Live Recordings 1956-1969

Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys

Smithsonian Folkways 40063

A collection of live Bill Monroe performances from shows, workshops and jam session recorded between 1956 and 1969. Peter Rowan plays on some of the tracks.

Tracks

• Watermelon Hanging on the Vine (Traditional)
• Roanoke (Ahr)
• Brakeman's Blues (Rodgers)
• Close By (Monroe, VanWinkle)
• Kentucky Waltz (Monroe)
• Blue Grass Stomp (Monroe)
• Blue Moon of Kentucky (Monroe)
• I'm Working on a Building (Carter)
• Angels Rock Me to Sleep (Traditional)
• Wheel Hoss (Monroe)
• Watermelon Hanging on the Vine (Traditional)
• Katy Hill (Traditional)
• True Life Blues (Monroe)
• I Live in the Past (Stauffer)
• Wayfaring Stranger (Traditional)
• Fire on the Mountain (Cody / Eugster)
• Bluegrass Breakdown (Monroe)
• Rawhide (Monroe)
• Y'all Come (Duff)
• Cotton Eyed Joe (Traditional)
• Get Up John (Monroe)
• White House Blues (Monroe, Traditional)
• Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms (Monroe)
• Kansas City Railroad Blues (Traditional)
• Walls of Time (Monroe, Rowan)
• When He Reached Down His Hand for Me (Wright)
• Monroe Family Segment

Musicians include;

• Bill Monroe - guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Peter Rowan - guitar, vocals
• James Monroe - guitar, bass
• Del McCoury - guitar, vocals
• Ed Mayfield - guitar
• Yates Green - guitar, vocals
• Mac Wiseman- guitar, vocals
• Bill Keith - banjo
• Lamar Grier - banjo
• Don Reno - banjo, vocals
• Rudy Lyle - banjo
• Tex Logan - fiddle
• Richard Greene - fiddle
• Kenny Baker - fiddle
• Clarence Tate - fiddle
• Bobby Hicks - fiddle
• Joe Stuart - fiddle
• Birch Monroe - fiddle
• Everett Allen Lilly - bass
• Bessie Lee Mauldin - bass
• Chick Stripling - bass
• Benny Martin - bass

• Executive producer, compilation, annotation - Ralph Rinzler
• Production superviser - Matt Walters, Anthony Seeger
• Editorial/production assistance - Doug Bell
• Editorial advisory group - Pete Kuykendall, David Grisman, Tony Trischka, Mike Seeger, Dudley Connell
• Editorial commentary - Tom Adams, Matt levine
• Archival tape source assistance - Jeff Place, Eugene Earle, Sandy Rothman, Peter Feldmann, Alice Gerrard, Pete Kuykendall, Ed Kahn, David Grisman, Mike Casey, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina
• Original recording - Jeremy Foster, Alice Gerard, Ralph Rinzler, Smithsonian Institution, unknown others
• Editorial assistance - Kate Rinzler, Andrew Shahriari, Michael Schall
• Digital editing - David Glasser, Lea Anne Sonnenstein
• Digital transfers - Steve Greenback
• Mastering - Alan Yoshida
• Cover photo - David Gahr
• Other photos - David Gahr, Phil Zimmerman
• Design - Visual Dialogue