Road of Life by Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, released on MCA in 1974, is a mid-1970s entry in Monroe's long recording catalog, capturing the Father of Bluegrass in his mid-sixties — past his commercial prime but still performing and recording with consistent purpose. The Bluegrass Boys of this period included strong players, and Monroe's mandolin playing carries the authority of a man who had spent thirty years perfecting his instrument's role in the music he had created. The album moves through sacred material, instrumentals, and vocal pieces in the format Monroe had maintained across his entire career, a format that by 1974 was itself a form of cultural monument.
Tracklist
- 1 Road of life 2:56
- 2 This World is Not My Home alt version 2:28
- 3 Out in the Cold World alt version 3:10
- 4 It's me again, Lord 2:14
- 5 I will sing for the glory of God 2:03
- 6 Beyond the gate 1:55
- 7 We’re Going Just Over in the Glory Land alt version 2:21
- 8 Pass me not 3:52
- 9 The old country baptizing 2:13
- 10 Somebody Touched Me alt version 2:30
- 11 Were You There alt version 3:59
