Southern Flavor
Released 1988
Genre Bluegrass music
Label MCA
Southern Flavor is the eighteenth studio album by Bill Monroe, released through MCA Records in 1988. In 1989, the album won Monroe the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording (Vocal or Instrumental), an award currently known as Best Bluegrass Album.
Track listing
“Stone Coal” (Monroe)
“Life’s Highway” (Bobby Smith)
“What a Wonderful Life” (Raymond Huffmaster)
“Texas Lone Star” (Monroe)
“Give Me Wings” (Gerald Evans)
“Sugar Loaf Mountain” (Monroe)
“White Rose” (Carl Butler)
“Days Gone By” (Monroe)
“Southern Flavor” (Monroe)
“Take Courage Un’ Tomorrow” (Traditional, arr. Monroe)
Personnel
Bill Monroe – mandolin, tenor vocals, lead vocal on “White Rose”
Tom Ewing – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Blake Williams – banjo, baritone vocals
Clarence “Tater” Tate – acoustic bass, bass vocals
Bobby Hicks – fiddle
Buddy Spicher – fiddle
Mike Feagan – fiddle
Emory Gordy, Jr. – acoustic bass on “What A Wonderful Life”, “Give Me Wings” and “Take Courage Un’ Tomorrow”
Art Direction: Simon Levy
Design: Katherine DeVault Design
Photography: Jim DeVault
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