Bluegrass Cafe

Sunday, July 19, 2020

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/19/2020

Ah, mid-July! In a normal year, lots of us would be thinking of doing some traveling right around now -- or maybe pondering a vacation from which we had just returned. In this year of COVID-19, though, a lot of folks have had their travel plans cancelled and/or greatly modified, so instead of actually traveling, we opened Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe with songs that mention travel.

Other "features" for Sunday's show included thirteen songs with the common theme of "letters" (inspired by a Facebook post by Eric Gibson where he was thinking about several great songs about letters), a look back at an old New England band, Thunder Mountain Bluegrass, and birthday songs to honor Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Bobby Hicks (born July 21, 1933), as well as future Hall of Famer, Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971).

Hope you were able to tune in to the show this week, but if not, we'll be back again next Sunday, 4-7PM. If you have any questions about these COVID-19 shows, please feel free to send an email to me at bgcafe@gmail.com. Kindly give our Facebook page a "like," too, if you are so inclined.

Have a good week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
The Traveler / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
Roads Travelled / Edgar Loudermilk with Marty Raybon / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
A Lonesome Road To Travel / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
The Traveling Kind / Junior Sisk / Brand New Shade Of Blue / Mountain Fever Records
Travelin' Down This Lonesome Road / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
Ridin' The Lines / The Travelers / Ridin' The Lines / Hay Holler
See The Big Man Cry / Volume Five / Run / Mountain Fever Records
Straight Drive / Terry McGill / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
Don't You Know I Love You, Charlie Brown / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
John D. Champion / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
Cry Of The Catamount / Bob Amos / Sunrise Blues / Bristlecone
Ice Covered Birches / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
How Could I Love Her So Much / The Travelers / Ridin' The Lines / Hay Holler
Big Spike Hammer / Thunder Mountain Bluegrass / Another Season / Self-Produced
New Beginnings / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
A Place For A Fool / Stephen Mougin with the Gibson Brothers / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
How Mountain Girls Can Love / Thunder Mountain Bluegrass / Another Season / Self-Produced
Dine-E-O / Terry McGill / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
Love Letters In The Sand / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1953-1955 / Kipepeo Publishing
No Letter In The Mail / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
Rambling Letters / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
Letters Have No Arms / Flatt Lonesome / Too / Mountain Home
I Got A Letter / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
Soldier's Last Letter / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / The Cat Came Back / Rebel
Letter From My Darlin' / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder
The Letter Edged In Black / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Weary River / Patuxent Music
The Last Letter Home / Gary Ferguson / Without You / Turquoise
Letter To Tom / Country Gentlemen / 25 Years / Rebel
Your Letter's Overdue / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
Old Love Letters / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again / Wango
Letter To Home / IIIrd Tyme Out / Letter To Home / Rounder
A Beautiful Life / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Down Memory Lane / Rebel [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
Sawing On The Strings / Alison Krauss / A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection / Rounder [Alison Krauss birthday, 7/23/1971]
Cheyenne / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album Band / Rounder [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
Maury River Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
The Future Remains / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
Calling From Heaven / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
The Old Crossroads / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
Children Go Where I Send Thee / Marshall Family / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
Echoes From The Burning Bush / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Gusto
I'll Cross Over Jordan Someday / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
Way Down Deep In My Soul / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume One / Hay Holler
The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
Cry Out / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC Records
Along The Way / Bluegrass 45 / Bluegrass 45 / Rebel
Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
When The Sun Of Life Goes Down / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Sacred Memories / Rebel
Heaven's Bright Shore / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Two HIghways / Rounder [Alison Krauss birthday, 7/23/1971]
Take Me In A Lifeboat / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
I'm Going To Heaven / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Blue Records
Who Will Sing For Me / Earls Of Leiceister / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
I'm Goin' That Way / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder
Jesus Made The Wine / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
Goodbye / Jimmy Martin / This World Is Not My Home / MME
Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Sunday, July 12, 2020

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/12/2020

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was one without any sort of theme, although we did celebrate a few Bluegrass birthdays and share a bit of newer music, too.

The first hour was devoted to the ladies -- songs about women, and songs performed by women.

Big Time Country Star Ricky Skaggs
with some fans -- 1988ish?

The second hour included birthday tributes to several Bluegrass celebrants this month, including Jesse McReynolds, Ronnie Bowman, Bela Fleck, Rhonda Vincent, Mike Barber, Richard Underwood, and Ricky Skaggs. We also listened to the original versions of several Bluegrass tunes which Ricky Skaggs turned into big country hits in the 1980s.

There was a bit of newer music, too, from the likes of the Feinberg Brothers, Becky Buller, High Fidelity, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive, Junior Sisk, Laurie Lewis, and the Appalachian Road Show.

During these COVID-19 pre-recorded shows, please be sure to keep in touch with us via email to bgcafe@gmail.com or give our Facebook page a like.

Stay healthy, and have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
Marianne / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Modern Times / Rebel
Poor Old Cora / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
Ida Red / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
Angeline The Baker / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder
Hello Mary Lou / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Renovah Records
Mary Ann / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
What Was I Supposed To Do / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
Every Time You Say Goodbye / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Every Time You Say Goodbye / Rounder
When The Grass Grows Over Me / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Bluegrass Legends--Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music
Blue / Beth & April Stevens / O Sister! / Rounder
You Are My Flower / Laurie Lewis with Molly Tuttle / ...And Laurie Lewis / Spruce And Maple Music
The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister! / Rounder
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing / Claire Lynch & the Front Porch String Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
Women Of Sorrow / Bear Bridge Band / Bear Essentials / Open Road
Pardon Me / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
Sad Situation / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / O Sister! / Rounder
Eight More Miles / Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Rhonda Vincent, Lynn Morris / O Sister! / Rounder
Rebecca / Jim Mills / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin': Early Classic, 1963-1969 / Rebel
Thanks For The Trip To Paradise / Jim & Jesse / Music Among Friends / Rounder [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
Alabam / Ronnie Bowman with Del McCoury & Bobby Bare / single / Engelhardt Music Group [Ronnie Bowman birthday, 7/9/1961]
Sunrise / Sam Bush & Bela Fleck / Epilogue: A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways [Bela Fleck birthday, 7/10/1958]
Is The Grass Any Bluer (On The Other Side) / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / All The Rage--Volume One / Upper Management Music [Rhonda Vincent birthday, 7/13/1962]
The Open Road / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill [Mike Barber birthday, 7/13/1970]
Newton Grove / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder [Richard Underwood birthday, 7/14/1956]
I Hope You've Learned / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Bluegrass Rules! / Rounder [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1954]
I'll Wash Your Love From My Heart / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds / Capitol [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
Baby Girl / Ricky Skaggs with Tony Rice / Sweet Temptation / Sugar Hill [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1954]
Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / King
I Wouldn't Change You If I Could / Reno & Smiley / Bluegrass 1963 / Rural Rhythm
Don't Get Above Your Raising / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Select Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
Crying My Heart Out Over You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
Highway 40 Blues / Ricky Skaggs / The High Notes / Skaggs Family Records [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1954]
Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / single / Pinecastle
99 Years (And One Dark Day) / Appalachian Road Show / Tribulation / Billy Blue Records
Scissor Jack / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross / Red Feather
Got A Little Light / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
Let Him Lead You / Jim Eanes / In His Arms / Rebel
The Old Account / Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Del McCoury / Mac, Doc & Del / Sugar Hill
Righteous Prayer / Bluegrass Cardinals / My Kinda Grass / BGC Records
In God's Hands / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home
The Power Up Above / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages / Front Range / One Beautiful Day / Sugar Hill
Lay Your Burdens At His Feet / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heavenly Treasures / Sugar Hill
Shouting In The Air / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
Give Me The Roses While I Live / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / Self-Produced
Two Wings / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder
Will The Light Be Shining Bright / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / single / Driving Duke Records
Lift Your Voice In Prayer / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / Jimmy Martin / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / MME
I'm Going There / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
Have Mercy On My Soul / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
Won't You Come And Sing For Me / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill
Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Sunday, July 05, 2020

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/5/2020

Happy July 5th! America may have celebrated birthday #244 yesterday, but we continued the festivities as we opened this week's pre-recorded edition of our Bluegrass Cafe. While we don't have access to the full WHUS Bluegrass library of recordings for these home-made broadcasts of the show, we cobbled together a few appropriate tunes that we had on-hand in honor of America, including four versions of a song the Country Gentlemen first recorded in June of 1959: "New Freedom Bell."

Our twelfth recorded show also included several selections from a few of the newest members of Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, the Johnson Mountain Boys. No need to gush here, as any listener to this broadcast knows I am a devoted fan of JMB, and rarely (if ever) get through a radio show without sharing their music. Nothing will change.

Put Charlie Louvin's 2012
autobiography on your Summer reading list

As we did in April for the birth anniversary of Ira Louvin, for this week's show, we devoted a full hour plus to more Louvin music in honor of the birth anniversary of Charlie Louvin (born July 7, 1927). There may be some repeats from the April broadcast to this one, but really, who can get tired of hearing the music of the Louvin Brothers? Not me.

A newish New England band has a new CD on the way, too: Rock Hearts. We shared a selection from this new recording on today's broadcast, and we'll likely be hearing a lot more from the band in future. Other 2020 music we heard came from Fred Travers on "The New Reso Gathering," J.B. & Jamie Dailey, High Fidelity, and the Feinberg Brothers.

Hope you've all had an enjoyable holiday weekend -- even if was a bit quieter than usual. Feel free to check in with us when you can via email to bgcafe@gmail.com or give our Facebook page a like.

Have a great week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
New Freedom Bell [1972] / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel
New Freedom Bell [1992] / Country Gentlemen / New Horizon / Rebel
New Freedom Bell [2011] / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
New Freedom Bell [1959] / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Gusto
Me And Paul Revere / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / single / Rounder
Americana / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / In Session / Mountain Home
There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
Last Day At Gettysburg / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
Weathered Gray Stone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
Georgia Stomp / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
Let The Whole World Talk / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
99 Year Blues / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
Pickaway / Fred Travers / The New Reso Gathering / Pinecastle
Banjo Player's Blues / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
Liberty / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
Don't Laugh / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming: The Best Of The Louvin Brothers / Razor & Tie [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Are You Missing Me / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP & CD Records [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Seven Year Blues / Longview / Longview / Rounder [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Take My Ring From Your Finger / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Bald Knob, Arkansas / Louvin Brothers / The Lost Recordings / Modern Harmonic [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Come And Knock (On The Door Of My Heart) / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
My Baby's Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
My Baby Came Back / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / The Oak And The Laurel / Rounder [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
I Wish You Knew / Jim & Jesse / Bean Blossom / MCA [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Childish Love / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Are You Teasin' Me / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
I Can't Keep You In Love With Me / Malpass Brothers / Live At The Paramount Theatre / Minnow Media LLC [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Love And Wealth / Here Today / Here Today / Rounder [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
The New Partner Waltz / Loafers' Glory / Loafers' Glory / Arhoolie [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
You'll Forget / Darren Beachley & Legends Of The Potomac / Take Off / Patuxent Music [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
If I Could Only Win Your Love / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Plenty Of Everything But You / Charlie Louvin / Less And Less & I Don't Love You Anymore / Capitol [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Follow The Leader / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH [Jimmy Gaudreau birthday, 7/3/1946]
I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays / Country Stars [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Where We'll Never Say Farewell / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
Go Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Greatest Hits / Columbia
Make Him A Soldier / Whitstein Brothers / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
Home Of The Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Radio Gems / Sugar Hill
Throne Of Grace / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
You'll Be Rewarded Over There / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Do Lord / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
Dust On The Bible / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
Weapon Of Prayer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Charlie Louvin birthday, 7/7/1927]
Preach The Gospel / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays / Country Stars
See God's Ark A Movin' / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
Will The Angels Play Their Harps For Me / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
You Don't Knock / New Grass Revival / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
Boat Of Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
Drowning Sailor / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
Harbor Of Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Sunday, June 28, 2020

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/28/2020

The Bluegrass Cafe Express/Special/Zephyr (choose your favorite name) rolled into the WHUS (radio) station today and featured thirty more songs about trains -- and with no repeats from our May 31st show, which also featured a whole bunch of tunes about trains. As there are still plenty more train songs we haven't shared during these pre-recorded shows quite yet, we may put together another show featuring tunes about trains later on this summer.

During Sunday's program, we also belatedly celebrated the birthdays of two members of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame: banjo legend Eddie Adcock (born June 21, 1938) and New England's only (so far) BGHoF member, the late Joe Val (born June 25, 1926). No better way to celebrate these two than to share some fine music, so we did just that.

Even with all of the trains and the birthday celebrating, we still had time for just a few newer selections, too. This time around we included music from Special Consensus, Amanda Cook, the duo of Boone & Foster, the Feinberg Brothers, and High Fidelity.

Hope you are enjoying our pre-recorded shows, as we will keep putting them together until we are allowed back into the radio station at the University of Connecticut. In the meantime, if you would like to contact us, please send email and/or visit our Bluegrass Cafe Facebook page and give it a "like."

Have a great week, and, of course, stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
Wreck Of The Old 97 / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
The Train Song / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
Last Train Done Gone Down / Beartracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
I Like Trains / Jim & Jesse / Y'All Come: The Essential Jim & Jesse / Sony Legacy
Kentucky Borderline / Rhonda Vincent / One Step Ahead / Rounder
The Engineers Don't Wave From The Trains Anymore / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
Blue Railroad Train / Josh Williams with Tony Rice / Down Home / Rounder
Fireball Mail / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
Blue Train (Of The Heartbreak Railroad Line) / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Hard Game Of Love / Sugar Hill
Blue Train / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Home Of The Blues / Sugar Hill
East Bound Train / Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
The Train's Ready / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
Last Train From Poor Valley / Seldom Scene / 35 Years Of The Best Of Bluegrass / Rebel
Whistles On The Trains / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Blue Rambler 2 / Sugar Hill
Wreck Of The Number Nine / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
Lonesome Train / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
The South Bound Train / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
Train Medley / Bass Mountain Boys with Chubby Wise / Fiddlin' With Tradition / BMM Records
Next Train South / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
On The Evening Train / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Down Memory Lane / Rebel
I Hear A Choo Choo Coming / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Live! At McClure! / Rebel
Old Train / Tony Rice / Hand-Picked: Twenty-Five Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records / Rounder
Reuben's Train / The Dillards / Pickin' & Fiddlin'/Back Porch Bluegrass /
Steel Rails / Alison Krauss / I've Got That Old Feeling / Rounder
California Zephyr / Larry Sparks / Raised By The Railroad Line / Rebel
Railroad Line / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
Spell Of A Freight Train / Ricochet / Raised By The Railroad Line / Rebel
Raised By The Railroad Line / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Collection / Sugar Hill
The Passing Of The Train / Special Consensus / Roads And Rails / Shy Town Records
Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
Bus Grease Monkey / Tom Feller / single / Self-Produced
West Virginia Coal / Amanda Cook / Summer Singles 2020 / Mountain Fever Records
County Fool / Boone & Foster / Summer Singles 2020 / Mountain Fever Records
Nightwalk / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music [Eddie Adcock birthday, 6/21/1938]
Let's / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Eddie Adcock birthday, 6/21/1938]
Mary Dear / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music [Eddie Adcock birthday, 6/21/1938]
Eddie To The Rescue / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music [Eddie Adcock birthday, 6/21/1938]
Voice From On High / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Joe Val birthday, 6/25/1926]
I Have Found The Way / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
Enter The Gates / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross / Red Feather
I'll Shout And Shine / Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / Self-Produced
Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
River Of Jordan / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / King
The Touch Of The Master's Hand / Laurie Lewis / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
Do You Live What You Preach / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder [Joe Val birthday, 6/25/1926]
God Guide Our Leaders Hand / Audie Blaylock / Tribute To The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Joe Val birthday, 6/25/1926]
I Believe / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
Lord Protect My Soul / IIIrd Tyme Out / Live At The MAC / Rounder
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
I Can Tell You The Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
Dear God / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
I'm Rollin' Through This Unfriendly World / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
Joy Bells / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / MME
I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Christopher Henry / I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Self-Produced
I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Sunday, June 21, 2020

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/21/2020

Happy Father's Day!

It's Father Day! Hope all of you dads who might listen to our Bluegrass Cafe are having a wonderful day doing whatever it is that makes you happy!

We celebrated a few Bluegrass dads who have enjoyed making some fine music with their sons and daughters over the years. To that end, we enjoyed musical selections from families with the last names of McCoury, Paisley, Feinberg, McGee, Parmley, Mullins, Vincent, and, of course, the Father of Bluegrass Music -- Bill Monroe with son, James. There are, of course, other fathers who have played music with their offspring over the years, and we'll try to include more of those in future weeks of our program. In addition, there was a whole hour of songs about fathers -- some good, and some who could use a bit of improvement, to say the least.

Stonewall Bluegrass
(Ed Vande Voorde, guitar; Pete Soukas, bass;
Tim Mowry, mandolin; Gary Filgate, banjo)

We also included a few songs from a cassette-burned-onto-CD from around 1994 featuring a New Hampshire band of the past, Stonewall Bluegrass -- "I Won't Be Troubled Anymore." A few weeks back, I received an email from a gentleman in Austria who had also had a copy of this cassette that had been lost. Reading his recollections of this band reminded me that they really were very good, and certainly worthy of a bit of listening time during our radio program.

Hope you all have a wonderful week. Don't forget to check in via email (bgcafe@gmail.com) or take a look (and a "like") of our Facebook page. Still no telling of when we might be able to return to broadcasting in a "normal" way (i.e. live from the Student Union at UConn), but we'll keep recording shows as long as necessary.

Thanks for listening, and stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
Roll On Buddy / Bill & James Monroe / Bean Blossom / MCA
Big Blue Raindrops / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country Records
I Do / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
Me And The Jukebox / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
Long Haul Truckin' / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
Crazy Arms / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
Slidin' Delta / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
Drinkin' At The Waterhole / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
Richest Man / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
Take My Ring From Your Finger / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
I'm Lonesome And Blue / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
The South Bound Train / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
PIkearoo / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
Ashes Of Love / Jimmy Gaudreau with Orrin Star / In Good Company / CMH
Come Early Morning / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
You're In My Heart / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
Washington & Lee Fling / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
You Are My Sunshine / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rebel
Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / David Davis & Scott Brannon / Plum Pitiful / Time Life
Papa's Wagon / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
Farm Of Yesterday / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
Daddy For A Day / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
Father Of The Bride / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
Daddy's Old Time Guitar / Fred Pike & Al Hawkes / single / Event Records
Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man / Volume Five with Rhonda Vincent / Voices / Mountain Fever Records
Old Hickory Cane / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
Proud To Be Your Dad / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
Daddy Frank / Jim Mills with Paul Brewster / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill
Devil On The Plow / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
Little John I Am / IIIrd Tyme Out / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
The Old Pine Tree / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
Don't Sell Daddy Anymore Whiskey / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
My Father's Son / Ricky Skaggs / My Father's Son / Epic
Wildwood Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
Father's Table Grace / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / MME
The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
I'll Shout And Shine / Bass Mountain Boys / A Beautiful Life / CMH
I'll Live Again / Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley / Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley / Rebel
I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics (1946-1950) / Cattle
His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
I'm Going There / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Claire Lynch / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout: Bluegrass Gospel From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
Sinner You'd Better Get Ready / Louvin Brothers / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
Still Waters / Osborne Brothers / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
Bound For Gloryland / Rhonda Vincent & the Sally Mountain Show / Bound For Gloryland / Rebel
John 3:16 / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best: All Gospel, All Bluegrass / Federal
Pray For The Boys / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
That Home Far Away / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I Heard The Angels Singing / Sugar Hill
You Don't Knock / New Grass Revival / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / King
Power In The Blood / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
Wicked Path Of Sin / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
Won't You Come And Sing For Me / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill
Little Community Church / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume One / Hay Holler
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Sunday, June 14, 2020

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/14/2020

Lester Raymond Flatt
(June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979)

Happy Flag Day! Today's Bluegrass Cafe was full of birthday celebrations -- for Tony Rice (born June 8, 1951) and Lester Flatt (born June 19, 1914), and to a lesser extent for my mother, Eleanor, who just happens to celebrate her birthday on June 14th.

We started the show with several songs featuring the vocals of Bluegrass Hall of Famer Tony Rice, but we spent even more time celebrating the birthday of Bluegrass and Country Music Hall of Fame member, Lester Flatt. To that end, we shared more than twenty songs written and/or performed by Mr. Flatt. We even included a few songs from one of the better-known Flatt impersonators, the late Keith Whitley.

In addition to birthday celebrating, we played several songs from the just-released recording by High Fidelity: "Banjo Player's Blues" on Rebel Records. If you like traditional Bluegrass, this is a record for you to savor. We also shared another song or two from 2020 releases, including music by Becky Buller, Junior Sisk, the Edgar Loudermilk Band, and the Feinberg Brothers.

Hope you enjoyed the show, and that you will consider joining me once again for another COVID-19 edition of our Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday from 4-7PM. If you have any questions, or would just like to check in, please feel free to send me an email or check out our Facebook page.

Have a great week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

Katy Hill / Del McCoury / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
Age / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Tony Rice birthday, 6/8/1951]
Cold On The Shoulder / Tony Rice / Hand-Picked / Rounder [Tony Rice birthday, 6/8/1951]
The Galveston Flood / Tony Rice / Blue Ribbon Bluegrass / Rounder [Tony Rice birhtday, 6/8/1951]
Old Home Place / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder [Tony Rice birthday, 6/8/1951]
Little Mountain Road / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
Lake Champlain / BearTracks / Rough Edges / AMT Records
Going Back To Old Virginia / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
Banjo Player's Blues / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
Feudin' Banjos / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
Tears Of Regret / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
The Dark Side Of Lonesome / Edgar Loudermilk Band / single / Rural Rhythm
Hey Baby / Feller & Hill / Here Come Feller & Hill / Blue Circle Records
I'm Singing Harmony / The Big Dogs with Tony Trischka / Live At The Birchmere / Strictly Country Records
Trail Of The Lonesome Pine / Bluegrass Patriots / When It's Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
Silence Or Tears / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Gusto
Don't Wake Me / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced
Lonesome Road Blues / Don Reno & Eddie Adcock / Sensational Twin Banjos / Rebel
We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
I'm Head Over Heels In Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / How Many Roads / Rebel [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
My Darling's Last Goodbye / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
No Mother Or Dad / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio 1952-1953 / Rounder [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
The Old Home Town / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
I'll Just Stay Around / (Almost) Original New South / Bluegrass: The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
I Won't Care (A Hundred Years From Now) / Lester Flatt / Lester Raymond Flatt / Flying Fish [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
Is It Too Late Now / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
The Ballad Of Jed Clampett / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Bean Blossom / MCA [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
Martha White Theme / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
The Ballad Of Jed Clampett / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
Foggy Mountain Breakdown / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
The Hills And Home / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
Bergold's Farm / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
Rude And Rambling Man / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
Shelbyville Turnaround / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
God Loves His Children / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
I'm Going To Make Heaven My Home / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
Reunion In Heaven / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
Working On A Road / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
Get In Line Brother / Marty Stuart / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
So Happy I'll Be / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
Brother, I'm Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler Harvest [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records [Remembering Lester Flatt: 6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
The Heavenly Parade / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Gospel Parade / Sugar Hill
When The Saviour Reached Down For Me / Jimmy Martin / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / MME
Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
How Can You Refuse Him Now / Rhonda Vincent / Bluegrass Legends Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music
Happy I'll Be / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Back On The Street Again / Sugar Hill
Sailing On / Russell Moore / Look To The Light: Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian
Goodnight, The Lord's Coming / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
Over In The Gloryland / Reno & Smiley with the Stanley Brothers / Bluegrass 1963 / Rural Rhythm
Crying Holy Unto The Lord / Rickey Wasson with Dan Tyminski / Croweology / Truegrass Entertainment
Fill My Way With Love / Doc Watson / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Sunday, June 07, 2020

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/7/2020

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!