Artist	Song
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Blue Moon of Kentucky
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Monroe (1999)
Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt & The Foggy Mountain Boys	Foggy Mountain Breakdown
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Flatt & Scruggs (2001)
Earl Scruggs	The Ballad of Jed Clampett
from The Essential Earl Scruggs (1980)
Osborne Brothers	Rocky Top
from Country Bluegrass (1996)
Carter Stanley, Ralph Stanley & The Stanley Brothers	I’m a Man of Constant Sorrow
from Songs Made More Famous By the Movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou" (2001)
Ricky Skaggs	Country Boy
from Country Gentleman - The Best of Ricky Skaggs (1998)
Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch	I'll Fly Away
from O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (2000)
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Uncle Pen
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Monroe (1999)
Alison Krauss & Union Station	Everytime You Say Goodbye
from Blue Ribbon Bluegrass (1993)
Alice Gerrard & Hazel Dickens	Walkin' In My Sleep
from Pioneering Women of Bluegrass (1996)
Sam Bush	The Ballad of Spider John
from Glamour and Grits (2006)
Hot Rize	High on a Mountain
from Hot Rize (1979)
Tim Obrien	The Wicked Messenger
from Red On Blonde (2006)
Tony Rice & Peter Rowan	Shady Grove
from Quartet (2010)
Osborne Brothers	Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man
from Country Bluegrass (1996)
Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt & The Foggy Mountain Boys	Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Flatt & Scruggs (2001)
Bill Monroe	Rocky Road Blues
from Winning Combinations: Flatt & Scruggs and Bill Monroe (2003)
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys	Sunny Side of the Mountain
from Bean Blossom (1989)
Ricky Skaggs	Hallelujah I'm Ready
from Family & Friends (1990)
Nickel Creek	The Lighthouse's Tale
from Nickel Creek (2006)
Ralph Stanley	O Death
from O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (2000)
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	New Mule Skinner Blues
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Monroe (1999)
Dan Tyminski	Carry Me Across the Mountain
from Bluegrass Number 1's (2004)
The Stanley Brothers	Angel Band
from O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (2000)

Comment:

Bluegrass, with its keening-high vocal harmonies and lickety-split banjo, mandolin, and guitar interplay have been a proud country tradition since Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and the Stanley Brothers forged their indelible sound. From these venerated pioneers to contemporary keepers of the bluegrass flame, here's its bedrock foundation.

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