The Essential Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys: 1945–1949

~ Release by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Rocky Road Blues
accordion:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (on 1945-02-13)
banjo:
Stringbean (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar:
Tex Willis (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
Rocky Road Blues (on 1945-02-13)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
2:36
2Kentucky Waltz
accordion:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar:
Curley Bradshaw (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
Kentucky Waltz (on 1945-02-13)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (in 1945)
2:44
3True Life Blues
producer:
Art Satherly
accordion:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (on 1945-02-13)
banjo:
Stringbean (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar and lead vocals:
Tex Willis (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1945-02-13)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
True Life Blues (on 1945-02-13)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
2:50
4Nobody Loves Me
producer:
Art Satherly
accordion and tenor vocals:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (on 1945-02-13)
banjo:
Stringbean (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar and baritone vocals:
Tex Willis (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1945-02-13)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-02-13)
compilation of:
Nobody Loves Me (take BD) by Bill Monroe and Nobody Loves Me (take 3) by Bill Monroe
recording of:
Nobody Loves Me (on 1945-02-13)
composer:
Zeke Clements
4:11
5Goodbye Old Pal
accordion:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (on 1945-02-13)
banjo:
Stringbean (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar:
Curley Bradshaw (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
Goodbye Old Pal (on 1945-02-13)
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
APRS and Bill Monroe Music
2:25
6Footprints in the Snow
accordion:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (on 1945-02-13)
banjo:
Stringbean (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar:
Curley Bradshaw (on 1945-02-13) and Tex Willis (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
Footprints in the Snow (on 1945-02-13)
composer:
Rupert Jones
is based on:
I Traced Her Little Footmarks in the Snow
2:40
7Blue Grass Special
accordion:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (on 1945-02-13)
banjo:
Stringbean (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar:
Tex Willis (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin:
Bill Monroe (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
Blue Grass Special (on 1945-02-13)
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Bill Monroe Music
2:26
8Come Back to Me in My Dreams
producer:
Art Satherly
accordion and tenor vocals:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (on 1945-02-13)
banjo:
Stringbean (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar:
Curley Bradshaw (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1945-02-13)
baritone vocals:
Tex Willis (on 1945-02-13)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
Come Back to Me in My Dreams (on 1945-02-13)
composer:
Bill Monroe
3:01
9Heavy Traffic Ahead
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Heavy Traffic Ahead (on 1946-09-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
APRS and Bill Monroe Music
2:51
10Why Did You Wander
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Why Did You Wander (on 1946-09-16)
writer:
Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe
2:34
11Blue Moon of Kentucky
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1946-09-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (in 1946)
publisher:
APRS, Peer International Corporation, Southern Music Publishing, Southern Music Publishing Company Limited and ピアーミュージック
3:03
12Toy Heart
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Toy Heart (on 1946-09-16)
composer:
Bill Monroe
2:47
13Summertime Is Past and Gone
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass and baritone vocals:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Summertime Is Past and Gone (on 1946-09-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
2:56
14Mansions for Me
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Mansions for Me (on 1946-09-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
3:16
15Mother’s Only Sleeping
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Mother's Only Sleeping (on 1946-09-16)
lyricist:
[traditional]
writer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Bill Monroe Music
3:17
16Blue Yodel No. 4
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Yodel) (on 1946-09-16)
writer:
Jimmie Rodgers
part of:
Blue Yodels by Jimmie Rodgers
3:06
17Will You Be Loving Another Man?
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-17)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-17)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-17)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-17)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-17)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-17)
recording of:
Will You Be Loving Another Man? (on 1946-09-17)
writer:
Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe
2:53
18How Will I Explain About You?
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-17)
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-17)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-17)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-17)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-17)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-17)
recording of:
How Will I Explain About You (on 1946-09-17)
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
APRS and Bill Monroe Music
2:58
19Shining Path
producer:
Art Satherly
double bass:
Birch Monroe (on 1946-09-17)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-17)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-17)
baritone vocals:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-17)
bass vocals:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-17)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-17)
recording of:
Shining Path (on 1946-09-17)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
2:26
20Wicked Path of Sin
producer:
Art Satherly
double bass:
Howard Watts (on 1946-09-17)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-17)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-17)
baritone vocals:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-17)
bass vocals:
Birch Monroe (on 1946-09-17)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-17)
recording of:
Wicked Path of Sin (on 1946-09-17)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
2:55
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Credits

Release

art direction:Bill Johnson
Rollow Welch
miscellaneous support:Rich Bauer (task: project direction)
Gary Pacheco (task: project direction)
producer:Lawrence Cohn
remastering:David Mitson
design:Bill Barnes
Wesley Ligon
remastered at:Sony Music Studios in Santa Monica, California, United States
ASIN:US: B0000028MD [info]