I remember that Vancouver show, and have a wonderful recording of it here somewhere...
I believe that was the first time I ever heard the tune, and it was the highlight of the evening for me...
When MOB came out, I tried picking it, but never got the little tricks till Buell turned me on to a tab and verbal cues...
As it turns out, I don't think there is any "right" way to play the thing...
Listen to the Vancouver version--it varies considerably from the MOB version...
And let's not even talk about the Deford version...
How Bill got EPB out of that I'll never know...
Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys
Soft Rock Cafe
Vancouver, BC, Canada
11/3/1980
Wayne Lewis - guitar, vocals
Butch Robins - banjo, vocals
Kenny Baker - fiddle
Mark Hembree - bass, vocals
Disc 1
1. Muleskinner Blues
2. I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home
3. Little Cabin Home on the Hill
4. Dear Old Dixie
5. Love Please Come Home
6. Rocky Road Blues
7. Lochwood
8. Come Hither to Go Yonder
9. Precious Memories
10. Working on a Building
11. The Road to Columbus
12. Let Me Rest at the End of My Journey
13. Kentucky Mandolin
14. Rawhide
15. Highway of Sorrow
Disc 2
1. Blue Moon of Kentucky
2. The Old Mountaineer
3. My Rose of Old Kentucky
4. Bluegrass Breakdown
5. It's Mighty Dark to Travel
6. I'll Never Shed Another Tear
7. Cripple Creek
8. Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord
9. Methodist Preacher
10. Evening Prayer Blues
11. Footprints in the Snow
12. Wheel Hoss
13. Medley: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
I'll Fly Away
I Saw the Light
14. Watermelon on the Vine
15. Medley: John Henry
Y'all Come
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