- bluegrass, country
- 10 tracks
- Harmony Records
The Great Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys is the first compilation album by American bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and his band, the Blue Grass Boys. Released by Harmony Records on March 20, 1961, it features ten songs recorded between 1945 and 1949, all of which were originally released as singles or B-sides. The album features recordings from three different lineups of the Blue Grass Boys, including the "classic bluegrass band" with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- A1Rocky Road Blues
- A2Kentucky Waltz
- A3Footprints in the Snow
- A4Blue Moon of Kentucky
- A5Mother's Only Sleeping
- B1Blue Grass Stomp
- B2My Rose of Old Kentucky
- B3Blue Grass Breakdown
- B4Can't You Hear Me Callin'
- B5Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
About the album
- Label
- Harmony Records
- Released
- 1961-04
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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