Well, is the Joe Val Fest. becoming amazingly popular, or what? Online sales began this morning at 7AM for Boston BG Union (BBU) members, and by noon, BBU President Gerry Katz sent out this message:
The Sheraton Framingham is now SOLD OUT (only three hours after the system was open), and we have already sold almost half of all available weekend tickets for the event.
However, there are still hotel rooms available at several nearby hotels – click the link below to go to our hotel page where you can make reservations at our overflow hotels by phone.
www.bbu.org/jvhotel.htm
Get your festival tickets early – based on initial sales we may sell out much more quickly than in past years. More info at www.bbu.org/jvhome.htm
If you weren't fortunate/quick enough to make your reservations at the Sheraton this AM, you shouldn't feel TOO glum, as there are still other options....
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
IIIrd Tyme Out in East Hartford -- Friday, 11/30
IIIrd Tyme Out will be appearing this Friday evening, November 30th, at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center, 50 Chapman Place, East Hartford. Doors open at 6PM & showtime is 7:30PM. This seven-time award winning IBMA Vocal Group of the Year has undergone some personnel changes this year, but I'm sure if Russell Moore is still the lead singer -- and he is -- you're going to hear some fabulous Bluegrass. For more info on this show, visit the East Hartford Community Cultural Center website or call (860)282-8241.
Monday, November 26, 2007
"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/25/2007
As always, Sunday's show went by in a furious manner (at least for me). We got to play some great music, new and old, including several requests. As we officially kick off Christmas Season 2007, over the next 5 Sundays -- until December 23rd -- Jim and I will be giving away 25 Bluegrass CDs. This is just a small way for us to thank all of you folks for your great support of this program and WHUS, in general. Sunday's winners were very enthusiastic, I must say. Here's to 20 more with that same enthusiasm....
Jim & Marti join you in the Cafe next Sunday. Be sure to listen!
Amy O.
Requests are noted in RED.
Jim & Marti join you in the Cafe next Sunday. Be sure to listen!
Amy O.
Requests are noted in RED.
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Highway Of Sorrow / David Grisman with Red Allen / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
- If You’re Ever Gonna Love Me / Country Gazette / Appalachian Stomp / Rhino
- Home Is Where The Heart Is / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
- The Lonely Years Belong To Me / Connie & Babe & the Backwoods Boys / Early Days Of Bluegrass / Rounder
- A Little Change / Bradley Walker / Highway Of Dreams / Rounder
- White Dove / Ralph Stanley with Porter Wagoner / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
- Time / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day
- Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH
- Casualty Of War / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
- Long List Of Heartaches / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
- Big Country / Daniel Grindstaff / April’s Fool / Self-Produced
- Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Sammy Shelor & Linda Lay / Taking The Crooked Road Home / VA Fine Arts
- Weathered Gray Stone / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
- Mama Turn Aloosa My Soul / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
- New Star Shining / 3 Fox Drive with Sonya Isaacs / Christmas Grass, v.3 / Koch Records
- Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Classic Bluegrass Live / Vanguard
- Run Little Fox / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
- Whippoorwill / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
- I Know A Good Thing When I Feel It / David Parmley / I Know A Good Thing / Sugar Hill
- Train 45 / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys / True Bluegrass Instrumentals / Rebel
- I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Lost Highway
- Two Little Boys / Nothin’ Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
- You Left Me Alone / Country Gentlemen / Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ / Rebel
- The Train’s Ready / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
- Hillbilly Heartache / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / Hillbilly Heartache / Rebel
- My Old Kentucky Home / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
- Old Toy Trains / James Alan Shelton / Walking Down The Line / Sheltone Records
- Bluegrass Saturday Night / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
- Cold Gray Light Of Gone / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
- Cold Sheets Of Rain / Bill Emerson with Mark Newton / Bill Emerson & the Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel
- Your Eyes / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Golden West / Hightone Records
- Travelin’ This Lonesome Road / IIIrd Tyme Out / Round III At The MAC / CMG
- Huntsville / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
- Dixie Flyer / GrassTowne / The Road Headin’ Home / Pinecastle
- If I Ever Get Back To Ole Kentucky / Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / Self-Produced
- Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Martin / You Don’t Know My Mind / Rounder
- Sweetest Love / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
- Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow / Ricky Skaggs / Skaggs Family Christmas /
Skaggs Family - Pass Me Not / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self-Produced
- Just Over In Heaven / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming /
GGS - Heaven / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
- God Loves His Children / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
- Home Of The Soul / Jimmy Gaudreau with Bill Clifton / In Good Company / CMH
- There’s No Depression In Heaven / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics / Cattle
- I’m Working On A Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
- Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
Thursday, November 15, 2007
The big Canterbury Historical Society fundraiser this weekend....
The last time Massachusetts native David Peterson played in New England, it was the rainiest day in July 2006. In fact, the rain came down at such a clip, Buttery Brook (where the festival was held in South Hadley, MA) started to overflow its banks, as 1946 played on....
This weekend, David returns to New England to play a show that is intended to be a fundraiser for the Canterbury (CT) Historical Society. It may be a bit chilly, but at least it will be DRY.
This show will be held in the Community Room at the Plainfield Town Hall, 8 Community Ave., Plainfield, CT, and starts at 1:30PM. Doors will open at 12:30PM. In addition to David Peterson & 1946, performers on the bill include Shady Creek (always a favorite in southern New England), as well as the old time country trio, the Bristol Boys (featuring some familiar faces in the world of southern New England Bluegrass). The sound will be by Dave Helman of Country Corner Productions.
The Plainfield Town Hall is conveniently located off of Interstate 395 in eastern CT, about 20 minutes north of the casinos. Directions are included below.
Tickets are available at the door, or, if you're in the area, stop by the Canterbury Public Library on Saturday, November 17th from 10AM-4PM to purchase your tickets (and save $5 on the admission price).
If you have questions, call (860)546-9062 or visit the Canterbury Historical Society's website for more details.
Hope to see you there! (Jim will be there, too)!
Amy
Directions to Plainfield Town Hall:
From I-395 North: Take Exit 88 / CT-14A onto Gallup Street toward Plainfield. Turn left on Route 12 (Norwich Road) (.3 miles). At light, turn right onto Railroad Avenue. At next light, turn left onto Babcock Avenue. Bear right at fork onto Community Avenue. Town Hall is on the right.
From I-395 North: Take Exit 88 / CT-14A onto Gallup Street toward Plainfield. Turn left on Route 12 (Norwich Road) (.3 miles). At light, turn right onto Railroad Avenue. At next light, turn left onto Babcock Avenue. Bear right at fork onto Community Avenue. Town Hall is on the right.
From I-395 South: Take Exit 87/ Lathrop Road toward Plainfield. Turn left onto Lathrop Road. At second light, turn right onto Norwich Road (Route 12) for approx. ½ mile. Bear left onto Babcock Avenue (.1 mile). Turn left on Payson Street (.1 mile). Turn left onto Community Avenue. Town Hall is on the right.
From Willimantic & west: Follow Route 14 to Canterbury/Plainfield bridge. Cross over bridge to Plainfield; stay straight (road becomes Route 14A). Continue on 14A approx. 2½ miles to stop sign. Follow 14A through Plainfield village. At light, turn right onto Babcock Avenue. Bear right at fork onto Community Avenue. Town Hall is on the right.
Monday, November 12, 2007
"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist 11/11/2007
There just isn't enough time.
I'm finding myself constructing these great playlists in my head before going on the air, and just as I hit my stride the three hours are up!
We are fortunate to live at a time when so much of the music of the founders is available, and at the same time so much great new music is being created. It seems we will never have enough time to play everything that deserves to be heard.
That makes your requests very important to us at the Bluegrass Cafe. Not only do we enjoy playing what you ask for, but it allows us to keep our fingers on the pulse of the bluegrass community in Eastern Connecticut (the request line is 860-486-9487), but now the world through the World Wide Web (at whus.org).
Marti and I played a few songs to salute all our veterans on Veterans' Day, and brought you loads of new music from the likes of Bill Emerson, Mountain Heart, Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams, and many many more. We were proud to slip in some J. D. Crowe, Ralph Stanley, Carl Story, and Classic Country Gentlemen along the way.
Next Sunday, 18 November, Jim and Amy will be seeing you at the David Peterson/Nick Anderson/Bristol Boys concert in Plainfield. Dustin will be filling in on the Cafe for those who can't make it to that great event.
See you there!
Jim
Requests are in bold blue
I'm finding myself constructing these great playlists in my head before going on the air, and just as I hit my stride the three hours are up!
We are fortunate to live at a time when so much of the music of the founders is available, and at the same time so much great new music is being created. It seems we will never have enough time to play everything that deserves to be heard.
That makes your requests very important to us at the Bluegrass Cafe. Not only do we enjoy playing what you ask for, but it allows us to keep our fingers on the pulse of the bluegrass community in Eastern Connecticut (the request line is 860-486-9487), but now the world through the World Wide Web (at whus.org).
Marti and I played a few songs to salute all our veterans on Veterans' Day, and brought you loads of new music from the likes of Bill Emerson, Mountain Heart, Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams, and many many more. We were proud to slip in some J. D. Crowe, Ralph Stanley, Carl Story, and Classic Country Gentlemen along the way.
Next Sunday, 18 November, Jim and Amy will be seeing you at the David Peterson/Nick Anderson/Bristol Boys concert in Plainfield. Dustin will be filling in on the Cafe for those who can't make it to that great event.
See you there!
Jim
Requests are in bold blue
- Wild Turkey / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
- Going Back To Old Virginia / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / VFFH
- The Preacher And The Bear / Lewis, Scruggs & Long / Lifetimes / Vine
- Lovin' Pretty Women /
- Forty Years of Trouble / Dan
- Mama Tried / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
- Mama's Hungry Eyes / Merle Haggard / The
- Old
- Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Appalachian Stomp / Rhino
- Don't Give Your Heart To A
- All My Ramblin' Days Are Through / Bill Emerson & The Sweet Dixie Band / Bill Emerson & The Sweet
- Philadelphia Lawyer / Rose Maddox with The Vern Williams Band / This Is Rose Maddox / Arhoolie
- Hard Living / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Upper Management
- Never Been So Blue / Cadillac Sky / Blind Man Walking / Skaggs Family
- The Shape I'm In / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
- A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Sings Miss
- Going To The Races / The Country Gentlemen / Going Back To The
- My Grandfather's Clock / James Alan Shelton / Walking Down The Line / Sheltone
- Down Where The River Bends / Ralph Stanley with Dwight Yoakam / Saturday Night & Sunday Morning / C. R. Freeland
- A Purple Heart / Curly Seckler /
- I'm Just Here To Ride The Train / Mountain Heart / Road That Never Ends / Rural Rhythm
- Coat Of Southern Gray / David Davis and The
- Burning Georgia Down /
- He's Coming To Us Dead / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Thirtieth Anniversary Special / Rounder
- Blame It On The Pain /
- It's Such A Long Journey Home / Jim Lauderdale / The
- Wild Side of Life / Hank Thompson & The
- I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up / The Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
- Are You Missing Me? / Jim & Jesse and the
- Little Girl In
- Old Pal of Yesterday / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Self
- I Worship You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self
- Ice Cold Stone / Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler
- Nothin' Special / The
- The Trouble With The Truth / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
- She Has Forgotten Everything Now / Jeremy Stephens &Tom Mindte / Old Time Duets / Patuxent Music
- Muleskinner Blues / Rhonda Vincent / Yesterday & Today / Lighthouse
- Rise / Dan Helman & Marking Time / Shadows On The Wall / Self
- Another Day / Steve Gulley / Sounds Like Home / Lonesome Day
- Pretty Girls / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury
- I Wish You Knew / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
- Wide Open / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
- Dollar Bill Blues / Chris Stuart & Backcountry /
- Fire On The Mountain / John Reischman & The Jaybirds / Stellar Jays / Corvus
- Riding On My Savior’s Train / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
- How Beautiful Heaven Must Be / Carl Story / The Late And Great Carl Story / Kingdom
- I've Got More To Go To Heaven For / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Tell Someone / Rebel
- Heaven's Greeting /
- A Passion For Souls / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self
- They Called It A Church / Mickey Harris / Kneel and Pray / MJH
- Homesick For Heaven / Ricky Skaggs & The Whites / Salt of the Earth / Skaggs Family
- I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / The
- The Other Side Of
- Ohoopee / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
Friday, November 09, 2007
This just in....
Boston Bluegrass Union (or, BBU) President Gerry Katz has released information on the BBU concerts for 2007-2008, as well as a bit of info on the always-popular Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in February.
Here's a quick synopsis:
BBU Concerts (held at the National Heritage Museum -- Lexington, MA):
Here's a quick synopsis:
BBU Concerts (held at the National Heritage Museum -- Lexington, MA):
- Saturday, December 1st - IIIrd Tyme Out AND TBA
- Saturday, January 12th - Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands AND TBA
- Saturday, March 15th - The Grascals AND David Davis & the Warrior River Boys
- Saturday, April 19th - Save the date....
Joe Val Bluegrass Festival -- February 15, 16, 17 -- Sheraton Framingham, Framingham, MA; the lineup includes:
- The Seldom Scene
- Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
- The Dailey Vincent Band
- The Steel Drivers
- Frank Wakefield Band
- Alecia Nugent
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Others to be announced....
If you'd like to buy tickets to any of the shows at the National Heritage Museum, they are now available to order through the BBU website. For Joe Val tickets, there is a different set of rules. Ticket sales & hotel reservations will begin on Tuesday, November 27th for current BBU members, and on Tuesday, December 4th for non-members. Word to the wise: if you're really interested in booking a room at the Sheraton, you need to be a BBU member and get registered early. For your convenience, you can join or renew your BBU membership through the BBU website.
Click here for info on the concerts or here for Joe Val Fest. info.
Sounds like there will be some great BG in the area this winter....
Amy
Monday, November 05, 2007
"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/4/2007
'Tis another month at BG Cafe, and we started it off with the mix of old & new that we enjoy so much. Hope you liked it, too. Included this week was a very short set of tunes in honor of the late Porter Wagoner, who died on October 27th at the age of 80. Porter was a great ambassador for the Grand Ole Opry during his 50 years of membership, and while he wasn't a Bluegrass performer, he certainly was a big supporter and champion of the music. And like so many other country stars of his era, his songbook has been mined by many Bluegrass performers for years.
Jim & Marti join you in the Cafe next Sunday -- be sure to join them!
And don't forget to join all of us at the big BG & Old Country show benefit for the Canterbury Historical Society on Sunday, November 18th. It'll be a big show -- don't miss it!
Amy
Requests are red.
Jim & Marti join you in the Cafe next Sunday -- be sure to join them!
And don't forget to join all of us at the big BG & Old Country show benefit for the Canterbury Historical Society on Sunday, November 18th. It'll be a big show -- don't miss it!
Amy
Requests are red.
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Down Among The Budded Roses / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
- I've Never Been So Lonesome / Longview / Longview / Rounder
- In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
- No Vacancy / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
- It's Raining Here This Morning / Red Smiley / Best Of Red Smiley / Rural Rhythm
- Bending The Strings / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
- I Don't Know / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II : Black And White / Skaggs Family
- Fox On The Run / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
- Empty House / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
- I've Had A Time / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
- Shadows On The Wall / Dan Helman & Marking Time / Shadows On The Wall / Self-Produced
- Grandfather's Clock / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
- When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
- I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
- Each Season Changes You / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
- Gathering Flowers From The Hillside / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Songs From The Famous Carter Family / Columbia
- Eli Renfro / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
- Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
- Brown Mountain Light / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
- I Can't Lose What I Never Had / Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down And Put Up / Lonesome Day
- Another Town / Cory & Jarrod Walker / New Branches / Skaggs Family
- Can You Hear Me Now / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
- Bluegrass Melodies / Osborne Brothers / Live In Germany / Pinecastle
- Your Love Is Dying / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
- One Raindrop / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
- Misery Loves Company / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
- Carroll County Accident / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
- Holding On To Nothing / Dale Ann Bradley with Marty Raybon / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
- I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name / Jim & Jesse with Porter Wagoner / Music Among Friends / Rounder
- West Texas Wind / Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / Self-Produced
- Hard Living / Hunter Berry with Rhonda Vincent / Wow Baby / Upper Management Music
- Have You Come To Say Goodbye / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
- Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
- The Fields Have Turned Brown / Stanley Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH
- Are You Waiting Just For Me / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
- Pikeville Flood / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rebel
- The Less That I Drink / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
- Pickin' On Josh / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
- More And More / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Self-Produced
- The Gospel Train / Mountain Heart / The Road That Never Ends / Rural Rhythm
- Way Down Deep In My Soul / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
- Sweeping Through The Gate / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack with Kitty Wells at KWKH / Bear Family
- The Other Side Of Jordan / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Where No One Stands Alone / Rebel
- Lift Your Voice In Prayer / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
- Just As The Sun Went Down / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
- I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
- Wicked Path Of Sin / Jim & Jesse with Bill Monroe / Music Among Friends / Rounder
- Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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