Bill Monroe recorded “Memories of You” in 1950 with Jimmy Martin on guitar, Rudy Lyle on banjo, Vassar Clements on fiddle, and Joel Price on bass. It’s one of the tunes where Monroe retunes the bottom strings on his mandolin, dropping the top G string to an F# and raising the bottom G to an A. You’ll learn the solos Monroe played on take one and take four, which is the take that was released commercially. Like “Alabama Waltz,” “Memories of You” is a waltz with an eighth-note triplet feel. Mike walks you through take four of “Memories of You” in this video, starting with the four-bar intro Monroe plays at the beginning of the song before moving on to his complete solo.
