"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/15/2013

For years, this Rebel compilation was the ONLY
Bluegrass Christmas recording.  It's still a great one.

As we get closer and closer to December 25th, the playlist for Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe included a lot more Christmas music than we'd included in previous weeks.  There were Christmas selections from quite a few performers, including the Country Gentlemen, Bill Grant & Delia Bell, Larry Sparks, the Larry Stephenson Band, the James King Band, Bill Carroll, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Northern Lights, the Johnson Mountain Boys, the Whites, Kathy Kallick & the Little Big Band, and Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys (plus non-Bluegrass Christmas selections from Merle Haggard and Hank Snow).  

The mix of music in today's show didn't really feature a whole lot of brand new music, but instead, there were songs from several New England Bluegrass performers, including a couple more tunes from the brand new release by the duo made up by Connecticut performers Mark White and Jon Swift -- BluesGrass.  In addition, we shared a couple of Carter Family classics as Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter would have celebrated a birthday today -- born December 15, 1891.  

The next two editions of Bluegrass Cafe are scheduled to be preempted a bit by UCONN Basketball broadcasts -- the show will start around 5:30PM on December 22nd and only air from 4:00-5:00PM on December 29th.  Best wishes to you all for a very Merry Christmas, and thanks for joining us on the ol' radio.

Amy


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [REQUESTS ARE RED.]

• Jingle Bells / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Blue Christmas / Larry Sparks / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• If We Make It Through December / Merle Haggard / Moneyland / McCoury Music
• Christmas Country Style / Larry Stephenson Band / Close My Eyes To Heaven / Webco
• The Reindeer Boogie / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• Margie / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• Kisses Don't Lie / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Lonely River / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Rollin' With Tradition / Self-Produced
• Home Sweet Home / Rick Spinney / Off The Cuff / Self-Produced
• Mountain Girl / Lou Reid & Carolina / 20th Anniversary Concert / KMA Records
• Live And Let Live / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Is It True / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Plastic Heart / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• I've Had A Time / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Master Of The Sea / Bear Bridge Band / Bear Essentials / Open Road
• Sparkling Brown Eyes / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Crazy Arms / Stonewall Bluegrass / Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Move On In And Stay / Mickey Harris / Dog House Blues / MJH Records
• Loneliness And Desperation / Sideline / Session 1 / Mountain Fever Records
• I Don't Care Anymore / Laurie Lewis / Skippin' & Flyin' / Spruce & Maple Music
• Cash On The Barrelhead / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Sunshine Special / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records
• Blues Rollin' In / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Used To Be / BluesGrass / BluesGrass / Self-Produced
• Mind Your Own Business / BluesGrass / BluesGrass / Self-Produced
• Crawford County / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• What A Beautiful Day / Statement / Around The Corner / Mountain Fever Records
• Many A Mile / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• The Foggy Mountain Top / Carter Family / My Clinch Mountain Home / Rounder
• Wildwood Flower / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Don't Let My Love Get In The Way / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• I'm Putting On My Leaving Shoes / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
• Where Is My Sailor Boy? / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots, 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
• Baby We're Really In Love / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy Records
• Call Collect On Christmas / James King Band / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Slowly Fall The Snowflakes / Bill Carroll / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• Oh, Christmas Candle / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Blue Circle Sampler / Blue Circle Records
• When The Time Had Fully Come / Northern Lights / Can't Buy Your Way / Flying Fish
• The Friendly Beasts / Johnson Mountain Boys / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At The Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• Look To The Light / John Miller / Look To The Light:  Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Light Of The Stable / The Whites / A Skaggs Family Christmas, Volume 2 / Skaggs Family
• Going Up On The Mountain / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Ring The Bells At Midnight / Kathy Kallick & the Little Big Band / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder