"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/31/2025

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our first of this new semester to be shortened by a UConn Sports preemption.  Still, we crammed a whole lot of fine music into our two hours on the last Sunday of August.

As this is Labor Day weekend -- the unofficial ending of the Summer season -- we started the program with eight songs related to the working man and woman.   Hope you're having an enjoyable holiday weekend!

We also continued the 100th birthday celebration of the great Carter Glen Stanley (August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966).  During his lifetime, Carter was credited with writing right around 100 songs -- many of which have become Bluegrass standards.  We shared several covers of Stanley material in our second and final hour on Sunday, including both secular and gospel material.  We also remembered the late August birthdays of Jeanette Williams (born August 28, 1965) and Shawn Camp (born August 29, 1966).  

With a shorter show, there wasn't much new music to share, but we did include songs from two new projects recently released by Mountain Fever Records from Volume Five, East Nash Grass, and the Gospel Plowboys.

Enjoy the week, and we hope to join you for another three-hour edition of our Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• I Ain't Goin' To Work Tomorrow / Carter Family / Anchored In Love:  Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1927-1928 / Rounder
• Working Girl Blues / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Hazel & Alice Sessions / Spruce And Maple Music
• Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Working Man Blues / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go) / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
• Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And Chain / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel
• Too Late To Say Goodbye / Jeanette Williams / Cherry Blossoms In The Springtime / Doobie Shea Records [Jeanette Williams birthday, 8/28/1965]
• Sam's Place / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
• Banjo Boy Chimes / Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys / Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys / Old Blue Records
• You're The Reason / Flatt Lonesome / Silence In These Walls / Mountain Home
• I'll Go Stepping Too / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder [Shawn Camp birthday, 8/29/1966]
• Wildwood Flower / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• The Water Lily / Amanda Cook / Restless Soul / Mountain Fever Records
• I'm Gonna Love You Like There's No Tomorrow / Volume Five / Leave A Light On / Mountain Fever Records
• Jump Through The Window / East Nash Grass / All God's Children / Mountain Fever Records
• Baby Girl / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Lonesome Night / Ricky Skaggs / Ancient Tones / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Loving You Too Well / Ralph Stanley with Dolly Parton / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Late Last Night / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Back To The Mountains / Randm Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Darlin' Think Of What You've Done / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven / Ralph Stanley II / Stanley Blues / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Going To The Races / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Gonna Paint The Town / James King / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Have You Someone In Heaven Awaiting / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I Can Tell You The Time / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side / Gospel Plowboys / Something To Be Said / Morning Glory Music [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / Southern Rail / Roadwork / Turquoise Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• My Lord's Going To Set Me Free / Junior Sisk / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Harbor Of Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder