"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/28/2008

Sunday's show was the very last "Bluegrass Cafe" for the year, so we tried to put the spotlight on music from recordings that were released in 2008. For the most part, we did play music from 2008, but a couple of non-2008 tunes made their way onto the airwaves.

Over the past couple of weeks, we've received a bit of new music, and a few of those tunes were highlighted on Sunday's show. Included in this batch was a track from the forthcoming Rural Rhythm debut release from Audie Blaylock & Redline, as well as two new CDs from family bands on Mastershield Records (Lonesome Meadow & the Wilson Family Band). In addition, Pam Gadd has a new solo CD, as does a New Hampshire fiddler named Rich Hamilton, so we included music from each of these fine projects.

Looking back, it seems like 2008 was a pretty good year for Bluegrass, with fabulous new recordings from acts like Dailey & Vincent, Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, the Gibson Brothers, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, and many, many more. While I tried to play a bit from lots of CDs released in 2008, I still missed a lot of good stuff (Big Country Bluegrass, Rick Hayes, Everett Lilly, and more). We'll definitely try to get tunes from those discs on the air next time around....even if it won't be until 2009!

We thank you all very much for your support during the year, and hope you'll continue to join us for another year of Bluegrass at WHUS....

Happy New Year!

Amy


Titles from CDs & compilations released in 2008 are highlighted in BLUE; requests are RED

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Over The Hill To The Poor House / Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with the Stoney Mountain Boys /
  Best Of Mountain Bluegrass / Rural Rhythm
• Down On The Crooked Road / Dixie Bee-Liners / Ripe / Pinecastle
• Whole Lot More Living / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• Till The End Of The World Rolls Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Enough Of You / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• I’m Not Broke But I’m Badly Bent / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Bluegrass : The World’s Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• Why You Been Gone So Long / Tony Rice / Night Flyer / Rounder
• Holding On When You’ve Let Go / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Bluegrass Saturday Night / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder (also a request)
• When Will I Be Loved / Sawmill Road / One / Self-Produced
• A Hard Road To Hoe / Tommy Webb / Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks #3 / Rural Rhythm
• Next Train Smokin’ / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Hullarious / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder
• Picker’s Blues / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• The Room Over Mine / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• We Three Kings / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• Send Me Your Address From Heaven / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• After The Fire Is Gone / Pam Gadd with Marty Raybon / Benefit Of Doubt / Self-Produced
• Cotton Eyed Joe / Rich Hamilton / Cornstalk Fiddle & A Shoestring Bow / Self-Produced
• Ridin’ That Midnite [sic] Train /Wilson Family Band / Family Ties / Mastershield Records
• Theme Time / Lonesome Meadow / Keepin’ The Music Alive / Mastershield Records
• To Be With You Again / The Steeldrivers / The Steeldrivers / Rounder (also a request)
• How Many Times /Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• I Got A Letter / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here’s A Little Song… / Bell Buckle
• Just Like You / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill
• Don’t You Call My Name / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• I Know, I Know / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Help Is On The Way / Horizon
• Eating Out Of Your Hand / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Where The City Ends / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records
• The Nights Are So Long / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Sold Down The River / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin’ Town / Rounder
• Log Cabin For Sale / Bear Minimum / Live At The Finnish Hall /
• I Hope You Have Learned / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller, & Gray / Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy Records
• Sally In Poor Valley / Heather Berry & Tony / Before Bluegrass / Blue Circle
• I’d Worship You / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Golden Hair / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
• The Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin’ / Rounder
• Silvertown Rag / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
• So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’, & Singin’ / Rural Rhythm
• Something Going On In The Graveyard / Larry Sparks / I Don’t Regret A Mile / Sparks Music
• V-Bottom Boat / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
• Dust On The Bible / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• Are You Lost In Sin / The Churchmen / I’ll Be Long Gone / Pinecastle
• It’s Hot Down Here / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
• Camping In Canaan’s Land / Dailey & Vincent / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 /
  Gaither Music Group
• Auld Lang Syne / Bill Keith / Must Be Santa! / Rounder
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 12/21/2008

As you might expect on the last Cafe before Christmas, the show was heavily-laden with Christmas and seasonal songs in the bluegrass style. Most of the WHUS bluegrass library is still in storage following our move to the Student Union, including all our Christmas music, so what you heard was from our personal collections.

It was a tough weather day, and on such days Marti wisely chooses to not venture forth, so I did the show without her (although on Red Rooster Party just prior to Bluegrass Cafe, I did have Marti on air with us by phone a couple of times).

Tune in Sunday the 28th when Amy will bring you the last Cafe of the year.

See you in 2009.

Jim

Requests in blue

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self-produced
• I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley / CRFRC
• Blue Christmas / The Del McCoury Band / Christmas On The Mountain / Universal South
• Cold Frosty Morning / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter On The Great Divide / Self
• Jingle Bells / Jimmy Martin / Christmas Jamboree 20 Songs / Hollywood
• Christ Was Born In Bethlehem / Nick Anderson & The Gospel Friends / Nick Anderson & The Gospel Friends / Self
• Coldest Day Of Winter / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Christmas Time On Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Christmas On The Mountain / Universal South
• Three Silver Dollars / David Parmley and Continental Divide / 3 Silver Dollars / Pinecastle
• Christmas Time's A Comin' / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley / CRFRC
• Detroit City Chill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• Hills Of Alabam' / Claire Lynch / Crowd Favorites / Rounder
• Holiday Inn / Grass Street / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
• Please Come Home For Christmas / 3 Fox Drive with John Cowan / Christmas Grass vol. 3 / Koch
• January's Cold / H. R. Cook / Neongrass / Fireball
• Old Fashioned Christmas / Jimmy Martin / Christmas Jamboree 20 Songs / Hollywood
• Hold Whatcha Got / Pam Gadd / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
• The King As A Babe Comes Down / Cherryholmes / Cherryhomes III Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
• Christmas Reunion / Reno and Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• It Won't Seem Like Christmas / Reno and Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• Up On The House Top / Raymond Fairchild / Smoky Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm
• O Little Town of Bethlehem / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter on the Great Divide / Self
• Come Home Daddy / Chris Warner / Back Again / Pinecastle
• The Room Over Mine / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Thank You For Caring / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Hit Parade Of Love / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Can't You Hear That Whistle Blow / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
• Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Honi Deaton And Dream / Chasin' Dreams / Lamon
• Jesse James / Elkville String Band / Over The Mountain / Mountain Roads
• Little Teardrops / Alan Munde Gazette / Made to Last / Munde's Child
• 20-20 Vision / Monroe Crossing / Live From Silver Dollar City / Self-produced
• Cold Shoulder / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is Two / Lonesome Day
• At The First Fall Of Snow / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Carol Of The Bells [bed for calendar] / Emory Lester / Christmas Carols / Quiet Fire
• O Little Town of Bethlehem [bed for calendar] / Emory Lester / Christmas Carols / Quiet Fire
• Lonesome Weary Heart / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Prime Cuts 92 / KBC
• Christmas Memories / Mac Wiseman with The GrooveGrass Boyz / Christmas on the Mountain / Universal South
• Eastbound Freight Train / Luke McKnight & Thunder Road / Leader Of The Band / Self-produced
• Christmas In The Hills / Hylo Brown / Christmas Jamboree 20 Songs / Hollywood
• Christmas In Dixie / Nu-Blu with Greg Luck / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
• Christmas Is Near / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley / CRFRC
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• Jingle Bells / Raymond Fairchild / Smokey Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm
• Little White Church / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe
• Over In The Gloryland / Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys / Clinch Mountain Gospel / Rebel
• Let Me Catch A Fish / Nothin' Fancy / Lord Bless This House / Pinecastle
• Let The Church Roll On / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Why Don't You Give Jesus A Try / Blue Circle
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
• The Back Of the Book / Greenbrier / The Back of the Book / Self-produced
• Trade My Cross / The Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield
• 'Neath The Tree Of Life / Carl Story and the Rambling Mountaineers / 'Neath The Tree Of Life / Old Homestead
• I Bowed On My Knees And Cried Holy / Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• Silver Bells / Raymond Fairchild / Smoky Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm

A Bluegrass Snowstorm Fill-in - 12/19/2008

Connecticut got its first big snowstorm of the season Friday 19 December, and this kept many of the WHUS crew away from the station.

