“Mississippi Waltz” was written by Bill Monroe and first recorded by his longtime fiddler Kenny Baker, who released it on his 1976 album “Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe.”
A lonesome waltz set in F, the tune leans on an unexpected chord that gives it a bluesy color. It is one of the slow, melancholy pieces in Monroe’s body of instrumentals, well suited to Baker’s smooth, expressive fiddling.
The tune is a favorite slow piece among bluegrass fiddlers.
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