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For all the progressive tendencies of contemporary bluegrass, which at its fringes sees virtuoso musicians take on expansive improvisations that resemble breakneck jazz, bluegrass has always been a music based on the songs and traditions of the old mountain string bands, albeit boosted and given more sonic range by electricity, amps, and microphones, the very thing that allowed it to be born into the modern world. But bluegrass quite likely never would have been anything more than the old string bands on steroids were it not for Bill Monroe, who almost single-handedly gave the new genre its shape, form, and dozens of its key songs. Several tribute albums and Monroe collections appeared in 2011, the 100th anniversary of Monroe's birth, but this one from Tony Rice, one of Monroe's best interpreters, is perhaps the most memorable and moving. Rice, who has had his own impressive career in bluegrass, lost his singing voice (and what an amazing and expressive voice he had!) in the early '90s due to dysphonia, so this isn't exactly a new album, but draws vocal and instrumental versions of Monroe songs that Rice recorded for his various Rounder albums over the years, so technically this is a compilation. But it feels like more than that, maybe because Rice brings his own take to these songs, reimagining them as only he can, and taken together, his versions of Monroe classics like "I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home," "Mule Skinner Blues," "Molly and Tenbrooks," and "You're Drifting Away," among others, fall together in a coherent arc, until what emerges is both a tribute to Monroe and a testament to Rice's own considerable contributions to bluegrass music. It's a perfect fit, really.
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Todd Phillips, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Baritone, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Wolf, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Rounder Records.
Todd Phillips, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Vocals, Dobro, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Flatt, ComposerLyricist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1985 Rounder Records.
Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Tony Rice, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Wyatt Rice, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Rickie Simpkins, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - The Tony Rice Unit, MainArtist - Jimmy Gaudreau, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Simpkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Todd Phillips, FeaturedArtist - George Vaughn, ComposerLyricist - BELA FLECK, FeaturedArtist - Sam Bush, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Douglas, FeaturedArtist - Tony Rice, Producer, MainArtist - Vassar Clements, FeaturedArtist - Jimmie Rodgers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Todd Phillips, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Baritone, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer - Billy Wolf, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Rounder Records.
Todd Phillips, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Vassar Clements, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - David Glasser, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill VornDick, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Ahr, ComposerLyricist - Bill Wolf, Mixer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1996 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Todd Phillips, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Vocals, Dobro, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2002 Rounder Records.
Todd Phillips, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Vocals, Dobro, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2002 Rounder Records.
Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Tony Rice, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Wyatt Rice, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Rickie Simpkins, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - The Tony Rice Unit, MainArtist - Jimmy Gaudreau, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Simpkins, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2000 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bill Emerson, Banjo, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - David Glasser, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Wolf, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer - Jimmy Gaudreau, Mandolin, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Todd Phillips, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Baritone, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Wolf, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Rounder Records.
Todd Phillips, Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Baritone, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Rice, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hicks, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Horn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bluegrass Album Band, MainArtist - Doyle Lawson, Mandolin, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - J.D. Crowe, Banjo, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Rice, Producer, Recording Producer - Billy Wolf, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 Rounder Records.
David Grisman, Producer, MainArtist - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Lester Flatt, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records. Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - The Rice Brothers, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1989 Rounder Records. Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
For all the progressive tendencies of contemporary bluegrass, which at its fringes sees virtuoso musicians take on expansive improvisations that resemble breakneck jazz, bluegrass has always been a music based on the songs and traditions of the old mountain string bands, albeit boosted and given more sonic range by electricity, amps, and microphones, the very thing that allowed it to be born into the modern world. But bluegrass quite likely never would have been anything more than the old string bands on steroids were it not for Bill Monroe, who almost single-handedly gave the new genre its shape, form, and dozens of its key songs. Several tribute albums and Monroe collections appeared in 2011, the 100th anniversary of Monroe's birth, but this one from Tony Rice, one of Monroe's best interpreters, is perhaps the most memorable and moving. Rice, who has had his own impressive career in bluegrass, lost his singing voice (and what an amazing and expressive voice he had!) in the early '90s due to dysphonia, so this isn't exactly a new album, but draws vocal and instrumental versions of Monroe songs that Rice recorded for his various Rounder albums over the years, so technically this is a compilation. But it feels like more than that, maybe because Rice brings his own take to these songs, reimagining them as only he can, and taken together, his versions of Monroe classics like "I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home," "Mule Skinner Blues," "Molly and Tenbrooks," and "You're Drifting Away," among others, fall together in a coherent arc, until what emerges is both a tribute to Monroe and a testament to Rice's own considerable contributions to bluegrass music. It's a perfect fit, really.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:49
- Main artists: Tony Rice
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2012 Rounder Records. Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2012 Rounder Records. Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc.
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