"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/10/2016

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe began 7 minutes after 4:00PM as the UConn Men's Baseball game ran a bit long.  Still, we accomplished all of the items on our unofficial show "agenda," so hope you enjoyed what you heard!

Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937-April 6, 2016)

More than half of the show was devoted to the music of the "Poet of the Common Man," Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard, who died on April 6th -- his 79th birthday.  Merle Haggard was an incredibly gifted singer, musician, and songwriter, and so very many of his songs have been covered by Bluegrass performers over the years.  Our tribute included twenty-two Haggard songs -- most written by him, but most NOT performed by him this time around.  However, we heard from the Hag on a couple of separate songs, and it's very easy to see what a tremendous influence Merle Haggard had on so many Bluegrass performers...and will continue to have in years to come, no doubt.

We also had a bit of time to play some brand-spanking new music on the show, most notably from the latest from the Del McCoury Band -- an interesting record combining the words of the late Woody Guthrie with music composed by Del McCoury titled (what else?) "Del & Woody."  Two songs from that collection made our playlist today, and doubtless, there will be others in future weeks of Bluegrass Cafe.

And while we have played the title track of the new Spinney Brothers recording ("Living The Dream") on previous shows, on Sunday, we got to share two other songs from this delightful new Mountain Fever Records recording from the Spinneys.

Be sure to join Jim for next Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe from 4-7PM, sports preemptions notwithstanding.    

Have a great week!

Amy




SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Songs in BLUE in honor of Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937-April 6, 2016)]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• No Doubt About It / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Diesel Train / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Stanley Brothers / An Evening Long Ago / Legacy
• I'm On My Way To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• It's Good Bye And So Long To You / Case Brothers / Radio Album / Self-Produced
• I've Had A Time / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Cash On The Barrelhead / The Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Sing A Sad Song / Merle Haggard / The Original Outlaw / Time Life
• Swinging Doors / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel
• Huntsville / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
• White Line Fever / Adcock/Gaudreau/Waller/Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy Records
• Sing Me Back Home / Ernie Thacker-Junior Blankenship Band / Tennessee Blues / Copper Creek
• Mixed Up Mess Of A Heart / Flatt Lonesome / Runaway Train / Mountain Home
• Somewhere Between / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Weary River / Patuxent Music
• Mama Tried / Merle Haggard / Timeless / Cracker Barrel
• Today I Started Loving You Again / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
• Kentucky Gambler / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Slowly But Surely / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Happy Appy Records
• If We Make It Through December / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / Winter's Grace / Signature Sounds
• Daddy Frank / Jim Mills with Paul Brewster / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill
• Silver Wings / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Livin' With The Shades Pulled Down / McPeak Brothers / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Always On A Mountain / The Big Dogs with Tony Trischka / Live At The Birchmere / Strictly Country
• My Favorite Memory / Paul Adkisn & the Borderline Band / Old Rusty Gate / Rebel
• Old Man From The Mountain / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• Working Man Blues / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Back To The Barrooms / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder
• California Cottonfields / Phil Leadbetter with Marty Raybon / Slide Effects / Pinecastle
• Shelly's Winter Love / Larry Stephenson with Ronnie Reno / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• The Fightin' Side Of Me / Merle Haggard & the Strangers / The Original Outlaw / Time Life
• The New York Trains / Del McCoury Band / Del & Woody / McCoury Music
• Lonely Lonely Bed / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• Watson's Blues / Nixon/Blevins/Gage / Pickin' On Doc / Self-Produced
• Ain't A Gonna Do / Del McCoury Band / Del & Woody / McCoury Music
• I'm Not Your Honey-Baby Now / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
• Hi Dee Diddle / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Another Town / Rice & Menzone Alliance with Richard Bennett / Something Out Of The Blue / Mountain Fever Records
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven / Loretta Lynn / Full Circle / Legacy
• Walk In The Sunshine / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• Mansion In The Grave / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
• When The Sun Of Life Goes Down / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Sacred Memories / Rebel
• Rank Strangers / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish
• It's Just Like Heaven / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• Cross Over To The Other Side Of Jordan / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• God Is Watching / Rhonda Vincent / Taken / Upper Management Music
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder