With this particular show falling on what would have been William Smith Monroe's 98th birthday, we simply made the whole show a tribute to the man who gave us the reason to bring you a bluegrass program in the first place.
Everything we played was either written by, performed by, written about, or related to Bill Monroe - The Father of Bluegrass Music.
Big thanks go to
Dick Bowden who dropped by and donated a "Rank Stranglers" poster for us to give away (congratulations Barbara!). Dick also tried to stump the DJ with a request for an obscure Monroe song ("Sailor's Plea") that we miraculously were able to find. Thanks Dick!
Barbara, our poster winner, also requested anything by John Hartford related to Bill Monroe, and we found the ultimate song ("Old Riverman") -- John and Bill singing together -- to close the show.
Thank you all for listening, and especially thank you to the folks calling in requests.
Marti and I will be back next week, so tune in 4-7 pm ET when we'll make the banjos and fiddles ring. We may even have a special guest join us by phone.
Jim & Marti
- Blue Grass Breakdown / Bill Monroe / 16 Gems / Columbia Legacy
- Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe / Blue Grass 1950-1958 / Bear Family
- Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe / 16 Gems / Columbia Legacy
- Kentucky Waltz / Bill Monroe / Blue Grass 1950-1958 / Bear Family
- My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
- Y'all Come / Bill Monroe / Blue Grass 1950-1958 / Bear Family
- Sailor's Plea / Bill Monroe / Blue Grass 1950-1958 / Bear Family
- On And On / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
- Kentucky King / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan, and Lonesome Standard Time / self-titled / Sugar Hill
- Dog House Blues / Nashville Bluegrass Band / My Native Home / Rounder
- Blue And Lonesome / Seldom Scene / Scene It All / Sugar Hill
- She's Young (And I'm Growing Old) / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
- Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine / Billy & Terry Smith / Bill Monroe Tribute / K-Tel
- You'd Better Get Right / The Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler
- Tennessee Blues / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Sugar Hill
- My Little Georgia Rose / Ricky Skaggs And Friends feat. Travis Tritt / Songs Of Bill Monroe / Lyric Street
- Goin' Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass / Skaggs Family
- New Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys / Live At The Opry / MCA
- Katy Hill / The Osborne Brothers / Live In Germany / Pinecastle
- White House Blues / Bill Monroe / Blue Grass 1950-1958 / Bear Family
- Road To Columbus / James Reams, Walter Hensley and the Barons of Bluegrass / Wild Card / Mountain Redbird
- The Bluest Man In Town / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
- In The Pines / David Davis and the Warrior River Boys / My Dixie Home / Wango
- Body And Soul / Patrick McAvinue / Rutland's Reel / Patuxent Music
- Is The Grass Any Bluer / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
- When You Are Lonely / Monroe Crossing / Heart Ache & Stone / self-produced
- Can't You Hear Me Calling / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill
- Molly And Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe / Two Days At Newport / And More Bears
- Dark As The Night Blue As The Day / Dave Evans and River Bend / The Best Of The Vetco Years / Rebel
- Midnight On The Stormy Deep / Bill Monroe / Blue Grass 1959-1969 / Bear Family
- All The Good Times Are Past And Gone / Bill Monroe / Blue Grass 1959-1969 / Bear Family
- Goodbye Old Pal / Blue & Lonesome / Some Old Day / self-produced
- Jerusalem Ridge / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
- I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
- My Long Journey Home / The Monroe Brothers (Charlie & Bill) / Bill Monroe - Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
- What Is Home Without Love / The Monroe Brothers (Charlie & Bill) / Bill Monroe - Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
- Have A Feast Here Tonight / The Monroe Brothers (Charlie & Bill) / Bill Monroe - Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
- Oh Death / Charlie Monroe & Zeke Morris / I'm Old Kentucky Bound / Bear Family
- Six White Horses / Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys / Mule Skinner Blues / BMG-RCA
- Brown County Breakdown / Alan Munde Gazette / Made To Last / Munde's Child
- What Would You Give In Exchange / Wade Mainer's Mountaineers (sic) / Wade Mainer's Mountaineers Vol I 1935-1936 / Old Homestead
- Old Cross Road Is Waitin' / Bill Monroe / 16 Gems / Columbia / Legacy
- Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
- Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys / Mule Skinner Blues / BMG-RCA
- Mansions For Me / Jeremy Stephens & Tom Mindte / Old Time Duets / Patuxent
- I'm Working On A Building / Bill Monroe And The Blue Grass Boys / Live Recordings 1956-1969 / Smithsonian Folkways
- Old Riverman / Bill Monroe and John Hartford / Bill Monroe's Friends / MCA (LP)
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