Best of Bill Monroe's Music 1936-1994 | Bluegrass Legend Collection | Perfect for Country Music Fans & Bluegrass Enthusiasts

These are the real Bill Monroe recordings, not all of them of course but a good sampling of his work from 1936 until 1994. Monroe died in 1996 so there is no more. I'd also recommend his essential recordings from the Essential Bill Monroe, which sampled his early post WWII Blue Grass Boys music.In addition to creating his own musical genre Monroe was one of the defining figures of modern mandolin techniques. The new listener will find that his mandolin is often played in a complex melody or counterpoint, with runs fully equal to those of the best jazz clarinetist or saxophonist. In many of his tunes you will hear his mandolin skating around the tune like a dragonfly, darting here, there and yonder! Ignoring the rest of his musical impact his mandolin riffs alone are worth the price of the CDs.Monroe and his bands marked the transition from old time country music to modern musics and sitting on the cusp of change his many styles were eclectic. These songs are likewise varied, from classics like Dusty Miller, Soldier's Joy, Sally Goodin, Sailer's Hornpipe, et cetera, old time hymns and on into his later styles. There are blues, bluegrass and country songs which sound more modern, all of which bear his stamp of authenticity.Anyone who knows of him knows that there were about 160 musicians who played with him and the Blue Grass Boys. Many of the living ones still call their music Bluegrass, but I guess that is kind of like Paul or Ringo playing an occasional Beatles song, just not the same. And once they're gone there will be no bluegrass at all, just copies of copies. You can make a copy of the original but a copy of a copy just ain't right.