"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/23/2017

There was all sorts of birthday celebrating going on during Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe.  We remembered the birthdays of two wonderful performers (and songwriters) of days gone by, and the birthdays of two modern-day Bluegrass treasures.  Hope you were able to join us for the celebrations in song!

We remembered the late Hylo Brown (April 20, 1922 - January 17, 2003) by sharing two songs he performed and four songs he wrote.  We also included several songs from the pen (and sometimes mandolin playing and singing) of the late Ira Louvin (April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965).  By all accounts, Ira was the Louvin brother with the temper, but while he and brother Charlie didn't always get along, there's no doubt that they were able to create some really wonderful music together.  If you would like to learn more about the Louvin Brothers, here are two fine reading suggestions:

• Louvin, Charlie with Benjamin Whitmer.  Satan Is Real:  The Ballad Of The Louvin Brothers. (ITBooks, 2012).
• Wolfe, Charles.  In Close Harmony:  The Story Of The Louvin Brothers.  (University Of Mississippi Press, 1991).

Other birthday celebrants included Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944) and Roland White (born April 23, 1938).  We could have easily filled up the three hours with music from the many bands that these two Bluegrass legends have been members of through the years, but limited ourselves to a just a couple from each.  Next time...

New music was part of the show on Sunday, too.  New music from 2017 (and late 2016) hit the airwaves from Bobby Osborne, Tom Ewing, Southern Rail, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Big Country Bluegrass, Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, Terry Baucom, Doyle Lawson & Paul Williams, and the Gibson Brothers.

Hope you can join me once again this coming Sunday, 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Truck Driver's Queen / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again--Gone But Not Forgotten / Wango 
• Walking In The Early Morning Dew / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• I'll Be All Smiles Tonight / Mac Wiseman & Merle Haggard / Timeless / Cracker Barrel
• Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• Lonesome And Blue / Larry Sparks / Lonesome And Blue:  More Favorites / Rebel
• Chokin' The Strings / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I'll Forgive You / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
• Tennessee 1949 / Bill Emerson & Pete Goble / Webco Classics, Volume One / Pinecastle
• No Mother Or Dad / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Memories Cover Everything I Own / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Prisoner's Song / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / Starday [Hylo Brown birthday, 4/20/1922]
• Your Crazy Heart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill [Hylo Brown birthday, 4/20/1922]
• Silent Partner (Called The Blues) / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder [Hylo Brown birthday, 4/20/1922]
• I've Waited As Long As I Can / IIIrd Tyme Out / Grandpa's Mandolin / Rebel [Hylo Brown birthday, 4/20/1922]
• The Grand Ole Opry Song / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / Universal [Hylo Brown birthday, 4/20/1922]
• Lovesick And Sorrow / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / Starday [Hylo Brown born, 4/20/1922]
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Going Home To Tennessee / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• The Crooked Road / Lou Reid & Carolina / Rollin' On / KMA Records
• Girl From West Virginia / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / In Concert, Volume One--All The Rage / Upper Management Music
• They Called The Wind Maria / Bobby Osborne / Original / Compass Records
• Please Come Back, Little Pal / Tom Ewing / Adventures Of A Blue Grass Boy / Patuxent Music
• Pathway Of Teardrops / Bobby Osborne / Original / Compass Records
• She Looked A Lot Like You / Tom Ewing / Adventures Of A Blue Grass Boy / Compass Records
• Red Rubber Ball / Southern Rail / Voices In The Wind / Railway Records
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Mountains Are Calling Me Home / Mountain Fever Records
• Your Sweet Loving Man / Big Country Bluegrass / Let Them Know I'm From Virginia / Rebel
• Oh Lonesome Me / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Sho Nuff Country! / Patuxent Music
• When I Stop Dreaming / Louvin Brothers / Radio Favorites, '51-'57 / CMF Records [Ira Louvin born, 4/21/1924]
• I Can't Keep You In Love With Me / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records [Ira Louvin born, 4/21/1924]
• Tiny Broken Heart / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road [Ira Louvin born, 4/21/1924]
• Here Today And Gone Tomorrow / Hazel Dickens with Johnson Mountain Boys / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder [Ira Louvin born, 4/21/1924]
• If I Could Only Win Your Love / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder [Ira Louvin born, 4/21/1924]
• Saro Jane / Roland White Band / Straight-Ahead Bluegrass / Self-Produced [Roland White birthday, 4/23/1938]
• I Ain't Goin' Down / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Waitin' For The Boys To Come Home / Sugar Hill [Roland White birthday, 4/23/1938]
• The Big Burnsville Jail / Marty Raybon & Full Circle / The Back Forty / Rural Rhythm
• I'll Pretend It's Raining / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• What Will They Say About You / Terry Baucom / 4th & Goal / JohnBoy & Billy, Inc.
• When We Were Barefoot Kids So Long Ago / Bluegrass Patriots / Through The Years...Favorite Songs And Requests / Red Feather
• I'm Sorry I Caused You To Cry / Doyle Lawson & Paul Williams / Chapter 3  / Mountain Home [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads
• Walkin' Down The Line / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself / Louvin Brothers / Radio Favorites, '51-'57 / CMF Records [Ira Louvin born, 4/21/1924]
• I Found A Church Today / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• Rejoicing All The Way / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Burden Bearer / Mountain Home
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• I Know What You're Talking About / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Ira Louvin born 4/21/1924]
• Stone Was Rolled Away / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Do You Live What You Preach / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder [Ira Louvin born, 4/21/1924]
• The Gospel Way / Louvin Brothers / Radio Favorites, '51-'57 / CMF Records [Ira Louvin born, 4/21/1924]
• I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Louvin Brothers / Classic Album Collection / Golden Stars [Ira Louvin born, 4/21/1924]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder