"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/23/2025

During this edition of our Bluegrass Cafe, we put the spotlight on an important member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame:  Edward Windsor Adcock (June 21, 1938 - March 19, 2025).  This beloved icon of the banjo (and guitar) was an innovator whose banjo stylings will be remembered forever both for the work he did with his own bands and, of course, as part of the Classic Country Gentlemen (Eddie, John Duffey, Tom Gray, Charlie Waller).  We remembered him the best way we know how to honor someone -- by sharing a good portion of his/her music.  To this end, we heard music from Eddie joined by the Masters (Eddie, Kenny Baker, Josh Graves, Jesse McReynolds), songs recorded by Eddie with his wife of nearly 50 years, Martha Hearon Adcock, with the great Don Reno, on his own, and, of course, with the Country Gentlemen.  Eddie Adcock will never be forgotten.  Read more about his remarkable life in this full-length obituary published by Bluegrass Today.

In between selections from Eddie Adcock, we also shared some newer Bluegrass selections from folks like Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, Williamson Branch, Jim Hurst, Red Camel Collective, and the Seldom Scene.  We also remembered Bluegrass Hall of Famer David Grisman on his 80th birthday (born March 23, 1945).

I learned this week that our WHUS website holds an audio archive for two weeks of our Bluegrass Cafe program, so if you did not get a chance to listen to this particular edition of our show, you still have one more week to do so.  Here's a direct link, or if you want to walk yourself through:  

* Visit WHUS.org

* Click on the tab that reads, "Listen 91.7 FM+"

* Choose "WHUS FM Schedule"

* Scroll down to Sunday, 4-7PM where the block reads, "Bluegrass Cafe Amy Orlomoski"

* Click on that link and a new window will open with the show's playlist and a player on top. Click the player and enjoy the show!

I will not be live in the studio with you on March 30th, but there should be an archival broadcast of the show made during the COVID-era. We'll be back in studio with you one week from today -- April 6th -- from 4-7PM.

Until then, have a great week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / 25 Years / Rebel [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Lickety-Split / The Masters / Saturday Night Fish Fry / CMH Records [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Uncle Joe / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Eddie To The Rescue / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Brown County Breakdown / Noam Pikelny / Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe / Compass Records
• Weary Lonesome Blues / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• John Deere Tractor / Billy Strings / Me/And/Dad / Rounder
• Streets Of Chicago / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Wanderers Like Me / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder [David Grisman birthday, 3/23/1945]
• Say Won't You Be Mine / Dan Tyminski / Live From The Ryman / 8 Track Entertainment
• This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart) / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• I'm A Believer / Jim Lloyd / The Ghost Of Virginia / Patuxent Music
• Best Female Actress / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Will Your Ever Be Mine / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Dudley Connell / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• Roll Muddy River / Osborne Brothers / Country Bluegrass / MCA
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• I'm My Own Grandpa / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder [David Grisman birthday, 3/23/1945]
• Come On Sunshine / Williamson Branch / single / Pinecastle
• Gilgarry's Glen / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / single / Rebel
• Southbound / Jim Hurst / single / Pinecastle
• In Spite Of Me / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• I Could Cry / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Goin' Like Wildfire / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Raw Hide / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Dooley / Tony Trischka with Molly Tuttle & Sam Bush / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• Make Me A Pallet On The Floor / Country Gentlemen / Live From The Stage Of The Roanoke Bluegrass Festival / Zap [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Draggin' The Cow / The Masters / Laid Back / Pinecastle [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• She Used To Love Me A Lot / Eddie Adcock Band / Dixie Fried / CMH [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Bye Bye Blues / Eddie Adcock & Don Reno / Sensational Twin Banjos / Rebel [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Sad And Lonesome Day / Randy Waller & Lou Reid / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Nightwalk / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Mercury [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Helen / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Theme From 'Exodus' / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Talk To Your Heart / Eddie Adcock Band / Talk To Your Heart / CMH Records [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Grave In The Valley / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller, Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy Records [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Jerusalem Ridge / Noam Pikelny / Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe / Compass Records
• Larry Sparks Medley:  Dark Hollow/A Face In The Crowd/These Old Blues / Josh Williams, Bradley Walker, Russell Moore / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Lonesome Man In A Lonesome Town / Rock Hearts with Danny Paisley / Unfinished Bridges / 615 Hideaway Records
• Let's Live For Tonight / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Are You Missing Me? / Dailey & Vincent / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Let's / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Snapshots / Mountain Home [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• Gonna Get There Soon / Waller, Duffey, Adcock, Gray / Classic Country Gents Reunion / Sugar Hill [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• On The Sunny Side Of Life / Bob & Sarah Amos / Ever Onward / Self-Produced
• The First Step To Heaven / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Take Me In the Life Boat / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Eddie Adcock:  6/21/1938 - 3/19/2025]
• I Wouldn't Take Nothin' For My Journey Now / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Get A Transfer / King James Boys / Get A Transfer / Pinecastle
• Cry From The Cross / Authentic Unlimited / The Gospel Sessions, Volume 2 / Billy Blue Records
• I'm Ready To Go / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel 
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/16/2025

This day's edition of our Bluegrass Cafe was all about March winds, St. Patrick's Day, new music, and the celebration of a couple of March 16th birthdays (those of both Tim O'Brien and Ronnie McCoury).  Hope you were able to join us!

There was new music to be shared today, with selections from two recordings released on March 14th ("Remains To Be Scene" by the Seldom Scene and Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland's "Carter & Cleveland") and one to be released in April ("Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass" from Big Country Bluegrass).  Though we have played music on the air from all of these recordings over the past few weeks, today was the first time we shared music from the full recordings.  You can probably guess it won't be the last time we hear from these selections, either.

And since St. Patrick's Day happens tomorrow, we couldn't forget to play a couple of Irish-themed songs.  Hope you enjoyed them.  

We'll look forward to visiting with you next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM.  And don't forget that we'll have tickets to give away to the upcoming Noam Pikelny show at UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts during next week's broadcast.  It should be a fun time!  

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Matterhorn / Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / Self-Produced
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• I'm Walkin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Rounder
• Windy Mountain / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• Lonesome Wind Blues / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• The Winds Are Blowing In Maggie Valley / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• If Lonely Was The Wind / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Cold Wind / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• The Howling Blue Winds / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Zion 
• Sun's Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• The LIghthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Freight Train Blues / Tony Trischka with Dudley Connell / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• San Joaquin / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• Copper Kettle / Country Gentlemen / Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister! / Rounder
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Old Swingin' Bridge / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• The Story Of My Life / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Big Country Bluegrass / Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Rebel
• Stoney Lonesome / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / Carter & Cleveland / Fiddleman Records
• Hard Travelin' / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Dreams / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / Carter & Cleveland / Fiddleman Records
• Back In The Country / Big Country Bluegrass / Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Rebel
• Walking Down The Line / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Coleen Malone / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / Webco Classics, Volume One / Pinecastle
• Irish Medley (The Traveler/Green Gates) / Special Consensus / Our Little Town / Pinecastle
• My Wild Irish Rose / Larry Stephenson / On Fire / Pinecastle
• Irish Spring / Country Gentlemen / Complete Vanguard Recordings / Vanguard
• Colleen Malone / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill
• Nellie Kane / Hot Rize / Hot Rize / Flying Fish [Tim O'Brien birthday, 3/16/1954]
• Runaway Train / Travelin' McCourys / single / McCoury Music [Ronnie McCoury birthday, 3/16/1967]
• Walk The Way The Wind Blows / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill [Tim O'Brien birthday, 3/16/1954]
• Quicksburg Rondezvous / Del McCoury / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder [Ronnie McCoury birthday, 3/16/1967]
• Red Bandana / Laura Orshaw / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Big Sandy River / Noam Pikelny / Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe / Compass Records
• Broke Down Engine / Woody Platt with Del McCoury / Far Away With You / Compass Records
• Give Us Rain / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Ancient Tones / Skaggs Family Records
• Walk Out In The Rain / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder [Tim O'Brien birthday, 3/16/1967]
• Walkin', Runnin', Flyin' / IIIrd Tyme Out / Grandpa's Mandolin / Rebel
• Even Better When You Listen / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / single / Billy Blue Records
• The Gospel Ship / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• Rank Strangers / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto
• I Can't Say No / Whitstein Brothers / The Whitstein Brothers Sing Gospel Songs Of The Louvins / Rounder [Remembering Robert Whitstein:  3/16/1944 - 11/15/2001]
• A Little Bit More Like Him / Donna Ulisse / Blue Collar Gospel:  From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• Where No Cabins Fall / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live / Upper Management Music
• Won't You Come And Sing For Me / Hot Rize / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill [Tim O'Brien birthday, 3/16/1954]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/9/2025

Our Bluegrass Cafe broadcast was shortened by about 40 minutes today, as there was a broadcast of the UConn Women's Basketball Big East Tournament game that didn't end until about 4:40PM.  Still, we managed to pack a whole lot of fine music into our remaining 140 minutes.  

