Today's show was my last BG Cafe before Christmas, so I played a good bit of Christmas music. During the "bonus hours" from 2-4PM, I didn't feel quite as "obligated" to play strictly BG tunes, although I pretty much did today. It's no secret that I am a great admirer of many of the classic country singers of the 1950s and 1960s: Hank Snow, Carl Smith, Ray Price, Buck Owens, Johnnie & Jack, just to name a few. We know that many a BG performer has recorded tunes originally made famous by at least one of these performers through the years, so I thought it might be fun to put a bit of the spotlight on the performers themselves, as well as some of the BG remakes of their song catalogs. Today, I focused on The Singing Ranger, Hank Snow, by playing 4 of his original tunes (including the fabulous "Reindeer Boogie"), as well as 7 BG remakes of Snow tunes. Next time, we'll shine our "spotlight" on someone else...
If you like banjo music, today was a banner day, as well. Patuxent Music has recently shipped us 2 great new recordings featuring a whole lot of banjo: "Yessir!" by 18-year-old Jessie Baker (currently working with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper), as well as former Sunny Mountain Boy, Chris Warner, whose new CD is called "Goin' To The Dance." Both CDs are mighty fine, and you can bet you'll be hearing plenty more from them in future weeks.
As I mentioned on the show today, legendary BG performer Curly Seckler will celebrate his 90th birthday on Christmas Day. Curly's manager, Penny Parsons, is encouraging everyone to send Curly a birthday greeting to help him celebrate a BG career that began in 1935. If you'd like to drop Curly a note, please do so in one of these two ways -- via an email sent to curly@curlyseckler.net, or through the U.S. mail: Curly Seckler, c/o Penny Parsons Co., PO Box 51605, Durham NC 27717. Please take a few moments and send Curly a card or note, won't you?
Be sure to join Jim & Marti (and maybe even James & Cathy Ward) next Sunday for at least four big hours of BG. I believe there MAY be a basketball game on the WHUS schedule for next Sunday, but we'll let you know later in the week...
Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!
Amy
REQUESTS ARE RED.
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rocky Grass / Blue Planet
- Sold Down The River / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin’ Town / Rounder
- I Believed In You Darling / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill
- Bitter Green / Tony Rice / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
- Come Back Darling / Lester Flatt / Lester Raymond Flatt / Flying Fish
- That’s Christmas Time To Me / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Christmas Time’s A-Comin’ / Time Life
- A Daisy A Day / Lost & Found / Love, Lost & Found / Rebel
- Reno Bound / Bill Harrell / Drive-Time Bluegrass / Rebel
- Eating Out Of Your Hand / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
- Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
- Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
- Nobody’s Darlin’ But Mine / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volumes I & II / Sugar Hill
- Living In These Troubled Times / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
- Big Train From Memphis / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
- Forever Yours / Hagar's Mountain Boys / Forever Yours / Self-Produced
- Chicken Reel / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / In The Tradition / Rounder
- Here We Go A-Goin’ / Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset / Good Home Grown Sampler, 2009 / Blue Circle
- I’m Movin’ On / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA
- (Now And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I / ASH & W / ASH & W / Rebel
- The Goldrush Is Over / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
- Honeymoon On A Rocketship / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
- Miller’s Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let ‘Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
- The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
- Would You Mind / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA
- One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
- Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
- Reindeer Boogie / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
- Hank Snow Medley / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
- John Hardy / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
- Don’t Give Your Heart To A Rambler / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
- I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
- Devil On A Plow / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
- Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
- Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
- Jingle Bells / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
- My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree / Ro / under
- Christmas At The Old Homeplace / David Parmley & Continental Divide / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin’ / Pinecastle
- Christmas Is Near / Stanley Brothers / Christmas Time’s A-Comin’ / Time Life
- Christmas Lullaby / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House / SSK
- I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
- Sharecropper’s Son / Ernie Thacker / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea
- Willy Roy The Cripple Boy / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / WMB Records
- Bad Moon Rising / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
- Big, Big Heartaches / Grasstowne / The Other Side Of Towne / Pinecastle
- Foot Hill Hop / Derek Easter et al. / Born Into Bluegrass : The Songs Of Cullen Galyean / Mountain Roads Recordings
- Walk The Way The Wind Blows / Hot Rize / So Long Of A Journey / Sugar Hill
- That White Christmas Song / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
- Dear Old Dixie / Red Smiley & the Tennessee Cut-Ups / The Best Of Red Smiley / Rural Rhythm
- Salt Creek / Clay Jones / Mountain Tradition / Rural Rhythm
- The Letter Edged In Black / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
- I’m Not Living Life (It’s Living Me) / Bo Isaac / I’m Not Living Life (It’s Living Me) / GoodTyme Records
- The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / Hand-Picked : 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records / Rounder
- We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
- I Don’t Care Anymore / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Class Of 2009 Sampler / Rural Rhythm
- An Old Christmas Card / Carolina Sonshine / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
- Follow The Leader / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
- Johnson Mountain Chimes / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
- Yessir! / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
- Saturday Night Company / The Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues / New Time Records
- Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
- Lickity Split / Chris Warner / Goin’ To The Dance / Patuxent Music
- Almost Hear The Blues / James Reams & the Barnstormers /
/ Self-Produced - Goin’ To The Dance / Chris Warner / Goin’ To The Dance / Patuxent Music
- Christmas Medley / Southern Rail /
/ Self-Produced - Christmas In Carolina / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
- All That’s Left (For You To Do Is Leave) / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business /
Mountain Roads Recordings - China Grove, My Hometown / Curly Seckler / Cabin In Caroline / Copper Creek
- Your Love Is Like A Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
- We’ll Stay Here / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
- Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
- Don’t Lie To Me / Adam Steffey / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
- Pitkin County Turnaround / Steve Martin / The Crow / Rounder
- Christmas Story / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
- This World Is Not My Home / Ricky Skaggs / Ricky Skaggs Solo : Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family
- The Friendly Beasts / Johnson Mountain Boys / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
- Country Church / Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
- The First Noel / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass & White Snow / Epic
- Bubbling In My Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
- Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Jamie Dailey & Darren Vincent / Christmas Grass / Koch
- I Feel The Christmas Spirit / The Isaacs / Christmas Time’s A-Comin’ / Time Life
- Joy To The World / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
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