I helped out by filling-in this evening for a little over an hour from just before 6pm to 7 pm, and used the time to play mostly bluegrass with a couple of songs from Jerry Reed and Hank Williams thrown in for good measure.

I hope you enjoyed this surprise programming during this drive-time hour.

What I played is listed below.

Jim


Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Lord, Mr. Ford / Jerry Reed / World's Greatest Country Novelty Records / Echo / BMG
• There Is A Time / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Carter / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is Two / Lonesome Day
• Lone Cowboy / Michael Martin Murphey / Buckaroo Bluegrass / Rural Rhythm
• The First Train Robbery / Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down and Put Up / Lonesome Day
• The Freight Wreck At Altoona / Elkville String Band / Over The Mountain / Mountain Roads
• Booth / Kati Penn / My Turn To Cry / Self produced
• How Many Bisquits Can You Eat / Stringbean / Front Porch Funnies / King
• Troubles 'Round My Door / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
• Montana Cowgirl (Coyote Song) / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy
• December Waltz / ShoreGrass / Going Home / Self-produced
• Salty Dog Blues / Curly Seckler / 60 Years Of Bluegrass With My Friends / Copper Creek
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Earl Scruggs / Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966 / Vanguard
• Two Highways / Alison Krauss and Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder
• Is It True / Jim & Jesse / 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• The Last Song / Bill Emerson / Reunion / Webco
• Blackjack / J. D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel
• Two Little Boys / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
• Jambalaya (On The Bayou) / Hank Williams / Settin’ The Woods On Fire / Snapper
• Run On / Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm

A fun fill-in for Amy...

On Tuesday AM, I got to fill in for one of the student DJs at WHUS. While the music I played wasn't strictly BG, I must say that I enjoyed myself thoroughly.

In the early days of radio (think of the time before formats), playing different types of music in the same show was the norm. I won't claim that I went too far from my "comfort zone" in the tunes I selected, but once in a while, it can be quite enjoyable to branch out a bit from the traditional Bluegrass....

Have yourselves a great week, and be sure to join Jim & Marti in the Cafe on Sunday.

Amy

• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
• The Reindeer Boogie / Hank Snow / I'm Movin' On / Proper
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Jerry Garcia / Bluegrass Reunion / Acoustic Disc
• Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home / Stanley Brothers / Earliest Recordings / Rebel
• Sally Goodin' / Steve Martin / Steve Martin Brothers / Wounded Bird Records
• Bluegrass, White Snow / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass & White Snow / Epic
• If We Make It Through December / Merle Haggard / Moneyland / McCoury Music
• Keep On The Sunnyside / Maybelle Carter / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Christmas With You / Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash / The Johnny Cash Family Christmas / Sony
• My Clinch Mountain Home / Carter Family / Carter Family / Sphere Records
• That Christmasy Feeling / Tommy Cash with Johnny Cash / The Johnny Cash Family Christmas / Sony
• Kiss Crazy Baby / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Heartbreak U.S.A. / Kitty Wells / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• Menzone Drive / Dan Menzone / Menzone Drive / Self-Produced
• A Man Like Me / Roger Miller / A Man Like Me / Bear Family
• Blue Christmas / Ernest Tubb / Definitive Collection / MCA
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / Radio Gems
• When I Stop Dreaming / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming / Razor & Tie
• Devoted To You / Everly Brothers / 36 All-Time Favorites / GSC Music
• The Other Side Of Town / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Carry Me Back / Statler Brothers / Legendary Statler Brothers / Reader's Digest
• Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas / John Denver / Christmas In Concert / BMG
• Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Brenda Lee / Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas / Time Life
• An Old Christmas Card / Jim Reeves / Twelve Songs Of Christmas / RCA
• Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• Jingle Bell Rock / Bobby Helms / Billboard Greatest Country Christmas Hits / Rhino
• An Old Fashioned Christmas Polka / Riders In The Sky / Christmas The Cowboy Way / Rounder
• My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• All I Want For Christmas Is You / Buck Owens & the Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens / Sundazed
• Christmas In Carolina / Wildwood Valley Boys / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• Country Christmas / Loretta Lynn / 20th Century Masters / MCA

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/14/2008

Hello all -

Sunday's show started just a few minutes later than usual, as WHUS aired a Women's Hockey game until a bit after 4PM. It was December graduation day at UCONN, too, so finding a parking spot was challenging, to say the least. We prevailed, though, and managed to still bring you some great Bluegrass music (we hope).

Christmas songs were interspersed throughout most of the playlist, and we continued our December giveaway of several great CDs for our listeners. Many thanks to the folks at Rural Rhythm and Rebel for providing the giveaways this time around....

If you didn't get a chance to win a CD this week (or for the last two weeks), please be sure to listen to Jim & Marti in the Cafe next Sunday.

In addition to the Christmas tunes and a couple of requests, there was a bit of new music this week from a fine forthcoming project on Rural Rhythm by Audie Blaylock & Redline, a singer/songwriter from upstate New York, Tim Seabolt, a good new project from California-based Chris Stuart & Backcountry, and a tune from a North Carolina group, the Kickin Grass Band.

While I won't be on the air again at the Bluegrass Cafe until after Christmas, I'm scheduled to do a fill-in at WHUS on Tuesday, December 16th from 10AM-noon. My intent at this point is to play a mix of classic country music as well as the BG. Do join me if you can.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and will save the New Year's wishes 'til next time around....

Amy

Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Muleskinner Blues / Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• Waiting To Hear You Call My Name / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• A Good Man Like Me / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country
• Blue Christmas Lights / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• Climbing Up A Mountain / Cedar Hill / Looking Back / Scena Records
• I Won’t Be Far From Here / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Sweet Carrie / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• December Waltz / ShoreGrass / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Christmas Time’s A Coming / Rhonda Vincent / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks #3 / Rural Rhythm
• Crooked Man / Chris Stuart & Backcountry / Crooked Man / Backcountry
• You Ain’t Country / Tim Seabolt / Grandpa’s Gibson / Self-Produced
• Chug A Lug / Kickin Grass Band / Kickin Grass Band / Self-Produced
• Burning Georgia Down / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time / Longview / Lessons In Stone /Rebel
• Christmas Story / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• You’re My Darling / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• I’ll Never Shed Another Tear / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Ain’t It Funny / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Too Many Tears / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds / Capitol
• Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder
• Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ / Rebel
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs /
  Columbia
• Feeling Blue / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin’ / Rounder
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top XPress / Try A Little Kindness /
  Rounder
• Never Say Never Again / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / F5 Music
• No More The Moon Shines On Lorena / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody & Their Brother / Swift River Music
• Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On /Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Don’t Throw Mama’s Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Christmas In Carolina / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
• Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone? / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Sunny Side Of Life / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
• Redwood Hill / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• Brand New Heartache / New England Bluegrass Band / 10 Years Of European World Of Bluegrass / Strictly Country
• Don’t Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Christmas In Virginia /Lost & Found / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• Jingle Bells / Don Reno & Red Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• I Can Go Back Anytime / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
• Run On / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’ / Rural Rhythm
• It’s Just A Matter Of Time / Gary Ferguson & Friends / Live At Podunk / Patuxent Music
• Cry Of The Wind / Dan Helman & Marking Time / Shadows On The Wall / Self-Produced
• The Back Of The Book / Greenbrier / The Back Of The Book / Self-Produced
• O Christmas Candle / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Christmas Grass 2 / Koch
• Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• The Friendly Beasts / Johnson Mountain Boys / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• I Have Found The Way / Louvin Brothers / Songs That Tell A Story / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 12/7/2008

Hi Folks.

The ground turned white on Sunday, and Marti and I were hoping we wouldn't have too much trouble getting to the studio. It actually turned out okay. We only felt like Popsicles.

The cold and snow made a good backdrop for some seasonal music, like Emmylou's "Roses In The Snow" and some original and classic winter and Christmas tunes from Anne & Pete Sibley -- Connecticut natives now making their home out west. We also heard a great Christmas song from Nick Anderson and the Gospel Friends -- an excellent Connecticut band configuration from a couple of years ago.

While not related to the season, we picked a great solo album from our personal archives by Jack Lawrence (Doc Watson's long-time picking partner) and played a couple from that project.

You kept the phones busy, and we love that. In the Christmas spirit, we gave away four more CDs which the Bluegrass Cafe crew will continue doing through Christmas.

We even checked out new WHUS DJ "Phil" during this show, and Phil now has a greater appreciation for the Bluegrass Music as a result of his exposure to the Cafe.

So thanks for listening, and be sure to tune in next week when Amy will keep the banjos and fiddles ringing.

Jim

requests in blue

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self-produced
• Hard Living / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Upper Management
• Rollin On These Rubber Wheels / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• Roses In The Snow / Emmylou Harris / Roses in the Snow / Warner Bros
• This World Is Not My Home / Gravity / Roadman / Limehouse
• Gonna Take A Train / Kati Penn / My Turn to Cry / Self-produced
• I'm Ridin' This Train / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
• Ten Miles To Deep Gap / Jack Lawrence / About Time / G-Run Records
• Alison's Band / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Wheels / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• I've Lost You / Big Country Bluegrass / Open for Business / Mountain Roads
• I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name / Danny Paisley / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Through the Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through the Window of a Train / Rounder
• Erase the Miles / IIIrd Tyme Out / Footprints: A IIIrd Tyme Out Collection / Rounder
• Winter On The Great Divide / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter on the Great Divide / Self-produced
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Thank You For Caring / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Cindy Mae / Crowe Brothers / Brothers -N- Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Take Me Back (And Leave Me There) / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Creecy Greens / Heather Berry & Tony / Before Bluegrass / Blue Circle
• Lonesome Weary Heart / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, vol. 92 / KBC
• Carolina State of Mind / Daughters of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouque / Blue Circle
• Goodbye Old Pal / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Old Train / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel
• Blue Moon Rising / Blue Moon Rising / One Lonely Shadow / Lonesome Day
• My Smoky Mountain Home / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-produced
• Dixieland (My Old Hometown) / Ralph Stanley / Old-Time Pickin' / Rebel
• The Lovers' Quarrel / Jeremy Stephens & Tom Mindte / Old Time Duets / Patuxent
• Live And Let Live / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Lonesome River / Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press / Bluegrass Melodies / Rounder
• Randall Collins / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Live And Learn (Prime Cuts Vol. 94) / Rebel (KBC)
• If I Ever Get Back To Ole Kentucky / The Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / Self-produced
• How Can It Be / Avery County / Me & The Jukebox / Self-produced
• The First Train Robbery / Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down And Put Up / Lonesome Day
• Rambling Letters / Cedar Hill / Looking Back / Scena
• I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• John Hardy / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots - 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
• My Blue Ridge Memories / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• The Season Of My Heart / Rick Lang & Friends / The Season Of My Heart / Haley Anna Music
• I'm Not There Yet / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Roanoke / The Baker Boys / Lonesome Weary Heart / Patuxent
• Fox Run The Henhouse / Tim Hensley / Long Monday / Rural Rhythm
• Little Maggie / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Twenty One Miles / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy
• Wide Open / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• If You're Ever Gonna Love Me / Jack Lawrence / About Time / G-Run
• I Know, I Know / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Help Is On The Way / Horizon
• Darkest Hour Is Before The Dawn / Emmylou Harris / Roses In The Snow / Warner Brothers
• O Little Town of Bethlehem / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter On The Great Divide / Self-produced
• Christ Was Born In Bethlehem / Nick Anderson & The Gospel Friends / Nick Anderson & The Gospel Friends / Self-produced
• I Saw The Light / Iron Horse / The Gospel According To Hank Williams / CMH
• Trade My Cross / The Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield
• That's What Makes You Strong / The Bluegrass Gospel Project / Makes You Strong / Vital Records
• Over In The Gloryland / Darren Beachley / I Love You To The Moon and Back / Blue Circle
• The King As A Babe Comes Down / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III - Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
• Hard Times / James Alan Shelton / Walking Down The Line / Sheltone

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/30/2008

Sunday's show included a bunch of new music from a good number of Pinecastle performers -- 2008 IBMA Banjo Player of the Year (and new Grascal) Kristin Scott Benson, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Ernie Thacker, and Nothin' Fancy -- as well as the second release from a newish label for 2008 called Mountain Roads Recordings. Their second-ever recording is from a group known as the Elkville String Band. All of these recordings seem top-notch, so you can bet you'll be hearing much more of them in future weeks at the BG Cafe.

Longtime CT Bluegrasser and host of UH Bluegrass on WWUH (University of Hartford), Kevin Lynch is leaving the airwaves and the area early in December. On Sunday afternoon, there was a "going away" party held for Kevin, but since we couldn't be at the party, we opted to play a couple of tunes from Kevin's Traver Hollow days, circa 1986. You'll have one more opportunity to hear Kevin on the air at WWUH this Saturday, 12/6. Check it out if you can, and, of course, best wishes to Kevin in his new endeavors....

As we did last December, our plan for the next few weeks is to give away a good number of CDs to our listeners. This is our way of saying THANKS to you all for supporting the show and listening all year. Hope you'll tune in over the next few weeks, as we may have something just for you....

There are several great BG shows in the area this coming week. We hope you'll take some time from your busy schedule and support the live music of Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands in East Hartford on Thursday, 12/4, as well as two shows by Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass in South Hadley, MA on Friday, 12/5, and in Lexington, MA on Saturday, 12/6 (joined at that show by James King). It's great to attend festivals in the summertime, but there's nothing quite like seeing a performer in a one-on-one type of concert. Excellent!

Join Jim & Marti next week for more great BG, and, of course, your chance to win a few more CDs....

Amy


Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Some Of These Days (You’re Gonna Be Sad) / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Watson’s Cove / Ben Greene / On Watson’s Cove / Self-Produced
• I Want To Be Loved / Bill Harrell with Del McCoury / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
• Christmas Is Near / Stanley Brothers / Christmas Time’s A-Comin’ / Time Life
• Let’s Live For Tonight / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• I Cried Again / Audie Blaylock / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
• I’d Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• The Hide Head Blues / Jim Mills / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Red Rocking Chair / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics / Cattle
• Detroit City Chill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• Don’t Tread On Me / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
• Three Silver Dollars / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Three Silver Dollars / Pinecastle
• There’s A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Elkville String Band / Over The Mountain / Mountain Roads Recordings
• I Wish You Knew / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Lovesick And Sorrow / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / Starday
• Sledd Ride / Traver Hollow / Another Sleepless Night / Self-Produced
• Can’t You Hear That Whistle Blow / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin’ / Rounder
• Let’s Part The Best Of Friends / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Why I Love You / Traver Hollow / Another Sleepless Night / Self-Produced
• The Sad Wind Sighs / Boys From Indiana / Good Time Blues / Rebel
• Goodbye Old Pal / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• I’m On My Way To The Old Home / Ralph Stanley with Bill Monroe / Live At McClure / Rebel
• Wave Goodbye / Alan Munde Gazette / Made To Last / Munde’s Child Records
• Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Crossover / Friends Having Fun / Self-Produced
• Here Comes The Train / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel [Traditional Grass formed, 12/5/1983]
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine [Bob Paisley died, 11/29/2004]
• Our Last Goodbye / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury [Carter Stanley died, 12/1/1966]
• When I’m Gone / BearTracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• I’ll Never See My Home Again / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Wabash Cannonball / The Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
• A Memory Of You / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Call Collect On Christmas / James King Band / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• The Golden West / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Golden West / Hightone Records
• Something New / GrassRoutes / Something New / Self-Produced
• Who Done It / Osborne Brothers & Red Allen / Osborne Brothers & Red Allen / Collectors Classics
• Erase The Miles / IIIrd Tyme Out / Footprints : A IIIrd Tyme Out Collection / Rebel
• Help Is On The Way / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Help Is On The Way / Horizon
• Kneel Down And Pray Up / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Moon / Rebel
• Gone Home / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• God Has Been So Good To Me / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Gathering Flowers For The Master’s Bouquet / Stanley Brothers / All Gospel All Bluegrass /
  Federal
• Let Your Light Shine Down / Nothin’ Fancy / Lord Bless This House / Pinecastle
• Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures / Larry Sparks / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Let’s All Go Down To The River / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self-Produced
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 11/23/2008

Hi Folks,

I had a lot of fun with this show, not only for the music, but because Marti banged her nose a couple of times over the past week (slipping in the hay loft once, and then tripping over a frozen horse water bucket the second time) and we got to make nose jokes.

We had a lot of anniversaries to announce, too. My parents' anniversary was Sunday (59 years!), Marti's birthday was Monday (29 of course), and listeners Meg and Jack had a couple of anniversaries Monday as well -- their wedding, and Meg's birthday. (I admire someone with that kind of planning).

Our focus on the music was just having fun. You might have noticed a new live recording from Earl Scruggs recorded at the Ryman last year, and some great re-releases including a couple of tunes from Tony Trischka recorded with the Johnson Mountain Boys in 1985, and more from Chris Warner's two LPs recently made available on CD.

Tune in next Sunday when Amy will keep the Banjos and Fiddles ringing.

Jim

Requests in blue

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Rye Straw / Michael Cleveland / Flame Keeper / Rounder
• Salty Dog Blues / Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends / Same / Rounder
• Gold Watch and Chain / Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers / The Best of / Rural Rhythm
• Gotta Travel On / Little Roy Lewis, Earl Scruggs, & Lizzie Long / Lifetimes / Vine
• The Memory of Your Smile / Gillis Brothers / Best of the Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• I Can Go Back Anytime / Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
• Paint the Town / Chris Warner / Back Again / Webco
• Sorrows Fallin' All Around Me / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are the Only Way to Fly / Self-produced
• Got It Made In The Shade (If a Tree Don't Fall) / Jimmy Martin / Got it Made in the Shade / Self-produced
• Air Mail Special on the Fly / The Baker Brothers / Lonesome Weary Heart / Patuxent Music
• This Time I've Learned / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads
• This Weary Heart You Stole Away / The Stanley Brothers / Appalachian Stomp / Rhino
• Just Another Gravel in the Road / Blue Highway / Through the Window of a Train / Rounder
• Walkin' the Dog / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet / Self-produced
• Your Love Died Like the Rose / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Are You Coming Back to Me / Bill Harrell / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
• Cabin Down Below / The Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• I'm Just as Wrong / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Lost / Avery County / Me & The Jukebox / Self-produced
• Cindy Mae / Crowe Brothers / Brothers -N- Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Good Time for Going Home / Blue Moon Rising / One Lonely Shadow / Lonesome Day
• My Love For You Grows / Cherryholmes / Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
• Happy Go Lucky / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
• Down By the Old Trout Stream / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy
• Hazel Creek / Heather Berry & Tony / Before Bluegrass / Blue Circle
• Troubles 'Round My Door / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
• Loving Ain't Been Easy On My Mind / Darren Beachley / I Love You to the Moon and Back / Blue Circle
• I Hear a Choo Choo Coming / The Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / Self-produced
• The Old Family Table / The Daughters of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• Whiskers in the Sink / Cedar Hill / Poverty Row / Blue Circle
• When the Snow Falls on My Foggy Mountain Home / Dave Evans and River Bend / Best of the Vetco Years / Rebel
• Leaving Baker County / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 94 / KBC Music
• Shady Grove / Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein / 2:10 Train / Rebel
• Bad Money / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Goodbye Heartache / Williams & Clark Expedition / Brand New Set of Blues / Acoustic Blue
• Looking For the Light / Tony Trischka / Hill Country / Rounder
• Crosseyed Cricket / Tony Trischka / Hill Country / Rounder
• Shoulda Took That Train / Bradley Walker / Highway of Dreams / Rounder
• Darlin' Nellie Gray / Don Reno & Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends "Together" / Wango
• Doin' All I Can / Gena Britt Tew / Doing All I Can / Self-produced
• I Feel Like Singing Today / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Live At Merlefest 25 April 2008 / FestivaLink
• Molly and Tenbrooks / Mark Newton and Larry Stephenson / Live at Mr. B's / B's Records
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister / Rounder
• Leavin' / Tasty Licks / True Bluegrass / Rounder
• Who'll Sing for Me / James King and Danny Paisley / Little Old Country Church House / Wango
• Just An Old Country Preacher / Larry Sparks / I Don't Regret a Mile / Sparks Music
• Lonely Tombs / Gillis Brothers / Little Old Country Church House / Wango
• Oh, Lord, I Pray / Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show / Worries on my Mind / Rebel
• When the Saints Go Marching In / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• I Wouldn't Miss It, Would You / Carl Story and the Rambling Mountaineers / Neath the Tree of Life / Old Homestead
• Friend to Jesus / Jim Eanes, Bobby Atkins, Mark Atkins, and the Original Countrymen / The Good Ole Days / JMBA
• Take Your Shoes Off Moses / Nathan Stanley & Ralph Stanley / He Suffered for My Reward / III Generation
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/16/2008

There are many weeks when we tell you how three hours on the air just seem to fly. This week, time seemed to move even faster, for whatever reason. Still, we managed to squeeze in a few requests, and our two WHUS trainees -- John and Phil -- got to do a bit of announcing and engineering. Such fun!

In the calendar section of the show -- the one where we try to tell you about various shows and events in the area -- I completely forgot to mention a CT show that is happening on Saturday, November 22nd. On that day, there's a concert at the Killingly Grange Hall in East Killingly featuring Crossover, as well as Nick Anderson & Shady Creek. Showtime is 7PM, and if you'd like more information, you are encouraged to call (860)564-1018.

Be sure to join Jim & Marti next Sunday for three more fast-moving hours of that Bluegrass music!

It's a bit early, but have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Amy


Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• It's Mighty Dark To Travel / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Summertime Is Past And Gone / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• I’ll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• I’ve Been All Around This World / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Milwaukee Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• The Train’s Ready / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Walking The Blues / Appalachian Express / Walking The Blues / Rebel
• Wishing Well Blues / Rhonda Vincent / My Blue Tears / Rebel
• Evil Hearted Woman / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
• Rollin’ On Rubber Wheels / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At The Newburyport Fire House / Rounder
• Back To Back Heartaches / Beth Stevens & Edge / Strong Enough / Pinecastle
• Bluegrass Blues / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Widow Of The Glade / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray / Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy Records
• Smashville / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder /
• Stonewall / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems /
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
• Rambler’s Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Live And Learn / Rebel
• I Beg To You / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Like A Train Needs A Track / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Dime Store Rings / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Ocean Of Teardrops / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• The Engineers Don’t Wave From The Trains Anymore / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• When You Were Mine / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin’ Home / Rounder
• Holdin’ On When You’ve Let Go / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Before The Next Teardrop Falls / NewFound Road / Life In A Song / Rounder
• I Call Your Name / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Moon / Rebel
• Wheels / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• I’ll Go Steppin’ Too / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• I’ll Never Grow Tired Of You / RedWine / Winter’s Come And Gone / Class Act
• Old Kentucky Shore / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Where Did The Morning Go? / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
• I’ve Waited As Long As I Can / Tony Rice / Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• If You Can’t Be Good, Be Gone / The Steeldrivers / The Steeldrivers / Rounder
• Freight Train Blues / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / Portfolio / Self-Produced
• The Room Over Mine / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• China Grove, My Hometown / Curly Seckler / Down In Caroline / Copper Creek
• Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 /
  Rebel
• Log Cabin For Sale / Bear Minimum / Live at the Finnish Hall, 10/12/2008 / Self-Produced
• Don’t You Call My Name / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Bluegrass Breakdown / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder [Tom Adams born, 11/17/2008]
• I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH [original version of "Rocky Top" recorded, 11/16/1967]
• Far Side Banks Of Jordan / BearTracks / Together Til The End / AMT Records
• Only Yours / The Churchmen / I’ll Be Long Gone / Pinecastle /
• Pass Me Not / Dale Ann Bradley with Larry Sparks / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown? / Alison Krauss & the Cox Family / I Know Who Holds Tomorrow / Rounder
• Run On / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’, & Singin’ / Rural Rhythm
• Way Down Deep In My Soul / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• I Can Tell You The Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder