Life of Sorrow

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Life of Sorrow
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Studio album by
Released2003
StudioDawg Studios, Atwell Studios, BayView Studios, Cowboy Arms, Petrucci
Genre Bluegrass
Length60:08
Label Acoustic Disc
Producer David Grisman
David Grisman chronology
Dawgnation
(2002)
Life of Sorrow
(2003)
Hold On, We're Strummin'
(2003)
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Life of Sorrow is an album by American mandolinist David Grisman. He offers a collection of bluegrass songs by Lester Flatt, Ralph Stanley, and others. [1] [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Life Of Sorrow" (with Nashville Bluegrass Band) Carter Stanley 3:20
2."Doin' My Time" (with John Hartford) Jimmie Skinner 4:45
3."We Can't Be Darlings Anymore" (with Del McCoury Band) Lester Flatt, Curly Seckler 3:03
4."When You And I Were Young Maggie" (with Mac Wiseman)James Butterfield, George Johnson 5:14
5."All The Good Times Are Past And Gone" (with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys)A.P. Carter3:26
6."Tragic Romance" (with Alan O'Bryant) Grandpa Jones 3:35
7."Seven Year Blues" (with Mac Wiseman)Eddie Hill, I. Louvin, C. Louvin 3:53
8."You're The Girl Of My Dreams" (with Mac Wiseman)Mac Wiseman2:23
9."Unwanted Love" (with Del McCoury Band) Don Reno, Red Smiley, Fred Swift2:56
10."Man Of Constant Sorrow" (with Ralph Stanley)Carter Stanley3:57
11."Tennessee Waltz" (with Del McCoury) Redd Stewart, Pee Wee King 3:07
12."Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow" (with Ralph Rinzler)traditional4:21
13."Pretty Saro" (with John Nagy)traditional3:06
14."Cabin Of Love" (with Del McCoury Band) Birch Monroe 2:47
15."Farther Along" (with Bryan Bowers)traditional10:06

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