"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/17/2016

On a lazy summer Sunday afternoon, our "show goal" was to share songs from the newly-released sophomore recording from that super-successful "cover band" of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys:  the Earls Of Leicester.  This supergroup makes recordings that sound remarkably similar to those original FMB classics, and it appears that the Earls (Jerry Douglas, Charlie Cushman, Johnny Warren, Barry Bales, Jeff White, Shawn Camp) are thoroughly enjoying themselves when they're performing these "new" songs.  Will this second record -- "Rattle & Roar" on Rounder Records -- be as successful as their self-titled first recording?  Hard to say, but we'll find out soon enough, no doubt. 

Ricky Skaggs at Indian Ranch - 1988ish

In addition to several selections from the Earls, we heard songs from a couple of birthday celebrants this week.  Ricky Skaggs celebrates birthday number 62 on July 18th, and legendary fiddler Bobby Hicks will turn 83 on July 21st.  

While there wasn't too, too much brand new music to be heard on Sunday's show, there was a little.  In addition to several songs from the Earls Of Leicester, there was late 2015/2016 music from the Del McCoury Band, the Spinney Brothers, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Lou Reid & Carolina, and the Hot Flashes.

Hope you enjoyed the show.  Be sure to join Jim on the radio next Sunday afternoon:  4-7PM ~ and have a good week!

Amy O.


SONG / PERFOMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Request is RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Travelling Kind / Bill Yates & the Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / Country Gentlemen Tribute, Volume 2 / Self-Produced
• Travelin' This Lonesome Road / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Gotta Travel On / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm
• Travelin' Blues / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Hot Rize Presents Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Flying Fish
• Let Us Travel On / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I'll Wander Back Someday / Sugar Hill
• Trust Each Other / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I'll Wander Back Someday / Sugar Hill
• I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Rock Bottom Blues / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Sweet Thang And Cisco / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel
• The New Five Cents / Mike Compton & David Grier / Climbing The Walls / Rounder
• Bowling Green / Laurie Lewis / Restless Rambling Heart / Flying Fish
• The New York Trains / Del McCoury Band / Del & Woody / McCoury Music
• Flower Blooming In The Wildwood / Michael Cleveland with Tim O'Brien / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Old Train / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel
• Dry Run Creek / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Uncle Ned / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Weary River / Patuxent Music
• Living The Dream / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• Why Did You Wander / Earls Of Leicester / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• Why Did You Wander / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Earls Of Leicester / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Flint Hill Special / Earls Of Leicester / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
  
• Flint Hill Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Jubilation Day / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Lonesome Moon / Lou Reid & Carolina / Rollin' On / KMA Records
• Final Farewell / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Lost Souls & Free Spirits / Rebel
• Son Of Hobert / Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley / Second Generation / Rebel [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1956]
• Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1956]
• I Had But 50 Cents / Ricky Skaggs / Solo:  Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1956]
• Uncle Pen / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Live At The Charleston Music Hall / Skaggs Family [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1956]
• Cheyenne / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
• Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records
• Train 45 / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Had It Not Been For The Train / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / It's About Tyme / Break A String
• Ragged Man / Gibson Brothers / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• This Letter / Edgar Loudermilk / Georgia Maple / Pinecastle
• The Cold Hard Facts / Jeff White / Right Beside You / Self-Produced
• Are You Missing Me / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP & CD Records
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• A Beautiful Life / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Down Memory Lane / Rebel [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
• I'm Working On A Road / Country Gentlemen / John Duffey:  The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel
• Martha And Mary / Nu-Blu / Nail By Nail / Pinecastle
• The Fourth Man In The Fire / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• Standing In The Need Of Prayer / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Let The Light Shine Down / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Heartaches And Dreams / Rebel
• Pray For The Boys / Earls Of Leicester / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder