Music for the Mountain is a weekly bluegrass radio program featuring that hard-driving bluegrass sound, with classic and new tunes running the gamut from Bill Monroe to Sierra Hull. The program is posted here in two sections for broadcasters to insert breaks for station identification, etc. Please be careful to add enough additional material as the length of the segments will vary from week to week
Intro - Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys - Watermelon Hanging On The Vine / Roanoke - Off The Record, Vol. 1: Live Recordings, 1956-1969 - Smithsonian Folkways)
JUNIOR SISK & RAMBLER'S CHOICE - It's So Cold - The Mountains Are Calling Me Home - Mountain Fever
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TOMMY BROWN & THE COUNTY LINE GRASS - A Dark Road Is A Hard Road To Travel - Leaving This Town - Randm
(Gibson Brothers ID for Music for the Mountain)
THE GIBSON BROTHERS - The Darker The Night, The Better I See - They Called It Music - Compass
RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER - Might Dark To Travel - Ancient Tones - Skaggs Family
ALISON KRAUSS - Dark Skies - I've Got That Old Feeling - Rounder
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BILL MONROE & THE BLUEGRASS BOYS - Christmas Times's A-Coming (outtake) - Castle Studio 1950-1951: Complete Sessions - Rock Star/Richard Weize Archives
BILL MONROE & THE BLUEGRASS BOYS - Christmas Times's A-Coming (outtake) - Castle Studio 1950-1951: Complete Sessions - Rock Star/Richard Weize Archives
BILL MONROE & THE BLUEGRASS BOYS - Christmas Times's A-Coming (outtake) - Castle Studio 1950-1951: Complete Sessions - Rock Star/Richard Weize Archives
BILL MONROE & THE BLUEGRASS BOYS - Christmas Times's A-Coming (outtake) - Castle Studio 1950-1951: Complete Sessions - Rock Star/Richard Weize Archives
BILL MONROE & THE BLUEGRASS BOYS - Christmas Times's A-Coming - Castle Studio 1950-1951: Complete Sessions - Rock Star/Richard Weize Archives
THE ROYS - Bluegrass Kinda Christmas - Bluegrass Kind Of Christmas - Rural Rhythm
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THE JAMES KING BAND - Call Collect On Christmas - O Christmas Tree - Rounder
(Sammy Shelor ID for Music for the Mountain)
SAMMY SHELOR - Lonesome Scene Of Winter - Leading Roll - Sugar Hill
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TOMMY WEBB - Cold Heart, Cold Feet - From Rock-N-Roll To Bill Monroe - Self
JIM & JESSE - Faded Love And Winter Roses - Songs From The Homeplace - Pinecastle
JIMMY MARTIN & THE SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS - Old Fashioned Christmas - Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys - Bear Family