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River of Death

Source Recording: The Bluegrass Album Band (1981)

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Key F Time 4/4

Verse × 3

F / /F /

/F / /F /

B♭ / /B♭ /

F / /F /

/F / /F /

/F / /F /

C / /C /

F / /F /

Chorus × 3

Song Details

Songwriter

Bill Monroe

First Release

Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys (1950)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Gospel Traditional Bluegrass

Themes

Faith/Praise Death and Mourning

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

The Bluegrass Album Band

Album

The Bluegrass Album cover

The Bluegrass Album (1981)

Key F Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 105 BPM Length 2:22

Musicians

Tony Rice — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Doyle Lawson — Backup Vocals, Mandolin
J.D. Crowe — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Bobby Hicks — Backup Vocals, Fiddle
Todd Phillips — Bass

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Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys

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Sonny Osborne

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Single (I’ll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning (1953) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver

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Rock My Soul (1981) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

The Bluegrass Band

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Shine Hallelujah Shine Vol. 2 (1991) Bluegrass Discography

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