Despite the title, this release collects all of Bill Monroe's RCA Victor recordings from 1940-41 (the first 16 tracks) and adds a small selection of Monroe Brothers tracks, as well as three that are actually by Charlie Monroe's Boys, the band Bill's brother formed after the Monroe Brothers split.
The Essential Bill Monroe and the Monroe Brothers
| Released: | 1997 |
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| Formats: | CD, cassette |
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| Genre: | bluegrass |
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| Studio/Live?: | Studio |
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| Label: | RCA |
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| Guest Musicians: | Clyde Moody (guitar, vocal), Tommy Magness (fiddle), Bill Wesbrooks (bass, vocal), Pete Pyle (guitar), Art Wooten (fiddle), Charlie Monroe (guitar, vocal) |
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| Catalogue Number: | 67450 |
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| 1 |
Mule Skinner Blues |
| 2 |
No Letter in the Mail |
| 3 |
Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord |
| 4 |
Six White Horses |
| 5 |
Dog House Blues |
| 6 |
I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do |
| 7 |
Katy Hill |
| 8 |
Tennessee Blues |
| 9 |
Shake My Mother's Hand for Me |
| 10 |
Were You There? |
| 11 |
Blue Yodel No. 7 |
| 12 |
Coupon Song |
| 13 |
Orange Blossom Special |
| 14 |
Honky Tonk Swing |
| 15 |
In the Pines |
| 16 |
Back up and Push |
| 17 |
Great Speckled Bird |
| 18 |
No Home, No Place to Pillow My Head |
| 19 |
New River Train |
| 20 |
Once I Had a Darling Mother |
| 21 |
On the Banks of the Ohio |
| 22 |
Weeping Willow Tree |
| 23 |
Just a Song of Old Kentucky |
| 24 |
Don't Forget Me |
| 25 |
I Am Thinking Tonight of the Old Folks |
