By Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS see also Bill Monroe, Charlie Monroe
17 February 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St.,
Charlotte, NC – Monroe Brothers (Charlie Monroe [vcl/gt],
Bill Monroe [vcl/mandolin].
Producer: Eli Oberstein)
001 BS-99193-1 MY LONG JOURNEY HOME B-6422 Montgomery Ward M-4747/AXM2-5510
002 BS-99194-1 WHAT
IS HOME WITHOUT LOVE B-6363 Montgomery
Ward M-4746/AXM2-5510
003 BS-99195-1 WHAT
WOULD YOU GIVE IN EXCHANGE B-6309 Montgomery Ward M-4745/AXM2-5510
004 BS-99196-1 LITTLE
RED SHOES B-6645 Montgomery Ward M-4748/AXM2-5510
005 BS-99197-1 NINE
POUND HAMMER IS TOO HEAVY B-6422 Montgomery Ward M-4747/AXM2-5510
006 BS-99198-1 ON
SOME FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP B-6607 Montgomery Ward M-4749/AXM2-5510
007 BS-99199-1
DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE B-6363 Montgomery Ward M-4746/AXM2-5510
008 BS-99200-1 IN MY
DEAR OLD SOUTHERN HOME B-6607 Montgomery Ward M-4749/AXM2-5510
009 BS-99201-1 NEW
RIVER TRAIN B-6645 Montgomery Ward M-4748/CAL-774
010 BS-99202-1 THIS
WORLD IS NOT MY HOME B-6309 Montgomery Ward M-4745
21 June 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte,
NC – Monroe Brothers (Charlie Monroe [vcl/gt],
Bill Monroe [vcl/mandolin])
011 BS-102739-1
WATERMELON HANGING ON THE WINE B-6829 Montgomery Ward M-7010
012 BS-102740-1 ON
THE BANKS OF THE OHIO B-7385 Montgomery Ward M-7010/CAL-774
013 BS-102741-1 DO
YOU CALL THAT RELIGION B-7055 Montgomery Ward M-7143
014 BS-102742-1 GOD
HOLDS THE FUTURE IN HIS HANDS B-6477 Montgomery Ward M-5026/AXM2-5510
015 BS-102743-1 YOU
GOT TO WALK THE LONESOME VALLEY B-6477 Montgomery Ward M-5026
016 BS-102744-1 SIX
MONTHS AIN'T LONG B-6512 Montgomery Ward M-7012
017 BS-102745-1 JUST
A SONG OF OLD KENTUCKY B-6552 Montgomery Ward M-7011/CAL-774
018 BS-102746-1 DON'T
FORGET ME B-6552 Montgomery Ward
M-7011/CAL-774
019 BS-102747-1 I'M
GOING B-7055 Montgomery Ward M-7143
020 BS-102748-1
DARLING COREY B-6512 Montgomery Ward M-7012/AXM2-5510
12 October 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St.,
Charlotte, NC – Monroe Brothers (Charlie Monroe [vcl/gt],
Bill Monroe [vcl/mandolin])
021 BS-02538-1 MY
SAVIOUR'S MAN B-6729 Montgomery Ward M-7086
022 BS-02539-1 I AM
THINKING TONIGHT OF THE OLD FOLKS B-6773 Montgomery Ward M-7141/CAL-774
023 BS-02540-1 I
DREAMED I SEARCHED HEAVEN FOR YOU B-6729 Montgomery Ward M-7086
024 BS-02541-1 THE
OLD CROSSROAD B-6676 Montgomery Ward
M-7087
025 BS-02542-1 THE
FORGOTTEN SOLDIER BOY B-6829 Montgomery Ward M-7140/AXM2-5510
026 BS-02543-1 WE
READ OF A PLACE THAT'S CALLED HEAVEN B-6676 Montgomery Ward M-7087
027 BS-02544-1 WILL
THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN B-6820 Montgomery
Ward M-7142/AXM2-5510
028 BS-02545-1 WHEN
THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN B-6820
Montgomery Ward M-7142/AXM2-5510
029 BS-02546-1 ROLL
IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS B-6773
Montgomery Ward M-7145/AXM2-5510
030 BS-02547-1 WHERE
IS MY SAILOR BOY B-6762 Montgomery Ward M-7140/AXM2-5510
15 February 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St.,
Charlotte, NC – Monroe Brothers (Charlie Monroe [vcl/gt],
Bill Monroe [vcl/mandolin])
031 BS-07019-1 I AM
READY TO GO B-6866 Montgomery Ward
M-8453
032 BS-07020-1 WHAT
WOULD THE PRIFIT BE? B-6912 Montgomery Ward M-8454
033 BS-07021-1 SOME
GLAD DAY B-6866 Montgomery Ward M-8453/AXM2-5510
034 BS-07022-1 I HAVE
FOUND THE WAY B-6912 Montgomery Ward M-8454
035 BS-07023-1 I AM
GOING THAT WAY B-7007 Montgomery Ward M-7141
036 BS-07024-1 KATY
CLINE B-6960 Montgomery Ward M-8455/AXM2-5510
037 BS-07025-1 ROLL
ON, BUDDY B-6960 Montgomery Ward M-8455/AXM2-5510
038 BS-07026-1
WEEPING WILLOW TREE B-7093 Montgomery Ward M-7145/CAL-774
039 BS-07027-1 I'LL
LIVE ON B-7007 Montgomery Ward M-7144
040 BS-07028-1 HIDE
YOU IN THE BLOOD B-7093 Montgomery Ward M-7144
3 August 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St.,
Charlotte, NC – Monroe Brothers (Charlie Monroe [vcl/gt],
Bill Monroe [vcl/mandolin])
041 BS-011875-1 WHAT
YOU WOULD GIVE IN EXCHANGE? – PART 2 B-7122 Montgomery Ward M-7312
042 BS-011876-1 ON
THAT GOSPEL SHIP B-7273 Montgomery Ward M-7312/AXM2-5510
043 BS-011877-1 WHAT
YOU WOULD GIVE IN EXCHANGE? – PART 3 B-7122 Montgomery Ward M-7313
044 BS-011878-1 LET
US BE LOVERS AGAIN B-7191 Montgomery Ward M-7316
045 BS-011879-1 ALL
THE GOOD TIMES ARE PASSED AND GONE B-7191 Montgomery Ward M-7316/AXM2-5510
046 BS-011880-1 WHAT
YOU WOULD GIVE IN EXCHANGE? – PART 4 B-7326 Montgomery Ward M-7314
047 BS-011881-1 ON MY
WAY TO GLORY B-7145 Montgomery Ward M-7313
048 BS-011882-1 MY
LAST MOVING DAY B-7273 Montgomery Ward M-7314
049 BS-011883-1 HE
WILL SET YOUR FIELDS ON FIRE B-7145 Montgomery Ward M-7315/AXM2-5510
050 BS-011884-1
SINNER, YOU BETTER GET READY B-7326 Montgomery Ward M-7315/AXM2-5510
28 January 1938 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St.,
Charlotte, NC – Monroe Brothers (Charlie Monroe [vcl/gt],
Bill Monroe [vcl/mandolin])
051 BS-018808-1 HAVE
A FEAST TONIGHT B-7508 Montgomery Ward M-7447/AXM2-5510
052 BS-018809-1
GOODBYE MAGGIE B-7508 Montgomery Ward M-7447/AXM2-5510
053 BS-018810-1
ROLLING ON B-7598 Montgomery Ward M-7451/AXM2-5510
054 BS-018811-1 THE
OLD MAN'S STORY B-7425 Montgomery Ward M-7448
055 BS-018812-1 I'VE
STILL GOT NINETY NINE B-7425 Montgomery Ward M-7448
056 BS-018813-1
LITTLE JOE B-7598 Montgomery Ward M-7451/AXM2-5510
057 BS-018814-1 A
BEAUTIFUL LIFE B-7562 Montgomery Ward M-7450/AXM2-5510
058 BS-018815-1
PEARLY GATES B-7460 Montgomery Ward M-7449/AXM2-5510
059 BS-018816-1 I'M
ON MY WAY BACK HOME B-7460 Montgomery Ward M-7449
060 BS-018817-1 WHEN
OUR LORD SHALL COME AGAIN B-7562 Montgomery Ward M-7450/AXM2-5510
ALBUMS
RCA Camden CAL-774 The Monroe Brothers: New River
Train; No Place To Pillow My Head; Great Speckled Bird; Once I Had A Darling Mother; On The Banks Of The Ohio; Weeping Willow Tree; Just A Song Of Old Kentucky; Don't Forget Me; I Am Thinking Of The Old Folks; Rosa Lee Mcfall; Bringin' In The Georgia Mail; Mother's Not Dead She's Only Sleeping – 09-63
Bluebird AXM2-5510 Feast Here Tonight: My Long Journey Home;
What Is A Home Without Love; What Would You Give In Exchange; Little Red Shoes;
Nine Pound Hammer; On Some Foggy
Mountain Top; Drifting Too Far From The Shore;
In My Dear Old Southern Home; New
River Train; Watermelon Hanging On The Vine;
On The Banks Of The Ohio; God
Holds The Future In His Hands; Darlin'
Corey; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; Saints Go Marching In; Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms; Where Is My Sailor Boy; Some Glad Day; Katy
Cline; Roll On Buddy; Weeping Willow
Tree; On That Old Gospel Ship; All The
Good Times Are Passed And Gone; He Will
Set Your Fields On Fire; Sinner, You
Better Get Ready; Have A Feast Here
Tonight; Goodbye, Maggie; Rollin' On; Little Joe; Beautiful Life; Pearly Gates;
When Our Lord Shall Come Again – 09-75 (double)
Oldtime Classic [UK] 6003 The Monroe Brothers: I'm Going That Way; My Saviour's Train; Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You; Old Cross Road; Forgotten Soldier Boy; What Would The Profit Be; I Have Found The Way; Oh Hide You In The Blood; Let Us Be Lovers Again; My Last Moving Day;. Old Man's Story; On My Way Back Home – 80
RCA 07863-67450-2 The Essential Bill Monroe and Monroe
Brothers: [Bill
Monroe:]
Mule Skinner Blues; No Letter In The Mail; Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord; Six White
Horses; Doghouse Blues; I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do; Katy Hill; Tennessee
Blues; Shake My Mother's Hand For Me; Were You There When They Crucified My
Lord; Anniversary (Blue Yodel No 7); Coupon Song; Orange Blossom Special; Honky
Tonk Swing; In The Pines; Back Up And Push; [Monroe Brothers:]
Great Speckled Bird; No Home No Place To Pillow My Head; New River Train; Once I
Had My Darling Mother; On The Banks Of The Ohio; Weeping Willow Tree; Just A
Song Of Old Kentucky; Don't Forget Me; I Am Thinking Tonight Of The Old Folks –
29-04-97 (sampler)
RCA [JAP] BVCP 8615/17 The Legendary Collection (1936-1938): My Long Journey Home; What Is Home Without Love; What Would You Give In Exchange; Little Red Shoes; Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy; On Some Foggy Mountain Top; Drifting Too Far From The Shore; In My Dear Old Southern Home; New River Train; This World Is Not My Home; Watermelon Hanging On The Vine; On The Banks Of The Ohio; Do You Call That Religion?; God Holds The Future In His Hands; You've Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley; Six Months Ain't Long; Just A Song Of Old Kentucky; Don't Forget Me; I'm Going; Darling Corey; My Saviour's Train; I Am Thinking Tonight Of The Old Folks; Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You; The Old Cross Road; The Forgotten Solider Boy; We Read Of A Place That's Called Heaven; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; The Saints Go Marching By; Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms; Where Is My Sailor Boy?; I Am Ready To Go; What Would The Profit Be; Some Glad Day; I Have Found The Way; I Am Going That Way; Katy Cline; Roll On Buddy; Weeping Willow Tree; I'll Live On; Oh Hide You In The Blood; What Would You Give In Exchange (Part 2); On That Old Gospel Ship; What Would You Give In Exchange (Part 3); Let Us Be Lovers Again; All The Good Times Are Passed And Gone; What Would You Give In Exchange (Part 4); On My Way To Glory; My Last Moving Day; He Will Set Your Fields On Fire; Sinner You Better Get Ready; Have A Feast Here Tonight; Goodbye, Maggie; Rollin' On; The Old Man's Story; I've Still Got Ninety Nine; Little Joe; A Beautiful Life; Pearly Gates; On My Way Back Home; When Our Lord Shall Come Again – 04-97 (3CDs)
Rounder CD-1073 Monroe Brothers, Volume One - What Would You
Give In Exchange For Your Soul: My Long Journey Home; What Is Home Wihout Love;
What Would You Give in Exchange For Your Soul; Nine Pound Hammer; Little Red
Shoes; On Some Foggy Mountain Top; Drifting Too Far From The Shore; New River
Train; This World Is Not My Home; Watermelon Hangin' On That Vine; On The Banks
Of The Ohio; Do You Call That Religion?; God Holds The Future In His Hands; In
My Dear Old Southern Home; You've Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley – 05-00
Rounder CD-1074 Monroe Brothers, Volume Two - Just A Song Of
Old Kentucky: Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms; Don't Forget Me; My Savior's Train;
Just A Song Of Old Kentucky; The Old Cross Road; I'm Going (Through); Darling
Corey; Six Months Ain't Long; The Saints Go Marching In; We Read Of A Place
That's Called Heaven; The Forgotten Soldier Boy; I Am Thinking Tonight Of The
Old Folks; (I) Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You; Where Is My Sailor Boy?; Will
The Circle Be Unbroken – 06-01
SINGLES
Bluebird (1936-38)
B-6309 What Would You Give In Exchange / This World Is Not
My Home - 04-36 (reissued on Montgomery
Ward M 4745)
B-6363 Drifting Too Far From The Shore / What Is A Home
Without Love - 05-36 (reissued on
Montgomery Ward M 4746
B-6422 My Long Journey Home / Nine-Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy
- 06-36 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M
4747
B-6477 God Holds The Future In His Hands / You Got To Walk
The Lonesome Valley - 08-36 (reissued
on Montgomery Ward M 5026)
B-6512 Darling Corey / Six Months Ain't Long - 09-36 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 7012)
B-6552 Don't Forget Me / Just A Song Of Old Kentucky -
10-36 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M
7011)
B-6607 In My Dear Old Southern Home / On Some Foggy Mountain
Top - 10-36 (reissued on Montgomery
Ward M 4749)
B-6645 Little Red Shoes / New River Train - 11-36 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 4748)
B-6676 Old Cross Road / We Read Of A Place That's Called
Heaven - 11-36 (reissued on Montgomery
Ward M 7087)
B-6729 My Saviour's Train / I Dreamed I Searched Heaven -
12-36 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M
7086)
B-6762 Where Is My Sailor Boy / (Jimmie Rodgers & Carter
Family:) The Carter Family And Jimmie Rodgers In Texas - 20-01-37
M 7010 On The Banks Of The Ohio / Watermelon Hangin' On The
Wall – ca. 01-37 (Montgomery Ward)
B-6773 Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / I'm Thinking Tonight
Of The Old Folks - 02-37
B-6820 When The Saints Go Marching In / Will The Circle Be
Unbroken - 02-37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 7142)
B-6829 Watermelon Hanging On The Vine / Forgotten Soldier
Boy - 03-37
B-6866 Some Glad Day / I Am Ready To Go - 03-37 (reissued on
Montgomery Ward M 8453 in 1940)
B-6912 What Would The Profit Be / I Have Found The Way -
04-37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 8454 in 1940)
B-6960 Katy Cline / Roll On, Buddy - 04-37 (reissued on
Montgomery Ward M 8455 in 1940)
B-7007 I Am Going That Way / I'll Live On - 05-37
B-7055 I'm Going / Do You Call That Religion? - 07-37 (also
Montgomery Ward M 7143)
M 7140 Where Is My Sailor Boy / Forgotten Soldier Boy – 37
(reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7141 I Am Thinking Tonight Of The Old Folks / I Am Going
That Way – 37 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7144 Oh Hide You In The Blood / I'll Live On – 37
(Montgomery Ward)
M 7145 Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Weeping Willow Tree –
37 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
B-7093 Weeping Willow Tree / Oh Hide You In The Lord - 08-37
B-7122 What Would You Give In Exchange, part 2 / What Would
You Give In Exchange, part 3 - 09-37
B-7145 He Will Set Your Fields On Fire / On My Way To Glory
- 09-37
B-7191 All The Good Times Are Passed And Gone / Let Us Be
Lovers Again - 10-37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 7316)
B-7273 On That Old Gospel Ship / My Last Moving Day - 11-37
M 7312 On That Old Gospel Ship / What Would You Give In
Exchange, part 2 – 37 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7313 What Would You Give In Exchange, part 3 / On My Way
To Glory – 37 (reissue, Montgomery Ward)
M 7314 My Last Moving Day / What Would You Give In Exchange,
part 4 – 37 (Montgomery Ward)
M 7315 Sinner, You Better Get Ready / He Will Set Your
Fields On Fire – 37 (Montgomery Ward)
B-7326 Sinner, You Better Get Ready / What Would You Give In
Exchange, part 4 - 01-38 (reissue)
B-7385 On The Banks Of The Ohio / (Uncle Dave Macon:) Fame
Apart From God's Approval - 02-38
B-7425 Old Man's Story / I've Still Got 99 - 03-38 (reissued
on Montgomery Ward M 7448)
B-7460 Pearly Gates / On My Way Back Home - 03-38 (reissued
on Montgomery Ward M 7449)
B-7508 Have A Feast Here Tonight / Goodbye, Maggie - 04-38
(reissued on Montgomery Ward M 7447)
B-7562 Beautiful Life / When Our Lord Shall Come Again -
05-38 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M 7450)
B-7598 Rollin' On / Little Joe - 06-38 (also on Montgomery
Ward M 7451)
