The Monroe Brothers
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Sep 23, 2026
Fred BartensteinGUEST
I was, I talked from time to time about proof that there is a God.
Fred BartensteinGUEST
And one proof that there is a God is that I was his kid growing up in New Jersey and And I could go to the drugstore in the little town that we lived nearby and buy Bill Monroe, Stanley Brothers, Carter Family, Monroe Brothers, Hank Snow records for $1.98. And Tex Logan lived five miles away.
Fred BartensteinGUEST
And at my high school, a boys' day school, there were two bluegrass bands.
Fred BartensteinGUEST
And I was in one of them.
Charlie Monroe and Bill MonroeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[instrumental music]
Glenn RobisonHOST
The Monroe Brothers, Charlie on guitar and Bill on mandolin, with My Long Journey Home from Bluebird B6422, recorded in Charlotte, North Carolina on February 17th, 1936.
Glenn RobisonHOST
George Olsen recorded it a couple of weeks later, but before My Long Journey Home, we heard Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra with Journey's End, written by Harry Tierney for the three-act musical Up She Goes, which opened at the Playhouse Theatre on November 6th, 1922.
Glenn RobisonHOST
You had 256 chances to hear Alice Cook and Albert Bennett sing it in the play, but we heard it on Victor 18965, recorded November 15th, 1922.