Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys: The Father of Bluegrass (The Early Years 1940-1947)
Genre: Bluegrass	Dates: 1940-1947

25 songs from the years during which Monroe was inventing the genre. 10 of them feature the lineup many experts call the greatest bluegrass group of all-time, with Monroe's mandolin and piercing vocals augmented by Lester Flatt's rhythm guitar and Earl Scruggs's revolutionary banjo. Picks to click: "Blue Moon of Kentucky," "Molly and Tenbrooks," and "In the Pines" (covered by Kurt Cobain on Nirvana's Unplugged record).

Playlist:

1. Kentucky Waltz
2. Back Up And Push
3. Orange Blossom Special
4. In The Pines
5. Blue Yodel No. 7
6. Dog House Blues
7. Blue Grass Breakdown
8. Honky Tonk Swing
9. Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
10. Tennessee Blues
11. Heavy Traffic Ahead
12. Footprints In The Snow
13. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
14. Blue Yodel No. 4
15. Six White Horses
16. Rocky Road Blues
17. Katy Hill
18. My Rose Of Old Kentucky