Monday, February 29, 2016

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/28/2016

There was a hint of Spring in the air in eastern Connecticut on Sunday afternoon, so we started the show with songs that were representative of that time of year.  


It was also a banner day to share a whole bunch of brand new music from recordings that have either been recently released or are on the way later in 2016.  These songs come from projects by the Boxcars, Circa Blue, Ron Block, Carolina Blue, the Lonesome River Band, Dave Adkins, the Michael & Jennifer McLain Band, the Kathy Kallick Band, Laurie Lewis & the Hired Hands, and Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass.

Be sure to join Jim for the next Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy




SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL
  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • Home Run Man / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
  • Ah Spring / Chris Thile / Stealing Second / Sugar Hill
  • When Springtime Comes Again / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
  • Saints Go Marching In / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
  • Sun's Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
  • Hillbilly Fever / Monroe Fields with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys / 1950s-60s Broadcasts / Patuxent Music
  • Darling Nellie / Laurie Lewis & the Hired Hands / The Hazel And Alice Sessions / Spruce And Maple Music
  • Separating Hearts / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
  • Shuckin' The Corn / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
  • Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
  • Midnight On The Highway / Hot Rize / Hot Rize / Flying Fish
  • On Whiskey Mountain / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Lonesome Wind Blues / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4 / Rounder
  • My Little Georgia Rose / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys 1954-1957 / JSP Records
  • Willow Creek Dam / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm
  • Mountain Rosa Lee / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
  • Dine-E-O / Terry McGill / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
  • Green Mountain Girl / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
  • I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Merle Haggard & Mac Wiseman / Timeless / Cracker Barrel
  • I Do / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
  • Each Season Changes You / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
  • Thank God For The Highways / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
  • Bergold's Farm / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
  • When The Bluegrass Is Covered With Snow / The Boxcars / Familiar With The Ground / Mountain Home
  • Tripped Stumbled And Fell / Circa Blue / Once Upon A Time / Orange Blossom Records
  • Clinch Mountain Backstep / Ron Block / Hogan's House Of Music / Self-Produced
  • Detroit City / Carolina Blue / Goin' Home Today / Self-Produced
  • Old Swinging Bridge / Lonesome River Band / Bridging The Tradition / Mountain Home
  • Change Her Mind / Dave Adkins / Dave Adkins / Mountain Fever Records
  • This Old Heart / Michael & Jennifer McLain Band / / Self-Produced
  • Raised On Pain / The Boxcars / Familiar With The Ground / Mountain HOme
  • There You Go / Jimmy Gaudreau / Classic J.A.G. / Webco [Johnny Cash born, 2/26/1932]
  • Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [Johnny Cash born, 2/26/1932]
  • Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country [Johnny Cash born, 2/26/1932]
  • Tennessee Flat Top Box / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Snapshots / Mountain Home [Johnny Cash born, 2/26/1932]
  • Hey Porter / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder [Johnny Cash born, 2/26/1932]
  • No School Bus In Heaven / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
  • Monroebilia / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder [Mike Compton born, 2/29/1956]
  • I Haven't Got The Right To Love You / Seldom Scene / The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel [John Duffey born, 3/4/1934]
  • The Blues Ain't Workin' On Me / Michelle Canning with Rhonda Vincent / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
  • Blue Eyed Darling / Bray Brothers with Red Cravens / Prairie Bluegrass / Rounder
  • Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
  • You, You, You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / In Session / Mountain Home
  • I've Got The Moon On My Side / Crowe Brothers / Forty Years Old / Mountain Fever Records
  • Rottweiler Waltz / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
  • Talk To Your Heart / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Weary River / Patuxent Music
  • Foxhounds / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
  • Fill My Way With Love / Doc Watson / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill [Doc Watson born, 3/3/1923]
  • The Lord Will Light The Way / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / The Gospel Side Of Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Rural Rhythm
  • Anchored Safe In The Fold / Cliff Waldron / Old Friends & Memories / Rebel
  • Journey To My Savior's Side / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
  • Heaven / Seldom Scene / The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel
  • Open Up Your Heart (And Let Jesus In) / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
  • I Can Tell You The Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
  • Get In Line Brother / Marty Stuart with Johnny Cash / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
  • Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Monday, February 22, 2016

Playlist - 2/21/2016 - James Stiltner and Don Reno

Hi Folks.

Notes about this show coming soon.  Highlights were the James Stiltner interview and a tribute to Don Reno on what would have been his 90th birthday.

Jim Beaver

Don Reno 90th tribute is blue
James Stiltner interview songs are red


Artist / Song / Album / Label

  • Don Reno & Red Smiley and The Tennessee Cut-Ups / Charlotte Breakdown / 1951-1959 / King
  • Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads 
  • Ralph Stanley & Friends / Ridin' That Midnight Train / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel
  • Charlie Monroe / Penitentiary Blues / The Starday Sessions: 24 Songs (Original Starday Recording) / Starday Records [request]
  • Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Please Don't Honey Please / Weary River / Patuxent Music
  • Don Reno & Red Smiley and The Tennessee Cut-Ups / Barefoot Nellie / 1951-1959 / King
  • The Johnson Mountain Boys / Black Eyed Susie / Requests / Rounder [request]
  • Dan Menzone / Menzone Drive / Menzone Drive / LC Productions
  • Shady Creek / Not Loving Me / The Old Home / Self-released
  • Robert Lester & James Stiltner / Hurley Creek Rag / Grass Country / Self-released
  • The Jackson Brothers & Edd Wolford / Tennessee Cutup Breakdown / Voice of Time: The Ed May Tapes / Self-released
  • The Jackson Brothers & Edd Wolford / Down In The Willow Garden / Voice of Time: The Ed May Tapes / Self-released
  • The Jackson Brothers & Edd Wolford feat. Johnny Jackson / Georgia Buck / Voice of Time: The Ed May Tapes / Self-released
  • The Jackson Brothers & Edd Wolford / Bummin' An Old Freight Train / Voice of Time: The Ed May Tapes / Self-released
  • The Jackson Brothers & Edd Wolford feat. Boone Estep / Going Down This Road Feelin' Bad / Voice of Time: The Ed May Tapes / Self-released
  • The Jackson Brothers & Edd Wolford / Mama Blues / Voice of Time: The Ed May Tapes / Self-released
  • The Jackson Brothers & Edd Wolford / Bluegrass Queen / Voice of Time: The Ed May Tapes / Self-released
  • Don Reno & Red Smiley / Love, Please Come Home / 1959-1963 / King
  • Alex Leach / Miller's Cave / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
  • The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / John Henry / Early Recordings / Rebel
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Haystack Blues / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy
  • Windy Hill / A Fool and His Honey / Lonesome Garbage Man / Windy Hill
  • The Feinberg Brothers / Hi-De Diddle / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
  • The Gillis Brothers / Twenty Two Years / Live / Tinman
  • Greg Blake / Hey Porter / Songs of Heart & Home / Self-released
  • The Grascals / I Like Trains / And Then There's This... / Mountain Home
  • Avery County / Me and the Jukebox / Me & the Jukebox / Self-released
  • The Country Gentlemen / The Hills and Home / High Lonesome / 
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / The Storm / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy
  • The Buckstankle Boys / Swing On The Golden Gate / Round Peak Home / Self-released
  • Carl Story / Mighty Close to Heaven / Complete Atteiram Collection / Gusto
  • The Chuck Wagon Gang / Church In The Wildwood / Gospel Classics by The Chuck Wagon Gang Vol. 1 / Hall-of-Fame
  • Joe Val / A Voice From On High / Diamond Joe / Rounder
  • Don Reno & Red Smiley / Springtime In Heaven / 1951-1959 / King
  • Daniel Crabtree / Don't Take Your Eyes off of Jesus / The Gospel Road / Codel Records
  • David Peterson / Springs of Living Water / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
  • Dave Evans / The Old Crossroads / Just Look At Me Now / Rebel Records 
  • The Bailes Brothers / Got My One Way Ticket / Walter & Homer / Old Homestead
  • Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

Sunday, February 14, 2016

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/14/2016

Look high and low, but you're not
likely to find a more positive
Bluegrass "love" album than this.
On this Valentine's Day edition of Bluegrass Cafe, our sort of unofficial theme was "sunshine and roses."  We also threw in quite a few "heart" songs -- whether those hearts were filled with love or broken by a lost love.

Joe Val (1926-1985)
During this weekend, the 31st annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival was taking place in nearby Framingham, Massachusetts.  We heard songs from a few of the JV performers this year, including Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, the Spinney Brothers, Del McCoury, and the Gibson Brothers.  For good measure, we also shared a few songs from the one-and-only Joe Val.

Sure hope you had a nice Sunday, however you may have spent it.  Jim will join you with another Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday from 4-7PM -- be sure to join him!

Enjoy your week!

Amy 


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • All In My Love For You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill
  • A Daisy A Day / Lost & Found / Love, Lost & Found / Rebel
  • Forever By My Side / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill
  • It's You Baby You / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
  • Crazy Heart / Del McCoury / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder
  • You're The Best Of All The Leading Brands / Jesse Brock with Alan O'Bryant / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
  • Lovesick And Sorrow / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / Gusto
  • The Windowsill Song / Daughters Of Bluegrass feat. Becky Buller / Pickin' Like A Girl / Blue Circle Records
  • Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
  • Crazy Heart / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
  • All The Good Times Are Past And Gone / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
  • Lonesome River / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
  • Cold Wind / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
  • Yellow Rose Of Texas / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
  • The Beauty Of The Rose / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
  • Down Among The Budded Roses / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray / Spruce And Maple Music
  • Bloom Off The Rose / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
  • Bed Of Rose's / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records
  • Wild Rose Of The Mountain / Blue Rose / Blue Rose / Sugar Hill
  • Big Blue Roses / Feller & Hill / Feller & Hill & the Bluegrass Buckaroos / Self-Produced
  • Rose Of My Heart / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
  • High Lonesome Sound / Vince Gill with Alison Krauss & Union Station / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume 22 / KBC
  • I'm Head Over Heels In Love / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
  • Backstep Cindy / South Carolina Broadcasters / Tell Me Truly / JohnBoy & Billy, Inc. 
  • Going To The West / Laura Orshaw / Songs Of Lost Yesterdays / Self-Produced
  • The Whole World Must Be Knowin' / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
  • Uncle Ned / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Weary River / Patuxent Music
  • In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
  • It's Amazing What Sunshine Can Do / Pete Goble / When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / FireHeart Pro
  • My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
  • All I Have To Offer You Is Me / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Trouble Follows Me / Rebel
  • Slowly But Surely / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Happy Appy Records
  • My Heart Skips A Beat / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
  • Angeline The Baker / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
  • Let's / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
  • My Kentucky Home / Edgar Loudermilk / single / Pinecastle
  • Walk Through This World With Me / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
  • Hi Dee Diddle / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
  • Mary Ann / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
  • Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound / Wyatt Rice & Santa Cruz / Picture In A Tear / Rounder
  • You Are The One / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder [Jim McReynolds birthday, 2/13/1927]
  • What Are They Doing In Heaven Today / Lilly Brothers / Bluegrass Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP Records
  • Mountain Girl / Sideline / Session 2 / Mountain Fever Records
  • Georgia Stomp / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder [David McLaughlin birthday, 2/13/1958]
  • You're That Certain Someone / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [David Davis birthday, 2/16/1961]
  • Train 45 / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
  • I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again...Gone But Not Forgotten / Wango [Charlie Moore birthday, 2/13/1935]
  • Power In The Blood / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
  • Sweet Chariot / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
  • John 3:16 / Stanley Brothers / All Gospel, All Bluegrass / Federal
  • My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm
  • I'm Gonna Walk With Jesus / Chris Henry / I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Self-Produced
  • Way Up On The Mountain / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Hymns From Wildwood Valley / Old Heritage Records
  • Springtime In Glory / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder [Dudley Connell birthday, 2/18/1956]
  • Traveling The Highway Home / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel [Don Rigsby birthday, 2/18/1968]
  • Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Sunday, February 07, 2016

Playlist - 2/7/2016

Hi Folks.

Today I just cut loose with a steady stream of some of my favorite unequivocal bluegrass music.  It tended to favor more classic material, but there was a fair representation of recent material as well.

I along with many folks will be at Joe Val in Framingham MA next weekend.  While I hope to see you there, if you are not able to attend, be sure to tune in next Sunday when Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring on the next Bluegrass Cafe.


Jim Beaver




Artist / Song / Album / Label

  • The Johnson Mountain Boys / Black-Eyed Suzie / Requests / Rounder
  • The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy / Early Recordings / Rebel
  • Ruben & Matt and the Truffle Valley Boys / Nashville Jail / One Thing To Tell / LPB
  • Alex Leach, Tom Isaacs, Larry Gillis / Jealous Lover / The Bucket List Vol. 1 / Tinman
  • Tommy Faile / Brown Mountain Light / The Songs Of Scott Wiseman / Mar-Lu
  • Windy Hill / My Little Darlin's Shoes / Lonesome Garbage Man / Self-released
  • Kathy Kallick Band / Banjo Pickin' Girl / Foxhounds / Live Oak
  • Delia Bell and Bill Grant / That Beautiful Woman / Good Woman Blues / Old Homestead
  • Marteka and William / Rambling Gambler / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
  • Bill Emerson / Home of the Red Fox / Home Of The Red Fox / Rebel
  • Sammy Adkins & the Sandy Hook Mountain Boys / I'll Never Grow Tired Of You / Tribute To Keith Whitley / Crosscut
  • Don Stover / Valley of Peace / Things in Life / Rounder
  • The Feinberg Brothers / The Cotton Farmer / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood 
  • Dry Branch Fire Squad / Jesus on the Mainline (Live) / Live At the Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder 
  • Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show / Darling Don't Say Goodbye / Collectors Series Volume One / Self-released
  • Bluegrass Etc / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Tricopolis
  • The Legendary Briarhoppers / Theme: Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie / The Legendary Briarhoppers / Lamon
  • The Legendary Briarhoppers / Smiling To Hide A Broken Heart / The Legendary Briarhoppers / Lamon
  • The Doug Dillard Band / Never See My Home Again / Heartbreak Hotel / New Rounder
  • The Jackson Brothers & Edd Wolford / Takes A Worried Man / Voice of Time: The Ed May Tapes / Self-released
  • The Bear Bridge Band / Two Fools / One More Ride / Open Road
  • Monroe Fields with Carl Sauceman and the Green Valley Boys / Shackles And Chains / 1950s-60s Broadcasts / Patuxent
  • Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / Broken Heart and a Worried Mind / She Left Me Standing On a Mountain / Blue Circle 
  • The Earls Of Leicester / Big Black Train / The Earls of Leicester / Rounder
  • The Stanley Brothers / Stanleys' Theme, He Went To Sleep & The Hogs Eat Him / Radio Series Volume Two / Wango
  • The Stanley Brothers / Weeping Willow, The Long Black Veil / Radio Series Volume Two / Wango
  • The Basement Band / Armadillo Breakdown, Walk Softly, Does It Have To End This Way / Radio Series Volume Two / Wango
  • The Gillis Brothers / Theme...Fire On The Banjo, Nobody's Business, Memory Of Your Smile, Next Sunday Darlin' Is My Birthday / Radio Series Volume Two / Wango
  • Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
  • The Dillards / Deulin' Banjo / Back Porch Bluegrass / Rhino Elektra
  • Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / Francis Lee / Goin’ Down the Country / Rural Rhythm
  • Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / Katie Kline / Goin’ Down the Country / Rural Rhythm
  • The Buckstankle Boys / Swing On The Golden Gate / Round Peak Home / Self-released
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Backstep Cindy / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Silence or Tears / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy
  • Buzz Busby / Lost / GOING HOME / Starday
  • Bear Minimum / Will You Wait for Me / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
  • Spencer Branch / Rest for the Wicked / Ashe County Outlaws / Self-released
  • Dave Evans and Riverbend / When The Snow Falls On My Foggy Mountain Home / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
  • Dave Evans and Riverbend / This Train Carried My Girl From Tennessee / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
  • Dave Evans & Riverbend / Highway 52 / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
  • Kenny Baker & Bobby Hicks / Tallahassee / Darkness On the Delta / County Records
  • Lost & Found / Brown Hill / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Christopher Henry / I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Self-Produced
  • The Johnson Mountain Boys / Daniel Prayed / At the Old School House / Rounder
  • Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis / Backslider / Classic Bluegrass Gospel / B.A.C.M
  • The Spinney Brothers / I'm Wanna Walk With Jesus / Tried & True / Mountain Fever 
  • Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Riding On My Saviour's Train / Early Recordings / Rebel Records
  • David Peterson / Old Time Power / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
  • The Gibson Brothers / I Have Found the Way / Brotherhood / Rounder
  • Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Kneel Down / Rollin' With Tradition / Galyean Family
  • The Bear Bridge Band / That Glory Bound Train / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters / Take Me in Your Lifeboat / A Thousand Miles Away from Home / Stripe Records
  • Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released


