The Original Blue Grass Sound


The Original Blue Grass Sound is the seventh compilation album by American bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and his band, the Blue Grass Boys. Released by Harmony Records in June 1965, it features ten songs recorded for singles between 1946 and 1949. The Original Blue Grass Sound is the third Monroe compilation issued by Harmony to cover the late-1940s Columbia Records period, following The Great Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys and Bill Monroe's Best.

Background

Harmony Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records, issued The Original Blue Grass Sound as its third compilation for the musician in June 1965. The album features ten tracks recorded by Monroe and his band during their time on Columbia between 1945 and 1949, including nine by the "classic bluegrass band" featuring guitarist and vocalist Lester Flatt, banjo player Earl Scruggs, fiddler Chubby Wise and bassist Howard "Cedric Rainwater" Watts. The other track features the 1949 lineup of guitarist and vocalist Malcolm "Mac" Wiseman, banjo player Rudy Lyle, Wise and bassist Jack Thompson.

Personnel