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)