Southern Flavor
Southern Flavor is the eighteenth studio album by Bill Monroe, released through MCA Records in 1988. In 1989, the album won Monroe the Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best [Bluegrass Album|Best Bluegrass Recording (Vocal or Instrumental)], an award currently known as Best Bluegrass Album.
Track listing
- "Stone Coal"
- "Life's Highway"
- "What a Wonderful Life"
- "Texas Lone Star"
- "Give Me Wings"
- "Sugar Loaf Mountain"
- "White Rose"
- "Days Gone By"
- "Southern Flavor"
- "Take Courage Un' Tomorrow"
Personnel
- Bill Monroe – mandolin, tenor vocals, lead vocal on "White Rose"
- Tom Ewing - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- Blake Williams - banjo, baritone vocals
- Clarence "Tater" Tate - acoustic bass, bass vocals
- Bobby Hicks - fiddle
- Buddy Spicher - fiddle
- Mike Feagan - fiddle
- Emory Gordy, [Jr.] - acoustic bass on "What A Wonderful Life", "Give Me Wings" and "Take Courage Un' Tomorrow"
Design: Katherine DeVault Design
Photography: Jim DeVault