The Bluegrass Album

The Bluegrass Album is an eponymous album by bluegrass supergroup, Bluegrass Album Band, released in 1981. It's a collection of bluegrass standards by Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley and others. ^[1]^[2] Ultimately, four volumes were released, recorded between 1980 and 1985.

The Bluegrass Compact Disc [Rounder CD 11502, c. 1986] is a 20-song release drawn from volumes 1-4 of The Bluegrass Album.

"Album" Track listing

"Blue Ridge Cabin Home"
"We Can't Be Darlings Anymore"
"Molly And Tenbrooks"
"I Believe in You Darling"
"Model Church"
"On My Way Back to the Old Home"
"Gonna Settle Down"
"Toy Heart"
"Pain in My Heart"
"Chalk up Another One"
"River of Death"

Personnel

Tony Rice - guitar, vocals
J.D. Crowe - banjo, vocals
Doyle Lawson - mandolin, vocals
Bobby Hicks - fiddle
Todd Philips - bass

References

Bluegrass Album Band

Tony Rice J.D. Crowe Doyle Lawson Bobby Hicks Jerry Douglas Todd Philips Mark Schatz Vassar Clements

Discography	The Bluegrass Album (1980) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2 (1982) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 - California Connection (1983) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 4 (1984) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 5 - Sweet Sunny South (1989) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 6 - Bluegrass Instrumentals (1996)

Bluegrass music

Typical instruments	Acoustic guitar Banjo Dobro Fiddle technique Mandolin technique Upright bass

Stylistic origins	Blues Country music Folk music Old-time music

Sub- and fusion genres	Traditional bluegrass Progressive bluegrass Bluegrass gospel Czech bluegrass

Notable festivals	High Sierra Music Festival Festival of the Bluegrass Merlefest Podunk Bluegrass Festival Telluride Bluegrass Festival Tottenham Bluegrass Festival List of bluegrass music festivals

Notable performers	List of bluegrass musicians List of bluegrass bands List of bluegrass mandolinists

Other	International Bluegrass Music Museum International Bluegrass Music Association International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Bluegrass Unlimited magazine Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards International Bluegrass Music Awards

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