Even though July 4th was technically on Thursday, this weekend ending Sunday at midnight still is considered a "holiday weekend." To that end, it's a patriotic holiday, so it seemed quite logical to share a few patriotic-themed songs, including both "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Stars And Stripes Forever," as well as appropriate Independence Day songs from Eddie & Martha Adcock, as well as Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers.
It was a day to celebrate a few Bluegrass (and Bluegrass-related) birthdays, and we included at least two songs from a few different performers who celebrated or would have celebrated birthdays in the first few days of July. Among them: Charlie Louvin (born July 7, 1927) and Charlie Monroe (born July 4, 1903), as well as a couple of New
England contributions to the world of Bluegrass -- Rhode Island's Jimmy Gaudreau (born July 3, 1946) and from Massachusetts, Peter Rowan (born July 4, 1942). We also wished a Happy Birthday today to the former Nita Pike, who was featured singing with her daughter, the late Earlene Pike, on a couple of songs from the Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers Rebel LP from 1968.
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| The first LP for a young Rhode Island mandolin picker... |
In spite of all of the birthday celebrating and patriotic music, we still found a few minutes to play a few newer recordings, too. This time around, these new discs came from projects by the Gibson Brothers, the Spinney Brothers, Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge, Big Country Bluegrass, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, and Balsam Range. We even included a bit of new music from brand-new-to-us-this-week records by Jason Davis, Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome, and Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans.
Hope you enjoyed something you heard on the radio this week, and that you'll be sure to join me once again next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another (hopefully) enjoyable edition of Bluegrass Cafe!
Amy
REQUESTS ARE RED.
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Out In The Cold World / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / JSP Records
- Cold And Windy Night / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
- Cold Chill Of Gone / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Steeltown Records
- Hot Corn, Cold Corn / Here Today / Grisman-Gill-Pedersen-Buchanan-Gordy / Rounder
- Stars And Stripes Forever / John McEuen / String Wizards / Vanguard
- Me And Paul Revere / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / single / Rounder
- The Star Spangled Banner / Lynwood Lunsford / Pick Along / Hay Holler
- Cotton Farmer / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Mountain Fever Records
- There Is A Trap / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
- Wearin' The Blues / Josh Williams with David Peterson / I'll Take Love / Compass Records
- Where Dear Friends Will Never Part / Front Porch String Band / Rebel
- Nobody Cares For Me / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Mountain Fever Records
- Heart And Soul / Gillis Brothers / Heart And Soul / Rebel
- Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
- Let's / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
- Sunny Side Of Life / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
- Doc Watson Morning / Peter Rowan / The Old School / Compass Records
- One Way / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
- What Is A Home Without Love / Monroe Brothers / Bill & Charlie Monroe, 1936 / JSP Records
- Have A Feast Here Tonight / Monroe Brothers / Bill & Charlie Monroe, 1937-1938 / JSP Records
- Knoxville Girl / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming / Razor & Tie
- I Wish You Knew / Louvin Brothers / My Baby's Gone, 1955-1964 / Raven
- Dying For Someone To Live For / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
- You Broke Your Promise / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
- It's Just Like Rain / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Kaleidoscope
- Choking The Strings / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
- On That Glorious Day / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
- New Freedom Bell / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
- Where The Wild River Rolls / Jason Davis / Second Time Around / Mountain Fever Records
- Little Country Town / Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome / Blue Side Of Me / Mountain Fever Records
- Yellow Barber / Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans / Fine Times At Fletcher's House / Native & Fine Records
- Two O'Clock [music bed] / Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans / Fine Times At Fletcher's House / Native & Fine Records
- Polly Put The Kettle On [music bed] / Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans / Fine Time At Fletcher's House / Native & Fine Records
- Scott No. 2 [music bed] / Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans / Fine Times At Fletcher's House / Native & Fine Records
- Blackjack Grove [music bed] / Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans / Fine Times At Fletcher's House / Native & Fine Records
- Blue Blue Day / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
- Bell Of The Ball / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Rollin' With Tradition / Self-Produced
- Margie / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
- Dreams About The Hills Of Home / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
- Feeling Blue / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
- Other Side Of The Mountain / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
- Somehow Tonight / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
- I Like To Hear 'Em Preach / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch Records
- God Moves In A Windstorm / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
- Valley Of Peace / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
- Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
- Kept And Protected By God's Love / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Kept And Protected / Sugar Hill
- Shouting On The Hills Of Glory / Stanley Brothers / All Bluegrass All Gospel / Federal
- Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
- The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
- Let Us Travel, Travel On / Louvin Brothers / My Baby's Gone, 1955-1964 / Raven
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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Can you use higher res or bigger photos on your posts? They will not enlarge for detail as they are now.
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