We celebrated several March birthday performers, including two Bluegrass Hall of Fame members (Norman Blake and Marshall Wilborn), one Country Music Hall of Famer (Jimmy Fortune), and several other fine folks, including Kristin Scott Benson, Cia Cherryholmes, Raymond Fairchild, Bob Paisley, and Rickie Simpkins.

We also remembered bass playing entertainer, Ernie Sykes, as he died on March 5th at the age of 64.  Most recently, Ernie had been a member of the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, but he was a journeyman musician working with bands as varied as Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, Eddie & Martha Adcock, Livewire, and Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit.  In addition to being a fine musician, Ernie was an excellent singer, so we showcased him singing a couple of songs.  

There were three new songs this week from forthcoming recordings by Chris Davis, Rick Faris, and Matt Wallace.

Next Sunday, the Student Union building will be locked during our broadcast, as it will be the beginning of Spring Break at UConn.  That means there's a possibility we may not be able to host a live broadcast.  We will let you know as soon as we know, so be on the lookout for a post on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe).  

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Sunny Days (Are Comin' Once Again) / Michael Cleveland / Lovin' Of The Game / Compass Records
• The Eddie Swing / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent Music
• Why Don't You Tell Me So / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Sea Of Heartbreak / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent Music
• (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Talk Of The Town / Billy Blue Records
• Snake Charmer / Balsam Range / Kinetic Tone / Mountain Home
• I Know You're Married / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Nobody's Darlin' But Mine / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Maple Sugar / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Wonder Could I Live There Anymore / Jesse Brock with Greg Blake / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit
• El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• Gold Rush Town / Chris Davis / single / Pinecastle
• Bend, Don't Break / Rick Faris / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Back Away / Matt Wallace / single / Huckleberry Records
• Kansas City Star / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records [Remembering Ernie Sykes:  11/13/1960 - 3/5/2025]
• Kentucky Waltz / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Ernie Sykes:  11/13/1960 - 3/5/2025]
• D-18 Song (Thank You, Mr. Martin) / Norman Blake & Tony Rice / Blake & Rice 2 / Rounder [Norman Blake birthday, 3/10/1938]
• Only A Memory Away / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel [Rickie Simpkins birthday, 3/10/1955]
• The Hunt / Kristin Scott Benson / Straight Paths / Pinecastle [Kristin Scott Benson birthday, 3/14/1976]
• How Long / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records [Cia Cherryholmes birthday, 3/11/1984]
• No Vacancy / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine [Remembering Bob Paisley:  3/14/1931 - 11/29/2004]
• Katy Hill / Raymond Fairchild / Plays The Classics / Copper Creek [Remembering Raymond Fairchild:  3/15/1939 - 10/13/2019]
• Heartstrings / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble & The Rose / Rounder [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• Wishing Well Blues / Rhonda Vincent / A Dream Come True / Rebel [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• Heart Of A Little Mountain Girl / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• Goodbye To The Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Daniel Grindstaff with Jimmy Fortune / Heroes And Friends / Pinecastle [Jimmy Fortune birthday, 3/11/1955]
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Bob Paisley:  3/14/1931 - 11/29/2004]
• Listen To The Word Of God / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Angel Band / Stanley Brothers / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• Rocking On The Waves / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Along The Way / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Daddy Sang Bass / Dailey & Vincent with Jimmy Fortune / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel [Jimmy Fortune birthday, 3/11/1955]
• Gone Home / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/2/2025

I'm late again in formally sharing our playlist from the March 2nd edition of Bluegrass Cafe, but you can find it below.

The highlights for this show:  music from several LPs; belated birthday celebrating of lots of wonderful performers, including Ralph Stanley (February 25, 1927 - June 23, 2016), Johnny Cash (February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2013), Doc Watson (March 3, 1923 - May 29, 2012), and John Duffey (March 4, 1932 - December 10, 1996); new music; and a mid-show chat with the Michelle Canning who is putting together her 14th annual fundraising benefit with all of the proceeds benefitting the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.  For more information on "A Night On The Edge" (to be held on March 22nd), click here.

We'll be looking for you tomorrow afternoon for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe!  Don't forget to Spring ahead!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart) / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Man Of Constant Sorrow / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Dickenson County Breakdown / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling / Rounder [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Ralph Stanley with Ricky Skaggs / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Little Birdie / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Rocky Road Blues / Lonesome River Band / Looking For Yourself / Rebel
• Never Been So Lonesome / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Lonesome River / Lou Reid & Carolina with Russell Moore / Graves Mountain All-Star Jam / Rural Rhythm
• Looking For Yourself / Lonesome River Band / Looking For Yourself / Rebel
• The Flower And The Serpent / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• John Deere Tractor / Larry Sparks with Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski / 40 / Rebel
• My Brown Eyed Darling / Starlett & Big John / Living In The South / Rebel
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Once More / The Grascals / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records [Bronwyn Keith-Hynes birthday, 3/2/1992]
• Big Spike Hammer / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 3:  California Connection / Rounder
• I'd Jump The Mississippi / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• Telephone interview with Michelle Canning
• Which Train / Williamson Branch / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Doc & Merle Watson / Elementary Doctor Watson / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Black Mountain Rag / Doc & Merle Watson / Remembering Merle / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Nine Pound Hammer / Country Gentlemen / Live From The Stage Of The Roanoke Bluegrass Festival / Zap [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Make Me A Pallet On The Floor / Country Gentlemen / Live From The Stage Of The Roanoke Bluegrass Festival / Zap [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Granite Mills / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Arcadia / Down The Road Records
• Heading For The Mountains / Big Country Bluegrass / single / Rebel
• Annie Moved On / Full Cord / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Ralph's Banjo Special / Kristin Scott Benson, Gena Britt, Alison Brown / single / Compass Records
• Daughter Of The Stars / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• Reuben's Train / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Collector's Choice Music
• Snowbird / Special Consensus / Great Blue North / Compass Records
• Blue Blue Ridge Mountain Girl / Linda Lay / Linda Lay / Mountain Fever Records
• Devil Woman / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Train 45 / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• There You Go / Jimmy Gaudreau / Classic J.A.G. / Webco [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• The Wall / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Hey Porter / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Kneel At The Cross / Jim & Jesse / Y'all Come:  The Essential Jim & Jesse / Epic Legacy
• Rock And Roll / Lonesome River Band / Looking For Yourself / Rebel
• I Ain't Got Time / High Fidelity / High Fidelity / Self-Produced
• Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / Del McCoury Band / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records
• These Men Of God / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Starday [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Let Me Rest / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• You Must Come In At The Door / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/23/2025

Before the day changes to Sunday, again, it's time to share a recap from last Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe!  

One of our "features" for last week's radio show was that we answered several song requests -- requests that weren't phoned in or solicited during the program, but instead, were sought by a listener/announcer at a Grange Bluegrass show held the night before our February 23rd broadcast.  We did pretty well with all but one of the requests, and we'll answer that one tomorrow.  Tune in to hear it!

We also included a couple of selections each from three different new recordings.  The performers were Max Wareham, Casey Connors, and Jim Lloyd.

Please consider joining me once again tomorrow afternoon from 4-7PM for another fun edition of our Bluegrass Cafe!

See you soon - 
Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Hard Game Of Love / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Hard Game Of Love / Sugar Hill
• Leavin' / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• I'm Comin' Back, But I Don't Know When / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• I'm On My Way To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• Ice Covered Birches / Cliff Waldron / Rebel Records:  35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• I Can, I Will, I Do Believe / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• The Hills And Home / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Lonesome With Heartaches / Larry Stephenson Band / Cast A Lonesome Shadow / Whysper Dream Music
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• The Crow / Tony Trischka with Steve Martin / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Please Come Back Little Pal / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• I Built A World / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• Windy Mountain / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family Records
• Big Wheels / Authentic Unlimited / So Much For Forever / Billy Blue Records
• Up For Losing Sleep / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• Benfield Line / Authentic Unlimited / So Much For Forever / Billy Blue Records
• Lonesome Blues, I'm Coming Home / Max Wareham / Daggomit! / Self-Produced
• She's Got The Money, Too / Jim Lloyd / The Ghost Of Virginia / Patuxent Music
• Mozey Mountain Mandolin / Casey Conners / The Boy From Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• That's Just Part Of It / Max Wareham / Daggomit! / Self-Produced
• Silver Bell / Jim Lloyd / The Ghost Of Virginia / Patuxent Music
• Another Day / Casey Conners / The Boy From Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Kentucky Borderline / Rhonda Vincent / Bluegrass Number One Hits / Rounder
• The Last Log Drive / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
• Rock Hearts / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / MCA
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• The Old Home Town / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Mountain Dew / Grandpa Jones / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Wildwood Flower / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Wanderlust / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
• Fast Moving Train / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Highlander / Compass Records
• Some Old Day / John Cowan / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• The Bigger The Fool (The Harder The Fall) / Lonesome Standard Time / Mighty Lonesome / Sugar Hill
• Heartaches Keep On Coming / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music
• Bluegrass Country / Junior Sisk / If There's A Will There's A Way / Mountain Fever Records
• Cardboard Mansion / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Tell Me The Story Of Jesus / Becky Buller / The Perfect Gift / Dark Shadow Recording
• I Have Found The Way / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Hear Jerusalem Calling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Somewhere Beyond The Blue / Billy Blue Records
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Old Roman Soldier / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Born Again / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/16/2025

 

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• All In My Love For You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill
• I'm In Love All Over / Larry Stephenson / Everytime I Sing A Love Song / Webco
• The Sweetest Song I Sing / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• 'Til The End Of The World Rolls 'Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Love Bug / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• My Heart Skips A Beat / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• What A Wonderful Life / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• She Paints A Picture / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Love At Last / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• You're That Certain Someone / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And Chain / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Highway Of Sorrow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records
• You're Still On My Mind / Matt & George & Their Pleasant Valley Boys / Blue Grass Style / Self-Produced
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Lonesome River Band / Chronology, Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Follow The Leader / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• All I Have To Offer You Is Me / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Trouble Follows Me / Rebel
• Sophronie / Audie Blaylock / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin--The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• Singing Waterfall / Warrior River Boys / Sounds LIke Home / Rounder [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Bright Sherman Valley / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Blue Ain't The Word / The Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Lonely As It Gets / Wilson Banjo Co. / Lonely As It Gets / Pinecastle
• Nothing Like Trouble / Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road / single / Pinecastle
• Katie And Burl / Unspoken Tradition / single / Mountain Home
• With A Vamp In The Middle / Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter / single / Fiddleman Records
• The Likes Of Me / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• Daisey Mae / Jason Carter / On The Move / Rounder
• Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Soldier's Last Letter / Osborne Brothers / The Ernest Tubb Song Folio / Pinecastle [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Letters Have No Arms / Flatt Lonesome / Too / Mountain Home [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Waltz Across Texas / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Walking The Floor Over You / Ernest Tubb / 20th Century Masters / MCA [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• It Don't Bring You Back To Me / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder [Dudley Connell birthday, 2/18/1956]
• Six More Miles / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders:  A Tribute To Ralph Stanley / Rebel [Don Rigsby birthday, 2/18/1968]
• Like A Bird In A Cage / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Frog On A Lilly Pad / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• Red Bandana / Laura Orshaw / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' / California / Traveler / Sugar Hill
• She's Heavenly / Del McCoury Band with Molly Tuttle / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
• Pretty Polly / Ralph Stanley with Patty Loveless / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• You Left Me Alone / Sam Bush / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
• Meet Me By The Moonlight / Dudley Connell & Don Rigsby / Meet Me By The Moonlight / Sugar Hill [Dudley Connell birthday, 2/18/1956; Don Rigsby birthday, 2/18/1968]
• The Touch Of God's Hand / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Shouting On The Hills Of Glory / Ralph Stanley with Ricky Skaggs / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• The Other Side Of Heaven / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• Run On / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin', Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm
• One Is Taken, One Is Left / Case Brothers / Radio Album / Self-Produced
• The Place Prepared For Me / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• I'll Be Happy In My Home / Jeremy Stephens with Paul Brewster / How I Hear It / Rebel
• Harbor Of Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/2/2025

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our first for February 2025.  We had a few items on our agenda for the day, and we managed to include all of them.  First and foremost, we belatedly celebrated the birthdays of four prominent Bluegrassers born on February 1st:  Del McCoury (1939), Tom Gray (1941), David Parmley (1959), and Jason Carter (1973).  No better way to celebrate these gents than by sharing their music...and so, we did.

We pulled out our sometimes-feature wherein we occasionally put one letter of the alphabet in the spotlight.  Our featured letter for Sunday was "F" -- in honor of the month of February, of course.  To that end, we shared music from more than twenty acts whose band name or surname began with the letter "F."  Among the "F" performers:  Raymond Fairchild, Rick Faris, Fast Track, Gary Ferguson, the Feinberg Brothers, Flashback, Lester Flatt, Flatt Lonesome, Bela Fleck, Aaron "Frosty" Foster, Front Range, Full Cord, and several others.

And since Sunday was Grammy Awards Day, we also included music from 5 of the 6 nominated recordings in the category of Bluegrass Album of the Year.  Congratulations to all of the nominees (Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, the Del McCoury Band, Sister Sadie, Tony Trischka, and Dan Tyminski), as well as to the winner, Billy Strings.  

Hope you've had a fine week.  We hope to be back on the air with you this coming Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM.  Hope you'll join us for another Bluegrass Cafe!

Take care - 

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Ground Hog / The Dillards / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• New Broom / Lue & Byron Berline / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Stanley Brothers / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• Ground Hog / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill
• Dreams / Del McCoury / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [Del McCoury birthday, 2/1/1939]
• Grandfather's Clock / The Seldom Scene / Live At The Cellar Door / Rebel [Tom Gray birthday, 2/1/1941]
• Mountain Laurel / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals / CMH [David Parmley birthday, 2/1/1959]
• Outrun The Rain / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / single / Fiddleman Records [Jason Carter birthday, 2/1/1973]
• Kissimmee Kid / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records [Jason Carter birthday, 2/1/1973]
• Country Poor, Country Proud / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP&CD Records [David Parmley birthday, 2/1/1959]
• Bessie's Tune / Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / Small Town Heroes / Bell Buckle Records [Tom Gray birthday, 2/1/1941]
• Big Blue Raindrops / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music [Del McCoury birthday, 2/1/1939]
• No One Has To Tell Me (What Love Is) / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Listen To My Hammer Ring / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• I Ain't Goin' Down / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go / Sugar HIll
• Cabin Song / Billy Strings / Highway Prayers / Reprise
• Can't Live Without Love / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / Can't Live Without Love / Self-Produced
• GOAT / Dan Tyminski / Dan Tyminski:  Live From The Ryman / 8 Track Entertainment
• Diane / Sister Sadie / No Fear / Mountain Home
• Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Tony Trischka with Vince Gill / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• Jimmie Rodgers Rode A Train / Del McCoury Band / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
• Caroline In Carolina / Freewheelin' / single / Self-Produced
• I Can't Go Home Anymore / Farm Hands / Memories Of Home / Pinecastle
• Pallet On The Floor / Five Mile Mountain Road / Swingbilly Swagger / Patuxent Music
• I Can't Be Bothered / Flatt Lonesome / Too / Mountain Home
• Maybe This Time / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill
• Foolish Game Of Love / Bradford Lee Folk & the Bluegrass Playboys / Somewhere Far Away / Self-Produced
• Little Zane / Raymond Fairchild / Little Zane / Copper Creek
• Hammer Down / Feller & Hill / Brothers And Heroes / Rural Rhythm
• Cowboy Sweetheart / Fox Family / Follow My Lead / Sierra Records
• It Was Only The Wind / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Lester Raymond Flatt / Flying Fish
• 1500 Miles Away From Home / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Before The Prairie Met The Plow / Billy Joe Foster & Special Edition / Before The Prairie Met The Plow / Hay Holler
• Whitewater / Bela Fleck / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Where Dear Friends Will Never Part / Front Porch String Band / Hills Of Alabam / Rebel
• I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You / Full Cord / Cambium / Dark Shadow Recording
• Ten Miles From The Truth / Aaron "Frosty" Foster / Opening Doors / Self-Produced
• Don't Hold Back / Rick Faris / Uncommon Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• Born To Be With You / Flashback / Denver Snow / Pinecastle
• Lay Down Your Troubles / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Lord Lift Me Up / Fast Track / Good News / Engelhardt Music Group
• I Surrender All / Freeman & Williams / Freeman & Williams / Mountain Roads Recordings
• I'm Ready To Go / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Heaven / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I Believe / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Fill My Way Every Day With Love / Forbes Family / A Forbes Family Treasury - Volume 1 / Rebel
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records
• Jesus Is Waiting / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder