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Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe

Kenny Baker

Album · 1976 · County 761

Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe (County 761) is a twelve-track LP of Bill Monroe’s instrumentals, played by the fiddler who had joined Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in 1957. Baker made his first recordings with the band on 15 December 1957 and remained until 1984, serving more years in Monroe’s band than any other musician.

The tracks were recorded in Nashville on 29 and 30 March 1976, and County released the album on 30 November 1976. Every title is a Monroe composition: “Road to Columbus,” “Brown County Breakdown,” “Lonesome Moonlight Waltz,” “Jerusalem Ridge,” “Monroe’s Hornpipe,” “Cheyenne,” “Big Sandy River,” “Stoney Lonesome,” “Mississippi Waltz,” “Wheel Hoss,” “Fiddler’s Pastime” and “Ashland Breakdown.”

Monroe himself plays mandolin behind Baker. The band is Joe Stuart on guitar and Randy Davis on bass, with two banjo players: Vic Jordan on eight tracks and Bob Black on four.

Tracklist

  1. 1 Road to Columbus Source Recording Bill Monroe · key A · 130 bpm 2:39
  2. 2 Brown County Breakdown Source Recording Bill Monroe · key E · 130 bpm 4:10
  3. 3 Lonesome Moonlight Waltz alt version 3:56
  4. 4 Jerusalem Ridge alt version 6:38
  5. 5 Monroe’s Hornpipe alt version 3:00
  6. 6 Cheyenne alt version 3:30
  7. 7 Big Sandy River alt version 3:02
  8. 8 Stoney Lonesome alt version 3:10
  9. 9 Mississippi Waltz Source Recording Bill Monroe · key F · 110 bpm · 3/4 2:46
  10. 10 Wheel Hoss alt version 2:41
  11. 11 Fiddler's Pastime 2:00
  12. 12 Ashland Breakdown Source Recording Bill Monroe · key C · 118 bpm 2:15

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