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Thread #57111   Message #3302310
Posted By: GUEST
04-Feb-12 - 07:42 PM
Thread Name: Origin: I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent
Subject: RE: Origin: I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent
Edd Mayfield brought "I ain't broke..." to Bill Monroe and sang it as a solo. It was featured on the radio and live shows (when Monroe would have his lead singer do a solo) and became well known in the mid 50's until Mayfield's tragic and untimely death in 1958. Monroe never recorded it but it passed by oral tradition; Skaggs had a nice version.