Grateful Dead Family Discography: Goodbye Old Pal

Goodbye Old Pal

Composer: Cliff Carlisle

Goodbye Old Pal was played by Jerry Garcia with the Asphalt Jungle Mountain Boys in the summer of 1964.

Goodbye Old Pal is usually credited to Bill Monroe on recordings. The song was written by (or adapted from an earlier song by) Cliff Carlisle. It was popularised by Bill Monroe who released it on a single in 1947.

Jerry Garcia recordings

Before The Dead, Jerry Garcia, 2018

Other recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Single (Valley Of Peace / Goodbye, Old Pal), Cliff Carlisle, 1935
no info Single (Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Goodbye Old Pal), Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys, 1947
Knee Deep in Blue Grass, Bill Monroe, 1958
Bill Monroe's Best, Bill Monroe, 1964
Blue Grass Get Together, The Charles River Valley Boys with Tex Logan, 1964
no info Cliff Carlisle Vol. 2, Cliff Carlisle, 196?
Blue Grass Style, Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1970
no info Grass Cuttin' Time In Missouri, Various Artists (Don Brown & Norman Ford & the Ozark Mountain Trio), 1970
no info Not A Word From Home, Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys, 1977
Greatest Bluegrass Hits, Jimmy Martin, 1978
no info John Herald and the John Herald Band, John Herald and the John Herald Band, 1978
no info Classic Bluegrass Recordings, Vol. 1, Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys, 1980
no info Just Kickin' It Around, Red Taylor, 1982
no info Better Times A'Coming, The Reasonable Band, 1984
The First Whippoorwill, Peter Rowan, 1985
no info Rollin', Bass Mountain Boys, 1985
no info The King of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin & his Sunny Mountain Boys, 1986?
no info On WCYB Farm and Fun Time, Stanley Brothers, 1988
no info Wind-Gap Bluegrass, Various Artists (Johnson Mountain Boys), 1989
Bluegrass 1950-1958, Bill Monroe, 1990
no info Essential Bill Monroe, 1945-1949), Bill Monroe, 1992
The Music Of Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe, 1994
Diamond Joe, Joe Val, 1995
no info 16 Gems, Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys, 1996
no info Live Again! WCYB Farm and Fun, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 1997
no info Caledonia County, Gopher Broke Bluegrass, 1999
no info My Great Grandfather's Fiddle, Jason Barie, 1999
Prestige/Folklore Years, Vol. 6: Comin' from the Ball, Various Artists (Charles River Valley Boys w/ Tex Logan), 1999
Three August Nights Live, Northern Lights & Vassar Clements, 2000
no info The Way It Was: The Early Years, Garry Thurmond, Stephen Helton & the Flint River Boys, 2001
no info The Ring Tall Tom, Cliff Carlisle, 2001
no info Flame Keeper, Michael Cleveland, 2002
no info I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow, The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys, 2002
Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949, Bill Monroe, 2002
The Very Best of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, 2002
Anthology, Bill Monroe, 2003
All the Classic Releases 1937-1949, Bill Monroe, 2003
Bluegrass and Old Timey Music, The Charles River Valley Boys, 2003
no info True Songs, King Wilkie, 2003
A Country Legacy: 1930-1939, Cliff Carlisle, 2004
Blazing Bluegrass, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2004
The Definitive Collection, Bill Monroe, 2005
Marching Home, Balsam Range, 2007
no info The Squid And The Fiddle, Water Tower String Band, 2008
1950-1958 (JSP box set), Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys, 2009
no info Some Old Day, Blue & Lonesome, 2010
no info Dreamin', Dick Kimmel & Co., 2011
no info Banjology, Craig Morris, 2011
Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute, Various Artists (Tony Rice), 2011
no info Old Pal, Jamie Harper, 2015