Tuesday, August 31, 2010

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 8/29/2010

Hi Folks.

There were many reasons we played certain songs on this show. To start off, Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show was in the area Saturday night at the Salem Barn, and again on this very evening at the TrueGrass Series at the Firebox, so we played a tune from a project by Karl's fiddler, Charlie Lawson, and one from Karl himself from his first Rebel project.

Next we celebrated Mr. Alton Orlomoski's birthday (that's Amy's and Tex's father) by playing three of his favorite songs by Elton Britt, Gene Autry, and The Carter Family. While all three have been done bluegrass style, we chose to play original or period versions as he might have heard them first.

Marti and I had been in our home state of North Carolina a week earlier, and got to spend most of an afternoon with my friend J.E. Mainer, Jr (photo left) -- son of string band pioneer J.E. Mainer. J.E. Junior was born in 1924, witnessed the entire musical career of his father, and was himself a member of J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers after WW2. Even at 86, he still plays and sings at his church. We played one of his dad's King recordings made in the 1940s to celebrate our visit.

We closed the gospel set with a song written by beloved Eastern Connecticut guitar picker, Fred Etheridge, recorded with help from Nick Anderson and Mark Doyle. Fred has experienced some serious health issues recently and is in the hospital, but his song, "What Would You Do," is gaining many fans in the area.

Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring next Sunday 4-7pm ET, so be sure to tune in 91.7 FM in the area, or whus.org over the web.

Jim Beaver


Song/Artist/Album/Label

  • Hickory Hollow / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Warner
  • Maybe You Will Change Your Mind / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
  • Big Ball In Brooklyn / Charlie Lawson & Oak Hill / Memories Of You / Self-released
  • Where The Smoke Goes Up / Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show / Self-titled / Rebel
  • There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Elton Britt / The Victory Collection / Smithsonian Institution
  • You Are My Sunshine / Gene Autry / The Essential Gene Autry / Columbia
  • Wildwood Flower / The Carter Family / In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family
  • Cryin' Heart Blues / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm
  • Lickety Split / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
  • She's More To Be Pitied / Lou Reid and Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
  • The Beans Should Be Blossomed / The Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Mastertone Productions
  • Tarred And Feathered / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Self-titled / Self-released
  • Another Day / The McCoury Brothers / Self-titled / Rounder
  • I'll Be Myself Again / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
  • M.I.S.I.P. / The John Hartford String Band / Memories of John / Red Clay
  • The Boys From North Carolina / John Hartford / Goin' Back To Dixie / Small Dog A-Barkin'
  • Sixteen Cents / Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford / Dogwood Winter / Rural Rhythm
  • Hillbilly Goddess / Alecia Nugent / Hillbilly Goddess / Rounder
  • Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
  • Farm Of Yesterday / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
  • Swampgrass / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
  • Feast Here Tonight / Scruggs, Watson, Skaggs / The Three Pickers / Rounder
  • Where Will This End? / The Patuxent Partners / Seven or Eleven / Patuxent
  • Rambler's Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Live And Learn / Rebel
  • Record Time Machine / Lonesome River Band / Still Learning / Rural Rhythm
  • Where Is My Little Cabin Home / Kathy Kallick Band / Between The Hollow and the High-Rise / Live Oak
  • Run Mountain / J.E. Mainer / The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / Hollywood
  • Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
  • Gone Beserk / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / LC Productions
  • The Bluest Man In Town / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
  • Too Much On My Heart / Dailey & Vincent / Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
  • Dixieland (My Home Town) / Ralph Stanley / Old-Time Pickin' / Rebel
  • Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Joe Walsh / Saturday Night Waltz / Self-released
  • Try And Catch The Wind / Nu-Blu / Nights / Self-released
  • Little John, I Am / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
  • Who Will Sing For Me / Scruggs, Watson, Skaggs / The Three Pickers / Rounder
  • Home Sweet Home / Greg Morton / Solo Guitar / Self-released
  • Big Sciota / Greg Morton / Solo Guitar / Self-released
  • Mountain Girl / Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel
  • 1946 / David Peterson / Live at WHUS / No Label
  • Up This Hill And Down / The Grascals / The Famous Lefty Flynn's / Rounder
  • Life Of The Blues / The Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues / New Time Records
  • Summers Gone / The Hagar's Mountain Boys / Forever Yours / Self-released
  • The Black Fox / Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
  • Stormy Waters / Crowe, Lawson, Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
  • Are You Afraid To Die / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder
  • O Come Angel Band / Paul Adkins & The Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
  • Tramp On The Street / Carl Story / The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / Hollywood
  • He Understands / Barry Scott, Dale Ann Bradley / Look To The Light, Songs of Faith from the Pen of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm
  • Light On My Feet, Ready To Fly / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Light On My Feet, Ready To Fly / Horizon
  • Weary Angel Of Death / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
  • Preachin' Prayin' Singin' / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
  • What Would You Do / Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin And Sing'n / Self-released
  • The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

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