Southern Flavor
| Southern Flavor | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by Bill Monroe | |
| Released | 1988 |
| Genre | Bluegrass music |
| Label | MCA |
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Southern Flavor is the eighteenth studio album by Bill Monroe, released through MCA Records in 1988.[1] In 1989, the album won Monroe the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording (Vocal or Instrumental), an award currently known as Best Bluegrass Album.
Track listing
- "Stone Coal" (Monroe)
- "Life's Highway" (Bobby Smith)
- "What a Wonderful Life" (Raymond Huffmaster)
- "Texas Lone Star" (Monroe)
- "Give Me Wings" (Gerald Evans)
- "Sugar Loaf Mountain" (Monroe)
- "White Rose" (Carl Butler)
- "Days Gone By" (Monroe)
- "Southern Flavor" (Monroe)
- "Take Courage Un' Tomorrow" (Traditional, arr. Monroe)
Personnel
- Bill Monroe – mandolin, tenor vocals, lead vocal on "White Rose"
- Tom Ewing - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- Blake Williams - banjo, baritone vocals
- Clarence "Tater" Tate - acoustic bass, bass vocals
- Bobby Hicks - fiddle
- Buddy Spicher - fiddle
- Mike Feagan - fiddle
- Emory Gordy, Jr. - acoustic bass on "What A Wonderful Life", "Give Me Wings" and "Take Courage Un' Tomorrow"
Art Direction: Simon Levy
Design: Katherine DeVault Design
Photography: Jim DeVault
References
- 1 2 "Southern Flavor". Allmusic. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
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