Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

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Blue Moon of Kentucky 03:02 Tools
In the Pines 00:00 Tools
Footprints In The Snow 02:39 Tools
Orange Blossom Special 02:34 Tools
Uncle Pen 02:54 Tools
Kentucky Waltz 00:00 Tools
I Saw the Light 00:00 Tools
Mule Skinner Blues 00:00 Tools
Rocky Road Blues 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Old Pal 00:00 Tools
It's Mighty Dark to Travel 00:00 Tools
Blue Grass Breakdown 02:02 Tools
New Mule Skinner Blues 00:00 Tools
Heavy Traffic Ahead 00:00 Tools
Blue Grass Special 02:28 Tools
Bluegrass Breakdown 00:00 Tools
Toy Heart 00:00 Tools
I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky 00:00 Tools
Molly And Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song) 00:00 Tools
Blue Grass Ramble 00:00 Tools
When He Reached Down His Hand for Me 00:00 Tools
I'm Working on a Building 00:00 Tools
Blue Grass Stomp 02:16 Tools
Katy Hill 00:00 Tools
True Life Blues 00:00 Tools
Little Cabin Home on the Hill 03:09 Tools
Gotta Travel On 00:00 Tools
Mother's Only Sleeping 00:00 Tools
Wicked Path Of Sin 00:00 Tools
Get Up John 00:00 Tools
Blue Yodel No. 4 00:00 Tools
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome 00:00 Tools
Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord 00:00 Tools
Wayfaring Stranger 00:00 Tools
Dog House Blues 00:00 Tools
Raw Hide 00:00 Tools
Can't You Hear Me Callin' 00:00 Tools
I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling 00:00 Tools
Little Community Church 00:00 Tools
My Rose Of Old Kentucky 00:00 Tools
Y'all Come 00:00 Tools
When You Are Lonely 00:00 Tools
My Little Georgia Rose 00:00 Tools
Molly And Tenbrooks 00:00 Tools
Shady Grove 03:10 Tools
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) 00:00 Tools
Summertime Is Past And Gone 00:00 Tools
Six White Horses 00:00 Tools
Why Did You Wander 00:00 Tools
Come Back to Me in My Dreams 00:00 Tools
Live And Let Live 00:00 Tools
Nobody Loves Me 00:00 Tools
Roanoke 00:00 Tools
Shine Hallelujah Shine 00:00 Tools
Mansions For Me 00:00 Tools
When The Cactus Is In Bloom 00:00 Tools
The Old Cross Road 00:00 Tools
Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong 00:00 Tools
Cotton Eyed Joe 02:32 Tools
Panhandle Country 00:00 Tools
Cotton-Eyed Joe 00:00 Tools
Molly & Tenbrooks - 1957 Single Version 02:24 Tools
Scotland 00:00 Tools
Get Down On Your Knees and Pray 00:00 Tools
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 00:00 Tools
Walls Of Time 00:00 Tools
That Home Above 00:00 Tools
On and On 00:00 Tools
Shining Path 00:00 Tools
Travelin' This Lonesome Road 00:00 Tools
Remember The Cross 00:00 Tools
Blue Yodel No. 7 00:00 Tools
Goodye Old Pal 00:00 Tools
Tennessee Blues 00:00 Tools
Honky Tonk Swing 00:00 Tools
I'm On My Way To The Old Home 00:00 Tools
Along About Daybreak 00:00 Tools
Muleskinner Blues 00:00 Tools
Alabama Waltz 00:00 Tools
Fire On the Mountain 00:00 Tools
This World Is Not My Home 00:00 Tools
How Will I Explain About You? 00:00 Tools
Molly & Tenbrooks 00:00 Tools
The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band 00:00 Tools
Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord 00:00 Tools
Brakeman's Blues 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time's A-Coming 00:00 Tools
Watermelon Hanging On The Vine 00:00 Tools
Close By 00:00 Tools
I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning 02:50 Tools
I'm Traveling On and On 00:00 Tools
Back Up And Push 00:00 Tools
White House Blues 00:00 Tools
Angels Rock Me to Sleep 00:00 Tools
Nine Pound Hammer 00:00 Tools
Southern Flavor 00:00 Tools
No Letter in the Mail 00:00 Tools
Wheel Hoss 00:00 Tools
Drifting Too Far From The Shore 00:00 Tools
I'm Sitting On Top of the World 00:00 Tools
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms 00:00 Tools
My Last Days On Earth 00:00 Tools
Molly And Tenbrooks (The Racehorse Song) 00:00 Tools
Uncle Penn 00:00 Tools
Memories Of You 00:00 Tools
Can't You Hear Me Calling 00:00 Tools
Midnight On the Stormy Deep 00:00 Tools
Shake My Mother's Hand for Me 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Brown the Newsboy 00:00 Tools
You're Drifting Away 00:00 Tools
I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do 00:00 Tools
Highway of Sorrow 00:00 Tools
Scotland - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
I'm Working On a Building (1954 Version) 00:00 Tools
I'm Working On A Building - 1954 Version 00:00 Tools
Boat Of Love 00:00 Tools
Somebody Touched Me 00:00 Tools
The Old Fiddler 00:00 Tools
Uncle Pen (1950 Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Big Mon 00:00 Tools
Grey Eagle 00:00 Tools
I Live In The Past 00:00 Tools
The Brakeman's Blues 00:00 Tools
Walkin' The Dog 00:00 Tools
Bluegrass Stomp 00:00 Tools
The Coupon Song 00:00 Tools
Harbor Of Love 00:00 Tools
Shenandoah Breakdown 00:00 Tools
Linda Lou 00:00 Tools
Walking in Jerusalem 00:00 Tools
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 00:00 Tools
When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall 00:00 Tools
River Of Death 00:00 Tools
My Long Journey Home 00:00 Tools
The Walls Of Time 00:00 Tools
Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong 00:00 Tools
Just A Little Talk With Jesus 00:00 Tools
Lord Protect My Soul 00:00 Tools
Were You There? 00:00 Tools
Can't This Lonesome Road 00:00 Tools
Roll on Buddy, Roll On 00:00 Tools
Out In The Cold World 00:00 Tools
Time Changes Everything 00:00 Tools
Roane County Prison 00:00 Tools
Old Joe Clark 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Road Blues 00:00 Tools
Pike County Breakdown 00:00 Tools
Walk Softly On My Heart 00:00 Tools
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 00:00 Tools
Brand New Shoes 00:00 Tools
The Long Black Veil 00:00 Tools
Lord, Build Me A Cabin In Glory 00:00 Tools
Rawhide 00:00 Tools
Prison Song 00:00 Tools
Just Over In Glory Land 00:00 Tools
I'm Sitting On Top Of The World - Single Version 00:00 Tools
A Good Woman's Love 00:00 Tools
He'll Take You In 00:00 Tools
Tennessee Blues - Live 00:00 Tools
Dusty Miller 00:00 Tools
Blue Moon of Kentucky (1954 Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Will You Be Loving Another Man 00:00 Tools
Letter From My Darling 00:00 Tools
Travelin' Blues 00:00 Tools
Fire On the Mountain (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Prisoner's Song 02:42 Tools
Poison Love 00:00 Tools
Devil's Dream 00:00 Tools
Baptize Me In The Cumberland River 00:00 Tools
Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine 00:00 Tools
John Henry 00:00 Tools
My Last Days On Earth - Single Version 00:00 Tools
On The Old Kentucky Shore 00:00 Tools
Cripple Creek 00:00 Tools
Roanoke - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 00:00 Tools
Are You Lost In Sin? 00:00 Tools
Cheyenne 00:00 Tools
Kansas City Railroad Blues 00:00 Tools
Columbus Stockade Blues 00:00 Tools
Cry Cry Darlin' 00:00 Tools
Kentucky Mandolin 00:00 Tools
Sally Goodin 00:00 Tools
Blue Moon Of Kentucky [Live] 00:00 Tools
Toy Heart - Single Version (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Rocky Road Blues (78rpm Version) 00:00 Tools
A Voice from On High 01:36 Tools
Goodbye Old Pal - 1957 Version 00:00 Tools
Little Cabin on the Hill 00:00 Tools
Molly & Tenbrooks (1957 Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Memories Of Mother And Dad 00:00 Tools
Roll On Buddy, Roll On - Album Version (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Danny Boy 00:00 Tools
Devil's Dream - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Good-Bye Old Pal 00:00 Tools
Let Me Rest At The End Of My Journey 00:00 Tools
I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky - 1961 Album Version (Mono) 00:00 Tools
A Lonesome Road To Travel 00:00 Tools
With Body And Soul 00:00 Tools
Going Home 00:00 Tools
A Beautiful Life 00:00 Tools
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire 00:00 Tools
What Is Home Without Love 00:00 Tools
Sittin' Alone In The Moonlight 00:00 Tools
Shenendoah Breakdown 00:00 Tools
Farther Along 00:00 Tools
Raw Hide - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Cabin Of Love 00:00 Tools
On Some Foggy Mountain Top 00:00 Tools
Blue Yodel #4 00:00 Tools
(We're Going) Just Over in the Glory Land 00:00 Tools
Scotland (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Brown The Newsboy - Single Version 00:00 Tools
Appalachian Stomp 00:00 Tools
On the Banks of the Ohio 00:00 Tools
Will The Circle Be Unbroken 00:00 Tools
Precious Memories 00:00 Tools
My Little Georgia Rose - 1950 Single Version 00:00 Tools
Little Joe 00:00 Tools
Rotation Blues 00:00 Tools
Walking In Jerusalem - Single Version 00:00 Tools
We'll Understand it Better 00:00 Tools
Roll On Buddy Roll On 00:00 Tools
Sugar Coated Love 00:00 Tools
Kate Cline 00:00 Tools
Dark Hollow 00:00 Tools
What Would You Give In Exchange 00:00 Tools
I Am Thinking Tonight Of The Old Folks 00:00 Tools
On And On - Single Version 00:00 Tools
I Found The Way 00:00 Tools
The Orange Blossom Special 00:00 Tools
Uncle Pen - Live (1973/Bean Blossom, Indiana) 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues 00:00 Tools
Put My Little Shoes Away 00:00 Tools
Sitting Alone In The Moonlight 00:00 Tools
Midnight On The Stormy Deep - Album Version (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Sailor's Plea 00:00 Tools
It's Mighty Dark For Me To Travel 00:00 Tools
Master Builder 00:00 Tools
Happy On My Way 00:00 Tools
Little Red Shoes 00:00 Tools
One of God's Sheep 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Road Blues - Album Version (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Six Months Ain't Long 00:00 Tools
New River Train 00:00 Tools
Used to Be 00:00 Tools
Darling Corey 00:00 Tools
Old Joe Clark - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Country Waltz 00:00 Tools
All The Good Times Are Passed And Gone 00:00 Tools
Sally Joe 00:00 Tools
Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You 00:00 Tools
God Holds the Future in His Hands 00:00 Tools
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord 00:00 Tools
In My Dear Old Southern Home 00:00 Tools
The Gloryland Way 00:00 Tools
Get Down On Your Knees And Pray - Single Version 00:00 Tools
Am I Ready To Go 00:00 Tools
bill monroe and bluegrass boys-uncle pin 00:00 Tools
Way Down Deep In My Soul 00:00 Tools
Salt Creek 00:00 Tools
The Saints Go Marching in 00:00 Tools
Weeping Willow Tree 00:00 Tools
