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In Despair
Composer: Joe Ahr

In Despair was performed by the Log Cabin Boys (Jerry Garcia, David Nelson and Sandy Rothman) at the Grateful Dead Thanksgiving dinner in 1986.

Joe Ahr was a writing pseudonym used by Bill Monroe for some of his compositions. On recordings writing credits for In Despair are usually Joe Ahr or Bill Monroe. On a few recordings writing credits are Joe Ahr and Juanita Pennington.



Recordings

info Knee Deep in Blue Grass, Bill Monroe, 1958
no info Single (Sunny Mountain Chimes / In Despair), Bill & Paul The Bluegrass Travelers, 1963
no info Sing Bluegrass Songs, The Boutilier Brothers, 1963
info Blue Grass Style, Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1970
no info Bluegrass From Virginia, Potomac Valley Boys, 1970
no info Down To Earth Bluegrass, Dub Crouch, Norman Ford & the Bluegrass Rounders, 1973
no info North & south, The Southern Express with Pete Lissman, 1975
no info Wheat Goes On, Wheat Straw, 1976
no info What A way To Make A Living, Country Gazette, 1977
no info Roanoke, Roanoke, 1977
info Bean Blossom '79, Bill Monroe, 1980
no info Building on sand, Peachtree Pickers, 1982
no info Reflections, Summer Wages, 1984
no info Northwest Folklife Festival, Vol. 8, Various Artists (Bottom Dollar), 1987
no info A Change Of Scenery, Seldom Scene, 1988
info Bluegrass 1950-1958, Bill Monroe, 1990
no info Snakes Alive!, The Dreadful Snakes, 1990
no info Dixieland For Me, Gloria Belle & Tennessee Sunshine, 1993
info Bluegrass 1970-1979, Bill Monroe, 1995
no info On The Divide, David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide, 1996
no info Sixteen Years, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1996
no info Tomorrow I'll Be Gone, Big Country Bluegrass, 2000
info Prairie Bluegrass, Bray Brothers & Red Cravens, 2000
info Traditional Bluegrass, Vern Williams Band, 2004
info In the Mountaintops to Roam, David Peterson & 1946, 2006
info 1950-1958 (JSP box set), Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys, 2009
no info Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling?, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 2009
no info Way Up On A Mountain, Spring Creek, 2009
no info My Own Set Of Rules, Lou Reid & Carolina, 2009
no info I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky, Audie Blaylock & Redline, 2011
no info Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe, Del McCoury, 2011
no info Somewhere South Of Crazy, Dale Ann Bradley, 2011
info Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute, Various Artists (Ralph Stanley), 2011

 
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