"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/30/2006

Today's show included a brief conversation with a very busy man -- Roger Moss, Manager of the Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival. This festival is coming up at the end of this week -- August 3-6 -- and is held at Martin Park in East Hartford, CT. For folks who've never ventured to Podunk because they think it's in "too urban" an area, you really ought to try to make it there for at least a day or two this year. The lineup is terrific (example: Rhonda AND Del will both be performing on Friday), and the location is very, very easy to find (even for those of us country folks who don't venture to the "big city" all that often). There is camping available, activities for the kids, and -- obviously -- lots of terrific music. Check out Podunk, if you can, and make sure you stop by the WHUS tent when you're there. Marti, Jim, Myrna, and I would love to see you!

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Coldest Day Of Winter / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• I Cried Again / Audie Blaylock / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
• Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin & Sunny Mountain Boys / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Ice Covered Birches / Misty Valley Boys / Bluegrass Piedmont Style / MasterShield
• I've Waited As Long As I Can / Tony Rice / Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• Who Will Call You Sweetheart / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Stanley Brothers / Mercury
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Universal
• A Dime Looks Like A Wagon Wheel / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Don't Hold Your Breath / White House / White House / Pinecastle
• I'm Going Sailing / Bo Isaac / I'm Not Living Life (It's Living Me) / GoodTyme
• A Letter To Tom / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways
• White Lightning Strike / Pine Mountain Railroad / Heartache & Hope / TrakTone
• Down The Road / Flatt & Scruggs / Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Wall Around Your Heart / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• You're My Darling / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Kentucky Borderline / Rhonda Vincent / One Step Ahead / Rounder
• How I Curse That Man (I Thought Was Mine) / Hit & Run Bluegrass / Beauty Fades / Self-Produced
• If I Were You / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Broke Down And Lonesome / King Wilkie / Broke / Rebel
• Brand New Heartache / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• Ridin' That Bluegrass Train / Sam Bush / Laps In Seven / Sugar Hill
• Lonesome Won't Get The Best Of Me / Lonesome River Band / The Road With No End / Mountain Home
• What Will Become Of Me / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle
• Send The Angels Down / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Mountain Home
• I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / Del McCoury Band / The Promised Land / McCoury Music
• Midnight Angel / Rhonda Vincent with Bobby Osborne / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Red Satin Dress / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• Last Letter Home / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• You Didn't Say Goodbye / Emerson & Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Follow The Leader / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• I'm Longing For A Love I'll Never Know / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Waiting To Hear You Call My Name / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Dear Old Dixie / Dan Menzone / Menzone Drive / Self-Produced
• High Lonesome / Williams & Clark Expedition / Williams & Clark Expedition / WCE Nashville
• Hereafter / Lonesome River Band / The Road With No End / Mountain Home
• Lord Show Me The Righteous Pathway / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle
• I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap / Reno & Smiley / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel… / New Haven
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Sit Down With Jesus / Del McCoury Band / The Promised Land / McCoury Music
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/23/2006

July 23, 2006 - Amy Orlomoski

Today's show included a conversation with the banjo-playing Gibson brother, Eric. Don't forget -- the Gibsons (they with the #1 record on the National Bluegrass Survey, Red Letter Day) will be performing at the Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival in East Hartford on Saturday, August 5th.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Just Wondering Why / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• I Wish You Knew / Jim & Jesse / Bean Blossom / MCA
• The Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Sparkling Brown Eyes / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Hessletine Hill / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Night / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Bouquet Of Roses / Reno & Smiley / Another Day With Reno & Smiley / King
• Are You Coming Back To Me / Bill Harrell with Mac Wiseman / …And Friends / Rebel
• I Never Was Too Much / Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm
• Pleasant Hill / Virginia Ramblers / Virginia Ramblers /Hay Holler
• Reno Bound / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• A Letter To Tom / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Long Journey / Rounder
• Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin & Sunny Mountain Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Old Federal / Justin Moses / Dusty Roads / DustyGrass
• From The Hollow / BearTracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• White Lightning / The Grascals / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• What A Ways We've Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Walking With Joanna / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Red Letter Day / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Grapes On The Vine / Wildfire / Rattle Of The Chains / Pinecastle
• Timber I'm Falling / White Mountain Bluegrass / January Weekend / R Own
• Broke Down And Lonesome / King Wilkie / Broke / Rebel
• Sold Down The River / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Festival Time Again / Joe Ross / Festival Time Again / Self-Produced
• One Step Ahead Of The Blues / Sand Mountain / Molly Rose / Hay Holler
• Worried Man Blues / Ralph Stanley / A Distant Land To Roam / Columbia
• The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Feel Like My Time Ain't Long / Rebel
• Will You Meet Me Over Yonder / Paul Williams & Cliff Waldron / Higher Ground / Rebel
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / SSK
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Bluegrass at Buttery Brook Park - Saturday, July 22nd

Don't forget -- tomorrow is Bluegrass at Buttery Brook Park in South Hadley, MA. Dave Helman (the force behind the very successful Country Corner Coffee House series from October-April, and host of "Country Corner" on WTCC, Springfield) puts this one-day festival together, and he's got a terrific lineup for this year. Performers will include Connecticut's great traditional group, TrueGrass, the ever-popular Hunger Mountain Boys, a bit of western swing from the Westernaires, and Rhode Island's Mike Boulay & Down the Road. As the headliner, you'll find Massachusetts-native David Peterson & 1946. Listeners of the "BG Cafe" may have heard Dave speaking a couple of weeks ago about how excited he is to be playing in his home state, so come out and see him and his terrific band. The music starts at 10AM and runs through 7PM. Buttery Brook Park is located on Route 33 in South Hadley, MA. The weather forecast calls for only a slight chance of a thunderstorm toward evening, and temps. in the 80s. If you'd like to see the flyer, or need directions on how to find the park, click here.

This should be a terrific festival. We'll see you there!

Amy

Incorrect email address to submit questions...

Oops! Guess we know that items on this blog are posted by humans, as I only discovered today that I gave an incorrect email address to which you could/should email questions you'd like to ask Eric Gibson when we talk to him on the "BG Cafe" on Sunday, July 23rd. Sorry for the mix-up, folks.

Anyhow, if you want to email a question for us to ask Eric, here's the correct address: bgcaferequests@yahoo.com.

Tune in to the "Bluegrass Cafe" each and every Sunday from 4:00-7:00PM EST. If you live in southern New England, you may be able to listen to us via the radio airwaves at 91.7FM. If you prefer to listen online, that's an option, too. We can be found at www.whus.org. We'll start talking to Eric a bit after 5PM. Join us, please, won't you?

Amy

So many festivals in August...

In addition to the wonderful Podunk BG Festival (East Hartford, CT) to start off the month of August, and the Thomas Point Beach BG Festival (Brunswick, ME) to finish it, there are a couple other festivals in the region that you might want to try out this year:

From August 11-13 is the 5th annual Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival in Alburgh, VT. This festival features a big lineup, including the legendary Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys (Friday only), and a pair of bands which have both won the International Bluegrass Music Association's Emerging Artist of the Year award, the Gibson Brothers and King Wilkie (both bands - Saturday only). There will also be a host of regional bands, including Southern Rail, Gopher Broke, the Atkinson Family Band, the New England Bluegrass Band, Freewheelin', and Yonder Hill (from Canada). Other festival features include a $3,000 fiddle & banjo contest, a craft show, hayrides, workshops, and more. If you'd like more information, send email to info@lakechamplainmusic.com or call (802)482-8110.

Running from August 24th through the 27th is something called Pickin' In The Pasture in Lodi, NY. This festival claims to be the "largest traditional bluegrass festival in the state," and that doesn't seem to be far off the mark, based on their lineup for 2006. Performers on the bill include: the Lewis Family, the James King Band, the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Special Consensus, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass, the Grascals, David Peterson & 1946, and BlueRidge, as well as Smokey Greene, Freewheelin', Chester Johnson & the Foggy Mountain Grass, and Seneca County Bluegrass. Although the Finger Lakes region of New York is not exactly a stone's throw from eastern CT, this looks like a festival that just may be too good to miss. If you'd like to make plans to be there, send email to alex11@capital.net or call (607)582-6363.

Play List for "Bluegrass Cafe" 7/16/2006

It was a fun day with Marti and I hosting the Red Rooster Party first, and then going straight into the Bluegrass Cafe. Myrna was back from vacation and everything was running pretty smoothly. We got many requests and were able to play most. I hadn't heard Charlie Moore lately, so I made sure we played a couple of his songs. In the last hour I went back to the early 1950s for a set of songs from Jim Eanes, Jimmy Martin and the Osborne Brothers, and an obscure Mississippi bluegrass band by the name of the Hodges Brothers. Hope you enjoyed. Jim

• Wild Turkey / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Old Swingin Bridge / Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Have A Feast Here Tonight / The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / The Prestige/Folklore Years / Prestige Folklore
• Moonshiner / Peter Rowan / The Walls Of Time / Sugar Hill
• Going To The Races / WhiteHouse / 15 Years Cuttin' Great Grass / Pinecastle
• Bright Sherman Valley / The Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• My Tennessee Mountain Home / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Rooster's Rag / Dan Menzone / Menzone Drive / LC Productions
• Highway 52 / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Daddy Was A Moonshine Man / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / Hillbilly Heartache / Rebel
• Wild Card / James Reams and Walter Hensley / Wild Card / Mountain Redbird
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press / Try a Little Kindness / Rounder
• Salty Dog Blues / Curly Seckler / That Old Book of Mine / Copper Creek
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone / Tony Rice / Plays and Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Worried Man Blues / Ralph Stanley / A Distant Land To Roam / Columbia/DMZ
• Mighty Dark To Travel / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Ancient Tones / Skaggs Family
• Gold Watch and Chain / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / Bluegrass Heritage Vol. II / Rural Rhythm
• Flint Hill Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Go Back To The Well / The Daughters of Bluegrass / Back To The Well / Blue Circle
• Happy Valley Special / The Bailey Brothers / Going Back To Old Kentucky / Indigo
• New Freedom Bell / The Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning… / Rebel
• Last Day At Gettysburg / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
• Hey, Hey, Hey / The Virginia Ramblers / The Virginia Ramblers / Hay Holler
• Purple Heart / Red Allen & The Kentuckians / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• Legend of the Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• Forever Ain't That Long Anymore / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home / Bill Monroe / Going Back To Old Kentucky / Indigo
• Menzone Drive / Dan Menzone / Menzone Drive / LC Productions
• Carroll County Accident / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Old Kentucky Hills / Larry Stephenson / Life Stories / Pinecastle
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die) / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Fire In The Canyon / The Chapmans / Simple Man / Pinecastle
• I'm Lonesome / Dave Haney and Bay State Bluegrass / Home Run Man / Double Play
• I'm Just Here To Ride The Train / Mountain Heart / Wide Open / Skaggs Family
• Wiggle Worm Wiggle / Jim Eanes / Blazing Bluegrass / Proper
• Ridin' The Waves / Shenandoah Valley Boys / Blazing Bluegrass / Proper
• My Lonely Heart / Jimmy Martin / Blazing Bluegrass / Proper
• It Won't Be Long / Hodges Brothers / Blazing Bluegrass / Proper
• The Old Home Place / Vassar Clements / Full Circle / OMS Records
• Save It! Save It! / Jimmy Martin / Blazing Bluegrass / Proper
• Me And John And Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• A Living Prayer / Alison Krauss And Union Station / Lonely Runs Both Ways / Rounder
• He Will Set Your Fields On Fire / Carl Story / Going Back To Old Kentucky / Indigo
• You're Drifting Away / Bill Monroe / Going Back To Old Kentucky / Indigo
• Beyond The Shadows / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Beyond The Shadows / Sugar Hill
• Palms of Victory / The New Coon Creek Girls / Everything You Do / Pinecastle
• Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

Eric Gibson on the "BG Cafe" - Sunday, July 23rd

On Sunday, July 23rd, the elder Gibson brother, Eric, will be joining us via the phone. As you may know, the Gibson Brothers have long been favorites of CT Bluegrass fans, and so, they're likely to see plenty of friends when they make an appearance at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival in East Hartford on Saturday, August 5th. Eric's been on the air with us at the Bluegrass Cafe a couple of times -- we never know what to expect, but it's always an entertaining time. The Gibsons are doing extremely well, both on and off the stage. Their latest Sugar Hill recording, Red Letter Day, is currently #1 on the National Bluegrass Survey Albums Chart for the month of July, and the song "Red Letter Day" is #3 on the Song Chart. Will it be another #1 tune for the Gibsons? We'll see...

Off the stage, there has been a recent addition to the Gibson family: younger brother Leigh and his wife, Allison, welcomed Annie Gray Gibson to the fold on July 1st. Our best wishes to the whole family!

If you have any questions for Eric, feel free to email them to us sometime before July 23rd at bgcaferequests@yahoo.com. Then, tune in to the show on July 23rd and we'll see what Eric has to say.

Of course, tune in this Sunday, as well. Jim & Marti will keep you entertained with some great tunes, I'm sure.

Amy

Cathy (Bumgarner) Day's BG bio

Time to catch up with another alum of The Magic Of Bluegrass. This time around, it's Cathy Day...

My father, Carroll Bumgarner, is from rural North Carolina, in the Smokey Mountains and grew up in a large family where most everyone played old time fiddle, banjo, and bluegrass music. In fact, his father was a fiddler who once filled in with Bill Monroe and was asked to join his band. As a father of four, my grandfather declined. He fiddled because he father did, too; in fact, he made fiddles in the mountains. So, that makes me a fourth generation fiddler.

I became interested in learning myself after seeing the Johnson Mountain Boys perform when I was about 9 years old. I started guitar lessons with Mike Kropp and continued for one year. I then got bored with rhythm guitar, so I took up every instrument in the house, from piano, bass, mandolin, and fiddle, to banjo and dobro, plus, started singing. When I was 12, I became serious with the fiddle, and was allowed to play that instrument primarily when performing with our family band. By that time, we had been performing as the Bumgarner Family with my mother, Maryann on bass, sister Cheryl on banjo, and my father Carroll on guitar and vocals. The band was playing local churches and nursing homes, and a few festivals here and there. At about age 13, the band was more balanced, having 3 lead instruments (Dad always took breaks on the guitar), and more vocal variety (everyone sang instead of just Dad by now). During my high school years, we changed the name to the Rose City Bluegrass Band when Cheryl's future husband, Jim Plecan, joined on mandolin and vocals. We thought it was a good name with Norwich (our place of residence) being the "Rose of New England" and also called the "Rose City."

During high school, I filled in with local acts like Shady Creek, did some recording for folk singers such as Patrick McGinnly, and took the community radio course at UCONN and joined WHUS in 1990. Plus, I entered fiddle contests every chance I got.

In college joined a female band called, "SassyGrass," a female band whose members included the likes of Suzi Gibson and Betsy Rome. The band played a lot around New England and won the Northeast regional Pizza Hut/IBMA sponsored bluegrass band competition in Boston. This brought us to the final competition in Owensboro in 1991, where we placed 3rd.

I could not juggle the band and the radio with the seriousness and importance of pharmacy school. As I entered the professional portion of pharmacy school, I first gave up the band. A year later, I left my spot at WHUS and became an as-needed disc jockey. Now and then, you would hear me on certain public service announcements, doing news and weather, and covering different shows like World Music (I could always throw some Russian Bluegrass in there!).

I graduated from UCONN in 1995, got married to Keegan Day, and started working in retail pharmacy as a pharmacist and manager of a chain pharmacy. I picked up music again, mostly in the form of session work. Musically, there has been quite some variety, playing on church worship teams, different bands like Marcy Hill (including Gary Skillings) from New Hampshire, Blackstone Valley from Massachusetts (with brothers Dave and Bob Dick), and even Irish Music with Peter Lange's "Cashel Rock."

My most exciting session work was released in June 2006. I played for CMH's Picking On the Red Hot Chili Peppers project. The title is "Pick My Kiss - A bluegrass tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers." Other artists on the project include Roger Williams, Dave Dick to name a few.

Mostly, my main focus these days is on my family and church life. Keegan and I have a beautiful 4 year old, Keegan III. His boundless energy keeps us on our toes. He is very musical, and started carrying a tune when he was one year old. He has rhythm, too. But, we have not started any formal training yet.

The future will have us back to attending festivals, performing here and there with other groups, and someday, I will record my own work and compositions with some of my favorite New England for backup.

Seats still available for "Bluegrass Roadtrip 2006"

A few weeks back, we posted a note about this upcoming trip, which is perfect for those who can't get enough BG (and even better for those who'd like to go to the IBMA Fan Fest, but hate to fly). The trip looks like a lot of fun. If you're thinking of signing up for this unique vacation, now is the time to sign up. The tour's host, Kevin Lynch sends us this update:

Bluegrass Road Trip 2006

Connecticut - Owensboro, KY - Rosine, KY - Nashville, TN -- September 25 to October 3

A Bluegrass Road Trip from Connecticut to IBMA's "Fan Fest" in Nashville, TN

ALL INCLUSIVE TRIP -- Fans & musicians are welcomed to join us for this inaugural event

hosted by: Kevin Lynch

Current stops and tours include the International Bluegrass Music Museum and the world famous Moonlight Barbecue Restaurant in Owensboro, KY; the Monroe Home Place (Bill Monroe's birthplace) and Monroe Family resting place in Rosine, KY; the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) "Fan Fest" in Nashville, TN including four nights at the Hilton (directly across from the IBMA host hotel), and more.

* Jamming on the bus is encouraged! All instruments will be stored on the bus -- not in baggage

* Bluegrass Videos, Games, and more as we travel on…

Details and printable flyer at this Bluegrass-friendly travel agency website:

Contact Kim at:
KCI Travel, LLC
http://www.travelwithkci.com

LIMTED TO 30 TRAVELERS -- Deadline for reservations is midnight on Monday, July 24, 2006

For an official flyer on this trip, click here.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/9/2006

"Bluegrass Cafe" - 7/9/2006 -- Amy Orlomoski

Around the midpoint of today's show, we had a live conversation with Massachusetts native David Peterson about his band, 1946, his recent success on the National Bluegrass Survey, and his upcoming appearance in South Hadley, MA at Bluegrass at Buttery Brook on July 22nd. We also included new music from Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, BearTracks, Marty Raybon & Full Circle, and the Hunger Mountain Boys (who will also be at Bluegrass at Buttery Brook, by the way).

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• If Lonely Was The Wind / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Cry Cry Darling / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Stop In South Port Towne / Blue Circle
• The Bluebirds Are Singing / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Last Day At Gettysburg / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• When Springtime Comes Again / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
• Hills Of Home / Springfield Exit / Spingfield Exit / Cracker Barrel
• Black Eyed Susie / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Every Time You Say Goodbye / Alison Krauss / Now That I've Found You / Rounder
• Big Jim / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / Hillbilly Heartache / Rebel
• Prayin' Shoes / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• When I'm Gone / BearTracks / From The Hollow / Self-Produced
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time-Life
• Scatterbrain Mama / Hunger Mountain Boys / Three / Old-Fi Records
• Hillbilly Heartache / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / Hillbilly Heartache / Rebel
• Going To The Races / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Moonlight On Kentucky / Misty Valley Boys / Bluegrass Piedmont Style / MasterShield
• Silver Ghost / Tony Holt & Wildwood Valley Boys / Daylight's Burnin' / Rebel
• My Old Kentucky Home / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Some Of These Days (You're Gonna Be Sad) / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• All American Bluegrass Girl / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Black Diamond / Cedar Hill / Portrait Of A Song / Hay Holler
• Try A Little Kindness / Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• The Waves On The Sea / Lilly Bros. & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
• Alone With You / Marty Raybon & Full Circle / The Grass I Grew Up On / Synchoro Records
• Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go / Sugar Hill
• John Hardy / Lilly Bros. & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• New Pair Of Glasses / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• Teardrops In My Eyes / Windy Creek / Take Me Back To The Mountains / Self-Produced
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Will I Be That Lucky Man? / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Let The Big Dog Eat / Jim VanCleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• That Home Above / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• Waiting For The King / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor / Cox Family/ Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
• Paul And Silas / Stony Point Quartet / Band Of Angels / Cracker Barrel
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

David Peterson on the "BG Cafe" - Sunday, July 9th

This Sunday, Massachusetts native David Peterson will join us via the phone on the "Bluegrass Cafe." Mr. Peterson and his band, 1946, will be making a rare appearance in the area when they perform at Dave Helman's Bluegrass at Buttery Brook Park in South Hadley, MA on Saturday, July 22nd. The current recording from this group - In The Mountaintops To Roam -- is, put simply, quite excellent. If you like traditional Bluegrass, this CD is loaded with some great tunes, including covers of a couple of Mac Wiseman gems, "I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand" and "Bluebirds Are Singing For Me," as well as versions of Hank Snow's "Golden Rocket," and Bill Monroe's "You'll Find Her Name Written There." In addition to those songs, there are a few originals, as well, including a tune I am especially fond of, "1946." Obviously, I'm not the only BG radio-type who likes this song, though, as the tune is making its way up the National Bluegrass Survey in good form (#16 in the July issue of Bluegrass Unlimited). After all, what is there not to like about a song that mentions both Fenway Park and Ted Williams?

Join us this Sunday on the "Bluegrass Cafe." The show itself airs from 4:00-7:00PM, but we'll start our chat with Dave sometime between 5:00 and 5:15PM.

Amy O.

"Bluegrass Cafe" Play List 7/2/2006

"Bluegrass Cafe" - 7/2/2006 -- Jim Beaver

• Wild Turkey / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• A Dime Looks Like a Wagon Wheel / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Sugar in the Gourd / Michael Cleveland / Let 'Er Go, Boys / Rounder
• Worried Man Blues / Ralph Stanley / A Distant Land To Roam / Sony
• All American Bluegrass Girl / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Sabryn Renee / The Virginia Ramblers / The Virginia Ramblers / Hay Holler
• Put Me On The Trail To Carolina / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self Produced
• Echo Mountain / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Jealous Heart / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• God Bless The Soldier / Rhonda Vincent All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Tom T. & Jimmy - Chicken & Dumplins / The VW Boys w/ Tom T. Hall & Jimmy Martin / Pickin' Chickin / Fat Dog
• Finger Lickin' Chicken / The VW Boys / Pickin' Chickin / Fat Dog
• Ralph - Bluegrass Fried Chicken / The VW Boys / Pickin' Chickin / Fat Dog
• Home Grown Tomatoes / The Fritts Family / Home Grown Tomatoes / Atteiram
• Soldier's Joy / Dave Evans / Pretty Green Hills / Rebel
• East Virginia Blues / Dave Evans / Pretty Green Hills / Rebel
• Brown Mountain Light / Carolina Sonshine / Remembers the Country Gentleman / Mastershield
• Hump-Back Mule / James Reams & Walter Hensley / Wild Card / Mountain Redbird
• Little Birdie / Jim Mills (and various artists) / Cuppa 'Jo / Huber
• You're Still To Blame / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Let It Ride / Cedar Hill / Portrait of a Song / Hay Holler
• Sinner's Lament / Pine Mountain Railroad / Heartache & Hope / TrakTone
• Rose of Allandale / Janet Beazley / 5 South / Backcountry
• In The Gravel Yard / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• My Red River Home / The Boys From Indiana / Good Time Blues / Rebel
• Waves On The Sea / Ralph Stanley / A Distant Land To Roam / Sony
• This Old Martin Box / Blue Moon Rising / On The Rise / Lonesome Day
• Papaw Taught Me / Blue Moon Rising / On The Rise / Lonesome Day
• Forty Years of Trouble / Bob Paisley & The Southern Grass / Forty Years of Trouble / Strictly Country
• Katy Cline / The Stanley Brothers / Shadows Of The Past / Copper Creek
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe / Lookin' Back / Silver Eagle
• Katy Daley / The Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
• Anything Southbound / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• Ice Cold Stone / The Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler
• Uncle John's Intro / Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives / Live at the Ryman / Superlatone
• Train 45 / Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives / Live at the Ryman / Superlatone
• Pretty Polly / Ralph Stanley & Friends / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• Savoy Special / Chatham County Line / Speed Of The Whippoorwill / Yep Roc
• Grandpaw's Radio / The Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• I'm Going Across The Sea / Mike Tatar Jr. / Mike Tatar Jr. / Tatarboy Records
• Take Me Back To The Mountains / Windy Creek / Take Me Back To The Mountains / Self Produced
• Leavin' Town / Skyline Drive / Leavin' Town / Self Produced
• Homesick For The Hills / The Daughters of Bluegrass / Back To The Well / Blue Circle
• Let The Big Dog Eat / Jim Van Cleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• There'll Always Be A Rocking Chair / David Parmley & Continental Divide / There'll Always Be a Rocking Chair / Pinecastle
• New River Train / The Monroe Brothers / Early Blue Grass Music (LP) / RCA Camden
• Just One Way To the Gate / Carl Story / Get Religion (LP) / Power Pak
• Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures / Ralph Stanley w/ Larry Sparks / Saturday Night/Sunday Morning / CR Freeland
• Let's All Meet At His House / Acoustic Endeavors / On A Farm / Common Folk
• Over In The Gloryland / The Village Singers / He Put The Color In The Rose / Pinecastle
• America The Beautiful / The Osborne Brothers / When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland / Pinecastle