Bill and Doc Sing Country Songs is a limited club edition LP issued in 1975 on the FBN label (FBN 210), made from concert recordings that were twelve years old. Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys began a five-day engagement at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles on 14 May 1963, and the concerts were recorded. Doc Watson joined Monroe for part of a set, and four tracks on the LP feature him: “What Does the Deep Sea Say?,” “Feast Here Tonight,” “Midnight on the Stormy Deep” and “You Won’t Be Satisfied That Way.” “True Life Blues” and the instrumental “Rawhide” are by Monroe’s own band, which then included Del McCoury on guitar, Kenny Baker on fiddle, Bill Keith on banjo and Bessie Lee Mauldin on bass.
The first two tracks, “Get Up John,” played by Monroe and Watson, and “Dream of the Miner’s Child,” were recorded at the Monterey Folk Festival on 19 May 1963. Other duets from the same Ash Grove engagement, including “You Won’t Be Satisfied That Way” and “Memories of You,” came out in 1993 on the Smithsonian Folkways CD Live Duet Recordings 1963–1980 (SF CD 40064).
Tracklist
- 1 Foggy Mountain Top alt version 3:10
- 2 What Would You Give in Exchange For Your Soul alt version 3:09
- 3 Watson Blues alt version 3:31
- 4 Soldier’s Joy alt version 1:34
- 5 What Does the Deep Sea Say Source Recording 3:31
- 6 You Won’t Be Satisfied That Way alt version 2:02
- 7 Kentucky Mandolin alt version 3:03
- 8 East Tennessee Blues alt version 3:01
- 9 Midnight on the Stormy Deep alt version 4:34
- 10 Lonesome Moonlight Waltz alt version 3:56
- 11 Banks of the Ohio alt version 4:12
- 12 Fire on the Mountain alt version 2:03
- 13 Chicken Reel - Live 1:50
- 14 Turkey in the Straw alt version 3:09
- 15 Memories of You - Live 3:11
- 16 Feast Here Tonight alt version 2:31
- 17 Paddy on the Turnpike alt version 2:26
- 18 True Life Blues alt version 2:40
