True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe

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

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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. It was a tribute to Bill Monroe. In 1997, the album won Todd Phillips the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, as the producer.

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