Nine pound hammer by bill monroe and his bluegrass boys on. Sep 11, 2000 scotty moore, the guitarist, started vamping and kind of playing around on an uptempoa 24 version of bill monroe s famous waltz, blue moon of kentucky. Buy mp3 music online bill monroe blue moon of kentucky cd1. He invented the style, invented the name, and for the great majority of the 20th century, embodied the art form. Blue moon of kentucky by bill monroe easy guitar tab. Bill monroe and his bluegrass boys originally recorded blue moon of kentucky written by bill monroe and bill monroe and his bluegrass boys released it on the single blue moon of kentucky in 1947. Print and download blue moon of kentucky sheet music. Bill monroe september, 1911 september 9, 1996 was an american mandolinist who helped create the style of music known as bluegrass. Scotty moore, the guitarist, started vamping and kind of playing around on an uptempoa 24 version of bill monroe s famous waltz, blue moon of kentucky. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render of the hit trax midi file backing track. Release date 2002 production date 1936 title variation bill monroe, 19361949 note compact discs. Bill monroe blue moon of kentucky lyrics genius lyrics. Blue moon, blue moon, blue moon, keep shining bright. Monroes earliestknown performance of blue moon of kentucky was on the grand ole opry broadcast of august 25, 1945.
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