Grateful Dead Family Discography: Monroe's Hornpipe

Monroe's Hornpipe

Composer: Bill Monroe

This instrumental was performed by Old & In The Way in 1973. Monroes' Hornpipe was one of the tunes played by Jerry Garcia during a banjo lesson / demonstration on April 14, 1964. It was also performed by Garcia with the Black Mountain Boys in 1964. On the Before The Dead release the track is listed as Monroe's Hornpipe (Jody's Hornpipe).

Monroe's Hornpipe was recorded by Bill Monroe in March 1958 though it had been in his repertoire for some time before that. This recording was not released until its inclusion on the Bluegrass Instrumentals album in 1965. It has been suggested that Monroe's Hornpipe is derived from a tune called Big-Eyed Rabbit.

Jody's Hornpipe appears to be a variation of Monroe's Hornpipe.

Jerry Garcia recordings

Before The Dead, Jerry Garcia, 2018

Other recordings

As Monroe's Hornpipe

Bluegrass Instrumentals, Bill Monroe, 1965
Fiddle Jam Sessions, Various Artists (Byron Berline), 1967
Bluegrass Guitar , Dan Crary, 1970
no info Circle Of Friends, Various Artists (Bluegrass Alliance), 1970
no info Second Annual Willamette Valley Folk Festival, Various Artists, 1972
no info Live At Tamworth, Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, 1973
no info Old Time Tunes Recorded At The 37th Annual Fiddler's Convention At Galax, Virginia, Various Artists (Dempsey Young), 1973
no info National Melodies, Stringband, 1975
Plays Bill Monroe, Kenny Baker, 1977
no info Fiddlin' Time, Roy Russell, 1978
no info Wind In The Mountains, Raintree, 1978
no info United Natural Grass, United Natural Grass, 1978
no info Live, Piper Road Spring Band, 1980
Festival Favorites: Nashville Sessions, Alan Munde, 1982
Under the Wire, Jerry Douglas, 1986
Blake and Rice, Norman Blake and Tony Rice, 1987
Pick Along, Dana Cupp & the Urban Grass, 1987
no info Bluegrass Band, The Short Crick Flatpickers, 1987
Steve Kilby, Steve Kilby, 198?
Mandolin and Other Stuff, Ron Thomason, 198?
Bluegrass 1950-1958, Bill Monroe, 1990
Bluegrass Album Band, Vol. 6: Bluegrass Instrumentals, Bluegrass Album Band, 1996
Just Me, Cody Kilby , 1997
Bluegrass '99, Scott Vestal and Friends, 1999
Days Gone By, Hank Cramer, 1999
My Style, Herschel Sizemore, 2000
Partners In Time, Jeff Midkiff, 2002
Looking Back, Phillips, Grier & Flinner, 2002
58957: The Bluegrass Guitar Collection, Tony Rice, 2003
Live!: The Rhumb Line, Tom Eaton and Pick 3, 2003
no info Partners In Time, Jeff Midkiff, 2003
no info Collection, 1976-1986, Piper Road Spring Band, 2003
Blue Ridge Mountain Mandolin, Various Artists (Wayne Benson), 2003
Holy Mountain Banjo, Edward James Richard, 2004
Double Fiddle Time, Lisa Manning & Derek Deakins, 2004
Bluegrass Motormart, The Prairie Acre, 2005
Acoustic Rising, Mark Johnson/Emory Lester, 2006
Bond Street Sessions, Tara Linhardt, 2006
no info Classics, Bluegrass Etc., 2006
no info Roots & Branches, Danny Knicely, 2007
no info Minor Repairs, Jim Bunch, 2008
no info Bluegrass Guitar Instrumentals, David Elson, 2009
no info Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny, 2013
no info The Chronicles Of Depression, Alex Hibbitts, 2014
no info The Sonoran Dogs, The Sonoran Dogs, 2014

As Jody's Hornpipe

Livin' On The Mountain, Bill Keith & Jim Rooney, 1963
Prestige/Folklore Years, Vol. 6: Comin' from the Ball, Various Artists (Bill Keith/Jim Rooney), 1999