Big Mon: The Songs Of Bill Monroe

Ricky Skaggs & Friends

Skaggs Family Records SKFR CD 1002

Re-release: 2002 (Hollywood 165030)

A tribute to the music of Bill Monroe which includes Bruce Hornsby on at least one track. This album was released again in 2002 as Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe.

Tracks

• Darlin' Corey (Traditional)
• Cry, Cry Darlin' (Miller/Newman)
• Heavy Traffic Ahead (Monroe)
• Close By (Monroe/Van Winkle)
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Monroe)
• Used To Be (Monroe)
• Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine
• My Little Georgia Rose (Monroe)
• I Am A Pilgrim (Travis)
• On The Old Kentucky Shore
• Blue Night (McGee)
• Rocky Road Blues (Monroe)
• Uncle Pen (Monroe)*
• Big Mon (Monroe)

Musicians involved include;

• Ricky Skaggs
• Mark Fain - bass
• Jim Mills - banjo
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle
• Clay Hess - guitar
• Rob Ickes - dobro
• Jerry Douglas - dobro
• Kayton Roberts - pedal steel
• Bruce Hornsby (on Darlin' Corey)
• Dolly Parton (on Cry, Cry Darlin')
• Steve Wariner (on Heavy Traffic Ahead)
• Patty Loveless (on Close By)
• John Fogerty (on Blue Moon of Kentucky)
• The Whites (on Used To Be)
• The Dixie Chicks (Walk Softly)
• Travis Tritt (on My Little Georgia Rose)
• Charlie Daniels (on I Am A Pilgrim)
• Joan Osborne (on the Old Kentucky Shore)
• Mary Chapin Carpenter (on Blue Night)
• Dwight Yoakam (on Rocky Road Blues)