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Mother’s Only Sleeping
by
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
First released:
24 May 1947,
Length:
3:18
Creators
(9)
Instruments
Bill Monroe
(16 Sep 1946)
mandolin
Chubby Wise
(16 Sep 1946)
fiddle
Earl Scruggs
(16 Sep 1946)
banjo
Howard Watts
(16 Sep 1946)
double bass
Lester Flatt
(16 Sep 1946)
guitar
Vocals
Bill Monroe
(16 Sep 1946)
tenor vocals
Lester Flatt
(16 Sep 1946)
lead vocals
Producer
Art Satherly
Locations
Recorded At
WBBM Studio
(16 Sep 1946)
Works
(1)
Recording Of
Mother's Only Sleeping
(16 Sep 1946)
Writer
Bill Monroe
Releases containing this recording
(9)
Official
Album
The Great Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
Apr 1961
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
Album - Compilation
Columbia Historic Edition
1984
Bill Monroe
The Essential Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys: 1945–1949
1992
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
The Father of Bluegrass: The Early Years 1940–1947
1999
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
Mansions for Me
2001
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949
2002
Bill Monroe
All the Classic Releases 1937-1949
2003
Bill Monroe
The Legend Lives On
21 Feb 2005
Bill Monroe
Single
Mansions for Me / Mother's Only Sleeping
24 May 1947
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys