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Blue Grass Breakdown by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

First released: 1949, Length: 2:18
matrix CCO 4879-1, first released 1949

Creators (7)

Instruments

  1. Bill Monroe (27 Oct 1947) mandolin
  2. Chubby Wise (27 Oct 1947) fiddle
  3. Earl Scruggs (27 Oct 1947) banjo
  4. Howard Watts (27 Oct 1947) double bass
  5. Lester Flatt (27 Oct 1947) guitar

Producer

  1. Art Satherly

Locations

Recorded At

  1. WBBM Studio (27 Oct 1947)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Blue Grass Breakdown (27 Oct 1947)

    Composer

    1. Bill Monroe

Releases containing this recording (17)

Official

Album

  1. The Great Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys Apr 1961 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

Album - Compilation

  1. 16 All‐Time Greatest Hits Aug 1970 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
  2. The Original Bluegrass Band 1978 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
  3. The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994 1994 Bill Monroe
  4. 16 Gems 1996 Bill Monroe
  5. The Early Years 1998 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
  6. The Father of Bluegrass: The Early Years 1940–1947 1999 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
  7. Bluegrass Bonanza 17 Sep 2001 Various Artists
  8. Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949 2002 Bill Monroe
  9. Lonesome Valley 2002 Various Artists
  10. All the Classic Releases 1937-1949 2003 Bill Monroe
  11. The Legend Lives On 21 Feb 2005 Bill Monroe
  12. The Essential Guide to Bluegrass 2007 Various Artists
  13. Banjo 1901-1956: An American Five-String History 06 Mar 2009 Various Artists
  14. Totally Essential Bluegrass 2009 Various Artists
  15. The Father of Bluegrass: The Essential Recordings 2014 Bill Monroe

Single

  1. Blue Grass Breakdown / Toy Heart 1949 Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys