My Last Days on Earth 1981-1994
(4-CD box set with 84-page hardcover book) Back in 1988, we began the monumental task of issuing every recording by the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe. Nearly 20 years and five boxed sets later, we've finished. Our final Bill Monroe box captures the great man in the autumn of his years. This set includes vocal contributions from Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, the Oak Ridge Boys, Barbara Mandrell, and even Johnny Cash...not to mention fellow bluegrass stars like the Osbornes, Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury, Jim & Jesse, Mac Wiseman, the Country Gentlemen, Carl Story, and the Seldom Scene. Bill Monroe's earlier recordings were powerful, insurgent...even revolutionary...music. These are the mature works of an elder statesmen.