old Brown County Barn (Monroe)
• Stay Away from Me (Monroe)
• The Long Bow (Monroe)
• The Old Crossroads (Monroe)
• Southern Flavor (Monroe)
• Take Courage Un' Tomorrow
• Pike County Breakdown (Monroe)
• I'm Working on a Building (Traditional)
• You're Drifting Away (Monroe)
• Boston Boy (Traditional)

• Bill Monroe - guitar, mandolin, vocals
• David Akeman (Stringbean) - banjo
• Kenny Baker - fiddle, vocals
• Byron Berline - fiddle
• George Binkley III - violin
• Bobby Black - banjo
• Norman Blake - guitar
• James Ora Bowers - banjo
• Robert Bowlin - fiddle
• Owen Bradley - vibraphone
• Boudleaux Bryant - vocals
• Carl Butler - guitar
• Marvin Chantry - viola
• Roy Christensen - cello
• Vassar Clements - fiddle
• Charlie Cline - fiddle
• Jack Cooke - guitar
• Dana Cupp - banjo
• Cleo Davis - mandolin
• Hubert Davis - banjo
• Randy Davis - bass
• Joe Drumright - banjo
• Glen Duncan - fiddle
• Connie Ellisor - violin
• Milton Estes - vocals
• Tom Ewing - guitar, vocals
• Mike Feagan - fiddle
• Monroe Fields - bass, vocals
• Lester Flatt - guitar, vocals
• Wilene Forrester - accordion
• Bob Fowler - guitar
• Amos Garen - bass
• Carl Gorodetzky - violin
• Richard Greene - fiddle
• Lamar Grier - banjo
• Arlene Hardin - vocals
• Bobby Hardin - vocals
• Joe Hayes - fiddle
• Mark Hembree - bass
• Bobby Hicks - fiddle
• Culley Holt - vocals
• Lonnie Hoppers - banjo
• Tommy Jackson - fiddle
• Vic Jordan - banjo
• Bill Keith - banjo
• Sheldon Kurland - violin
• Wayne Lewis - guitar
• Rudy Lyle - banjo
• Tommy Magness - vocals
• Grady Martin - guitar
• Jimmy Martin - guitar, vocals
• Bessie Lee Mauldin - bass
• Edd Mayfield - guitar, vocals
• Jimmy Maynard - guitar, vocals
• Del McCoury - guitar, vocals
• Curtis McPeake - banjo
• Dennis Molchan - violin
• Birch Monroe - vocals
• Charlie Monroe - guitar, vocals
• Johnny Montgomery - bass
• Clyde Moody - bass, guitar, vocals
• Cindy Nelson - vocals
• Ernie Newton - bass
• Sonny Osborne - banjo
• Barbara Pennington - banjo
• Jackie Phelps - guitar
• Dale Potter - fiddle
• Joel Price - bass
• Joseph Robins - banjo
• Billy Rose - bass
• Peter Rowan - guitar, vocals
• Earl Scruggs - banjo, vocals
• Dale Sellers - guitar
• Shorty Sheehan - bass
• Ricky Skaggs - guitar, vocals
• James Smith - fiddle
• Charlie Smith - fiddle
• Hal Smith - fiddle
• Jim Smoak - banjo
• Earl Snead - banjo
• Norman Spicher - fiddle
• Carter Stanley - guitar, vocals
• Guy Stevenson - bass
• Don Stover - banjo
• Joe Stuart - banjo, guitar
• Clarence Tate - bass
• Red Taylor - fiddle
• Gordon Terry - fiddle
• Bobby Thompson - banjo
• Johnny Thompson - bass
• Howard Watts - bass
• Bill Wesbrooks - bass, vocals
• Roland White - guitar
• Mac Wiseman - guitar, vocals
• Benny Williams - fiddle
• Blake Williams - banjo
• Tommy Williams - fiddle
• Tex Willis - guitar
• Chubby Wise - fiddle
• Art Wooten - fiddle
• Rual Yarbrough - banjo
• Robert Yates - bass
• Curtis Young - vocals
• Joe Zinkan - bass

• Producers - Walter Haynes, Harold Bradley, Steve Buchanan, Emory Gordy, Frank Walker, Harry Silverstein, Eli Oberstein, Art Satherly, Bill Monroe
• Compilation - John W. Rumble
• Remixing - Glenn Rieuf, Alan Stoker
• Digital Restoration - Glenn Meadows
• Audio Restoration Engineer - Alan Stoker
• Photography - Jim McGuire
• Design - W.R. Tyler
• Liner Notes - John W. Rumble