Playlist - 5/3/2015

Hi Folks,

While uconn baseball preempted most of the Red Rooster Party, we took advantage of the last half-hour left over for that show to extend Bluegrass Cafe to a 3-1/2 hour show.

Since this was my first post-Radiothon show (by the way, thank you very much for the tremendous support!), I let loose with a bucket full of rarities from my personal collection as well as a handful of newer releases.

The new included a brand new re-release of an old J. E. Mainer album -- the fourth in a series of 20 -- recorded in 1968 on the Rural Rhythm label.  We also heard a new release of some older live performances of Jimmy Martin.  In the real new category we heard music from both Christopher Henry and Laura Orshaw.  We introduced a new track from the upcoming fifth album from The South Carolina Broadcasters as well as a track from their out-of-print first album.


Other recent music included cuts from Larry Gillis, The Gibson Brothers, Becky Buller, Breaking Grass, Fiddlin' Billy Hurt, Marteka & William, Tommy Brown, Doyle Lawson, The Spinney Brothers, Mountain Faith, Johnny Williams, and Larry Sparks.


I admit to going a little crazy with our Heritage Corner on this show with a great selection of classic vinyl LPs, 45s, and classic reissues.  We reached back to hear music from The Dillards, Buzz Busby, Larry Richardson, Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, Don Stover, Bob Paisley, Earl Taylor, The Border Mountain Boys, The Mountain Ramblers, Wade Ward, Don Reno & Bill Harrell, Rusty York, The Kelleys, and electrifying gospel from Early Upchurch, Ray Baker, J. D. Jarvis, Landon Messer, Chief Powatan, Carl Story, and The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover. 


Amy will be with you next Sunday to make the banjos and fiddles ring, so join her for some great bluegrass.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Disk / Label

• The Dillards / Watermelon on the Vine / Early Recordings - 1959 / Varèse Sarabande
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Bummin' an Old Freight Train / A Thousand Miles Away from Home / Stripe Records
• J. E. Mainer / Shoo Fly / The Legendary J.E. Mainer Volume 4 / Rural Rhythm
• Jackson & Stiltner / Truck Driver's Queen / Tribute To Bill Napier / Self Released
• Don Stover / White Oak Breakdown / Things in Life / Rounder
• Buzz Busby / Lonesome Wind / Going Home / Starday
• Red Allen, Frank Wakefield & the Kentuckians / Pistol Packin' Mama / The WDON Recordings-1963 / Patuxent
• Larry Richardson & Red Barker and the Blue Ridge Boys / Let Me Fall / Larry Richardson & Red Barker and the Blue Ridge Boys / Old Blue
• Osborne Brothers / Rocky Top / Bluegrass Then & Now / CMH
• Buzz Busby / Banjo Whiz / Going Home / Starday
• Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / Cardboard Mansions / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Sunny Side of the Mountain (Live 1969) / Live '69 & '71 / Rockbeat Records
• Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Tennessee (Live 1969) / Live '69 & '71 / Rockbeat Records
• Christopher Henry / Miss Missin' You / I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Self Released
• Larry Gillis / Swamp Leach / Swamp Folk / Tin Man
• Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / Give Me Time to Think It Over / She Left Me Standing On a Mountain / Blue Circle
• Earl Taylor & The Stony Mountain Boys / Tragic Romance / Body & Soul / Vetco
• Border Mountain Boys / Home With The Blues / Bluegrass On The Mountain / Homestead
• The Gibson Brothers / How Mountain Girls Can Love / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Stringbean / Run, Little Rabbit, Run / Hee Haw Corn Shucker / Starday Records
• Buckstankle Boys / Benton's Dream / In The Field Behind The Stage / Old Blue
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Tell Me Truly Little Darling / Pre-release single / unk
• Red Allen, Frank Wakefield, Kenny Kosek, Don Stover, et.al / Sweet Love Ain't Around / Red Allen and Friends / Red Clay
• Wade Ward / Chilly Winds / Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic
• The Mountain Ramblers / The Old Hickory Cane / Blue Ridge Mountain Music / Atlantic
• Becky Buller / Southern Flavor / 'Tween Earth And Sky / Dark Shadow
• Mountain Faith / Feelin' Blue / Blue / Mountain Fever
• Alex Leach / Bowling Green / Mountain Heartache / Self Released
• Detour / Too Blue To Have the Blues / Going Nowhere Fast / Mountain Fever
• Don Reno & Bill Harrell / Yellow Pages / 45 RPM Single / Derby Town
• Rusty York & The Kentucky Mountian Boys / Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy to Me / Early Bluegrass / Jewel
• The Kelleys / Devil's Little Angel / 45 RPM Single / Republic
• Rusty York & The Kentucky Mountain Boys / Little Rosewood Casket / Early Bluegrass / Jewel
• Laura Orshaw / The Cotton Farmer / Songs of Lost Yesterdays / Laura Orshaw
• Charlie Moore / Rebel Soldier / Charlie Moore Sings Again - Gone But Not Forgotten / Wango
• Breaking Grass / Old Willow Tree / Just As Strong / Mountain Fever
• Gillis Brothers / Theme, New River Train, Twenty-One Years / Radio Series Volume Five / Wango
• Don Stover & Friends / New Deep River Blues / My Blue Ridge Memories / White Oak
• Don Stover & Friends / Six Months Ain't Long / My Blue Ridge Memories / White Oak
• Don Reno / Freight Train Boogie / Family & Friends / Kaleidoscope
• Billy Hurt /  Jr. / Richmond Polka / Fiddlin' Billy Hurt / Patuxent Music
• Marteka & William / Over Yonder Stands Little Maggie / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-Produced
• The Spinney Brothers / Sweet Hazel Moore / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• Buddy Merriam / Extra Special / Back Roads Mandolin / Lily Pad Records
• Buddy Merriam / Batchin' It / Back Roads Mandolin / Lily Pad Records
• Buddy Merriam / Devine Time / Back Roads Mandolin / Lily Pad Records
• Don Reno & Red Smiley / Don't Stop Now / On Stage / Copper Creek
• Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass / Half Moon Bay / Leaving This Town / Randm
• White Mountain Bluegrass / Beautiful Woman / Ice Covered Birches / Fishtraks
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roll Big River / In Session / Mountain Home
• Johnny Williams / What You Gonna Do / Going My Way / Mountain Roads
• Larry Sparks / Bitterweeds / Lonesome and Then Some: A Classic 50th Celebration / Rebel
• Early Upchurch / It's Alright / 45 RPM Single / ARC
• Christopher Henry / I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Self Released
• Landon Messer & Harold Brewer with Boone Estep & The Rambling Grass / Lord Don't Leave Me Here / Sacred Songs / Old Homestead
• Carl Story And His Ramblin' Mountaineers / He Ran / There's Nothing On Earth Heaven Can't Cure / Starday
• Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Will You Meet Me Over Yonder / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
• Ray Baker with The Happy Travelers / Born To Die / 45 RPM Single / Alcar
• J. D. Jarvis / I'm Going To Wake Up In Glory / Thank God For Old Glory / Vetco
• The Bluegrass Band / I'm Working on a Road to Gloryland / Shine Hallelujah Shine Vol. 2 / Hay Holler Records
• Nathan Stanley / Calling My Children Home / The Legacy Continues / Self-released
• The Stanley Brothers / Jacob's Vision / The Early Starday-King Years / Highland
• Chief Powatan & His Bluegrass Braves / Are You Washed In The Blood / Mountain Laurel Bluegrass Memories / Mountain Laurel
• Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released