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Blue Grass Stomp
Composer: Bill Monroe

Blue Grass Stomp was probably performed by Jerry Garcia sitting in with High Country in February 1969.

Blue Grass Stomp is an instrumental that usually features the banjo. It became a popular part of Bill Monroe's repertoire when Rudy Lyle was the banjo player in his group in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In the liner notes for the County Records release The Classic Bluegrass Recordings Volume 2 there is a quote from Bill Monroe about Blue Grass Stomp:

Back in those days we would play a lot of dances and we had a few tunes that was just made for dancing. People would kind of stomp while they danced, you know, and that's why I named it that. It's got a perfect time for dancing.
Blue Grass Stomp sometimes occurs as Bluegrass Stomp on recordings but the title on all Bill Monroe recordings is Blue Grass Stomp.


Bill Monroe recordings

no info Single (The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band / Bluegrass Stomp), Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys, 1949
no info EP (I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling/Kentucky Waltz/Footprints In The Snow/Bluegrass Stomp), Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys, 1953
info The Great Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys, 1961
info Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, Bill Monroe, 1970
info 16 All Time Greatest Hits, Bill Monroe, 1970
no info Country Superstars, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 1978
no info 20 Golden Country Instrumentals, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 1979
no info The Classic Bluegrass Recordings Volume 2, Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, 1980
no info The Essential Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys (1945-1949), Bill Monroe, 1992
info Live Recordings 1956-1969, Bill Monroe, 1993
no info The Early Years, Bill Monroe, 1998
info Bluegrass Bonanza, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2001
no info Bluegrass Meets Banjo, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2001
info Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949, Bill Monroe, 2002
info All the Classic Releases 1937-1949, Bill Monroe, 2003
no info Country Greats, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2004
no info Father Of Bluegrass: The Legend Lives On, Bill Monroe, 2005
no info Simply Country, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2008
no info Bluegrass Big Three, Various Artists (Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys), 2010

Other recordings

no info Kentucky Farewell, Bill Lowe, 1977
no info Bluegrass In CarolinaBob Shue & The Carolina Mountain Boys, 1979
no info Wise County Special, Billy Baker, 1980
no info Memories Of Louise, Palmetto Bluegrass, 1980
no info The Magician Of The Mandolin, Mike Hunter, 1981
no info Playing For Keeps, Far From The City, 1983
info The Kitchen Tapes, Frank Wakefield and Red Allen, 1994
info Doc & Dawg, Doc Watson & David Grisman, 1997
no info Highway Of Sorrow, The Maudlin Brothers, 1997
info Heartbreak Hill, Heartbreak Hill, 1998
no info Echoes Of The Past, Buzz Matheson & Mac Martin, 1998
no info Golden Gate Promenade, Butch Waller, 1999
no info Still Bullsboro After All These Years, Bullsboro, 2002
no info Stepping Out, The Cagle Family, 2002
no info Dance Of Life, Andy May, 2003
no info Never Lost, Not Forgotten, Nash Street, 2004
info Molly Bean, Half Day Bluegrass Band, 2005
no info Live at the White Eagle, Jackstraw, 2005
no info East Flatbush Blues, Andy Statman, 2006
no info Pickin' On ... Live In Concert, Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain, 2006
no info I'll Take The Blame, The Adrians, 2007
no info Larry Wallace Band with Jim Brock, Larry Wallace Band with Jim Brock, 2007
no info All Out Front, Scott Napier, 2010
no info Hopped That Train And Gone, Skip Kelley & Ed Dodson, 2010
no info A tribute to Bill Monroe, Frank Wakefield, 2011
info Happy Birthday Bill Monroe: Dawg Plays Big Mon, David Grisman and various artists, 2011
info Doc & Dawg Deluxe Edition: Alternate Takes, Doc Watson & David Grisman, 2013
no info No Limits, Kyle Ramey, 2013
no info Sketches, Butch Robins' Imagicnation, 2013
no info Things Left Undone, Darren Nicholson, 2013
no info Wayward Daughter, Ma Crow & the Lady Slippers, 2013
no info The Patuxent Banjo Project, Various Artists (Fred Geiger), 2014
no info Sho Nuff Country!, Karl Shiflett & the Big Country Show, 2017
info Doc & Dawg: Live at Acoustic Stage, Doc Watson & David Grisman, 2018

 
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