Covered In Folk: Bill Monroe (from folk rock to folk revival, from acoustic jazz to indiefolk)
Feb 19, 9:41pm
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Musical visionary Bill Monroe, who got his start alongside brothers Charlie and Birch in the depths of the great depression, and subsequently performed as a solo act and bandleader for over sixty years until his death in 1996, was not just the father of the music we call bluegrass; he was its most prolific writer and disseminator. As composer and arranger, he created or recreated hundreds of songs; as progenitor, he found, groomed, and composed and performed alongside 161 Blue Grass Boys in a half century before sending them back out into the world to spread the gospel. [...]
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- Darol Anger And The American Fiddle Ensemble - Old Dangerfield (Bill Monroe cover)
- David Schnaufer - bluemoon.mp3
- JUNE BUGG - Darling Corey (Bill Monroe cover)
- Mark O'Connor - Jerusalem's Ridge (Bill Monroe cover)
- Red Molly - Darlin Corey (Bill Monroe cover)
- Ry Cooder - Footprints In The Snow (Bill Monroe cover)
- Sadie Compton - Candy Gal (Bill Monroe cover)
- The Clumsy Lovers - Uncle Pen (Bill Monroe cover)
- The Diamond Family Archive - iheara.mp3
- The Jones Street Boys - Walls Of Time (Bill Monroe cover)
- Wayfaring Strangers - I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome Too (Bill Monroe cover)
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