Grateful Dead Family Discography: Brand New Shoes

Brand New Shoes

Composer: Lester Blackwell

Brand New Shoes was probably performed by Jerry Garcia sitting in with High Country in February 1969.

The earliest recording of this song appears to be by Bill Monroe in 1958. Early Bill Monroe recordings use the title Brand New Shoes. Some other recordings use the titles Breaking In A Brand New Pair Of Shoes or occasionally Brand New Pair Of Shoes. Uncertain which is the correct title. Brand New Shoes is used on this site as it is the earliest identified used title.

On some recordings the composer is sometimes incorrectly identified as Bill Monroe.

Recordings

no info Single (Sally-Jo / Brand New Shoes), Bill Monroe, 1958
Knee Deep in Blue Grass, Bill Monroe, 1958
no info EP (Cry, Cry Darling/Brand New Shoes/Molly And Tenbrooks/Roane County Prison), Bill Monroe, 1958
no info Hillbilly Jamboree, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 1960
no info Single (I Love You Only / Breaking In A Brand New Pair Of Shoes), Bill Perry, Paul Chaney & The Bluegrass Travelers, 1960
no info Single (Breaking In A Brand New Pair Of Shoes / Earl's Breakdown), The Barrier Brothers, 1962
no info Golden Blue Grass Hits, The Barrier Brothers, 1962
Blue Grass Style, Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1970
no info Born In The Country, The Marshalls, 1972
no info Fiddlin' Steve Whalen, Fiddlin' Steve Whalen, 1975
no info Hard Times In The County, The Floyd County Boys, 1977
no info Live At The 'T' House, The Big River Band, 1978
no info Regressive Bluegrass, The Johnsons, 1980
no info Wood And Stone, Bass Mountain Boys, 1982
no info Real Bluegrass, Cranford Nix With Special Guest Curly Seckler, 1983
Bluegrass 1950-1958, Bill Monroe, 1990
no info Hillbilly Fever, The Osborne Brothers, 1991
no info Timeless, The New Vintage Bluegrass Band, 1993
no info One More Mile, Sockeye, 1994
no info EP, The Trashmen, 1994
no info It Came From The Barn, Various Artists (Pigmeat), 1997
no info Arrival, Brian Wicklund, 1998
no info The Grass Of Thor, Downhill Bluegrass Band, 1999
no info James Creek Rd, James Creek Rd, 2004
1950-1958 (JSP box set), Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys, 2009
no info Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Essential Bluegrass Album, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2011
no info Bluegrass Classics, Barrier Brothers, 2012
no info Pretty Good, The Blue Warblers, 2012
no info Hall Of Fame Bluegrass, Junior Sisk And Joe Mullins, 2013
no info Five Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles, Bill Monroe, 2015