Monday, August 03, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/2/2009

Well, Sunday's show was all about winding down (for me, anyway) from a big weekend of terrific Bluegrass at the 14th annual Podunk Bluegrass Festival in nearby East Hartford. Congratulations to the Podunk Bluegrass Committee -- a non-profit organization in CT -- who organized another terrific festival under less-than-ideal weather conditions. This year's festival had the greatest number of campers ever, so we'll look forward to seeing (and hearing!) what's in store for 2010....

In addition to playing music from a few of the performers featured at Podunk over the weekend, we included a couple of tunes from forthcoming projects by Larry Stephenson, as well as Darren Beachley (both cuts found on Volume 100 of the "Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass"), and music from a California band who concentrates on traditional Bluegrass: Blue & Lonesome.

We also included music from the one and only Neon Valley Boys recording. The Neons were a Rhode Island Bluegrass group in the early 1980s who made just one album, but the members have performed at "reunion" shows from time to time over the past few years, and so, they decided to have that one album remastered and packaged as a CD. Jeffrey Horton, the bass player with the Neons, and later a member of the group Northern Lights, was teaching a harmony workshop at Podunk, and gave me a copy of the remastered CD. Very, very fun music, and certainly as enjoyable in 2009 as it was in 1982 (!) when it was recorded.

Jim & Marti join you for the next couple of Sundays, I believe, so don't forget to make them part of your summer Sunday plans.

Amy


Requests are RED.
  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rocky Grass / Blue Planet
  • Rain Please Go Away / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Knee Deep In The Blues / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
  • I Don’t Know What To Do / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
  • Sittin’ Alone In The Moonlight / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
  • One Step Ahead Of The Blues / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin’ Live / Rounder
  • Saratoga Ride / Frank Wakefield / Ownself Blues / Patuxent Music
  • East Kentucky Home / The Steeldrivers / The Steeldrivers / Rounder
  • I’ll Wash Your Love From My Heart / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds / Capitol
  • Get Up John / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Bluegrass Rules / Rounder
  • I Can’t Stand To Ramble / Good Ol’ Persons / Good ‘n Live / Sugar Hill
  • Will You Be Loving Another Man / Tim Graves & Cherokee / Prodigal Son / C&L Entertainment
  • Weathered Gray Stone / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
  • Old Man From The Mountain / BearTracks / Together ‘Til The End / AMT Records
  • Down In Caroline / Curly Seckler / Down In Caroline / Copper Creek
  • Silvertown Rag / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
  • The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
  • Caney Fork River / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
  • Mary Ann / Jimmy Martin / Bean Blossom / MCA
  • My Friend Clyde / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
  • Give This Message To Your Heart / Larry Stephenson with Dailey & Vincent / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, v.100 / KBC
  • Some Old Day / Blue & Lonesome / Some Old Day / Self-Produced
  • Daddy’s Chair / Darren Beachley / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, v.100 / KBC
  • Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / The Neon Valley Boys / Sudden Comfort Records
  • Left Handed Dreamer / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
  • A Country Boy In Search Of A Country Girl / Lost & Found / Love, Lost & Found / Rebel
  • My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco
  • Don’t Give Up On Me / Songs From The Road Band / As The Crow Flies / Lucks Dumpy Toad Records
  • Stuck Out In The Rain / High Windy / A Greater Storm / Mountain Home
  • Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight / Country Gentlemen / Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ / Rebel'
  • Ridin’ The Lines / The Travelers / Ridin’ The Lines / Hay Holler
  • Crazy Finger Blues / Reno & Smiley / Country Boy Rock ‘n Roll / King
  • That’s What I Get For Lovin’ You / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
  • Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / Steeltown Records
  • My Old Kentucky Home / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
  • Something New / GrassRoutes / Something New / Self-Produced
  • Standing Room Only (Outside Your Heart) / Stanley Brothers / Don’t Cheat In Our Hometown / King
  • Don’t Know Why / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
  • Blue Eyed Darlin’ / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
  • Goin’ Across The Sea / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / Rural Rhythm
  • Fork In The Road / Infamous Stringdusters / Fork In The Road / Sugar Hill
  • Dog House Blues / Mickey Harris / Dog House Blues / MJH Records
  • What A Beautiful Day (For The Lord To Come Again) / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
  • Get Up Peter / Stan Keach / 20 Bluegrass Songs By Stan Keach /
  • Don’t You Want To Go Home / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler’s Call / Self-Produced
  • When I’ve Traveled My Last Mile / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
  • That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
  • I’ll Never Go Back / Louvin Brothers / Songs That Tell A Story / Rounder
  • When The Last Of Our Days Shall Come / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely Street / Rounder
  • Will He Wait A Little Longer / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
  • Brother, I’m Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
  • Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

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