“The Dead March” is a march composed by Bill Monroe and recorded on his tribute album to his uncle Pendleton Vandiver (“Uncle Pen”) in the 1960s. There’s also a nice live version by the Muleskinner band, with Richard Greene on fiddle and David Grisman on mandolin (at 22:32 in the live recording). John also recorded “The Dead March” with mandolinists Butch Baldassari and Robin Bullock. It’s a three-part tune in the key of A, although the second note of the tune is a G natural, but that's the only time it occurs in the melody.
