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Blue Grass Special by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

First released: 03 Nov 1947, Length: 2:30
matrix C4360-1, first released 1947 - master take

Creators (8)

Instruments

  1. Bill Monroe (13 Feb 1945) mandolin
  2. Chubby Wise (13 Feb 1945) fiddle
  3. Howard Watts (13 Feb 1945) double bass
  4. Stringbean (13 Feb 1945) banjo
  5. Tex Willis (13 Feb 1945) guitar
  6. Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (13 Feb 1945) accordion

Producer

  1. Art Satherly

Locations

Recorded At

  1. WBBM Studio (13 Feb 1945)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Blue Grass Special (13 Feb 1945)

    Composer

    1. Bill Monroe

Releases containing this recording (9)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Columbia Historic Edition 1984 Bill Monroe
  2. 16 Gems 1996 Bill Monroe
  3. The Early Years 1998 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
  4. O Brother: Music in the Tradition 2002 Various Artists
  5. Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949 2002 Bill Monroe
  6. All the Classic Releases 1937-1949 2003 Bill Monroe
  7. The Legend Lives On 21 Feb 2005 Bill Monroe
  8. The Father of Bluegrass: The Essential Recordings 2014 Bill Monroe

Single

  1. How Will I Explain About You? / Blue Grass Special 03 Nov 1947 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys