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In 1930s Kentucky, the Blue Grass State, the mandolin of Bill Monroe combined forces with old-time fiddle, fingerstyle banjo, and rhythm guitar to form the Blue Grass Boys – and a new genre was born. The origins of Bluegrass are profiled here with tracks by Monroe’s boys, Larry Sparks and J D Crowe as well as a composition by Bill Monroe interpreted by the Bluegrass Album Band. In the late 1960’s the scene developed into ‘Newgrass’ or progressive bluegrass represented here by artists such as Bela Fleck. Alison Krauss and Union Station, Johnson Mountain Boys & Hazel Dickens among others highlight today’s thriving Bluegrass scene.
Track listing:
1. LARRY SPARKS: Gospel Train
2. ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION: Every Time You Say Goodbye
3. BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND: Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
4. COUNTRY GENTLEMEN: Matterhorn
5. HAZEL DICKENS: Hills Of Home
6. JIM & JESSE AND THE VIRGINIA BOYS: Chicken Reel
7. RHONDA VINCENT: Lonesome Wind Blues
8. RED ALLEN & THE KENTUCKIANS: Hello City Limits
9. JOHNSON MOUNTAIN BOYS: My Better Years
10. EMERSON & WALDRON: Shiloh
11. RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS FEATURING TOM T. HALL: Rank Stranger
12. LONGVIEW: Brighter Mansion
13. J.D. CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Nashville Blues
14. CLAIRE LYNCH: Sweetheart, Darlin’ Of Mine
15. TONY RICE: I’ve Waited As Long As I Can
16. BELA FLECK: Crossfire
17. HAZEL DICKENS: You’ll Get No More Of Me
18. THE MCCOURY BROTHERS: My Sweet Love Ain’t Around
19. IIIrd TYME OUT: Can’t Say Goodbye
20. LYNN MORRIS: Mama’s Hand
21. DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD: I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time
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