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Molly And Tenbrooks
Composer: Bill Monroe / Traditional
Recordings
Molly And Tenbrooks, and related titles
Single, Stanley Brothers, 1948
Single, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, 1949
Single, Sonny Osborne, 1953
Single, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, 1957
Knee Deep in Blue Grass, Bill Monroe, 1958
Folk Songs From The Blue Grass, Earl Taylor & the Stoney Mountain Boys, 1959
EP (Molly And Ten Brook / Uncle Pen / Rose Of Old Kentucky / Cabin Home On The Hill / We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Mule Skinner Blues), Sonny Osborne, 1960
Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass, Rose Maddox, 1962
Original Bluegrass Sound, Bill Monroe, 1965
Play One More, Ian & Sylvia, 1966
Don Reno and Bill Harrell with the Tennesse Cutups, Don Reno and Bill Harrell with the Tennesse Cutups, 1967
Bill Monroe's Greatest Hits, Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1968
New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy, New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy, 1968
16 All Time Greatest Hits, Bill Monroe, 1970
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, Ian & Sylvia, 1971
The Bluegrass Touch, Earl Taylor & the Stoney Mountain Boys, 1973
Holiday In Japan, J.D. Crowe & The New South, 1976?
Live at McCabes, Byron Berline & Sundance, 1977
30 Fiddler's Greatest Hits, Various Artists (Jerry Rivers), 1978
Folk Music in America, Vol.12, Songs of Local History and Events, Various Artists (John Byrd), 1978
Yesterday and Today, Osborne Brothers, 197?
Bean Blossom '79, Bill Monroe, 1980
The Bluegrass Album, The Bluegrass Album Band, 1981
America's Bluegrass Band, Country Gazette, 1982
Cloud Valley: A Bluegrass Ensemble, 1982
Stanley Series, Vol. 2 #1, Stanley Brothers, 1984
The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2, The Bluegrass Album Band, 1987
16 Fiddlers' Greatest Hits, Various Artists (Jerry Rivers), 1987
Stanley Series, Vol. 2 #4, Stanley Brothers, 1987
Stanley Series, Vol. 3 #1, Stanley Brothers, 1987
Fresh Oldtime String Band, Fresh Oldtime String Band, 1988
Live at the Opry: Celebrating 50 Years on the Grand Ole Opry, Bill Monroe, 1989
Texas Worried Blues, Henry Thomas, 1989
Ralph Stanley And Raymond Fairchild, Ralph Stanley And Raymond Fairchild, 1989
Gambler's Lament, Carver Boys, 198?
Bluegrass 1950-1958, Bill Monroe, 1990
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 1: Golden Age, Various Artists (Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys), 1990
Hello Operator...This Is Country Gazette, Country Gazette, 1991
Essential 1945-1949, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, 1992
The One Rose: The Capitol Years, Rose Maddox, 1993
The Music Of Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe, 1994
Fiddle Tunes, Various Artists (Jerry Rivers), 1995
Bluegrass 1970-1979, Bill Monroe, 1995
Storyteller Poet, Tom T. Hall, 1995
Blue Moon Of Kentucky, Bill Monroe, 1995
1968-1974, The Osborne Brothers, 1995
Fifty Years Of Bluegrass - Vol. 4, Various Artists (Joe Maphis and Rose Lee), 1995
That High Lonesome Sound, Various Artists (JD Crowe, Tony Rice, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Hicks and Todd Phillips), 1995
Live in Holland, Joe Val, 1996
Bluegrass Masters, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 1996
The Songs of Bill Monroe, The Bluegrass Album Band, 1996
Hats Off! A Tribute to Bill Monroe, Various Artists (Joe Maphis), 1996
True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe, Various Artists (lan O'Bryant, Craig Smith, Stuart Duncan, Mike Compton, David Grier, Todd Phillips), 1996
Vanguard Folk Sampler, Various Artists (Steve Gillette), 1996
Vanguard Collector's Edition, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 1997
Earliest Recordings: Complete Rich-R-Tone Recordings, Stanley Brothers, 1997
Live Again! WCYB Farm and Fun Time, Various Artists, 1997
20 Bluegrass Favorites, Don Reno and Bill Harrell, 1997
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Monroe, 1999
The Best Of Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys, 1999
The Early Recordings Of Sonny Osborne, 1952-1953, Vol. 1, Sonny Osborne, 1999
Appalachian Stomp: More Bluegrass Classics, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 1999
16 All-Time Greatest Hits, Bill Monroe, 19??
Ghost Country, Marley's Ghost, 19??
24 Bluegrass Favorites: Vintage 60's, Various Artists (Don Reno), 2000
Newport Folk Festival: Best of Bluegrass 1959-1966, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2001
The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings, Ian & Sylvia, 2001
Too Late to Cry, The Stanley Brothers, 2001
Bluegrass Bonanza, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2001
Folk Music, Various Artists (Steve Gillette), 2001
Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949, Bill Monroe, 2002
The Very Best of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, 2002
Lonesome Moonlight: Songs of Bill Monroe, The Bluegrass Album Band, 2002
Anthology, Bill Monroe, 2003
All the Classic Releases 1937-1949, Bill Monroe, 2003
July 1963: Two Days at Newport, Bill Monroe, 2003
Can't You Hear Me Callin': Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2004
Far Across the Blue Water, Bill Monroe, 2004
The Essential Earl Scruggs, Earl Scruggs, 2004
Blazing Bluegrass, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2004
The Definitive Collection, Bill Monroe, 2005
Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 30 Years, Various Artists (Sam Bush and Friends), 2005
36 Bluegrass Hits, Various Artists (Joe Maphis), 2006
Bluegrass 1981-1994: My Last Days on Earth, Bill Monroe, 2007
The Definitive Collection 1947-1966, The Stanley Brothers, 2007
Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vols. 1-4, Various Artists (Bill Monroe), 2007
Bluegrass in the Smokies, Various Artists (Don Reno/Bill Harrell), 2007
The Essential Guide To Bluegrass, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2007
Territory, Tony Trischka, 2008
1950-1958 (JSP box set), Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys, 2009
The Bill Monroe Collection, Tony Rice, 2011
Old Tim Brooks
The New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy, The New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy, 1968
Old Time Music, The New Lost City Ramblers & Friends, 1994
Notes
Monroe's arrangement is based on a Kentucky folk song which is thought to date from 1884. It describes a 4 mile race held at Churchill Downs in 1878 between Molly McCarthy and Ten Broeck.
Monroe first published an arrangement of the song in 1947 with the title Ten Brooks and Molly (The Race Horse Song) but he did not record it at that time. It was however in his concert repertoire and played during radio broadcasts. It was originally arranged as a vehicle for Earl Scruggs banjo.
The Stanley Brothers version of the song was learned from Monroe concert versions by Pee Wee Lambert. It is seen by some as a pivotal record in bluegrass history. Said to be one of the first pieces of recorded evidence of the musical style moving from being that of one group (Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys) to be that of a musical genre.
Versions based on Monroe's arrangement occur as Molly and Tenbrooks or occasionally Tenbrooks and Molly. A more varied group of songs based on the earlier folk song occur with a variety of names such as; Old Tim Brooks, Tim Brooks, Run Molly Run and The Race Horse Song.
The Peter Rowan song, Blue Mule is based on Molly and Tenbrooks.
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