True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe

True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	October 15, 1996
Genre	Bluegrass music
Length	51:33
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer	Todd Phillips

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True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe is a compilation album of bluegrass music released through Sugar Hill Records on October 15, 1996. It was a tribute to Bill Monroe. In 1997, the album won Todd Phillips the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, as the producer.

Track listing

1. "Molly and Tenbrooks" – 3:13
2. "True Life Blues" – 2:45
3. "I'm on My Way to the Old Home" – 2:08
4. "Highway of Sorrow" – 2:53
5. "Old Ebenezer Scrooge" – 2:46
6. "Memories of You" – 3:06
7. "Rawhide" – 3:07
8. "Can't You Hear Me Callin'" – 4:07
9. "Letter from My Darling" – 3:32
10. "Sitting Alone in the Moonlight" – 3:16
11. "Big Mon" – 3:01
12. "Get Down on Your Knees and Pray" – 3:12
13. "Used to Be" – 2:03
14. "Scotland" – 3:08
15. "Travelin' This Lonesome Road" – 3:02
16. "Heavy Traffic Ahead Bill Monroe" – 2:25
17. "Little Cabin Home on the Hill" – 3:49

Personnel

Joseph Bartoldus – Engineer Sam Bush – Mandolin Vassar Clements – Fiddle Mike Compton – Mandolin Donivan Cowart – Engineer Gary Denton – Engineer Jerry Douglas – Dobro Stuart Duncan – Fiddle Pat Enright – Guitar, Vocals Lester Flatt – Composer Greg Garing – Mandolin, Vocals Rainer Gembalczk – Mastering Richard Greene – Fiddle David Grier – Guitar David Grisman – Mandolin John Hartford – Banjo, Fiddle, Composer, Vocals Bradley Hartman – Engineer Bobby Hicks – Fiddle Steve Horowitz – Engineer Kathy Kallick – Guitar, Vocals Laurie Lewis – Fiddle, Vocals Mike Marshall – Mandolin, Engineer Del McCoury – Guitar, Vocals

Ronnie McCoury – Mandolin, Vocals Sue Meyer – Design Bill Monroe – Composer, Performer Jim Nunally – Guitar, Engineer Scott Nygaard – Guitar Mollie O'Brien – Vocals Tim O'Brien – Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals Alan O'Bryant – Vocals Herb Pedersen – Banjo, Vocals Todd Phillips – Bass, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Barry Poss – Executive Producer Pete Pyle – Composer John Reischman – Mandolin Peter Rowan – Guitar, Vocals Tom Size – Engineer Mark Slagle – Engineer Craig Smith – Banjo J.B. Smith – Composer Chris Thile – Mandolin Elizabeth Tormes – Photography Tony Trischka – Banjo Doc Watson – Composer Roland White – Mandolin, Vocals

References

1. "True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe". Allmusic. Retrieved July 20, 2010.