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Back to the Country

Apr 22, 2020 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Music

With Bill Malone

With themes such as politics, work, home or around the music of a particular person, host Bill Malone puts emphasis on “classic” and “alternative” country music – what you can’t hear on Top 40 radio.

Bill Monroe: The Father of Bluegrass Music

Original Broadcast aired September 14, 2011.

Extra songs, at end, added for April 22, 2020

Back to the Country
9:05 AM
The Monroe Brothers - New River Train
The Monroe Brothers New River Train Bill Monroe
The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers RCA Records Label Nashville 1996 Country
9:10 AM
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys - Why Did You Wander?
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys Why Did You Wander? Bill Monroe - Lester Flatt
The Essential Bill Monroe (1945-1949)
9:16 AM
Monroe Brothers - This World is Not My Home
Monroe Brothers This World is Not My Home Traditional
The Monroe Brothers - What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul (Volume One) Rounder 2000
9:26 AM
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Will You Be Loving Another Man?
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Will You Be Loving Another Man?
Music of Bill Monroe 1936 to 1994
9:28 AM
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Why Did You Wander?
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Why Did You Wander? Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt
Kings Of Bluegrass Vol. 1
9:31 AM
The Stanley Brothers - Molly & Tenbrooks
The Stanley Brothers Molly & Tenbrooks
Earliest Recordings (Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s)
9:38 AM
Wilma Lee & Stony Cooper - The Wicked Path of Sin
Wilma Lee & Stony Cooper The Wicked Path of Sin B. Monroe
Bluegrass Originals
9:40 AM
Cowboy Copas - Kentucky Waltz
Cowboy Copas Kentucky Waltz B. Monroe
The Unforgettable Cowboy Copas
9:43 AM
Eddy Arnold - Kentucky Waltz
Eddy Arnold Kentucky Waltz B. Monroe
101 - Bouquet of Roses - The Best of Eddy Arnold
9:47 AM
Wade Mainer - I'm Not Turning Backward
Wade Mainer I'm Not Turning Backward Wade Mainer
Sacred Songs of Mother and Home Old Homestead Records
9:51 AM
Red Allen & The Kentuckians - Summer Time Is Past and Gone
Red Allen & The Kentuckians Summer Time Is Past and Gone Bill Monroe
Bluegrass Country County Records 1966 Country
9:53 AM
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys w/ Jimmy Martin - On and On
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys w/ Jimmy Martin On and On Bill Monroe
The High Lonesome Sound Decca 1966
9:56 AM
Reno & Smiley - I'm Just A Used To Be To You
Reno & Smiley I'm Just A Used To Be To You Don Reno, Red Smiley
Country Singing & Instrumentals King 1976
10:02 AM
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys - Blue Moon of Kentucky
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe
The Essential Bill Monroe (1945-1949) Legacy/Columbia 1945 Country
10:07 AM
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky (1954 Single Version)
Elvis Presley Blue Moon of Kentucky (1954 Single Version) Bill Monroe
That's All Right / Blue Moon Of Kentucky Sun Records 1954 7 Inch
10:07 AM
Dudley Connell & Don Rigsby - Meet Me By the Moonlight
Dudley Connell & Don Rigsby Meet Me By the Moonlight
Meet Me By Moonlight Sugar Hill Records 2006 Country
10:12 AM
The Country Gentlemen - A Good Woman's Love
The Country Gentlemen A Good Woman's Love
Country Songs, Old and New Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 1990 Country
10:17 AM
Del McCoury - The Bluest Man in Town
Del McCoury The Bluest Man in Town Bill Monroe
High Lonesome and Blue
10:21 AM
Lilly Brothers - Wheel Hoss
Lilly Brothers Wheel Hoss Bill Monroe
Bluegrass at the Roots
10:25 AM
Ricky Skaggs - Toy Heart
Ricky Skaggs Toy Heart Bill Monroe
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass Tribute to 1946 and 1947
10:29 AM
Tony Rice & Bluegrass Album Band - Lonesome Wind Blues
Tony Rice & Bluegrass Album Band Lonesome Wind Blues Wayne Raney
Bluegrass Album Band
10:32 AM
Jerry Wicentowski - Live and Let Live  (feat.Tim O'Brien & Mark Hembree)
Jerry Wicentowski Live and Let Live (feat.Tim O'Brien & Mark Hembree) B. Monroe
Thanks Mac! 2017
10:36 AM
Nashville Bluegrass Band with Mark Hembree - The Doghouse Blues
Nashville Bluegrass Band with Mark Hembree The Doghouse Blues Bill Monroe
Nashville Bluegrass Band - My Native Home 1985
10:39 AM
Rhonda Vincent - Is the Grass Any Bluer?
Rhonda Vincent Is the Grass Any Bluer? R. Vincent
All The Rage - In Concert Volume One
10:42 AM
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard - True Life Blues
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard True Life Blues B. Monroe
Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965 - 1969
10:48 AM
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard - The One I Love Is Gone
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard The One I Love Is Gone Mike Seeger
Won't You Come & Sing For Me? Folkway 1973
10:52 AM
Hylo Brown - Put My Little Shoes Away
Hylo Brown Put My Little Shoes Away Bill Monroe
One Way Train Marmot Music 2014 Country
10:53 AM
Kenny Baker - Cheyenne
Kenny Baker Cheyenne Bill Monroe
Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe County Records 1994 LP Country
11:00 AM
Bill Monroe with Jimmy Martin - Uncle Pen
Bill Monroe with Jimmy Martin Uncle Pen
The Music of Bill Monroe MCA
11:02 AM
Bill Monroe & Doc Watson - What Would You Give In Exchange for Your Soul?
Bill Monroe & Doc Watson What Would You Give In Exchange for Your Soul?
Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record, Vol. 2 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 1993 Country
11:06 AM
David Grisman, John Hartford & Mike Seeger - Jerusalem Ridge
David Grisman, John Hartford & Mike Seeger Jerusalem Ridge David Grisman, John Hartford & Mike Seeger
Retrograss Acoustic Disc 1999 Singer/Songwriter
11:12 AM
Wade Mainer - Please Come Back Little Pal
Wade Mainer Please Come Back Little Pal Wade Mainer
Wade Mainer - Complete King Recordings (Original King Record Recordings) Gusto Records 2014 Bluegrass
11:16 AM
Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers - Walls of Time
Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers Walls of Time Bill Monroe, Peter Rowan
Live At Ryman 1992
11:20 AM
Del McCoury Band & David Grisman - Cabin of Love
Del McCoury Band & David Grisman Cabin of Love Burch Monroe
Life of Sorrow
11:23 AM
Nob Hill Boys - You Better Get Right
Nob Hill Boys You Better Get Right Nob Hill Boys
Someday, Sometime, Somehow The Orchard 2001 Country
11:28 AM
Hickory Hill - The Old Crossroads
Hickory Hill The Old Crossroads
Forty Years and Counting...
11:30 AM
Art Stevenson & High Water - Gold Rush
Art Stevenson & High Water Gold Rush
Art Stevenson & High Water
11:34 AM
Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice - Mansions for Me
Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice Mansions for Me Bill Monroe
Skaggs and Rice Sugar Hill Records 1993 Bluegrass
11:39 AM
Bill Monroe & Waylon Jennings - With Body and Soul
Bill Monroe & Waylon Jennings With Body and Soul Virginia Stauffer
Bill Monroe and Friends MCA 1983
11:42 AM
Kenny Baker - A Voice From On High
Kenny Baker A Voice From On High
Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe County 1994
11:45 AM
Bill Monroe with String Band - Heavy Traffic Ahead
Bill Monroe with String Band Heavy Traffic Ahead Bill Monroe
The Music Of Bill Monroe 1936-1994 - Disc 1 MCA 1994
11:48 AM
Joe Val - Along About Daybreak
Joe Val Along About Daybreak
Hand-Picked: 25 Yrs of Bluegrass Rounder Records
11:51 AM
Jimmy Martin - Hold Whatcha Got
Jimmy Martin Hold Whatcha Got J. Martin
You Don't Know My Mind Rounder 1990
11:54 AM
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Quartet - Walking In Jerusalem
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Quartet Walking In Jerusalem B. Monroe
The Music of Bill Monroe 1936 - 1994 Disc 1 mca 1994
11:56 AM
Nashville Bluegrass Band with Mark Hembree - Every Humble Knee Must Bow
Nashville Bluegrass Band with Mark Hembree Every Humble Knee Must Bow
To Be His Child Rounder 1987
11:58 AM
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin - I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World Henderson, Young, Lewis
Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 2 Universal 1989