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Short Life of Trouble

Source Recording: Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys (1996)

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Song Details

Also Known As

Life of Trouble, Short Life and It's Troubles

Songwriter

G.B. Grayson

First Release

G.B. Grayson (1927)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Traditional Old-Time Traditional Bluegrass

Themes

Lost Love Rambling

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys

Album

Short Life of Trouble: The Songs of Grayson and Whitter (1996) Bluegrass Discography

Key G Time Waltz Tempo 96 BPM Length 2:21

Musicians

Ralph Stanley — Lead Vocals, Banjo
James Allen Shelton — Guitar
John Rigsby — Mandolin
James Price — Fiddle
Jack Cooke — Bass
Ralph Stanley II — Guitar

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Other Notable Recordings

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys

Life of Trouble

Folk Songs of Our Land (1962) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

Clint Howard, Doc Watson and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys

Short Life and It’s Troubles

Favorites of Clint Howard, Doc Watson and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys (1986) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

John Hartford

Short Life of Trouble

Annual Waltz (1987) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

Norman and Nancy Blake

Short Life of Trouble

The Morning Glory Ramblers (2004) Discogs

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