While I don't always stick to a pure-BG format for those "bonus hours" from 2-4PM, I came pretty close this week. The exceptions were when I played several tunes that had either been written or co-written by the late songwriter, Hank Cochran, who died on July 15, 2010. Hank left an amazing array of tunes that were country hits from the 1960s through the 1990s, and, as with many a great country songwriter, his tunes have sometimes been covered in the BG world. We mixed it up a bit, and played both country and BG versions of Cochran tunes over the 5 hours -- those selections are marked in the playlists below in GREEN.
A recent visit with former CT BG musician (as well as longtime host of "UH Bluegrass" on WWUH Radio in West Hartford), Kevin Lynch, inspired me to play a few tunes which had been recorded by Netherlands-based record label, Strictly Country, in the 1980s and 1990s. With the nearly-weekly influx of great new BG material to play, it's sometimes challenging to find airtime for great BG from years gone by. In the case of Strictly Country's mighty fine 3-CD anniversary set, "25 Years Of Strictly Country Magazine," it was well-worth the effort. Thanks, too, to Kevin for providing some Strictly Country cassettes to give away to our listeners. While it's true that cassettes have more-or-less gone the way of the reel-to-reel and 8-track, a lot of folks still have cassette players in their vehicles, so why not enjoy great live music from the likes of Bob Paisley, Joe Val, or Jimmy Gaudreau?
And speaking of new music, Jim raved about a couple of new CDs a few weeks back, and I must echo his praise. The recordings of both super-traditional band, Rich In Tradition ("Black Mountain Special" on Mountain Roads Recordings) and former U.S. Navy Band Country Current member, Frank Solivan (his more-contemporary sounding, self-released band project, "Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen") are excellent. County Records has also recently reissued the fiddle record made by the late Senator Robert Byrd ("Mountain Fiddler," recorded in 1977), so we found music to play from there, too.
While we aren't expecting to have another "marathon" edition of the BG Cafe this coming Sunday, August 1st, we are planning to air a special interview I recorded last week with the banjo pickin' Eric Gibson. The Gibson Brothers will be returning to CT and the Podunk Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, August 7th, so our chat will talk about that event, as well as the Gibsons' great year, and more. Expect to hear that beginning about 5PM.
I look forward to spending time with you again this coming Sunday. Please join me beginning at 4PM...and have a fine week!
Amy
Requests are RED. Songs written or co-written by Hank Cochran are GREEN.
"BONUS" HOURS: 2-4PM- Tight Squeeze / Tim Martin / Bluegrass Fiddle / Patuxent Music
- Look For Me (I'll Be There) / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
- Homesick / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder
- Honky Tonk Blues / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
- Tennessee Cut-Up Breakdown / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
- Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
- When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
- High On A Hilltop / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / In Concert / Shell Point
- Snowbird / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
- Bright Sunny South / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
- Hard Times, Sometimes / Traditional Grass / Songs Of Love And Life / Rebel
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong / Mac Wiseman with Lester Flatt / Bluegrass, 1971 / Rural Rhythm
- Too Often Left Alone / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
- Sweet Sunny South / Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein / 2:10 Train / Rebel
- Iron & Diamonds / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
- Too Late To Cry / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
- East Bound Train / Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
- I Fall To Pieces / Patsy Cline / Billboard Top Country Hits, 1961 / Rhino
- Rodeo Cowboy / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
- A Little Unfair / IIIrd Tyme Out / Back To The MAC / Rounder
- Set 'Em Up, Joe / Vern Gosdin / Super Hits / Sony BMG
- It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) / Merle Haggard / It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) / Capitol
- You Comb Her Hair Every Morning / Statler Brothers / The Country America Loves / Mercury
- Is It Raining At Your House / Vern Gosdin / Super Hits / Sony BMG [also a request]
- Make The World Go Away / Eddy Arnold / The Best Of Eddy Arnold / RCA
- Roll On Muddy River / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
- Appaloosa / Bill Emerson & Wayne Taylor / Appaloosa / Webco
- Deep River Blues / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
- Ocean Of Diamonds / Willie Nelson / Country Music / Rounder
- Family Bible / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Self-Produced
- Man With The Blues / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
"REGULAR" HOURS: 4-7PM
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Is It Wrong (To Love Somebody New) / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
- Where Is My Cabin Home / Kathy Kallick Band / Between The Hollow And The High-Rise / Live Oak Records
- Thunderclouds Of Love / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays & Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
- I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / The Grascals with Hank Williams, Jr. / The Famous Lefty Flynn's / Rounder
- No One But My Darlin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
- Half Past Four / Adam Steffey / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
- Weathered Gray Stone / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
- Pride (In The Name Of Love) / Dierks Bentley with Del McCoury & the Punch Brothers / Up On The Ridge / EMI
- Cumberland Gap / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
- You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder
- Mountains And Memories / Country Gentlemen / Souvenirs / Rebel
- The Beans Should Be Blossomed / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
- Will The Roses Bloom / Laurel Mountain Boys / Demo recordings
/ Self-Produced - Old Hickory Cane / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
- Margie / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
- Southbound / Stockwell Brothers / 25 Years Of Strictly Country Magazine / Strictly Country
- Teardrops Falling In The Snow / Traver Hollow / 25 Years Of Strictly Country Magazine / Strictly Country
- The Prisoner's Song / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
- Train Without A Track / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Heartaches & Dreams / Rebel
- Seventeen Cents / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
- Casey Jones / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
- Headed Home For Maine / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah
- I'll Love Nobody But You / Grisman, Gill, Pedersen, Buchanan, Gordy / Here Today / Rounder
- Foggy Mountain Chimes / Grisman, Gill, Pedersen, Buchanan, Gordy / Here Today / Rounder
- It'll Be Me / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Dreaming / Rounder
- My Dying Day / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
- Black Mountain Special / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads Recordings
- Runaway Ramp / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Self-Produced
- Tell Me That You Love Me / Fairview Avenue / Fairview Avenue / Self-Produced
- Line Drive / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Self-Produced
- Swinging Bridge / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads Recordings
- Turkey In The Straw / Robert Byrd / Mountain Fiddler / County Records
- I Can't Like Myself / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
- Poor Ramblin' Boy / Darrell Webb Band / Bloodline / Rural Rhythm
- I Thought That She Loved Me / Steep Canyon Ramblers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
- Used To These Old Blues / Special Consensus / 35 / Compass Records
- Those Gone And Left Me Blues / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music
- Red Bandana / Lonesome River Band / Still Learning / Rural Rhythm
- Banjo Boy Chimes / Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys / Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys / GHP Records
- Send The Angels Down / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Compass Records
- In The Sweet Forever / Gary Waldrep Band / Road Leading Home / Blue Circle Records
- What Would You Do / Fred Etheridge & Nick Anderson / Pickin' & Singin' / Self-Produced
- Over In The Gloryland / Reno & Smiley with the Stanley Brothers / Bluegrass, 1961 / Rural Rhythm
- Give The Devil An Inch / Billy Boone Smith / Five Flat Rocks / Muddy Sunshine
- Jesus Is My Rock / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Hurricane / Rural Rhythm
- Pray The Clouds Away / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
- Bad News For The Devil / John Miller / Look To The Light: Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian
- Light On My Feet, Ready To Fly / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Light On My Feet, Ready To Fly / Mountain Home
- Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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