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Blue Moon of Kentucky: Bill Monroe + Elvis « Previous | |Next »
July 1, 2010

There is a cutting edge to this kind of music by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. He wrote the song, invented the style, invented the name bluegrass and for the great majority of the 20th century, embodied the art form

It was a a new form of country that melded old-time string bands with blues , challenged the instrumental abilities of the musicians, featured close harmonies and singing in a plaintive, high lonesome voice.

This version was recorded in July 6, 1954 at Sun Records with Bill Black on bass and Scotty Moore on guitar and it from the Sun Sessions. It radically reworks the arrangement:

The Sun Sessions are a compilation of Elvis Presley's classic rockabilly recordings at Sun Studios in 1954 and 1955; a mixing country and blues a pulsing beat, slap-back echo made with Scotty Moore, Bill Black and D.J. Fontana. This was seen as going into new territory of roots rock.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 11:53 PM |