What a Friend We Have in Jesus
~ Recording by Bill Monroe
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.16 | What a Friend We Have in Jesus | 4:15 | Bill Monroe | My Last Days On Earth | Bill Monroe | Album + Compilation |
| Bear Family Records | BCD 16637 DK |
Relationships
| producer: | Walter Haynes (steel guitarist, producer and songwriter) |
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| banjo: | Blake Williams (banjo player) (on 1982-07-04) |
| double bass: | Mark Hembree (on 1982-07-04) |
| fiddle: | Kenny Baker (US fiddler) (on 1982-07-04) Buddy Spicher (American country and bluegrass fiddle player) (on 1982-07-04) |
| guitar and lead vocals: | Wayne Lewis (bluegrass guitarist) (on 1982-07-04) |
| mandolin and tenor vocals: | Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1982-07-04) |
| baritone vocals: | [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1982-07-04) |
| bass vocals: | Jon Mohr (on 1982-07-04) |
| recorded at: | Cathedral Caverns in Woodville, Alabama, United States (on 1982-07-04) |
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| recording of: | What a Friend We Have in Jesus (on 1982-07-04: live) |
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Related works
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
| lyricist: | Joseph Medlicott Scriven (in 1855) |
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| composer: | Charles Crozat Converse (in 1868) |
| later parody versions: | Dump the Bosses Off Your Back |
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| later translated versions: | Hvilken venn vi har i Jesus |
| later versions: | What a Friend We Have in Congress |
| is the basis for: | Ik heb u lief When This Lousy War Is Over (set to the tune of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus") |
| arrangements: | 12 Songs: What a Friend What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Sid Feller and Joe Guercio arrangement/'adaptation', recorded by some artists incl. Jim Nabors, The Supremes) |
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