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| My mother, Eleanor Orlomoski, and I paid a visit to Roy Acuff (or, his mailbox, at least) at Opryland in the mid-1980s. |
As you might imagine, the majority of the music featured during today's show -- which also happened to be Commencement Day at UConn -- revolved around the subject of mother. Easily, the entire show could have featured mother songs, but we certainly included a whole bunch of 'em as the USA officially celebrated Mother's Day for the 100th time. Fun! We also shared a couple of songs that featured mothers performing with their children, including two songs from the late Earlene Pike and her mother, Nita, as well as Hazel McGee of White Mountain Bluegrass playing on stage with her son, Herman. Sure hope all of the mothers (and mother figures) out there were able to enjoy their day!
Songs specifically for or about mothers were not the only ones on the playlist, though. We shared a bit of newer music from a few different recordings by the Special Consensus, Detour, Darren Nicholson, the Seldom Scene, Bradford Lee Folk & the Bluegrass Playboys, BearTracks, and Feller & Hill. In addition, there was a little bit of music from some New England performers, including the aforementioned Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers and White Mountain Bluegrass, as well as Traver Hollow, GrassRoutes, the Case Brothers, ShoreGrass, and the Bear Bridge Band.
With UConn Commencement today, the WHUS Summer Schedule is now in effect. While the new schedule will soon be posted on our website (www.whus.org), please know that if you're looking to hear Red Rooster Party, you can find it on Saturdays, 3-5PM and James & Cathy Ward's Bluegrass Rules program airs on Tuesday afternoons from 2-4PM.
Have yourselves a wonderful week, and be sure to join Jim in the Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday afternoon!
Amy
SONG / TITLE / ALBUM / LABEL [requests are RED]
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- God Bless Her, 'Cause She Is My Mother / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
- Mama's Angels / Rhonda Vincent / A Dream Come True / Rebel
- Listen To Me Mother / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
- I Know Whose Tears / Mike Compton & Joe Newberry / Live / Self-Produced
- Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
- Medals For Mothers / IIIrd Tyme Out / Back To The Mac / Rounder
- Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
- Dear Old Mother / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
- Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
- Momma's Flowers / Justin Carbone [Myrna Riquier] / Momma's Flowers / Self-Produced
- Mama Don't Allow / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
- Always Be Kind To Your Mother / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
- Mama's Flowers / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
- There's A Mother Always Waiting At Home / David Peterson / Simplicity / Self-Produced
- Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
- I Was Dreaming Of A Little Cabin / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
- Are You Coming Back To Me / Bill Harrell with Mac Wiseman / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
- Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
- Headin' South / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
- Follow The Leader / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
- Hummingbird / ShoreGrass / Hummingbird / Self-Produced
- Eagles And Horses / Special Consensus / Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute To John Denver / Compass Records
- Too Blue To Have The Blues / Detour / Going Nowhere Fast / Mountain Fever Records
- Sugar Creek Gap / Darren Nicholson / Things Left Undone / Self-Produced
- Lula Wall / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records
- Hey Baby / Feller & Hill / Here Come Feller & Hill...Again! / Blue Circle Records
- Trains Don't Lie / Bradford Lee Folk & the Bluegrass Playboys / Somewhere Far Away / Self-Produced
- Ta Ta, The Brushoff / BearTracks / Makin' New Tracks / Self-Produced
- The Ballad Of Buck And Don / Feller & Hill / Here Come Feller & Hill...Again! / Blue Circle Records
- Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
- Your Old Standby / GrassRoutes / Bailey's Deal / Self-Produced
- Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
- That Beautiful Picture / Case Brothers / Radio Album / Self-Produced
- Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
- Feeling Blue / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
- You Ain't Woman Enough / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
- I'll Be No Stranger There / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways
- Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
- Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
- Mother Prays Loud In Her Sleep / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
- I Wouldn't Take Nothin' For My Journey Now / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
- Mother's Footsteps Guide Me / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years / 1958-1961 / Gusto
- My Mother's Bible / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
- The Way, The Truth, The Light / Sideline / Session 1 / Mountain Fever Records
- The Angels Rejoiced Last Night / Louvin Brothers / My Baby's Gone, 1955-1964 / Raven
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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