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The Bill Monroe Centennial ­Celebration
A Classic Bluegrass Tribute

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Format
CD (2 Disc); Stereo
Release Date
23 August 2011
Album: The Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute
# Song Title   Time
  Disc 1
1)    Tall Timber - The Bluegrass Album Band More Info...
2)    Will You Be Loving Another Man - The Grascals More Info...
3)    Dark As The Night, Blue As The Day - Michael Cleveland with Dan Tyminski and Vince Gill More Info...
4)    Cheyenne - The Bluegrass Album Band More Info...
5)    Close By - Dailey & Vincent More Info...
6)    I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling - Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys More Info...
7)    Shenandoah Breakdown - Wyatt Rice More Info...
8)    My Florida Sunshine - Claire Lynch More Info...
9)    I'm Blue I'm Lonesome - Nashville Bluegrass Band More Info...
10)    Toy Heart - Ricky Skaggs More Info...
11)    Wheel Hoss - The Bluegrass Album Band More Info...
12)    On The Old Kentucky Shore - The Bluegrass Album Band More Info...
13)    Come Back To Me In My Dreams - Al Jones and Frank Necessary & The Spruce Mountain Boys More Info...
14)    Wicked Path Of Sin - Blue Highway More Info...
  Disc 2
1)    Old Brown County Barn - Michael Cleveland More Info...
2)    You'd Better Get Right - The Vern Williams Band More Info...
3)    Voice From On High - Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys More Info...
4)    Lonesome Moonlight Waltz - The Bluegrass Album Band More Info...
5)    Dog House Blues - Nashville Bluegrass Band More Info...
6)    Walls Of Time - The Johnson Mountain Boys More Info...
7)    Big Mon - Tony Rice More Info...
8)    Footprints In The Snow - IIIrd Tyme Out More Info...
9)    Jerusalem Ridge - Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper More Info...
10)    Mansions For Me - Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-press More Info...
11)    In Despair - Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys featuring Charlie Sizemore More Info...
12)    You're Drifting Away - Nashville Bluegrass Band More Info...
13)    True Life Blues - Hazel and Alice More Info...
14)    Goodbye Old Pal - Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys More Info...
 

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Album: The Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute
# Song Title   Time
  Disc 1
1)    Tall Timber - The Bluegrass Album Band More Info...
2)    Will You Be Loving Another Man - The Grascals More Info...
3)    Dark As The Night, Blue As The Day - Michael Cleveland with Dan Tyminski and Vince Gill More Info...
4)    Cheyenne - The Bluegrass Album Band More Info...
5)    Close By - Dailey & Vincent More Info...
6)    I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling - Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys More Info...
7)    Shenandoah Breakdown - Wyatt Rice More Info...
8)    My Florida Sunshine - Claire Lynch More Info...
9)    I'm Blue I'm Lonesome - Nashville Bluegrass Band More Info...
10)    Toy Heart - Ricky Skaggs More Info...
11)    Wheel Hoss - The Bluegrass Album Band More Info...
12)    On The Old Kentucky Shore - The Bluegrass Album Band More Info...
13)    Come Back To Me In My Dreams - Al Jones and Frank Necessary & The Spruce Mountain Boys More Info...
14)    Wicked Path Of Sin - Blue Highway More Info...
  Disc 2
1)    Old Brown County Barn - Michael Cleveland More Info...
2)    You'd Better Get Right - The Vern Williams Band More Info...
3)    Voice From On High - Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys More Info...
4)    Lonesome Moonlight Waltz - The Bluegrass Album Band More Info...
5)    Dog House Blues - Nashville Bluegrass Band More Info...
6)    Walls Of Time - The Johnson Mountain Boys More Info...
7)    Big Mon - Tony Rice More Info...
8)    Footprints In The Snow - IIIrd Tyme Out More Info...
9)    Jerusalem Ridge - Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper More Info...
10)    Mansions For Me - Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-press More Info...
11)    In Despair - Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys featuring Charlie Sizemore More Info...
12)    You're Drifting Away - Nashville Bluegrass Band More Info...
13)    True Life Blues - Hazel and Alice More Info...
14)    Goodbye Old Pal - Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys More Info...
 
Product Description
Product Details
EAN
0011661912328
Guest Artist
Dan Tyminski; Vince Gill; Charlie Sizemore
Label
Unbranded
Dimensions
12.7 x 1.3 x 14.6 centimeters (0.06 kg)
Performer Notes
  • Tributee: Bill Monroe.
  • Liner Note Author: Bill Nowlin.
  • Photographer: Carl Fleischhauer.
  • The Rounder compilation Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute anticipates what might have been the 100th birthday of the father of bluegrass music (September 13, 2011) by delving into the label's archives for 28 songs credited to Monroe (even if, as Bill Nowlin points out in his excellent liner notes, those tunes were occasionally adapted from older sources or even purchased from other songwriters) and performed by a bevy of his descendents, including Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, and Dan Tyminski. The heavy lifting is actually performed by such multiple participants as the Bluegrass Album Band (with five selections), Michael Cleveland, and Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys (with three each). Since Monroe is honored as the founder of bluegrass, those who play it are almost forced to copy him in the instrumentation of his band -- mandolin, fiddle, guitar, bass -- and in his high tenor vocals, and the artists here largely do that. When, for instance, a piano is heard on Skaggs' version of "Toy Heart," it's almost a shock, and the female vocals of Hazel & Alice on "True Life Blues" also constitute a novelty. But bluegrass is a virtuoso music, too, giving the instrumentalists leave to shine on their fast-paced solos, especially on the instrumentals, such as the lead-off track, the Bluegrass Album Band's "Tall Timber." And sometimes, there's actually a competition to replicate Monroe's high, lonesome vocal sound, as on "Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day," in which Cleveland, Tyminski, and Gill all take their turns. Nowlin estimates the number of Monroe's compositions at between 225 and 250, so this collection represents only a little over ten-percent of his output. Still, it's a good representation of his music as played by some of his most ardent followers. ~ William Ruhlmann
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