James Monroe had been a member of the Blue Grass Boys since 1964, playing bass and later guitar; this album is the first to feature him in a duet setting with his father. Its release in 1973 coincided with James starting his own band, the Midnight Ramblers. Father and Son bluegrass 3/1973 LP Studio 310 James Monroe (guitar, vocal), Rual Yarbrough (banjo), Joe Zinkan (bass), Kenny Baker (fiddle), Tommy Williams (fiddle), Jack Hicks (banjo), Monroe Fields (bass), Joe Stuart (fiddle)