Shady Grove

There are two versions of Shady Grove I know of...the "trad" version sung by most people in the key of Dm, and the "Bill Monroe" version sung by Bill Monroe (duh!) in the key of C major...I can't hit as high as him so I jumped down to key of E major. Here are two versions in one. As usual, recorded on a camera, yada yada yada.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• shady
• grove
• bluegrass
• acoustic
• guitar

[bigdjindustriez]

I have always hated the first version you sang, I Prefer the one by Doc Watson

[uvcmusic]

For some reason, when a woman sings the minor version I love it, but when a guy sings it I don't like it as much. Don't know why, guess'n I jess likes the womerns vocals. But I agree, the Bill Monroe Newport Folk Festival major key version is best. Even the Kingston Trio can't beat it!

[GuitarsRock]

LOL at the face you make when you messed up during the 1st version... So that's a C chord, and Dminor???

[uvcmusic]

Yep...if you try to play along you'll have to detune your guitar though. For some reason my camera records it at a lower pitch. For the record, the major key part is E major, A major, B7.  The "Bill Monroe" version is done in C major, but it's too high for me to sing, and my voice is already bad enough.

[EntropicMisanthropic]

First version is true gospel bluegrass. Second is....Grand Ole Opryfied. Hate the living hell out of it.

Oh, and Doc Watson's version is the first.

[Lincoln2000]

First version is much better.

[mike2scott2]

I've heard a lot of versions of Shady Grove; this one does not work for me.

[dp11issosweet]

all the doc versions i have are in Dm, or capoed up to Ebm

Dm C Dm Dm F C C Dm is how doc plays it, he adds the F chord some cool harmonic movement, most people omit it, as does UVC in this video.

[ekke32]

Love it!

[MetalMatheos]

I like your style! Very good performance, 5 stars!

[pfcbeetlebailey2]

Hey fella, if you have any CDs I'd buy one