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Bill Monroe - "Wayfaring Stranger" [Official Audio]

Folkways Recordings

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Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

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Video Title

Bill Monroe - "Wayfaring Stranger" [Official Audio]

Description

Listen to the official audio of Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys' "Wayfaring Stranger" from the 1993 album 'Live Recordings 1956-1969: Off the Record Volume 1' on Smithsonian Folkways. 'Live Recordings 1956-1969: Off the Record Volume 1' is available on CD and digital. Stream/download/purchase: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/bill-monroe-the-blue-grass-boys/live-recordings-1956-1969-off-the-record-volume-1/american-folk-bluegrass/music/album/smithsonian Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3C8SnJ9XFiqavZxa98F9Oq?si=c6y0Pw4-TdK6F5HEDQul5Q Previously unreleased recordings from the 1950s and '60s present Monroe concert performances, jam sessions, and festival workshops of Bill with the Bluegrass Boys and his brothers Charlie and Birch. This 75-minute collection captures Monroe with Peter Rowan, Bill Keith, Tex Logan, Bobby Hicks, Del McCoury, Hazel Dickens, Roland White, and many, many others. Includes rare photos and extensive notes by Ralph Rinzler. "...[C]ulled from both concerts and picking parties, [this recording] reveals what a holy terror [Monroe] was in front of an audience—even of friends, at 4:45 a.m." — Newsweek Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: https://twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time. ©2008 Smithsonian Institution

Video Duration

4 min 32 sec

YouTube Keywords

music folk "Woody Guthrie" "Pete Seeger" Smithsonian Folkways old-time non-profit

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2009-03-09T19:28:38.000Z

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