Bluegrass Breakdown: Weekdays, Part One – Mondays

It’s the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday whose name is derived from an old English word meaning “Day of the Moon.” As the first day of the workweek, it has provided fodder for a number of great tunes–most of which deal with the anxiety and dread of returning to work. We’ll be sharing the Monday blues and blahs with Free Range Pickin’, Balsam Range, Doug Dillard, and the Blinky Moon Boys.

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

• Travers Chandler & Avery County: “Blue Monday Morning” from Pardon Me(Mountain Fever)
• Si Kahn & the Looping Brothers: “Goodbye Monday Blues” from Aragon Mill – The Bluegrass Recordings(Strictly Country)
• Balsam Range: “Monday Blues” from Five(Mountain Home)
• Free Range Pickin’: “Blue Monday Morning” from Flight Risk(Driving)
• The Wooten Brothers: “Rainy Days and Mondays” from My Grass Is Blue(WVA)
• The Smith Brothers Dirt Band: “Just Another Monday” from Once Over Easy(Ham & Eggs)
• Doug Dillard: “Monday Motion” from Dueling Banjo(20^thCentury)
• The Blinky Moon Boys: “God to Work On Monday” from The Blinky Moon Boys(Hay Holler)
• Lou Reid & Carolina: “Blew Monday” from Calling Me Back Home(KMA)
• Mel Besher: “Monday’s For Wealth” from Glimpse of Hope(Rutabaga)
• The Bluegrass Intentions: “On a Monday” from Old As Dirt(Native & Fine)
• Rudiger Helbig: “Monday Night” from Banjo Breakfast(Steyrer Disco)
• We Banjo 3: “Marry Me Monday” from Roots to Rise(We Banjo 3)
• The Russell Brothers: “If We’re Not Back In Love By Monday” from Live At Lost Acres(Programme Audio)
• Rawhide: “Monday Monday” from The Dark Is Barking(self-released)
• The Bluegrass Outlaws: “Another Rainy Monday” from The Bluegrass Outlaws(self-released)
• The Pickin’ On Pickers: “Ruby Tuesday” from Pickin’ On the Rolling Stones, Vol. 2(CMH)