Bill Monroe at Ripley MS 1988

Bluegrass legend, Bill Monroe and his band, The Bluegrass Boys, perform in the town of Ripley, Mississippi before a sold-out crowd. The date was December 3rd, 1988. 00:00 Introduction and "Sweet Blue-eyed Darling" 04:27 "Please Come Back" 07:02 "Sugar Loaf Mountain" banjo tune 09:54 "Muleskinner Blues" 12:44 "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" 15:21 "Southern Flavor" 19:29 Bill gets Keys to the City of Ripley 21:15 "Life's Evening Sun Is Sinking Low" 25:54 a fiddle tune 27:59 "Wheelhorse" by Wayne Gerrolds and two other fiddlers 32:10 "Uncle Pen" 34:56 Chris Spencer plays "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" on the banjo 37:58 "It's Mighty Dark For Me To Travel" 39:53 "Goodbye Old Pal" 42:14 a fiddle segue to break-time. Bill mingles...