"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 2/28/2010

Hi Folks!

Last Sunday was my only show for February (just in under the wire) because Amy graciously did the show on Valentines Day to give me the opportunity to experience the whole day at the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival. I hope you all have an opportunity to share work duties with someone as nice as Amy.

New music on this show included songs from Patuxent Partners, Jim Lloyd and the Skyliners, Josh Williams, Michael Martin Murphey, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Larry Stephenson, Chris Warner, Thomas Wywrot, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Dailey & Vincent, Brand New Strings, and The Earl Brothers.

I was inspired by a great interview of Dudley Connell discussing the history of the Johnson Mountain Boys I heard on Bluegrass Country dot org earlier in the month, so besides playing a track from the JMB's first Rounder LP (not yet released on CD), I also put on a special set of other artists' songs using the JMB or JMB band members. This included songs from Hazel Dickens, Phyllis Boyens, Delia Bell & Bill Grant, Bob Paisley, and James King.

WHUS will be having the annual Radiothon soon which will give Bluegrass Cafe two Sundays, March 14 & 21, to entice you to support what we do to bring bluegrass music to the airwaves in Southern New England. Thanks to your excellent support, Bluegrass Cafe has led the station's fund raising effort for the past two years. We hope you keep bluegrass on top again this year!

Regards,

Jim Beaver

requests in blue

Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawin' On The "C" String / Self-released
• Don't Wake Me Up / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling / Rounder
• There Ain't No Easy Street / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Taxman / Songs From The Road Band / As The Crow Flies / Lucks Dumpy Toad
• Cotton Dice / Patuxent Partners / Seven or Eleven / Patuxent
• Little Jimmy / Larry Gillis / Old Man Dreaming / Tinman
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / The Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder (LP)
• Drifting Farther From You / Jim Lloyd and the Skyliners / Songs From My Attic / Mountain Roads
• Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Classic Bluegrass / Time-Life
• Old And In The Way / Hazel Dickens / A Few Old Memories / Rounder
• Hewed Out Of The Mountain / Phyllis Boyens / I Really Care / Rounder (LP)
• Dreaming / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
• Alcatraz Blues / Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / Steeped In Tradition / Brandywine
• Lonely River / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
• Judy Lou / Various Artists / Born Into Bluegrass - The Songs of Cullen Galyean / Mountain Roads
• Helen / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / WMB
• Ice Covered Birches / White Mountain Bluegrass / Ice Covered Birches / Self-released
• When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Joe Singleton / Joe Sings Joe / Self-released
• We'll Burn That Bridge / Josh Williams / Down Home / Pinecastle
• Running Blood / Michael Martin Murphey / Buckaroo Blue Grass II - Riding Song / Rural Rhythm
• Shortnin' Bread / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-released
• East Kentucky Home / Steeldrivers / Steeldrivers / Rounder
• Rock That Cradle, Lucy / J. E. Mainer & His Mountaineers / Old Time Mountain Music / Rural Rhythm
• Trouble In Your Mind / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Genuine Negro Jig / Nonesuch
• Cherokee Shuffle / Josh Williams / Down Home / Pinecastle
• Amanda Lynn / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
• My Old Kentucky And You / Larry Stephenson feat. Ricky Skaggs & Aubrey Haynie / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• Carry Me Across The Mountain / Billy Boone Smith / Live From The Moose Lodge / Muddy Sunshine
• I'm All Alone / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Bluegrass Collection / Gusto
• Don't Let Her Get Away / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
• Two Different Roads / The Radio Gang / Two Different Roads / Fishtraks
• 95 Years / Thomas Wywrot / Every Time I Walk This Road / Right Good
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At The Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• Joe's Last Train / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribue (Volume II) / Self-released
• Trombolin / Jack Across the Way [bed] / Skip Gorman / Monroesque - The Old Style Mandolin - Volume Two / Old West
• Chilly Winds of Shannon [bed] / Skip Gorman / Monroesque - The Old Style Mandolin - Volume Two / Old West
• Kansas City Railroad Blues [bed] / Skip Gorman / Monroesque - The Old Style Mandolin - Volume Two / Old West
• John Wilkes Booth / Tony Rice / Night Flyer / Rounder
• Do You Know You Are My Sunshine / Dailey & Vincent / Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
• Corn / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• Wheels / Brand New Strings / No Strings Attached / Rural Rhythm
• I Can't Find Your Love Anymore / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• Red Top Rumble / The Earl Brothers / The Earl Brothers / Big Hen
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• I'll Trade My Cross For A Crown / Reno & Smiley / Early Years 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold This Body Down / Jim Lloyd And The Skyliners / Songs From My Attic / Mountain Roads
• River Jordan / J. E. Mainer & The Mountaineers with Morris Herbert / 18 Gospel Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• When The Angels Carry Me Home / J.D. Crowe, Rickey Wasson, Don Rigsby / The America's Bluegrass Gospel Show, Vol. 1 Live / Self-released
• Lord You're The Best Thing / New Coon Creek Girls / Essential Bluegrass - Bluegrass Gospel / Pinecastle
• What Would You Give In Exchange / Charlie & Bill Monroe / The Music Of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994 / MCA
• Where Will You Go / Nathan Stanley & Ralph Stanley / Where Will You Go / III Generation
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/21/2010

Well, it was another Sunday for me in the Cafe, and, as usual, I enjoyed myself a good bit. Hope you're not completely sick of me yet...

As we've been receiving lots and lots of new BG over the past couple of weeks, we tried to squeeze in a bunch of it on Sunday's show. We didn't do too badly, I don't think, as we heard new (or newER) music from former IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, Laurie Lewis, a newer group called Brand New Strings, old-timey-sounding Jim Lloyd & the Skyliners, Clinch Mountain Boy fiddler Dewey Brown, Michael Martin Murphey's second "Bluegrass-ish" CD for Rural Rhythm, and California's Earl Brothers. There are always new titles to add to the mix, so we hope you like hearing 'em.

On Sunday, we also celebrated a couple of birthdays that are happening this coming week: Ralph Stanley, who was born on February 25, 1927, and Johnny Cash (admittedly NOT a Bluegrass performer, although he did sing on a record made by then son-in-law Marty Stuart several years ago), born on February 26, 1932. BTW, if you've not yet had a chance to read Dr. Ralph's recent biography called Man Of Constant Sorrow, you really ought to get to your local library and borrow a copy. It's a very interesting read, and gives a lot of detail about the early career of the Stanley Brothers.

At last weekend's Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, the fine New Hampshire BG band known as White Mountain Bluegrass was honored with one of the BBU Heritage Awards for their 40 years of playing BG around New England and really, all over the world. We shared some fine tunes from the McGees & Co. and will continue to do so.

Two shop notes: at WHUS, we're in the process of finally being reunited with our BG library (the CDs, anyway), and will be able to have full access to them within the next week or two. Hooray! Second, consider yourself "warned" that Radiothon 2010 is on its way. We've been in the process of gathering some fine CDs and things to offer as premiums, and hopefully, we'll be able to entice you to make a pledge to WHUS during our Radiothon weeks (March 14th & March 21st). I think you'll be pleased to see the goodies we're going to be offering, so please be sure to tune in.

And, of course, you'll want to tune in next Sunday when Jim returns to the airwaves at the BG Cafe. I'm sure he's got some great music in store for you...

Have a good week -
Amy


REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Cash On The Barrelhead / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Why Don't You Tell Me So / Lilly Brothers with Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Cold Wind / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Smoke Along The Track / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Self-Produced
• Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• The Rambler's Blues / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1947-1953 / JSP Records
• How Can I Keep From Singing? / Laurie Lewis / Blossoms / Spruce & Maple Music
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Evil Hearted Woman / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Chris Stuart & Backcountry / Mojave River / Backcountry
• Soppin' The Gravy / Patrick McAvinue / Rutland's Reel / Patuxent Music
• Hard Times In Kentucky / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Timber I'm Falling / White Mountain Bluegrass / January Weekend / Self-Produced
• Stranger In My Home / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Valley Of Peace / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / Self-Produced
• What A Ways We've Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• My Deceitful Heart / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Ruby / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH
• Merry Go Round / Brand New Strings / No String Attached / Rural Rhythm
• You Can't Grow An Onion Upside Down / Jim Lloyd & the Skyliners / Songs From My Attic / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Beaver Dam / Dewey Brown / Hard Times For A Fiddler / DewBug Records
• Running Gun / Michael Martin Murphey with Audie Blaylock / Buckaroo Blue Grass II / Rural Rhythm
• Cruel Lovers Game / Earl Brothers / The Earl Brothers / Self-Produced
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [Johnny Cash birthday]
• I Still Miss Someone / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [Johnny Cash birthday]
• There You Go / Jimmy Gaudreau / Classic J.A.G. / Webco [Johnny Cash birthday]
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country [Johnny Cash birthday]
• Hey Porter / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder [Johnny Cash birthday]
• Our Last Goodbye / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Always Never Enough / Rebel
• I Beg To You / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Silence Or Tears / Baker Boys / Lonesome Weary Heart / Patuxent Music
• Rude And Rambling Man / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• No Letter In The Mail / Spinney Brothers / When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Self-Produced
• I Won't Be Far From Here / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Till I See You Again / Thomas Wywrot / Every Time I Walk This Road / Self-Produced
• Chasing Lightning Bugs / Gold Heart / My Sisters And Me / Rural Rhythm
• Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Calling / Rebel
• Rawhide / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Live At Mechanics Hall / Acoustic Disc
• I Don't Care Anymore / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• Turn Up The Bottle / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Rank Stranger / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• The Brave Apostles Twelve / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
• He Took Your Place / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Trusting In Jesus / Adam Steffey / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
• John 3:16 / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / Federal
• Come Back Home / Jimmy Gaudreau / Classic J.A.G. / Webco
• I'm Making My Way / Traditional Grass / Songs Of Love And Life / Rebel
• Since I've Used My Bible For A Roadmap / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / King
• A Beautiful Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/14/2010

From my end of the microphone, it seemed like Sunday's show went by in a whirlwind. I spent the better part of the weekend in Framingham, MA at the very fine (as always) Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, but arrived back in Storrs with time to spare before Sunday's show. Congratulations to the BBU folks for presenting another great festival, especially when illness and injury didn't make the lineup look quite the same as was planned on paper.

In addition to featuring a bit of music by performers who'd appeared at Joe Val over the weekend (Spinney Brothers, Gibson Brothers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Sierra Hull, Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass), we included one tune from a brand new CD we'd received this week by a Virginia band -- the Cana Ramblers CD is called, "No Expectations." As it was Valentine's Day, we also tried to include a few happy BG love songs -- 'tis not always an easy task to find such songs, but I think we did okay.

We also took a few moments to celebrate the birthdate of another one of those Country Music Hall of Famers whose music has been covered a good bit in the BG world. This time around our honoree was Ernest Tubb, who was born on February 9, 1914 (and died September 6, 1984). ET was not the world's greatest singer, but something he said in an interview from 1957 really seems like a good goal for all musicians: "I sing because I want to sing." You can't ask anything more than that.

In just one month, it will once again be time for Radiothon at WHUS. We're in the process of trying to pull together some fine CDs to offer our listeners (and supporters) as "thank-you gifts," so we hope you'll be sure to help us out, if you can. We know that the economy is still pretty lousy, but for the last two years, you folks have made the "Bluegrass Cafe" the #1 listener-supported music program at WHUS. Of course, we'd like to retain that distinction for another year, too, so we hope you'll consider making a pledge to WHUS on March 14th and/or March 21st. Thanks!

It looks like I'll be with you once again this coming Sunday for another "Bluegrass Cafe." Please consider joining me....

Amy





REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Look For Me (I'll Be There) / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• You'll Always Be The Only One / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) / Mark Newton with the Whites / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Spinney Brothers / When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Self-Produced
• Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• With Body And Soul / Patrick McAvinue with Audie Blaylock / Rutland's Reel / Patuxent Music
• Banjo Fling / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
• Pretty Roses Remind Me Of You / Lost & Found / Love, Lost & Found / Rebel
• Everybody's Somebody's Fool / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder
• No One But My Darlin' / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder
• Carry Me Across The Mountain / Billy Boone Smith / Live From The Moose Lodge / Muddy Sunshine
• I'll Never Do Better Than You / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• I Wouldn't Change You If I Could / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Uphill Climb / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Devil Of The Trail / Randy Kohrs / Quicksand / Rural Rhythm
• I Thought I'd Seen It All / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• Roll On Buddy, Roll On / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• I Got A Letter / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here's A Little Song... / Bell Buckle Records
• Louisville Suite / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records
• Love At Last / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts And Better Times / Open Road
• AppleJack / Pam Gadd with Dolly Parton / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway Productions
• I Thought That She Loved Me / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Crazy Blues / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Leavin' Town / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent Music
• Redwood Hill / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• Try Me One More Time / Del McCoury Band / Blue Side Of Town / Rounder [Ernest Tubb]
• Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder [Ernest Tubb]
• Are You Waiting Just For Me / Mike Auldridge with Tony Rice / Treasures Untold / Sugar Hill [Ernest Tubb]
• Waltz Across Texas / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder [Ernest Tubb]
• Who Showed Who / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• I Love You Until I Am Dizzy / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• All That's Left (For You To Do Is Leave) / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads Recordings
• I Want To Be Loved / The Radio Gang / Two Different Roads / Fishtraks
• She Paints A Picture / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• California Cotton Fields / Cana Ramblers / No Expectations / Self-Produced
• Sweetest Love / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• I'll Go To My Grave Loving You / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
• Whole Lot More Living / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Some Day : The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
• When God Dips His Pen Of Love In My Heart / Alison Krauss & the Cox Family / Blue Ribbon Bluegrass / Rounder
• The Lord Will Light The Way / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• Satan's Jeweled Crown / Daryl Moseley & Tim Graves / Remembering The Beacon Brothers / Pinecastle
• Rocking On The Waves / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Quicksilver Rides Again! / Sugar Hill
• The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/7/2010

Back to three hours for today's BG Cafe. While we couldn't squeeze in quite as many tunes as Jim was able to play on last week's five hour program, we still pumped out a whole lot of great BG tunes. Hope you enjoyed 'em...

In anticipation of next weekend's 25th Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in Framingham, MA, we included a whole bunch of tunes from performers who'll be appearing at this big Boston Bluegrass Union-sponsored event. If you don't yet have a reservation at the Sheraton Framingham (where the event is held), you're out of luck, as the hotel sold out all of its rooms in less than five minutes when reservations were opened up last November. It should be a great festival with lots and lots of top-notch performers, including Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, J.D. Crowe & the New South, the Gibson Brothers, the Spinney Brothers, Sierra Hull & Highway 111, the Josh Williams Band, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, and quite a few more. We hope to see you there!

The big news in the Bluegrass world this week was the release of Dailey & Vincent's new tribute CD to the Statler Brothers (called "Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers"). If you've ever seen D&V's live show (or, really, listened to either of their first two Rounder CDs), you KNOW that these guys include LOTS of tunes from the Statler Brothers Songbook in their repertoire. As I've told you plenty of times, I've been a big Statler fan myself for the better part of forever, but I never would have imagined any of their songs being worked up as BG tunes. This new D&V CD is "mighty fine" (to quote the ol' Roadhog), and you can bet you'll be hearing lots more of it on the air in future weeks and months at WHUS. Is it better than the original Statler stuff? Nope...but it is a fabulous tribute to the Statlers from the hottest thing going in the BG world.

The WHUS radio schedule changes once again this Thursday, 2/11, but we hope to remain on the air for our usual Sunday afternoon timeslot. With that in mind, I hope to join you once again next Sunday as I wind down my Joe Val weekend. If you enjoy some classic country sounds combined with your BG, I invite you to join me for my last Tuesday afternoon fill-in this week (2/9) from 1-3PM.

