Made in Tennessee Archives - The Bluegrass Situation

The Breakdown – ‘The High, Lonesome Sound of Bill Monroe’

Posted on March 10, 2020June 5, 2025 by Chris Jacobs

It’s high, it’s lonesome – it’s The High, Lonesome Sound of Bill Monroe.

Unpacking Bill Monroe’s bluegrass legacy through this 1966 compilation of Decca recordings is no small task – so Patrick and Emma have enlisted some high-profile help, including the legendary Sonny Osborne (a 14-year-old debutant on this album) and the wonderfully insightful Laurie Lewis.

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The Breakdown – Alison Krauss & Union Station, ‘So Long, So Wrong’

Posted on March 3, 2020June 5, 2025 by Chris Jacobs

Episode 3 of The Breakdown’s second season explores Alison Krauss & Union Station’s 1997 album So Long, So Wrong.

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It was the album that nearly broke them – but instead, it made them. If you weren’t in love with Alison Krauss and Union Station by the end of their third album, So Long, So Wrong, you needed to check your pulse. Patrick and Emma find out the stressful story behind the second best creation of the ’90s (after Pop Tarts, of course).

Season 2 of The Breakdown is sponsored by The Soundtrack of America: Made In Tennessee. Visit TNvacation.com to start planning your trip.