It's not too often we get to extend our bluegrass programming at Bluegrass Cafe, but the holiday break gave us an opportunity to add an hour to the show. While Marti was home compiling end-of-trimester grades, I got to bring you four hours of the best in bluegrass this week. Even better, Amy will get to bring you four more hours next Sunday starting at 3pm ET.
We were sa
ddened by news of the passing of North Carolina banjo virtuoso Allen Shelton 21 November, so we honored Allen by playing eight tracks displaying his brilliant banjo picking with Jim Eanes, Jim & Jesse, and from his solo effort.
The newest of the new music came from Missy Werner whose debut album is a fine one, and banjo picker Ross Nickerson whose latest album features members of Blue Highway.
I used the extra hour of this week's show to play some of my favorite music from the Heritage Corner vaults, including a 13 year-old CD from the Shankman Twins which generated a listener request, and a "moonshine set" inspired by a segment on CBS Sunday Morning about Junior Johnson marketing his brand of legal moonshine. Whew!
Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad will be making an appearance in East Hartford on December 3, so we picked a hard-driving tune from one of their recent albums to whet our listeners' appetites.
Be sure to tune in early at 3pm next Sunday when Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring.
Jim
requests in blue, Allen Shelton tribute in red
Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label
- Turn Up The Bottle / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
- Long Journey Home / The Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
- Bluest Man In Town / The Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
- When Springtime Comes Again / The Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
- Wandering Boy / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Preserved / Horizon
- Blue Yodel No. 3 / David Peterson & 1946 / self-titled / Self-released
- The Kitten And The Cat / Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys / Poor Rambler / King
- This Morning At Nine / Tony Rice / Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
- Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavinir
- Paint The Town / Chris Warner / Back Again / Pinecastle
- Riding That Midnight Train / Doc Watson / Riding The Midnight Train / Sugar Hill
- Sophronie / Crowe, Williams, Blaylock, Ingram / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
- Boxcar Blues (Hello Sunshine) / Jeff & Vida / Selma Chalk / Rosebank
- Home With The Blues / Junior Sisk, Rick Allred, et.al / Born Into Bluegrass / Mountain Roads
- Plant Some Flowers / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-released
- John Henry / Ross Nickerson / Let's Kick Some Ass / Bones
- Ring The Bell / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
- Waterbound / The Shankman Twins / Duality / City West
- Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
- No More To Be Lonesome / Larry Gillis / Old Man Dreaming / Tinman Recording
- I'll Go Steppin' Too / Mark Delaney / Sidecar / Patuxent
- Your Old Standby / Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys / Your Old Standby - Complete Starday Recordings / Starday
- Bending The Strings / Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys / The Appalachian Way - Roots of Bluegrass / Delta
- Log Cabin In The Lane / Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys / Your Old Standby - Complete Starday Recordings / Starday
- Dine-e-o (Sail Away Ladies) / Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys / Your Old Standby - Complete Starday Recordings / Starday
- Sleepy-Eyed John / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
- I Will Always Be Waiting For You / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story - Special Edition / CMH
- She Left Me Standing On The Mountain / Jim & Jesse / Bluegrass at Newport / Vanguard
- Sourwood Mountain / Allen Shelton / Shelton Special / Rounder (LP)
- Montana Cowboy / The Shankman Twins / Duality / City West
- Sally Ann / The Shankman Twins / Duality / City West
- Losin' In Las Vegas / Ricky Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
- What Gives You The Right / Adam Steffey / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
- Diamond Joe / Sam Bush / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
- Have Mercy / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
- Don't Be Knockin' / Chris Warner / Back Again / Pinecastle
- You'll Never Be The Same / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
- Red Checkered Shirt / Mike Jackson / When We Goin' Back / Red Oak
- Banjo Whiz / Bill Emerson / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
- Mountain Dew / Grandpa Jones / Everybody's Grandpa / Bear Family
- Moonshine / The Earl Brothers / Moonshine / Big Hen
- Moonshiner / Peter Rowan / The Walls Of Time / Sugar Hill
- Nobody's Darling / Cullen Gaylean and Bobby Harrison / Let Me Fall / Smithsonian Folkways
- Cindy Mae / Crowe Brothers / Brothers -n- Harmony / Rural Rhythm
- The Love She Left Behind / Chris Jones & The Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM
- Papa Loved Ringing That Bell / Johnny Williams / Last Day Of Galax / Mountain Roads
- Dirt Roads / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-titled / Self-released
- Some Old Day / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy
- I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute (Volume II) / Self-released
- Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life / Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band / Self-titled / Rebel
- Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
- Roving Gambler / Peter Rowan / The Walls Of Time / Sugar Hill
- How Mountain Girls Can Love / Tony Rice / Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
- I Love You To The Moon And Back / Darren Beachley / Sad Songs & Sunday Mornings / MasterShield
- Scotty's Bow / The Stonemans / Patsy, Donna & Roni / Patuxent
- Heart Wrenching Lovesick Memories / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
- Circles Around Me / Sam Bush / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
- Train Songs / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is II / Lonesome Day
- Church Street Blues / Bryan Sutton and Friends / Almost Live / Sugar Hill
- Imagine That / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
- Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / pre-release
- Beautiful Blue Eyes / Red Allen & The Kentuckians / The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / Hollywood
- Campin' In Canaan Land / Carl Story and His Rambling Mountaineers / Mighty Close To Heaven / Starday
- They're Holding Up The Ladder / Easter Brothers / By Request - Their Greatest Hits / Thoroughbred
- The Touch Of God's Hand / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
- When The Savior Reached Down For Me / Darrell Webb / Live At Bellamys / Upper Management
- Weeds In The Wheat / Front Range / One Beautiful Day / Sugar Hill
- Sinner, You Better Get Ready / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots - 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
- Get Up Peter (And Put Your Sandals On) / The Special Consensus / Green Rolling Hills / Turquoise
- Hide Me, Rock Of Ages / Dailey & Vincent / Singing From The Heart / Rounder
- What Kind Of Man / Larry Sparks / I Just Want To Thank You Lord / Rural Rhythm Christian
- I Can't Sit Down / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Feel Like My Time Ain't Long / Rebel
- Greencastle Hornpipe / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
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