"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/11/2024

What a fine weekend we had!  The Podunk Bluegrass Festival -- though a bit rainy at times -- ended in an outstanding way with a spot-on set of music from the Del McCoury Band.  At Podunk, we also enjoyed music from High Fidelity, Nick Chandler & Delivered, the Tennessee Bluegrass Band, the Kevin Prater Band, Carley Arrowood, John McEuen & the Circle Band, and several others.  Outstanding!  Congratulations to the hard-working Podunk Board and volunteers on another top-notch festival!  We included music from some of the Podunk performers during our Bluegrass Cafe on Sunday afternoon.  Hope you were able to join us!

As befitting Bluegrass Royalty, we also belatedly celebrated the 97th birth anniversary of the self-appointed King of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin (August 10, 1927 - May 14, 2005).  To celebrate, we shared lots of his music performed both by him and others throughout the program.

We also celebrated three fine Bluegrass songwriters and performers who all happened to have been born within a few days of each other in 1938:  Paul Craft (August 12, 1938 - October 18, 2014), Jake Landers (August 14, 1938 - February 13, 2018), and Aubrey Holt (August 15, 1938 - October 5, 2017).  August 1938 must have been a big month for Bluegrass legends, as we also remembered banjo great, Ben Eldridge (August 15, 1938 - April 14, 2024).  

New music was part of the show, too, as we got mail!  We shared music from brand-spanking-new CDs from the Po' Ramblin' Boys, Rebecca Frazier, and Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve.  There was also a new single from Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter, and selections from 2024 recordings by Junior Sisk, Daniel Grindstaff, and the Travelin' McCourys.

Hope you enjoyed the program, and we'll be sure to look for you on Sunday for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe!

See you soon - 
Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Jimmy Martin's Life Story / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Night / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Hi Dee Diddle / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Tennessee / Gary Brewer / Jimmy Martin Songs For Dinner / Stretchgrass [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• The Last Song / Bill Emerson with Jimmy Martin / Reunion / Webco [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• If You Talk In Your Sleep / Del McCoury Band / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
• Fly Trouble / John McEuen / The Newsman:  A Man Of Record / Compass Records
• The Hills And Home / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Old Devil's Dream / Nick Chandler & Delivered / single / Pinecastle
• Ducks On The Millpond / Carley Arrowood / Goin' Home Comin' On / Mountain Home
• Coming Down The Line / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Tony Trischka with Vince Gill / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• Before I Met You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Earl Scruggs:  Classic Bluegrass Live! / Vanguard
• You're Not A Drop In The Bucket / The Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Outrun The Rain / Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter / single / Fiddleman Records
• Smoky Mountain Home / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Wanderers Like Me / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Saro Jane / Rebecca Frazier / Boarding Windows In Paradise / Amtoco Records
• A Little Home To Go To / Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve / Instant Lonesome And The Twinkle Brigade / Don Gionvanni Records
• Wanderers Like Me / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Wanderers Like Me / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Looking At The World Through A Windshield / Daniel Grindstaff with Trey Hensley / Heroes And Friends / Bonfire Recording Co.
• Bluegrass Country / Junior Sisk / If There's A Will There's A Way / Mountain Fever Records
• Raised By The Railroad Line / The Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill [Remembering Paul Craft:  8/12/1938 - 10/18/2014]
• Teardrops Will Kiss The Morning Dew / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder [Remembering Paul Craft:  8/12/1938 - 10/18/2014]
• Fastest Grass Alive / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volumes 1 & 2 / Sugar Hill [Remembering Paul Craft:  8/12/1938 - 10/18/2014]
• You'll Never Find Another So True / Fast Track / Heartache And Trouble / Engelhardt Music Group [Remembering Aubrey Holt:  8/15/1938 - 10/5/2017]
• Atlanta Is Burning / The Boys From Indiana / Good Time Blues / Rebel [Remembering Aubrey Holt:  8/15/1938 - 10/5/2017]
• Sad Wind Sighs / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder [Remembering Aubrey Holt:  8/15/1938 - 10/5/2017]
• Mountain Girl / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC Records [Remembering Jake Landers:  8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
• I Beg To You / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder [Remembering Jake Landers:  8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
• Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Jake Landers:  8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
• Old Train / The Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel [Remembering Ben Eldridge:  8/15/1938 - 4/14/2024]
• Runaway Train / Travelin' McCourys / single / McCoury Music
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol Nashville [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• The White Dove / Ralph Stanley with Jimmy Martin / Live! At McClure / Rebel [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• You Don't Know My Mind / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• A Voice From On High / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• I've Changed My Mind / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records [Remembering Ben Eldridge:  8/15/1938 - 4/14/2024]
• Lead Me Down The Pathway / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Hymns From Wildwood Valley / Old Heritage Records
• Church Bells A-Ringin' / Danny Paisley / Blue Collar Gospel:  From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Be No Stranger There / The Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [Remembering Ben Eldridge:  8/15/1938 - 4/14/2024]
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virgina Squires / Rebel
• There Was Something Missing / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC Records
• Prayer Bell Of Heaven / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder [Remembering Jimmy Martin:  8/10/1927 - 5/14/2005]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder