True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe

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.

True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	October 15, 1996
Genre	Bluegrass music
Length	51:33
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer	Todd Phillips

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Molly and Tenbrooks" – 3:13
2. "True Life Blues" – 2:45
3. "I'm on My Way to the Old Home" – 2:08
4. "Highway of Sorrow" – 2:53
5. "Old Ebenezer Scrooge" – 2:46
6. "Memories of You" – 3:06
7. "Rawhide" – 3:07
8. "Can't You Hear Me Callin'" – 4:07
9. "Letter from My Darling" – 3:32
10. "Sitting Alone in the Moonlight" – 3:16
11. "Big Mon" – 3:01
12. "Get Down on Your Knees and Pray" – 3:12
13. "Used to Be" – 2:03
14. "Scotland" – 3:08
15. "Travelin' This Lonesome Road" – 3:02
16. "Heavy Traffic Ahead Bill Monroe" – 2:25
17. "Little Cabin Home on the Hill" – 3:49

Personnel

Joseph Bartoldus – Engineer Sam Bush – Mandolin Vassar Clements – Fiddle Mike Compton – Mandolin Donivan Cowart – Engineer Gary Denton – Engineer Jerry Douglas – Dobro Stuart Duncan – Fiddle Pat Enright – Guitar, Vocals Lester Flatt – Composer Greg Garing – Mandolin, Vocals Rainer Gembalczk – Mastering Richard Greene – Fiddle David Grier – Guitar David Grisman – Mandolin John Hartford – Banjo, Fiddle, Composer, Vocals Bradley Hartman – Engineer Bobby Hicks – Fiddle Steve Horowitz – Engineer Kathy Kallick – Guitar, Vocals Laurie Lewis – Fiddle, Vocals Mike Marshall – Mandolin, Engineer Del McCoury – Guitar, Vocals

Ronnie McCoury – Mandolin, Vocals Sue Meyer – Design Bill Monroe – Composer, Performer Jim Nunally – Guitar, Engineer Scott Nygaard – Guitar Mollie O'Brien – Vocals Tim O'Brien – Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals Alan O'Bryant – Vocals Herb Pedersen – Banjo, Vocals Todd Phillips – Bass, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Barry Poss – Executive Producer Pete Pyle – Composer John Reischman – Mandolin Peter Rowan – Guitar, Vocals Tom Size – Engineer Mark Slagle – Engineer Craig Smith – Banjo J.B. Smith – Composer Chris Thile – Mandolin Elizabeth Tormes – Photography Tony Trischka – Banjo Doc Watson – Composer Roland White – Mandolin, Vocals

References

1. "True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe". Allmusic. Retrieved July 20, 2010.