A lot of classic country (and a bit of BG, too)...

As you may know, for the last month or so, I've been doing a regular fill-in on Tuesday afternoons from 1-3PM. APOC generally hosts a program she calls "The Getaway" during that time period, and she plays a mix of jam band, acoustic, rock, and hip-hop. However, between the Winter Break and her new class schedule, she cannot do a show in this time slot right now, so I get to step in with a classic country and BG fill-in. This is always fun for me -- to "stretch out" a bit from the straight BG programming. Best of all, APOC doesn't mind me changing the format of her show a little bit. I'll be doing these Tuesdays for another two weeks, as our WHUS show schedule will change again beginning on Thursday, February 11th at midnight. Please join me, if you're so inclined....

Amy

January 12, 2010: Lots of classic country and a birthday tribute to the Cherokee Cowboy, Ray Price (born January 12, 1926).

• Little Darling Pal Of Mine / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Lonesome Valley / Carter Family / Carter Family / Sphere Records
• Shame On You / Spade Cooley / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Low And Lonely / Roy Acuff / Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Elton Britt / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Take Me Back To Tulsa / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Poor Ellen Smith / Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks / The Golden Age / Columbia
• I'll Be A Bachelor 'Til I Die / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
• Two Glasses Joe / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA
• Slowly / Webb Pierce / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• San Antonio Rose / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• The Wild Side Of Life / Hank Thompson / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels / Kitty Wells / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Don't Just Stand There / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• The Golden Rocket / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA
• Weary Blues (From Waiting) / Ray Price / The Legend Begins / Country Stars
• You Done Me Wrong / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Crazy Arms / Ray Price / The Essential Ray Price / Columbia
• Move On In And Stay / Mickey Harris / Dog House Blues / MJH Records
• Heartaches By The Number / Ray Price with Vince Gill / Last Of The Breed / Lost Highway
• Falling, Falling, Falling / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill
• Invitation To The Blues / Ray Price / In A Honky Tonk Mood / Jasmine
• A Man Like Me / Roger Miller / A Man Like Me / Bear Family
• The Pain Of Loving You / Patty Loveless / Sleepless Nights: The Traditional Country Soul Of Patty Loveless / Saguaro Road Records
• Just Someone I Used To Know / Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton / Dolly Box Set Sampler / Legacy
• I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) / Buck Owens / I Don't Care / Sundazed
• Dang Me / Roger Miller / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Sea Of Regret / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Love Reunited / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• Are You From Dixie? / Sky Blue Boys / Music In The Air / Self-Produced
• Stuck-Up Blues / Louvin Brothers / Sing The Great Roy Acuff Songs / Gusto
• Long Way Down / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Got Leavin' On Her Mind / Statler Brothers / Innerview / Mercury
• No Letter In The Mail / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia

January 19, 2010: Celebrating the birthdays of two Country Music Hall of Famers, Dolly Parton (born January 19, 1946) and Phil Everly (born January 19, 1939), and remembering another Hall of Famer, Carl Smith, after he died on January 16, 2010.

• Don't Forget This Song / Carter Family / My Clinch Mountain Home / Rounder
• Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy / Monroe Brothers / Are You From Dixie? / RCA
• Tennessee Border / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life
• Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
• It's A Great Life (If You Don't Weaken) / Faron Young / The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young / Collector's Choice Music
• White Lightning / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic Legacy
• More And More / Webb Pierce / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus / Kitty Wells / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• Always Late / Lefty Frizzell / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young / Faron Young / The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young / Collector's Choice Music
• Let's Live A Little / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• You Are The One / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• More Than Anything Else In This World / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• Kisses Don't Lie / Lynn Morris Band / Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Hey Joe! / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
• Satisfaction Guaranteed / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little /
• Five Feet High And Rising / Johnny Cash / At Madison Square Garden / Columbia Legacy
• Let The Sad Times Roll On / Buck Owens / I've Got A Tiger By The Tail / Sundazed
• Just Between The Two Of Us / Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard / That Makes Two Of Us / Hilltop Records
• Flowers On The Wall / Statler Brothers / At Madison Square Garden / Columbia Legacy
• Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era
• Dumb Blonde / Dolly Parton / Box Set Sampler / Sony Legacy
• In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) / Dolly Parton / In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) / RCA
• My Tennessee Mountain Home / Dolly Parton / Box Set Sampler / Sony Legacy
• Long Time Gone / Everly Brothers / 36 All-Time Favorites / GSC Records
• Let Me Be Your Friend / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• Cotton Dice / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music
• I'm All Alone / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Bluegrass Collection / Gusto
• I Don't Care Anymore / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Blue Memories / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Necktie Records
• Pitfall / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming: The Best Of The Louvin Brothers / Razor & Tie
• Dusty Miller / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• I'm Working On A Building / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA

January 26, 2010: A total hodge-podge program -- no plan, whatsoever. Fortunately, we had some fine requests (noted below in RED).

• Frankie And Johnnie / Jimmie Rodgers / The Essential Jimmie Rodgers / RCA
• John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Gypsy, Joe And Me / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
• If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) / Connie Smith / The Essential Connie Smith / RCA
• It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels / Kitty Wells / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Please Help Me, I'm Falling / Patty Loveless / Sleepless Nights: The Traditional Country Soul of Patty Loveless / Saguaro Road Records
• You Ain't Woman Enough / Loretta Lynn / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
• Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Larry Stephenson with Connie Smith & Marty Stuart / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• Homesick / Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives / Live At The Ryman / Superlatone Records
• Much Too Young To Die / Ray Price / In A Honky Tonk Mood / Jasmine
• Then I'll Stop Loving You / Jim Reeves / Four Walls: The Legend Begins / BMG
• I Love You A Thousand Ways / Lefty Frizzell / Lefty Frizzell's Greatest Hits / Columbia
• Loose Talk / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• I'll Go On Alone / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life / Legacy
• The Last Letter Home / Amazing Rhythm Aces / Toucan Do It Too / ABC Records
• Won't Be Coming Back / Infamous Stringdusters / The Infamous Stringdusters / Sugar Hill
• Guess Things Happen That Way / Johnny Cash / Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous / Sun
• Hammers And Nails / Statler Brothers with Johnny Cash / Flowers On The Wall: The Essential Statler Brothers / Columbia
• Ashes Of Love / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• The Three Bells / The Browns / The Best Of The Browns / RCA
• This Ole House / Statler Brothers / Flowers On The Wall: The Essential Statler Brothers / Columbia
• The White House Blues / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
• Best Of Her (Cooper's Song) / Acoustic Blue / This Is Now / Self-Produced
• Farewell Blues / Tony Trischka with Earl Scruggs / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• I'm Goin' Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Copper Kettle / Country Gentlemen / Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains / Smithsonian Folkways
• Let's Live For Tonight / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I Love No One But You / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy / Monroe Brothers / Are You From Dixie? / RCA
• A Valley Of Peace / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics / Classic
• Broad Minded / Louvin Brothers / Classic Album Collection / Golden Stars
• Wham Bam / Don Rich with the Buckaroos / I Don't Care / Sundazed
• Southern Cannonball / Hank Snow / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• Scotland / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/24/2010

On Sunday, we were back to our "regular" three hours of programming what we like to think is the "best in Bluegrass" on BG Cafe. Joe the Student DJ returned to his 2-4PM slot, and so, we squeezed in just as much music as we could into our 3-hour timeslot. Hope you enjoyed it...

(BTW, Joe will be away next Sunday, 1/31, so once again, Jim will have an opportunity to play FIVE hours of Bluegrass on the airwaves for you next Sunday. Somehow, I don't think he'll have any big problems filling the time with some mighty fine music).

As Jim told you last week, the great country singer and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Carl Smith, died on Saturday, January 16th, so we made sure to feature a couple of his tunes done in the BG style. We also played a set of tunes written by Dolly Parton, another Hall of Famer who celebrated her birthday this past Tuesday (born January 19, 1946). Yes, there is a distinction between playing country music and BG music, but sometimes, the lines can become very, very blurry.

In addition, we played a pair of tunes from the fine new Larry Stephenson recording on Pinecastle Records ("20th Anniversary"), as well as newer music from Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie, the Patuxent Partners, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Jessie Baker, and Josh Williams.

Be sure to join Jim next Sunday for those five big hours of BG Cafe, and if you're at all interested in some classic country sounds, please join me for the next three Tuesdays from 1-3PM as I get to do a few afternoon fill-ins before the next schedule change.

Have a good week -
Amy

Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hello / Lonesome River Band / Lonesome River Band / Rebel
• Fly By Night / Rick Hayes / Fly By Night / Kang Records
• Never Get To Hold You In My Arms Anymore / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• The Old Home Town / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1952 / JSP Records
• Eatin' Out Of Your Hand / Bill Harrell / 20 Bluegrass Greats / Gusto
• My Angeline / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• Angeline The Baker / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder
• Rock Hearts / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• I Was Left On The Street / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Joy Of Revelation / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Last Time Loving You / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
• Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• You Are The One / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Don't Be Waitin' / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Self-Produced
• My Native Home / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Old Home Place / Rounder
• Chattanooga Dog / Summer Wages / Summer Wages / Rebel
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
• Little White Washed Chimney / Cox Family / The Old Home Place / Rounder
• Still Climbing Mountains / Blue Highway / Some Day : The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
• Sea Of Regret / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• John And Mary / IIIrd Tyme Out / Footprints / Rounder
• That's What Country Folks Do / Lost & Found / Love, Lost & Found / Rebel
• Mountain Memories / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
• Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Coat Of Many Colors / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• I Wasted My Tears / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• When Someone Wants To Leave / Seldom Scene / Bluegrass: The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• Kentucky Gambler / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• AppleJack / Pam Gadd with Dolly Parton / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway Productions
• Please Search Your Heart / Northern Lights / One Day / Fifty Fifty Music
• Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Larry Stephenson with Connie Smith & Marty Stuart / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• Love Reunited / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• Those Gone And Left Me Blues / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music
• Blue Railroad Train / Josh Williams with Tony Rice / Down Home / Pinecastle
• My Old Kentucky And You / Larry Stephenson with Ricky Skaggs / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• I Thought I'd Seen It All / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• One Wide River / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Dust On The Bible / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Voice Of My Saviour [sic] / Mark Newton with Claire Lynch / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• Tell Me What You Think Of My Lord / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Going To A Mansion / Johnny Williams / Last Day At Galax / Mountain Roads Recordings
• The Only Thing That Matters / Barry Scott & Second Wind / In God's Time / Rebel
• Oh Ye Must Be Born Again / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• I'm Working On A Building / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 1/17/2010

Hi Folks,

Amy will have this week's list up soon, and I'm so far behind schedule that I thought I'd better get last week's list up now before it is too obsolete to post.

Bluegrass Cafe had another five-hour show last Sunday thanks to the UCONN break, and I used the opportunity to bring in some music not often played on the show. Apparently it struck a nerve because I got quite a number of calls expressing thanks for the programming -- only a handful with their own requests. Now, if only I could develop a scientific way to predict that response...!

New music included selections from Patuxent Partners, Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, Jesse Baker, The Spinney Brothers, Chris Jones and the Night Drivers, Chris Warner, Darrin Beachley, and Dan Menzone.

I also introduced brand new releases from Randy Kohrs, Bobby Atkins and the Countrymen, and the wonderful retro-group Carolina Native Sons featuring the late Clarence Greene. Mandolin picker Joseph Scott, one of the band members, told me that the CDs had been in their hands only two days when Clarence passed away. This CD -- "Rank Ol' Bluegrass" -- is a part of an incredible and influential legacy Clarence leaves behind.

From the Heritage Corner vaults, I picked some classic tracks for the show from Mac Martin, Mac Wiseman, The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover, The Osborne Brothers with Red Allen, Joe Val, The Good Ol' Persons featuring a very young Laurie Lewis, Ralph Stanley, and Wade Mainer.

Amy will be on at the regular time of 4-7pm ET this Sunday, January 24, so tune in to hear the banjos and fiddles ring!

Jim Beaver

requests in blue

Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label

• Red Rocking Chair / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-released
• Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent
• Been All Around The World / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet / Self-released
• Bugle Call Rag / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
• Last Old Shovel / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• The Midnight Train / Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• I Thought I'd Seen It All / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
• This Rambler's Ramblin' / Mac Martin / Country Roots: 21 Old-Time Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• I Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Mac Wiseman / 24 Greatest Hits / Highland
• Old Joe Clark / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
• Ruby, Are You Mad? / The Osborne Borthers & Red Allen / Appalachian Stomp: More Bluegrass Classics / Rhino
• Boss Of This House / The Spinney Brothers / When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Self-released
• Draw For 5 / Chris Jones & The Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM Records
• Devil Of The Trail / Randy Kohrs / Quicksand / Rural Rhythm
• Warm Kentucky Sunshine / Adam Steffey with Alison Krauss / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
• Out On The Ocean / Sam Bush / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
• Who Showed Who / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Troublin' Mind / Bobby Atkins & The Countrymen / Memories of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs of the 1950's / Thunderbolt
• Sugarcane Blues / Selma Chalk / Jeff & Vida / Rosebank Records
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Captain, Captain / Crooked Still / Still Crooked / Signature Sounds
• Don't Let Her Get Away / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
• Can't Have One Without The Other / Darrell Webb / Live At Bellamys / Upper Mangement
• Traded The Bottle For A Bible / Various Artists feat. Johnny Williams / Born Into Bluegrass: The Songs of Cullen Galyean / Mountain Roads
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Buzz Matheson & Mac Martin / Echoes Of The Past / White Oak
• Willie Moore / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Fireball / Roger Williams / A Resophonic Retrospective / Happy Appy
• Old Man Dreaming / Larry Gillis / Old Man Dreaming / Tinman
• Down By The River / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• In My Mind To Wander Back / The Virginia Cutups / Cherishing Memories / Fayette County
• The Black Fox / Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• Pretend You're Mine / The Good Ol' Persons / The Good Ol' Persons (The First Recordings) / Bay
• Something Out Of Nothing / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• Crying My Heart Out Over You / Ricky Skaggs / The High Notes / Cracker Barrel
• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) / David Grisman (featuring Ricky Skaggs) / Hand-Picked - 25 Years of Bluegrass on Rounder / Rounder
• Another Lonely Day / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• Lickety Split / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
• Caney Fork River / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk (Prime Cuts Vol. 100) / Mountain Home (KBC)
• I Guess I'll Go On Dreaming / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads
• Run John Hardy / Bobby Atkins & The Countrymen / Memories of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs of the 1950's / Thunderbolt
• Riding In The Back Of The Wagon / Billy Boone Smith / Live From The Moose Lodge / Blue Circle
• Jericho / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
• Hard Workin' Man / Grasstowne / The Other Side Of Towne / Pinecastle
• That's As Close To Lonesome / Darren Beachley / Sad Songs and Sunday Mornings / MasterShield
• Love You Don't Know Cannot Hurt You / Darren Beachley & The Legends of the Potomac / (Single) / Patuxent
• One More Ride / The Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• There Is A Trap / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Walk Away / Monty McClanahan Project / The Road Less Traveled / Self-released
• Montana Cowgirl (Coyote Song) / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy
• Who Showed Who / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Walls Of Time / Peter Rowan / The Walls Of Time / Sugar Hill
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe / The Music Of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994 / MCA
• Send Me Your Address From Heaven / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Cold And Lowdown Lonesome Blues / Blue Highway / Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
• Living In These Troubled Times / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-released
• Old Train / GrassRoutes / Twentieth Anniversary / Self-released
• Years Ago / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• Never Be Through With Lovin' You / Gold Heart / My Sisters And Me / Rural Rhythm
• My Love For You Grows / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
• Hold Whatcha Got / Pam Gadd / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
• I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes / The Carter Family / Can't You Hear Me Callin'- Bluegrass- 80 Years of American Music / Columbia-Legacy
• A Good Way To Get The Blues / The Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues (Prime Cuts Vol. 100) / New Time (KBC)
• Lonesome Old Home / Longview / Classic Bluegrass Collection - Volume 1 / Time-Life
• The Bluebirds Are Singing / The Country Gentlemen / 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Pallet On Your Floor / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / Self-released
• Brand New Tennessee Waltz / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Single Girl / Bearfoot / Doors And Windows / Compass
• I Can't Find Your Love Anymore / Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• Silver Tongue And Gold Plated Lies / Suzanne Thomas / O Sister! / Rounder
• Snow Covered Mound / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• Duncan And Brady (He's Been On The Job Too Long) / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time-Life
• I Want To Be Loved / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
• I'm Building On The Rock Of Ages / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• God's Coloring Book / The Country Gentlemen / Heaven Bound / Time-Life
• It's Me Again Lord / J.D. Crowe / Heaven Bound / Time-Life
• Dust On The Bible / Wade Mainer / I'm Not Looking Backwards / Gusto
• John Saw The Kingdom / The Easter Brothers / The Best Of King / King
• A Voice From On High / Ricky Skaggs / Heaven Bound 2 / Time-Life
• Green Pastures In The Sky / Ricky Skaggs / Solo - Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family
• Angel Band / The Stanley Brothers / The Definitive Collection 1946-1966 / Time-Life
• Jesus And Me / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-released
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / The Best of the Hay Holler Years / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/10/2010

Our second BG Cafe for 2010 featured 5 more hours of the best in Bluegrass, plus a bit of tribute to a true country music -- make that plain old MUSIC -- legend.

Once again, we got an early start (2PM), as Joe the Student DJ is still off for his semester break, so we've been filling his regular 2-4PM Sunday slot with lots more BG. 'Tis quite enjoyable for us, but I'm not really sure how much longer it's going to last. UCONN students begin their classes next week, so there's a possibility that Joe will be back this coming Sunday, but then again...well, we just don't know yet. Stay tuned...(really!)

In the "bonus" hours of the show, we included a whole bunch of songs that were immortalized by the truly legendary Hank Williams. As you know, Hank died on January 1, 1953, but left an amazing impact on the music world in his brief 29 years on earth. As with so many country music greats, Hank's tunes have been recorded by all sorts of Bluegrass performers through the years, so we put a bit of ol' Hank in Sunday's spotlight, playing 15 tunes by him or BG covers of his songs. Truly, we could have played at least 15 more, but we have to save something for another day, right?

(BTW, if you heard me do one of those Tuesday fill-ins I've been doing over the last few weeks, you probably heard a bit of Hank music on December 29th. Yesterday, I didn't completely "recycle" the same tunes I'd played on 12/29 -- just the theme. If you'd like to put a Hank biography on your winter reading list, I made a couple of suggestions in my earlier post).

As for the Bluegrass, there was LOTS of it to share. We played some more from the fine Darin & Brooke Aldridge recording that Jim debuted last week, as well as music from Maine's Gail & Gordon Pike, and a debut CD by a young Canadian musician, Thomas Wywrot. There was also music from forthcoming Rural Rhythm projects by Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie, Michael Martin Murphey, and the Crowe Brothers.

We even had a couple of requests to throw in for good measure, so thanks for asking! We always like to hear from listeners -- share feedback anytime during the show (860-486-9487), post a comment below, or dash off an email to bgcafe@gmail.com.

Jim & Marti join you once again next Sunday -- starting time to be determined. However long the show is, though, you will want to be sure to tune in 'cause you just KNOW it's going to be GOOD!!

Amy

P.S. Be sure to join me this Tuesday, 1/12 for another one of those 1-3PM classic country & BG fill-ins. A certain Cherokee Cowboy celebrates a birthday that day, so guess who's music you'll probably be hearing??


Requests are RED.

• Lickity Split / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent Music
• Colder And Colder / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Walking In The Early Morning Dew / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Hot Night In August / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Springtime In The Rockies / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• My Kentucky Dream / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Keep On Walking / Daughters Of Bluegrass featuring Jeanette Williams / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• Applejack / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Lovesick Blues / Hank Williams / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• The Evening Train / Bob & Danny Paisley / Plum Pitiful / Time Life
• Mansion On The Hill / Whitstein Brothers / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Move It On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life
• Pan American / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill
• Baby We're Really In Love / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy Records
• Why Don't You Love Me / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
• 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• Hey Good Lookin' / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life
• Going Away / Dede Wyland / Keep The Light On / Patuxent Music
• I'll Go Steppin' Too / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• You Live In A World All Your Own / High Country / Perfect Companions / Squirty Records
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Wake Up Susan / Paul Warren / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• Let Me Borrow Your Heart / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• The Old Pine Tree / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute II / MasterShield Records
• Ice Covered Birches / Cliff Waldron / Rebel Records 35th Anniversary Sampler / Rebel
• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• I Know You're Married / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Walls Of Time / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• Sweetest Gift / Stanley Brothers / Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds: The Capitol Years / Capitol
• There Is You / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• Left-Handed Dreamer / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
• A Good Man Like Me / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country
• I Beg To You / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH
• If That's The Way You Feel / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• Georgia Stomp / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• When I'm Gone / BearTracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• Maury River Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Shoulder To Shoulder / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• Who Showed Who / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• 95 Years / Thomas Wywrot / Every Time I Walk This Road / Self-Produced
• Something Out Of Nothing / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• Till I See You Again / Thomas Wywrot / Every Time I Walk This Road / Self-Produced
• Maiden's Prayer / Gail & Gordon Pike / Hard Words / Self-Produced
• A Vision Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• He Came From Carolina / Jim Mills / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill
• Randy Lynn Rag / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• One Of Those Days (When I Miss Lester Flatt) / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle
• You Left Me Alone / Sam Bush / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
• Anybody Else's Heart But Mine / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass Records
• Leave Me The Way I Am / Sawmill Road / Fire On The Kettle / Self-Produced
• Like A Train Needs A Track / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• The Winds Are Blowing In Maggie Valley / Crowe Brothers / Class Of 2009 / Rural Rhythm
• Troubles 'Round My Door / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
• A Good Way To Get The Blues / Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues / New Time Records
• Running Gun / Michael Martin Murphey with Audie Blaylock / Class Of 2009 / Rural Rhythm
• Big Wind / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely Street / Rounder
• I Don't Care / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Class Of 2009 / Rural Rhythm
• I Heard The Bluebirds Sing / Sky Blue Boys / Music In The Air / Self-Produced
• The Lonely Years Belong To Me / Connie & Babe / The Early Days Of Bluegrass, v.10 / Rounder
• One Door Away / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM Records
• Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / Steeltown Records
• The Drowning Sailor / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Just An Old Rounder / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• When I Cross Over Jordan / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel
• Justified / Billy Boone Smith / Five Flat Rocks / Self-Produced
• I Heard My Savior Calling Me / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
• Wondrous Love / Blue Highway / Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, v.1 / Hay Holler
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 1/3/2010

Hi Folks,

Better late than never... after a busy first of the year I am finally getting around to updating this blog for last week.

Bluegrass Cafe was a full five hours on the first Sunday of 2010 because of the opportunity provided by the winter break at UCONN, and I had a ball programming songs that I might not normally have time to get on the air.

I also got to debut the brand new album from Darin & Brooke Aldridge - a newlywed couple making some excellent bluegrass music. Brooke's flawless vocals backed by Darin's harmony will just grab you by the heart and won't turn loose. Their self-titled CD is half-secular and half-gospel, and there is something for practically everyone on the disk. When you hear it, you will be a fan.

Another great album debut on the show was Massachusetts banjo picker Dan Menzone's second solo release, "Frostbite." Dan has a great cast of support artists on this effort including Wyatt Rice, Rickie Simpkins, Don Rigsby, and Richard Bennett. Dan's picking is second to none, and although mostly an instrumental album, the three vocal tracks round out the package very well.

Other new music came from Chris Warner, Jesse Baker, Patty Loveless, Blue Highway, and Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset.

I had great fun raiding the Heritage Corner archives for some great music from the past. This included a set of songs tracing the early career of The Dillards, a great re-release of old and previously unreleased songs from Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers, Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys, Wade Mainer, J.E. Mainer, Charlie Moore, and The Hillmen.

Be sure to tune in at 2pm this Sunday when Amy Orlomoski will make the banjos and fiddles ring for another big five hours of the best in bluegrass music on Bluegrass Cafe.

Jim Beaver

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Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label

