"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/8/2016 (plus, an hour's worth of "Tangled Roots")

My mother - Eleanor Orlomoski -
and I atop the former National Tower
in Gettysburg, PA, c. mid-1980s.

Sunday was a day filled with activity at the University of Connecticut.  It was the day for several commencement ceremonies, and, of course, it was Mother's Day!  To make things even more interesting, we filled in for the last hour of "Tangled Roots," so from 3PM until 7PM, we played a whole bunch of Bluegrass on our WHUS airwaves, with just a tiny bit of classic country music thrown in for good measure.  Hope you were able to hear at least some it!

As you might expect, we featured several songs about everyone's favorite subject today:  Mother.  Hoping you got to enjoy some time with -- or some wonderful memories of -- your mother today.

New music was part of the show, too.  This time around, it came from a brand-spanking new record from Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice.  "Poor Boy's Pleasure" is Junior's first record for Mountain Fever Records, and it is sure to see a whole lot of airplay.  Other new music came from Connecticut's own Hot Flashes (the trio featuring Amy Gallatin, Peggy Harvey, and Gail Wade), as well as the Spinney Brothers, Sister Sadie, and the Rice-Menzone Alliance.

Johnnie & Jack on the extreme right in this photo with some
of their band members, including the soon-to-be Foggy Mountain Boy
fiddler, Paul Warren (third from left).

We also featured a couple of songs from the songbook of Johnny Wright and Jack Anglin, brothers-in-law who had a whole bunch of hit records in the late 1940s/early 1950s as Johnnie & Jack.  Their music was sort of infectious, and several of the duo's songs have been covered in the Bluegrass world over the years.  We picked out just a couple of those songs, and could have easily included a few more.  Maybe next time...

Sure hope you'll be able to join Jim in the Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday afternoon!  

Have a good week - 
Amy



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

"TANGLED ROOTS" FILL-IN -- HOUR 2 (3-4PM)

• Angeline The Baker / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• God Bless Her, 'Cause She Is My Mother / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Coat Of Many Colors / RCA Legacy
• Music Makin' Mama From Memphis / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA
• I'll Pretend It's Raining / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
• Send A Picture Of Mother / Johnny Cash / At Folsom Prison / Columbia
• Blue Love (In My Heart) / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records
• 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Mac Wiseman with Vince Gill / Timeless / Cracker Barrel
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
• Jolene / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Memories Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• There Will Always Be A Rocking Chair / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• No Lawyers In Heaven / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
  
  "BLUEGRASS CAFE" -- 4-7PM
  
• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• God Bless Her 'Cause She Is My Mother / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Every Day Is Mother's Day To Me / Allerton & Alton / Black, White And Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Medals For Mothers / IIIrd Tyme Out / Back To The Mac / Rounder
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
• Lost / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Starday
• Tennessee Tea / Joe Diffie / Homecoming / Rounder
• Five Play / Rice & Menzone Alliance / Something Out Of The Blue / Mountain Fever Records
• Polka On A Banjo / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• Fox On The Run / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Diggin' Up Bones / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Country Grass / Pinecastle
• Singing In The Family Circle / John Rossbach / Never Was Plugged! / Alacazar
• Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• Let That Liar Alone / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Hazel And Alice Sessions / Spruce And Maple Music
• Unholy Water / Sister Sadie / single / Pinecastle
• Maple Sugar / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Genuine Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Whole Lot More Living / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• My Mother's Bible / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Mama Don't Allow / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• The Hand That Rocks The Cradle / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Poor Boy's Pleasure / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records
• Jimmy, JD & Paul / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records
• Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records
• I'm Gonna Love You One More Time / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder
• Poison Love / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• Momma's Apron Strings / Larry Sparks / Almost Home / Rounder
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• If I Could Only Win Your Love / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records
• Living The Dream / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• Less And Less / GrassRoutes / Bailey's Dream / Self-Produced
• Orange Blossom Special / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Mother's Only Sleeping / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  Tribute To 1946 And 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Mom's Old Picture Book / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar HIll
• Shake Hands With Mother Again / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Blue Rambler 2 / Sugar Hill
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• I Saw Mother With God Last Night / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross / Red Feather
• I Am A Pilgrim / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• There Is Power In The Blood / David Peterson / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• Mama's Rocking Chair / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder