"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 1/22/2012

Hi Folks.

We had an interesting show this day with special focus on a new CD project titled "The Manics Pick On Monahan."   This is a fantastic tribute to a great friend of many bluegrass and folk music fans in New England, Tom Monahan, who passed away from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) a year ago.  The long-lasting bluegrass-festival-camping social group that was instigated and inspired by Tom was informally called "The Manic Mountain Boys."

Many of the Manics got together to perform songs written by Tom, and this CD is the result.  Since the Manics self-produced the CD, 100% of the proceeds will go to Compassionate Care ALS, an organization that helped Tom during his ultimate trial with the condition.  Well-known New England musician and fellow Manic Mountain Boy, Jon Swift, joined us on the air to discuss the project.  You can get a copy directly from Compassionate Care ALS on their web site:  http://ccals.org/monahan-manic.php

Other new music on this show was from The Missy Werner Band, Nu-Blu, Frank Wakefield, Suzy Bogguss, Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Lee Marcus, Crowe Brothers, The VW Boys, Nothin' Fancy, and the new Cracker Barrel gospel album from Dailey & Vincent.

We raided the Heritage Corner archives for a couple of oldies from The Chuck Wagon Gang (1940) and J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers (1950) featuring J.E. Mainer, Jr.

Counterclockwise from lower left:  J.E. Mainer, J.E. Mainer Jr., Glenn Mainer, Earnest Harwood

Be sure to tune in next week when Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim Beaver

Requests highlighted

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Rare Bird Alert / Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Body & Soul / Blue Moon Rising / Bill Monroe 100th Year Celebration / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top Xpress / Bill Monroe 100th Year Celebration / Rural Rhythm
• Sugar Hill / Various Artists / Close Kin / Mountain Roads
• Rabbit In The Log / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Last Goodbye Today / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-released
• Wilson County Line / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Elite Circuit
• Ol' Dan Tucker / Suzy Bogguss / American Folk Songbook / Loyal Dutchess
• John Henry / Del McCoury / Old Memories / McCoury Music
• Almost Hear The Blues / James Reams & The Barnstormers / One Foot In The Honky Tonk / Mountain Redbird
• Every Shade Of Blue / Nu-Blu / The Blu-Disc / Pinecastle
• Rawhide / Frank Wakefield / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent
• New Shoes / Dale Ann Bradley / Somewhere South Of Crazy / Compass
• Applejack / Pam Gadd with Dolly Parton / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
• Old Kentucky Hillside / Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen / One Mile East Of Hazel Green / Lendel
• Just Someone I Used To Know / Daryl Mosely - Stacy Scruggs / Bluegrass Tribute To Studio B / Farm Country
• Fly Off That Hill / Nothin' Fancy / Nothin' Fancy / Virginia Dreams
• Old Paint / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Raincoe
• Cruel Wind And Rain / Jim Lauderdale / Reason and Rhyme / Sugar Hill
• Your Love Died Like The Rose / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord
• Jon Swift Interview
• Tricky Trail Of Love / Jon Swift / The Manics Pick On Monahan / CCALS.org
• Freight Train Boogie / Blues Grass / Self-titled / Self-released
• I Can't Remember You / Jeff Horton / The Manics Pick On Monahan / CCALS.org
• North Carolina Breakdown / Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman / A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren Vol. 2 / Self-released
• I Don't Care / Laurie Lewis / Skippin' and Flyin' / Spruce And Maple
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / The Grascals with Tom T. Hall / Grascals and Friends / Cracker Barrel
• Ugly Girl Blues / VW Boys / Retroactive / Mountain Roads
• There's No Place Like Home / Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• They Don't Name Girls Beulah Anymore / Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey / The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Lizard Records
• Time Stands Still / Tommy Webb / From Rock-N-Roll To Bill Monroe / Self-released
• Still On The Hill (bed) / Howdy Forrester / 16 Fiddler's Greatest Hits / Hollywood
• Peacock Rag (bed) / Chubby Wise / 16 Fiddler's Greatest Hits / Hollywood
• Without Any Heart / Mary Maguire / The Manics Pick On Monahan / CCALS.org
• Windmills / Acoustic Blue / Timeless / Self-released
• Blue Tail Fly / Hylo Brown & Timberliners / Roots Music of Rural America / Rural Rhythm
• What It Means To Be Lonesome / Carolina Road / Back To The Roots / Rural Rhythm
• Honey (Open That Door) / Ricky Skaggs / Country Hits Bluegrass Style / Skaggs Family
• Going Down To Charleston / The Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Mastertone
• The Story In Your Eyes / Ronnie Bowman and various / Moody Bluegrass Two Much Love / Bunny Rae
• He Could Pick The Hound / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• Living In The Kingdom Of God / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• When Daddy Sang / Sweet Potato Pie / Journey Called Life / Mountain Fever
• We Are Climbing / The Chuck Wagon Gang / Higher - 1940 Dallas Sessions / Copper Creek
• Walking For The Lord / J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Run Mountain 30 Old Time Favorites /Gusto
• The Stone Was Rolled Away / NewTown / Self-titled / Self-released
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
• When I Wake Up To Sleep No More / Nick Anderson & The Gospel Friends / Self-titled / Self-released
• That Wonderful Place / Ralph Stanley / A Mother's Prayer / Rebel
• The Fourth Man / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released