The First Whippoorwill – Bill Monroe

Appears On

• Christmas Time's A-Coming / The First Whippoorwill(1951)
• The Best of Bill Monroe(1977)
• Castle Studio 1950-1951 Complete Sessions(2017)
• Bill Monroe and Charlie Monroe(1969)
• The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994(1994)
• The Legend Lives On(2005)
• In the Pines(1993)
• Blue Grass 1950-1958(1989)

Writers & Composers

• Bill Monroe(composer)

Composition

Recording of The First Whippoorwill

Other Versions (9)

• The First Whippoorwill (take 6)by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
• The First Whippoorwill (take 2, false start)by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
• The First Whippoorwill (take 5, breakdown)by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
• The First Whippoorwill (take 3, breakdown)by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
• The First Whippoorwillby Peter Rowan
• The First Whippoorwill (take 1)by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
• The First Whippoorwillby Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
• The First Whippoorwill (take 4, breakdown)by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
• The First Whippoorwillby Bill Monroe