| Product Summary | | Label: Sugar Hill | | UPC: 00015891220925 | | Release Date: 10/15/1996 | | Buy.com Sku: 60045629 | | Item#: MR6R7R | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Molly And Tenbrooks ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. True Life Blues ~ Various Artists | | | 3. I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Highway Of Sorrow ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Old Ebenezer Scrooge ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Memories Of You ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Rawhide ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Can't You Hear Me Callin' ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Letter From My Darling ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Sittin' Alone In The Moonlight ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Big Mon ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Get Down On Your Knees And Pray ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Used To Be ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Scotland ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Travelin' This Lonesome Road ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Heavy Traffic Ahead ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Little Cabin Home On The Hill ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | TRUE LIFE BLUES: THE SONGS OF BILL MONROE is a tribute to "The Father Of Bluegrass" who died in September 1996. It features some of the biggest names in modern bluegrass collaborating on 17 classic Monroe tunes. | | Personnel: Kathy Kallick, Del McCoury, Pat Enright, Peter Rowan (vocals, guitar); Ronnie McCoury, Tim O'Brien, Greg Garing, Roland White (vocals, mandolin); John Hartford (vocals, banjo, fiddle); Alan O'Bryant, Herb Pedersen (vocals, banjo); Laurie Lewis (vocals, fiddle); Mollie O'Brien (vocals); David Grier, Scott Nygaard, Jim Nunally (guitar); Mike Compton, Mike Marshall, Sam Bush, John Reischman, Chris Thile, David Grisman (mandolin); Craig Smith, Tony Trischka (banjo); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Stuart Duncan, Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks, Richard Greene (fiddle); Todd Phillips (bass). | | Engineers include: Todd Phillips. | | Includes liner notes by John Hartley Fox, Todd Phillips, Pat Enright, Peter Rowan, Tim O'Brien, Ronnie McCoury, Roland White, David "Dawg" Grisman and John Hartford. | | TRUE LIFE BLUES: THE SONGS OF BILL MONROE won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. "Scotland" (performed by Vassar Clements, Richard Greene, Chris Thile, Scott Nygaard and Todd Phillips) and "Rawhide" (performed by Ronnie McCoury, David Grier, Stuart Duncan, Craig Smith and Todd Phillips) were both nominated for the 1997 Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance. |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/15/1996 | | Original Release Date : 1996 | | Catalog ID : 2209 | | Label : Sugar Hill Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00015891220925 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (11/1/96, p.70)
- "...Thirty bluegrass and country-music wizards...pick'n'sing 17 of Monroe's compositions with virtuosity and flair. As long as bluegrass attracts super vocalists like [Del] McCoury and instrumentalists like guitarist David Grier, Monroe's legacy will never die."- Rating: A Q (4/97, p.153)
- 4 stars (out of 5)
- "...a fine album with some fine vocal playoffs amid the thrashing mandolins." |
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