Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (take 3, breakdown)

~ Recording by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.21Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (take 3, breakdown)0:41Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysCastle Studio 1950-1951 Complete SessionsBill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2017-03-03
RWA (Richard Weize Archives)ACD 12522

Relationships

producer:Paul Cohen (Nashville country producer)
double bass:Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1951-03-17)
drums (drum set):Farris Coursey (on 1951-03-17)
electric guitar:Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1951-03-17)
fiddle:Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1951-03-17)
guitar:Jimmy Selph (on 1951-03-17)
mandolin and lead vocals:Bill Monroe (on 1951-03-17)
organ:Owen Bradley (on 1951-03-17)
recorded at:Castle Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1951-03-17)
recording of:Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (on 1951-03-17: partial)

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

lyricist and composer:Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton)
Throat Music
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
referred to in medleys:Medley 1: Brazil / You Are Too Beautiful / Cecilia (Does Your Mother Know You're Out) / Love Walked In / You Made Me Love You / Nothing Could Be Finer / Please Be Kind / Dancing With Tears in My Eyes / Maria / Try Little Tenderness / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / What Is This Thing Called Love / Did You Ever See a Deer Walking (order: 11)
later parody versions:Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
later versions:Swing Down Sweet Chariot
is the basis for:Fantasy and Fugue on Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Sweet Chariot (march)
Swing Low (Run With the Ball)
Vieux chariot
arrangements:Swing Low ’99 (1999 Rugby World Cup version, arr. C. Skarbek / T.R. Evans)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arrangement from “The Spiritual Medley”)