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Thanksgiving

Here are some bluegrass songs about being thankful, eating too much, being with family, pilgrims and turkeys!

  • A Feast Here Tonight
    • David Grisman and Friends “Home is Where the Heart Is” (Rounder)
    • Bill Monroe “Bluegrass: 1970-1979, Disc 4” (Bear Family)
    • Bill Monroe, Doc Watson “Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980” (Rounder)
    • Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs “The Three Pickers” (Sugar Hill)
  • Bacon in My Beans
    • Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers “For the Record” (Billy Blue)
  • Before You Call Me Home
    • Irene Kelley “These Hills” (Mountain Fever)
  • Come and Dine
    • The Rarely Herd “What About Him” (Pinecastle)
    • The Isaacs “Increase My Faith” (Horizon)
  • Cornbread, Molasses and Sassafras Tea
    • The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Rare Junk” (Capitol)
  • Count Your Blessings
    • Stoney Lonesome “Blue Heartache” (Red House)
  • Eat at the Welcome Table
    • Danny Paisley “Bluegrass Troubador” (Pinecastle)
  • Family and Friends
    • The Lewis Family “50th Anniversary” (Daywind)
  • Father’s Table Grace
    • Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs “1964-1968, Disk 1” (Bear Family)
  • Food on the Table
    • The Dillards “Take Me Along for the Ride” (Vanguard)
  • God Has Been So Good to Me
    • The Crowe Brothers “Bridging the Gap” (Rural Rhythm)
  • Good Time for Going Home
    • Blue Moon Rising “One Lonely Shadow” (Lonesome Day)
  • Home
    • The Grascals “Long List of Heartaches” (Rounder)
  • Home Again
    • Wildfire “Rented Room on Broadway” (Pinecastle)
  • Home Sweet Home
    • Flatt and Scruggs “Foggy Mountain Banjo” (Columbia)
  • Home Sweet Home Medley
    • Robin and Linda Williams “Radio Songs” (Red House)
  • How Can We Thank Him (for What He Has Done)
    • Ralph Stanley and Diamond Rio “Clinch Mountain Country” (Rebel)
  • I Am A Pilgrim
    • The Kentucky Colonels “Appalachian Swing” (World Pacific)
  • I Just Want to Thank You Lord
    • The Marshall Family “The Best of the Marshall Family” (Rebel)
    • The Rarely Herd “What About Him” (Pinecastle)
    • Rich in Tradition “One Beautiful Morning” (no label)
    • Larry Sparks “I Just Want to Thank You Lord” (Rural Rhythm)
  • I Just Want to Thank You
    • The Isaacs “Increase My Faith” (Horizon)
  • I Thank You Lord
    • Rick Lang featuring Morgan Easter (single/Rick Lang Music)
  • I’ve Got a Lot to Thank My Daddy For
    • LeRoy Mack “LeRoy Mack and Friends” (Rebel)
  • It Could Be You
    • Wildfire “Uncontained” (Pinecastle)
  • Left Over Biscuits
    • The Lost and Found “Classic Bluegrass” (Rebel)
  • Lucky Man (has a thankful theme)
    • Steve Thomas and the Time Machine “All Of These Years” (Pinecastle)
  • Mama’s Kitchen Table
    • Branded Bluegrass “Somebody’s Child” (Bell Buckle)
  • Nothing Beats a Family
    • Ricky Skaggs “Music to My Ears (Skaggs Family
  • Ride the Wild Turkey
    • Jerry Douglas “Slide Rule” (Sugar Hill)
    • Clay Jones “Mountain Tradition” (Rural Rhythm)
  • Some People I’ve Been Meaning to Thank
    • The Clumsy Lovers “Smart Kid” (Nettwerk)
  • Soppin’ the Gravy
    • Nashville Bluegrass Band “Waitin’ for the Hard Times to Go” (Sugar Hill)
    • The Dillards “Pickin’ and Fiddlin'” (Electra)
  • Suppertime
    • Paul Williams “Hard Working Pilgrim” (Rebel)
  • Take Just a Minute (to Thank Him)
    • Mickey Harris (with Tom T. Hall) “Doghouse Blues” (no label)
  • Thank God
    • Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver “Thank God” (SST)
  • Thank God for a Mama
    • The Lonesome River Band “One Step Forward” (Sugar Hill)
  • Thank God for the U.S.A
    • The Lewis Family “Lewis Family-Style Gospel” (Canaan)
    • Jim and Jesse “Our Country” (Old Dominion) and “American Pride” (Pinecastle)
  • Thank God for Kentucky
    • Bill Monroe “The Weary Traveler” (MCA)
  • Thankful
    • Larry Stephenson “Thankful” (Pinecastle)
  • Thankful
    • The Grascals (single/Mountain Home)
  • Thankful
    • John Lee “The Road Not Taken” (New Church Street Music)
  • Thankful
    • Darly Mosley “A Life Well Lived” (Pinecastle)
  • Thanks Again
    • Ricky Skaggs “Comin Home to Stay” (Epic)
  • Thanks a Lot
    • Ronnie and Robbie McCoury (Rounder)
    • IIIrd Tyme Out (Rebel)
  • Thanks to You
    • Wheeler “Bluegrass Gospel” (Mountain Roads)
  • Thanksgiving
    • Creek Bend “Thanksgiving” (Copper Creek) Also appears on IBMA Showcase compilation, 1997
  • Thank You (Isaacs)
    • The Isaacs “Live in Alanta” (Morning Star)
    • The Isaacs “Pieces of the Past” (Horizon)
  • Thank You (Roblin/Eager)
    • Andrew Roblin and the Pocono Mtn. Boys (Prime Cuts, Vol.24)
  • Thank You (Buller)
    • Becky Buller “Tween Earth and Sky” (Dark Shadow)
  • Thank You for the Valley
    • New Road “The Message” (New Road)
  • Thank You Dear Lord
    • Billy Swinson “Greener Grass” (no label)
  • Thank You Mom and Daddy
    • Brush Arbor “Brush Arbor–Live” (Light)
  • Thank You Lord / I Just Want to Thank You Lord
    • Buck White and the Down Home Folks “That Down Home Feeling” (Ridgerunner)
  • Thank You Lord (Gordon)
    • The Gordons “End of a Long Hard Day” (Reception)
  • Thank You Lord (Homner)
    • Wes Homner “It Wong Be Long Now” (Rosewood)
  • Thank You Lord (Sparks)
    • Larry Sparks “Thank You Lord” (Old Homestead)
    • Larry Sparks “The Rock I Stand On” (Rebel)
  • Thank You Lord for Your Blessings on Me
    • Williamson Branch “Classy, Sassy, Bluegrassy” (Pinecastle)
  • Thank You World
    • Dailey and Vincent “Sing the Statler Brothers” (Cracker Barrel/Rounder)
  • The Lord’s Been Good to Me
    • Jim Denman, Tim Crouch, Tony Wray “A Bluegrass Tribute to Disney” (Pinecastle)
  • The Old Family Table
    • The Lewis Family “50th Anniversary” (Daywind)
  • The Thanksgiving Song
    • The Petersens (live) “Live Sessions Vol 4” (no label)
  • Trail of Tears (a song about the forced relocation of the Cherokee; a Thanksgiving table is mentioned in the song)
    • Pitney Meyer (single/Curb)
  • Turkey in the Straw
    • Phil Rosenthal “Turkey in the Straw” (American Melody)
    • Vassar Clements “Grass Roots” (Rounder)
    • Aubrey Haynie “Doin’ My Time” (Sugar Hill)
    • Sammy Shelor & Ronnie Stewart “Knee Deep in Bluegrass” (Rebel)
    • Jesse McReynold & Friends “The Blue Mountain Moonshiners’ Way” (Pinecastle). Jesse does turkey calls on this recording.
    • High Fidelity “Banjo Pickers Blues” (AMPED)
  • Ungrateful One
    • Steep Canyon Rangers “Nobody Knows You” (Rounder)
  • Why Are You Hungry?
    • The Isaacs “Eye of the Storm” (Horizon)
  • You Can’t Hurt Ham
    • Ricky Skaggs “Music to My Ears” (Skaggs Family)