Thanks for listening -
Amy


REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / Pete Goble / When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / FireHeart Pro Records
• Sad And Blue / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• Your Love Is Dying / Reno & Smiley / On Stage / Copper Creek
• I Don't Know What To Do / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Just Wondering Why / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Dreams About The Hills Of Home / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• My Dixie Home / Jim Mills with Ricky Skaggs / My Dixie Home / Sugar Hill
• Dear Old Dixie / Dan Menzone / Menzone Drive / Self-Produced
• Coat Of Many Colors / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Come Walk With Me / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Band / One Morning In May / Rounder
• The Crow / Steve Martin / The Crow / Rounder [2010 Grammy Award-Winner: "Best Bluegrass Album"]
• Sometimes The Pleasure's Worth The Pain / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhyhtm
• Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Jim & Jesse / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Cracker Barrel
• Buck Creek Gal / Johnny Warren with Earl Scruggs / A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren / Self-Produced
• Hot Corn, Cold Corn / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Columbia
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Trust Each Other / Blinky Moon Boys / Moonlite Theatre / Hay Holler
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven / Alison Krauss & the Cox Family / I Know Who Holds Tomorrow / Rounder
• We Live In Two Different Worlds / Red Allen & the Kentuckians / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• Roll On Muddy River / Bluegrass Cardinals / Welcome To Virginia / Rounder
• Snowbird / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
• I Ain't Broke, But I'm Badly Bent / Special Edition / Sweet Allis Chalmers / Grass Mountain Records
• Two Hours Down / Rick Hayes / Fly By Night / Kang Records
• There Ain't No Easy Street / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• 95 Years / Thomas Wywrot / Every Time I Walk This Road / Self-Produced
• My Rose Of Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Let Me Fall / Adam Steffey with Dan Tyminski / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
• Cotton Dice / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Larry Stephenson with Del McCoury / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• The Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Turkey Buzzard / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent Music
• Flowers On The Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
• Do You Know You Are My Sunshine / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
• Big Spike Hammer / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volumes I & II / Sugar Hill
• The Room Over Mine / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• My Friend Clyde / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Batchin' It / Buddy Merriam / Back Roads Mandolin / Lily Pad Records
• Mississippi River Raft / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder
• The Wishing Well / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Knee Deep In The Blues / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• The Last Song / Josh Williams / Down Home / Pinecastle
• I Love God's Way Of Living / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• It's So Hard To Stumble (When You're Down On Your Knees) / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
• Lift Your Voice In Prayer / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Will I Meet Mother In Heaven / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Angel Band / Acoustic Blue / This Is Now / Self-Produced
• Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill
• Let Me Rest / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• Climbing Up The Mountain / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill
• Do Right And Come Smiling Thru / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Winding Through Life / Sugar Hill
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 1/31/2010

Hi Folks,

Bluegrass Cafe is still on a roll with another five-hour show last Sunday because of an opening in the schedule, and I was happy to make the banjos and fiddles ring for most of the afternoon. The requests were prolific.

New music included selections from Josh Williams, Patuxent Partners, Billy Boone Smith, Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie, Blue Highway, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, Jesse Baker, The Spinney Brothers, Randy Kohrs, Bobby Atkins and the Countrymen, Chris Warner, Dan Menzone, Thomas Wywrot, Nate Leath + Friends, and Carolina Native Sons.

I got a couple of requests for Johnson Mountain Boys music, so I did a special set of live music from that great band.

To mark the sad occasion of their cessation of operations, I programmed a long set of music from the Pinecastle label.

From the Heritage Corner vaults, I dusted off J.E. Mainer from my home town of Concord, NC in 1967, Ralph Stanley from McClure in 1975, and The Stanley Brothers from Ray Davis' Baltimore car lot studio in 1963.

Amy will be making the banjos and fiddles ring next Sunday, so be sure to tune in at our regular time 4-7 pm ET.

We'll be at the Joe Val Festival February 12-14, so perhaps we'll see you there.

Regards,

Jim Beaver

requests in red

Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Careless Love / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-released
• Roll On Buddy / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart and Soul / Rural Rhythm
• Have Mercy / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• The Bluebirds Are Singing / Larry Stephenson / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• Dark As A Dungeon / Charlie Waller / Bluegrass - An American Tradition (compilation) / Pinecastle
• I'm Walking The Dog / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top of The World / Pinecastle
• No One To Welcome Me Home / Del McCoury, Ron McCoury, David Grier, Larry Perkins, et.al / Bluegrass Legends / Pinecastle
• Georgia Mules And Country Boys / The Osborne Brothers / 2005 IBMA Pinecastle Sampler / Pinecastle
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All-American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• California Cottonfields / Phil Leadbetter / Slide Effects / Pinecastle
• I Hear A Choo-Choo Coming / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Live! At McClure / Rebel
• I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Live! At McClure / Rebel
• Don't Care Anymore / Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• I Don't Love You Anymore / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Your Love Died Like The Rose / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Traveling Kind / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute (Volume II) / Self-released
• If You Think It's Hot Here / Randy Kohrs / Quicksand / Rural Rhythm
• More Pretty Girls Than One / The Kruger Brothers / Carolina Scrapbook / Doubletime
• Someday We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Bobby Atkins & The Countrymen / Memories of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs of the 1950's / Thunderbolt
• Cumberland River Shore / Billy Boone Smith / Live From The Moose Lodge / Muddy Sunshine
• I'm Going Back To The Old Home / Doc Watson / Riding The Midnight Train / Sugar Hill
• I Thought I'd Seen It All / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• Plant Some Flowers / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-released
• Enough Of You / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• I Didn't See It Coming / Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset / I Didn't See It Coming / Blue Circle
• Going Back Home / The Earl Brothers / The Earl Brothers / Big Hen
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / Old & In The Way / Breakdown / Acoustic Disc
• Hard Hearted / Old & In The Way / That High Lonesome Sound / Acoustic Disc
• When The Springtime Comes Again / Old & In The Gray / Old & In The Gray / Acoustic Disc
• Left Handed Dreamer / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
• Don't Leave Me Alone / Various Artists / Born Into Bluegrass / Mountain Roads
• Midnight Ramble / Cullen Galyean / Born Into Bluegrass / Mountain Roads
• Where Will This End? / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent
• The Wolf Is At The Door / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• Blue Night / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / Self-released
• John Henry / Ross Nickerson / Let's Kick Some Ass / Bones Records
• Katy Daley / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Bound To Ride - Vintage Mountain Bluegrass / Rebel
• In My Dear Old Southern Home / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots- 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
• The Midnight Train / Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• Willie Moore / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• Yessir! / Jesse Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
• Don't Let Her Get Away / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
• I Had But 50 Cents / Ricky Skaggs / Solo - Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family
• I've Always Been A Rambler / Buzz Matheson & Mac Martin / Echos Of The Past / White Oak
• Opening Theme: Wake Up Susan / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• We Can't Be Darlings Anymore / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Dream Of A Miners Child / The Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Banjo Fling / Jesse Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
• How Many Times / The Spinney Brothers / When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Self-released
• I Won't Go Away / Cherryholmes / Bluegrass Vagabonds / Spirit High Ridge
• Same Old Place / Newfound Road / Same Old Place / Rounder
• Let Me Fall / Adam Steffey / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
• Snow Covered Mound / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• The Evening Train / Bob and Danny Paisley / Plum Pitiful / Time-Life
• Dark As A Dungeon / The Country Gentlemen / Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains / Smithsonian Folkways
• Who Showed Who / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• The Less That I Drink / Charlie Sizemore / Good News / Rounder
• Cold Cold River / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-released
• This Is For Bill / Frank Wakefield / Ownself Blues / Patuxent
• Cold And Lonesome Blues / Blue Highway / Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
• The Last Song / Josh Williams / Down Home / Pinecastle
• Girl In The Valley / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• Fire In The Water / Jeff & Vida / Selma Chalk / Rosebank Records
• Handsome Molly / Thomas Wywrot / Every Time I Walk This Road / Right Good Records
• Ole Rowdy / Wayne Benson / An Instrumental Anthology / Pinecastle
• Imagine That / Kristen Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
• Poor White Folks / Ralph Stanley II and John Rigsby / Clinch Mountain Echoes / Copper Creek
• Two Sides To A Story / Jeanie Stanley / Baby Girl / CMH
• Ride Old Buck To Water / Nate Leath + Friends / Rockville Pike / Patuxent
• Roll On Buddy, Roll On / Sam Bush / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
• Uncle Pen / Ricky Skaggs / The High Notes / Cracker Barrel
• Carolina Blue / The Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues / New Time Records
• I'd Worship You / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Ghost Bound Train / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass
• Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Till I Die) / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• Cindy Mae / Crowe Brothers / Brothers 'N' Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Revenuer's Blues / The Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
• Who'll Sing For Me / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
• The Little White Church / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet / Self-released
• Light From Heaven / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• He Will Set Your Fields On Fire / Blueridge / Bluegrass Gospel (Compilation) / Pinecastle
• Those Lonely Tombs / J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers with Morris Herbert / 18 Gospel Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• The Gospel Ship / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• Give The Devil An Inch / Billy Boone Smith / Five Flat Rocks / Muddy Sunshine
• Will He Wait A Little Longer? / Front Range / One Beautiful Day / Sugar Hill
• Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone / The Stanley Brothers / Plum Pitiful / Time-Life
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / The Best of the Hay Holler Years / Hay Holler

A lot of classic country (and a bit of BG, too)...

As you may know, for the last month or so, I've been doing a regular fill-in on Tuesday afternoons from 1-3PM. APOC generally hosts a program she calls "The Getaway" during that time period, and she plays a mix of jam band, acoustic, rock, and hip-hop. However, between the Winter Break and her new class schedule, she cannot do a show in this time slot right now, so I get to step in with a classic country and BG fill-in. This is always fun for me -- to "stretch out" a bit from the straight BG programming. Best of all, APOC doesn't mind me changing the format of her show a little bit. I'll be doing these Tuesdays for another two weeks, as our WHUS show schedule will change again beginning on Thursday, February 11th at midnight. Please join me, if you're so inclined....

Amy

January 12, 2010: Lots of classic country and a birthday tribute to the Cherokee Cowboy, Ray Price (born January 12, 1926).

• Little Darling Pal Of Mine / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Lonesome Valley / Carter Family / Carter Family / Sphere Records
• Shame On You / Spade Cooley / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Low And Lonely / Roy Acuff / Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Elton Britt / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Take Me Back To Tulsa / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Poor Ellen Smith / Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks / The Golden Age / Columbia
• I'll Be A Bachelor 'Til I Die / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
• Two Glasses Joe / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA
• Slowly / Webb Pierce / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• San Antonio Rose / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• The Wild Side Of Life / Hank Thompson / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels / Kitty Wells / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Don't Just Stand There / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• The Golden Rocket / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA
• Weary Blues (From Waiting) / Ray Price / The Legend Begins / Country Stars
• You Done Me Wrong / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Crazy Arms / Ray Price / The Essential Ray Price / Columbia
• Move On In And Stay / Mickey Harris / Dog House Blues / MJH Records
• Heartaches By The Number / Ray Price with Vince Gill / Last Of The Breed / Lost Highway
• Falling, Falling, Falling / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill
• Invitation To The Blues / Ray Price / In A Honky Tonk Mood / Jasmine
• A Man Like Me / Roger Miller / A Man Like Me / Bear Family
• The Pain Of Loving You / Patty Loveless / Sleepless Nights: The Traditional Country Soul Of Patty Loveless / Saguaro Road Records
• Just Someone I Used To Know / Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton / Dolly Box Set Sampler / Legacy
• I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) / Buck Owens / I Don't Care / Sundazed
• Dang Me / Roger Miller / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Sea Of Regret / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Love Reunited / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• Are You From Dixie? / Sky Blue Boys / Music In The Air / Self-Produced
• Stuck-Up Blues / Louvin Brothers / Sing The Great Roy Acuff Songs / Gusto
• Long Way Down / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Got Leavin' On Her Mind / Statler Brothers / Innerview / Mercury
• No Letter In The Mail / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia

January 19, 2010: Celebrating the birthdays of two Country Music Hall of Famers, Dolly Parton (born January 19, 1946) and Phil Everly (born January 19, 1939), and remembering another Hall of Famer, Carl Smith, after he died on January 16, 2010.

• Don't Forget This Song / Carter Family / My Clinch Mountain Home / Rounder
• Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy / Monroe Brothers / Are You From Dixie? / RCA
• Tennessee Border / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life
• Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
• It's A Great Life (If You Don't Weaken) / Faron Young / The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young / Collector's Choice Music
• White Lightning / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic Legacy
• More And More / Webb Pierce / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus / Kitty Wells / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• Always Late / Lefty Frizzell / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young / Faron Young / The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young / Collector's Choice Music
• Let's Live A Little / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• You Are The One / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• More Than Anything Else In This World / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• Kisses Don't Lie / Lynn Morris Band / Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Hey Joe! / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
• Satisfaction Guaranteed / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little /
• Five Feet High And Rising / Johnny Cash / At Madison Square Garden / Columbia Legacy
• Let The Sad Times Roll On / Buck Owens / I've Got A Tiger By The Tail / Sundazed
• Just Between The Two Of Us / Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard / That Makes Two Of Us / Hilltop Records
• Flowers On The Wall / Statler Brothers / At Madison Square Garden / Columbia Legacy
• Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era
• Dumb Blonde / Dolly Parton / Box Set Sampler / Sony Legacy
• In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) / Dolly Parton / In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) / RCA
• My Tennessee Mountain Home / Dolly Parton / Box Set Sampler / Sony Legacy
• Long Time Gone / Everly Brothers / 36 All-Time Favorites / GSC Records
• Let Me Be Your Friend / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• Cotton Dice / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music
• I'm All Alone / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Bluegrass Collection / Gusto
• I Don't Care Anymore / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Blue Memories / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Necktie Records
• Pitfall / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming: The Best Of The Louvin Brothers / Razor & Tie
• Dusty Miller / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• I'm Working On A Building / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA

January 26, 2010: A total hodge-podge program -- no plan, whatsoever. Fortunately, we had some fine requests (noted below in RED).

• Frankie And Johnnie / Jimmie Rodgers / The Essential Jimmie Rodgers / RCA
• John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Gypsy, Joe And Me / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
• If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) / Connie Smith / The Essential Connie Smith / RCA
• It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels / Kitty Wells / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Please Help Me, I'm Falling / Patty Loveless / Sleepless Nights: The Traditional Country Soul of Patty Loveless / Saguaro Road Records
• You Ain't Woman Enough / Loretta Lynn / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
• Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Larry Stephenson with Connie Smith & Marty Stuart / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• Homesick / Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives / Live At The Ryman / Superlatone Records
• Much Too Young To Die / Ray Price / In A Honky Tonk Mood / Jasmine
• Then I'll Stop Loving You / Jim Reeves / Four Walls: The Legend Begins / BMG
• I Love You A Thousand Ways / Lefty Frizzell / Lefty Frizzell's Greatest Hits / Columbia
• Loose Talk / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• I'll Go On Alone / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life / Legacy
• The Last Letter Home / Amazing Rhythm Aces / Toucan Do It Too / ABC Records
• Won't Be Coming Back / Infamous Stringdusters / The Infamous Stringdusters / Sugar Hill
• Guess Things Happen That Way / Johnny Cash / Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous / Sun
• Hammers And Nails / Statler Brothers with Johnny Cash / Flowers On The Wall: The Essential Statler Brothers / Columbia
• Ashes Of Love / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• The Three Bells / The Browns / The Best Of The Browns / RCA
• This Ole House / Statler Brothers / Flowers On The Wall: The Essential Statler Brothers / Columbia
• The White House Blues / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
• Best Of Her (Cooper's Song) / Acoustic Blue / This Is Now / Self-Produced
• Farewell Blues / Tony Trischka with Earl Scruggs / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• I'm Goin' Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Copper Kettle / Country Gentlemen / Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains / Smithsonian Folkways
• Let's Live For Tonight / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I Love No One But You / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy / Monroe Brothers / Are You From Dixie? / RCA
• A Valley Of Peace / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics / Classic
• Broad Minded / Louvin Brothers / Classic Album Collection / Golden Stars
• Wham Bam / Don Rich with the Buckaroos / I Don't Care / Sundazed
• Southern Cannonball / Hank Snow / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• Scotland / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA