"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/6/2007

When I was an intern at a local country station many, many years ago, the DJ I "shadowed" often would say -- sometimes jokingly -- that in radio, there was "never a dull moment." In the waning seconds of yesterday's BG Cafe, we experienced a moment that definitely wasn't dull, and had the potential of being downright inconvenient. I keep track of my playlist by using a simple Excel worksheet that I save on a thumb drive. Moments before the last gospel song ended yesterday, the computer on which the playlist was residing DIED. By that, I mean, there was no power source, no signal, no Internet, nothing. Quite fun. Our mentee, Maiga, was back for week #2 of her training, so it was good she got to see what kinds of "excitement" can really occur in radio. Fortunately, our long-time WHUS Training Director (and newly-elected Program Director) stopped by the station a few minutes after the computer died and was able to get it going again. My playlist only "lost" the gospel set, so the list that follows here is not in perfect order towards the end. Requests are noted in red. Maiga, by the way, did a very fine job on the air once again, and is set to host (or co-host) her own show beginning later on this week.

Jim & Marti join you in the Cafe for the next couple of Sundays. I'll be with you again on Memorial Day weekend.

Have a lovely May!

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Timber I'm Falling / White Mountain Bluegrass / January Weekend / R Own
• My Cabin In Caroline / Flatt & Scruggs / Complete Mercury Sessions / Mercury
• Send Me Your Address In Heaven / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• You Didn't Say Goodbye / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• J's Tune / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder
• Don't Let Your Wounded Heart Come Between Us / Randy Kohrs with Rhonda Vincent / Old Photograph/ Rural Rhythm
• Lovesick And Sorrow / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Long Journey / Rounder
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Alone With You / Marty Raybon & Full Circle / The Grass I Grew Up On / Synchoro Records
• Don't Make Go To Bed And I'll Be Good / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Tennessee Cut-Up Breakdown / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
• We Could / Terry Eldredge & Andrea Zonn / Making The Rounds / Pinecastle
• Bluegrass Blues / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Why Don't You Tell Me So / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Ocean Of Teardrops / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• Wind To The West / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
• Is It True / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Blame It On The Pain / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Linda Lay and Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Folk Life
• Cold Blue Day / NewFound Road / Life In A Song / Rounder
• Close By / Vern Williams Band / Traditional Bluegrass / Arhoolie
• The Crow / Tony Trischka & Steve Martin / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Another Tear / Cedar Hill / Portrait Of A Song / Hay Holler
• Weary Hobo / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Old Old House / Big Country Bluegrass / On Fire / Hay Holler
• Walkin' West To Memphis / Casey & Chris & the Two-Stringers / Get Along Girl / Arrandem
• Red Letter Day / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Poor Ellen Smith / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• Orange Blossom Special / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Wall Around Your Heart / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King
• Reno Bound / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Wrecking Ball / King Wilkie / Fresh Cut Bluegrass / Rounder
• Waiting For The Real Thing / Front Range / The New Frontier / Sugar Hill
• Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• Sourwood Mountain / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
• You'll Find Her Name Written There / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Lost River / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / Rural Rhythm
• Gonna Paint The Town / James King / Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea
• I'm Goin' Up When He Starts Down / BlueRidge / Gettin' Ready / Pinecastle
• Lazarus And The Rich Man / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Will You Meet Me Over There / Josh Williams / Lonesome Highway / Pinecastle
• Living On The Hallelujah Side / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Living On The Hallelujah Side / Rebel
• Shining Path / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Climb The Ladder / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill
• Won't It Be Wonderful There / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns / Self-Produced
• Have Mercy On My Soul / Seldom Scene / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• That Home Far Away / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / Federal
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder