Album

Sings Bluegrass, Body And Soul

Bill Monroe

1977 · Folk, World, & Country

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Sings Bluegrass, Body And Soul by Bill Monroe

Sings Bluegrass, Body And Soul is a Country album by Bill Monroe, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'2:06
  2. A2Millenburg Boy2:12
  3. A3My Louisiana Love2:02
  4. A4Monroe's Blues3:50
  5. A5No Place To Pillow My Head2:16

Side B

  1. B1My Cabin In Caroline2:29
  2. B2Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine2:33
  3. B3Lucky Lady2:30
  4. B4With Body And Soul3:04
  5. B5My Old Kentucky And You2:10

Sound DNA

  • Country
  • Bluegrass
  • twangy
  • earnest
  • pastoral

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

All songs written by Bill Monroe unless noted above
All songs produced by Walter Haynes unless noted above
All songs engineered by Joe Mills & Bobby Bradley unless noted above
All songs recorded at Bradley's Barn except B4 (Columbia Studios, Nashville)
*comments on sleeve by Bill Monroe:
A1 - What Beautiful Eyes
A2 - An old instrumental I kept for 46 years
A3 - About the State and a beautiful lady
A4 - To me this is a great number, I've had the blues and I love the blues
A5 - An old song owned by two Great men
B1 - Lester thought it would be a great song for me and was, and sung in the key of C
B2 - A song we get a lot of requests for
B3 - A song about a Texas lady named Luckie
B4 - This song has been recorded by a lot of bluegrass groups and we titled this album after it.
B5 - A song about a lady I knew

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Bill MonroeMANDOLIN
  • Bill YatesBASS
  • Blaine SprouseFIDDLE GUITAR
  • Bobby ThompsonBANJO
  • Buddy SpicherFIDDLE
  • Jack HicksBANJO
  • James MonroeGUITAR
  • Joe HayesFIDDLE
  • Joe StuartBASS FIDDLE
  • Joe ZinkanBASS
  • Kenny BakerFIDDLE
  • Monroe FieldsBASS
  • Rual YarbroughBANJO
  • Stephen DavisBASS
  • Tommy WilliamsFIDDLE
  • Wayne LewisGUITAR
  • William HoldenBANJO

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