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome - Single Version 00:00 Tools
Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake 00:00 Tools
The First Whipoorwill 00:00 Tools
Ashland Breakdown 00:00 Tools
The Old Cross Road (Is Waiting) (78rpm Version) 00:00 Tools
You've Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley 00:00 Tools
I Have Found The Way 00:00 Tools
One Dime Blues 00:00 Tools
New John Henry Blues 00:00 Tools
I Am Going That Way 00:00 Tools
On The Jericho Road 00:00 Tools
In Despair 00:00 Tools
Get Up John - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
I Hope You Have Learned 00:00 Tools
Little Maggie 00:00 Tools
In the Pines (1952 Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Can't You Hear Me Calling? 00:00 Tools
Footprints In The Snow (1952 Single Version) 00:00 Tools
The Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake 00:00 Tools
Don't Forget Me 00:00 Tools
Just A Song Of Old Kentucky 00:00 Tools
Big Sandy River 00:00 Tools
Changing Partners 00:00 Tools
Some Glad Day 00:00 Tools
A Mighty Pretty Waltz 00:00 Tools
Sally Jo 00:00 Tools
My Savior's Train 00:00 Tools
Long Black Veil 00:00 Tools
I'm Going 00:00 Tools
What Would The Profit Be 00:00 Tools
I'm Sitting On Top of the World (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
You'll Find Her Name Written There 00:00 Tools
New Muleskinner Blues 01:36 Tools
John Hardy 00:00 Tools
Do You Call That Religion? 00:00 Tools
Brown County Breakdown 00:00 Tools
Bluegrass Breakdown (Live) 00:00 Tools
Jimmie Brown, The Newsboy - Single Version 00:00 Tools
Old Joe Clark (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Walking in Jerusalem Just Like John 00:00 Tools
We Read Of A Place That's Called Heaven 00:00 Tools
Bugle Call Rag 00:00 Tools
Let the Light Shine Down on Me 00:00 Tools
How Will I Explain About You 00:00 Tools
Bluegrass Special 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
Let Us Be Lovers Again 00:00 Tools
I'll Live On 00:00 Tools
Shine Hallelujah 00:00 Tools
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Remastered 00:00 Tools
I Haven't Seen Mary In Years 00:00 Tools
Texas Gallop 00:00 Tools
I Believed In You Darling 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Maggie 00:00 Tools
Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus 00:00 Tools
Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 00:00 Tools
Pearly Gates 00:00 Tools
Intro / Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 00:00 Tools
Rollin' On 00:00 Tools
Blue Moon Of Kentucky - (Beyond Nashville) - Bill Monroe 00:00 Tools
Sinner You Better Get Ready 00:00 Tools
Raw Hide (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
With Body And Soul - 1969 Single Version (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Cotton Eyed Joe (Live) 00:00 Tools
Have a Feast Here Tonight 00:00 Tools
My Last Moving Day 00:00 Tools
Wishing Waltz 00:00 Tools
No One But My Darlin' 00:00 Tools
I Saw the Light (Live) 00:00 Tools
Scotland [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Sally Goodin - Album Version (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Blue Moon Kentucky 00:00 Tools
Jerusalem Ridge 00:00 Tools
Stone Coal 00:00 Tools
The Old Man's Story 00:00 Tools
Roanoke [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Life's Railway To Heaven 00:00 Tools
I Am A Pilgrim 00:00 Tools
California Blues [Blue Yodel No. 4] 00:00 Tools
Big Ball In Brooklyn 00:00 Tools
Sugar Loaf Mountain 00:00 Tools
When Our Lord Shall Come Again 00:00 Tools
Molly & Tenbrooks [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
On My Way To Glory 00:00 Tools
A Lonesome Road (To Travel) 00:00 Tools
Sally Goodin' 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time's a Coming 00:00 Tools
In The Pines [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
blue ridge mountain blues 00:00 Tools
John Browns Dream 00:00 Tools
Life's Highway 00:00 Tools
Band Intros 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Old Pal (1957 Version) 00:00 Tools
Roanoke (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
What A Wonderful Life 00:00 Tools
Give Me Wings 00:00 Tools
Monroe Family Segment 00:00 Tools
Intro / You Won't Be Satisfied That Way - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 00:00 Tools
Fiddler Roll Call / Down Yonder - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 00:00 Tools
Louisville Breakdown 00:00 Tools
The Old Cross Road (Is Waiting) - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
Is The Blue Moon Still Shining 00:00 Tools
Where Is My Sailor Boy? 00:00 Tools
Texas Lone Star 00:00 Tools
Crossing The Cumberlands 00:00 Tools
Take Courage Un' Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
Going Up Caney 00:00 Tools
Monroe Family Segment: Paddy on the Turnpike / How Old are You Pretty Little Miss? / He Will Set Your Fields on Fire / Durang's Hornpipe / I 00:00 Tools
Tallahassee 00:00 Tools
Soldier's Joy 00:00 Tools
Love's Gonna Live Here 00:00 Tools
Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy 00:00 Tools
On My Way Back Home 00:00 Tools
I'll Meet You In The Morning 00:00 Tools
On & On 00:00 Tools
A Fallen Star 00:00 Tools
Love, Please Come Home 00:00 Tools
Mary Jane Won't You Be Mine 00:00 Tools
Four Walls 00:00 Tools
Were You There 00:00 Tools
The Wagoner's Lad 00:00 Tools
Just Over In Gloryland 00:00 Tools
Cotton Fields 00:00 Tools
Thank God For Kentucky 00:00 Tools
White Rose 00:00 Tools
Lord Lead Me On 00:00 Tools
Uncle Pen [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
Blue Night 00:00 Tools
Blue Yodel #7 (Anniversary Blue Yodel) 00:00 Tools
Poor Ellen Smith 00:00 Tools
Bluegrass Ramble 00:00 Tools
The Forgotton Soldier Boy 00:00 Tools
Jesus Hold My Hand 00:00 Tools
Can't You Hear Me Calling - Remastered 00:00 Tools
I've Found A Hiding Place 00:00 Tools
Fire On The Mountain - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Foggy Mountain Breakdown 00:00 Tools
Honky Tonky Swing 00:00 Tools
Old Old House 00:00 Tools
The First Whippoorwill 00:00 Tools
Lord Build Me A Cabin In Glory 00:00 Tools
Orange Blossom Special - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 00:00 Tools
House Of Gold 00:00 Tools
Dear Old Dixie 00:00 Tools
Show Me The Way 00:00 Tools
Oh, Hide You in the Blood 00:00 Tools
Bluegrass Breakdown - Remastered 00:00 Tools
My Little Georgia Rose (1950 Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Put My Rubber Doll Away 00:00 Tools
I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky (1961 Album Version (Mono)) 00:00 Tools
Journey's End 00:00 Tools
Clinging To A Saving Hand 00:00 Tools
Dreaming Of A Little Cabin 00:00 Tools
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 00:00 Tools
Cry, Cry Darling 00:00 Tools
Blue Moon of Kentucky (Live) 00:00 Tools
Rocky Road Blues - 78rpm Version 00:00 Tools
Crying Holy Unto The Lord 00:00 Tools
I've Still Got Ninety-Nine 00:00 Tools
Blue Grass Twist 00:00 Tools
Molly And Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song) [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Watermelon Hangin' On That Vine 00:00 Tools
Rocky Top 00:00 Tools
Intro / Roll On Buddy - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 00:00 Tools
Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy 00:00 Tools
Big River 00:00 Tools
Just Over In The Gloryland 00:00 Tools
Seven Year Blues 00:00 Tools
Sold Down the River 00:00 Tools
pretty fair maiden in the garden 00:00 Tools
Log Cabin In The Lane 00:00 Tools
Reason Why 00:00 Tools
Plant Some Flowers By My Grave 00:00 Tools
Footprints in the Snow - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Soldier's Joy - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 00:00 Tools
Orange Blossom Special (1940) 00:00 Tools
On My Way Back To The Old Home 00:00 Tools
Watson Blues 00:00 Tools
Old Nine Pound Hammer 00:00 Tools
Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Kentucky Waltz - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Sunny Side of the Mountain 00:00 Tools
Columbas Stockade Blues 00:00 Tools
Heavy Traffic Ahead - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Grey Eagle - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 00:00 Tools
I Want To Go With You 00:00 Tools
What Would You Give In Exchange? 00:00 Tools
What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
You Live in a World All Your Own 00:00 Tools
The Long Bow 00:00 Tools
Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Original 00:00 Tools
Cry, Cry Darlin' 00:00 Tools
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again 00:00 Tools
Molly and Tenbrooks - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Stoney Lonesome 00:00 Tools
Tall Timber 00:00 Tools
Stay Away From Me 00:00 Tools
Get Up John (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
The Gold Rush 00:00 Tools
Last Ole Dollar 00:00 Tools
Pike Country Breakdown 00:00 Tools
I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home 00:00 Tools
When You Are Lonely - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Roll On Buddy 00:00 Tools
The Old Crossroads 00:00 Tools
Nobody Loves Me [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Can't You Hear Me Callin'? 00:00 Tools
Summertime Is Past and Gone - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Flowers of Love 00:00 Tools
Oh Hide You In The Blood 00:00 Tools
Goodbye, Old Pal 00:00 Tools
Why Did You Wander? [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Never Again (Will I Knock On Your Door) 00:00 Tools
Shady Grove (Live) 00:00 Tools
Nine Pound Hammer (Live) 00:00 Tools
I'm Travellin' On And On 00:00 Tools
Monroe's Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
Uncle Pen (Live) 00:00 Tools
The Days Gone By 00:00 Tools
Sailor's Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 4 00:00 Tools
I Wonder If You Feel the Same Way I Do 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Brown The Newsboy (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Devil's Dream (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
The First Whipporwill 00:00 Tools
Sitting On Top Of The World 00:00 Tools
The Sailor's Plea 00:00 Tools
On And On (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia 00:00 Tools
When The Phone Rang 00:00 Tools
I've Still Got Ninety Nine 00:00 Tools
Roll On Buddy, Roll On (Album Version (Stereo)) 00:00 Tools
My Last Days On Earth (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Theme 00:00 Tools
Footprints in the Snow (Live) 00:00 Tools
Turkey In The Straw 00:00 Tools
Molly And Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song) (Bill Monroe) 00:00 Tools
Shenendoah Breakdown (Live) 00:00 Tools
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (6-09 The Bluegrass Is Always Greener) 00:00 Tools
Kanas City Railroad Blues 00:00 Tools
The Old Crossroad (Is Waiting) 00:00 Tools
Swing Low Sweet Chariot 00:00 Tools
Old, Old House 00:00 Tools
Blue Yodel No. 4 [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Weary Traveler 00:00 Tools
Come Back To Me In My Dreams [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
The Forgotten Soldier Boy 00:00 Tools
Bluegrass Part One 00:00 Tools
Love Please Come Home 00:00 Tools
Midnight On the Stormy Deep (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Way Down in My Soul 00:00 Tools
Toy Heart (Single Version (Stereo)) 00:00 Tools
I Lived A Lot In My Time 00:00 Tools
Prision Song 00:00 Tools
What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 3 00:00 Tools
Weary TravelerUntitled 00:00 Tools
Blue Yodel No 4 00:00 Tools
Good Bye Old Pal 00:00 Tools
My Sweet Darlin' 00:00 Tools
Where Is My Sailor Boy 00:00 Tools
Do You Call That Religion 00:00 Tools
Jekyll Island 00:00 Tools
Walking In Jerusalem (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana)) 00:00 Tools
It's Might Dark To Travel 00:00 Tools
The Dead March 00:00 Tools
That's Christmas Time To Me 00:00 Tools
Going Down the Road Feeling Ba 00:00 Tools
Molly and Tenbrooks [The Racehorse Song] 00:00 Tools
On The Jerico Road 00:00 Tools
What Would You Give In Exchange (Part 3) 00:00 Tools
Blue Yodel # 4 00:00 Tools
Jenny Lynn 00:00 Tools
You Won't Be Satisfied That Way 00:00 Tools
California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4) 00:00 Tools
Methodist Preacher 00:00 Tools
Introduction 00:00 Tools
Bile Them Cabbage Down 00:00 Tools
Lord, Protect My Soul 00:00 Tools
Come Hither To Go Yonder 00:00 Tools
I'm Working On A Building (Live) 00:00 Tools
My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' 00:00 Tools
Sad And Lonesome Day 00:00 Tools
Carroll County Blues 00:00 Tools
No Letter In The Mail (with Moody & Monroe) 00:00 Tools
Get Down On Your Knees And Pray (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Waiting For Bea 00:00 Tools
Rollin' My Sweet Baby's Arms 00:00 Tools
Are You Lost in Sin 00:00 Tools
Walk Softly on My Heart (AKA Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine) 00:00 Tools
It's Mighty Dark To Travel [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
I Ain't Broke, but Brother I'm Badly Bent 00:00 Tools
The Old Cross Road Is Waiting 00:00 Tools
Prison Song (Live) 00:00 Tools
Blue Yodel 00:00 Tools
Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Y'all Come (Incomplete) 00:00 Tools
Put My Rubber Doll lAway 00:00 Tools
The Days Gone Bye 00:00 Tools
What Would You Give In Exchange (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
Heavy Traffic Ahead (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Mighty Dark To Travel 00:00 Tools
What Would You Give In Exchange (Part 4) 00:00 Tools
Music Valley Waltz 00:00 Tools
Anniversary Blue Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 7) 00:00 Tools
Uncle Pen (Live (1973/Bean Blossom, Indiana)) 00:00 Tools
Shine Hallelujah, Shine 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time's A-Comin' 00:00 Tools
Can't You Hear Me Calling (Live) 00:00 Tools
christmas time's a comin' 00:00 Tools
Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day 00:00 Tools
Orange Blossom County 00:00 Tools
Sally-Jo 00:00 Tools
Shenandoah Valley Breakdown 00:00 Tools
Down Yonder 00:00 Tools
Tennessee Blues [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms 00:00 Tools
Cry Cry Darling 00:00 Tools
Molly And Tenbrooks (The Racehorse Song) (Bill Monroe) 00:00 Tools
Orange Blossom Man 00:00 Tools
Sailor's Hornpipe (feat. Bill Keith, Kenny Baker, Benny Wiliams, Bessie Lee Mauldin) 00:00 Tools
Old Cross Road Is Watin' 00:00 Tools
Goin' Up Caney 00:00 Tools
I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do (with Moody & Monroe) 00:00 Tools
Intro: Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) 00:00 Tools
Georgia Rose 00:00 Tools
Monroe Family Segment: Paddy on the Turnpike / How Old are Y 00:00 Tools
The Old Brown County Barn 00:00 Tools
Im working on a Building 00:00 Tools
Careless Love 00:00 Tools
When he Reached Down His Hand 00:00 Tools
Shady Grove - Live 00:00 Tools
Intro / Roll On Buddy 00:00 Tools
03 - When He Reached Down His Hand For Me 00:00 Tools
Midnight On The Stormy Deep (Album Version (Stereo)) 00:00 Tools
Katy Hill [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Footprint In The Snow 00:00 Tools
Fox On The Run 00:00 Tools
Pike County Breakdown (feat. Bill Keith and Kenny Baker) 00:00 Tools
Candy Gal 00:00 Tools
Poor White Folks 00:00 Tools
Kiss Me Waltz 00:00 Tools
The Prisoner's Song 00:00 Tools
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Blue Moon Of Kentucky 00:00 Tools
Cumberland Gap 00:00 Tools
Dancin' In Brancin' 00:00 Tools
Intro: You Won't Be Satisfied That Way 00:00 Tools
Walk Softly On My Heart (aka Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine 00:00 Tools
Intro / You Won't Be Satisfied That Way 00:00 Tools
Can't You Hear Me Callin? 00:00 Tools
Those Gambler's Blues 00:00 Tools
CottonEyedJoe 00:00 Tools
Tombstone Junction 00:00 Tools
Raw Hide - 1951 Single Version 00:00 Tools
Comes Love 00:00 Tools
Stoney Lonesome (feat. Bobby Hicks, Charlie Smith, Robert Lee Pennington, Jack Cooke) 00:00 Tools
Tall Timber (feat. Vassar Clements, Gordon Terry, Bobby Hicks, Joe Stuart) 00:00 Tools
Panhandle Country (feat. Kenny Baker, Bobby Hicks, Joe Drumright, Ed Mayfield) 00:00 Tools
Salt Creek (feat. Bill Keith and Kenny Baker) 00:00 Tools
Heel And Toe Polka 00:00 Tools
The Lee Weddin Tune 00:00 Tools
Waiting For Ben 00:00 Tools
Paddy On The Turnpike 00:00 Tools
Walking In Jerusalem (Just Like John) 00:00 Tools
Various 00:00 Tools
My Sweet Blue Eyed Darlin' 00:00 Tools
The Old Old House 00:00 Tools
I Hope You'll Learn 00:00 Tools
Molly And Tenbrooks(The Racehorse Song) 00:00 Tools
Blue Yodel Number 4 00:00 Tools
Will You Be Lovin' Another Man? 00:00 Tools
Fiddler Roll Call / Down Yonder 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Old Pal [#] 00:00 Tools
Let The Gates Swing Wide 00:00 Tools
Travelin' This Lonesome Hill 00:00 Tools
With Body And Soul (1969 Single Version (Stereo)) 00:00 Tools
Ebenezer Scrooge 00:00 Tools
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Bill Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist who helped create the style of music known as bluegrass. The genre takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys", named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. He is often referred to as The Father of Bluegrass. William Smith Monroe was born on his family's farm near Rosine, Kentucky, the youngest of eight children of James Buchanan "Buck" and Malissa (Vandiver) Monroe. His mother and her brother, Pendleton "Pen" Vandiver, were both musically talented, and Monroe and his family grew up playing and singing at home. Bill was of Scottish heritage. Because his older brothers Birch and Charlie already played the fiddle and guitar, Bill Monroe was resigned to playing the less desirable mandolin. He recalled that his brothers insisted he should remove four of the mandolin's eight strings so he would not play too loudly. Monroe's mother died when he was ten, followed by his father six years later. As his brothers and sisters had moved away, after bouncing among uncles and aunts, Monroe settled in with his disabled uncle Pendleton Vandiver, often accompanying him when Vandiver played the fiddle at dances. This experience inspired one of Monroe's most famous compositions, "Uncle Pen", recorded in 1950, and the 1972 album, Bill Monroe's Uncle Pen. On that album, Monroe recorded a number of traditional fiddle tunes he had often heard performed by Vandiver. Uncle Pen has been credited with giving Monroe "a repertoire of tunes that sank into Bill's aurally trained memory and a sense of rhythm that seeped into his bones." Also significant in Monroe's musical life was Arnold Shultz, an influential fiddler and guitarist who introduced Monroe to the blues. In 1929, Monroe moved to Indiana to work at an oil refinery with his brothers Birch and Charlie, and childhood friend and guitarist William "Old Hickory" Hardin. Together with a friend Larry Moore, they formed the "Monroe Brothers", to play at local dances and house parties. Birch Monroe and Larry Moore soon left the group, and Bill and Charlie carried on as a duo, eventually winning spots performing live on radio stations— first in Indiana and then, sponsored by Texas Crystals, on several radio broadcasts in Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina and North Carolina 1934 to 1936. RCA Victor signed the Monroe Brothers to a recording contract in 1936. They scored an immediate hit single with the gospel song "What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul?" and ultimately recorded 60 tracks for Victor's Bluebird label between 1936 and 1938. After the Monroe Brothers disbanded in 1938, Bill Monroe formed The Kentuckians in Little Rock, Arkansas, but the group only lasted for three months. Monroe then left Little Rock for Atlanta, Georgia, to form the first edition of the Blue Grass Boys with singer/guitarist Cleo Davis, fiddler Art Wooten, and bassist Amos Garren. Bill had wanted "Old Hickory" to become one of the original members of his "Blue Grass Boys", however William Hardin had to decline. In October 1939, he successfully auditioned for a regular spot on the Grand Ole Opry, impressing Opry founder George D. Hay with his energetic performance of Jimmie Rodgers's "Mule Skinner Blues". Monroe recorded that song, along with seven others, at his first solo recording session for RCA Victor in 1940; by this time, the Blue Grass Boys consisted of singer/guitarist Clyde Moody, fiddler Tommy Magness, and bassist Bill Wesbrooks. While the fast tempos and instrumental virtuosity characteristic of bluegrass music are apparent even on these early tracks, Monroe was still experimenting with the sound of his group. He seldom sang lead vocals on his Victor recordings, often preferring to contribute high tenor harmonies as he had in the Monroe Brothers. A 1945 session for Columbia Records featured an accordion, soon dropped from the band. Most importantly, while Monroe added banjo player David "'Stringbean" Akeman to the Blue Grass Boys in 1942, Akeman played the instrument in a relatively primitive style and was rarely featured in instrumental solos. Monroe's pre-1946 recordings represent a transitional style between the string-band tradition from which he came and the musical innovation to follow. A key development occurred in Monroe's music with the addition of North Carolina banjo prodigy Earl Scruggs to the Blue Grass Boys in December 1945. Scruggs played the instrument with a distinctive three-finger picking style that immediately caused a sensation among Opry audiences. Scruggs joined a highly accomplished group that included singer/guitarist Lester Flatt, and would soon include fiddler Chubby Wise, and bassist Howard Watts, who often performed under the name "Cedric Rainwater". In retrospect, this lineup of the Blue Grass Boys has been dubbed the "Original Bluegrass Band", as Monroe's music finally included all the elements that characterize the genre, including breakneck tempos, sophisticated vocal harmony arrangements, and impressive instrumental proficiency demonstrated in solos or "breaks" on the mandolin, banjo, and fiddle. By this point, Monroe had acquired the 1923 Gibson F5 model "Lloyd Loar" mandolin which became his trademark instrument for the remainder of his career. The 28 songs recorded by this version of the Blue Grass Boys for Columbia Records in 1946 and 1947 soon became classics of the genre, including "Toy Heart", "Blue Grass Breakdown", "Molly and Tenbrooks", "Wicked Path of Sin", "My Rose of Old Kentucky", "Little Cabin Home on the Hill", and Monroe's most famous song, "Blue Moon of Kentucky". The last-named was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1954, appearing as the B-side of his first single for Sun Records. Monroe gave his blessing to Presley's rock-and-roll cover of the song, originally a slow ballad in waltz time, and in fact re-recorded it himself with a faster arrangement after Presley's version became a hit. Several gospel-themed numbers are credited to the "Blue Grass Quartet", which featured four-part vocal arrangements accompanied solely by mandolin and guitar – Monroe's usual practice when performing "sacred" songs. Both Flatt and Scruggs left Monroe's band in early 1948, soon forming their own group, the Foggy Mountain Boys, which met with notable commercial success in the 1950s and 1960s with such hits as "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", "Cabin on the Hill", and "The Ballad of Jed Clampett". In 1949, after signing with Decca Records, Monroe quickly regrouped, entering the "golden age" of his career with what many consider the classic "high lonesome" version of the Blue Grass Boys, featuring the lead vocals and rhythm guitar of Jimmy Martin, the banjo of Rudy Lyle (replacing Don Reno), and fiddlers such as Merle "Red" Taylor, Charlie Cline, Bobby Hicks and Vassar Clements. This band recorded a number of bluegrass classics, including "My Little Georgia Rose", "On and On", "Memories of Mother and Dad", and "Uncle Pen", as well as instrumentals such as "Roanoke", "Big Mon", "Stoney Lonesome", "Get Up John" and the mandolin feature "Raw Hide". Carter Stanley joined the Blue Grass Boys as guitarist for a short time in 1951 during a period when the Stanley Brothers had temporarily disbanded. On January 16, 1953 Monroe was critically injured in a two-car wreck. He and "Bluegrass Boys" bass player, Bessie Lee Mauldin, were returning home from a fox hunt north of Nashville. On highway 31-W, near White House, their car was struck by a drunken driver. Monroe, who had suffered injuries to his back, left arm and nose, was rushed to General Hospital in Nashville. It took him almost four months to recover and resume touring. In the meantime Charlie Cline and Jimmy Martin kept the band together. By the late 1950s, however, Monroe's commercial fortunes had begun to slip. The rise of rock-and-roll and the development of the "Nashville sound" in mainstream country music both represented threats to the viability of bluegrass. While still a mainstay on the Grand Ole Opry, Monroe found diminishing success on the singles charts, and struggled to keep his band together in the face of declining demand for live performances. Monroe's fortunes began to improve during the "folk revival" of the early 1960s. Many college students and other young people were beginning to discover Monroe, associating his style more with traditional folk music than with the country-and-western genre with which it had previously been identified. The word "bluegrass" first appeared around this time to describe the sound of Monroe and similar artists such as Flatt and Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, Reno and Smiley, Jim and Jesse, and the Osborne Brothers. While Flatt and Scruggs immediately recognized the potential for a lucrative new audience in cities and on college campuses in the North, Monroe was slower to respond. Under the influence of Ralph Rinzler, a young musician and folklorist from New Jersey who briefly became Monroe's manager in 1963, Monroe gradually expanded his geographic reach beyond the traditional southern country music circuit. Rinzler was also responsible for a lengthy profile and interview in the influential folk music magazine Sing Out! that first publicly referred to Monroe as the "father" of bluegrass. Accordingly, at the first bluegrass festival organized by Carlton Haney at Roanoke, Virginia in 1965, Bill Monroe was the central figure. The growing national popularity of Monroe's music during the 1960s was also apparent in the increasingly diverse background of musicians recruited into his band. Non-southerners who served as Blue Grass Boys during this period included banjo player Bill Keith and singer/guitarist Peter Rowan from Massachusetts, fiddler Gene Lowinger from New York, banjo player Lamar Grier from Maryland, banjo player Steve Arkin from New York, and singer/guitarist Roland White and fiddler Richard Greene from California. Even after the folk revival faded in the mid-1960s, it left a loyal audience for bluegrass music. Bluegrass festivals became common, with fans often traveling long distances to see a number of different acts over several days of performances. In 1967 Monroe himself founded an annual bluegrass festival at Bean Blossom in southern Indiana, a park he had purchased in 1951, which routinely attracted a crowd of thousands; a double LP from the festival featuring Monroe, Jimmy Martin, Lester Flatt, and Jim and Jesse was released in 1973. The annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival is now the world's oldest continuously running annual bluegrass festival. Monroe's compositions during his later period were largely instrumentals, including "Jerusalem Ridge", "Old Dangerfield" (originally spelled Daingerfield after town in East Texas), and "My Last Days on Earth"; he settled into a new role as a musical patriarch who continued to influence younger generations of musicians. Monroe recorded two albums of duets in the 1980s; the first featured collaborations with country stars such as Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, and the Oak Ridge Boys, while the second paired him with other prominent bluegrass musicians. A 1989 live album celebrated his 50th year on the Grand Ole Opry. Monroe also kept a hectic touring schedule. On April 7, 1990, Monroe performed for Farm Aid IV in Indianapolis, Indiana along with Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and with many other artists. Monroe suffered a stroke in April 1996, effectively ending his touring and playing career. He died on September 9, 1996, only four days before his 85th birthday. Bill Monroe was made an honorary Kentucky colonel in 1966. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as an "early influence") in 1997. Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Hank Williams Sr., and Johnny Cash are the only other performers honored in all three. As the "father of bluegrass", he was also an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1991. In 1993, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and he was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1995. His well-known song "Blue Moon of Kentucky" has been covered not only by bluegrass but also rock and country artists, most notably Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, and Patsy Cline. In 2003, CMT had Bill Monroe ranked No. 16 on CMT 40 Greatest Men of Country Music. Artists that claimed to be influenced by or to be playing the bluegrass genre were often bullied by Bill Monroe. He always considered himself the father and caretaker of bluegrass. He would often say of new bands that did not perform to his standards, "That ain't no part of nothin'." Even those who question the scope of bluegrass refer to Monroe as a "musical giant" and recognize that "there would be no bluegrass without Bill Monroe." More than 150 musicians played in the Blue Grass Boys over the nearly 60 years of Monroe's performing career. Monroe tended to recruit promising young musicians who served an apprenticeship with him before becoming accomplished artists in their own right. Some of Monroe's band members who went on to greater prominence include singer/guitarists Clyde Moody, Lester Flatt, Jack Cook, Mac Wiseman, Jimmy Martin, Carter Stanley, Del McCoury, Peter Rowan, Roland White, Roland Dunn and Doug Green; banjo players Earl Scruggs, Don Reno, Sonny Osborne, and Bill Keith; and fiddlers Tommy Magness, Chubby Wise, Vassar Clements, Byron Berline, Kenny Baker, Bobby Hicks, Gordon Terry, and Glen Duncan. Monroe also regularly performed with flat-picking guitar virtuoso Doc Watson. Modern bluegrass singer and mandolin player Ricky Skaggs was influenced by Monroe. Skaggs was only six years old when he first got to perform on stage with Monroe and his band. He stated, "I think Bill Monroe's importance to American music is as important as someone like Robert Johnson was to blues, or Louis Armstrong. He was so influential: I think he's probably the only musician that had a whole style of music named after his band". Pseudonyms used by Monroe as a composer: Joe Ahr; Rupert Jones; Wilbur Jones; Albert Price; James B. Smith; James W. Smith Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.