Wayfaring Stranger

Name: Wayfaring Stranger
Duration: 3 min 6 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.5	Wayfaring Stranger	3:03	Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys	I Saw the Light	Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys	Album	US1958-08	Decca Records	DL 8769
4.19	Wayfaring Stranger	3:07	Bill Monroe	Blue Grass 1950-1958	Bill Monroe	Album + Compilation	DE1989	Bear Family Records	BCD 15423 DH
1.16	Wayfaring Stranger	3:06	Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys	The Gospel Spirit	Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys	Album + Compilation	US2004	Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)	B0002907-02
1.17	Wayfaring Stranger	3:07	Bill Monroe	Five Classic Albums plus Bonus Singles	Bill Monroe	Album + Compilation		Real Gone (UK budget label active 2010–2015, issued mainly compilations of public domain music)	RGMCD172

producer:	Owen Bradley
double bass:	Culley Holt (on 1958-03-20) Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1958-03-21)
guitar:	Edd Mayfield (on 1958-03-20, on 1958-03-21)
mandolin and tenor vocals:	Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1958-03-20, on 1958-03-21)
organ:	Owen Bradley (on 1958-03-21)
baritone vocals:	Kenny Baker (US fiddler) (on 1958-03-20, on 1958-03-21)
bass vocals:	Culley Holt (on 1958-03-20, on 1958-03-21)
lead vocals:	Edd Mayfield (on 1958-03-20, on 1958-03-21) Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1958-03-21)

recorded at:	Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-03-21)

recording of:	Wayfaring Stranger (on 1958-03-20, on 1958-03-21)

lyricist and composer:	[traditional] (special purpose artist)

publisher:	Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)

is the basis for:	Elysian Fields
arrangements:	English Folk Songs: I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger The Wayfaring Stranger (arr. by Carracciolo) Wayfaring Stranger (Oysterband arrangement) Wayfaring Stranger (The Sacred Harp #457) Wayfaring Stranger (arr. In Vain) Wayfaring Stranger (Hans Theessink arrangement)