"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/8/2014 (plus, a fill-in playlist from June 6th)

Sunday afternoon in eastern Connecticut featured an absolutely gorgeous blue sky and temperatures in the 80s.  In short, it was perfect festival weather!  Still, we couldn't be outside and still do the radio show (not to mention that there was no outdoor Bluegrass festival that we knew of in the area), so we featured some music from folks who'll be performing at a few upcoming New England festivals, including the wonderful Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in Tunbridge, Vermont (June 26-29), as well as two festivals in Connecticut:  a smaller event featuring regional bands at Mineral Springs Family Campground in Stafford Springs (July 4-5) and the return of the Podunk Bluegrass Festival in its new home in Hebron (August 7-9).  Get out and support Bluegrass music this summer at a festival near you!

A Hundred Years From Now...folks will be
celebrating the 200th birthday of Lester Flatt!

Another feature of Sunday afternoon's show included several songs from the Lester Flatt songbook -- both classic Bluegrass songs he wrote, as well as songs he performed either as a member of Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, or during his partnership with Earl Scruggs, or fronting the Nashville Grass.  As June 19th marks the 100-year anniversary of the birth of a true Bluegrass legend, it seems only appropriate to share as much of Lester Flatt's music as we can.  I'll continue to do my part...especially during this centennial month.  

We also remembered James Alan Shelton, who lost a brief battle with pancreatic cancer earlier this week.  This super-talented guitarist was only 52 years old, but, by all accounts, he was able to experience his dream job for the last twenty years by being the lead guitarist and road manager for Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys.  

While Jim played a track from the new Balsam Range recording last week, on Sunday's show, we played a few more selections from their latest project on Mountain Home, "Five."  This CD is bound to please the band's many fans, and you can bet you'll be hearing lots more of it during future weeks of Bluegrass Cafe.  

Following the playlist for this week's Bluegrass Cafe, I've included a playlist for a mostly classic country fill-in I did on Friday morning, June 6th.  As there was a tiny bit of Bluegrass showcased during that three-hour fill-in show, it may be of interest to take a look.  

Have yourself a delightful week, and be sure to join Jim once more in next Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe!

Amy


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• My Little Girl In Tennessee / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• The Old Home Town / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder
• Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Is It Too Late Now? / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  A Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Head Over Heels / BearTracks / Makin' New Tracks / Self-Produced
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• When You Are Lonely / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• We Can't Be Darlings Anymore / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• When I Get My Pay / The Grascals / When I Get My Pay / Mountain Home
• Old Rusty Gate / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Old Rusty Gate / Rebel
• Thanks For The Trip To Paradise / Jim & Jesse McReynolds / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Banjo Special / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Ida Red / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• The River / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder
• Leavin's Heavy On My Mind / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• Tom's Creek / James Alan Shelton / Road To Coeburn / Copper Creek
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Live At McCabe's Guitar Shop / DCN
• I Saw The Light / James Alan Shelton / Road To Coeburn / Copper Creek
• Rank Strangers To Me / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Live At McCabe's Guitar Shop / DCN
• Pike County Jail / Dave Adkins / Nothing To Lose / Mountain Fever Records
• Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad / Donna Ulisse / Showin' My Roots / Hadley Music Group
• Talk Is Cheap / Blue Highway / The Game / Rounder
• Dirt Roads / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Raincoe Music
• Monday Blues / Balsam Range / Five / Mountain Home
• Don't Watch Those Tears / Balsam Range / Five / Mountain Home
• Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold) / Balsam Range / Five / Mountain Home
• The Girl I Left Behind Me / Frank Wakefield, Taylor Baker & Friends / Frank Wakefield, Taylor Baker & Friends / Patuxent Music
• All I Was To You / NewTown / Time Machine / Pisgah Ridge
• Going On Home / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Sing Me A Song About Jesus / Mountain Home
• Comin' On Strong / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In Ma / Rounder
• Little Annie / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots, 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
• The Darker The Night, The Better I See / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
• Big Sciota / Randy Jones / When Old Lonesome Comes Around / Self-Produced
• Freight Train Boogie / BluesGrass / BluesGrass / Self-Produced
• I Was Left On The Street / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• Old Hickory Cane / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• You Took All The Ramblin' Out Of Me / The Boxcars / It's Just A Road / Mountain Home
• He's Coming Back To Earth Again / Feller & Hill / Here Come Feller & Hill...Again! / Blue Circle Records
• Lord Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross / Red Feather
• Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• On The Sunny Side Of Life / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• Stacking Up The Rocks / Balsam Range / Five / Mountain Home
• So Happy I'll Be / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder
• Old Roman Soldier / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• You Are My Sunshine / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder

CLASSIC COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS FILL-IN - FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014

• Green Mountain Hop / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Five String Rag / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Flint Hill Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Blue Yodel #4 / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Blue Ranger / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• It Makes No Difference Now / Gene Autry / The Golden Age / Columbia
• I'm Walkin' The Floor Over You / Ernest Tubb / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• Don't Let That Man Get You Down / Texas Ruby / The Golden Age / Columbia
• A Mansion On The Hill / Hank Williams / 40 Greatest Hits / Mercury
• New San Antonio Rose / Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Wabash Cannonball / Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Wait For The Light To Shine / Louvin Brothers / Louvin Brothers Sing The Great Roy Acuff Songs / Gusto
• I Couldn't Believe It Was True / Roy Acuff / The Prodigal Son / Country Stars
• The Precious Jewel / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Barnyard Frolic / RME Records
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Stuck-Up Blues / Louvin Brothers / Louvin Brothers Sing The Great Roy Acuff Songs / Gusto
• Wreck On The Highway / Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Fox Chase Medley / Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys / Nashville At Newport / Vanguard
• I Wash My Hands In Muddy Water / Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys / Nashville At Newport / Vanguard
• Big River / Johnny Cash / Nashville At Newport / Vanguard
• Loose Talk / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
• The Race Is On / Norma Jean / Country Girls Sing Country Songs / RCA Camden
• The Window Up Above / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic Legacy
• I'm Gonna Love You One More Time / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Sugar In The Gourd / Kitty Wells Show / The Kitty Wells Show / Decca
• You Left Your Mark On Me / Kitty Wells / The Kitty Wells Show / Decca
• It's All Over (But The Crying) / Kitty Wells / The Kitty Wells Show / Decca
• These Boots Are Made For Walkin' / Paul Yandell / The Kitty Wells Show / Decca
• Soldier's Joy / James Alan Shelton / Walking Down The Line / Sheltone Records
• Old Time Pickin' / James Alan Shelton / Clinch Mountain Guitar / Zap
• North Fork Of The Holston / James Alan Shelton / Song For Greta / Rebel
• The Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line / Waylon Jennings / The Early Years / BMG
• Hold Everything (Till I Get Home) / Red Sovine / Greatest Hits / Varese Sarabande
• Stand At Your Window / Jim Reeves / RCA Country Legends / BMG
• Nobody But A Fool (Would Love You) / Connie Smith / The Essential Connie Smith / BMG
• Much Too Young To Die / Ray Price / I'll Be There:  The Legend Begins / Country Stars
• Your Squaw Is On The Warpath / Loretta Lynn / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
• They're Tearing The Labor Camps Down / Merle Haggard / Vintage Collections / Capitol
• The Class Of '57 / Statler Brothers / Country Music Then And Now / Mercury
• Sweethearts In Heaven / Buck Owens with Rose Maddox / On The Bandstand / Sundazed
• In The Summertime / Roger Miller / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• They Call The Wind Maria / The Browns / The Essential Jim Ed Brown & the Browns / RCA
• A Wound Time Can't Erase / Stonewall Jackson / The Nashville Sound / Columbia
• Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad / Tammy Wynette / Classic Country:  The Sixties Legends / Columbia
• Ribbon Of Darkness / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life:  The Best Of Marty Robbins / Columbia Legacy
• The Garden Spot Jingle / Hank Williams / The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 / Omnivore Recordings
• Mind Your Own Business / Hank Williams / The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 / Omnivore Recordings
• Lovesick Blues / Hank Williams / The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 / Omnivore Recordings
• Fiddle Tune / Hank Williams / The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 / Omnivore Recordings
• At The First Fall Of Snow / Hank Williams / The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 / Omnivore Recordings
• Closing/Oh! Susanna / Hank Williams / The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 / Omnivore Recordings
• With Love From Normandy / Cedar Hill / I've Got A Thing About Doors / Blue Circle Records
• It'll Be Me / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / The Cheer Of The Home Fires / Rounder
• My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• Streets Of Baltimore / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• You're For Me / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy Records
• Farewell Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records