During these days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is a sad fact that many Bluegrass festivals have been forced to cancel this summer. As of this writing, there are still a few festivals in the northeast that haven't formally cancelled their events, but we know for certain that several festivals of New England interest -- Strawberry Park, GreyFox, the Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival -- just will not happen in 2020. This is very tough for everyone -- the promoters, the vendors, the fans, and, most especially, the performers -- as summer festivals are wickedly important to everyone's livelihood.
While we encourage you to still support your favorite performer(s) as best you can these days, we wanted to provide a sort of festival vibe with Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe. To that end, I grabbed a few of the live CDs in my home collection, and mixed them up this week so that you might feel like you were witnessing (with your ears!) a live event. Hope you enjoyed it. Obviously, I couldn't play selections from every live Bluegrass recording ever made, as the fact of the matter is that I don't own every Bluegrass recording ever made. :) Still, I think we covered a pretty wide range of great performers. Best of all, you didn't have to worry about rain!
We appreciate you listening to our program whenever you can. If you want to say hello during these crazy times, feel free to email us or follow our Facebook page.
Have a wonderful week, and stay healthy!
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Radio Boogie / Hot Rize / Hot Rize's 40th Anniversary Bash / Ten In Hand Records
- Ragged Man / Gibson Brothers / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
- The Leaves That Are Green / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
- Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Bean Blossom / MCA
- This Morning At Nine / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
- Jolene / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records
- Whoa Mule / Raymond Fairchild / Live At McClure! / Rebel
- Say You Lied / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
- Country Boy / Lost & Found / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records
- With Body And Soul / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
- Ready For The Times To Get Better / Alecia Nugent / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records
- Your Old Standby / Reno & Smiley / On Stage / Copper Creek
- Redwood Hill / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
- Tennessee Blues / Whetstone Run / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country Records
- A Good Man Like Me / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country Records
- Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Jim & Jesse / Bean Blossom / MCA
- I'm In Love All Over / Larry Stephenson / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records
- White Dove / Jimmy Martin with Ralph Stanley / Live At McClure! / Rebel
- Fire On The Mountain / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country Records
- Salty Dog Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
- I'll Go Stepping Too / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
- Martha White Theme / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
- Out In The Cold World / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Blue Records
- The Grass That I'm Playing Is Really Blue / Sally Berry / Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music
- At The End Of A Long, Lonely Day / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country Records
- The Turkey Buzzard / Joe Mullins & Aubrey Haynie / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
- Making Up Stories / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
- Stranger In My Home / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
- I Don't Know What To Do / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective: Live 1984-2014 / Self-Produced
- I'm Walkin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways
- Hard Times / The Grascals / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
- My Favorite Memory/Beneath Still Waters/Windy City / Osborne Brothers with Rhonda Vincent / Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music
- Eatin' Out Of Your Hand / Reno & Harrell / Live At McClure! / Rebel
- Settin' The Woods On Fire / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill
- Grandfather's Clock / Seldom Scene / Live At The Cellar Door / Rebel
- Six Feet Under The Ground / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
- Struttin' To Ferrum / Lonesome River Band / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
- A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS Music
- Springtime In Glory / Reno & Smiley / On Stage / Copper Creek
- Beyond The Sunset For Me / Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey, Josh Swift / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
- Honey In The Rock / Lewis Family / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS Music
- Satan's Jewelled Crown / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
- You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
- Open Up The Window, Noah / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
- Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures / Larry Sparks / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Shouting Time In Heaven / Kenny & Amanda Smith with Rhonda Vincent / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
- Just Over In Heaven / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS Music
- The Mill / Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- That's The Way I Want To Go / Bluegrass Cardinals / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / Rural Rhythm
- On The Jericho Road / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective: Live 1984-2014 / Self-Produced
- Something That The World Didn't Give Me / Marshall Family / Live At McClure! / Rebel
- Daniel Prayed / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
- These Men Of God / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways
- It's A Lonesome Road / IIIrd Tyme Out / Live At The MAC / Rounder
- Let The Church Roll On / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
- Sweeping Through The Gates / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country Records
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
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