Bill Monroe sometimes gets called the “Father of Bluegrass” – no doubt he’s a pretty foundational figure and his Blue Grass Boys may be the source of the genre’s name.

This is a great collection of later Bill Monroe (he passed in 1996) doing duets with performers who admire him and his legacy. The guesting “friends” here include:

• Oak Ridge Boys
• Willie Nelson
• Ricky Scaggs
• Johnny Cash
• Emmylou Harris
• Barbara Mandrell
• Larry, Rudy, and Steve Gatlin
• Waylon Jennings
• John Hartford
• Mel Tillis

Each song is preceded by a little spoken word intro.

My copy is a Gloversville US pressing with Masterfonics mastering from 1983 – via Vinyl Destination in Lowell MA.