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Heavy Traffic Ahead by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

First released: 18 Jul 1949, Length: 2:52
matrix CCO 4605-1, master take, first released 1949

Creators (8)

Instruments

  1. Bill Monroe (16 Sep 1946) mandolin
  2. Chubby Wise (16 Sep 1946) fiddle
  3. Earl Scruggs (16 Sep 1946) banjo
  4. Howard Watts (16 Sep 1946) double bass
  5. Lester Flatt (16 Sep 1946) guitar

Vocals

  1. Bill Monroe (16 Sep 1946) lead vocals

Producer

  1. Art Satherly

Locations

Recorded At

  1. WBBM Studio (16 Sep 1946)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Heavy Traffic Ahead (16 Sep 1946)

    Composer

    1. Bill Monroe

    Lyricist

    1. Bill Monroe

Releases containing this recording (13)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Original Bluegrass Band 1978 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
  2. Columbia Historic Edition 1984 Bill Monroe
  3. The Essential Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys: 1945–1949 1992 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
  4. The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994 1994 Bill Monroe
  5. 16 Gems 1996 Bill Monroe
  6. Hot Rods & Custom Classics 16 Mar 1999 Various Artists
  7. The Father of Bluegrass: The Early Years 1940–1947 1999 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
  8. Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949 2002 Bill Monroe
  9. All the Classic Releases 1937-1949 2003 Bill Monroe
  10. The Essential Earl Scruggs 02 Mar 2004 Earl Scruggs
  11. The Legend Lives On 21 Feb 2005 Bill Monroe
  12. The Father of Bluegrass: The Essential Recordings 2014 Bill Monroe

Single

  1. Heavy Traffic Ahead / Along About Daybreak 18 Jul 1949 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys