Instead of just playing random records during Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, I thought it might be fun to pick a letter from the alphabet and try to make the majority of the music on the playlist come from performers whose first, last, or band name began with that letter. Granted, this isn't the world's most original idea; in fact, "Sesame Street" has been "sponsoring" episodes by individual letters for years. For this week, it seemed like the proverbial "no brainer" to focus on the letter B. After all, B is Bluegrass, B is for Banjo, and B is even for Bill Monroe (at least by my "first or last name" rules, that is, even if "Bill" was a nickname for William Smith Monroe). In Sunday's playlist, 30+ songs were performed by "B" performers as varied as Blue Highway, the Boys From Indiana, Big Country Bluegrass, Jesse Brock, the Blue Sky Boys, the Boxcars, Junior Barber, Balsam Range, and the Bray Brothers, just to name a few. What letter is next? We'll have to wait and see...We also remembered the upcoming birthday of a wonderful Bluegrass fiddler
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| Bobby Hicks with musical partner, Mark Kuykendall |
Hope you'll consider joining me next Sunday for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe! On the agenda: an on-air chat with Becky Buller who will be performing with her band at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival coming up August 10-13 in Hebron, CT. We'll also some Podunk day passes to give away, so we'll be looking for you next Sunday...
Have a good week!
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
- Rag Time Annie / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Upper Management Music
- I'll Have To Make Some Changes / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
- My Night To Howl / Boys From Indiana / Good Time Blues / Rebel
- In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
- Together Til The End / BearTracks / Makin' New Tracks / Self-Produced
- Sad Prison Song / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / Starday
- The Cheshire Tragedy / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
- Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced
- Georgia Stomp / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
- Whistles On The Trains / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Blue Rambler 2 / Sugar Hill
- Riding On That Midnight Train / Don Reno & Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends "Together" / Wango
- Clinch Mountain Blues / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
- High Lonesome / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Starday
- Goodbye To The Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
- Ten Miles From The Truth / Aaron "Frosty" Foster / Opening Doors / Self-Produced
- I'll Go Steppin' Too / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
- You Left Me Alone / Sam Bush / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
- I'll Never Take No For An Answer / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Leaving This Town / Randm Records
- Julia Belle / Janet Beazley / 5 South / Backcountry
- Road To Columbus / Junior Barber / Stone Bottom Boogie / Hay Holler
- Burn The Barn / Big Country Bluegrass / Let Them Know I'm From Virginia / Rebel
- Harley's Breakdown / Bray Brothers with Red Cravens / Prairie Bluegrass / Rounder
- Lilacs, Lilies, And Roses / Bear Bridge Band /
/ no label - Blowing Bubbles / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
- The Love I Have For You / Matt & George & Their Pleasant Valley Boys / Blue Grass Style / Pleasant Valley Records
- Corinna Corinna / Still Pickin' Trio / Reuben's Train / Self-Produced
- Only You / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Sho Nuff Country! / Patuxent Music
- What A Way To Go / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Mountains Are Calling Me Home / Mountain Fever Records
- Roanoke / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
- Lily Dale / Bobby Hicks / Fiddle Patch / Rounder [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
- Cheyenne / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
- Zuma Swing / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks, & Asheville Bluegrass / Forever And A Day / Rebel [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
- Cold Virginia Night / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel
- Dreams About The Hills Of Home / Bluegrass Patriots / Through The Years...Favorite Songs And Requests / Red Feather
- Train 45 / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
- Please Come Back, Little Pal / Tom Ewing / Adventures Of A Blue Grass Boy / Patuxent Music
- Rocky Mountain Sweetheart / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective: Live 1984-2014 / Davis Music
- Always On A Mountain / Big Dogs with Tony Trischka / Live At The Birchmere / Strictly Country
- Southern Flavor / Becky Buller / 'Tween Earth & Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
- Kisses Don't Lie / Carl Butler & the Webster Brothers / I Wouldn't Change You If I Could / Bear Family
- I'm Leaving You This Lonesome Song / The Boxcars / It's Just A Road / Mountain Home
- I'll Be No Stranger There / Blue Sky Boys / Farm & Fun Time Favorites, Volume One / Copper Creek
- The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
- I'm Going Up When He Starts Down / BlueRidge / Gettin' Ready / Pinecastle
- Get Behind Me Satan / Bass Mountain Boys / A Beautiful Life / CMH
- I Pressed Through The Crowd / Dale Ann Bradley / Songs Of Praise And Glory / Pinecastle
- Sing Sing Sing / Scott Brannon / Your Old Standby / Patuxent Music
- Some Day / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
- Stormy Waters / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler
- A Beautiful Life / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Down Memory Lane / Rebel [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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