"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/11/2009

After 2 1/2 hours of relative calm on Sunday's show, we had a whole lot of activity toward the end of my first Bluegrass Cafe for 2009. We had arranged to talk to Woody Platt of the Steep Canyon Rangers earlier in Sunday's program, but the best-laid plans...well, it just didn't work out at the scheduled time. No problems, though -- we just went on with the show, and reminded folks about the upcoming SCR show at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center on January 22nd. A bit after 6:30PM, we had a second chance to get Woody on the air...and so we did. Hope you enjoyed our little talk -- and, of course, please get out to see the Rangers in East Hartford on 1/22.

Sunday's show also included several tunes played in celebration of the 85th birthday of one Earl Eugene Scruggs, who was born on January 6, 1924. To say that Earl's a Bluegrass legend almost seems a bit of an understatement. Mr. Scruggs has a brand new CD out on Rounder Records ("The Ultimate Collection: Live At The Ryman"), and he continues to play on the CDs of more than one or two other folks (the latest recordings by Ricky Skaggs and Tom T. Hall are two recent examples). We don't really NEED an excuse to play music by Earl on the BG Cafe, but celebrating an 85th birthday is a big deal -- why not mark the occasion with a bit of celebration?

On a sad note, we also played an instrumental called "Stallin'" by the Weary Hearts. This fine mandolin tune was written and played by Butch Baldassari, who died on January 10th after suffering from cancer for the last year or so.

Thanks for joining me for Sunday's show -- make sure you listen in next Sunday for Jim & Marti.

Amy


Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top XPress / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• A Dime Looks Like A Wagon Wheel / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Boogie Grass Band / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / Portfolio / Self-Produced
• Hard Times / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Hot Night In August / Gary Ferguson / I’m Really Leaving / Webco
• Man With The Blues/ Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• World’s Biggest Fool / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• My Younger Days / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Roanoke / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Earl's Breakdown / Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends / The Ultimate Collection / Rounder
• Goin’ Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass : A Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Randy Lynn Rag / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Stallin’ / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Sugar Coated Love / Jack Cooke / Sittin’ On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• You’re That Certain Someone / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• If I Knew Then What I Know Now / Beth Stevens & Edge / Strong Enough / Pinecastle
• Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Roll On Blues / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Rambler’s Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Live And Learn / Rebel
• Dreams About The Hills And Home / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Cindy / Elkville String Band / Over The Mountain / Mountain Roads Recordings
• I Don’t Want Your Nine Pound Hammer / Bear Bridge Band / Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
• What A Ways We’ve Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Mississippi River Raft / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty’s Old Guitar / Rounder
• Grandpa Was A Carpenter / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
• One Of Those Days (When I Miss Lester Flatt) / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle
• Grandfather’s Clock / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Mountain Memories / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
• Secret Of The Waterfall / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield Records
• Waiting To Hear You Call My Name / Steep Canyon Rangers /One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Living In The Pane / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Me And John And Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• I Made A Friend Of A Flower Today / The Daughters Of Bluegrass featuring Heather Berry / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• The Ballad Of Charlie Dill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• Brighter Shade Of Blue / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day
• Are You Ready For Heaven / Wilson Family Band / Family Ties / MasterShield Records
• I Can’t Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• I Have Found The Way / Louvin Brothers / Songs That Tell A Story / Rounder
• I Like The Old Time Way / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Why Don’t You Give Jesus A Try / Blue Circle
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan’s Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’ / Rural Rhythm
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder