Totally Essential Bluegrass

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Tracklist

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1Blue Moon of Kentucky
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio (radio/tv station) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1946-09-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (in 1946)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), Southern Music Publishing Company Limited and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Bill Monroe3:02
2Cabin Home in Carolina
Armstrong Twins2:34
3Nobody’s Love Is Like Mine
The Stanley Brothers2:27
4Hop Light Ladies
Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers4:17
5My Lonely Heart
Jimmy Martin2:17
6Buddy Won’t You Roll Down the Line
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-07-25)
banjitar [banjo-guitar]:
Sam McGee (from Franklin, Tennessee, USA) (on 1928-07-25)
banjo:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1928-07-25)
vocals:
Uncle Dave Macon (on 1928-07-25) and Sam McGee (from Franklin, Tennessee, USA) (on 1928-07-25)
recording of:
Buddy Better Get On Down the Line (on 1928-07-25)
writer:
Jane Bowers and Dave Guard
Uncle Dave Macon3:12
7Uncle Pen
Bill Monroe2:43
8Heart’s Hall of Fame
Bailey Brothers3:00
9Little Birdie
Wade Mainer2:48
10The Fields Have Turned Brown
The Stanley Brothers2:33
11Run Mountain
J.E. Mainer2:53
12I’m Lonesome Without You
double bass:
Roy Starkey (Country singer and bassist) (in 1946-01)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-01)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (in 1946-01)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (in 1946-01)
recording of:
I'm Lonesome Without You (First line: "I am feeling mighty weary...") (in 1946-01)
lyricist and composer:
Alton Delmore
The Delmore Brothers2:40
13Get in Line Brothers
Flatt & Scruggs2:17
14Banjo Twist
McCormick Brothers2:14
15Ruby Are You Mad at Your Man
The Osborne Brothers2:59
16I’m the Talk of the Town
recording of:
I'm the Talk of the Town
lyricist and composer:
Don Reno (bluegrass banjoist, Reno & Smiley member, father of Don Wayne Reno)
Reno and Smiley2:43
17I’ll Wash Your Love From My Heart
Jim and Jesse2:25
18Y’all Come
producer:
Paul Cohen (Nashville country producer)
banjo:
Rudy Lyle (on 1954-01-08)
double bass:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1954-01-08)
fiddle:
Charlie Cline (on 1954-01-08)
guitar:
Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1954-01-08) and Jimmy Martin (US bluegrass musician) (on 1954-01-08)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1954-01-08)
recording of:
Y’all Come (on 1954-01-08)
lyricist and composer:
Arlie Duff
Bill Monroe2:11
19When I Safely Reach the Other Shore
Tommy Magness2:33
20Foggy Mountain Breakdown
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1949-12-11)
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1949-12-11)
double bass [string bass]:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1949-12-11)
fiddle:
Benny Sims (American fiddler) (on 1949-12-11)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1949-12-11)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (on 1949-12-11)
recording of:
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (on 1949-12-11)
composer:
Earl Scruggs
Flatt & Scruggs42:38