''The Bluegrass Album'' is the debut album by bluegrass supergroup,

Bluegrass Album Band Bluegrass Album Band was a bluegrass supergroup, founded by Tony Rice and J. D. Crowe in 1980. Originally, there was no intention to build a permanent group and the main reason for the collaboration was to record a solo album for Tony Rice ...

, released in 1981. It's a collection of bluegrass standards by

Lester Flatt Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in the duo Flatt and Scruggs. Flatt's career spanned multiple decades, ...

Bill Monroe William Smith "Bill" Monroe (; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the " Father of Bluegrass". The genre take ...

, Earl Scruggs,

Ralph Stanley Ralph Edmund Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016) was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. Stanley began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of ...

and others.Album info on www.cduniverse.com
/ref> Ultimately, four volumes were released, recorded between 1980 and 1985. The Bluegrass Compact Disc ounder CD 11502, c. 1986is a 20-song release drawn from volumes 1-4 of The Bluegrass Album.

"Album" Track listing

# Blue Ridge Cabin Home (Louise Certain, Gladys Stacey) # We Can't Be Darlings Anymore (Lester Flatt, John Ray "Curly" Seckler) # Molly And Tenbrooks (Bill Monroe) # I Believe In You Darling (Bill Monroe) # Model Church (Traditional) # On My Way Back To The Old Home (Bill Monroe) # Gonna Settle Down (Lester Flatt) # Toy Heart (Bill Monroe) # Pain In My Heart (Larry Richardson, Bobby Osborne) # Chalk Up Another One (H. Winston & Wilmer Neal) # River Of Death (Bill Monroe)

Personnel

Tony Rice David Anthony Rice (June 8, 1951 – December 25, 2020), known professionally as Tony Rice, was an American guitarist and bluegrass musician. He was an influential acoustic guitar player in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and a ...

- guitar, vocals *

J.D. Crowe James Dee Crowe (August 27, 1937December 24, 2021) was an American banjo player and bluegrass band leader. He first became known during his four-year stint with Jimmy Martin in the 1950s. Crowe led the bluegrass group New South from 1971 until ...

- banjo, vocals *

Doyle Lawson Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944) is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician. He is best known as a mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and leader of the 6-man group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Lawson was inducted in ...

- mandolin, vocals *

Bobby Hicks Bobby Hicks (born July 21, 1933) is a Grammy Awardbr>winningAmerican bluegrass fiddler and a professional musician with more than fifty years of experience. Career Hicks was born in Newton, North Carolina and learned to play the fiddle befor ...

- fiddle, vocals * Todd Philips - bass

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bluegrass Album 1981 debut albums Tony Rice albums Rounder Records albums