"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/10/2015

Happy Mother's Day to Eleanor Orlomoski --
and to ALL wonderful mothers!

Sunday was a day to celebrate both mothers and new college graduates at the University of Connecticut.  While there aren't any songs (that we know about) to celebrate those who fall in the latter category, we sure found bunches and bunches of songs about mother to play on the ol' radio.  Hope you enjoyed 'em -- and that you were able to enjoy your Sunday with family and friends!

In addition to mother songs on Sunday, we remembered two Country Music legends who would have celebrated their birthdays this past weekend:  Hank Snow (born May 9, 1914) and Mother Maybelle Carter (born May 10, 1909). In the case of Hank, we played the well-known medley of a few of his songs from the Country Gentlemen, as well as a couple of Bluegrass covers of songs by the Singing Ranger.  As far Maybelle, we included two songs written in tribute about her, as well as the absolutely legendary original track of "Wildwood Flower," circa 1928ish.  

We just couldn't forget the duo of Johnnie & Jack this week, either.  Johnnie

Johnnie & Jack -
looks like a Bluegrass band to me!

Wright and Jack Anglin were singing partners for many years and were, in fact, brothers-in-law.  They also happened to share a birthday:  May 13th.  Johnnie was born that day in 1914; Jack on that same day in 1916.  Again, these two may not have been considered "Bluegrass" as that term just didn't exist when they were working.  However, if Johnnie & Jack were starting out today with their Tennessee Mountain Boys, they would certainly be a Bluegrass band.  Delightful.  

The emphasis today wasn't so much on "new" Bluegrass, but we still played a little bit of it from the likes of John Curtis Goad, Springfield Exit, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, the Spinney Brothers, Volume Five, Michelle Canning, and the Gibson Brothers. 

Hope you enjoyed a relaxing Mother's Day, and that you'll be sure to join us once again next Sunday for another Bluegrass Cafe!

Enjoy the week!

Amy


SONG / PERFORMER / 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
• Hand That Rocks The Cradle / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Mama's Rocking Chair / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• Mama Don't Allow / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• Hank Snow Medley / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• A Fool Such As I / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced
• The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Close By / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records
• The Last Log Drive / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah
• Hard Times In Kentucky / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Oh So Many Years / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / Self-Produced
• Angeline The Baker / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder
• Regina / John Curtis Goad / single / Self-Produced
• I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury / High, Lonesome And Blue / Rounder
• Honky-Tonked To Death / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Trouble Follows Me / Rebel
• Hello City Limits / Michael Cleveland with Jeff White / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Follow Me Back To The Fold / Mark Newton / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• Sing Me A Carter Family Song / Dennis Cash / A Carter Family Song / Blue Circle Records
• Wildwood Flower / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Sweeping Through The Gate / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• Johnny & Jack Medley / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wellls At KWKH / Bear Family
• Momma's Flowers / Myrna Riquier (Justin Carbone) / Momma's Flowers / Natchaug Music
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Coat Of Many Colors / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• When The Bloom Is Off The Rose / Rhonda Vincent with Sally Berry & Tensel Sandker / Taken / Upper Management Music
• Sweet Hazel Moore / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Down By The River / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Colder And Colder / Volume Five / Voices / Mountain Fever Records
• Breaking Up Is Hard To Do / Michelle Canning / The Serpent And The Flower / Self-Produced
• Each Season Changes You / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• My Mother's Bible / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• The Way, The Truth, The Light / Sideline / Session 1 / Mountain Fever Records
• Rank Strangers / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish
• Shake Hands With Mother Again / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
• A Vision Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• Jesus Gave Me Water / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Goodbye / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / This World Is Not My Home / MME
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder