Released October 15, 1996 Label Sugar Hill Release date 15 October 1996 Genre Bluegrass | Length 51:33 | |
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True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe is a compilation album of bluegrass music released through Sugar Hill Records on October 15, 1996. In 1997, the album won Todd Phillips the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, as the producer.
Contents
Track listing
- "Molly and Tenbrooks" – 3:13
- "True Life Blues" – 2:45
- "I'm on My Way to the Old Home" – 2:08
- "Highway of Sorrow" – 2:53
- "Old Ebenezer Scrooge" – 2:46
- "Memories of You" – 3:06
- "Rawhide" – 3:07
- "Can't You Hear Me Callin'" – 4:07
- "Letter from My Darling" – 3:32
- "Sitting Alone in the Moonlight" – 3:16
- "Big Mon" – 3:01
- "Get Down on Your Knees and Pray" – 3:12
- "Used to Be" – 2:03
- "Scotland" – 3:08
- "Travelin' This Lonesome Road" – 3:02
- "Heavy Traffic Ahead Bill Monroe" – 2:25
- "Little Cabin Home on the Hill" – 3:49
Songs
1Molly and Tenbrooks3:15
2True Life Blues2:48
3I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home2:10
References
True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA