"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/29/2015

We had a nearly three-hour long session in the Bluegrass Cafe on Sunday afternoon, and revisited several recordings we (or, at least, I) hadn't heard in quite a long, long time.  Plus, we shared some newer music, and still managed to pay tribute to some of the newest soon-to-be-members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, as well as a Bluegrass birthday celebration of a bona fide Country Music legend.  

This week, the Browns -- Maxine, Bonnie, and Jim Ed Brown -- were announced as members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.  The Browns had some very smooth sibling harmonies, and could never be considered Bluegrass performers by any stretch of the imagination.  However, a little bit of their music has been covered by Bluegrass performers, and we just couldn't pass up the opportunity to share some great Browns music during the program on Sunday.

Not a Bluegrass singer, but a huge influence on
a bunch of 'em -- and his guitar was the subject of
a great J.D. Crowe & the New South song.

To celebrate the birthday of one William Orville Frizzell -- immortalized by the childhood nickname of "Lefty" -- we shared quite a few songs from his great catalog of honky tonk tunes.  Lefty Frizzell was born on March 31, 1928, and like a whole bunch of other Country Music Hall of Famers, a whole bunch of Lefty's records have been covered by Bluegrass performers through the years.  We shared a half-dozen of those songs from Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers, BearTracks, the Country Gentlemen, Tim & Mollie O'Brien, J.D. Crowe & the New South, and the Del McCoury Band.  

There were a couple of Bluegrass performers

Happy Birthday,
Uncle Phil!  

who will celebrate birthdays this week, and we took a few minutes to celebrate them, including Phil Leadbetter (born March 31, 1962) and Cliff Waldron (born April 4, 1941).  Best birthday wishes to them!  

Jim will join you for the Easter Sunday edition of Bluegrass Cafe -- even though we don't yet know if it'll be a sports-shortened show or not.  Either way, sure hope you have a very Happy Easter!

Amy



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky / Rounder
• Western Skies / Hot Rize / When I'm Free / Ten In Hand Records
• Long Haul Truckin' / Big Country Bluegrass / My Old Virginia Home / Hay Holler
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico / Bluegrass Etc. / Bluegrass Etc. / Sierra Records
• Diesel Train / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm
• Tennessee Truck Driving Man / Don Rigsby with Charlie Sizemore / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• I Take The Chance / The Browns / The Complete Hits / Collectors' Choice Music
• Just For Old Times Sake / Rhonda Vincent with Jim Ed Brown / A Dream Come True / Rebel
• Here Today And Gone Tomorrow / Hazel Dickens with the Johnson Mountain Boys / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder
• An Angel With Blue Eyes / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• New Camptown Races / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Letters Have No Arms / Flatt Lonesome / Too / Mountain Home
• I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home / Tony Rice / The Bill Monroe Collection / Rounder
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• 20/20 Vision / Monroe Crossing / Live From Silver Dollar City / Self-Produced
• That Was Then And This Is Now / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• The Big Burnsville Jail / Marty Raybon & Full Circle / The Back Forty / Rural Rhythm
• No More The Moon Shines On Lorena / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody & Their Brother / Swift River Music
• Just Joshin' / Phil Leadbetter with Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes / The Next Move / Pinecastle
• Ice Covered Birches / Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Cliff Waldron / Rebel
• Waiting For You / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Flashback / Rounder
• There's No Room In My Heart For The Blues / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Always Late / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Hot Rize Presents Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Flying Fish
• She's Gone, Gone, Gone / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• I Never Go Around Mirrors / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• I Love You A Thousand Ways / Tim & Mollie O'Brien / Take Me Back / Sugar Hill
• The Long Black Veil / Country Gentlemen / Country Songs, Old And New / Smithsonian Folkways
• If You've Got The Money Honey / Del McCoury Band / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder
• The Court Of Love / Rhonda Vincent / Taken / Upper Management Music
• Miss Molly / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• Fraulein / Crowe, Lawson & Williams / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home
• Next To Nothing / Bluegrass Diamonds / After All These Years / Self-Produced
• My Music Comes From Bill / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• How I Explain About You / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Top Of The World / Michelle Nixon & Drive / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever Records
• In Foggy Old London / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• Palms Of Victory / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• Springtime In Glory / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• The Lord's Last Supper / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Angel At Your Side / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Everything I Wanted Love To Be / Happy Appy Records
• Do You Live What You Preach / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Rounder
• The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Cry From The Cross / Charlie Sizemore / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea