Artist	Song
Bill & Charlie Monroe	My Long Journey Home
Bill & Charlie Monroe	What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Mule Skinner Blues
BM&HBGB	Rocky Road Blues
BM&HBGB	Kentucky Waltz
BM&HBGB	Goodbye Old Pal
BM&HBGB	Blue Grass Special
BM&HBGB	Heavy Traffic Ahead
BM&HBGB	Why Did You Wander?
BM&HBGB	Blue Moon of Kentucky
BM&HBGB	Toy Heart
BM&HBGB	Wicked Path of Sin
BM&HBGB	It's Mighty Dark to Travel
BM&HBGB	Little Cabin Home on the Hill
BM&HBGB	My Rose of Old Kentucky
BM&HBGB	Blue Grass Breakdown
BM&HBGB	Along About Daybreak
BM&HBGB	Molly and Tenbrooks (the Racehorse Song)
BM&HBGB	Can't You Hear Me Callin'
BM&HBGB	Blue Grass Stomp
BM&HBGB	The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
BM&HBGB	My Little Georgia Rose
BM&HBGB	I'm on My Way to the Old Home
BM&HBGB	I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome
BM&HBGB	Uncle Pen
BM&HBGB	Raw Hide
BM&HBGB	Footprints in the Snow
BM&HBGB	The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake

Comment:

"God only lays a Bill Monroe on you once in a lifetime, so pay attention." -Doug Dillard. Bill Monroe, one of the true giants of American music, the Father of Bluegrass, and the only musician I am aware of that single-handedly invented a genre of music. The title of the mix is, of course, one of Bill's songs, but it's also the title of a wonderful recent Monroe biography by Richard D. Smith. I highly recommend it; it's a great story, and Bill is a fascinating guy, whether you're interested in bluegrass music or not. LINER NOTES: [lv = lead vocal, tv = tenor vocal, etc.] (Tracks 1-2) 2/17/36 - BM, m-tv; Charlie Monroe, g-lv. (3) 11/25/39 - first Blue Grass Boys Opry radio broadcast, BM, g,v; Cleo Davis, m; Art Wooten, f; Amos Garen, bs. (4-7) 2/13/45 - BM, m-v; Tex Willis, g; 'Stringbean' Akeman, bj; 'Sally Ann' Forrester, accordion; Chubby Wise, f; Howard Watts ('Cedric Rainwater') bs. (8-11) 9/16/46, first recordings of the classic lineup - BM, m-v; Lester Flatt, g-v; Earl Scruggs, bj; Chubby Wise, f; Howard Watts, bs. (12) 9/17/46 same as 8-11. (13-16) 10/27/47 same as 8-11. (17-18) 10/28/47 same as 8-11. (19-21) 10/22/49 - BM, m-v; Mac Wiseman, g-v; Rudy Lyle, bj; Chubby Wise, f; Jack Thompson, bs. (22-24) 2/3/50 - BM, m-v; Jimmy Martin, g-v; Rudy Lyle, bj; Vasser Clements, f; Joel Price, bs. (25) 10/15/50 same as 22-24 except Red Taylor, f; BM, lv(verse) tv(chorus); Jimmy Martin, lv(chorus); Joel Price, brv(chorus). (26) 1/20/51 same as 25. (27) 7/18/52 BM, m-v; Jimmy Martin, g; Charlie Cline, f; Sonny Osborne, bj; Ernie Newton, bs. (28) 7/18/52 same as 27 w/ BM, tv; Jimmy Martin, lv. "The stuff that I grew up on never grows old. I was just fortunate enough to get it and understand it at that early age, and it still rings true for me. I'd still rather listen to Bill and Charlie Monroe than any current record. That's what America's all about to me." -Bob Dylan.

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