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Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (1939 - 1996)

Group - United States

Releases (89)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. My All Time Country Favorites 08 Oct 1962 (as Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys)
  2. The High, Lonesome Sound of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys Aug 1966 (as Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys)
  3. Bill Monroe’s Greatest Hits 07 Jun 1968
  4. 16 All‐Time Greatest Hits Aug 1970
  5. Kentucky Blue Grass 1970
  6. Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys (1950-60) 1974
  7. Mule Skinner Blues 1991
  8. The Essential Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys: 1945–1949 1992
  9. In the Pines 1993
  10. The Early Years 1998 (as Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys)
  11. The Father of Bluegrass: The Early Years 1940–1947 1999
  12. Mansions for Me 2001
  13. The Very Best of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys 2002
  14. Gotta Travel On – An Introduction to Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys 2003
  15. The Gospel Spirit 2004 (as Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys)
  16. The Definitive Collection 19 Apr 2005
  17. Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys 1950-1958 15 Sep 2009 (as Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys)
  18. Castle Studio 1950-1951 Complete Sessions 03 Mar 2017
  19. Kentucky Waltz 2021 (as Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys)
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Album

  1. Knee Deep in Bluegrass Jul 1958
  2. I Saw the Light Aug 1958
  3. The Great Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys Apr 1961 (as Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys)
  4. Mr. Blue Grass May 1961
  5. Bluegrass Ramble Jun 1962 (as Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys)
  6. Bluegrass Special 08 Jun 1963 (as Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys)
  7. Sings Country Songs Mar 1964 (as Bill Monroe with the Blue Grass Boys)
  8. I’ll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning Jun 1964 (as Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys)
  9. Bluegrass Instrumentals 12 Jun 1965
  10. The Original Bluegrass Sound 1965
  11. Blue Grass Time 12 Jun 1967
  12. A Voice From on High 03 Jun 1969
  13. Southern Flavor 1988
  14. Bluegrass ’87 1988
  15. Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord 1991
  16. The Father of Blue Grass Music
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Album - Live

  1. Live at the Opry 1989
  2. Live - Volume 1 19 Feb 2002
  3. Live at Mechanics Hall 05 Oct 2004
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Album - Compilation / Live

  1. Off the Record, Volume 1: Live Recordings, 1956–1969 14 Sep 1993
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Single

  1. Mule Skinner Blues / Six White Horses Dec 1940 (as Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys)
  2. No Letter in the Mail / Cryin’ Holy Unto My Lord Feb 1941 (as Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys)
  3. I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do / Tennessee Blues Oct 1941
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Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 1961‐07‐04: Oak Leaf Park, Luray, VA, USA
  2. 1963-04-21: Bean Blossom Park, Bean Blossom, IN, USA
  3. 1963-02-08: New York University, New York, NY, USA
  4. Brown County Jamboree, Bean Blossom IN
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Relationships (76)

Members

  1. J.C. "Cleo" Davis (1938 - 1940) original, mandolin, guitar
  2. Art Wooten (1939 - 1940) original
  3. Bill Monroe original, eponymous, mandolin
  4. Amos Garren (1939 - 1940) double bass
  5. Stringbean (1942 - 1945)
  6. Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (1943 - 1946)
  7. Curley Bradshaw (1944 - 1945)
  8. Earl Scruggs (1945 - 1948)
  9. Lester Flatt (1945 - 1948)
  10. Jack Youngblood (1954)
  11. Yates Green (1956)
  12. Eddie Adcock (1958)
  13. Gene Lowinger (1965 - 1966)
  14. Peter Rowan (14 Oct 1966 - 1967)
  15. Jack Hicks (1971 - 1973)
  16. Ben Pedigo (Sep 1973 - Nov 1973)
  17. Guy Stevenson (1973)
  18. Bob Fowler (1973)
  19. Bob Black (1974 - 1976) banjo
  20. Randy Davis (1974 - 1979)
  21. Ralph Lewis (1974 - 1976)
  22. Wayne Lewis (1976 - 1986) lead vocals, guitar
  23. Bob Jones (1976)
  24. Bill Holden (1976 - 1977)
  25. Mark Hembree (1979 - 1984) double bass
  26. Billy Joe Foster (1986 - 1988)
  27. Tom Ewing (1986 - 1996) lead vocals, guitar
  28. Jimmy Campbell (1990 - 1993)
  29. Dana Cupp (1991 - 1996)
  30. Joe Stuart
  31. Bill Box
  32. Don Reno
  33. Jimmy Elrod
  34. Ernie Newton
  35. Bessie Lee Mauldin
  36. Gordon Terry
  37. Don Stover
  38. Edd Mayfield
  39. Benny Williams
  40. Butch Robins
  41. Bob Johnson
  42. Carlos Brock
  43. Tony Ellis
  44. Billy Rose
  45. Jack Thompson
  46. Bill Keith
  47. Jimmy Martin
  48. Richard Greene
  49. James Monroe
  50. Merle "Red" Taylor
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Recordings by (717)

  1. Six White Horses 3:04 (Dec 1940)
  2. Cryin’ Holy Unto My Lord 2:29 (Feb 1941)
  3. No Letter in the Mail 2:42 (Feb 1941)
  4. I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do 2:52 (Oct 1941)
  5. Tennessee Blues 2:52 (Oct 1941)
  6. Blue Yodel No. 7 2:54 (28 Nov 1941)
  7. In the Pines 3:24 (28 Nov 1941) 1941 Bluebird/RCA studio recording
  8. Katy Hill 2:39 (1941)
  9. Dog House Blues 3:07 (1941)
  10. The Coupon Song 2:56 (Feb 1942)
  11. Orange Blossom Special 2:33 (Feb 1942)
  12. Shake My Mother’s Hand for Me 3:06 (28 Mar 1942)
  13. Were You There? 2:47 (28 Mar 1942) 1941 Bluebird/RCA recording, matrix BS 071071
  14. Honky Tonk Swing 2:31 (15 May 1942)
  15. Back Up and Push 2:49 (15 May 1942)
  16. Rocky Road Blues 2:36 (14 Jan 1946) matrix C4354-1, first released 1946
  17. Kentucky Waltz 2:48 (14 Jan 1946) Columbia matrix C4355-1, first released 1946 - master take
  18. True Life Blues 2:50 (28 Oct 1946) matrix C4356-1, first released 1946
  19. Footprints in the Snow 2:40 (28 Oct 1946) matrix C4359-1, first released 1946
  20. Mansions For Me 3:15 (24 May 1947)
  21. Mother’s Only Sleeping 3:18 (24 May 1947)
  22. Blue Yodel No. 4 3:06 (14 Jul 1947) matrix CCO 4612-1, first released 1947
  23. Will You Be Loving Another Man? 2:53 (14 Jul 1947) matrix CCO 4613-1, first released 1947
  24. Blue Moon of Kentucky 3:04 (22 Sep 1947) Columbia matrix CCO 4607-1, first released 1947 - master take
  25. Blue Grass Special 2:30 (03 Nov 1947) matrix C4360-1, first released 1947 - master take
  26. How Will I Explain About You? 2:55 (03 Nov 1947) matrix CCO 4614-1, first released 1947
  27. I’m Traveling On and On 2:36 (26 Jan 1948) matrix CCO 4889-1, first released 1948
  28. Shine Hallelujah Shine 2:33 (26 Jan 1948) matrix CCO 4888-1, first released 1948
  29. My Rose of Old Kentucky 2:57 (12 Apr 1948) matrix CCO 4878-1, first released 1948
  30. Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong 2:48 (12 Apr 1948) matrix CCO 4880-1, first released 1948 - master take
  31. Little Cabin Home on the Hill 3:00 (12 Jul 1948) matrix CCO 4877-1, first released 1948 - master take
  32. I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling 2:59 (12 Jul 1948) maxtrix CCO 4876-1
  33. Little Community Church 2:46 (25 Oct 1948) maxtrix CCO 4884-1, first released 1948
  34. That Home Above 2:54 (25 Oct 1948) matrix CCO 4882-1, first released 1948
  35. Summertime Is Past and Gone 2:55 (1948) matrix CCO 4609-1, first released 1948
  36. Wicked Path of Sin 2:41 (1948) matrix CCO 4616-1, first released 1948
  37. It’s Mighty Dark to Travel 2:53 (Jan 1949) matrix CCO 4875-1, master take, first released 1948
  38. When You Are Lonely 2:46 (Jan 1949)
  39. Along About Daybreak 3:07 (18 Jul 1949) matrix CCO 4885-1, first released 1949
  40. Heavy Traffic Ahead 2:52 (18 Jul 1949) matrix CCO 4605-1, master take, first released 1949
  41. Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song) 2:45 (12 Sep 1949) matrix CCO 4887-1, first released 1949
  42. I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky 2:57 (12 Sep 1949) matrix CCO 4874-1, first released 1949
  43. Blue Grass Breakdown 2:18 (1949) matrix CCO 4879-1, first released 1949
  44. Blue Grass Stomp 2:59 (1949) matrix CO 41837-1 NASH 740-1, first released 1949
  45. The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band 3:15 (1949) matrix CO 41838-1 NASH 741-1, first released 1949
  46. Toy Heart 2:46 (1949) 1946 Columbia recording
  47. Travelin' This Lonesome Road 3:12 (13 Mar 1950) matrix CO 41836-1 NASH 739-1, first released 1950
  48. New Mule Skinner Blues 2:30 (Mar 1950)
  49. My Little Georgia Rose 3:06 (Mar 1950) 1950 recording
  50. The Old Fiddler 2:35 (May 1950) matrix NA 2120-8, first released 1950
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On Recordings (5)

Performer

  1. Train 45 ?:?? Bob Black (2004)
  2. Rawhide ?:?? Bob Black (2004)
  3. Dear Old Dixie ?:?? Bob Black (2004)
  4. Blue Grass Special ?:?? Bob Black (2004)
  5. Blue Grass Breakdown ?:?? Bob Black (2004)

Credited as (17)

  1. Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
  2. Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
  3. Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
  4. Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
  5. Bill Monroe’s & His Blue Grass Boys
  6. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
  7. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys feat. Bill Keith
  8. Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet
  9. The Blue Grass Boys
  10. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys & Ralph Rinzler
  11. Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Quartet
  12. Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
  13. Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Quartet
  14. Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
  15. The Seldom Scene & Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
  16. Bill Monroe with the Blue Grass Boys
  17. Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys

Events (4)

Main Performer At

  1. Bill Monroe's 13th Annual Bluegrass Festival
  2. Fincastle Bluegrass Festival 1965
  3. Bill Monroe's 24th Annual Bluegrass Festival
  4. Bill Monroe's 7th Annual Bluegrass Festival

Links (4)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103722

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/804670

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3520034

Discography Pages

  1. https://en.wiki2.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe_discography