I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky: A Bill Monroe Celebration was released on Rural Rhythm in 2011, the centennial of Bill Monroe’s birth. Audie Blaylock and Redline recorded twelve songs composed by or associated with Monroe, among them the title song, “My Little Georgia Rose,” “Mighty Dark to Travel,” “Out in the Cold World” and “Tall Timber.” Jerome Clark, reviewing it for Rambles.NET, noted that the title song and “My Little Georgia Rose” have often been covered while the rest are not overdone.
Blaylock plays guitar and sings lead throughout. Redline’s Russ Carson plays banjo, Patrick McAvinue fiddle and Reed Jones bass, and Ronnie McCoury of the Del McCoury Band plays mandolin on every track. Glen Duncan and Jason Carter add fiddles to “You’ll Find Her Name Written There,” “Cry Cry Darlin’” and “Tall Timber.” Guest singers are matched to individual songs: Lou Reid on the title song and “In Despair,” Bobby Osborne on “In Despair” and “Mighty Dark to Travel,” Del McCoury on “On the Old Kentucky Shore,” and Carl Jackson on “When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall.”
Blaylock, a guitarist and singer who had worked with Jimmy Martin, the Lynn Morris Band and Rhonda Vincent, started Redline in 2004. Carson, the banjo player on this record, later joined Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder.
Tracklist
- 1 I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky alt version 3:02
- 2 You’ll Find Her Name Written There alt version 3:18
- 3 In Despair alt version 2:12
- 4 On The Old Kentucky Shore 3:53
- 5 Out in the Cold World alt version 2:32
- 6 When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall alt version 3:22
- 7 My Little Georgia Rose alt version 2:36
- 8 Mighty Dark to Travel alt version 3:07
- 9 Cry Cry Darlin' 2:37
- 10 I Was Left On The Street 2:43
- 11 Lord Lead Me On alt version 2:41
- 12 Tall Timber 2:42
