"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/27/2007

It seemed, at least to me, that Sunday's show went by in a whirlwind. Our special feature around the 5PM timeframe was a brief conversation with one of the busiest people in Bluegrass music, Rhonda Vincent. Rhonda & the Rage will be appearing this coming Friday, June 1st at the Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival in Preston, CT. For more info on Strawberry Park, click here.

Sunday's show also featured a musical tribute to yet another notable member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Hank Snow. Hank would have celebrated his birthday on May 9th, so it seemed fitting to put together a few of his terrific tunes that have been covered by some Bluegrass performers over the years. As with many of those great country singers of the 1940s and 1950s, the Hank Snow Songbook has been mined by Bluegrass folks many times, perhaps most notably by Charlie Waller when he'd perform his medley of Hank tunes at just about every show. Great stuff. Other features included a couple of new tunes from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Paul Williams & the Victory Trio, and a Bluegrass gospel group called the Soul Pickers, as well as a trio of appropriate tunes in honor of Memorial Day.

If you're heading to Strawberry Park, tune us in on your way home next Sunday. While Jim will be at Strawberry Park doing some MC work, I'll be minding the radio show. As we mark the 25th year of Bluegrass broadcasting at WHUS, Jim and I will each have several CDs to give away over the next few weeks. Tune us in when you can.....

Have a good week -
Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Little Mountain Road / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Don't Know Why / Cliff Waldron / Seasons Past / Rebel
• Hot Night In August / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Pain In My Heart / Flatt & Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Baby Girl / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Stanley Brothers / Mercury
• I Heard The Bluebirds Sing / White Mountain Bluegrass / January Weekend / R Own
• Til The Day I Die / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
• Sawing On The Strings / Alison Krauss / A Hundred Miles Or More / Rounder
• Diamond Joe / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• Here Rattler Here / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Carolina Road / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• If Lonely Was The Wind / Lynn Morris Band / Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Won't You Think Of Me / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Walls Of Time / Rounder
• One Teardrop And One Step Away / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• Leavin' You And Mobile Too / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Maybe You Will Change Your Mind / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• One Step Ahead Of The Blues / Rhonda Vincent / Ragin' Live / Rounder
• Midnight Angel / Rhonda Vincent with Bobby Osborne / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Wishing Well Blues / Rhonda Vincent / A Dream Come True / Rebel
• Is The Grass Any Bluer / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Just For Old Times Sake / Rhonda Vincent with Jim Ed Brown / A Dream Come True / Rebel
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• A Purple Heart / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• God Bless The Soldier / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• The Goldrush Is Over / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• Ben Dewberry's Final Run / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Saturday Night At The Opry / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass: The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• I'm Movin' On / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• What A Ways We've Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Let Me Love You One More Time / Infamous Stringdusters / Infamous Stringdusters / Sugar Hill
• Long List Of Heartaches / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Blame It On The Pain / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• I Can't Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / True Bluegrass / Rounder
• When I Wake Up (To Sleep No More) / Soul Pickers / Beautiful River Of Life / Blue Circle
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Heaven / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• Where No One Stands Alone / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Where No One Stands Alone / Rebel
• The Gloryland Way / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns / Self-Produced
• God Moves In A Windstorm / Blue Highway / True Bluegrass Gospel / Rebel
• I'm Travelling On And On / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Classic Bluegrass Recordings, Volume 1 / County
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder