True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe

True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	October 15, 1996
Genre	Bluegrass music
Length	51:33
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer	Todd Phillips

ReleasedOctober 15, 1996

GenreBluegrass music

Length51:33

LabelSugar Hill

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True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe is a compilation album of bluegrass music released through Sugar Hill Records on October 15, 1996. It was a tribute to Bill Monroe. In 1997, the album won Todd Phillips the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, as the producer.

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Studio albums	Knee Deep in Blue Grass (1958) I Saw the Light (1959) Mr. Blue Grass (1961) Bluegrass Ramble (1962) Bluegrass Special (1963) I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning (1964) Blue Grass Time (1967) Kentucky Blue Grass (1970) Uncle Pen (1972) Father & Son (1973) Road of Life (1974) The Weary Traveler (1976) Bill Monroe Sings Bluegrass, Body and Soul (1977) Bluegrass Memories (1977) Together Again (1978) Master of Bluegrass (1981) Southern Flavor (1988) Cryin' Holy unto the Lord (1991)
Live albums	Bean Blossom (1973) Bean Blossom '79 (1980)
Compilations	The Great Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys (1961) The Father of Blue Grass Music (1962) My All Time Country Favorites (1962) Early Blue Grass Music (1963) Bill Monroe Sings Country Songs (1964) Bill Monroe's Best (1964) Bluegrass Instrumentals (1965) The Original Blue Grass Sound (1965) The High, Lonesome Sound of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys (1966) Bill Monroe's Greatest Hits (1968) Bill Monroe and Charlie Monroe (1969) A Voice from on High (1969) 16 All-Time Greatest Hits (1970) Bill Monroe's Country Music Hall of Fame (1971) Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys (1950–60) (1973) Best of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys (1975) The Best of Bill Monroe (1975) Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys Vol. II (1950–1972) (1975) The Original Bluegrass Band (1978) The Classic Bluegrass Recordings (1981)
Singles	"Mule Skinner Blues" "Blue Yodel No. 7" "Blue Moon of Kentucky" "I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling" "Uncle Pen" "Kentucky Waltz" "I'm Working on a Building" "Gotta Travel On"
Family	Birch Monroe Charlie Monroe Pendleton Vandiver
Blue Grass Boys	David "Stringbean" Akeman Kenny Baker Byron Berline Vassar Clements Charlie Cline Cleo Davis Lester Flatt Randall Franks Amos Garren Richard Greene Bobby Hicks Bill Keith Rudy Lyle Jimmy Martin Bessie Lee Mauldin Del McCoury Clyde Moody Don Reno Butch Robins Peter Rowan Earl Scruggs Carter Stanley Gordon Terry Buck Trent Roland White Chubby Wise Mac Wiseman
Related articles	Blue Grass Boys members Discography Bill Monroe Farm Bill Monroe Memorial Festival Bill Monroe Museum True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe

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True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe

Compilation album by Various artists
Released	October 15, 1996
Genre	Bluegrass music
Length	51:33
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer	Todd Phillips