"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/9/2017

For Sunday's edition of the Bluegrass Cafe, something inspired me to play a whole bunch of wonderful songs all about one subject that continues to fascinate young and old alike:  trains.  Even though Americans (who don't live in big metropolitan areas) don't really travel on trains as frequently as we did sixty or seventy years ago, the interest in this particular mode of transportation lives on.  In 2015, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out released a song that suggested a lot of things might not have ever happened "Had It Not Been For The Train."  If you've not heard the clever lyrics in this song (co-written by Eli Johnston and Kevin McKinnon), check it out here:

Carrying on the tradition:  Ralph Stanley II &
the Clinch Mountain Boys will have a CD
available this summer

The show wasn't all about those 30+ train songs, though.  We also included a few brand-new selections from recently released or soon-to-be released recordings from these performers:  Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Tim O'Brien, Shawn Camp (from the wonderful autobiography-in-song recording about Mac Wiseman), Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Danny Barnes, Rickey Wasson, Aaron "Frosty" Foster, Larry Cordle, and Flashback.

This coming Sunday is Easter Sunday, and I'm delighted that Jim will be joining you for Bluegrass Cafe.  Be sure to join him for some top-notch traditional and old-time Bluegrass, won't you?

Happy Easter!

Amy 


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Here Comes The Train / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary / Rebel
• Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced
• Ridin' On That Midnight Train / Don Reno & Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends Together / Wango
• I Hear A Choo Choo Coming / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Live! At McClure / Rebel
• Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records
• The Train Song / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Bluegrass Express / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Freight Train Boogie / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Blue Railroad Train / Delmore Brothers / The Delmore Brothers, 1933-1935 / JSP Records
• Big Black Train / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• The Passing Of The Train / Special Consensus / Roads & Rails / Shy Town Records
• Train 45 / Jimmy Martin / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• One Way Train / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I'll Wander Back Someday / Sugar HIll
• California Zephyr / Larry Sparks / Raised By The Railroad Line:  Classic American Train Songs / Rebel
• Pan American / Hank Williams / Hillbilly Hero / Proper
• The Evening Train / Bob & Danny Paisley / Plum Pitiful / Time Life
• The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore / Bill Harrell / Raised By The Railroad Line:  Classic American Train Songs / Time Life
• Steel Rails / Louisa Branscomb / It's Time To Write A Song... / Self-Produced
• Blue Train / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Home Of The Blues / Sugar Hill
• Goin' Round This World / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / single / Stanley Family Records
• Windy Mountain / Tim O'Brien / Where The River Meets The Road / Howdy Skies Records
• Going Back To Bristol / Shawn Camp / I Sang The Song / Mountain Fever Records
• Rockwood Deer Chase / Danny Barnes / Stove Up / Self-Produced
• Shape Up Or Ship Out / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Mountains Are Calling Me Home / Mountain Fever Records
• Did You Hear Me Say Goodbye / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Self-Produced
• East Virginia Blues / Rickey Wasson / Croweology:  J.D. Crowe's Musical Legacy / Self-Produced
• Reaping The Blues / Aaron "Frosty" Foster / single / Self-Produced
• Big Train From Memphis / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar HIll
• Diesel Train / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / Radio Shows / Pinecastle
• Night Train To Memphis / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
• The Engineers Don't Wave From The Trains Anymore / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Eastbound Train / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Midnight Train / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• The Wreck Of The Old 97 / Reno & Smiley / Raised By The Railroad Line:  Classic American Train Songs / Rebel
• Orange Blossom Special / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• The Train That Carried My Girl From Town / Earls Of Leicester / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• Train 45 / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Flint Hill Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Salty Dog Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Classic Bluegrass Live, 1959-1966 / Vanguard
• Joe's Last Train / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute, Volume II / Self-Produced
• Whistles On The Trains / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Blue Rambler 2 / Sugar Hill
• Had It Not Been For The Train / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / It's About Tyme / Break A String Productions
• Can't You Hear That Whistle Blow / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
• Palms Of Victory / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• The Angels Rejoiced / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country
• I Hear My Savior Calling / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Journey To My Savior's Side / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• It's A Lonesome Road / Larry Cordle with Lethal Jackson / Give Me Jesus / Mighty Cord Records
• Give Me The Roses / Traver Hollow / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• That's Where Glory Can Be Bound / Flashback / Foxhounds And Fiddles / Pinecastle
• Little Black Train / IIIrd Tyme Out / Grandpa's Mandolin / Rebel