"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/22/2016

James King (September 9, 1958-May 19, 2016)
Photo courtesy of Ted Lehmann.  Check out Ted's Bluegrass
adventures at his blog:  http://tedlehmann.blogspot.com/

James King -- the Bluegrass Storyteller -- was a tremendously gifted, emotive singer who lost a lengthy battle with liver disease on May 19th.  Mr. King had the amazing ability to wring the emotion out of every word he sang, and he had a way of making the listener believe he was actually the subject of all of the songs he was singing.  Amazing.  Though Mr. King died at the age of 57 (he would have turned 58 on September 9th), he made his indelible mark in the world of Bluegrass Music both through his own recordings on Rounder Records (seven solo releases between 1993 and 2013) and his membership in the Bluegrass supergroup known as Longview.  It's a fair guess that James King will be long remembered as one of the best singers in the history of Bluegrass Music.

Happy 91st birthday to Mac Wiseman!

In addition to many songs from the James King Song Catalog, we heard several songs in birthday tribute to Mac Wiseman (who turns 91 on May 23rd), as well as for Tom T. Hall (who celebrates birthday #80 on May 25th).

New music was a pretty big part of the show, too, and we had that in abundance on Sunday.  There was brand new music from Sister Sadie, Edgar Loudermilk, the Special Consensus, the Farm Hands, and Frank Wakefield & Leon Morris, and very recent music from the Del McCoury Band, Jeff White, the Hot Flashes, the Spinney Brothers, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.  

Be sure to join Jim for next Sunday afternoon's edition of Bluegrass Cafe, won't you?

Have a good week!

Amy 


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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Leavin' / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
• I've Never Been So Lonesome / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• The Devil's Train / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• Our Last Goodbye / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• I Just Got Wise / Missy Werner / Turn This Heart Around / Self-Produced
• Home In The Mountains / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Dance All Night With A Bottle In Your Hand / Billy Hurt, Jr. / Fiddlin' Billy Hurt / Patuxent Music
• Red Wicked Wine / Charlie Sizemore with Ralph Stanley / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Loving You Too Well / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Cotton Farmer / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Ain't A Gonna Do / Del McCoury Band / Del & Woody / McCoury Music
• Robe Of White / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• The Cold Hard Facts / Jeff White / Right Beside You / Self-Produced
• An Old Log Cabin For Sale / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Bed By The Window / James King Band / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Echo Mountain / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Mac Wiseman / The Ultimate Collection:  1951-1960 / Master Classics Records [Mac Wiseman birthday, 5/23/1925]
• Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records [Mac Wiseman birthday, 5/23/1925]
• When I Get The Money Made / Mac Wiseman / The Ultimate Collection:  1951-1960 / Master Classics Records [Mac Wiseman birthdy, 5/25/1925]
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / High Lonesome / CMH [Mac Wiseman birthday, 5/25/1925]
• Georgia Maple / Edgar Loudermilk / Georgia Maple / Pinecastle
• You're The One / Frank Wakefield & Leon Morris / Frank Wakefield & Leon Morris / Patuxent Music
• Time For Movin' On / Special Consensus / Long I Ride / Compass Records
• Rezo Ride / The Farm Hands / Dig In The Dirt / Pinecastle
• Don't Tell Me Stories / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie / Pinecastle
• It's A Cold Cold World / James King / Webco Classics, Volume Two / Webco
• Gonna Paint The Town / James King / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea
• Lonesome Old Home / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Crazy Heart / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is... The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• I'm Putting On My Leaving Shoes / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / Radio Gems
• Honky Tonk Blues / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records
• Lonely Lonely Bed / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• Longneck Blues / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice with Ronnie Bowman / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records
• The Train Carryin' Jimmie Rodgers Home / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder [Jimmie Rodgers died, 5/26/1933]
• Let's / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Ta Ta, The Brushoff / BearTracks / Makin' Tracks / Self-Produced
• Please Don't Honey Please Don't / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Weary River / Patuxent Music
• Till The End Of The World Rolls 'Round / Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Joshua / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• Just As The Sun Went Down / James King / Gardens In The Sky:  The Bluegrass Gospel Of James King / Rounder
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Touch Of God's Hand / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray / Spruce And Maple Music
• When The Sun Of Life Goes Down / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Sacred Memories / Rebel
• Lord Have Mercy On My Soul / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco
• Prayin' Shoes / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / James King / Gardens In The Sky:  The Bluegrass Gospel Of James King / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder