Bill Monroe - Master of Bluegrass

[Ivan Kelsall]

My 2 favourites are the 2 'classics' Old Ebenezer Scrooge' & 'Old Daingerfield',i never get tired of playing them.Until i listened to it properly,i never realised just what a convoluted tune 'Evening Prayer Blues' is. It's got more twists in it than a sidewinder on smack !.
I really must get around to learning that one,
Ivan

[Logan M Chandler]

Any idea where I can find a digital copy of the Master of Bluegrass? I've been looking high and low! Thank

[doc holiday]

"Master of Bluegrass" was never released as a CD on its own. It was recently released as part of the Bear Family Records 4 CD set Bill Monroe "My Last Days on Earth." There is a youtube of the LP that might match your cassette quality...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO3qmy0YoU0

[fentonjames]

master of bluegrass is in full on youtube. go here http://www.listentoyoutube.com/after.php click 'convert another video.' then enter in the address for the youtube version. it'll convert it into mp3 format, which you then download and can burn onto a cd or device. (i just did it for this, in fact) only downside is that it doesn't seperate tracks. but, who'd want to skip a song of bill's?

[Ivan Kelsall]

If you want to convert MP3's to wav files (CD readable),the download ''Switch Sound File Converter'' Free. Select ''Add files'', copy the MP3's to Switch,select 'wav.'from the list at the bottom L/H corner,select your output folder,select convert & away you go !.
I've used it for several years now & it's one of the best pieces of freeware i've ever used,
Ivan

http://download.cnet.com/Switch-Plus...-10327491.html

[DataNick]

...It's got more twists in it than a sidewinder on smack !...

I wanna know how you determine that the reptile is loaded on 'H'; then I wanna see the thing cavort around...LOL!

[GTison]

Bill Monroe at age 68 or 69 was pretty good for an old man. Too bad they can't just punch the rest of Butch Robins' banjo solo back in there. I'd say I learned to really play the mandolin from trying to play the tunes on this albun.

[Spruce]

I've compiled a cool project--a live version of "Master of Bluegrass"...
Found great live versions of every song on MOB except "Lady Of The Blue Ridge"--anyone happen to have a live version of that one kicking around??
Will post it when I get it all put together and mastered...

[Spruce]

I've compiled a cool project--a live version of "Master of Bluegrass"...
Found great live versions of every song on MOB except "Lady Of The Blue Ridge"--anyone happen to have a live version of that one kicking around??
Will post it when I get it all put together and mastered...

Here ya go....

[Timbofood]

Very cool! Thank you very much!

[Spruce]

Mr. Bill's "Master of Bluegrass--Live!" on YouTube...

[Dexterous1]

It's on YouTube, going to check it out!!! Yippee

[Timbofood]

It's on YouTube, going to check it out!!! Yippee

Yes, but, it was here first! Thanks Bruce!

[Ivan Kelsall]

There are a lot of subtle differences in the 'Live' recording against the studio recording & it's VERY nice to hear them. One thing,it's nice NOT to have the overblown 'reverb' that the studio recording has - many,many thanks indeed,
Ivan

[Spruce]

A lot of those tunes didn't get played all that often, so it's really nice to have them all in one place...
The "Fair Play/Sally Goodin" comes to mind--that's from Seattle in 1980 or so...
What a great performance!
Lousy recording quality, but so what?

Sure would be nice to find a live "Lady Of The Blue Ridge"--that would really round things out...

[Mandolin Cafe]

From our "This Day in Mandolin History," noting that on this date 1981 Monroe was in the studio recording "My Last Days of Earth." Can still be purchased in digital form.

[Mandolin Cafe]

As we were noting today is the anniversary of Monroe being in the studio working on "My Last Days of Earth" thought we'd upload a copy of the album art. Sometimes like to take a larger image and stow if for future viewing or use. Older albums, important ones even, they're increasingly difficult to come by in anything but a tiny image made for an amazon or other retailer, so when we see one we can share and enhance with a bit of restoration and color correction to bring it back to life we do it. Probably sharing this one on Instagram later today.

[Timbofood]

Thanks Scott! Nicely done!

[Spruce]

Older albums, important ones even, they're increasingly difficult to come by in anything but a tiny image made for an amazon or other retailer, so when we see one we can share and enhance with a bit of restoration and color correction to bring it back to life we do it.

[billhay4]

If you haven't listened to it, Bruce's "Mangler of Bluegrass" is a great album and a hoot.
Bill

[Perry]

great album almost ruined by WAY TOO MUCH REVERB and a reverb sound I hate at that. Would love to hear it remixed without all that reverb...but perhaps they recorded that reverb to the original tracks

[sgarrity]

We've got a Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe. Now we need a Mike Compton Plays Master of Bluegrass!

[Spruce]

We've got a Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe. Now we need a Mike Compton Plays Master of Bluegrass!

How about "Bruce Harvie Plays Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe"...surf style...?
Stay tuned...

[doublestoptremolo]

[QUOTE=Mandolin Cafe;1554564] Can still be purchased in digital form.


Interesting. Two months later there's no digital version to buy at that link.

[CES]

How about "Bruce Harvie Plays Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe"...surf style...?
Stay tuned...

I, for one, am intrigued, sir!!