Bean Blossom is a Bill Monroe live double album released on MCA MCA2-8002, recorded at Monroe's Brown County Jamboree in Bean Blossom, Indiana — a festival he had operated since purchasing the grounds in 1951 and one of the most important gathering points for bluegrass music in the genre's history. The original recording, made in 1963, captures Monroe and an ensemble that included Benny Martin on fiddle and other significant collaborators in the relaxed, joyful atmosphere of a homecoming festival performance. Monroe founded what became the first bluegrass festival, and Bean Blossom embodied his vision of bluegrass as a communal, celebratory music equally at home at an outdoor summer gathering as in a concert hall. The live album documents the man who invented the genre performing it in his own natural habitat.
Tracklist
- 1 Intro / Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 3:05
- 2 You Won’t Be Satisfied That Way alt version Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys 2:36
- 3 Uncle Pen - Live (1973/Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:21
- 4 Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 3:19
- 5 Intro / Ole Slew-Foot - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:43
- 6 Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes Source Recording 2:16
- 7 Intro / Please Be My Love - Live At Bean Blossom, Indiana, IN / 1973 3:02
- 8 I Wish You Knew - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:40
- 9 Intro / Love, Please Come Home - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:21
- 10 Train '45' - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:36
- 11 Bonny - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:05
- 12 When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:20
- 13 Intro / Hit Parade Of Love - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:57
- 14 Mary Ann - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 3:00
- 15 Sunny Side Of The Mountain - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:54
- 16 Free Born Man - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 3:18
- 17 Tennessee - LIve (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:43
- 18 Intro / Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana)) 2:51
- 19 Feudin Banjos - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:10
- 20 Ballad Of Jed Clampett - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Nashville) 2:06
- 21 Intro / Roll On Buddy - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 3:04
- 22 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:59
- 23 Orange Blossom Special - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:28
- 24 Fiddler Roll Call / Down Yonder - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 4:08
- 25 Soldier's Joy - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:33
- 26 Grey Eagle - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 2:34
- 27 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Live (1973 Bean Blossom, Indiana) 4:05