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Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
Composer: Marvin Baumgardner

Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet was performed once by the Grateful Dead in an acoustic set on December 26, 1969.

The song occurs most commonly on recordings as Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet but does also occur as The Master's Bouquet. The song appears to have been written by Marvin E. Baumgardner but on some recordings the song is credited to the Stanley Brothers and on others to L Russell.



Grateful Dead

info Dave's Picks Volume 43: 11/2/69 & 12/26/69, 2022


Recordings

no info Single (Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / Tramp On The Street), Maddox Brothers & Rose, June 1948
no info Single (Death At The Bar / Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet), Kitty Wells, March 1949
no info Single (White Dove / Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet), Stanley Brothers, April 1949
no info Single (Don't Wait For The Last Minute To Pray / Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet), Kitty Wells, 1953
info Collection of Standard Sacred Songs, Maddox Brothers and Rose, 1956
no info EP (Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / White Dove / Fields Have Turned Brown / Old Home), Stanley Brothers, 1958
no info Livin' in God's Country, The Wilburn Brothers, 1959
info One Rose, Maddox Brothers & Rose, 1960
no info Single (Rank Stranger / Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet), Stanley Brothers, 1960
info Sacred Songs From the Hills, Stanley Brothers, 1960
info The Stanley Brothers, The Stanley Brothers, 1961
info Singing on Sunday, Kitty Wells, 1962
info Dian & the Greenbriar Boys, Dian & the Greenbriar Boys, 1963
info Good Old Mountain Music, Tennessee River Boys, 1963
info Gospel Songs Bluegrass Style, The Barrier Brothers, 1963
info The Best of the Stanley Brothers, The Stanley Brothers, 1966
no info John's Gospel Quartet, Stanley Brothers, 1966
no info The World of Country Music, Various Artists (Maddox Brothers & Rose), 1967
no info Connie's Country, Connie Smith, 1969
no info He Is My Everything, Charlie Walker, 1969
no info Mother's Favorite Hymns, Bonnie Owens, 1970
info Sing Gospel Echoes Of The Stanley Brothers, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1973
no info Bluegrass Gospel, George Hamilton IV, 1974
no info On The Air, Vol 2, Maddox Brothers & Rose, 1977
no info Reckless Love and Bold Adventure, Rose Maddox, 1977
no info The Columbia Sessions, 1949-50, Stanley Brothers, 1980
no info Good-Time Get-Together, The Lewis Family, 1980
no info Bluegrass Gospel, L. W. Lambert & the Blue River Boys, 1980
no info America's Bluegrass Band, Country Gazette, 1982
info Back In The Good Ole Days, Bobby Atkins & the Countrymen, 1984
info Starday Sessions, Stanley Brothers, 1984
no info I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing, Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys, 1990
info The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1949-1952, The Stanley Brothers, 1991
info The One Rose: The Capitol Years, Rose Maddox, 1993
info Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells, 1994
info Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961, The Stanley Brothers, 1994
info Clinch Mountain Bluegrass, Stanley Brothers, 1994
no info On The Air, Maddox Brothers and Rose, 1995
no info One Day At A Time, Kitty Wells, 1996
info Complete Columbia Recordings, Stanley Brothers, 1996
no info Live: Mountain Praise, The Isaacs, 1996
no info Heartfelt Pickin' & Singin', Vol. 1, Joe Isaacs Family & Friends, 1996
no info 16 Greatest Gospel Hits, The Stanley Brothers, 1997
info Southern Country Gospel, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 1997
no info Country Greats Sing Gospel, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Connie Smith), 1997
no info Best of the Best: All Bluegrass Gospel, The Stanley Brothers, 1998
info Clinch Mountain Country, Ralph Stanley & Friends, 1998
no info Pick Me Up on Your Way Down, Charlie Walker, 1999
info 33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals, Clarence White, 2000
no info Let Us Cross over the River, Tony & Gary Williamson, 2000
info Echoes of the Stanley Brothers, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 2001
info Too Late to Cry, The Stanley Brothers, 2001
no info All Aboard, The Village Singers, 2001
no info One More River, The Drovers, 2001
info Newport Folk Festival: Best of Bluegrass 1959-1966, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys), 2001
no info I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow, The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys, 2002
no info Bluegrass Legends, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2002
no info O Brother: The Story Continues, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2002
info Heaven Bound: The Best of Bluegrass Gospel, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2003
no info 22 All Time Gospel Hits, Various Artists (Maddox Brothers & Rose), 2003
no info Going Back to Old Kentucky: A Bluegrass Anthology, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2003
no info Bluegrass Legends, Various Artists (Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley), 2003
no info The Slaughter Rule Soundtrack, Various Artists (Blood Oranges), 2003
no info Dust on the Bible, Kitty Wells, 2004
no info Selected Sides 1947-1953: The Very Best of Bluegrass, Flatt & Scruggs/Stanley Brothers, 2004
no info Brother, I'm Gettin Ready To Go, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2004
no info Second Generation Bluegrass, Various Artists (Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley), 2004
info Blazing Bluegrass, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2004
no info 20 Golden Hits, Kitty Wells, 2005
no info Truly Blessed, Ronnie Mason, 2005
no info Up and Gone, Susan Campton, 2005
no info Maverick Country: The Definitive Real Country Collection, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2005
no info Bluegrass from Roots to Branches, Various Artists (Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley), 2005
no info Great Gospel Performances, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, 2006
no info Leave Him to Me, Susan Campton, 2006
no info This is What I Call Country Gospel, Various Artists (Kitty Wells), 2006
no info Louisiana Hayride, Various Artists (Kitty Wells), 2006
no info Queen of the Coast, Bonnie Owens, 2007
no info Songs of the Spirit, Larry Wilder, 2007
no info Thanks For The Rain, Bob Petermann, 2007
no info Songs of the West and Other Gems, Kay Hansen, 2007
info Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vols. 1-4, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2007
no info The Unreleased Recordings, Hank Williams, 2008
no info Calvary's Hill, The Morris Brothers, 2008
no info From Dancefloor to Devotion, The Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose, 2009
no info Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings, Hank Williams, 2009
no info The Essential Guide To Gospel, Various Artists (The Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose), 2009
no info Dust on the Bible, Various Artists (Kitty Wells), 2009

 
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