Live Recordings 1956-1969

by Bill Monroe

Overview

The 27 numbers presented here offer Bill Monroe in more intimate settings, including workshops, jam sessions, and live performances where he's casually swapping yarns, offering anecdotes, and displaying the blistering yet folksy and down-home style that's made him a musical legend. His group included a number of marvelous players and future stars, such as Del McCoury, Peter Rowan, Bill Keith, and Tex Logan. Monroe was also playing with brothers Charlie and Birch. This is 75 minutes of breakdowns, folk tunes, railroad songs, and work songs, such classics as "Blue Grass Stomp" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and many others performed in a loose, next-door-neighbor atmosphere. ~ Ron Wynn

Product Details

Release Date:	09/14/1993
Label:	Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
UPC:	0093074006320
Rank:	52026

Tracks

1. Watermelon Hanging on the Vine
2. Roanoke
3. Brakeman's Blues
4. Close By
5. Kentucky Waltz
6. Blue Grass Stomp
7. Blue Moon of Kentucky
8. I'm Working on a Building
9. Angels Rock Me to Sleep
10. Wheel Hoss
11. Watermelon Hanging on the Vine
12. Katy Hill
13. True Life Blues
14. I Live in the Past
15. Wayfaring Stranger
16. Fire on the Mountain
17. Bluegrass Breakdown
18. Rawhide
19. Y'all Come
20. Cotton Eyed Joe
21. Get Up John
22. White House Blues
23. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
24. Kansas City Railroad Blues
25. Walls of Time
26. When He Reached Down His Hand for Me
27. Monroe Family Segment

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bill Monroe   Primary Artist,Vocals,Mandolin
Tex Logan   Fiddle
Bill Keith   Banjo
Kenny Baker   Fiddle
Clarence "Tater" Tate   Fiddle
James Monroe   Bass
Don Reno   Banjo
Joe Stuart   Fiddle
Del McCoury   Guitar,Vocals
Peter Rowan   Guitar,Vocals
Richard Greene   Fiddle
Bob "Barbecue Bob" Hicks   Fiddle
Yates Green   Guitar,Vocals
Rudy Lyle   Banjo
Chick Stripling   Bass
Lamar Grier   Banjo
Everett Lilly   Bass
Bessie Lee Mauldin   Bass
Edd Mayfield   Guitar

Technical Credits

Ralph Rinzler   Compilation Producer,Engineer,Executive Producer
Steve Gronback   Digital Transfers
Bill Cody   Composer
Bill Monroe   Composer
Joe Ahr   Composer
Wilbur Jones   Composer
M. Christian   Composer
Peter Rowan   Composer
Jimmie Rodgers   Composer
Rev. Louis Overstreet   Composer
A.P. Carter   Composer
David Glasser   Digital Editing
Little Robert   Composer
Carl Eugster   Composer
David Gahr   Photography
Charlie Monroe   Composer
Virginia Stauffer   Composer
Arlie Duff   Composer
George McCorkle   Composer
Alan Yoshida   Mastering
Alice Gerrard   Engineer
Traditional   Composer