True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe

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Tracklist

CD 1
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1Molly and Tenbrooks
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
banjo:
Craig Smith (banjoist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
guitar:
David Grier
mandolin:
Mike Compton
lead vocals:
Alan O’Bryant
recording of:
Molly and Tenbrooks
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Bill Monroe Music
is based on:
Molly and Tenbrooks
Alan O’Bryant3:15
2True Life Blues
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
banjo:
Tony Trischka
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle and lead vocals:
Laurie Lewis (bluegrass artist and violinist)
guitar and tenor vocals:
Kathy Kallick
mandolin:
Mike Marshall (US mandolinist & multi-instrumentalist)
recording of:
True Life Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
Laurie Lewis/Kathy Kallick2:48
3I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
banjo:
Craig Smith (banjoist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle:
Vassar Clements
guitar, lead vocals and tenor vocals [tenor vocal (chorus)]:
Del McCoury
mandolin and lead vocals [lead vocal (chorus)]:
Ronnie McCoury
recording of:
I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
Del McCoury2:10
4Highway of Sorrow
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
guitar:
Scott Nygaard
mandolin and lead vocals:
Tim O’Brien (US bluegrass musician)
recording of:
Highway of Sorrow
writer:
Bill Monroe and Pete Pyle
Tim O’Brien2:55
5Old Ebenezer Scrooge
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
guitar:
David Grier
recording of:
Old Ebenezer Scrooge
composer:
Bill Monroe
David Grier2:48
6Memories of You
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
banjo and tenor vocals:
Alan O’Bryant
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
guitar and lead vocals:
Pat Enright
mandolin:
Mike Compton
recording of:
Memories of You
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
Alan O’Bryant3:07
7Rawhide
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
banjo:
Craig Smith (banjoist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
guitar:
David Grier
mandolin:
Ronnie McCoury
recording of:
Rawhide (mandolin instrumental)
composer:
Bill Monroe
Ronnie McCoury3:09
8Can't You Hear Me Callin'
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
banjo:
Craig Smith (banjoist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle:
Vassar Clements
guitar, lead vocals and tenor vocals [tenor vocal (chorus)]:
Del McCoury
mandolin and lead vocals [lead vocal (chorus)]:
Ronnie McCoury
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
recording of:
Can't You Hear Me Callin'
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
Del McCoury4:10
9Letter From My Darling
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle:
Bobby Hicks (American bluegrass fiddler)
guitar and lead vocals:
Peter Rowan (US bluegrass musician & composer)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Greg Garing
recording of:
Letter From My Darlin'
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Unichappell Music
Peter Rowan3:34
10Sittin' Alone in the Moonlight
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle:
Richard Greene (US fiddler)
guitar, lead vocals and tenor vocals [low tenor vocal (last verse)]:
Tim O’Brien (US bluegrass musician)
mandolin:
Ronnie McCoury
lead vocals [lead vocal (last verse)] and tenor vocals:
Mollie O’Brien
recording of:
Sitting Alone in the Moonlight
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
Tim O’Brien3:19
11Big Mon
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
mandolin:
Sam Bush (bluegrass fiddler/mandolinist)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
recording of:
Big Mon
composer:
Bill Monroe
Sam Bush/Jerry Douglas3:02
12Get Down on Your Knees and Pray
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
guitar and baritone vocals:
Del McCoury
mandolin and bass vocals:
Roland White
lead vocals and tenor vocals [tenor vocal (chorus)]:
Alan O’Bryant
lead vocals [lead vocal (chorus)]:
Ronnie McCoury
recording of:
Get Down on Your Knees and Pray
composer:
Bill Monroe
Alan O’Bryant3:15
13Used to Be
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
banjo:
Tony Trischka
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle and tenor vocals:
Laurie Lewis (bluegrass artist and violinist)
guitar:
Kathy Kallick and Jim Nunally
mandolin:
John Reischman
lead vocals:
Kathy Kallick
recording of:
Used to Be
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
Laurie Lewis/Kathy Kallick2:05
14Scotland
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle:
Vassar Clements and Richard Greene (US fiddler)
guitar:
Scott Nygaard
mandolin:
Chris Thile
recording of:
Scotland
composer:
Bill Monroe
Vassar Clements/Richard Greene3:11
15Travelin' This Lonesome Road
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
banjo and tenor vocals:
Herb Pedersen
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle and baritone vocals:
Vassar Clements
guitar and lead vocals:
Peter Rowan (US bluegrass musician & composer)
mandolin:
David Grisman
recording of:
Travelin' This Lonesome Road
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
Peter Rowan3:04
16Heavy Traffic Ahead
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
fiddle:
Vassar Clements
guitar and lead vocals:
Pat Enright
mandolin:
Ronnie McCoury
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
recording of:
Heavy Traffic Ahead
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Bill Monroe Music
Pat Enright2:28
17Little Cabin Home on the Hill
producer:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
banjo, fiddle and lead vocals:
John Hartford
double bass [bass]:
Todd Phillips (double bassist)
guitar and tenor vocals:
Ronnie McCoury
mandolin:
Mike Compton
recording of:
Little Cabin Home on the Hill
writer:
Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
John Hartford3:49