song writer unknown
recorded by Bill Monroe

https://youtu.be/BDy9Uu1HGdk


This is an old Bluegrass standard that I used to sit down and play a with wonderful Dobro musician I knew. He said that he liked my picking, (ha ha), I knew I wasn't any good, but back then I'd take complements where I could find them. This guy, who's name was Ken Harmon, was pretty good with that Dobro of...

recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scuggs
written by Jerry Organ and Tom James

https://youtu.be/V6msl5m386E


Even before I joined the Westman Jams, (a local Bluegrass Music themed Jam group.), I had always had a slight taste for Bluegrass. I remember when I first heard this tune and right away I had to learn it.

'On My Mind', written by Jerry Organ and Tom James, is...

written by Hillary Kanter and Even Stevens
recorded by Ricky Skaggs

https://youtu.be/WLp3P0xX4b8


In 1980 a young Bluegrass / Country artist hit the air waves for the first time on his own. Ricky Skaggs had been kicking around the music scene for quite a while, (starting when he was 10), but in 1980 he began his solo career and helped revitalize Country Music. Somewhere about that...

written by Frank Southern
recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

https://youtu.be/aHPimREzyiE


There is something about Bluegrass, and by extension, Bluegrass-Gospel, that has always appealed to me. This style of music utilizes timing formats that, in other music genres, would be considered unacceptable. Bluegrass artists often take a line, in a song, and they will extend it on...

written by Mike Henderson and Chris Stapleton
recorded by The Steeldrivers

https://youtu.be/BLCWw_iuTjI


The Steel drivers have a way of combining The Blues and Bluegrass in a believable mix. That is what I like about them and that is what I like about this tune. It has the sharp edge of the Blues and the sharp sound of Bluegrass.

Written by Mike Henderson and Chris...