NEW Monroe All-Star Compilation Disc Coming Next Month!

ROUNDER RECORDS TO RELEASE  BILL MONROE 

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION A CLASSIC BLUEGRASS TRIBUTE ON AUGUST 23

Bill Monroe was both the father of bluegrass music and one of the genre’s most prolific writers, with a legacy that remains a benchmark for instrumentalists and vocalists alike.

Monroe created a distinctive music, a genre of its own that proved itself compelling and enduring.

Over 60 years after its birth, bluegrass is as healthy as it’s ever been, with 500 festivals each year around the United States, and bands in more than two dozen other countries.

To celebrate the 100^th anniversary of Monroe’s birth, on August 23 Rounder will release a 2-disc 28-track set, with performances by an all-star roster of Rounder’s top bluegrass artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, Dailey and Vincent, and The Bluegrass Album Band.



Complete Track Listing:
Disc 1
1. Tall Timber – The Bluegrass Album Band 
2. Will You be Loving Another Man – The Grascals 
3. Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day – Michael Cleveland with Dan Tyminski and Vince Gill 
4. Cheyenne – The Bluegrass Album Band 
5. Close By – Dailey & Vincent 
6. I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling – Joe Val and  The New England Bluegrass Boys 
7. Shenandoah Breakdown – Wyatt Rice 
8. My Florida Sunshine – Claire Lynch 
9. I'm Blue I'm Lonesome – Nashville Bluegrass Band 
10. Toy Heart – Ricky Skaggs 
11. Wheel Hoss – The Bluegrass Album Band 
12. On the Old Kentucky Shore – The Bluegrass Album Band 
13. Come Back to Me in My Dreams – Al Jones and Frank Necessary & The Spruce Mountain Boys 
14. Wicked Path of Sin – Blue Highway 
Disc 2
1. Old Brown County Barn – Michael Cleveland 
2. You'd Better Get Right – The Vern Williams Band 
3. Voice From on High – Joe Val and The New England Bluegrass Boys 
4. Lonesome Moonlight Waltz – The Bluegrass Album Band 
5. Dog House Blues – Nashville Bluegrass Band 
6. Walls of Time – The Johnson Mountain Boys 
7. Big Mon – Tony Rice 
8. Footprints in the Snow – IIIrd Tyme Out 
9. Jerusalem Ridge – Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper 
10. Mansions for Me – Bobby Osborne and The Rocky Top X-press 
11. In Despair – Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys featuring Charlie Sizemore 
12. You're Drifting Away – Nashville Bluegrass Band 
13. True Life Blues – Hazel and Alice 
14. Goodbye Old Pal – Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys