Tuesday, May 26, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 5/24/2009 - Memorial Day Show

Hi Folks.

For the Memorial Day show I was able to find about two hours of material from my personal library that related directly or indirectly to honoring fallen soldiers. Much of the material was classic which fit well with my Heritage Corner, but there was some great new material as well.

The show was nearly four hours long because of some extra programming time prior to the schedule change for the summer, and that allowed some new material to air in addition to the Memorial Day tribute songs.

We heard new music from Jeremy Garrett, Chris Pandolfi, Bearfoot, Del McCoury, and Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. We heard recent music from Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Steve Martin, David Davis & The Warrior River Boys, The Gibson Brothers, Alecia Nugent, Dailey & Vincent, Frank Wakefield, Nathan Stanley & Ralph Stanley, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, and Bobby Osborne.


There were many songs that qualified for the Heritage Corner including material from The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover, Carl Sauceman & his Green Valley Boys, The Louvin Brothers, Charlie Monroe, J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers (recorded in Concord NC, my hometown, in 1963), Don Reno & Red Smiley, and Red Allen.


A special Heritage Corner segment was a song appropriate to Memorial Day by Margaret Brixey titled "Captain Rosie". Moosup resident Archie Kneeland tipped me off a few years ago about this song, and because Marti and I had played it on our other show at the time -- Red Rooster Party, it found its way onto our on-line playlist. Margaret Brixey found that web site and corresponded with us. The following is from her notes and with her permission:

Hello Marti and Jim,

I recorded this song when I was 16 at the famous Bradley's Barn Recording Studio in Mt. Joliet, Tennessee. Ernest Tubb found the song for me for my first Decca session and Owen Bradley, my producer approved it. My Mom and I cried when we listened to the demo for the first time.

While having my website (www.ndnbabies.com) worked on, I happened onto yours. I was happy to see that someone was still playing that song, because I always liked it. Thank you for sharing it with your listeners.

Margaret Janeese Brixey Flanagan
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

After I asked some more questions, she sent this reply:

If you look on my website, ...on the Artist page, there is a website referrenced. It is down at the bottom of the page near the third picture of me
. (
Tulsa TV Memories.) There is supposed to be a link there. It gives you the story of how I came to record for Decca Records in Nashville.

I do still sing today. I will always love to sing. However, I am now caring for my 86 year- old Father.... I want him to be happy in his last years and intend to see that he is. So, I do not get out much these days.

"Captain Rosie" was recorded in January of 1970 . I turned 16 in November of '69. It was the "B" side of "Before Charlie Gets Home" by Bill Anderson. But it received equal air play in some markets. Which is kinda unusual. It was sent out to radio stations by Decca Records in the same envelope with Conway Twitty's "Hello Darlin' ".

I was ready to quit singing as a career by the time I was 18. I wanted to be happily married and to have kids. I had 6 children. When the youngest one was 14 my 28 year marriage ended, so I started singing again here locally. It helped me over the hump, and I met my fiance, who is a jazz pianist from New York. Don LOVES Country music and has given me an appreciation for alot of good ole standards and some Jazz.

Great to hear from you!

Take Care,
Margaret

I'll be doing some of the MC work down at the Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival in Preston, CT between Thursday and Sunday, so be sure to say "hi" if you are there.

Be sure to tune in next Sunday at 4pm ET when Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring, but without the extra hour.


Jim


SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

  • Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-produced
  • Wally On The Run / Steve Martin / The Crow / Self-produced
  • Single Girl / Bearfoot / Doors and Windows / Compass
  • I've Been All Around This World / David Davis and the Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes And A Nickel / Rebel
  • I Am A Stranger / Jeremy Garrett / I Am A Stranger / Sugar Hill
  • Machines / Chris Pandolfi / Looking Glass / Sugar Hill
  • Taxman / Songs From The Road Band / As The Crow Flies / Lucks Dumpy Toad
  • Where Are You CJ? / Keith Arneson & Wayne Taylor / The Pathway Home / Crabgrass Records
  • Don't Tell Me / Alecia Nugent / Hillbilly Goddess / Rounder
  • Hillbilly Goddess / Alecia Nugent / Hillbilly Goddess / Rounder
  • This Is For Bill / Frank Wakefield / Ownself Blues / Patuxent Music
  • On This Rainy Day / Jimmy Gaudreau feat. Wayne Taylor, D. Tyminski, R. Simpkins, M. Auldridge / In Good Company / CMH
  • Knocking At Your Door / Red Allen feat. Frank Wakefield / The Folkways Years 1964-1983 / Smithsonian Folkways
  • After The Fire Is Gone / Bobby Osborne and Rocky Top X-press feat. Rhonda Vincent & Darrin Vincent / Bluegrass & Beyond / Rounder
  • There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / The Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
  • Atlanta Is Burning / The Boys From Indiana / Classic Bluegrass Collection Volume 2 / Time Life
  • Last Letter Home / The Gibson Brothers / Another Night of Waiting / Hay Holler
  • Antietam / Reno & Smiley / Folk Songs Of The Civil War / King
  • Captain Rosie / Margaret Brixey / 45 RPM Single (32662) / Decca (45)
  • Me And John And Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
  • More Than A Picture On The Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
  • Purple Heart / Red Allen / Keep On Going / Rebel
  • This Is My Son / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
  • Faded Coat of Blue / Suzanne Thomas / Dear Friends & Gentile Hearts / Rounder
  • Someone Play Dixie For Me / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At Last / Rounder
  • Forgotten Soldier Boy / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
  • That Star Belongs To Me / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio 1952 - 1953 / Rounder
  • Luckiest Man Alive / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Twenty Year Blues / Sugar Hill
  • A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Sings Miss Dixie and Tom T. / Blue Circle
  • A Soldier's Prayer / Mountain Heart / Force Of Nature / Skaggs Family
  • Casualty Of War / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
  • Forgotten Men / Don Reno & Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-ups / 1951-1959 / King
  • Two Soldiers / Blue Highway / Through The Window of a Train / Rounder
  • God Bless The Soldier / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
  • A White Cross Marks The Grave / Carl Sauceman & his Green Valley Boys / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts / JSP
  • He's Coming To Us Dead / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Run Mountain / Arhoolie
  • Boys In Blue / Mac Wiseman / Civil War Memories / Wango
  • Wrap My Body In Old Glory / Carl Sauceman & his Green Valley Boys / 45 RPM Single (F2060) / Capitol (45)
  • Gold Star Mother / Charlie Monroe and the Kentucky Pardners / I'm Old Kentucky Bound / Bear Family
  • Remembering / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
  • Down Where The River Bends / Ralph Stanley with Dwight Yoakam / Saturday Night & Sunday Morning / CRFRC
  • Plant Some Flowers By My Grave / Red Smiley with The Bluegrass Cut-Ups / 20 Bluegrass Favorites, Volume II / Rural Rhythm
  • Searching For A Soldier's Grave / The Louvin Brothers / 20 All-Time Greatest Hits / King
  • Soldier / ShoreGrass / Going Home / Self-produced
  • Letter To The Captain / Curly Seckler / Down In Caroline / Copper Creek
  • Purple Heart / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
  • And The Band Played "Waltzing Matilda" / Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein / 2:10 Train / Rebel
  • Bury Me In Dixie / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-produced
  • Carolina's Arms / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
  • Remembering / Del McCoury / Celebrating 50 Years of Del McCoury / McCoury Music
  • When I've Traveled My Last Mile / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
  • Standing In The Need of Prayer / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  • Led By The Master's Hand / Del McCoury / Bluegrass Gospel Hits / McCoury Music
  • Just An Old Rounder / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
  • Seek Not The Ways / The Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder (LP)
  • Get In Line Brother / Everett Lilly / & Everybody and Their Brother / Swift River Music
  • When The Last Of Our Days Shall Come / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely Street / Rounder
  • What Kind Of Man / Larry Sparks / Where The Sweet Waters Flow / Old Homestead
  • Heaven's Green Fields / Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Self-produced
  • I Saw The Light / Nathan Stanley & Ralph Stanley / Where Will You Go / III Generation
  • The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

Monday, May 18, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/17/2009

We are once again in a between-the-semesters mode at WHUS. For us, this means a "bonus" hour of Bluegrass Cafe for a week or two, as we've been coming on the air at 3PM. We'll do it at least once more next Sunday (5/24), so be sure to tune in to Jim & Marti good and early.

So, in our "bonus" hour yesterday, I thought it might be fun to play a few classic country tunes, and then, find a BG equivalent. It's not surprising to pick up a new recording from a BG performer and find that he or she has chosen to record an old country song from the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, or even the 1980s or later. Sometimes, that's a good thing. Really, we could fill up at least 3 or 4 hours with country songs and BG remakes (or vice versa, in some cases), but we limited ourselves to just one hour yesterday. I enjoyed it quite a bit, I must confess...

The remainder of the "normal" three hours was spent playing lots and lots of great Bluegrass, new and not-so-new. Among yesterday's brand-new was the fine Rural Rhythm debut for the newly-renamed Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. Russell's voice is as strong as ever, and it's pretty easy to hear why he's received two IBMA Awards for "Male Vocalist of the Year." Check out this band at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival on August 1st, and be sure to keep listening to BG Cafe, as I'm certain you'll hear lots more from this fine CD in future weeks.

Also included in Sunday's show were tunes from a couple of newer CDs released by Patuxent Music. Both of these CDs feature young talent -- the future of BG, perhaps? The Doerfels are a talented family band who've played at Maine's Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, as well as lots of other places, and Angelica Grim is a 19-year-old Californian with a big voice and a fine new CD.


Jim & Marti join you next Sunday starting off at 3PM. Have yourselves a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend, and be sure to take a moment to remember a veteran.

Amy


Requests are RED.


  • Angeline The Baker / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder
  • If I Lose / Ralph Stanley with Jim Lauderdale / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
  • Move On In And Stay (1952) / Ray Price / Essential Ray Price / Columbia
  • Move On In And Stay (2009) / Mickey Harris / Dog House Blues / MJH Records
  • Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes (c. 1955) / Ray Price / Ray Price Collector’s Choice / Harmony
  • Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes (c. 1965) / Jim & Jesse / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Cracker Barrel
  • Uncle Pen (1983) / Ricky Skaggs / Best Of Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ / Columbia
  • Uncle Pen (1950) / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
  • I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time (1955) / Jim Reeves / RCA Country Legends / RCA
  • I’ve Lived A Lot (2004) / Blinky Moon Boys / Moonlite Theatre / Hay Holler
  • Hey Porter (1955) / Johnny Cash / Essential Johnny Cash / Legacy
  • Hey Porter (1992) / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
  • You Tried To Ruin My Name (1951) / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
  • You Tried To Ruin My Name (1982) / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister / Rounder
  • Years Ago (1981) / Statler Brothers / Years Ago / Mercury
  • Years Ago (2009) / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
  • Down The Trail Of Achin’ Hearts (1951) / Hank Snow with Anita Carter / Proper Introduction To Hank Snow / Proper
  • Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts (2007) / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
  • At The End Of A Long, Lonely Day (1953) / Marty Robbins / Live Classics / Sony
  • At The End Of A Long, Lonely Day (2008) / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • Cincinnati Ohio / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
  • The Last Letter / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
  • Drivin’ Nails In My Coffin / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
  • Miller’s Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let ‘Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
  • Raised By The Railroad Line / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
  • Honky-Tonk Blues / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
  • Standing Room Only / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
  • Julie’s Train / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
  • Way Down Deep / Ralph Stanley with Vern Gosdin / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
  • Farm Of Yesterday / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
  • Silence Or Tears / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Starday
  • Sad Situation / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Dreaming / Rounder
  • Soppin’ The Gravy / Patrick McAvinue / Rutland’s Reel / Patuxent Music
  • Wreck Of The Old 97 / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
  • The Wishing Well / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
  • Hard Rock Mountain Prison (‘Til I Die) / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
  • My Love Is Way Up On A Mountain / Spring Creek / Way Up On A Mountain / Rebel
  • Why Don’t You Tell Me So / Richard Bennett / Flatpicking Bluegrass / FGM Records
  • Never Looking Back / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes And A Nickel /
    Rebel
  • Call Me Up And I’ll Come Callin’ On You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely Street / Rounder
  • I’m Leaving Town / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
  • What I’m Looking For / The Doerfels / What I’m Looking For / Patuxent Music
  • Military Five String / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
  • My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco
  • She’s Lying In The Cold, Cold Ground / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Three Silver Dollars / Pinecastle
  • Look For Me / Angelica Grim / Look For Me / Patuxent Music
  • My Last Days On Earth / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
  • I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Get Up / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
  • Buck Creek Gal / Johnny Warren with Earl Scruggs / A Tribute To Fiddlin’ Paul Warren / Self-Produced
  • I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know / Jeanette Williams with Michelle Nixon / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
  • I Guess I’ll Go On Dreaming / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads Recordings
  • My Walking Shoes / Tidwell Brothers & Cedar Mountain Boys / / No label
  • Ashes Of Love / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
  • As The Crow Flies / Songs From The Road Band / As The Crow Flies / Lucks Dumpy Toad Records
  • O’er The Road I’m Bound / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
  • Have I Stayed Away Too Long / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
  • I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
  • Something In My Heart / Tommy Webb / Heartland / Rural Rhythm
  • Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
  • You Must Come In At The Door / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
  • Don’t You Want To Go Home / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler’s Call / Self-Produced
  • Little White Church / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
  • Going To A Mansion / Johnny Williams / Last Day At Galax / Mountain Roads Recordings
  • Church At The Foot Of The Hill / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
  • Boat Of Love / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill
  • I’m Working On A Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
  • Run On / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’ : Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm
  • Let The Light Shine Down / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
  • Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 5/10/2009 Mother's Day

Hi Folks.

This show fell on Mother's Day, so that was the theme. I figured there would be plenty of mother songs to choose from, but was actually surprised at just how many there are. Mothers are a popular bluegrass topic. Judging from your calls, it was popular with the Bluegrass Cafe audience as well.

Amongst the mother songs, several artists have new music that debuted on this show including Alecia Nugent; Patsy, Donna & Roni Stoneman; and Nathan Stanley & Ralph Stanley.

We also featured very recent releases from David Davis and the Warrior River Boys, The Gibson Brothers, Dale Ann Bradley, David Peterson, Special Consensus, and Melonie Cannon.


In my newly-named "Heritage Corner" I had two features. The first was Mack Woolbright and Charlie Parker and their 1927 recording of "The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man." Earl Scruggs has cited the three-finger banjo picking of Mack Woolbright on "Home Sweet Home" as an early influence, so we followed that tune with Earl's latest recording of "Ho
me Sweet Home" on Jerry Douglas's "Glide" album to show the influence over 80 years later.

The second Heritage Corner feature was two original cuts of a 1984 LP from local bluegrass legend Bill Hall and Northwind Bluegrass (see photo) that featured Skip Gorman and Rick Starkey in addition to songwriter and banjo picker Bill Hall.

I suppose a third feature was my own mother describing her childhood ride in a mule-drawn wagon to Midland, NC, where her family got to hear Charlie & Bill Monroe perform in the two-room schoolhouse. Her mother (my grandmother) loved "What Would You Give In Exchange," so we followed my mom with that song.

Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring next Sunday, so tune in.

Jim

requests are in blue

Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label

  • Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self-produced
  • Daddy Played The Banjo / Steve Martin / The Crow / Self-produced
  • If Wishes Were Horses / Claire Lynch / O Sister! / Rounder
  • Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / O Sister! / Rounder
  • Frailing Medley / Ralph Stanley / Masters Of the Banjo / Arhoolie
  • Come Walk With Me / David Peterson / Comin' on Strong / Necktie
  • Hillbilly Goddess / Alecia Nugent / Hillbilly Goddess / Rounder
  • Ring The Bell / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
  • Medals For Mothers / Rhonda Vincent / Mama's Hand / Rounder
  • I Know Whose Tears / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
  • Will I Be Good Enough / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass
  • I've Endured / Tim O'Brien / Traveler / Sugar Hill
  • Dream of a Miner's Child / Phyllis Boyens / Mama's Hand / Rounder
  • Don't Tell Mama / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
  • Two Dimes & A Nickel / David Davis and the Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes and A Nickel / Rebel
  • Always Be Kind To Your Mother / Reno & Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-ups / 1951-1959 / King
  • Mother's Not Dead / Warrior River Boys & Scott Brannon / Memories of Mother / Wango
  • Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Run Mountain / Arhoolie
  • Wandering Boy / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Preserved / Horizon
  • More Than A Name On The Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
  • Is She Praying There? / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / 24 Bluegrass Favorites / Rural Rhythm
  • Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
  • Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
  • The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man / Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright / Good For What Ails You / Old Hat
  • Home Sweet Home / Jerry Douglas with Earl Scruggs and Tony Rice / Glide / Koch
  • If I'd Had A Mother Like You / Don Rigsby / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
  • Memories Of Mother / James King & Danny Paisley / Memories of Mother / Wango
  • Eight More Miles To Louisville / Jack Lawrence / I Don't Need The Whiskey Anymore / G-Run
  • Nobody Loves You Like A Mountain Girl / Jack Lawrence & Tony Williamson / Live Merlefest April 25th 2008 / FestivaLink
  • Sweetest Love / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
  • Mama Tried / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
  • Mother's Voice is in the Wind / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Mama's Hand / Rounder
  • Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
  • Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair / Joe Val / Mama's Hand / Rounder
  • Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
  • Tell My Mother I Will Meet Her / The Stonemans / Patsy, Donna & Roni / Patuxent
  • Mother Maybelle / Larry Perkins with Curly Seckler / A Glad Reunion Day / Self-produced
  • When I Miss Her Most of All / Bill Hall & Northwind Bluegrass / In The Shadow Of The Pines / Old Homestead (LP)
  • Lonesome Weary Heart / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
  • The Prisoner's Last Wish / Bill Hall & Northwind Bluegrass / In The Shadow Of The Pines / Old Homestead (LP)
  • Cactus In A Coffee Can / Melonie Cannon / And The Wheels Turn / Rural Rhythm
  • What Would You Give In Exchange? / Charlie & Bill Monroe / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
  • This World Is Not My Home / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
  • Just An Old Rounder / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
  • Rusty Old Halo / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass
  • By The Mark / Anne & Pete Sibley / Anne & Pete Sibley / Self-produced
  • What A Beautiful Day (For The Lord To Come Again) / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
  • Beulah Land / Nathan Stanley & Ralph Stanley / Where Will You Go / III Generation
  • If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / The Blue Sky Boys / Mama's Hand / Rounder
  • The Sweetest Gift / Seldom Scene / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
  • The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best of the Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 5/3/2009 - Wayne Taylor

There was excitement in the studio Sunday because we had the good fortune to have Wayne Taylor of Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa on the air with us live by telephone. Wayne has assembled a super band following his retirement from the US Navy where he was leader of the Navy's bluegrass unit, The Country Current. We featured a few songs from Wayne's new CD as well as a couple from an earlier Wayne Taylor collaboration with Bill Emerson. When you see Wayne, you must ask him about the time he performed for Bill Monroe.

