Playlist - 5/4/2014

Hi Folks!

In a major change from the norm, the UCONN baseball game ended early giving us close to an extra half-hour of bluegrass instead of a preemption.  We'll take it!

Newer music on this program included selections from Nitro Ride, Alex Leach, Feller & Hill, Del McCoury, James King, Don Rigsby, Constant Change, Scott Brannon, Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins, a brand new album from Danny Roberts, a new single from Clinton Gregory, and Rhonda Vincent.

The rarity on this show was both sides of a single "by" Cager Farler and His Southern Mountain Boys which may have actually been Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, and Roy Lee Centers.

The Heritage Corner brought forth bluegrass music performed at the Newport Folk Festival from the period 1959-1966, plus we heard music from The Foot Hill Boys, Buzz Busby, Dave Evans, The Wilson Brothers, and Carl Story.

Lonesome Lester Armistead

We had a sad but joyous remembrance of Lonesome Lester Armistead by hearing his soaring Os-like harmonies on some tracks from the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band and Leroy Troy.  Lester left us May 2nd.

James Alan Shelton

We also recognized the significant contributions of James Alan Shelton on the cross-picked Shuffler-style of guitar picking by playing many of his recordings.  James recently got some bad health news and we are all wishing him all the best.

Amy will be with you next Sunday when the new summer schedule kicks in, and we expect Bluegrass Cafe to hold down the usual spot on Sunday afternoons on WHUS.  Tune in for some more great bluegrass!

Jim Beaver

Artist / Title / Album / Label

• Pine Creek / Shenandoah Breakdown / Private recording / NA
• Open Road / Cold Wind (On Fletcher Hill) / Cold Wind / Rounder
• The Johnson Mountain Boys / I'm Still to Blame / Working Close / Rounder
• Nitro Ride / How Mountain Girls Can Love / Carrying the Tradition / Self Released
• Hylo Brown and The Timberliners with Earl Scruggs / The Prisoner Song / Newport Folk Festival Best Of Bluegrass 1959-1966 / Vanguard
• The Lilly Brothers with Don Stover and Tex Logan / Little Annie / Newport Folk Festival Best Of Bluegrass 1959-1966 / Vanguard
• The Stanley Brothers / Choo Choo Coming / Newport Folk Festival Best Of Bluegrass 1959-1966 / Vanguard
• Bill Monroe / Walls Of Time / Newport Folk Festival Best Of Bluegrass 1959-1966 / Vanguard
• Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / Will You Be Lonesome Too? / Newport Folk Festival Best Of Bluegrass 1959-1966 / Vanguard
• Johnson Mountain Boys / Sugarloaf Mountain Special / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Feller & Hill / Tired of Losing You / Here Come Feller and Hill...Again! / Blue Circle
• Del McCoury Band / Blues Rollin' In / The Streets of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Danny Lee Davis / Trust Each Others Trust / Coal Black Rock / Self-released
• James King / Talkin' To The Wall / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• Don Rigsby / Little Maggie / Doctor's Orders: A Tribute to Ralph Stanley / Rebel
• The Foot Hill Boys / No Letter In The Mail / Bluegrass From The Carolina Mountains / County Records
• Constant Change / Rhythm of the Wheels / Evolving / Blue Circle
• Scott Brannon / Your Old Standby / Your Old Standby / Patuxent Music
• Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins / Wild Mountain Honey / Hall of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• The Spinney Brothers / Louisville Woman / No Borders / Mountain Fever
• Danny Roberts / Big Stone Gap / Nighthawk / Mountain Home
• Al Wood & The Smokey Ridge Boys / Used To Own This Train / A Bluegrass Classic / Self-released
• Sammy Adkins & the Sandy Hook Mountain Boys / Darlin' Nelley Gray / Tribute To Keith Whitley / Crosscut
• Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Cager Farler & The Sourthern Mountain Boys / Live And Let Live / 45 Single / Big Whiz
• Buzz Busby / Where Will This End / Going Home / Starday
• Cager Farler & The Southern Mountain Boys / Orange Blossom Special / 45 Single / Big Whiz
• The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Sick, Sober & Sorry / Screams from the Holler / Spring Fed Records
• Leroy Troy / Bald Knob Arkansas / The Old Grey Mare / Rounder
• The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Down in Union County / Screams from the Holler / Spring Fed
• Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Old Swingin Bridge / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Brandywine Valley / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Carlene Carter / I'll Be All Smiles Tonight / Carter Girl / Rounder
• Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / I Overlooked An Orchid / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• James Alan Shelton / Road To Coeburn / Road To Coeburn / Copper Creek
• The Dillards / Hickory Hollow / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• Rhonda Vincent w. Daryle Singletary / (We Must Have Been) Out of Our Minds / Only Me / Upper Management
• James Alan Shelton / Sugarfoot Rag / Guitar Tracks / Copper Creek
• Bill Emerson / Dancin' Annie / Dancin' Annie / Rural Rhythm
• Windy Hill / Just to See Who's in My Place / Lonesome Garbage Man / Windy Hill
• Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• James Alan Shelton / Hard Times Come Again No More / Walking Down The Line / Sheltone Records
• David Peterson / Sweet Allis Chalmers / Simplicity / Self Released
• James Alan Shelton / Tom's Creek / Road To Coeburn / Copper Creek
• James Alan Shelton / Sunny Side of The Mountain / Road To Coeburn / Copper Creek
• James Alan Shelton / Five-String Drag / Road To Coeburn / Copper Creek
• James Alan Shelton / Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Road To Coeburn / Copper Creek
• Turning Ground / Bluegrass Music / March 2, 2012 / Self-released
• Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Clinton Gregory / Where The Sun Never Shines / Single / Melody Roundup
• The Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm
• Dave Evans / Whitehouse Blues / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• The Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / One More Ride / Open Road
• Rhonda Vincent / Good News / Sings Songs From The House With The Red Light / Upper Management
• Special Consensus / Get Up Peter (And Put Your Sandals On) / Green Rolling Hills / Turquoise
• The Harper Family / A Portion Of His Love / Through It All / Pisgah Ridge
• Molly O'Day / Living The Right Life / Living Legend Of Country Music / Gusto
• James Alan Shelton / Little Rosewood Casket / Gospel Guitar / Sheltone Records
• Johnny Jackson Band / Little White Church In The Valley / Dust On the Altar / Self-released
• The Wilson Brothers / Heavenly Highway / Lonesome Old Home / Crosscut
• Carl Story / Mighty Close To Heaven / Complete Atteiram Collection / Gusto
• The Easter Brothers / The Lost Sheep / I'd Do It All Over Again / Pisgah Ridge
• The Chuck Wagon Gang / Springtime In Heaven / America's Most Popular Family Quartet / Cattle
• Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking In A Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released