Monroe,Bill & His Bluegrass Boys Gotta Travel On CD

For over 60 years, the late great Bill Monroe reigned supreme as both the chief architect of bluegrass music, and it's flagship artist. From his first sessions in the 1930s with his brothers Birch and Charlie onwards, Mr. Monroe never deviated from his chosen musical path and it is largely through his musical vision that bluegrass became country music's most popular and enduring sub-genre. Many of Bluegrass' most eminent musicians passed through Mr. Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in that 60s years, among them Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Carter and Ralph Stanley. Jimmy Martin and Mac Wiseman (to name just a few). The careers of all those who worked with him benefited greatly from what they learned as a Bluegrass Boy. Mr Monroe recorded prolifically in the 1950s, the decade which this Jasmine collection draws it's repertoire from. Although very few of his records charted, all remained in catalogue for years - a measure of both his and their ongoing popularity. Every A side and the very best of the B sides from every Monroe single of the 1950s is featured in this essential set. A great many went on to become both Monroe classics, and staples of the repertoire of any new bluegrass group trying to prove it's mettle. Bill Monroe may not have invented bluegrass music, but it would never have evolved as it did without him at the centre of things. This collection is a testament to his determination, and as comprehensive a collection of classic 1950s Bill Monroe as anyone could wish to own.

1. New Mule Skinner Blues 2. The Old Fiddler 3. I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome 4. Bluegrass Ramble 5. Uncle Pen 6. On the Old Kentucky Shore 7. Lord Protect My Soul 8. Kentucky Waltz 9. Swing Low Sweet Chariot 10. Rotation Blues 11. I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning 12. Highway of Sorrow 13. The Brakeman's Blues 14. Christmas Time's a Coming 15. Rawhide 16. I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home 17. When the Cactus Is in Bloom 18. Pike County Breakdown 19. Footprints in the Snow 20. You're Drifting Away 21. Cabin of Love 22. Memories of Mother and Dad 23. I Hope You Have Learned 24. A Letter from My Darling 25. Walking in Jerusalem 26. Y'all Come 27. Get Up John 28. Happy on My Way 29. Blue Moon of Kentucky 30. I'm Working on a Building 31. Cheyenne 32. Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus 33. Put My Little Shoes Away 34. On and on 35. You'll Find Her Name Written There 36. A Fallen Star 37. Molly and Tenbrooks 38. Panhandle Country 39. Gotta Travel on 40. My Little Georgia Rose 41. Alabama Waltz 42. Poison Love 43. The Prisoner's Song 44. Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues 45. Travellin' Blues 46. In the Pines 47. The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake 48. Close By 49. A Voice from on High 50. Roanoke 51. New John Henry Blues 52. Wheel Hoss 53. Four Walls 54. Sitting on Top of the World 55. Scotland 56. No One But My Darlin'