The Best of Bluegrass: 50 All-Time Greatest Hits

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Orange Blossom Special
Donna Stoneman & The Stonemans3:33
2Sunny Side of the Mountain
recording of:
Sunny Side of the Mountain
composer:
Bob Gregory and Harry C. McAuliffe
The Osborne Bros.2:23
3Lee Highway Blues
Chubby Anthony2:55
4Jesse James
Grandpa Jones2:28
5Fire on the Strings
Joe Maphis2:15
6Great Speckled Bird
Jim and Jesse3:03
7Golden Vanity
Arthur Smith2:49
8Skyline Drive
producer:
Martin Hearle
Don Reno & The Tennessee Cut-Ups3:11
9Cripple Creek
Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass2:31
10Somebody Touched Me
producer:
Martin Hearle
Carl Story & His Rambling Mountaineers1:53
11Whiskey Before Breakfast
Ramona Jones1:37
12I’m on My Way to the Old Home
banjo and baritone vocals:
Blake Williams (banjo player) (from 1989-06-15 until 1989-06-18)
double bass:
Billy Rose (US bluegrass musician) (from 1989-06-15 until 1989-06-18)
fiddle:
Clarence "Tater" Tate (from 1989-06-15 until 1989-06-18)
guitar:
Tom Ewing (US bluegrass guitarist and singer) (from 1989-06-15 until 1989-06-18)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (from 1989-06-15 until 1989-06-18)
lead vocals:
Tom Ewing (US bluegrass guitarist and singer) (from 1989-06-15 until 1989-06-18) and Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (from 1989-06-15 until 1989-06-18)
recorded at:
Bill Monroe's 23rd Annual Bluegrass Festival (1989-06-15 – 1989-06-18)
recording of:
I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home (from 1989-06-15 until 1989-06-18)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
Bill Monroe2:16
13Dark as a Dungeon
Merle Travis4:00
14Mother Maybelle
cover recording of:
Mother Maybelle
writer:
Joe Maphis (country guitarist) and Rose Lee Maphis
publisher:
Silverhill Music
Johnny Cash & The Nashville Grass3:07
15Hornpipe Medley: Sailor’s/Durang’s/Ricketts’/Fisher’s Hornpipe
recording of:
Rickett’s Hornpipe
recording of:
Sailor's Hornpipe
composer:
Bradford Keith and Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
Buddy Spicher3:07
16The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me
producer:
Martin Hearle
The Osborne Brothers & Mac Wiseman2:47
17Randy Lynn Rag
Wynn Osborne2:06