“Wheel Hoss” by the Matt Flinner Trio

When you’re in an instrumental group that plays mostly original material, you’ve got to go back to your roots from time to time to establish that connection with your past and remind everyone where all this music really comes from. Bill Monroe was the Father of Bluegrass Music, and wrote a lot of classic songs like “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” “Uncle Pen” and “I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky.” He also wrote many many classic instrumentals such as “Rawhide,” “Big Mon” and this tune, “Wheel Hoss.” When we go back to our roots, Bill Monroe is certainly one of the places we go first.

This tune was recorded during our 100th “Music du Jour” show at the Chautauqua Community House in Boulder, CO on April 28, 2012.