Sunday, February 23, 2014

Radiothon 2014 -- Week #1 - 2/23/2014


Well, we've survived our first week of Radiothon for 2014, and while we didn't reach our two week show goal today, we still did okay.  If you were one of the fifteen folks who made a pledge to WHUS today during Bluegrass Cafe...THANKS!!  If you didn't yet make a pledge, we sure hope you'll think about doing it next Sunday afternoon!  

Of all of the wonderful recordings and other delightful premiums we had to offer as thank you gifts today, by far, our most popular was "Side By Side" -- the new Rebel recording from Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II.  Fabulous!  It sure is a great thing to know that Ralph Stanley and his music still appeal to so many people.

Ralph & Ralph II -- super popular
in Storrs, CT!
Our playlist for the show today was drawn from the wonderful recordings we have available as thank you gifts.  Big thanks to these record labels for their fabulous contributions to our fundraising efforts:  Mountain Fever Records, Mountain Home, Mountain Roads Recordings, Patuxent MusicRebel Records, and Rural Rhythm.  

Next Sunday, we'll see how many folks can join in and voice their support for Bluegrass music on the air at WHUS.  Hope you can be one of 'em!

Amy


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL
  • Earl's Breakdown / Reno & Adcock / 35 Years of the Best in Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Cold Wind / Roy McMillan / 35 Years of the Best in Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / 35 Years of the Best in Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Carolina Mountain Home / Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II / Side By Side / Rebel
  • Are You Waiting Just For Me / Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II / Side By Side / Rebel
  • Battle Ax / Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II / Side By Side / Rebel
  • You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
  • Sweetest Love / Merl Johnson / Better Man / Patuxent Music 
  • If I Lose / Scott Brannon / Your Old Standby / Patuxent Music
  • Slowly (I'm Falling) / Marty Raybon & Full Circle / The Back Forty / Rural Rhythm
  • That Road / Nu-Blu / Ten / Rural Rhythm
  • Barely Beat The Daylight In / Lonesome River Band / Chronology, Volume 2 / Rural Rhythm
  • Grandpa's Way Of Life / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
  • That Little Girl Of Mine In Carolina / Edgar Loudermilk / My Big Chance Tomorrow / Mountain Fever Records
  • Loneliness And Desperation / Sideline / Session 1 / Mountain Fever Records
  • I'm Longing For My Old Virginia Home / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
  • The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
  • Tennessee Truck Driving Man / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
  • Walking With You In My Dreams / Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II / Side By Side / Rebel
  • Don't Step Over An Old Love / Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II / Side By Side / Rebel
  • John Henry / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Reno Bound / Bill Harrell / Drive-Time Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Poor Ellen Smith / Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Hello City Limits / Red Allen / Drive-Time Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Rawhide / Frank Wakefield / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent Music
  • Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe / 20th Century Masters / MCA
  • Uncle Pen / Mike Scott / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
  • My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' / Bill Monroe / 20th Century Masters / MCA
  • Midnight Ramble / Cullen Galyean / Born Into Bluegrass / Mountain Roads Recordings
  • Black Mountain Special / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads Recordings
  • Home On The River / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
  • Thankful For Each Day / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
  • On The Sunny Side Of Life / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Radiothon -- the 2014 Edition!

Hey everybody - 

In case you've not heard by now, our annual fundraising campaign at WHUS -- known as Radiothon -- began today and will run until Sunday, March 2nd.  This year's Radiothon is happening about 4 weeks earlier than it normally does at WHUS, but we're hopeful that our wonderful listeners will still be able to help us out and support our radio efforts once again this year...

As always, we have some fabulous ways to say THANKS to you for your pledges of support.  There is a good selection of WHUS apparel, including a purple t-shirt for $35 and a heather gray hooded full-zip sweatshirt for $50.  If you'd like to see the design for this year's apparel, you should be able to view them by clicking here.



