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True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe

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True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 15, 1996
GenreBluegrass music
Length51:33
LabelSugar Hill
ProducerTodd Phillips
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True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe is a compilation album of bluegrass music released through Sugar Hill Records on October 15, 1996. It was a tribute to Bill Monroe. In 1997, the album won Todd Phillips the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, as the producer.

Track listing

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  1. "Molly and Tenbrooks" – 3:13
  2. "True Life Blues" – 2:45
  3. "I'm on My Way to the Old Home" – 2:08
  4. "Highway of Sorrow" – 2:53
  5. "Old Ebenezer Scrooge" – 2:46
  6. "Memories of You" – 3:06
  7. "Rawhide" – 3:07
  8. "Can't You Hear Me Callin'" – 4:07
  9. "Letter from My Darling" – 3:32
  10. "Sitting Alone in the Moonlight" – 3:16
  11. "Big Mon" – 3:01
  12. "Get Down on Your Knees and Pray" – 3:12
  13. "Used to Be" – 2:03
  14. "Scotland" – 3:08
  15. "Travelin' This Lonesome Road" – 3:02
  16. "Heavy Traffic Ahead Bill Monroe" – 2:25
  17. "Little Cabin Home on the Hill" – 3:49

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe". Allmusic. Retrieved July 20, 2010.