1954, 1958

From Doc Hamilton


Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys 1954, 1958

September 19, 1954, with Charlie Cline, Gordon Terry, Leslie Sandy and Edd Mayfield

    September 19, 1954 - Part 1 (click here)

 1. Boil Them Cabbage Down
 2. Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent
 3. I Hope You Have Learned
 4. Cry Cry Darlin
 5. Slowly

    September 19, 1954 - Part 2 (click here)

 1. Y'all Come
 2. Changing Partners
 3. Blue Moon of Kentucky
 4. Down Yonder (Birch Monroe)
 5. Have a Little Talk with Jesus
 6. I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling

    September 19, 1954 - Part 3 (click here)

 1. Girl in Blue Velvet Band
 2. White House Blues
 3. Rose of Old Kentucky
 4. Uncle Pen
 5. Rocky Road Blues
 6. Muleskinner Blues
 7. The First Whiporwill
 8. Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake
 9. He Will Set Your Fields on Fire (partial)

I'm thinking the three sets above had Charlie Cline on banjo and Gordon Terry on fiddle. Birch Monroe does one fiddle tune. The comedian they called "Uncle Puny" was Leslie Sandy.

 

April 13, 1958: On the show are Kenny Baker, Edd Mayfield and Bob Johnson. There is no bass.

    April 13, 1958 - Part 1 (click here)

 1. Introductions
 2. Panhandle Country
 3. You'd Better Treat Your Good Man Right
 4. In Despair
 5. John Henry
 6. I Found A Hiding Place
 7. Cabin In The Corner of Gloryland
 8. I Am A Pilgrim

    April 13, 1958 - Part 2 (click here)

 1. Back to Old Kentucky
 2. Cheyenne
 3. Sitting on Top of the World
 4. Rawhide
 5. Footprints in the Snow
 6. The First Whippoorwill
 7. Truck Driving Man

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[Thanks to Matteo Ringressi via BanjoHangout for lots of historic help.]

Added July 28, 2012

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