We know that folks who generally pledge to Bluegrass Cafe like their thank you gift to be a musical one, and that's a good option for you this year, too.  [Update 3/1/2014:  Several additional titles have been added to our giveaway list, courtesy of the fine folks at Crossroads Music.  Check out the new titles below, as they are bold and printed in RED].  Among the titles we have to offer you this year for a $35 pledge:  
  • Big Country Bluegrass - "Memories Of The Past" (Rebel)
  • The Boxcars - "It's Just A Road" (Mountain Home)
  • The Grascals - "Life Finds A Way" (Mountain Home)
  • Chris Jones & the Night Drivers - "Lonely Comes Easy" (Rebel)
  • Lonesome River Band - "Chronology" [all 3 volumes] (Rural Rhythm)
  • Edgar Loudermilk - "My Big Chance Tomorrow" (Mountain Fever)
  • NewTown - "Time Machine" (Pisgah Ridge)
  • Nu-Blu - "Ten" (Rural Rhythm)
  • Marty Raybon & Full Circle - "Back Forty" (Rural Rhythm)
  • Don Rigsby - "Doctor's Orders:  A Tribute To Ralph Stanley" (Rebel)
  • Sideline - "Session 1" (Mountain Fever)
  • Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins - "Hall Of Fame Bluegrass!" (Rebel)
  • Spinney Brothers - "No Borders" (Mountain Fever)
  • Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II - "Side By Side" (Rebel)
  • Adam Steffey - "New Primitive" (Organic Records)
This list of available premiums is not 100% complete, so please tune in to the show to hear what other CDs we have available.  

As we've done over the past few years, we'll have a "bonus" book drawing after our second week of Radiothon ends on March 2nd.  For each person who pledges to the show during the two weeks of Radiothon -- with a pledge of any amount -- his/her name will go into a drawing to be held at the conclusion of the show on March 2nd for a great book called In The Country Of Country:  A Journey Into The Roots Of American Music by Nicholas Dawidoff.  While this book is not brand new (it was published in 1997), and the subject isn't specifically Bluegrass, it is a wonderful book in which the author visited the hometowns of several country music and Bluegrass legends, including Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, and Doc Watson.  

We sure hope you'll consider supporting our fundraising efforts at WHUS this year.  Jot down this number, and give us a call on Sunday -- 1-800-599-9487.  Operators will be standing (or, more accurately) sitting by, just waiting patiently for you!  THANKS!!!

Amy


Sunday, February 16, 2014

Playlist - 2/16/2014 - Joe Val Festival Recovery

Hi Folks,

I was supposed to be out of the country this weekend on business, but my plans changed at the very last minute.  This allowed me not only to attend the excellent Joe Val Festival, but to take my turn at Bluegrass Cafe and save Amy from having to cut Joe Val short and fill-in for me.

There were several mini-features on this show including a tribute to two of the outstanding brother duos in bluegrass today, The Gibson Brothers and The Spinney Brothers.  We played a song or two from the older catalog as well as songs from the most recent recordings.



We also were delighted to play a track from each of seven recent CD reissues of complete Rural Rhythm albums from their 1960s catalog.  The artists included J.E. Mainer, Lee Moore, Red Smiley, Curly Fox, Hylo Brown, and Jim Greer.

Classic and relatively rare vinyl is a favorite on Bluegrass Cafe, and the Heritage Corner provided part of a live performance of The Stanley Brothers at the Ash Grove in 1962, tracks from LPs of Mac Martin and The Potomac Valley Boys capped by a 45 single from Hubert Davis and The Season Travelers.  Other Heritage Corner selections came from The Johnson Mountain Boys,

I own the majority of recordings of Delia Bell and Bill Grant and brought some of them out of the Heritage Corner archives to play several of their songs throughout the show.





New music was provided by Noam Pikelny, Larry Efaw & The Bluegrass Mountaineers, Don Rigsby, Doyle Lawson, Jim Lauderdale, Little Roy & Lizzy, Rhonda Vincent, Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins, Scott Brannon, Alex Leach, and Blue Highway.

Regional music was provided by Bear Bridge Band and Nick Anderson & Shady Creek.

WHUS Radiothon will start next Saturday and Bluegrass Cafe will be involved the next two Sundays, Feb. 23 and Mar.2.  Radiothon is the only time of the year when both Amy and I will be in the studio at the same time, and we are usually joined by James & Cathy Ward, my wife Marti who also co-hosts Red Rooster Party with me, and many of our friends and family on the phones.  We hope you will consider joining us for Radiothon.  You never know what is going to happen!

Jim Beaver

requests in bold italic


Title / Artist / Album / Label
  • Ryestrow / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
  • Good Woman Blues / Delia Bell and Bill Grant / Good Woman Blues / Old Homestead
  • Church Bell Wedding Blues / Blue Highway / The Game / Rounder
  • Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers Of The Highway / Rounder
  • Six More Miles / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
  • The Evening Train / Bob & Danny Paisley / Freight Train Special Volume Two / Wango
  • Bill Monroe For Breakfast / Tom T. Hall / Home Grown / Mercury
  • Weep And Cry / John Rigsby / Forks Of The Ivy / Hay Holler
  • I Just Got Wise / The Bluegrass Mountaineers / Clinch Mountain Tradition / Self-released
  • Don't Tax The Gals / J.E. Mainer / The Legendary, Vol. 3 / Rural Rhythm
  • Brown's Ferry Blues / Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Boys / Stars Of The WWVA Jamboree / Rural Rhythm
  • Automobile Of Life / Lee Moore / Everybody's Favorite / Rural Rhythm
  • Short Life Of Trouble / Red Smiley and The Blue Grass Cutups / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
  • Left My Gal In The Mountains / Hylo Brown / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
  • Long Lost John / Curly Fox / Champion Fiddler Volume One / Rural Rhythm
  • Old Spinning Wheel / Lee Moore / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
  • Going Up Caney / Bill Monroe / American Traveler / County
  • Dobro Joe / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roads Well Traveled / Mountain Home
  • Too Deep In Heartaches / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
  • I Might Seem Like A Loser (But I'm Really Not) / Jim Lauderdale / Old Time Angels / Sky Crunch
  • Your Tears are Just Interest on the Loan / Scott Brannon / Your Old Standby / Patuxent
  • My Friend Clyde / The Spinny Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-released
  • On That Road Leadin' Home / The Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever
  • Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / The Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm
  • Red Letter Day / The Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
  • I'll Work It Out / The Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass
  • Locked Away From Your Heart / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
  • I've Lived A Lot In My Time / The Potomac Valley Boys / Bluegrass From Virginia / GHP (LP)
  • Kentucky Fox Race / Curly Ray Cline / Lonesome Pine Fiddle / Old Homestead
  • Gonna Paint The Town / The Stanley Brothers / Banjo In The Mountains / Country Roads
  • Sea Of Regret / Larry Efaw & The Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Blue Circle
  • Ode To The Little Brown Shack / Vern & Ray w. Herb Pedersen / San Francisco - 1968 / Arhoolie
  • Wheel Hoss / Noam Pikelny / Plays Kenny Baker / Plays Bill Monroe / Compass
  • I Can't Be Happy Dear This Way / Hubert Davis & The Season Travelers / 45 RPM single / Music City (45)
  • Wild Bill Jones / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-released
  • Along About Daybreak / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / Travelin' On / Revonah (LP)
  • Stacey Lynn / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / Travelin' On / Revonah (LP)
  • Is She Praying There / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / Travelin' On / Revonah (LP)
  • Rawhide (bed) / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
  • Lincoln County Gap (bed) / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
  • The Five String Waltz (bed) / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
  • Goodbye Mississippi / Delia Bell and Bill Grant / We're Not The Jet Set / Old Homestead
  • How Mountain Girls Can Love / The Stanley Brothers / Stanley Series Issue 10, Vol. 3, Number 2 / Copper Creek (LP)
  • The Coupon Song / The Stanley Brothers / Stanley Series Issue 10, Vol. 3, Number 2 / Copper Creek (LP)
  • Clinch Mountain Backstep / The Stanley Brothers / Stanley Series Issue 10, Vol. 3, Number 2 / Copper Creek (LP)
  • Let Me Love You One More Time / The Stanley Brothers / Stanley Series Issue 10, Vol. 3, Number 2 / Copper Creek (LP)
  • O'er Yonder Hill / Rhonda Vincent / Performs Songs From The House With The Red Light / Upper Management
  • Somebody Touched Me / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
  • I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / The Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
  • I Can Hear The Joy Bells Ringing / Delia Bell and Bill Grant / Sacred Favorites Through The Years / Old Homestead
  • On The Jericho Road / Larry Stephenson / What Really Matters / Compass
  • I'm So Happy / Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins / Hall of Fame Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Shoutin' On The Hills Of Glory / The Johnny Jackson Band / Old Country Church / Self-released
  • Lay My Body Down / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Raincoe
  • God's Not Dead / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
  • Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge, Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

Monday, February 10, 2014

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/9/2014

On Sunday's show, we celebrated two notable musical anniversaries, as well as played a few songs for a February holiday that happens this coming Friday...

The original 1966 cover --
not too Beatles-esque, is it?
First, the musical anniversaries.  Unless you've been away from all media for the last several months, you're likely quite aware that it was fifty years ago -- specifically, on Sunday, February 9, 1964 -- that the Beatles made their American television debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show," and the world of rock and roll music was set on its ear.  Truth to be told, the Beatles were THE band to impact so many of today's musicians and fans of great music, and while the Beatles clearly were not Bluegrass performers, they sure impacted a whole bunch of Bluegrass musicians.  It's hard to imagine a "little" band comprised of four working class lads from Great Britain could cause such a big stir, but they sure did, didn't they?  To mark the 50 year anniversary of their Sullivan show appearance, we put together a set featuring Bluegrass covers of several Beatles tunes, including three selections from the classic 1966 "Beatle Country" recording by the Charles River Valley Boys.  

The second musical anniversary came more as on-the-fly programming.  While
Happy 100th Birthday, E.T. !
checking the show's Facebook page (
www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe), I came across another post by New York broadcaster Bill Knowlton, who had observed that February 9th would also be the 100th birthday of the Texas Troubadour, Ernest Tubb.  Now, Ernest Tubb was definitely not a Bluegrass performer, but again, several of his songs have been covered in the Bluegrass world.  In fact, several years ago, the Osborne Brothers recorded an entire album in tribute to E.T., so we chose two songs from that project ("The Ernest Tubb Song Folio" on Pinecastle Records), as well as covers of two other Tubb songs by the Johnson Mountain Boys and IIIrd Tyme Out.  
As Valentine's Day comes up this week, it seemed appropriate to play a few positive Bluegrass love songs.  Those were provided by several different performers, including the Lynn Morris Band, Traver Hollow, the Spinney Brothers, Lost & Found, Reno & Smiley, Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys, and Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band, among others.

And, of course, we made room in the show to play a bit of newer music, as well, particularly from 2014 recordings released by Rhonda Vincent, the Easter BrothersBlue Highway, Frank Wakefield & Taylor Baker, and Ralph Stanley with Ralph Stanley II.  Great stuff!

Hope you have a great week, and we'll look for you at the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in Framingham, MA this coming weekend.  If you're going to be at the festival, stop by the Showcase Stage area to hear some great upcoming regional bands...and perhaps you can say hey to me, too...

Join me next Sunday, too, won't you?

Amy


REQUESTS ARE RED.
  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Larry Stephenson with Connie Smith & Marty Stuart / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
  • You're In My Heart / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
  • Rose Of My Heart / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
  • My Heart Skips A Beat / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
  • What A Wonderful Life / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
  • Daisy A Day / Lost & Found / Love, Lost & Found / Rebel
  • Sweethearts In Heaven / Reno & Smiley / On The Air / Copper Creek
  • I Know That You Know (That I Love You) / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records
  • Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
  • Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
  • No Lawyers In Heaven / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
  • Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
  • The Streamlined Cannonball / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
  • East Tennessee Blues / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
  • Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
  • Country Boy / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Big Blue Raindrops / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
  • Too Many Rivers / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
  • Help! / Charles River Valley Boys / Beatle Country / Rounder
  • What Goes On / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill
  • Nowhere Man / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Shades Of The Past / Sugar Hill
  • I Saw Her Standing There / Charles River Valley Boys / Beatle Country / Rounder
  • Yesterday / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
  • Don't Pass Me By / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco
  • Eight Days A Week / Larry Stephenson Band / Can't Stop Myself / Webco
  • I Feel Fine / Charles River Valley Boys / Beatle Country / Rounder
  • Walking The Floor Over You / Osborne Brothers / The Ernest Tubb Song Folio / Pinecastle
  • Waltz Across Texas / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
  • Thanks A Lot / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
  • Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / Osborne Brothers / The Ernest Tubb Song Folio / Pinecastle
  • Busy City / Rhonda Vincent / Only Me / Upper Management Music
  • Beer Barrel Polka / Frank Wakefield & Taylor Baker / Frank Wakefield, Taylor Baker & Friends / Patuxent Music
  • Wild Bill Jones / Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II / Side By Side / Rebel
  • We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds / Rhonda Vincent with Daryle Singletary / Only Me / Upper Management Music
  • Buy A Ring, Find A Preacher / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
  • Talk Is Cheap / Blue Highway / The Game / Rounder
  • What Made Milwaukee Famous / Sideline / Session 1 / Mountain Fever Records
  • If I Could Only Win Your Love / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder
  • Slow Down (You'll Hit A Moose) / Stan Keach & Friends / Cry Of The Loon & Other Original Songs About Maine / Ayuh Records
  • Wild Mountain Honey / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
  • The Hangman's Daughter / Nightflyer / Nightflyer / Kang Records
  • Goodbye Mary Jane / NewTown / Time Machine / Pisgah Ridge
  • Let The Hallelujahs Roll / Easter Brothers / I'd Do It All Again / Pisgah Ridge
  • He Took Your Place / 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
  • On The Right Side / Flatt Lonesome / Flatt Lonesome / Pisgah Ridge
  • Land Up In The Air / Special Consensus / 35 / Compass Records
  • A Crown He Wore / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
  • Call His Name / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
  • I'll Be No Stranger There / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill
  • Lord Build Me A Cabin In Glory / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
  • Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Sunday, February 02, 2014

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 2/2/2014

Hi Folks,

This was the first show of the WHUS spring calendar, and we focused on much lesser-heard classic bluegrass.

The Johnson Mountain Boys were a bit of a focus, but we also heard from the Flatt Mountain BoysCharlie Moore & Bill Napier, James King, The Country Gentlemen, The Gillis Brothers, Bennie And Vallie Cain, and a bunch of 45s I hauled to the studio including the flip sides of two Jack Cooke singles, both sides of the Arthur Smith single of "Feudin' Banjos," a little Mac Martin, and some Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis.

We also featured at least a track from four classic albums that have been released on CD for the first time by Rural Rhythm.  Artists included Red Smiley, Curly Fox, Lee Moore, and Hylo Brown.  We are eager to get even more of these gems on the air as they are released.

Northern classic bluegrass included Bear Bridge Band and the first Gibson Brothers CD.

Current music included the #1 single and album from The Spinney Brothers, Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers, Alex Leach, Sammy Adkins, Don Rigsby, Newton & Thomas, The Roys, Jack Lawrence, Noam Pikelny, Little Roy & Lizzy, and new music from The Easter Brothers.  We played another song from the Rhonda Vincent CD that accompanies author Nancy B. Brewer's book, "The House With The Red Light."  

Of course The Dillards gave us an ode to the ground hog which described what we would like to do with him after that lousy forecast earlier in the day.

Amy will be back next week for another 3-hour show, so be sure to tune in to hear the banjos and fiddles ring!

Jim Beaver

requests in red

Title / Artist / Album / Label

  • Sugarloaf Mountain Special / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
  • I Could Love You / Flatt Mountain Boys / The Best of Starday Bluegrass / King
  • Choo Choo Coming / Flatt Mountain Boys / The Best of Starday Bluegrass / King
  • I'm Giving You Your Freedom / Moore & Napier / The Best of King Bluegrass / King
  • Coosey / Ralph Stanley / The Best of King Bluegrass / King
  • Ground Hog / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
  • Heart Specialist / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
  • Grandpa's Way Of Life / The Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever
  • An Old Log Cabin For Sale / Lee Moore / Sings Radio Favorites of Country Music / Rural Rhythm
  • Roll On Big Mama / The Grascals / When I Get My Pay / Mountain Home
  • The Game / Blue Highway / The Game / Rounder
  • One Morning In May / Jeff Scroggins & Colorado / Western Branches / Self-released
  • I'll Never Make You Blue / Joe Mullins & Junior Sisk / Hall of Fame Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Coal Dust Blues / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Starday Collection / Gusto
  • Good News / Rhonda Vincent / RV Performs Songs from The House With The Red Light / Upper Management
  • I'll Never Grow Tired Of You / Sammy Adkins & The Sandy Hook Mtn Boys / Tribute To Keith Whitley / Self-released
  • One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
  • Dream Of A Miner's Child / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
  • Wreck Of The Old No. 9 / Red Smiley & The Blue Grass Cutups / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
  • One Kiss Away From Loneliness / Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Blue Circle
  • Ground Hog / Cullen Galyean & Bobby Harrison / Let Me Fall / Smithsonian Folkways
  • Virginia Mountain Banjo / The Virginia Mountain Boys / 45 RPM Single / Gambler (45)
  • (New) Cripple Creek / Jack Cooke & The Virginia Mountain Boys / 45 RPM Single / Ark (45)
  • Let Me Fall / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
  • Underneath A Harvest Moon / The Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm
  • Feudin' Banjos / Arthur Smith & Don Reno / 45 RPM Single / MGM (45)
  • Tennessee Truck Driving Man / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
  • 'Bye 'Bye Black Smoke Choo Choo / Arthur Smith & The Crackerjacks / 45 RPM Single / MGM (45)
  • Blue Tail Fly / Hylo Brown / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
  • The Old Swinging Bridge / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
  • Bluegrass Breakdown / Mac Martin / 45 RPM Single / Gateway (45)
  • Misery Loves Company / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
  • Newton Grove / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
  • Nobody's Business / Newton & Thomas / Reborn / Pinecastle
  • Old Kentucky Home / The Country Gentlemen / Complete Starday Recordings / Gusto
  • Bringing Mary Home / Eddie & Martha Adcock w. Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent
  • Ten Miles To Deep Gap / Jack Lawrence w.Doc Watson / Arthel's Guitar / Little King
  • Pop! Goes The Banjo (bed) / Little Roy and Lizzy / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
  • Old Black Joe (bed) / Little Roy and Lizzy / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
  • You Can Count On My Love / The Roys / Gypsy Runaway Train / Rural Rhythm
  • Blue Moon Of Kentucky / The Roys / Gypsy Runaway Train / Rural Rhythm
  • I'd Like To Wander Back / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-released
  • New River Girl / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
  • Heart And Soul / The Gillis Brothers / Heart & Soul / Rebel
  • Mississippi Sawyer / Curly Fox / Champion Fiddler Vol. 2 / Rural Rhythm
  • Fiddler's Pastime / Noam Pikelny / Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe / Compass
  • Give Me Time To Think It Over / Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Blue Circle
  • Lonesome Truck Driver / Charlie Moore & Bill Napier / Truckin' Favorites / King
  • A Higher Power / Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis / 45 RPM EP / Starday (45)
  • You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover / The Easter Brothers / I'd Do It All Over Again / Pisgah
  • They Laid Him In the Ground / Benny And Vallie Cain and the Country Clan / Self-titled / Rebel (LP)
  • Since I've Laid My Burdens Down / Mickey Boles / Let My Feet Go Runnin' / Self-released
  • I'd Do it All Over Again / The Easter Brothers / I'd Do It All Over Again / Pisgah
  • Somebody Touched Me / Red Smiley & The Blue Grass Cutups / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
  • Daniel Prayed / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
  • Didn't It Rain / Little Roy and Lizzy / Straight From The Heart of Dixie / Vine
  • Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Charlie Monroe / The Starday Sessions / Gusto
  • Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released