"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist for Mother's Day - 5/13/07

Marti and I scoured our collection and came up with a whole show of Mother's Day songs to fit the occasion. The only down side was the fact that so many of the songs were about deceased mothers, but we did find a few upbeat or funny mother songs to include. We hope we didn't depress you too much, and we hope you enjoyed some of the rarer songs we pulled out of our hat.

We managed to fit a couple of non-mother songs into the show, including a new one from the not-yet-released new album from the "new" group, Grasstowne. You may recall Grasstowne as the group assembled by Alan Bibey, Steve Gulley, Phil Leadbetter, Jason Davis, and Lee Sawyer around the end of 2006 (Jamey Booher has since replaced Lee). This group has taken off like a rocket and has already recorded a new album. Although the CD release date is August 7, you can get it from their web site or at one of their concerts. WHUS listeners again got to hear an exclusive.

Marti and I will be back next week. Tune in at 91.7 FM in Southern New England or on the web at whus.org!

Jim

• Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Charlie Monroe / Sacred Songs / Old Homestead
• Thank God For Mama / The Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
• Mother's Last Years / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• Mama Blues / Flatt & Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs at Carnegie Hall! / Koch
• Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / The Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Hay Holler
• Mother Prays Loud In Her Sleep / Flatt & Scruggs / Blazing Bluegrass / Proper
• A Mothers Hand / Frank Solivan II / I Am A Rambler / Self
• A Mothers Love / Phoenix / A Place Called Home / Virginia Arts
• Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self
• Pistol Packin' Mama / The Good Old Boys / Pistol Packin' Mama / GDM, Inc.
• Mother's Footsteps Guide Me On / Stanley Brothers / On Radio / Rebel
• We'd Always Ask Mama To Pray / Ralph Stanley & Joe Isaacs / A Gospel Gathering / Freeland
• No Mother or Dad / Lily Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio 1952-1953 / Mountain Home
• Callin' Your Name / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Mama's Faded Bible / Jimmie Williams
• Mom's Old Picture Book / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Mother Of A Miner's Child / Country Gentlemen / Souvenirs / Rebel
• Bouquet In Heaven / J. D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel
• Grandma's Gift / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Pretty Wreath For Mother's Grave / The Reno Brothers / Drawing From The Well / Webco
• We Don't Care What Mama Allow / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands / CMH
• Mama Likes Bluegrass Music / The Frosty Mountain Boys (with Raymond Fairchild) / The Best of Mountain Bluegrass / Rural Rhythm
• Wandering Boy / The Isaacs / Bridges / Horizon
• When Mother Played The Organ / Lee Moore / 20 Early Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / O Sister! / Rounder
• Dream of a Miner's Child / Phyllis Boyens & Hazel Dickens with the Dreadful Snakes / Songs Of The Stanley Brothers / EasyDisc
• Mother Is Gone / White House / White House / Pinecastle
• Vision of Mother / Joe Val and the New England Bluegrass Boys / Songs Of The Stanley Brothers / EasyDisc
• The Master's Bouquet / The Stanley Brothers / Sacred Songs From The Hills / Starday
• My Mother's Bible / The Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• I Heard My Mother Weeping / Charlie Moore & The Dixie Partners / The Fiddler / Old Homestead
• Don't Tell Mama / The Grascals / Long List of Heartaches / Rounder
• Mama's Opry / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Iris DeMent / Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III / Capitol
• Black Diamond (bed for the calendar) / Don Stover / Things In Life / Rounder
• The Sweetest Gift, A Mother's Smile / Snuffy Jenkins / Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo / Arhoolie
• Sunbonnet Mother / Don Stover / Things In Life / Rounder
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Mother Knows Best / Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
• Dixie Flyer / Grasstowne / Grasstowne / Pinecastle
• Grandma's Feather Bed / Jerusalem Ridge & Leroy Mack / Together / Self
• Oh Mama Please Don't Cry / The McPeak Brothers / Acoustic Masterpiece / Major Bluegrass
• Momma Loved The Dogwood / Mitch Harrell / Shoes Too Big To Fill / So Long
• A Mother's Last Words To Her Daughter / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Gonna Shake Hands With Mother Over There / Crowe Brothers / The Gospel Way / Copper Creek
• Mother's Not Dead / The Stanley Brothers / Volume 3, Number 4 / Copper Creek
• I Saw Mother With God Last Night / Flatt & Scruggs / Essential Gospel Masters / Columbia
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / The Abrams Brothers / Carrying On / MasterShield
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler