Another Friday fill-in - 5/18/2012

It looks like I'll be doing a summer fill-in from 8-10AM on Fridays for a little bit longer, although I'm told there's someone who might be stepping in to fill the timeslot later on in June.  We shall see.  In the meantime, once again, I fully enjoyed my two-hour show this morning, and I was able to play the very fun combo (for me, anyway) of classic country and BG tunes.

One of the greatest fiddlers ever, Paul Warren.

On Friday, we spent a bit of time remembering the musical partners, Johnnie Wright (born May 13, 1914) and Jack Anglin (born May 13, 1916) with some of their great songs, as well as a couple of tunes they wrote for Johnnie's wife, Kitty Wells.  We also celebrated the lives of two Bluegrass greats who were both born on May 17th -- Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley in 1925 and in 1918, the wonderful, oh-so-fun-to-watch fiddler, Paul Warren.  

In addition, we featured a number of songs from banjo great, Doug Dillard, who died this past Wednesday (May 16th) at the age of 75.  One of the original members of the Dillards, Doug was with the band as they brought BG to mainstream America through their appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show."  He later went on to be one of the pioneers in the world of country rock, and we explored a bit of that on Friday's program.  During the BG Cafe this coming Sunday, there'll be lots more music -- concentrating more on the Bluegrass, I'm thinking -- from Doug Dillard and the Dillards, so do join me, if you can...

Amy

• Beware Of It / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• No One Dear But You / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• One By One / Kitty Wells with Red Foley / Makin' Believe / Country Stars
• Sugar In The Gourd / Tommy Jackson / The Kitty Wells Show / Decca
• You Left Your Mark On Me / Kitty Wells / The Kitty Wells Show / Decca
• You And Me / Kitty Wells with Red Foley / Makin' Believe / Country Stars
• The Singing Waterfall / Kitty Wells / Johnnie & Jack with Kitty Wells at KWKH / Bear Family
• Moanin' The Blues / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury
• Nobody's Lonesome For Me / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury
• Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
• Fiddle 'n Banjo / Doug Dillard / You Don't Need A Reason To Sing / 20th Century Records
• Don't Come Rollin' / Doug Dillard, John Hartford, Rodney Dillard / Dillard-Hartford-Dillard / Flying Fish
• Cross The Border Line / Doug Dillard, John Hartford, Rodney Dillard / Dillard-Hartford-Dillard / Flying Fish
• Music City U.S.A. / Doug Dillard / You Don't Need A Reason To Sing / 20th Century Records
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• Shuckin' The Corn / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• My Rambling Heart / Jim Reeves / Four Walls--The Legend Begins / RCA
• Talk To Your Heart / Ray Price / The Essential Ray Price / Columbia
• It Don't Show On Me / Buck Owens / Sweethearts In Heaven / Starday
• He'll Have To Go / Jim Reeves / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• In Memory / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
• What A Wonderful Life / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Old Kentucky Farmers / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Prime Tyme / Rural Rhythm
• Let's Live For Tonight / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• I Know You're Married / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Durham's Reel / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt &Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Columbia
• Let The Church Roll On / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Get Up Susan / Paul Warren / Johnnie & Jack with Kitty Wells at KWKH / Bear Family
• Drifting With The Tide / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Less Of Me / Statler Brothers / The Essential Statler Brothers / Columbia
• Not A Word From Home / Louvin Brothers / The Louvin Brothers Sing The Great Roy Acuff Songs / Gusto
• Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Self-Produced
• I Couldn't Believe It Was True / Roy Acuff / The Prodigal Son / Country Stars
• We're Gonna Hold On / George Jones & Tammy Wynette / Duets / Cracker Barrel
• Dirt Roads / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Self-Produced
• Peacock Rag / Don Reno / The Golden Guitar Of Don Reno / King

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 5/13/2012 - Everett Lilly and Kenny Roberts

Hi Folks,

It has been a very tough year with the loss of so many great pioneering musicians, and today was another day of tributes, this time to Kenny Roberts (October 14, 1926 - April 29, 2012) and Everett Lilly (July 1, 1924 - May 8, 2012).

Kenny Roberts

Though Kenny Roberts was not known as a bluegrass musician, he was a respected country singer with an amazingly clear voice who was perhaps the best yodeler I've ever heard.  In fact, he was called "King of the Yodelers" for his yodeling talent (he won the World Yodeling Championship in Madison Square Garden in 1964), and "The Jumpin' Cowboy" because of his antics while performing on his pioneering kids television program in Ohio in the 1950s.  Kenny and his music were loved by many bluegrass fans, and he was a New England local, having moved back to the hometown of his youth, Athol, Massachusetts, in 1975.  You can read my personal remembrance of Kenny Roberts on our old Red Rooster Party blog at this link.  Our musical tribute on this show included a sampling of Kenny Roberts' songs and excerpts from a 2006 interview that my wife Marti and I conducted with Kenny.

Everett Lilly (photo: Matt Withrow)

Everett Lilly was an important member of The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover -- all West Virginians who, along with Tex Logan, brought bluegrass music to New England, Boston in particular, around 1952.  Dick Bowden has written a great remembrance of Everett on Bluegrass Today.  You can read it here.

Some of the earliest studio recordings of
The Lilly Brothers were made by Al Hawkes 1956-57

Early Lilly Brothers in their
Confederate Mountaineer period

New music on this program included a single from Ray Edwards and a host of great singers and musicians remembering Jimmy Martin, and new tunes from Bobby Osborne, The Boxcars, NewTown, Bill Emerson, Freeman & Williams, John Bowman, and Doyle Lawson.

Be sure to tune in next week when Amy Orlomoski will make the banjos and fiddles ring.


Jim Beaver

requests in blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Tragic Romance / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Why Don't You Tell Me So / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio 1952-1953 / Rounder
• The Prisoner's Song / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio 1952-1953 / Rounder
• John Henry / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Are You Tired Of Me My Darling / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Little Annie / Lilly Brothers / Early Recordings / Rebel
• I'm Going Back To The Mountain / Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press / New Bluegrass & Old Heartaches / Rural Rhythm
• My Name Is Jimmy Martin (Do You Remember Me) / Ray Edwards, and others / Single release / Rural Rhythm
• Just The Same / Missy Werner w. Chris Jones / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-released
• Pardon Me / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / O Sister! / Rounder
• Hillbilly Style / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family
• Excerpts of Kenny Roberts Interviewed by Jim Beaver and Marti Harmon in 2006 interspersed among his songs
• I Never See Maggie Alone / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family
• She Taught Me How To Yodel / Kenny Roberts / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family
• Blue / Kenny Roberts / The Incredible Kenny Roberts / Starday (LP)
• Slide Them Jugs Down The Mountain / Kenny Roberts / Then & Now / Longhorn
• Cannonball Yodel / Kenny Roberts & Elton Britt / Then & Now / Longhorn
• The Waves On The Sea / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots - 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Lonesome River Band / Chronology Volume One / Rural Rhythm
• Pretty Little Girl From Galax / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Prime Tyme / Rural Rhythm
• Cold Heart / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• Ol' Lonesome Won't Leave Me Alone / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• I Know Whose Tears / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
• That Star Belongs To Me / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Volume 5: Have A Feast Here Tonight / Prestige Folklore
• Love The Way I Do / NewTown / Self-titled / Self-released
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Charlie Moore / Sings Good Bluegrass / Crosscut Records
• Cotton Farmer / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• Rawhide / Frank Wakefield / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent
• Grandma's Little Boardside Cabin / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• Dig A Hole In The Meadow / The Lilly Brothers / Volume 5: Have A Feast Here Tonight / Prestige Folklore
• Run Pete Run / Jimmy Martin / Me 'N Ol' Pete / Gusto (LP)
• The Touch Of Time / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / The Touch Of Time / Rural Rhythm
• Little Maggie (bed) / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• Cumberland Gap (bed) / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• Mississippi Sawyer (bed) / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• Boil That Cabbage Down (bed) / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• Whispering Hope / Blue Sky Boys / Precious Moments / Pine Mountain (LP)
• Ice Cold Stone / The Gillis Brothers / Best of the Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• Train 45 (Heading South) / Del McCoury / Old Memories / McCoury Music
• Bear In The Barn / Maranacook String Band / Bear In The Barn / Self-released
• Little Jean / Al Hawkes / Old Time Pickin' & Singin' / Event
• I Would Not Be Denied / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
• Lord Protect My Soul / Kathy Kallick / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak
• Living In The Kingdom Of God / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / Charlie Moore / Gospel Time / Crosscut Records
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Charlie Daniels w. Mac Wiseman, Earl Scruggs / Songs From The Longleaf Pines / Koch
• Wicked Path Of Sin / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Sugar Hill
• I Surrender All / Freeman & Williams / Self-titled / Mountain Roads
• I'll Sail For Higher Ground / John Bowman / Family Chain / Pisgah
• It Took A Man Like That / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Sing Me A Song About Jesus / Mountain Home
• Walking In Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

A summer diversion at WHUS - 5/11/2012

The Summer Broadcast Schedule at WHUS has officially begun, even if "official" Summer won't start for another several weeks.  As you've likely heard us say, we have to apply for our timeslot for Bluegrass Cafe three times a year, and I'm happy to tell you that our show time will remain the same -- 4-7PM on Sundays. 

Lots of times during the summer schedule, with many of the student DJs gone for the summer break, the Program Director has a tough time finding enough bodies to fill all of the timeslots.  To help solve this problem, some DJs "double-up" on shows.  I had considered the idea of doing a summer show -- maybe playing a bit of BG mixed in with some classic country music, or something like that.  On my application, I wrote that I might be available to do a second show, but I didn't really commit.  Well, long story short is that I've been assigned a second show on Friday mornings from 8-10AM.  After a talk with the Program Director, we've come to an understanding that I probably won't be doing this "extra" shift all summer, but I must confess, I had a pretty fine time doing the "bonus" show this morning.  Will I keep doing it for a bit?  Really not sure, but we'll keep you informed...

Anyhow, there were LOTS of birthdays and anniversaries and other important things to spotlight this morning.  For birthdays, we celebrated both Maybelle Carter and the recording date of one of her most recognizable tunes, "Wildwood Flower."  Both events happened on the very same date:  Maybelle born on May 10, 1909 and "Wildwood Flower" recorded by the Carter Family for the first time on May 10, 1928. 

I couldn't let the day pass without playing a few songs from the Singing Ranger, Hank Snow.  Born in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 9, 1914, Clarence Eugene Snow overcame a pretty miserable childhood to become Canada's most famous export to the Country Music World.  This Country Music Hall of Famer made 840 recordings between 1936 and 1985, 85 of which made the Billboard Country Music charts.  We played five of Hank's tunes on the show today, including one of his earliest recordings made in 1936, a duet record with the angel-voiced Anita Carter, and the song that made Hank Snow a bona fide Country Music Star in the U.S.A. in 1950:  "I'm Movin' On."

On May 11, 1979, the Bluegrass world lost one of its most distinct voices:  Lester Flatt.  Many years later, Claire Lynch wrote and recorded a song with her memories of where she was that day, and simply titled it, "The Day That Lester Died."  This was a song that absolutely begged to be played today...and so it was.

There was one fun track today, too, this time from Merle Haggard's live LP from 1970, "The Fightin' Side Of Me." This was Haggard's heyday, and the album gives a good overview of his show, with a few Haggard hits, as well as a couple of songs from the Strangers and Haggard's wife, Bonnie Owens. One of the fun cuts on the record, though, is Hag's impersonations of Marty Robbins, Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, and Buck Owens. Some of 'em are pretty close, and the audience certainly ate 'em up.

Everett Lilly (with mandolin) second from left

It seems like there have been almost too many reasons for us to have tribute shows on Bluegrass Cafe in recent months, and sadly, that pattern will not be broken this week.  The younger of the two Lilly Brothers, Everett Lilly, died this past Tuesday at his home in West Virginia.  The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover get a whole lot of credit for bringing BG music to New England back in the early 1950s, as they had a "regular" gig at Boston's Hillbilly Ranch from 1952 until 1970.  Among those influenced by the Lillys:  Joe Val, Peter Rowan, Bill Keith, and countless others.  I would imagine you'll hear Jim play a whole bunch of music from the Lilly Brothers & Don Stover on Sunday, and don't be surprised to also hear at least a tune or two from Kenny Roberts -- a yodeling legend who died in Massachusetts on April 29th.  We played music from each of these gentlemen today, but be sure to join Jim for more on Sunday afternoon.

Amy


SONG/PERFORMER/ALBUM/LABEL

• Muleskinner Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Live At Mechanics Hall / Acoustic Disc
• This Morning At Nine / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• The Young Fisherwoman / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• Matterhorn / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Wildwood Flower / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Remembrance Is A Golden Chain / Heather Berry & Tony Mabe / The Heather Berry & Tony Mabe Show / Mountain Fever Records
• Can You Hear Me Now / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• Worried Man Blues / Carter Family / Johnny Cash At Madison Square Garden / Columbia Legacy
• The Day That Lester Died / Claire Lynch / Crowd Favorites / Rounder
• I'll Never Shed Another Tear / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Mercury Sessions / Mercury
• I Got A Gal Waitin' For Me / Charlie Monroe & the Kentucky Pardners / Early Country Radio / JSP Records
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Charlie Monroe & the Kentucky Pardners / Early Country Radio / JSP Records
• How Will I Explain About You? / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Legacy
• Devil Woman/I'm Movin' On/Folsom Prison Blues/Jackson/Orange Blossom Special/Love's Gonna Live Here / Merle Haggard / The Fightin' Side Of Me / Capitol
• Lonesome Blue Yodel / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era
• Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts / Hank Snow with Anita Carter / I'm Movin' On / Proper
• One More Ride / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• My Nova Scotia Home / Hank Snow / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• I'm Movin' On / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA
• Truck Driver's Queen / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Face The Music / Too Blue / Trouble WithThe Grey / Self-Produced
• I Can't Like Myself / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Lula Wall / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Self-Produced
• In My Dear Old Southern Home / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
• Why Don't You Tell Me So / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• No More The Moon Shines On Lorena / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody & Their Brother / Swift River Music
• Chime Bells / Kenny Roberts / Indian Love Call / Starday
• My Blue Tears / Dolly Parton / Box Set Sampler / Legacy
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Rounder
• Sea Of Regret / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Polka On The Guitar / Don Reno / The Golden Guitar Of Don Reno / King

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/6/2012

Today was a day to pay special tribute to a New England Bluegrass pioneer, Rhode Island native Sam Tidwell, whose battle with cancer ended on April 30th.  In his 75+ years of living, Sam touched a whole lot of people with his humor and, of course, his talent.  Proficient on all of the BG instruments, to those in New England, Sam Tidwell will long be remembered for his many years working with his musical partner Fred Pike in their band known as the Kennebec Valley Boys.  Somehow, I neglected to mention during Sunday's radio program that Sam, along with his wife, Edie, has been recognized and honored by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY as one of the Pioneers of Bluegrass.  (Side note:  in all the world, there are fewer than 400 recognized Pioneers of BG, and eight of them are from New England -- in addition to Sam and Edie, other Pioneers include Herb Applin, Bob & Grace French, Al Hawkes, Mac & Hazel McGee, Fred Pike, and Joe Val). 

In recent years, Sam Tidwell had an opportunity to be honored by some of those folks he'd inspired through the years, both during Sam Tidwell Day in Sterling, CT (6/14/2009) and by the Boston Bluegrass Union in February 2011 with their Heritage Award.  (The video below comes from Sam Tidwell Day in 2009).  At both events, one of Sam's former music students - RI native Jimmy Gaudreau - spoke about what Sam meant to him as a teacher.  Is there a better tribute to a person while he's living than to hear kind words from those he's inspired over the years?  I don't think so.  On Sunday's show, we included a bit of music from Sam's first Bluegrass band with his younger brother, Bobby (the Cedar Mountain Boys), as well as music from the Kennebec Valley Boys and Kennebec Valley Folks, and even a few of Sam's trademark "Maine stories."



While the music of Sam Tidwell was the dominant feature this week, there was also plenty of new music from new-ish (or forthcoming) projects from the likes of Marty Raybon,  NewTown, Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein, the Heather Berry & Tony Mabe Show, the Boxcars, Bill Evans, Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press, Blue & Lonesome, the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, and the Spinney Brothers.   

Hope you enjoyed something you heard on today's Bluegrass Cafe, and that you'll be sure to join Jim next Sunday (Mother's Day!) for another edition of the show.

Have a good week!

Amy

REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hard Times, Sometimes / The Traditional Grass / Songs Of Love And Life / Rebel
• When You Are Lonely / Tony Rice / The Bill Monroe Collection / Rounder
• Miles And Miles Of Texas / Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen / One Mile East Of Hazel Green / Lendel Records
• Lonely Violet / Peg & Ed / Lonely Violet / Self-Produced
• The Last Log Drive / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah
• Six Feet Under The Ground / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm Records Salutes Bill Monroe / Rural Rhythm
• The First Mistake / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Up This Hill And Down / Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys / The Hogtown Sessions / Vole-O-Tone Records
• Where The Red River Flows / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Band / One Morning In May / Rounder
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Dirt Road Heartache / Marty Raybon / Southern Roots & Branches / Rural Rhythm
• Lost Highway / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records
• Hickory Hollow / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Genuine Authentic Folk Music / Osage Records
• No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Trouble And Pain / NewTown / NewTown / Self-Produced
• Home From The Mills / Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein / Home From The Mills / Rebel
• Little Darling Pal Of Mine / Heather Berry & Tony Mabe / The Heather Berry & Tony Mabe Show / Mountain Fever Records
• Jeffrey's Hell / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• Big Chief Sonny / Bill Evans / In Good Company / Native & Fine Records
• I'm Going Back To The Mountains / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks / Rural Rhythm
• Chalk Up Another One / Blue & Lonesome / Live From Harrietville, Australia / Self-Produced
• Sunshine Special / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Self-Produced
• Who Showed Who / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Durham's Bull / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Live In Japan / Copper Creek
• Cold Wind / Northernbound / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• Kentucky Mountain Chimes / Tidwell Brothers & the Kennebec Valley Boys / single / no label
• Headed Home For Maine / Kennebec Valley Folks / Different Bands Together / Self-Produced
• Horse story / Sam Tidwell / Down On The Farm / Self-Produced
• Orange Blossom Special / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / Maine Train / Interstate Records
• Show and tell / Sam Tidwell / Down On The Farm / Self-Produced
• Blackberry Blossom / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah Records
• The Last Log Drive / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / Live at the Plainfield Town Hall, 5/14/1988 / no label
• Model T story / Sam Tidwell / Live / Self-Produced
• My Walking Shoes Don't Fit Me Anymore / Tidwell Brothers & the Cedar Mountain Boys / single / no label
• Tidwell Pike / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces And Bits / Goose Creek Music
• The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• The Train Song / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Trains I Missed / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Kneel At The Cross / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Eternal Vacation / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• Throne Of Grace / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Let The Light Shine Down / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Beyond The Sunset / Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey, Josh Swift / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Down To The River To Pray / Tim & Mollie O'Brien / Take Me Back / Sugar Hill
• Give Me The Flowers While I'm Living / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• He Will Set Your Fields On Fire / Kennebec Valley Folks / Different Bands Together / Self-Produced
• Gone Home / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

So long, Sam Tidwell...

On today's Bluegrass Cafe, one of our planned features is a tribute to a New England Bluegrass legend, the one and only Sam Tidwell.  As you may know, Sam died earlier this week at his Rhode Island home after battling cancer for the last several years.  In a musical career spanning more than 50 years, Sam was able to accomplish A LOT, and we'll touch upon a good bit of that this afternoon.  Of course, there will be music from Sam and his longtime partner, Fred Pike, and their Kennebec Valley Boys, as well as a tune or two from Sam's earliest BG band, the Tidwell Brothers & the Cedar Mountain Boys.  Expect to hear a few of Sam's stories in the mix, too.

The Tidwell Brothers (Sam on banjo, Bob on bass) & the Cedar Mountain Boys (c. 1960)



Sam receiving the Boston BG Union's Heritage Award in Feb. 2011
 from BBU President, Stan Zdonik



Hope you can join us in the Bluegrass Cafe at WHUS this afternoon from 4:00-7:00PM Eastern.  If you're in southern New England, you can find us at 91.7 on the FM dial.  Our broadcast streams on the Internet, as well:  http://www.whus.org/. 

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 4/29/2012 - Travers Chandler, Buzz Busby

Hi Folks,

Travers Chandler

Though we lost a half-hour for UCONN sports, we still fit in a great visit from Travers Chandler who, along with his band Avery County, is on the verge of releasing a new CD on the Mountain Fever label titled Pardon Me...   Travers allowed us to debut some of the tracks from that new CD, and it is a winner.

Travers has mined the catalogs of Charlie Moore, Buzz Busby, Keith Whitley, Carter Stanley, Johnny Paycheck, Don Stover, and more to create a dark, emotion-packed set of traditional bluegrass that is refreshing for exactly that song selection and the performances of his mostly new band members.

We preceded Travers' visit to Bluegrass Cafe with a set of music tipping our hat to the late Buzz Busby, the dean of Washington DC bluegrass.  The crown jewel of the Busby set was the play of a very rare original Jiffy 45 rpm recording of "Lost" and "Me And The Jukebox."

Other newer music on the program included tracks from The Grascals, Marty Raybon, The Steep Canyon Rangers, Bill Evans, The Spinney Brothers, Sweet Potato Pie, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (who performed his only two northeast concerts for the year this weekend in CT and MA), Jim Hurst, and Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein.

Be sure to join Amy next week as she makes the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim Beaver

 

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Old New Straitsville Moonshine Run / Special Consensus / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass
• Final Farewell / Chris Jones & The Night Drivers / Lost Souls and Free Spirits / Rebel
• Too Late To Say Goodbye / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls of Time / Rounder (LP)
• Lost / Buzz Busby / 45 Single / Jiffy (45)
• Reno Bound / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Starday
• I Stood On The Bridge At Midnight / Buzz Busby and Leon Morris / Honkytonk Bluegrass / Rounder
• Me & The Jukebox / Buzz Busby / 45 Single / Jiffy (45)
• Lay That Hammer Down / The Grascals / Life Finds A Way / Mountain Home
• Long Shot / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Nobody Knows You / Rounder
• Down The Road / Marty Raybon / Southern Roots & Branches / Rural Rhythm
• The Hills Of Tennessee / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Raincoe
• Mash Your Finger / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Raincoe
• Dakota / Bill Evans / In Good Company / Native & Fine
• Travers Chandler Interview
• Blue Monday Morning / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Rueben Takes The D Train / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Whiskey / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Pardon Me (I've Got Someone To Kill) / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Avery County / Charlie Moore / Avery County / Old Homestead (LP)
• Makin' A Killin' / The Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever
• More Bad Weather On The Way / Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• New Camptown Races (bed) / Saravanan Sankaran / Back To Bassics / Self-released
• Daley's Reel (bed) / Saravanan Sankaran / Back To Bassics / Self-released
• Deeper Than The Holler / Sweet Potato Pie / Brand New Day / Mountain Fever
• The Greatest Creator / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Sing Me A Song About Jesus / Mountain Home
• Life's Railway To Heaven / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
• Singin' All Day & Dinner On The Ground / Doug Dillard / Heaven / Flying Fish
• Just As I Am / Jim Hurst / Intrepid / Self-released
• Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan / Mac McHale & The Old Time Radio Gang / Down In Memory Lane / Fishtraks
• Paul's Ministry / Williams-Lawson-Crowe / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• God Needed My Mother / Ralph Stanley II / Born To Be A Drifter / Stanley Generation
• I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road / Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein / Home From The Mills / Rebel
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/22/2012

"Star of the Day -- who will it be?"  Those were the opening lines sung by the contestants on a local talent show called "Community Auditions" that used to air on Boston's WBZ-TV when I was a kid.  For all I know, the program may still be in existence, but whether it is or not, that theme song has stuck in my head for 30+ years.  What does that have to do with Bluegrass?  Not much, really, but if the question of who was going to be the "Star of the Day" was posed during today's BG Cafe, the answer would definitely be Doyle Lawson.  On April 27th, Doyle will make a rare trip to New England to play a show in Hamden, CT for GuitartownCT Productions (followed by a show on Saturday, April 28th in Lexington, MA for the Boston Bluegrass Union), so what better reason for us to have a chat with Doyle and shine a bit of a spotlight on him? 

With the Country Gents c. 1971
or 1972 -- is this Indian Ranch?

Bluegrass Album Band...
for lack of a better name

Doyle Lawson has had an outstanding career in the world of BG -- so far -- and on Tuesday of this past week, I got to sit down and record a conversation with Doyle while he relayed some interesting stories of a career that began in February 1963 when he was hired to pick the banjo with Jimmy Martin.  From there, he worked with J.D. Crowe in Lexington, KY, spent nearly eight years with the Country Gentlemen, and then, on April 1, 1979, struck out on his own with his own band, which would become known as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.  In addition, Doyle was a key member of an iconic recording band known as the Bluegrass Album Band, and just last year, he won two IBMA Awards for a recording project he made with old friends, Paul Williams and J.D. Crowe.  Amazing.  To celebrate Doyle, we played a good bit of his music before and after the interview, including a selection from his most recent gospel record with Quicksilver, "Sing Me A Song About Jesus," released last month on Mountain Home/Crossroads.  


If you missed my chat with Doyle, you'll have another opportunity to hear an interview with him on Monday, April 23rd, when "Mando Richard" Gordon talks to Doyle on WNHU's "Black Diamond" Bluegrass show sometime between noon and 2PM.  Looks like you can listen online, too:  http://www.wnhu.net/index.html.


So, while Doyle Lawson was our "Star of the Day," we still managed to play music from a few other folks on today's show, including selections from newer projects by the Missy Werner Band, Chris Jones, Merl Johnson, the Grascals, a New Hampshire band known as Monadnock, Lou Reid & Carolina, the Spinney Brothers, the Special Consensus, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, and the Boxcars.  We also gave what I think might have been a BG Cafe debut to new music from Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein (their new Rebel CD is "Home From The Mills") and a forthcoming project on Rural Rhythm Records from Audie Blaylock & Redline.

Check out page 9!

Hope you enjoyed something you heard today, and that you'll be sure to join Jim for next week's BG Cafe.  If you're a subscriber to Bluegrass Music Profiles, be sure to check out Page 9 of the May/June issue, as you'll be able to read all about our own Mr. Beaver in the "DJ Profile."  Nice!  


Have a mighty fine week, and thanks for listening!


Amy 




SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL (request is RED)

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I'll Pretend It's Raining / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Breaking In A Brand New Pair Of Shoes / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Shoulder To Shoulder / McPeak Brothers / Yesteryears / Rebel
• Red Wicked Wine / Charlie Sizemore with Ralph Stanley / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Come And Sit By The River / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Final Farewell / Chris Jones / Lost Souls & Free Spirits / Rebel
• Amandalyn / Merl Johnson / Better Man / Patuxent Music
• I Can't Keep You In Love With Me / Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
• Helen / J.D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• Hello Mr. Lonesome / The Grascals / Life Finds A Way / Mountain Home
• Dark Hollow / Monadnock / House Upon The Hill / Self-Produced
• I'm Just A Used To Be / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill
• My Little Georgia Rose / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• When You Are Lonely / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album Band, Volume 4 / Rounder
• Wearin' The Blues / Josh Williams with David Peterson / I'll Take Love : From The Pen Of Louisa Branscomb / Compass Records
• My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle with the Johnson Mountain Boys / Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• Early Morning Rain / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• ** Conversation with Doyle Lawson **
• The Greatest Curator / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Sing Me A Song About Jesus / Mountain Home
• Little Bessie / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• A Natural Thing / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks / Emmaline
• Emmaline / Lou Reid & Carolina / Callin' Me Back Home / KMA Records
• Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• What A Wonderful Life / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Sea Of Heartbreak / Special Consensus / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass Records
• Big Muddy / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Drive Tyme / Rural Rhythm
• Sad Prison Song / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / Starday
• Bending Blades / Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein / Home From The Mills / Rebel
• Prayer Bells Of Heaven / Crowe, Lawson, Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• Prison / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Jordan / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / Federal
• It's Gonna Rain / Kathy Kallick [Good Ol' Persons] / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak Records
• Give The Devil An Inch / Billy Boone Smith / Five Flat Rocks / Muddy Sunshine
• The Power Up Above / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• The Old Fashioned Preacher / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / MME
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 4/15/2012

 Hi Folks,

George Shuffler born April 11, 1925
photo by Roger Haile

 
With musical recognitions of Tax Day, George Shuffler's birthday, Lincoln's death, the sinking of the Titanic, and Doug Dillard's convalescence, we still had time to bring lots of new music to the WHUS airwaves.

Titanic Sank April 15, 1912

Steep Canyon Rangers' Latest

The New Doyle Gospel Album

New music came from The Steep Canyon Rangers, Marty Raybon, The Grascals, Brand New Strings, The Boxcars, Carrie Hassler, The Spinney Brothers, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.  We also heard a couple of tunes from the new "Life Goes On" release of performances at the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer festival in Ohio of which we featured The Gibson Brothers and J.D. Crowe and the New South.

Pennsylvanian Saravanan Sankaran is mostly known in bluegrass as the bass player and excellent vocalist with The Dixie Bee Liners.  Sav has had a solo album out for a while that we finally were able to play on the air, and it's a dandy.

We also played a couple of tunes from Norman Blake and Tony Rice in recognition of the anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln April 15, 1865.


We couldn't let the show pass without playing a Doug Dillard banjo tune to wish Doug a speedy recovery from his recent hospitalization.

Doug Dillard and Jim - Kannapolis NC, 1997

 We hope you enjoyed this swath of great bluegrass music, and ask you to join Amy next week on Bluegrass Cafe as she makes the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim Beaver

requests in red

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Taxman / Songs From The Road Band / As The Crow Flies / Lucks Dumpy Toad
• I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) / David Grisman / Hand-Picked / Rounder
• Empty Pocket Blues / Hot Rize / So Long Of A Journey / Sugar Hill
• Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Self-titled / Sugar Hill
• Ungrateful One / Steep Canyon Rangers / Nobody Knows You / Rounder
• Rocky Road Blues / Marty Raybon / Southern Roots & Branches / Rural Rhythm
• I Think I Hear A Train / Ralph Stanley II / Born To Be A Drifter / Stanley Generation
• Coat Of Many Colors / The Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Mystery Train / The Grascals / Life Finds A Way / Mountain Home
• Other Side Of Lonesome / Brand New Strings / Stay Tuned / Rural Rhythm
• Ol' Lonesome Won't Leave Me Alone / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• Goin' Across The Sea / J.D. Crowe and the New South / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Luxury Liner / Carrie Hassler / The Distance / Rural Rhythm
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Lonesome River Band / Chronology Volume One / Rural Rhythm
• Jump On A Pullman / Saravanan Sankaran / Back To Bassics / Self-released
• In Those Hills / Merl Johnson / Better Man / Patuxent
• Mountain Sally Ann / Ted Lundy and the Southern Mountain Boys / Self-titled / Old Blue
• Lincoln's Funeral Train / Norman Blake & Tony Rice / 2 / Rounder
• John Wilkes Booth / Tony Rice / Night Flyer / Rounder
• Me And The Jukebox / Leon Morris / Thinking Today Of My Home / Patuxent
• Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine / Ricky Skaggs And Friends w. Dixie Chicks / Sing Songs of Bill Monroe / Lyric Street
• Nine Pound Hammer / George Shuffler / Aged To Perfection / Copper Creek
• Worried Man Blues / James Alan Shelton / Clinch Mountain Guitar / Zap
• McCormick's String Picnic / The McCormick Brothers / The Very Best of... / Varese Sarabande
• Back To My Roots / Carolina Road / Back To My Roots / Rural Rhythm
• The Working Man / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Elite Circuit
• The Titanic / Ernest V. Stoneman / The Unsung Father of Country Music / 5-String
• Down With The Old Canoe / Dixon Brothers / Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3 / Document
• The Sinking Of The Titanic / The Stoneman Family / 28 Big Ones / King
• The Great Titanic / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Fertile Ground / Rounder
• Home Sweet Dixie Home / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / The Touch Of Time / Rural Rhythm
• Been All Around The World / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet, Vol. 2 / Self-released
• This Morning At Nine / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
• Dill Pickle Rag (bed) / Reno & Harrell / Sound Traditions: The Best of Bluegrass Instrumentals, Vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Snowflake Breakdown (bed) / Vassar Clements, Bobby Atkins, Frank Poindexter / Sound Traditions: The Best of Bluegrass Instrumentals, Vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Wheel Hoss (bed) / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / Sound Traditions: The Best of Bluegrass Instrumentals, Vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Flop Eared Mule (bed) / Bobby Atkins, Vassar Clements, Frank Poindexter / Sound Traditions: The Best of Bluegrass Instrumentals, Vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Gold Watch And Chain / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• A Far Cry From Lester And Earl / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / The Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother Where Art Thou? / (Soundtrack) / Mercury
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / The Del McCoury Band / Old Memories / McCoury Music
• Wild Horses / Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman / A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren vol. 2 / Self-released
• Ragged Man / The Gibson Brothers / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Way Down Deep In My Soul / Carl Story & The Rambling Mountaineers / A Life In Rural Music 1942-1959 / Bear Family
• Lay My Body Down / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Raincoe
• Weeds In The Wheat / Front Range / One Beautiful Day / Sugar Hill
• Never Shall Run Dry / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Sing Me A Song About Jesus / Mountain Home
• Old Roman Soldier / The Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever
• Lord Lift Me Up / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Micah 6:8 / Monroe Crossing / Joy Joy Joy / Self-released
• The Fourth Man In The Fire / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• Satisfied / Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Satisfied / Rebel
• That Home Far Away / Ralph Stanley / A Mother's Prayer / Rebel
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/8/2012

Easter is a time for "new," so it seems only appropriate that we had so very much new Bluegrass music to share with listeners on the show today.  Over the last several weeks, we've accumulated a whole bunch of great new recordings that we didn't really get a chance to play during the two weeks of Radiothon, or during Jim's fine tribute to Earl Scruggs last week.  Today, we tried to squeeze in as much of that newer music as possible, while still including a good portion of Easter-themed BG tunes, and, of course, more music from the one-and-only Earl Scruggs.  Another hour or two of broadcast time would have been okay with me, but at least we had a full, 3-hour, non-sports preempted program -- hooray!


The new music came from 
several performers on several different labels, including the Special Consensus ("Scratch Gravel Road" on Compass Records), Lou Reid & Carolina ("Callin' Me Back Home), and the Steep Canyon Rangers (their debut "solo" recording on Rounder Records is "Nobody Knows You").  There was also the sophomore recording from the Boxcars ("All In" on Mountain Home Records), and two new projects from Rural Rhythm Records:  a fine, solo project from Marty Raybon ("Southern Roots & Branches") and the two-CD all-star live recording of music from the MACC festivals between 2006 and 2011 called, "Life Goes On."  Remember that a portion of the proceeds of the Bluegrass Classic/MACC (Musicians Against Childhood Cancer) festival -- and this CD -- will go to the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.  Fabulous.  Other newer music came to us from Akira Otsuka, Nothin' Fancy, the Spinney Brothers, the Grascals, Freeman & Williams, the Lonesome River Band, and the Heather Berry & Tony Mabe Show.  

Perfection.

So many tributes continue to be written 
about Earl Scruggs, who left this world on March 28th.  It's amazing to think of how many lives this one banjo picker from North Carolina touched and impacted since he made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys on December 8, 1945.  While Jim filled his 2 1/2 hours of broadcast time last Sunday with much music from the Blue Grass Boys, Flatt & Scruggs, the Earl Scruggs Review, and more, I had to share a bit more this week.  Three of the tunes played today came from projects on which Earl guested on as recently as 2008, and other F&S music came from the 1950s.  The more I watch and listen to Lester & Earl & the Foggy Mountain Boys from those old "Flatt & Scruggs Grand Ole Opry" shows sponsored by Martha White, the more I realize that the group of Flatt & Scruggs with Curly Seckler on the mandolin and tenor vocals, Paul Warren with the fiddle and bass vocals, "Uncle" Josh Graves on the Dobro, and his bass playing comedy partner, "Cousin" Jake Tullock was THE Perfect Bluegrass Band.  If you haven't seen video of these old shows, you owe it to yourself to seek out the DVDs, and give them a look and listen.  And remember, if you missed the WSM broadcast of Earl Scruggs' funeral on April 1st, or Eddie Stubbs' great tribute to the life and career of Earl Scruggs, on April 4th, you can listen to the both broadcasts online through the WSM website.  In addition, if you'd like to read some of the various tributes and remembrances of Earl Scruggs and his impact, check out the blog:  www.bluegrasstoday.com. 

Not the greatest quality picture, but the one & only time
I got to see Earl Scruggs in person -- 2005 at Thomas Point Beach.

Hope you had a fine Easter Sunday with friends and family, and that you enjoyed something you heard somewhere along the way today.  Be sure to join Jim in the BG Cafe next Sunday afternoon for 3 more hours of the best in Bluegrass!


Amy



SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL


Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Cry From The Cross / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Purple Robe / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• I Am The Man, Thomas / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea Records
• Scratch Gravel Road / Special Consensus / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass Records
• Love You In Vain / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder
• Singing Waterfall / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• Rye Straw / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• When Halley Came To Jackson / Freeman & Williams / Freeman & Williams / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Wreck On The Highway / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Barnyard Frolic / RME Records
• The Other Side / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• The Old Man In The Shanty / Lonesome River Band / Chronology / Rural Rhythm
• Hooverville / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Self-Produced
• Goin' Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder [with Earl Scruggs] / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  A Tribute To 1946 And 1947 / Skaggs Family Records
• One Of Those Days (When I Miss Lester Flatt) / Tom T. Hall [with Earl Scruggs] / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records
• Buck Creek Gal / Johnny Warren & Earl Scruggs / A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren / Self-Produced
• Fiddler And Banjo [Buck Creek Gal] / Paul Warren & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Columbia
• I'll Go Steppin' Too / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Till The End Of The World Rolls 'Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Shuckin' The Corn / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• One Car Funeral / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Fools Road / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Stone Was Rolled Away / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Broken Stone / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Goodbye To The Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• When The Love We Have Is Gone / Lou Reid & Carolina / Callin' Me Back Home / KMA Records
• Nobody Knows You / Steep Canyon Rangers / Nobody Knows You / Rounder
• Ol' Lonesome Won't Leave Me Alone / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• Line Drive / Akira Otsuka / First Tear / Patuxent Music
• Next To You, Next To Me / Marty Raybon / Southern Roots & Branches / Rural Rhythm
• Fraulein / Lost & Found / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Life Finds A Way / The Grascals / Life Finds A Way / Mountain Home
• I've Lost You / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• She Put The Tears In My Eyes / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Self-Produced
• Remembrance Is A Golden Chain / Heather Berry & Tony Mabe with Darrin Vincent / The Heather Berry & Tony Mabe Show / Mountain Fever Records
• I Knew It Wasn't You (The Telephone Song) / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• Grandma Bought A Hog / Nothin' Fancy / Nothin' Fancy / Virginia Dreams Records
• Who Will Sing For Me / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Search Inside An Empty Tomb / Rarely Herd / What About Him / Pinecastle
• Old Roman Soldier / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Springtime In Heaven / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Beyond The Sunset For Me / Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey, Josh Swift / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• The Place Prepared For Me / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• So Happy I'll Be / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder
• By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Springtime In Glory / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 4/1/2012 - Earl

Earl Eugene Scruggs

 January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012

Memorial Service Articles:

Peter Cooper for USA Today

Chet Flippo for CMT

 Joe Edwards for Associated Press
Brian Mansfield for USA Today

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Pick Like Earl / Larry Perkins / I Just Want To Pick Like Earl / Self-released
• The Boys From North Carolina / John Hartford / Goin' Back To Dixie / Small Dog A-Barkin'
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
• How Will I Explain About You / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
• Bluegrass Breakdown / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
• I'm Travelin' On And On / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
• God Loves His Children / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Down The Road / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Pike County Breakdown / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Take Me In A Lifeboat / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Old Salty Dog Blues / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Jimmie Brown, The Newsboy / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Don't Get Above My Raising / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Earl's Breakdown / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Flint Hill Special / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Foggy Mountain Special / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Randy Lynn Rag / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Joy Bells / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Ballad Of Jed Clampett / Flatt & Scruggs  / At Carnegie Hall / Koch
• Mama Blues / Flatt & Scruggs / At Carnegie Hall / Koch
• You're Not A Drop In The Bucket / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Soldiers Joy / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / EMI
• Cumberland Gap / Hylo Brown w. Earl Scruggs / Bluegrass At Newport / Vanguard
• Before I Met You / Flatt & Scruggs / Bluegrass At Newport / Vanguard
• Liberty / Flatt & Scruggs w. Doc Watson / Strictly Instrumental / County
• T For Texas (Blue Yodel #1) / Earl Scruggs Revue / Live At Kansas State / Columbia
• My Tennessee Mountain Home / Earl Scruggs Revue / Rockin' 'Cross The Country / Columbia
• The Engineers Don't Wave From The Trains Anymore / Earl Scruggs & Tom T. Hall / The Storyteller and the Banjo Man / Wounded Bird
• Sally Goodin / Byron Berline w. Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs / Fiddle and a Song / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Earl Scruggs w. Family & Friends / Live At The Ryman / Rounder
• Home Sweet Home / Jerry Douglas w. Earl Scruggs, Tony Rice / Glide / Koch
• Daddy Played The Banjo / Steve Martin w. Earl Scruggs / The Crow / Rounder
• Obelisk Flour /Little Roy Lewis, Earl Scruggs, Lizzy Long / Lifetimes / Mountain Home
• Get In Line Brother / Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• You Are My Flower / Flatt & Scruggs / Songs Of The Famous Carter Family / Columbia