Recorded live at the Bill Monroe Seventh Annual Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, Indiana, on June 17, 1973. Besides Bill Monroe and His Blue Gras Boys, the album features Jim and Jesse and The Virginia Boys, James Monroe and The Midnight Ramblers, Jimmy Martin and The Sunny Mountain Boys, and Lester Flatt and The Nashville Grass. Bean Blossom bluegrass 1974 CD Live 8002 Guy Stevenson (bass), Bob Fowler (guitar), Jack Hicks (banjo), Kenny Baker (fiddle), Jesse McReynolds (mandolin, vocal), Jim McReynolds (guitar, vocal), Jim Brock (fiddle), Vic Jordan (banjo), James Monroe (guitar, vocal), Mark Pruit (banjo), Jimmy Martin (guitar, vocal), Lester Flatt (guitar, vocal), Carl Jackson (banjo), Gordon Terry (fiddle), Howdy Forrester (fiddle), Tex Logan (fiddle), Buck Ryan (fiddle), Curly Ray Cline (fiddle), Lonnie Peerce (fiddle), Joe Meadows (fiddle), Tater Tate (fiddle, bass), Paul Warren (fiddle), Randall Collins (fiddle) Single CD rerelease of the original double album.