"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/13/2015

As one would expect on the 104th birthday of Bill Monroe -- the Father of Bluegrass -- Sunday's radio program was pretty much Monroe-centric.  Bill Monroe's influence continues to be felt nearly twenty years after his passing, and there probably doesn't exist a Bluegrass band who hasn't either recorded or performed a Monroe song at some point during their existence.  Amazing...and as it should be.  

Traver Hollow at Winterhawk 1983 (Paul Harvey is on the far right)

Between the Bill Monroe songs, we remembered a wonderful New England Bluegrass musician and songwriter who recently passed away:  Paul Harvey of the Connecticut band, Traver Hollow.  When I first started attending Bluegrass festivals and shows in the early 1980s, Traver Hollow was one of the bands who appeared on just about every show.  They were neatly-dressed, talented, and performed a good combination of Bluegrass standards and original numbers, most of them penned by Paul Harvey.  For those who enjoy trivia, Traver Hollow also happened to be the first very Bluegrass band who appeared on primetime television in Denmark.  How's that for a distinction?  If you remember Traver Hollow from their heyday, or if you just would like to hear a fine, traditional young band, watch this broadcast from the Denmark show from 1987:

There were also a few new songs from recordings recently received at WHUS, including selections from Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie, and Flatt Lonesome.  We also observed National Grandparents Day with songs about Grandpa and Grandma from BearTracks, the Seldom Scene, Springfield Exit, and the Gibson Brothers.

Be sure to join Jim for next Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, won't you?  Have a good week!

Amy


PERFORMER / SONG / ALBUM / LABEL [Request is RED; Bill Monroe songs are BLUE]

• Del McCoury Band / Katy Hill / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Uncle Pen / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / I Hope You Have Learned / The King And The Father / MME
• Rhonda Vincent / Is The Grass Any Bluer / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Spinney Brothers / My Music Comes From Bill / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Come Back To Me In My Dreams / Once And For Always/The News Is Out / Sugar Hill
• Frank Wakefield / Bluegrass Breakdown / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent Music
• Tony Rice / On And On / Tony Rice Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Warrior River Boys / Farewell To Long Hollow / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Becky Buller / Southern Flavor / 'Tween Earth & Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• Traver Hollow / Where Is The Love / By Request / Self-Produced
• Traver Hollow / Teardrops Are Falling In The Snow / 25 Years Of Strictly Country Magazine / Strictly Country
• Traver Hollow / Rose Of My Heart / By Request / Self-Produced
• Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Brown County Red / It's About Tyme / Break A String
• Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / The Gospel Side Of Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Rural Rhythm
• Flatt Lonesome / You'll Pay / Runaway Train / Mountain Home
• Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / River Bottom / It's About Tyme / Break A String
• Country Gentlemen / Riverboat Fantasy / The Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain / Windy Mountain / Bluegrass Blues / Hay Holler
• Hazel Dickens / You'll Get No More Of Me / It's Hard To Tell The Singer From The Song / Rounder
• Gibson Brothers / Each Season Changes You / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Gibson Brothers / I Have Found The Way / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Muleskinner / Roanoke / A Potpourri Of Bluegrass Jam / Sierra Records
• Johnson Mountain Boys / With Body And Soul / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / In Despair / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• BearTracks / A Grandmother's Love / Rough Edges / AMT Records
• Seldom Scene / Grandpa Get Your Guitar / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Springfield Exit / Grandma's Gift / Springfield Exit / Cracker Barrel
• Gibson Brothers / Arleigh / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Big Country Bluegrass / My Lonely Heart / Country Livin' / Rebel
• Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Miss Molly / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• Reno & Smiley / Love, O' Love Please Come Home / Bluegrass, 1963 / Rural Rhythm
• Earls Of Leicester / I'll Go Stepping Too / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Earls Of Leicester / Shuckin' The Corn / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Feinberg Brothers / I Do / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• The Sidemen / Thinkin' About You / The All Night Gang / Rebel
• Roland White Band / I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home / Straight-Ahead Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Spinney Brothers / What A Wonderful Life / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Bear Minimum / Will You Wait For Me / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road 
• Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / That Home Above / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia
• Traver Hollow / Give Me The Roses / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country
• The Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Hay Holler Harvest
• Lou Reid & Carolina / Lord Have Mercy (On My Soul) / 20th Anniversary Concert / Self-Produced [Lou Reid birthday, 9/13/1954]
• Stanley Brothers / Mother's Only Sleeping / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Crowe, Lawson & Williams / Do You Live What You Preach / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home
• Jim & Jesse McReynolds with Bill Monroe / Wicked Path Of Sin / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Lost & Found / Boat Of Love / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Let The Light Shine Down / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records
• Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Grass Twist / Requests / Rounder