Radiothon 2015 wrap-up & playlist - 4/19/2015

Jim demonstrates the 50-LP
capacity and sturdiness of the WHUS
Radiothon tote

Another Radiothon has come and gone at WHUS, and we're delighted to tell you that with your wonderful support, we were able to raise right around $2,000 for WHUS during our two weeks of fundraising!  Thanks so much for your kind and generous contributions!  

As always, we need to extend our thanks to some fine record labels who gave us a whole lot of support during Radiothon.  For their top-notch contributions, we thank Mountain Fever Records, Mountain Home, Patuxent Music, Rebel Records, and Rounder Records.  An informal poll of our most popular music premium requests seems to point to the Gibson Brothers' "Brotherhood" being the most popular title.  That hardly seems too surprising to us...

While we generally limited our playlist to selections from the premiums available for Radiothon this year, we also included a whole bunch of songs form a 20-year-old-but-still-wonderful collection from Rebel Records celebrating their 30th anniversary as a record label ("Rebel Records--35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass").  In fact, we gave away a copy of that 4-CD box set, as well as a copy of Phil Zimmerman's delightful photo book called Bluegrass Time, as part of a special drawing at the end of Radiothon.  The winner's name was drawn from all of the names of folks who had made a pledge during Bluegrass Cafe for Radiothon this year.  

All three phones busy during Radiothon Week #1

Once again, we need to thank our fabulous phone operators for 2015:  Cathy Ward, Clyde Proch, Scott Farrar, and Eleanor Orlomoski.  Even our fellow long-time WHUS broadcaster, John Veseskis, was able to help us a bit -- big THANKS to all of them!

We strayed from the Radiothon selections for a few minutes on Sunday afternoon by playing songs from some recently released (or soon-to-be-released) recordings.  Among those selections came music from Big Country Bluegrass, Ronnie Reno, Cedar Hill, Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle, and Feller & Hill.  We also heard new music from two New England performers:  the first CD from a Massachusetts banjo picker, Michelle Canning, and a track from the forthcoming debut project from Bear Minimum (an offshoot of the Bear Bridge Band).  

Next Sunday's show will feature LOTS of music and very little talk.  Hope you'll consider joining us following the UConn Baseball broadcast on Sunday afternoon.

Amy


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Amelia Earhart / Country Gentlemen / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Cold Wind / Roy McMillan / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin' / Traditional Grass / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Bye Bye Love / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• That Was Then, This Is Now / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Gonna Catch A Train / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Paddy From The Turnpike / Don Bryant / The Patuxent Banjo Project / Patuxent Music
• Purple Creek / Casey Henry / The Patuxent Banjo Project / Patuxent Music
• Letters Have No Arms / Flatt Lonesome / Too / Mountain Home
• Bonnie Brown / Lonesome River Band / Too / Mountain Home
• I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall / If I Had A Boat / Rebel
• Cut The Rope / Adkins & Loudermilk / Adkins & Loudermilk / Mountain Fever Records
• Dream Softly / Volume Five / Voices / Mountain Fever Records
• Weep And Cry / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / In Session / Mountain Home
• Tennessee Flat Top Box / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Snapshots / Mountain Home
• Poca River Blues / Billy Hurt, Jr. / Fiddlin' Billy Hurt / Patuxent Music
• Used To Be / Larry Rice / If You Only Knew... / Rebel
• Little Laura Mae / Hammertowne / Highways & Heartaches / Mountain Fever Records
• The Bluefield West Virginia Blues / Big Country Bluegrass / Country Livin' / Rebel
• Sweet Rosa Lee / Ronnie Reno / Lessons Learned / Rural Rhythm
• They Don't Make Girls Like Ruby Anymore / Cedar Hill / Miss Dixie, Tom T., And Me / Self-Produced
• Leaving Crazytown / Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle / Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle / Rural Rhythm
• Little Community Church / Feller & Hill / I Firmly Promise You / Tommy Hillpicker Records
• The Blues Ain't Workin' On Me / Michelle Canning with Rhonda Vincent / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Self-Produced
• The Rock Pile / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Mandolin Twist / Buzz Busby / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Heart & Soul / Gillis Brothers / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Maple On The Hill / Ralph Stanley / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Hillbilly Fever / Monroe Fields with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys / 1950s-60s Broadcasts / Patuxent Music
• Treasure Of Love / Monroe Fields with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys / 1950-60s Broadcasts / Patuxent Music
• I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do / Red Allen, Frank Wakefield & the Kentuckians / The WDON Recordings, 1963 / Patuxent Music
• Red Apple Rag / Red Allen, Frank Wakefield & the Kentuckians / The WDON Recordings, 1963 / Patuxent Music
• Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• The Sweetest Gift / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Roll On Big Mama / The Grascals / When I Get My Pay / Mountain Home
• Frost On The Bluegrass / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Trouble Follows Me / Rebel
• Thank God For The Highways / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Farewell Blues / Kevin Church / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Patuxent Music