Hot! Happy Birthday Bill Monroe

By Mandolin Cafe September 11, 2011 - 7:30 am

Dawg Plays Big Mon - Happy Birthday Bill Monroe . Cover art by Tracy Bigelow Grisman

San Rafael, Calif.Acoustic Disc is celebrating Bill Monroe 's 100th birthday with a new digital release of music honoring the Father of Bluegrass Music: Dawg Plays Big Mon - Happy Birthday Bill Monroe.

On the collection of previously recorded tracks including some not previously released, Grisman is joined by a host of acoustic music legends including Red Allen, Darol Anger, Warren Blair, Ray Brown, Jimmy Buchanan, Jethro Burns, Enrique Coria, Joe Craven, Vassar Clements, Jerry Douglas, Matt Eakle, Jerry Garcia, Mike Garris, Matt Glaser, Jon Glik, Samson Grisman, John Hartford, John Kahn, Jim Kerwin, Keith Little, Shelley Manne, Chad Manning, Mike Marshall, Del McCoury, Rob McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Tiny Moore, Jim Nunally, Herb Pedersen, Tony Rice, Ralph Rinzler, Artie & Harriet Rose, Peter Rowan, Mike Seeger, Eldon Shamblin, Rob Wasserman and Doc Watson.

In addition to the music, a previously unreleased 1965 Ralph Rinzler interview with Bill Monroe (recorded by David Grisman) rounds out this outstanding collection.

David Grisman - mandolin, 6-string banjo (3), Lloyd Loar's mando-viola (9), vocals (3,10,12,16)

Selections:

New Muleskinner Blues (Jimmy Rodgers) Vassar Clements - fiddle from Dawg Duos (ACD-38)

Happy Birthday Bill Monroe (David Grisman) Tony Rice - guitar Darol Anger, Mike Marshall - fiddles Jerry Douglas - dobro Rob Wasserman - bass from Dawg Grass/Dawg Jazz (Acoustic Oasis)

Uncle Pen (Bill Monroe) John Hartford - fiddle, vocals Mike Seeger - 5-string banjo, vocals from Retrograss (ACD-37)

I'm Rollin' On Jim Nunnaly - guitar, vocal Keith Little - 5-string banjo, vocal Chad Manning - fiddle Samson Grisman - bass previously unissued

Kentucky Waltz (Bill Monroe) Doc Watson - guitar previously unissued

On & On (Bill Monroe) Jerry Garcia - lead vocal Red Allen - guitar, baritone vocal Herb Pedersen - 5-string banjo, tenor vocal Jimmy Buchanan - fiddle Jim Kerwin - bass previously unissued

Watson Blues (Bill Monroe) Tony Rice - guitar from The Complete Tone Poems (Acoustic Oasis)

My Little Georgia Rose (Bill Monroe) Del McCoury - guitar, vocal Ronnie McCoury - rhythm guitar Rob McCoury - 5-string banjo Warren Blair, Jon Glik - fiddles Mike Garris - bass Recorded live on Mt. Stage - 5/89 previously unissued

Wayfaring Stranger (traditional) Tony Rice - guitar Jerry Douglas - dobro Rob Wasserman - bass from Dawg Grass/Dawg Jazz (Acoustic Oasis)

In the Pines (Bill Monroe) Doc Watson - guitar, vocal Recorded live - Watsonville, Ca 3/22/98 previously unissued

Roanoke (Bill Monroe) Ronnie McCoury - mandolin Del McCoury - guitar from Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza (ACD-35)

Wicked Path of Sin (Bill Monroe) Vassar Clements - fiddle, vocal Jerry Garcia - 5-string banjo, vocal Peter Rowan - guitar, vocal John Kahn - bass from That High Lonesome Sound (ACD-19)

Bluegrass Stomp (Bill Monroe) same as track 4 - previously unissued

Letter from My Darlin' (Bill Monroe) Red Allen - guitar, lead vocal Herb Pedersen - 5-string banjo, tenor vocal Jimmy Buchanan - fiddle Jim Kerwin - bass from Bluegrass Reunion (ACD-4)

B Natural (Grisman-McCoury) same as track 10

Bury Me Beneath the Willow (traditional Ralph Rinzler - mandolin, vocal Artie Rose - guitar Harriet Rose - bass from Life Of Sorrow (ACD-53)

Lonesome Moonlight Waltz (Bill Monroe) Jethro Burns, Tiny Moore - mandolins Eldon Shamblin - rhythm guitar Ray Brown - bass Shelley Manne - drums from Back To Back (ACD-60)

John Henry (traditional) Del McCoury - guitar, vocal previously unissued

Rawhide (Bill Monroe) same as track 8 - previously unissued

My Last Days on Earth (Bill Monroe) Enrique Coria - guitar Matt Eakle - bass flute Jim Kerwin - bass Joe Craven, Matt Glaser - fiddles recorded live at Sanders Theater, Cambridge, Ma - 9/27/96 previously unissued

Ralph Rinzler Interviews Bill Monroe (11:34) recorded in NYC by David Grisman 1965 - previously unissued

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