Live At Mechanics Hall

Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys

Live At Mechanics Hall

2004

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  • RECORDED LIVE 11/16/63 at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
    by David Grisman

    This classic 1963 edition of Monroe's band featuring the revolutionary banjo playing of Bill Keith and the high lonesome sound of Del McCoury at the beginning of his career as a singer and rhythm guitaristówas recorded by David Grisman at one of America's finest pre-civil war concert halls.

    Live at Mechanics Hall features over 12 songs never released by this configuration, including two tracks featuring Bill's daughter Melissa Monroe and the only recorded Monroe duet with Bea Lilly of the Lilly Brothers.

    This concert provides a glimpse of Bill Monroe at a time when he was putting a lot of energy into his performances. Stand-out tracks like "On and On," "John Henry," "Blue Ridge Mt. Blues" and a blistering version of "Rawhide" shows Monroeís determination to keep up with the musical challenges presented by the hot young musicians in his band. Reflecting on his time with Monroe, Del McCoury states, "Iíve learned a lot from Bill, and Iíve learned that a lot of jazz, country and blues musicians wish they had gotten to be Blue Grass Boys. I was lucky to have gotten to play with him."

    In 1963 Bill Monroe was on the brink of becoming an icon of American music. Performances like these helped propel him to that status in his legendary career.
    • Reviews
    Watermelon Hangin' On That Vine 22
    Band Intros 51
    Panhandle Country 125
    Dark Hollow 139
    On And On 167
    Devil's Dream 154
    Love's Gonna Live Here 124
    Dreaming Of A Little Cabin 161
    Muleskinner Blues 152
    Footprints In The Snow 112
    Blue Moon Of Kentucky 136
    Rawhide 151
    John Henry 164
    I Saw the Light 132
    Waiting For Bea 91
    What Would You Give In Exchange? 300
    Uncle Pen 155
    Blue Ridge Mountain Blues 145
    Y'All Come 63

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