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Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
Formed in 1939 · Ended in 1996
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William Smith Monroe ( mən-ROH; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter who created the bluegrass music genre. For this reason, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass".
The genre takes its name from his band, the Blue Grass Boys, who named their group for the bluegrass of Monroe's home state of Kentucky. He described the genre as "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound."
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The Blue Grass Boys est un groupe de bluegrass américain. Il est formé en 1938 par Bill Monroe. Le groupe est à l'origine du mouvement musical homonyme dénommé bluegrass, emblématique des régions rurales d'une bonne partie du midwest et du sud des États-Unis.
Le nom du groupe est issu du surnom de l'état du Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, surnom qui renvoie à la fertilité des terres du Kentucky où pousse en abondance cette « herbe bleue » appelée pâturin en français.
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Discography
Albums
- 1958 Knee Deep in Bluegrass
- 1958 I Saw the Light
- 1961 The Great Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
- 1961 Mr. Blue Grass
- 1962 Bluegrass Ramble
- 1963 Bluegrass Special
- 1964 Sings Country Songs
- 1964 I’ll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning
- 1965 The Original Bluegrass Sound
- 1965 Bluegrass Instrumentals
- 1969 A Voice From on High
- 1980 Radio Shows, 1946-48
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- 1988 Bluegrass ’87
- 1988 Southern Flavor
- 1991 Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord
Singles
- 1940 Mule Skinner Blues / Six White Horses
- 1941 Dog House Blues / Katy Hill
- 1941 No Letter in the Mail / Cryin’ Holy Unto My Lord
- 1941 I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do / Tennessee Blues
- 1941 Blue Yodel No. 7 / In the Pines
- 1942 The Coupon Song / Orange Blossom Special
- 1942 Shake My Mother's Hand for Me / Were You There?
- 1942 Back Up and Push / Honky Tonk Swing
- 1946 Rocky Road Blues / Kentucky Waltz
- 1946 True Life Blues / Footprints in the Snow
- 1947 Mansions for Me / Mother's Only Sleeping
- 1947 Will You Be Loving Another Man? / Blue Yodel No. 4
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- 1947 Blue Moon of Kentucky / Goodbye Old Pal
- 1947 How Will I Explain About You? / Blue Grass Special
- 1948 Wicked Path of Sin / Summertime Is Past and Gone
- 1948 Shine Hallelujah Shine / I’m Traveling On and On
- 1948 My Rose of Old Kentucky / Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
- 1948 I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling / Little Cabin Home on the Hill
- 1948 Little Community Church / That Home Above
- 1949 Blue Grass Breakdown / Toy Heart
- 1949 The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band / Blue Grass Stomp
- 1949 The Old Cross Road (Is Waiting) / Remember the Cross
- 1949 It’s Mighty Dark to Travel / When You Are Lonely
- 1949 Heavy Traffic Ahead / Along About Daybreak
- 1949 I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky / Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song)
- 1950 Uncle Pen / When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall
- 1950 New Mule Skinner Blues / My Little Georgia Rose
- 1950 Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Travellin' This Lonesome Road
- 1950 Alabama Waltz / The Old Fiddler
- 1950 I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Boat of Love
- 1950 Blue Grass Ramble / Memories of You
- 1951 River of Death / Lord Protect My Soul
- 1951 Kentucky Waltz / The Prisoner's Song
- 1951 Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Angels Rock Me to Sleep
- 1951 Highway of Sorrow / Sugar Coated Love
- 1951 Brakeman's Blues / Travelin' Blues
- 1952 Footprints in the Snow / In the Pines
- 1953 Walking in Jerusalem Just Like John / You're Drifting Away
- 1954 Get Up John / Whitehouse Blues
- 1954 Happy on My Way / He Will Set Your Fields Afire
- 1954 Close By / Blue Moon of Kentucky
- 1956 On and On / I Believed in You Darling
