VA - Bluegrass Beauties (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

BLUEGRASS BEAUTIES

VA - Bluegrass Beauties (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3 

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music. It was named by Bill Monroe who named his band The Blue Grass Boys. The Bluegrass boys played a Mountain Music style that Bill learned in Asheville North Carolina from bands like Wade Mainer's and other popular acts on radio station WWNC. the 1939–1996 band of Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter Bill Monroe, who is considered "the father of bluegrass". It was further developed by musicians who played with him, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt. It was then evolved by other musicians who admired the high-energy instrumental and vocal music Monroe's group created, and who carried it on into new bands, some of which created sub-genres of bluegrass.

Bluegrass is influenced by the music of Appalachia and other styles, including gospel and jazz. Appalachian music itself has mixed roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional music, and was also later influenced by the music of African-Americans through incorporation of jazz and blues elements.  In bluegrass, as in some forms of jazz, one or more instruments each takes its turn playing the melody and improvising around it, while the others perform accompaniment; this is especially typified in tunes called breakdowns. This is in contrast to old-time music, in which all instruments play the melody together or one instrument carries the lead throughout while the others provide accompaniment. Breakdowns are often characterized by rapid tempos and unusual instrumental dexterity and sometimes by complex chord changes.

There are three major subgenres of bluegrass. Traditional bluegrass has musicians playing folk songs, tunes with traditional chord progressions, and using only acoustic instruments, with an example being Bill Monroe. Progressive bluegrass groups may use electric instruments and import songs from other genres, particularly rock & roll. Examples include Cadillac Sky and Bearfoot. Another subgenre, bluegrass gospel, uses Christian lyrics, soulful three- or four-part harmony singing, and sometimes the playing of instrumentals. Bluegrass music has attracted a diverse following worldwide. Bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe characterized the genre as: "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound." (Wikipedia)

I love to listen to this style of music from time to time and am moved by its feeling.  Please enjoy these 50 tracks of the genre presented here from oldest to newest by date recorded.

As a Bonus a 3rd set of tracks are by various artists playing rock songs in the Bluegrass style (all are from the Pickin' On series) They are a fun listen and adds a new dimension to memorable rock songs. Enjoy!

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Track list 1

01 Grayson & Whitter - I've Always Been a Rambler 03:26 1928
02 Rouse Brothers - Orange Blossom Special 02:58 1939
03 Ralph Stanley - Little Maggie 02:13 1947
04 Grandpa Jones - Mountain Dew 01:57 1947
05 Cousin Emmy - Pretty Little Miss Out in the Garden 03:02 1947
06 Jimmy Murphy - Electricity 02:28 1951
07 Colwell Brothers - Blue Bonnet Lane 02:24 1952
08 Burnett & Rutherford - Willie Moore 03:14 1952
09 Carl Butler - I Wouldn't Change You If I Could 02:52 1954
10 Arthur Smith & Don Reno - Feudin' Banjos 02:01 1955
11 Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Uncle Pen 02:48 1956
12 Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys - How Mountain Girls Can Love 02:06 1959
13 Stanley Brothers - I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning 02:55 1959
14 Stanley Brothers - Rank Strangers 03:06 1960
15 Jimmie Skinner - Doin' My Time 02:44 1961
16 Dillards - Dooley 02:07 1963
17 Kentucky Colonels - I Am a Pilgrim 02:43 1964
18 Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys - Sunny Side of the Mountain 02:34 1965
19 Osborne Brothers - Rocky Top 02:23 1967
20 Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown 02:06 1968
21 Bill Monroe; Kenny Baker - Jerusalem Ridge 03:33 1970
22 Osborne Brothers - Ruby (Are You Mad at Your Man) 03:01 1970
23 Country Gentlemen - Fox on the Run 02:34 1972
24 Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals - High on a Mountain 02:52 1972
25 Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel 03:53 1973

Track list 2

26 Seldom Scene - Muddy Waters 03:15 1975
27 Jim & Jesse McReynolds - Paradise 02:46 1975
28 J.D. Crowe & the New South - The Old Home Place 02:49 1975
29 Old & in the Way - Wild Horses 04:39 1975
30 Mac Wiseman - I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home 02:52 1976
31 Bill Monroe; Blue Grass Boys - With Body and Soul 03:29 1977
32 Hazel Dickens - West Virginia, My Home 04:32 1978
33 Emmylou Harris - Wayfaring Stranger 03:28 1980
34 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Rock My Soul 02:06 1981
35 Joe Val - Along About Daybreak 03:20 1987
36 New Grass Revival - Callin Baton Rouge 02:41 1989
37 Larry Sparks - Tennessee 1949 03:28 1989
38 Alison Krauss - I've Got That Old Feeling 02:57 1990
39 Norman Blake & Tony Rice     - Salt Creek 03:10 1990
40 Jerry Douglas Russ Barenberg & Edgar Meyer - Big Sciota 03:26 1993
41 Nashville Bluegrass Band - Doorstep of Trouble 02:19 1995
42 Front Range - Were You There 03:10 1995
43 Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time - Anything Southbound 02:40 1996
44 Chesapaeke - The Last Thing on My Mind 03:07 1996
45 Soggy Bottom Boys, Ft. Dan Tyminski - I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow 03:10 2000
46 Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch - I'll Fly Away 03:58 2000
47 Patty Loveless - The Boys Are Back in Town 02:34 2001
48 Carolina Chocolate Drops - Georgie Buck 02:49 2006
49 Balsam Range - Last Train to Kitty Hawk 03:50 2009
50 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken 05:39 1972

Track list 3 Bonus

01 Various Artists - Midnight Rider 03:00 2000
02 David West and Friends - I Won't Back Down 03:33 2000
03 Various Artists - Marrakesh Express 03:41 2000
04 Various Artists - Hey Joe 02:46 2008
05 Cornbread Red - Magic Carpet Ride 03:17 2007
06 Iron Horse - I Love Rock N Roll 03:13 2007
07 Various Artists - Black Magic Woman 04:04 2000
08 David West Band - Have You Ever Seen the Rain 03:13 1999
09 Dennis 'cannonball' Caplinger - Money 06:09 2001
10 Cornbread Red - Smoke on the Water 04:44 2007
11 Old School Freight Train - The Scientist 04:17 2005
12 Open Arms - Open Arms 04:12 2007
13 Nashville Superpickers - Pinball Wizard 03:57 2002
14 American Pie - American Pie 08:34 2007
15 Cornbread Red - Born to Be Wild 03:18 2007
16 Various Artists - Born to Run 04:34 1999
17 Old School Freight Train - Diamonds on the Inside 03:24 2005
18 Various Artists - Sweet Home Alabama 04:57 1998
19 Your Song - Your Song 04:14 2007
20 Cornbread Red - Under Perssure 03:37 2007
21 Various Artists - Jesus is Just Allright 04:25 2001
22 Various Artists - One of These Nights 03:37 1999
23 Various Artists - Man on the Moon 05:04 2001
24 Various Artists - Stairway to Heaven 05:20 2000
25 Cornbread Red - California Dreamin 02:55 2007

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Artwork has used part of the cover artwork from  the UK RCA International, 1982 compilation album VA -  All Around Bluegrass. “no copyright infringement is intended”  I noticed similar content that appear on the internet. This is for personal use and no monies are asked for or taken.
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