VA: - Bluegrass Bonanza

Disc One - String Band Roots 1927 - 38

1. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & His Dixie Mountaineers Hop Light Ladies p 1927
2. EARL JOHNSON & His Clodhoppers Ain’t Nobody’s Business p 1927
3. UNCLE DAVE MACON Carve That Possum p 1927
4. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & His Dixie Mountaineers Unlucky Road To Washington p 1927
5. UNCLE DAVE MACON Hold The Woodpile Down p 1927
6. UNCLE DAVE MACON Go Along Mule p 1927
7. EARL JOHNSON & His Clodhoppers I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham p 1927
8. EARL JOHNSON & His Clodhoppers Red Hot Breakdown p 1927
9. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & His Dixie Mountaineers Careless Love p 1928
10. UNCLE DAVE MACON Buddy Won’t You Roll Down The Line p 1928
11. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & His Dixie Mountaineers Sally Goodin p 1928
12. UNCLE DAVE MACON Susie Lee p 1929
13. HACK STRING BAND Western Kentucky Limited p 1929
14. APPALACHIA VAGABOND (HAYES SHEPHERD) Hard To Love p 1930
15. PRAIRIE RAMBLERS Shady Grove p 1933
16. GID TANNER & His Skillet Lickers Hawkins Rag p 1934
17. UNCLE DAVE MACON When The Train Comes Along p 1934
18. GID TANNER & RILEY PUCKETT Tanner’s Boarding House p 1934
19. GID TANNER & RILEY PUCKETT On Tanner’s Farm p 1934
20. BLUE SKY BOYS Are You From Dixie p 1936
21. EAST TEXAS SERENADERS East Texas Drag p 1938
22. CHARLIE POOLE & His North Carolina Ramblers If The River Was Whiskey p 1930
23. MISSISSIPPI MUD STEPPERS Jackson Stomp p 1930’s
24. BUSTER CARTER & PRESTON YOUNG I’ll Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms p 1931

Composers unknown

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Disc Two - The Monroe Legacy 1936 - 45

1. MONROE BROTHERS New River Train (Trad. arr. Charles Monroe) p 1936
2. MONROE BROTHERS On The Banks Of The Ohio (Trad.) p 1936
3. CHARLIE MONROE Rosa Lee McFall (Charlie Monroe) p 1936
4. MONROE BROTHERS Just A Song Of Old Kentucky (Bill Monroe) p 1936
5. MONROE BROTHERS Don’t Forget Me (Bill Monroe) p 1936
6. MONROE BROTHERS I’m Thinking Tonight Of The Old Folks (Charles Monroe) p 1936
7. MONROE BROTHERS Weepin’ Willow Tree (Charles Monroe) p 1937
8. CHARLIE MONROE’S BOYS No Home No Place To Pillow My Head (Trad.) p 1938
9. CHARLIE MONROE’S BOYS The Great Speckled Bird (Roy Carter) p 1938
10. CHARLIE MONROE Bringin’ In The Georgia Mill (Fred Rose) p 1938
11. CHARLIE MONROE’S BOYS Once I Had A Darlin’ Mother (Trad.) p 1938
12. CHARLIE MONROE Mother’s Not Dead She’s Only Sleeping (Unknown) p 1938
13. BILL MONROE Mule Skinner Blues (Jimmie Rodgers - George Vaughn) p 1940
14. BILL MONROE No Letter In The Mail (Carlisle - Gregory) p 1940
15. BILL MONROE Six White Horses (Clyde Moody) p 1940
16. BILL MONROE Dog House Blues (Franks - King) p 1940
17. BILL MONROE I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do (Wills) p 1940
18. BILL MONROE Katy Hill (Trad. arr. Bill Monroe) p 1940
19. BILL MONROE Tennessee Blues (Bill Monroe) p 1940
20. BILL MONROE Blue Yodel No.7 (Jimmie Rodgers - George Vaughn) p 1941
21. BILL MONROE Orange Blossom Special (Rouse) p 1941
22. BILL MONROE Honky Tonk Swing (Bill Monroe) p 1941
23. BILL MONROE In The Pines (McMichen-Davis-Bryant) p 1941
24. BILL MONROE Back Up And Push (Trad. arr. Bill Monroe) p 1941
25. BILL MONROE Rocky Road Blues (Bill Monroe) p 1945
26. BILL MONROE Footprints In The Snow (Trad.arr. Lane) p 1945

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Disc Three - Early Bluegrass 1944 - 50

1. COON CREEK GIRLS Banjo Pickin’ Girl (Unknown) p 1944
2. COON CREEK GIRLS Little Birdie (Unknown) p 1944
3. GRANDPA JONES It’s Raining Here This Morning (Unknown) p 1944
4. DELMORE BROTHERS Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains (Unknown) p 1946
5. DELMORE BROTHERS I’m Lonesome Without You (Unknown) p 1946
6. BROWNSFERRY FOUR Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Unknown) p 1946
7. BAILEY BROTHERS Rattlesnake Daddy (Unknown) p 1947
8. BAILEY BROTHERS Happy Valley Special (Unknown) p 1947
9. BAILEY BROTHERS Alabama (Unknown) p 1947
10. BAILEY BROTHERS John Henry (Unknown) p 1947
11. BAILEY BROTHERS I Will Never Marry (Unknown) p 1947
12. STANLEY BROTHERS Cotton Eyed Joe (Unknown) p 1947
13. STANLEY BROTHERS Death Is Only A Dream (Trad.) p 1947
14. STANLEY BROTHERS I Can Tell You The Time (Trad.) p 1947
15. GRANDPA JONES Mountain Dew (York) p 1947
16. ARMSTRONG TWINS Cabin Home In Caroline
(Bill Monroe-Lester Flatt) p 1948
17. ARMSTRONG TWINS Three Miles South Of Cash In Arkansas (Unknown) p 1948
18. STANLEY BROTHERS Mother No Longer Waits For Me (Carter Stanley) p 1948
19. FLATT & SCRUGGS I’m Going To Make HeavenMy Home (Earl Flatt-Lester Scruggs) p 1948
20. FLATT & SCRUGGS Farewell Blues (Elmer Schoebel-Paul Mares-Leon Roppolo) p 1948
21. STANLEY BROTHERS The Jealous Lover (Carter Stanley) p 1948
22. FLATT & SCRUGGS My Cabin In The Hills Of Caroline (Bill Monroe-Lester Flatt) p 1948
23. STANLEY BROTHERS The Rambler’s Blues (Pee Wee Lambert) p 1948
24. CURLY FOX Come Here Soon (Unknown) p 1948
25. J.E. MAINER Run Mountain (Unknown) p 1949
26. ARMSTRONG TWINS Baby Girl (Unknown) p 1949
27. STANLEY BROTHERS Let Me Be Your Friend (Unknown) p 1949
28. BAILEY BROTHERS Beautiful Brown Eyes (Unknown) p 1950
29. ARMSTRONG TWINS Arkansas Special (Unknown) p 1950
30. GRANDPA JONES Uncle Eph’s Got The Coon (Unknown) p 1950

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Disc Four - Classic Bluegrass 1946 - 50

1. BILL MONROE Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) p 1946
2. BILL MONROE Toy Heart (Bill Monroe) p 1946
3. BILL MONROE Blue Yodel No.4 (Jimmie Rodgers) p 1946
4. BILL MONROE Will You Be Loving Another Man (Bill Monroe - Lester Flatt) p 1946
5. STANLEY BROTHERS The Girl Behind The Bar (Carter Stanley) p 1947
6. STANLEY BROTHERS The Little Glass Of Wine (Carter Stanley) p 1947
7. BILL MONROE My Rose Of Old Kentucky (Bill Monroe) p 1947
8. BILL MONROE Bluegrass Breakdown (Bill Monroe) p 1947
9. BILL MONROE Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong (Bill Monroe - Lester Flatt) p 1947
10. BILL MONROE When You Are Lonely (Bill Monroe - Lester Flatt) p 1947
11. STANLEY BROTHERS Little Maggie (Trad.) p 1947
12. GRANDPA JONES Old Rattler (York) p 1947
13. STANLEY BROTHERS Molly & Tenbrooks (Bill Monroe) p 1948
14. BILL MONROE Blue Grass Stomp (Bill Monroe) p 1948
15. BILL MONROE The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band (Mel Foree - Cliff Carlisle) p 1948
16. FLATT & SCRUGGS We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart (Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs) p 1948
17. STANLEY BROTHERS Our Darling’s Gone (Carter Stanley) p 1948
18. FLATT & SCRUGGS Is It Too Late (Lester Flatt) p 1949
19. MOLLY O’DAY Poor Ellen Smith (Lynn Davis - Molly Davis) p 1949
20. FLATT & SCRUGGS So Happy I’ll Be (Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs) p 1949
21. FLATT & SCRUGGS God Loves His Children (Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs) p 1949
22. FLATT & SCRUGGS Baby Blue Eyes (Jim Eanes) p 1949
23. FLATT & SCRUGGS Why Don’t You Tell Me So (Lester Flatt) p 1949
24. BILL MONROE New Mule Skinner Blues (Jimmie Rodgers - George Vaughn) p 1950
25. BILL MONROE Uncle Penn (Bill Monroe) p 1950
26. FLATT & SCRUGGS My Little Girl In Tennessee (Lester Flatt) p 1950
27. FLATT & SCRUGGS I’ll Never Shed Another Tear (Lester Flatt) p 1950
28. FLATT & SCRUGGS Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Earl Scruggs) p 1950
29. BILL MONROE I’m Blue And I’m Lonesome (James B. Smith) p 1950