Bill Monroe b4 Bluegrass

12-14-09... I'm not sure why I'm posting this. Really, darlin', do you have to grovel? Me and some of my buddies used to call it I Swallow Feces when we'd hear it -- jokingly, of course, or maybe not, depending on how many mugs we'd downed. So, here's why: if the melody sticks to your brain like a magnet, and the vocals, orchestral arrangements and performances are world class, and you can dance to it, then the lyrics don't really matter. Do they?

No, they don't. That's why Patsy Cline and I both do what it say... I Fall to Pieces


12-16-09... An engine that has been intelligently designed has no essential parts missing. Nor are any unnecessary parts attached. The universe is intelligently designed. There cannot be disharmony because all parts must work together for the common good. There can be no lack. With this in mind, remember that you are part of the universe, a little piece of one big whole, identical.

Jimmie Davis bought the copyright to this song before recording it in 1940. Stories of the price vary from $15 to $500, either way a bargain because the next year it was recorded twice more -- one by Gene Autry, the other by Bing Crosby -- and became one of the most popular songs ever. Still is one of the most familiar melodies ever. This is Jimmie Davis's version. You Are My Sunshine



12-18-09... Once you have contacted the Power within, it will direct and govern all your affairs from the greatest to the smallest, and it will do so without mistakes.

Here's what Bill Monroe did before developing what became bluegrass. He and his brother Charlie were one of many brother acts during the 1930's. Charlie sings this one. I'm Leaving You

Link to the mp3's is HERE

Album at Amazon