• Ring The Bell / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
• Grin and Bear It / Gold Heart / My Sisters And Me / Rural Rhythm
• Fools Thin Air / Patty Loveless / Mountain Soul II / Saguaro Road
• Rutland's Reel / Patrick McAvinue / Rutland's Reel / Patuxent
• I Thought I'd Seen It All / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• Cold And Lowdown Lonesome Blues / Blue Highway / Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
• Taxes, Troubles, And Heartaches / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
• Sugarloaf Mountain Special / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
• Follow the Leader (Farewell Blues) / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
• Just To Ease My Worried Mind / Mac Martin and The Dixie Travelers / A Dark Starless Night / White Oak
• All I Want Is You / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-released
• A Hundred Years From Now / The Infamous Stringdusters / Normal 9-13-2008 / Sugar Hill
• Mule To Ride / The Bluegrass Brothers / As Time Goes By / Self-released
• Second Chances / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
• Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Honi Deaton & Dream / Chasin' Dreams / Lamon
• Train 45 / Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives w. Josh Graves / Live At The Ryman / Superlatone
• Katy Cline / The Dillards / Early Recordings - 1959 / Varese Sarabande
• Groundhog / The Dillards / A Long Time Ago / Varese Sarabande
• Hickory Hollow / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• Somebody Touched Me / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• Dooley / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• The Whole World Round / The Dillards / Live! Almost / Elektra
• Wild John / The Dillards with Byron Berline / Pickin' & Fiddlin' / Elektra
• There Is A Time / The Dillards / Live! Almost / Elektra
• Have Mercy / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Sweet Appalachia / The Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
• Heart & Soul / Larry Gillis / Old Man Dreaming / Tinman
• Daddy Phone / Marty Raybon / Single / GrandVista
• Pioneers / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / LC Productions
• Dang This Heart Of Mine / Mike Jackson / When We Goin' Back / Red Oak
• Black Jack / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / LC Productions
• I'll Always Cherish You / The Virginia Cutups / Cherishing Memories / Fayette County
• Caleb / Various Artists (O'Reilly - Miller - Lester) / North To Ontario 2009 / Self-released
• You Love Me Today / Josh Williams / Lonesome Highway / Pinecastle
• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• I Didn't See It Coming / Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset / The Songs of Tom T. & Dixie Hall (Promotional) / Blue Circle
• Goin' To The Dance / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
• Corn / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• The Little Paper Boy / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Bramble and the Rose / Patty Loveless / Mountain Soul II / Saguaro Road
• Leftover Biscuits / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Sycamore Hollow / Blue Highway / Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
• Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Jesse Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
• Mountain Girl / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Self-released
• Days Of Grey And Black / Various Artists / Born Into Bluegrass - The Songs of Cullen Galyean / Mountain Roads
• Big Wind / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely Street / Rounder
• You Don't Know My Mind / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• The Letter / ShoreGrass / Going Home / Self-released
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Whatcha Gonna Do / Rounder
• Struttin' To Ferrum / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• The Fiddler / Charlie Moore & The Dixie Partners / The Fiddler / Old Homestead
• A Good Way To Get The Blues / The Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues / New Time Records
• Going Back To Old Virginia / Linda Lay and Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Folklife
• Blue And Lonesome / Seldom Scene / Scene It All / Sugar Hill
• Paradise / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
• Dreaming Of A Little Cabin / Wade Mainer / I'm Not Looking Backward / Gusto
• Home Run Man / Crowe, Williams, Blaylock, Ingram / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin "The King Of Bluegrass" / Koch
• A Dark Starless Night / Mac Martin and The Dixie Travelers / A Dark Starless Night / White Oak
• Little Maggie / Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country
• Two Little Boys / Bob Paisley & The Southern Grass / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country
• Who Will Calm The Storm / Liz Meyer / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Jim Lauderdale, Jack Lawrence, & Tony Williamson / Merlefest April 25 2009 / FestivaLink
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Mary Of The Wild Moor / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Can't You Hear Me Calling / The Big Dogs with Tony Trischka / Live At The Birchmere / Strictly Country
• Bury Me In Dixie / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-released
• Church Street Blues / Bryan Sutton and Friends / Almost Live / Sugar Hill
• Bad Money / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Farm Of Yesterday / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
• Last Time Loving You / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
• Blue Night / Dan Menzone with Don Rigsby / Frostbite / LC Productions
• Philadelphia Lawyer / The Virginia Cutups / Cherishing Memories / Fayette County
• Doing All I Can / Gena Britt Tew / Doing All I Can / Self-released
• Revenuer's Blues / The Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
• Colonel Prentiss / Ricky Skaggs / Solo / Skaggs Family
• Roanoke / Roger Williams / A Resophonic Retrospective / Happy Appy
• I'm Building On The Rock of Ages / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• In Perilous Times Like These / Easter Brothers / By Request - Their Greatest Hits / Thoroughbred
• I Am The Man Thomas / Newfound Road / Same Old Place / Rounder
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea
• I'm Not Turning Backward / Mainer's Mountaineers / Good Ole' Mountain Music / King
• I'll Be Long Gone / The Churchmen / I'll Be Long Gone / Pinecastle
• Do You Live What You Preach / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Listen To The Word Of God / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet / Self-released
• Will You Meet Me Over Yonder / Conley - Schmidt and First Love / Conley - Schmidt and First Love / Self-released
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / The Best of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler