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Heavy Traffic Ahead

Source Recording: Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys (1949)

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Song Details

Songwriter

Bill Monroe

First Release

Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys (1949)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Traditional Bluegrass

Themes

Rambling Roads & Highways

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys

Album

Single: Heavy Traffic Ahead (1949) Bluegrass Discography

Key A Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 94 BPM Length 2:48

Musicians

Bill Monroe — Lead Vocals, Mandolin
Lester Flatt — Guitar
Earl Scruggs — Banjo
Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise — Fiddle
Howard "Cedric Rainwater" Watts — Bass

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Pat Enright

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True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe (1996) Bluegrass Discography

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Bill Evans

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Bill Evans Plays Banjo (2001) Bluegrass Discography

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The Del McCoury Band

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Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe (2011) Bluegrass Discography

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