Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Gibson Brothers in Canterbury, CT -- Sunday, October 12th



In addition to the Caouette Music Scholarship show, there is another big BG event happening in southern New England on October 12th...

The Canterbury Historical Society proudly welcomes the GIBSON BROTHERS with a show at the Finnish American Heritage Society, 76 North Canterbury Road (Route 169), Canterbury CT. Showtime is 2:30PM. The Gibsons played to packed houses at their CHS shows in 2003 & 2004, and with a couple of #1 CDs to their credit since then (including their latest #1, "Iron & Diamonds"), the 2008 show looks to be a winner, too!



Opening the show will be a brother-style duet, BEAR MINIMUM (one-half of the Bear Bridge Band), whose sound is reminiscent of the early days of country & Bluegrass music.


Tickets are $27 now, but will be $30 at the door (if any are available). As of today, there are about 40 tickets remaining for this show. The Finnish Hall is not huge, so you are encouraged to order your tickets as soon as possible. To do so, send your check (payable to "Canterbury Historical Society") to CHS, PO Box 2, Canterbury CT 06331. All funds we clear will be used to support our various Canterbury Historical Society programs and projects.


If you have questions, or need more information, please click on this link:
http://www.canterburyhistorical.org/event_detail.php?event_id=45


You may also call (860)546-9062 or email
canterburyhistorical@gmail.com.


This looks to be the Gibsons' only remaining performance in New England for 2008. Don't miss your chance to see them!



Caouette Music Scholarship BG Benefit Show -- Sunday, October 12th

On Sunday, October 12, 2008, Julie Caouette will present the 3rd annual Caouette Music Scholarship Bluegrass Benefit at the Athol/Orange Elks, 92 New Athol Road, Orange, MA. The show kicks off at noon, and will feature some terrific performers who are donating their time and energy to make this a fabulous event. Performers include:


The Stillhouse Jammers
Travers Chandler & Avery County
The Hemingway Brothers
NewFound Grass
The Cowtippers (reunion)
Big Apple'achia


Sound is provided courtesy of Dave Helman & Country Corner Productions. There are various raffles & door prizes, and proceeds go to the Bernie Caouette Music Scholarship, which is available to students who wish to further their education in Music and/or children of the Athol Fire Department personnel. If you can't make the benefit, but would like to make a donation to the scholarship, you may send your gift to this address: The Bernie Caouette Music Scholarship, c/o Middlesex Savings Bank, 306 Great Road, Littleton MA 01460.


For more information, email Julie Caouette, call (978)544-7202, or click on this link.

Monday, September 22, 2008

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/21/2008

There were no sports preemptions for the BG Cafe on Sunday, so we featured three hours of music, including several requests (highlighted below in RED). It's always fun to hear from listeners, as otherwise, how do we really know you're out there? Besides, it's very easy to get in a "rut" from this end of the mic and play only songs from performers we really like. Remember, it's your show, too, so don't be shy about calling us while we're on the air -- (860)486-9487. If you prefer email requests, those will work, too: bgcafe@gmail.com. You just may not hear them quite as quickly.

Marti will join you next Sunday in the Cafe. It looks like WHUS will be broadcasting UCONN Soccer beginning at 2PM, so expect to hear Marti sometime around 4PM, barring overtimes and all of those lovely things.

Thanks for listening!

Amy

  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • Darlin’ Little Joe / Don Reno & Bill Harrell / Plum Pitiful / Time Life
  • When The Springtime Comes Again / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
  • You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
  • Harvest Time / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
  • Hard Living / Hunter Berry with Rhonda Vincent / Wow Baby / Upper Management Music
  • I’ll Wash Your Love From My Heart / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
  • Poverty Row / Springfield Exit / Americana / Cracker Barrel
  • I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary Special / Rounder
  • Just Like You / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill
  • Nashville Jail / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads Recordings
  • No More The Moon Shines On Lorena / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody & Their Brother / Swift River Music
  • Streamlined Cannonball / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
  • You Are My Sunshine / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
  • Sad Wind Sighs / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin’ / Rounder
  • She’s Left Me Again / Audie Blaylock / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
  • Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin / You Don’t Know My Mind / Rounder
  • Blame It On The Pain / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / Steeltown Records
  • I’ll Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms / New Roanoke Jug Band / Blockbuster Bluegrass / Copper Creek
  • Brand New Tennessee Waltz / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
  • Two Hours Down / Rick Hayes / Fly By Night / Self-Produced
  • Bible By The Bed / Cadillac Sky / Gravity’s Our Enemy / Skaggs Family
  • Ridin’ That Midnight Train / Stanley Brothers / Appalachian Stomp / Rhino
  • Little Bessie / Dwight McCall / Bluegrass Goes Back To The Future / Rural Rhythm
  • Calloway County Flood / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
  • I’m Ridin’ This Train / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin’ Town / Rounder
  • Orange Blossom Special / Stanley Brothers / True Bluegrass Instrumentals / Rebel
  • I’m Not Over You / The Adrians / I’ll Take The Blame / MasterShield
  • Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Northern Lights / New Moon / Fifty Fifty
  • Hometown Blues / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
  • Beauty Of My Dreams / Blackjack / 10 Years Of European World Of Bluegrass / Strictly Country
  • Holding On When You've Let Go / Crowe Brothers / Brothers -n- Harmony / Rural Rhythm
  • Upstairs In The Bedroom / Avery County / Me And The Jukebox / Self-Produced
  • The Other Side Of Town / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
  • I’m On My Way To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / High Lonesome /
    CMH
  • Don’t Throw Mama’s Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
  • Stranger In My Home / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
  • You Let The Dog Off The Chain / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
  • Who Showed Who / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
  • One Of These Days / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Help Is On The Way / Horizon
  • I Can Tell You The Time / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
  • Get In Line Brother / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
  • Mother’s Only Sleeping / Bluegrass Diamonds / After All These Years / Self-Produced
  • When I Safely Reach The Other Shore / Johnson Mountain Boys / We’ll Still Sing On /
    Rounder
  • Will He Wait A Little Longer / James King / Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea
  • You’ll Be Rewarded Over There / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
  • Springtime In Glory / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics / Cattle
  • Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Bristol Boys @ Old Home Day -- Canterbury, CT -- Saturday, 9/20/2008

Folks -

If you're looking for something to do this weekend, let me cordially invite you to celebrate Old Home Day with the Canterbury Historical Society. This event is held on the Canterbury Green (which happens to be the front lawn of the First Congregational Church, Route 169 -- just south of the intersection with Route 14). In addition to historical reenactors, fine & decorative artists, a farmer's market, local organizations, food, an open house at the Green (Centre) District School, games for the kids, and more, there will be music at various times throughout the day featuring the Bristol Boys. You may recall that the Bristol Boys lost a member early in August when band founder and Dobro player Matt Nozzolio died suddenly. Well, the remaining two members, Dave Aston and Dave Orlomoski (yes, my brother), have decided to play on. Filling the third spot on Saturday will be another Dave -- Dave Shaw of the Bear Bridge Band -- so that should make for some fine old-time country music on the Green. The Bristol Boys are tentatively scheduled to play at 11:45AM, 1:15PM, and 3PM.

Best of all, admission to this event is FREE.

For more information, click here. This event runs from 10AM-4PM, and happens rain or shine -- see you there!

Amy

[A small disclaimer: In my spare time, I am a volunteer and serve as president of the Canterbury Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. On occasion, we do produce some BG-related events, but all monies raised go directly to the Historical Society.]




9/25/2008 -- UPDATE
John (Jack) Holland attended the Old Home Day festivities, and posted a wrap-up on his blog. Click here to see his comments and photos.

Monday, September 15, 2008

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 9/14/2008 + Eric Gibson

Hi Folks!

Our sports-shortened show was brightened by the appearance (by telephone) of Eric Gibson of The Gibson Brothers. The Gibsons will be paying us a visit by way of a concert in Canterbury, CT, on 12 October 2008, so it seemed a good time to check in with Eric to talk about their new CD, "Iron and Diamonds," which is commanding much chart attention lately. We had a delightful discussion which you can experience again here.

We also paid tribute to Bill Monroe on the day after the anniversary of his birthday, played a handful of requests (in blue below) , and played some classic cuts during the gospel set.

Be sure to tune in next week when Amy will energize the airwaves with more of the best in bluegrass.

Jim

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

  • Fire on The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self-produced
  • True Life Blues / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family
  • Toy Heart / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family
  • Long Forgotten Dream / The Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
  • Cabin Down Below / The Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
  • Interview with Eric Gibson
  • Picker's Blues / The Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
  • Fly By Night / Rick Hayes / Fly By Night / Kang Records
  • Goodbye Bottle of Whiskey / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
  • Likes of Me / Tony Rice / Night Flyer / Rounder
  • Coat of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
  • Raisin' Cane In Texas / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
  • One Of Those Days (When I Miss Lester Flatt) / Tom T. Hall / Sings Miss Dixie and Tom T. / Blue Circle
  • Widow of the Glade / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller, & Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy
  • Drinkin' Dark Whiskey / Steeldrivers / Steeldrivers / Rounder
  • Them Blues / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
  • Cold Shoulder / Ralph Stanley II / This One is II / Lonesome Day
  • I Can Only Love You (So Much) / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III - Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
  • The Redwood Hill / The Chapmans / [single] / Self-produced
  • Banks of the Ohio / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
  • The Hanging Tree / Blue Moon Rising / One Lonely Shadow / Lonesome Day
  • Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
  • Not Loving Me / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self-produced
  • Carolina / The Monty McClanahan Project / The Road Less Traveled / Self-produced
  • What Will The Coming Of The Lord Mean To You / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler
  • When Our Lord Shall Come / Wade Mainer / From The Maple On The Hill / Old Homestead
  • I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You / Don Reno and Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends "Together" / Wango
  • Prayer Bell of Heaven / Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys / [self-titled] / Bear Family
  • Drifting Too Far From The Shore / The Stanley Brothers / An Evening Long Ago / Columbia
  • Walk With Him Again / Seldom Scene / Baptizing / Rebel
  • Angel Band / Anne & Pete Sibley / Will You Walk With Me / Self-produced
  • My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
  • The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Eric Gibson returns to the Cafe...


Good news and not-quite-as-good news...


This Sunday's (9/14) show may not begin exactly at 4PM, as the UCONN Women Soccer team's game with Penn State won't end until about 4:30PM.


The good news is that Jim & Marti will join you right after soccer ends for 2 1/2 hours of prime BG listening. Rumor has it that Jim has some great stuff in store for listeners, including at least one interview with a banjo playing Gibson Brother (who can be seen here with brother Leigh, and might-as-well-be brother, Mike Barber at the 2008 Jenny Brook BG Festival).


Don't know exactly what time you'll be able to hear Jim and Eric talk about the success of the Gibsons' most recent Sugar Hill recording, "Iron & Diamonds," and other topics, but I'm sure you'll want to tune in around 4:30PM and stay for the duration....


In addition, Jim will have a couple of copies of "Iron & Diamonds" to give to listeners who've not won anything from us within the past 30 days or so.
I'll be listening -- hope you will, too!


Amy

Monday, September 08, 2008

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/7/2008

The Fall sports season is in full swing at UCONN, and so, once again begins the possibility of sports preemptions, especially for weekend programming. Sunday's BG Cafe began about 5PM, as the UCONN Women's Soccer team played a game that lasted until about then. We still crammed plenty of music in our 2-hour slot, though -- hope you were able to hear something you enjoyed!

A bit of new music was included this week in the form of two more fine releases from the folks at Rural Rhythm Records -- the Crowe Brothers have a great new brother duet project called "Brothers -n- Harmony" which is part classic country-sounding and part Bluegrass, and Melonie Cannon has a mostly-country-sounding-with-some-BG CD called, "And The Wheels Turn." We also included a tune from Jeanette Williams' new project from Blue Circle Records, "Thank You For Caring."

We also included a 2-song tribute to a music original who died on September 1st -- Jerry Reed. While I don't recall any BG versions of Jerry's big hits like "Amos Moses" or "When You're Hot, You're Hot," his material has been covered in the BG world, and we included music from Tony Rice (a Jerry Reed fan) and the Johnson Mountain Boys in our tribute.

Jim & Marti are with you next Sunday in the Cafe -- join them!

Amy


Requests are RED.
  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • Them Blues (1986) / Lonesome River Band / Lonesome River Band / Rebel
  • Them Blues (2008) / Lonesome River Band / Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks 2 / Rural Rhythm
  • The Train's Ready / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
  • Cumberland Gap / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
  • Golden Hair / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
  • Old Man From The Mountain / BearTracks / Together Til The End / AMT Records
  • I Want To Be Loved / Bill Harrell with Del McCoury / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
  • Drifting And Dreaming Of You / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
  • Cash On The Barrelhead / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
  • Which One Is To Blame / Crowe Brothers / Brothers -N- Harmony / Rural Rhythm
  • I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
  • Dark Shadows / Melonie Cannon / And The Wheels Turn / Rural Rhythm
  • Cindy Mae / Crowe Brothers / Brothers -N- Harmony / Rural Rhythm
  • Leavin' Town / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
  • I Guess I'll Go On Dreaming / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads Recordings
  • Another Day / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King
  • Say You Lied / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
  • Sweet Mountain Darlin' / Rick Hayes with Leigh Gibson / Fly By Night / Self-Produced
  • Rita Mae / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
  • Feast Here Tonight / Hunger Mountain Boys / 10 Years Of European World Of Bluegrass / Strictly Country
  • Rose Of Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
  • Likes Of Me / Tony Rice / Night Flyer / Rounder
  • Misery Loves Company / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
  • Place On Calvary / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
  • Giving My Soul Back To Him / IIIrd Tyme Out / Footprints / Rounder
  • One Wide River To Cross / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
  • So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' : Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm
  • Prayer Bell Of Heaven / Jimmy Martin / This World Is Not My Home / MME
  • I Like The Old Time Way / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Why Don't You Give Jesus A Try / Blue Circle
  • Lord Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
  • Help Is On The Way / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Help Is On The Way / Horizon
  • When My Time Comes To Go / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / 10 Years Of European World Of Bluegrass / Strictly Country
  • Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Friday, September 05, 2008

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 8/31/2008 Labor Day

For Labor Day weekend we did a show mostly about work. There are many work songs in bluegrass to choose from, so our "work" in the studio wasn't too hard.

Tune in Sunday the 7th when Amy will serve up the best in bluegrass.

Jim & Marti

Requests in blue

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL
  • Fire on The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self-produced
  • Workin' End Of A Hoe / Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time / Songs From The Workbench / Shell Point
  • Working For A Living / Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen / Keeper Of The Flame / Lendel Records
  • Born With A Hammer In My Hand / The Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield
  • Lazy Man's Lament / Chris Warner / Back Again / Pinecastle
  • Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / (self-titled) / Rounder
  • Black Lung Blues / Grasstowne / The Road Headin' Home / Pinecastle
  • Coal Miner's Dream / Darren Beachley / I Love You To The Moon And Back / Blue Circle
  • I've Been Working On The Railroad / Ron, Rob, & Del McCoury / Little Mo' McCoury / McCoury Music
  • Grandpa Was A Carpenter / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
  • Last Train From Poor Valley / The Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel
  • I'm A Coal Mining Man / Tom T. Hall / Sings Miss Dixie And Tom T. / Blue Circle
  • I Give All My Love To You / Rhonda Vincent with Russell Moore / Good Thing Going / Rounder
  • Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / (self-titled) / Sugar Hill
  • A Hundred And Ten In The Shade / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
  • The Old Coal Mine / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
  • John Henry, The Steel Driving Man / The Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
  • Dream Of a Miner's Child / The Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
  • Cottonmill / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here's A Little Song… / Bell Buckle
  • The Old Man Has Retired / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
  • Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And Chain / David Davis and the Warrior River Boys / (self-titled) / Rebel
  • Union Man / Blue Highway / Still Climbing Mountains / Rounder
  • Sid / H. R. Cook / Neongrass / Fireball
  • Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Hard Game Of Love / Sugar Hill
  • Walkin' The Dog / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet Vol. II / Self-produced
  • Doin' My Job / Dappled Grays / Doin' My Job / BandRanch
  • Sold Down The River / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
  • The Sailing Man / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III - Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
  • I'm Leaving Detroit / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
  • Farmer's Blues / Marty Stuart / Merle Haggard / Moneyland / McCoury Music
  • Where the Old Red River Flows / Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters / Live In Europe / Self-produced
  • Summertime Is Past And Gone / Bill Monroe / Bluegrass 1970-1979 / Bear Family
  • Barbara Allen / Dave Evans and River Bend / The Best Of The Vetco Years / Rebel
  • Iron & Diamonds / The Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
  • Mama's Hungry Eyes / Merle Haggard / The Bluegrass Sessions / McCoury Music
  • Savannah's Not In Georgia / Everett Lilly / & Everybody and Their Brother / Swift River Music
  • Waves On The Sea / Everett Lilly / & Everybody and Their Brother / Swift River Music
  • At The End Of A Long Lonely Day / Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country
  • Run On / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
  • God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign / The Lilly Brothers / True Bluegrass / Rounder
  • Heaven / The Bailey Brothers & The Happy Valley Boys / True Bluegrass / Rounder
  • Baptism of Jesse Taylor / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
  • New Jerusalem Way / Carl Story and the Rambling Mountaineers / Neath The Tree Of Life / Old Homestead
  • Jacob's Ladder / Rick Hayes / Fly By Night / Kang Records
  • You're Drifting Too Far From The Shore / Jeremy Stephens and Tom Mindte / Old Time Duets / Patuxent
  • The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Hartland Hollow Bluegrass Festival Cancellation....

Folks -

Word was released this AM that the Town of East Hartland, CT -- sponsors of the annual Hartland Hollow Bluegrass Festival -- have canceled the festival that was to be held this Saturday, September 6th. The reason for the cancellation is the potential inclement weather from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna.

Please pass this information to your friends and neighbors who may have planned to attend this festival.

Amy