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Loneliness and Desperation

Source Recording: Sideline (2013)

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Key B Time 4/4

Verse × 3

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F♯ / B /

Song Details

Songwriter

Mike Garris

First Release

Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals (1985)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Classic Bluegrass Contemporary Bluegrass

Themes

Hard Times Liquor and Drugs Home

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Sideline

Album

Session 1 cover

Session 1 (2013) Bluegrass Discography

Key B Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 133 BPM Length 2:18

Musicians

Steve Dilling — Lead Vocals, Banjo
Skip Cherryholmes — Guitar
Darrell Webb — Mandolin
Justen Haynes — Fiddle
Jason Moore — Bass

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Other Notable Recordings

Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals

Loneliness and Desperation

Sawmill (1985) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

Chris Thile and Michael Daves

Loneliness and Desperation

Sleep With One Eye Open (2011) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

Blue Mafia

Loneliness and Desperation

Hanging Tree (2016) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

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