True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe

True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe is a compilation album of bluegrass music released through Sugar Hill Records on October 15, 1996. It was a tribute to Bill Monroe. In 1997, the album won Todd Phillips the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, as the producer.

Track listing

 * 1) "Molly and Tenbrooks" – 3:13
 * 2) "True Life Blues" – 2:45
 * 3) "I'm on My Way to the Old Home" – 2:08
 * 4) "Highway of Sorrow" – 2:53
 * 5) "Old Ebenezer Scrooge" – 2:46
 * 6) "Memories of You" – 3:06
 * 7) "Rawhide" – 3:07
 * 8) "Can't You Hear Me Callin'" – 4:07
 * 9) "Letter from My Darling" – 3:32
 * 10) "Sitting Alone in the Moonlight" – 3:16
 * 11) "Big Mon" – 3:01
 * 12) "Get Down on Your Knees and Pray" – 3:12
 * 13) "Used to Be" – 2:03
 * 14) "Scotland" – 3:08
 * 15) "Travelin' This Lonesome Road" – 3:02
 * 16) "Heavy Traffic Ahead 	Bill Monroe" – 2:25
 * 17) "Little Cabin Home on the Hill" – 3:49

Personnel

 * Joseph Bartoldus – Engineer
 * Sam Bush – Mandolin
 * Vassar Clements – Fiddle
 * Mike Compton – Mandolin
 * Donivan Cowart – Engineer
 * Gary Denton – Engineer
 * Jerry Douglas – Dobro
 * Stuart Duncan – Fiddle
 * Pat Enright – Guitar, Vocals
 * Lester Flatt – Composer
 * Greg Garing – Mandolin, Vocals
 * Rainer Gembalczk – Mastering
 * Richard Greene – Fiddle
 * David Grier – Guitar
 * David Grisman – Mandolin
 * John Hartford – Banjo, Fiddle, Composer, Vocals
 * Bradley Hartman – Engineer
 * Bobby Hicks – Fiddle
 * Steve Horowitz – Engineer
 * Kathy Kallick – Guitar, Vocals
 * Laurie Lewis – Fiddle, Vocals
 * Mike Marshall – Mandolin, Engineer
 * Del McCoury – Guitar, Vocals


 * Ronnie McCoury – Mandolin, Vocals
 * Sue Meyer – Design
 * Bill Monroe – Composer, Performer
 * Jim Nunally – Guitar, Engineer
 * Scott Nygaard – Guitar
 * Mollie O'Brien – Vocals
 * Tim O'Brien – Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
 * Alan O'Bryant – Vocals
 * Herb Pedersen – Banjo, Vocals
 * Todd Phillips – Bass, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
 * Barry Poss – Executive Producer
 * Pete Pyle – Composer
 * John Reischman – Mandolin
 * Peter Rowan – Guitar, Vocals
 * Tom Size – Engineer
 * Mark Slagle – Engineer
 * Craig Smith – Banjo
 * J.B. Smith – Composer
 * Chris Thile – Mandolin
 * Elizabeth Tormes – Photography
 * Tony Trischka – Banjo
 * Doc Watson – Composer
 * Roland White – Mandolin, Vocals