From left to right in the photo: Dave Giegerich, Kip Martin, Emory Lester, Wayne Taylor, Mark Delaney

We also played brand new music from two outstanding new CDs from The Gibson Brothers and Dale Ann Bradley.

With history in mind, we bookended Frank Wakefield's career (so far) by playing one of his oldest (from vinyl) and newest recorded instrumentals. It is amazing how consistent his tone is across 56 years.

Anne & Pete Sibley have a local concert in the area this coming Friday, so we played a fine song from one of their recent CDs.

We had short segments honoring Benny Martin (birthday this coming week), the Kentucky Derby (race horse songs), and Cinco de Mayo.

There was another cause to celebrate Sunday as James and Cathy Ward programmed their last one-hour segment of the show as trainees (their selections are in blue below). They did a great job, and we will now wait and see if they decide to pursue their own show. James' and Cathy's selections are indicated on the playlist in blue.

There is an astounding number of quality new releases lately, so I'll be eager to get some more of them on the air next week when Marti and I are back again.

Jim

Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label
  • Fire On The Mountain / Benny Martin / The Fiddle Collection / CMH
  • Molly And Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys / Blue Grass 1950-1958 / Bear Family
  • Going To The Races / White House / White House / Pinecastle
  • Can't Win, Can't Place, Can't Show / James Reams, Walter Hensley and the Barons of Bluegrass / Self-titled / Copper Creek
  • New Camptown Races / Frank Wakefield & Buster Turner / The Early Days of Bluegrass Volume 2 / Rounder (LP)
  • Oh Mexico / Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen / Keeper of the Flame / Lendel
  • Tex-Mex Shindig / Emerson & Taylor / Appaloosa / Webco Pinecastle
  • Years Ago / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
  • Ring The Bell / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
  • Rusty Old Halo / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass
  • Reflections of Love / Paul Adkins / Reflections of Love / Rebel
  • The Waves On The Sea / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
  • Smoke Along The Track / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
  • Apple Jack / Pam Gadd / Benefit of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
  • Gospel Plow / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
  • I Can Go Back Anytime / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
  • Keep On Walkin' / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
  • Rambler's Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Live And Learn / Rebel
  • Meet Me In Heaven Someday / Alecia Nugent / A Little Girl A Big Four Lane / Rounder
  • Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
  • Don't Neglect The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
  • Daddy Did His Best / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Mountain Home
  • Head Over Heels / The Larkins / The Larkins / Audium
  • The Wrath Of God / The Seldom Scene / Scenic Roots / Sugar Hill
  • When I've Traveled My Last Mile / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
  • When I'm Gone / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-produced
Interview with Wayne Taylor of Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa
  • Dirt Roads / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-produced
  • Appaloosa / Emerson & Taylor / Appaloosa / Webco / Pinecastle
  • Bury Me In Dixie / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-produced
  • The Road Song / Anne & Pete Sibley / Will You Walk With Me / Self-produced
  • Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-produced
  • Orphan Girl / Pine Creek / Live at Woodland Bluegrass Festival 2008 / Private
  • The Orphan Train / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
  • No Longer An Orphan / Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Self-produced
  • This is for Bill / Frank Wakefield / Ownself Blues / Patuxent
  • Cripple Creek / Roni Stoneman / First Lady of Banjo / Self-produced
  • Heaven / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass
  • I'm Getting Ready To Leave This World / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
  • I'm Traveling On And On / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-produced
  • Goodbye / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
  • Are You Washed In The Blood? / Red Allen featuring Frank Wakefield / The Folkways Years 1964-1983 / Smithsonian Folkways
  • Paul & Silas / Carl Story / Thirty Years of Bluegrass - Various Artists / Gusto
  • When I Reach That Home Up There / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
  • Electricity / Jimmy Murphy / Southern Roots / Ace
  • Precious Memories / Blue Around The Edges / Live at Blistered Fingers, Aug 21, 2008 / Self-produced
  • The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler