Featured Album

Tribute to Bill Monroe

RELEASE
January 07, 1997
LABEL
AMI
GENRES
Country, Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass, Close Harmony

Album Review

On Jim & Jesse's Tribute to Bill Monroe, the brothers and their Virginia Boys tackle the canon of their hero and peer. Mega-popular Monroe tunes such as "Orange Blossom Special" crop up here alongside lesser knowns. Most of the tracks take a fairly true-to-the-original approach, and renderings of "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and "Footprints in the Snow" won't surprise any listeners familiar with the Monroe versions (though, admittedly, the McReynolds brothers put more Opry polish on the proceedings and possess little of Monroe's dark-holler intensity). A particular highlight here is Jim & Jesse's nimble, speedy romp through "Uncle Pen."
Erik Hage, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Will You Be Loving Another Man?
  2. How Will I Explain About You?
  3. Footprints in the Snow
  4. True Life Blues
  5. A Mansion for Me
  6. I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky
  7. Rocky Road Blues
  8. Uncle Pen
  9. Summertime Is Past and Gone
  10. Little Cabin Home on the Hill
  11. Mighty Dark to Travel
  12. Blue Moon of Kentucky
  13. When You're Lonely
  14. Orange Blossom Special