"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/18/2016

During last Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we played more than an hour's worth of songs from the Bill Monroe Songbook, as Big Mon would have celebrated his 105th birthday on September 13th.  During today's radio program, we devoted nearly twenty songs to a bona fide Country Music -- more accurately, just MUSIC -- legend, Hank Williams.  "The Lovesick Blues Boy" (so dubbed by the late Red Foley as Hank was introduced on the Grand Ole Opry in 1949) would have celebrated his 93rd birthday on September 17th.  That seems as good of a reason as any to share so much Hank music, as if an excuse is really needed.  Some music legends just completely transcend genre, and Hank Williams was certainly one of those performers.  We heard a little bit from Hank, himself, but mostly, we shared a whole bunch of Hank covers from the Bluegrass World.  

Incidentally, if you are not overly familiar with the life and legend of Hank Williams, you may wish to check out one or both of these Hank biographies:  Hank Williams:  The Biography by Colin Escott and Lovesick Blues:  The Story Of Hank Williams by Paul Hemphill.  The Escott book served as the source material for the 2016 biopic of Hank's life called "I Saw The Light" (although, like most movies, the book was 1,000% better than the movie adaptation).

We celebrated a couple of Bluegrass birthdays this week, too, including selections from the late Bill Harrell (born September 14, 1934), as well as from Kathy Kallick (born September 19, 1952) and Shawn Lane of Blue Highway (born September 21, 1971).  

Hope you enjoyed today's radio show, and that you will consider joining me once again next Sunday afternoon for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Have a good week!

Amy



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Songs written and/or performed by Hank Williams are BLUE]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• A Sweeter Love Than Yours I'll Never Know / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Do You Remember? / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [Bill Harrell birthday, 9/14/1934]
• I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea
• The Ballad Of Jed Clampett / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy [recorded 9/24/1962]
• Til The End Of The World Rolls Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy
• You Can't Judge A  Book By Its Cover / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• Sourwood Mountain / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Sad And Lonesome Day / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister! / Rounder
• Will You Be Lonesome Too? / Earls Of Leicester / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• Don't Hold Your Breath / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• Drifting And Dreaming Of You / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• The Last Log Drive / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah
• I'm Not Your Honey-Baby Now / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records [Kathy Kallick birthday, 9/19/1952]
• Louisville Suite / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records
• Sophronie / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Tennessee Border / Hank Williams / Alone With His Guitar / Mercury
• Mansion On The Hill / Whitstein Brothers / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Baby We're Really In Love / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy Records
• Cold Cold Heart / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• I Can't Get You Off My Mind / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Pan American / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel
• Weary Blues From Waitin' / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• The Singing Waterfall / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• Lovesick Blues / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury
• I'm Blue And Lonesome / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King
• May You Never Be Alone / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• Honky Tonk Blues / Good Ol' Persons / Good N' Live / Sugar Hill
• 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• On The Evening Train / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Down Memory Lane / Rebel
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill
• You Win Again / Ralph Stanley with Melba Montgomery / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel
• Settin' The Woods On Fire / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Move It On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• Robe Of White / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Wear A Red Rose / James King / Bed By The Window / Rounder
• I Can't Go On This Way / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Back To The Mountains / Randm Records
• Talk To Your Heart / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Weary River / Patuxent Music
• What You Wanted / Blue Highway / Original Traditional / Rounder [Shawn Lane birthday, 9/21/1971]
• Many A Mile / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Lonnie Ray / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records
• Honky Tonk Night Time Man / Lou Reid & Carolina / Rollin' On / KMA Records
• I Found My Daddy's Grass / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / My Daddy's Grass / Rebel
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Sailing On The Waves Of Glory / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Burden Bearer / Mountain Home
• Let Me Walk In Your Footsteps Moses / Gopher Broke / The Wayworn Traveler / Self-Produced
• House Of Gold / The Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler Harvest
• Lord Don't Leave Me Here / Sideline / Session 2 / Mountain Fever Records
• Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Cracker Barrel
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Larry Sparks with Jesse McReynolds & Curly Seckler / Lonesome And Then Some... / Rebel
• The Old Country Church / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder