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VARIOUS ARTISTS - WITH BODY AND SOUL: A BLUEGRASS TRIBUTE TO BILL MONROE (REB-7528), 2011

Musicians
Red Allen
Kenny Baker
The Boys From Indiana
Richard Greene
Bobby Hicks
The Lonesome River Band
Del McCoury
Jim & Jesse McReynolds
Don Reno & Red Smiley
Tony Rice
Don Rigsby
Peter Rowan
The Seldom Scene
Ralph Stanley
IIIrd Time Out
Mac Wiseman

Production Credits
Produced by David Freeman
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO


2011 marked the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Bill Monroe, creator of bluegrass, and without doubt one of the most important and influential figures in the history of American music. In a career that began in the late 1930s, Monroe and his band The Blue Grass Boys started a new genre of roots-based music that not only influenced artists world-wide, from Elvis Presley on down, but effectively shaped or changed the lives of literally thousands of professional and amateur musicians.

It is hard to imagine a bluegrass band today that does not include at least a few of Monroe’s songs and tunes in its repertoire, and this collection just proves the ongoing strength and influence of his work. It is not just a coincidence that Rebel Records, in its more than 50-year history, has recorded numerous pieces that were written by or associated with the Father of Bluegrass music, but played by other first and second generation stars such as Ralph Stanley, Mac Wiseman, Don Reno & Red Smiley, Red Allen, Kenny Baker, Tony Rice, Del McCoury and The Seldom Scene among others. This 17 track collection honors the memory of a true giant of American music. It offers a power packed combination of Monroe’s songs and instrumental pieces as played by many of the greatest names in bluegrass.