Monday, February 01, 2016

WHUS "Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/31/2016

In short, Sunday's show included a few songs celebrating Martin guitars (in honor of C.F. Martin's birthday on January 31st), as well as birthday songs for Del McCoury, Tom Gray, David Parmley, Jason Carter, and Becky Buller.  Also, we took some inspiration from seeing the cover of the February 2016 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited.  The cover photo and feature article's subject is the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's 50 years in the music business, and no article about this legendary band can be complete without mentioning their seminal work, the 3-record set:  "Will The Circle Be Unbroken."  We included music from that collection released in 1972, as well as songs from the two other "Circle" records that followed in 1989 and 2002.  

Hope you enjoyed the show, and that's you'll be sure to join Jim next Sunday for another Bluegrass Cafe.

Have a good week!

Amy



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • D-18 Song (Thank You, Mr. Martin) / Norman Blake & Tony Rice / Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2 / Rounder
  • I Miss You Old Friend / Heather Berry & Tony Mabe / The Heather Berry & Tony Mabe Show / Mountain Fever Records
  • This Old Martin Box / Blue Moon Rising / On The Rise / Lonesome Day Records
  • Don't Get Above Your Raising / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy
  • Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
  • My Walking Shoes / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home
  • Breaking Up Is Hard To Do / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
  • The Government Blues / Feller & Hill / Here Come Feller & Hill...Again! / Blue Circle Records
  • Sad And Blue / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
  • It's Mighty Dark To Travel / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy
  • I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
  • My Friend Clyde / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
  • Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
  • The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers with Erin Gibson Laclair / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
  • Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
  • The Old Pueblo / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
  • Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
  • Working Girl Blues / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Hazel And Alice Sessions / Spruce And Maple Music
  • Fuji Mountain Breakdown / Bluegrass 45 / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Rambler's Blues / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Rambler's Blues / Sugar Hill
  • That High Lonesome Sound / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
  • Grand Ole Opry Song / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
  • Earl's Breakdown / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Earl Scruggs / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
  • Tennessee Stud / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Doc Watson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
  • Wildwood Flower / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Maybelle Carter / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
  • Single Girl, Married Girl / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
  • Rebel Soldier / Charlie Moore / Gone...But Not Forgotten / Wango Records
  • I'll Break Out / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
  • You Left Me Alone / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel [Tom Gray birthday, 2/1/1941]
  • Daisey Mae / Jason Carter / On The Move / Rounder [Jason Carter birthday, 2/1/1973]
  • Thirty-Two Acres Of Bottomland / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Pathway Of Time / Pinecastle [David Parmley birthday, 2/1/1959]
  • I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury / High, Lonesome And Blue / Rounder [Del McCoury birthday, 2/1/1939]
  • Don't Come Running / Flatt Lonesome / Runaway Train / Mountain Home
  • Here Comes A Broken Heart Again / Band Of Ruhks / Band Of Ruhks / 101 Ranch Records
  • Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
  • The Drifter / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
  • Kentucky Mandolin / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
  • Southern Flavor / Becky Buller / 'Tween Earth & Sky / Dark Shadow Recording [Becky Buller birthday, 1/31/1979]
  • Little Mountain Church House / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Ricky Skaggs / Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume Two / Universal
  • Lord Show Me The Righteous Pathway / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC Records
  • Lord Don't Leave Me Here / Sideline / Session 2 / Mountain Fever Records
  • Wake Up, Peter / Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler Harvest
  • I'm Makin' My Way / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Hymns From Wildwood Valley / Old Heritage Records
  • Weapon Of Prayer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
  • Take Me In The Lifeboat / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Del McCoury with Rob & Ronnie McCoury / Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III / Capitol
  • Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder