Bill Monroe - Anthology

Title: Anthology Artist: Bill Monroe Release Date: 4/22/2003 Label: MCA Nashville Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 008811320720, 0008811320720 Genre: Country Styles: Gospel, Traditional Bluegrass, Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Bluegrass, Bluegrass-Gospel Moods: Earthy, Plaintive, Rustic, Earnest, Exuberant, Organic, Bittersweet, Freewheeling, Passionate, Rousing, Sad, Sweet, Yearning, Sentimental, Fun, Pastoral, Rollicking, Spiritual, Amiable/Good-Natured, Reflective Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. New Mule Skinner Blues
2. My Little Georgia Rose
3. Uncle Pen
4. Rawhide
5. Kentucky Waltz
6. When the Cactus Is in Bloom
7. Get Down on Your Knees and Pray
8. In the Pines
9. Footprints in the Snow
10. Walking in Jerusalem
11. Get Up John
12. On and On
13. I'm Working on a Building
14. Blue Moon of Kentucky
15. Roanoke
16. Goodbye Old Pal
17. Molly and Tenbrooks
18. I'm Sitting on Top of the World
19. I Saw the Light
20. Scotland
21. Panhandle Country
22. Gotta Travel On
23. Big Mon
24. Linda Lou
25. Lonesome Road Blues

1. Time Changes Everything
2. I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky
3. Toy Heart
4. Live and Let Live
5. Old Joe Clark
6. Columbus Stockade Blues
7. Drifting Too Far From the Shore
8. Somebody Touched Me
9. Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
10. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
11. Devil's Dream
12. Highway of Sorrow
13. Roll on Buddy, Roll On
14. (We're Goin') Just Over in the Gloryland
15. Fire on the Mountain
16. Long Black Veil
17. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
18. Dusty Miller
19. Midnight on the Stormy Deep
20. Sally Goodin
21. Walls of Time
22. I Haven't Seen Mary in Years
23. With Body and Soul
24. Walk Softly on My Heart
25. My Last Days on Earth

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD MCA Nashville 113207

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So much has been said about the founding father of bluegrass music that it would be nice if there was an all-encompassing collection of Bill Monroe's music to accompany the legend. Although the almost-correctly titled Anthology comes close, there is still a wealth of Columbia and RCA-Victor recordings missing from this Decca-centric collection, which runs chronologically from 1950 to 1969 (with one final track from 1981). Unfortunately, this means that the classic lineup of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, with fiddler Chubby Wise and bassist Howard Watts, is not represented. Still, bluegrass luminaries Vassar Clements, Jimmy Martin, Kenny Baker, Del McCoury, Peter Rowan, and many others, all drifted in and out of the Blue Grass Boys during their twenty-some years, and make appearances on classic tracks like "Sally Goodin," "Uncle Pen," "Blue Moon of Kentucky," and "New Mule Skinner Blues." All told, this may be the perfect collection of Monroe's work for Decca, but it falls only slightly short of being the Bill Monroe Anthology. ~ Zac Johnson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy McKaie Producer Arlene Hardin Vocals (Background) Beth Stempel Production Coordination Bill Keith Banjo Bill McElhiney String Arrangements Bill Monroe Vocals, Mandolin, Producer Bobby Hardin Vocals (Background) Bobby Hicks Fiddle Boudleaux Bryant Vocals Buddy Spicher Fiddle Byron Berline Fiddle Carl Butler Guitar Carl Gorodetzky Violin Carter Stanley Vocals, Guitar Charlie Cline Fiddle, Vocals Cindy Nelson Vocals (Background) Connie Ellisor Violin Culley Holt Vocals Curtis McPeake Banjo Curtis Young Vocals (Background) Dale Potter Fiddle Del McCoury Guitar, Vocals Dennis Molchan Violin Don Lineberger Banjo Don Stover Banjo Edd Mayfield Vocals, Guitar Ernie Newton Bass, Vocals Farris Coursey Drums Franklin G. Buchanan Vocals, Guitar Gavin Lurssen Digital Remastering George Binkley III Violin Gordon Terry Fiddle, Vocals Grady Martin Guitar Hal Smith Fiddle Harry Silverstein Producer Horace "Benny" Williams Fiddle Howard Watts Bass Hubert Davis Banjo Jack Cooke Guitar Jackie Phelps Guitar James Monroe Bass, Guitar, Vocals Jimmy Elrod Guitar Jimmy Martin Vocals, Guitar Jimmy Maynard Vocals, Guitar Jimmy Selph Guitar Joe Drumright Banjo Joe Stuart Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar Joe Zinkan Bass Joel Price Vocals, Bass Kenny Baker Vocals Lamar Grier Banjo Les Leverett Cover Photo, Photography Lonnie Hoppers Banjo Mark Hembree Bass Mary Katherine Aldin Compilation, Liner Notes Merle "Red" Taylor Fiddle Mike Fink Design Milton Estes Vocals Norman Blake Guitar Owen Bradley Producer Paul Cohen Producer Peter Rowan Guitar, Vocals Red Hayes Fiddle Red Stanley Fiddle Richard Greene & Beryl Marriott Fiddle Robert Lee Pennington Banjo Roland White Vocals, Guitar Roy Christensen Cello Rual Yarbrough Banjo Rudy Lyle Banjo, Vocals Ryan Null Photo Research Sheldon Kurland Strings, Violin Sonny Osborne Banjo Tommy Jackson Fiddle Tommy Williams Jr. Fiddle Tony Ellis Banjo Vartan Art Direction Vassar Clements Fiddle Vic Jordan Banjo Walter Haynes Producer