"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/27/2010

On Sunday's show, I was inspired to shine a bit of a spotlight on the music of some performers from New England who have been recognized at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky as "Pioneers Of Bluegrass." While I was delighted to share a bit of music from Pioneers like Herb Applin, Hazel & Mac McGee, Sam Tidwell, Fred Pike, and Joe Val, I find now that these folks deserve to be played much more than just once every couple of months. I'll endeavor to do that in future weeks, for sure. In the meantime, enjoy a couple of these photos of our very own Pioneers from eastern Connecticut -- Fred Pike (on the banjo) and Sam Tidwell (shown with an electric bass in the band photo, and with a fiddle at the "Bluegrass For Food" festival in Sterling on June 13th).

Thanks to Connecticut fiddler (and former WHUS DJ on "The Magic of Bluegrass") Cathy Bumgarner Day for posting so many great photos of her with some of the Pioneers of BG on her Facebook page. The amazing things you can find on the Internet!

In addition to music from the Pioneers on Sunday's show, we included new (or newer) music from the likes of Rhonda Vincent (a single from her forthcoming project on her own Upper Management Music label), the Special Consensus (their celebratory "35" is on Compass Records), Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford ("Dogwood Winter" on Rural Rhythm will be released later this summer), a mostly-a capella gospel recording from Barry Scott & Second Wind ("Sunday Mornin' Meetin' Time"), the fabulous Jimmy Martin-inspired gospel project from J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, & Paul Williams ("Old Friends Get Together" on Mountain Home), and Pennsylvania's Louie Setzer & the Appalachian Mountain Boys (a self-released project called "Wish I Were There"). Connecticut musicians have new recording projects, too: from Fred Etheridge & Nick Anderson there is "Pickin' & Singin' " and a gospel project from the Gallagher Family Band titled, "The Old Fashioned Church."

And you know that we always like to give away things, and so, we did on Sunday. There were 2 CD giveaways, as well as 2 passes to the upcoming Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival in Rangeley, Maine. This one-day event happens on Saturday, August 7th, and features none other than the Del McCoury Band as part of their lineup. For more information, click on their website here. Jim will have more Saddleback passes to give away this Sunday -- be sure to listen for your chance to win!

While I won't be in the "Bluegrass Cafe" again until July 18th, I hope you'll consider joining me for another classic country & BG fill-in this Thursday, July 1st from 10AM-noon. It should be fun.

Have a great 4th, and don't forget to include Jim and the "BG Cafe" in your Independence Day radio listening!

Amy

Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill	Del McCoury Band	RockyGrass	Blue Planet
  My Rocky Mountain Sweetheart	David Davis & the Warrior River Boys	David Davis & the Warrior River Boys	Rebel
  Up This Hill And Down	The Grascals	The Famous Lefty Flynn’s	Rounder
  Big Spike Hammer	Osborne Brothers	Once More, Volumes I & II	Sugar Hill
  You’re That Certain Someone	Warrior River Boys	New Beginnings	Rounder
  Lonesome And Blue	Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys	Classic Bluegrass	Rebel
  More Than I Can Bear	Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac	Take Off	Patuxent Music
  No One Has To Tell Me (What Love Is)	Lynn Morris	Mama’s Hand	Rounder
  Yessir!	Jessie Baker	Yessir!	Patuxent Music
  Don’t Act	Rhonda Vincent	All American Bluegrass Girl	Rounder
  This Weary Heart You Stole Away	Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys	Can’t You Hear The Mountains Calling	Rounder
  Sweet Summertime	Rhonda Vincent		Upper Management Music
  Used To These Old Blues	Special Consensus	35	Compass Records
  Just Along For The Ride	Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford	Dogwood Winter	Rural Rhythm
  What Would You Do	Fred Etheridge & Nick Anderson	Pickin’ & Singin’	Self-Produced
  Route 6 Ramble	Louie Setzer & the Appalachian Mountain Boys	Wish I Were There	Self-Produced
  We Can’t Be Darlings Anymore	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	Selected Sides, 1950-1952	JSP Records
  Hills Of Georgia	Hylo Brown	Lovesick And Sorrow	Starday
  Sugar Tree Stomp	Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman	Tribute To Fiddlin’ Paul Warren	Self-Produced
  Bluegrass, Don’t You Know	Curly Seckler with Larry Cordle	Bluegrass, Don’t You Know	Copper Creek
  Don’t Get Above Your Raising	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	The Essential Earl Scruggs	Columbia Legacy
  The Train’s Ready	Balsam Range	Marching Home	Mountain Home
  Crazy Heart	Ben Greene with James King	Bluegrass Sideman	Blue Circle Records
  The Memory Of Your Smile	Dede Wyland	Keep The Light On	Patuxent Music
  Georgia Stomp	Jesse Brock	Kickin’ Grass	Pinecastle
  I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow	Soggy Bottom Boys	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Mercury
  Reno Ride	Reno & Smiley	Early Years, 1951-1959	Gusto
  Plastic Heart	Old Time Bluegrass Singers	Plastic Heart	Open Road
  Pikearoo	Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers	Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers	Rebel
  The Last Log Drive	Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys	The Last Log Drive	Revonah
  Stranger In My Home	White Mountain Bluegrass	Aragon Mill	Strictly Country
  Sparkling Brown Eyes	Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys	One Morning In May	Rounder
  Wander On, Weary Soul	Bluegrass Gospel Project	Wander On	Vital Records
  Whitehouse Blues	Muleskinner	A Potpourri Of Bluegrass Jam	DBK Records
  Old New Hampshire Home	Smokey Greene	The Friendly Voice Of Smokey Greene	Pinecastle
  I Ain’t Goin’ Down	Nashville Bluegrass Band	Waitin’ For The Hard Times To Go	Sugar Hill
  What Can I Do	Gibson Brothers	Ring The Bell	Compass Records
  Rovin’ Gambler	Peter Rowan	The Walls Of Time	Sugar Hill
  How Long	Cherryholmes	Cherryholmes	Skaggs Family
  Garden In The Sky	Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys	Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys	GHP Records
  Beautiful Hall	Jeff Parker	Look To The Light: Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang	Rural Rhythm
  Place Prepared For Me	Barry Scott & Second Wind	Sunday Mornin’ Meetin’ Time	Self-Produced
  On The Wings Of Angels	Spinney Brothers	Side By Side	Self-Produced
  The Old Fashioned Church	Gallagher Family Band	The Old Fashioned Church	Self-Produced
  Stormy Waters	J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams	Old Friends Get Together	Mountain Home
  I’m A Stranger	Johnson Mountain Boys	We’ll Still Sing On	Rounder
  Jordan	Laurel Canyon Ramblers	Rambler’s Blues	Sugar Hill
  Black Mountain Blues	Johnson Mountain Boys	Requests	Rounder

A suggestion of reading material...

While on the air on Tuesday morning, I made a book recommendation, and said that I'd provide the title/author info online. Then, I promptly forgot to share. Oops.

This book - In The Country Of Country: A Journey To The Roots Of American Music - isn't a new book; in fact, it was written by Nicholas Dawidoff and was published in 1997. Dawidoff, a journalist, visited many of the birthplaces and/or hometowns of several country (and Bluegrass) legends to see if he could get an idea of how environment and surroundings were able to shape these performers. His subjects make for interesting reading, especially if you have any interest in "real" country music and its performers. As Dawidoff's research and interviews were conducted in the 1990s, many of his chosen subjects were still alive and making music (i.e. Bill Monroe, Buck Owens, Harlan Howard, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash). Other performers profiled include the Stanley Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, Doc Watson, Emmylou Harris, Earl Scruggs, Merle Haggard, and George Jones, just to name a few.

While the book is still available at several online retailers, I suggest you visit your local library to see if they might own the book, or can borrow a copy for you via interlibrary loan. No matter how you have to obtain this book, though, do it, as I think it's worth the effort.

Four summer fill-ins (so far) for Amy...

Even though I haven't been on the air to host the "BG Cafe" for several weeks, I've still been able to get my radio "fix" over the past few weeks by doing a few fill-ins. As you might expect in a staff of volunteers, there are always opportunities to do fill-ins -- and so, I've done four of them in the past month. In my fill-in radio time, I've been able to play a whole bunch of classic country music plus a good bit of BG, too. If you have an interest in reading playlists, read on...

And I hope you'll join me in the "BG Cafe" this coming Sunday, June 27th.

Friday, May 28th - 1-3PM: Included were a few tunes appropriate for the start of Memorial Day weekend.

• Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea / Jimmie Rodgers / The Essential Jimmie Rodgers / RCA
• When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• The Prisoned Cowboy / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era
• Honeymoon On A Rocketship / Hank Snow / The Gold Rush Is Over / Bear Family
• Making Believe / Kitty Wells / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• Cryin' Heart Blues / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Trademark / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• Talk To Your Heart / Ray Price / I'll Be There: The Legend Begins / Country Stars
• Why Don't You Love Me / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Elton Britt / Ridin' With Elton / Soundies
• Soldier's Last Letter / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA
• Military Five String / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Statler Brothers / Greatest Hits / Mercury
• Walk On By / Leroy Van Dyke / Billboard Top Country Hits, 1961 / Rhino
• I Heard The Bluebirds Sing / The Browns / The Complete Hits / Collectors' Choice Music
• A Hundred Years From Now / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems /
• Cajun Fiddle / Don Rich & the Buckaroos / Country Pickin' / Sundazed
• RV Blues / Smokey Greene / The Friendly Voice Of Smokey Greene / Pinecastle
• Rednecks, White Socks, And Blue Ribbon Beer / Johnny Russell / Rednecks, White Socks, And Blue Ribbon Beer / RCA
• There Stands The Glass / Webb Pierce / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• He'll Have To Go / Jim Reeves / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• Sweethearts In Heaven / Buck Owens & Rose Maddox / On The Bandstand / Sundazed
• A Man Like Me / Roger Miller / A Man Like Me / Bear Family
• Dang Me / Roger Miller / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Late For School / Steve Martin / The Crow / Rounder
• Mourning Dove / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• The Boys Are Back In Town / Patty Loveless / Mountain Soul / Epic
• Ruby Ann / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life: The Best Of Marty Robbins, 1952-1965 / Columbia
• Devil Woman / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Blue Kentucky Girl / Loretta Lynn / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
• He'd Take Her Back Again / Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
• The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago / Johnny Cash with Carl Perkins, the Carter Family, & the Statler Brothers / At San Quentin / Columbia Legacy
• The Fool / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Home Of The Blues / Sugar Hill
• Rockin' Alone / Everly Brothers / 36 All-Time Favorites / GSC Music
  
  
  

Tuesday, June 8th - 8-10AM: While filling in for a guitar-heavy program called "Red House," I played two versions of a mighty fine guitar instrumental ("Buckaroo"), as well as several tunes from a 1950s RCA Victor LP in our WHUS library, "Hank Snow's Country Guitar." Mr. Snow not only possessed a very fine, unique singing voice, but a super-distinctive guitar style, as well. This is great stuff I was quite happy to share...

• Buckaroo / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Country Pickin' / Sundazed
• Buckaroo / James Allan Shelton / Where I'm Bound / Sheltone Records
• Sweetest Love / Stanley Brothers / Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• Old, Old House / Peter Rowan / The Walls Of Time / Sugar Hill
• Some Old Day / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• The White Dove / Stanley Brothers / Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
• 40 Years / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Self-Produced
• Bad Moon Rising / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Twelfth Street Rag / Hank Snow / Hank Snow's Country Guitar / RCA Victor
• The Golden Rocket / Hank Snow / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• Grandfather's Clock / Hank Snow / Hank Snow's Country Guitar / RCA Victor
• Mississippi River Blues / Hank Snow / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• The Lover's Farewell / Hank Snow / Hank Snow's Country Guitar / RCA Victor
• Once A Day / Connie Smith / The Essential Connie Smith / RCA
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Rose Maddox / This Is Rose Maddox / Arhoolie Records
• Jolene / Dolly Parton / Box Set Sampler / Columbia Legacy
• Blue Railroad Train / Josh Williams with Tony Rice / Down Home / Pinecastle
• Cold On The Shoulder / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot / Rounder
• Cherokee Shuffle / Josh Williams / Down Home / Pinecastle
• You're Learning / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming: The Best Of The Louvin Brothers / Razor & Tie
• If I Could Only Win Your Love / Emmylou Harris / Profile / Warner Bros.
• If I Could Only Win Your Love / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming: The Best Of The Louvin Brothers / Razor & Tie
• Picker's Blues / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Southern California / Tammy Wynette & George Jones / Greatest Hits, Volume 4 / Epic
• Wait For The Light To Shine / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia
• Heart Over Mind / Jim & Jesse / Our Kind Of Country / Pinecastle
• If You're Ever Lonely Darling / Ray Price / The Essential Ray Price / Columbia
• You Ain't Woman Enough / Loretta Lynn / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
• Leaves Musn't Fall / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• I'll Be A Bachelor 'Til I Die / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
• Big River / Johnny Cash / The Essential Johnny Cash / Columbia
• Blue Grass Special / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia

Thursday, June 17th - 10AM-noon: The classic country/BG mix this week included tributes to 2010 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Jimmy Dean, who died June 13, 2010, as well as 1985 CM Hall of Fame inductee and bona fide BG legend, Lester Raymond Flatt, who was born on June 19, 1914.

• Poor Ellen Smith / Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks / The Golden Age / Columbia
• The White Dove / Johnnie & Jack with Kitty Wells / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• Lonesome, Sad And Blue / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Stanley Brothers / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia
• Satisfaction Guaranteed / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) / Hank Snow / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know / Davis Sisters / Your Cheatin' Heart: Classic Country Hits / Dynamic
• Pistol Packin' Mama / Al Dexter & His Troopers / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Lovesick Blues / Hank Williams / 24 Of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits / Mercury
• Big Bad John / Jimmy Dean / Greatest Country Hits, 1961 / Rhino
• The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And The Last Thing Ev'ry Night) / Jimmy Dean / #1 Country / Columbia
• Pitfall / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming: The Best Of The Louvin Brothers / Razor & Tie
• Call Me Up (And I'll Come Calling On You) / Marty Robbins / Live Classics / Sony Music
• The Window Up Above / George Jones / George Jones Sings Country & Western Hits / Mercury
• Mr. & Mrs. Used To Be / Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
• The Class Of '57 / Statler Brothers / Gold / Mercury
• Waiting For A Train / Jimmie Rodgers / The Essential Jimmie Rodgers / RCA
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Your Love Is Like A Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• The Ballad Of Jed Clampett / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Bean Blossom / MCA
• The Golden Rocket / Hank Snow / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• Joe's Last Train / Country Gentlemen / Joe's Last Train / Rebel
• Wildwood Flower / Carter Family / Johnny Cash At Madison Square Garden / Columbia Legacy
• Old Log Cabin For Sale / Bob Coxx / Lake Compounce Proudly Presents Slim Coxx... / Coxx Records
• A Satisfied Mind / Porter Wagoner / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• You Don't Know My Mind / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Orange Blossom Special / Slim Coxx / Lake Compounce Proudly Presents Slim Coxx... / Coxx Records
  
  

Tuesday, June 22nd - 8-10AM: Another "Red House" fill-in so we put a spotlight on one of the greatest traditional guitar pickers of the 20th century, Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson. There's so much great Doc music, it was difficult to limit myself to just a few tunes, but there are always more radio shows...

• Keep On The Sunny Side / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• In The Summertime / Roger Miller / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Walking In The Sunshine / Statler Brothers / The World Of The Statler Brothers / Columbia
• You Are My Sunshine / Gene Autry / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Daisey Mae / Jason Carter / On The Move / Rounder
• The Bluest Man In Town / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Live In Japan / Copper Creek
• The Last Steam Engine Train / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder
• I'm Justified / Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Whatcha Gonna Do / Rounder
• I'm Really Gone / Charlie Sizemore / Back Home / Rebel
• Till The End Of The World Rolls Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Where I'm Bound / James Alan Shelton / Where I'm Bound / Sheltone Records
• I'm Gonna Try / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Heartaches For A Day / Melba Montgomery / Close Together As You And Me / Musicor
• Alone With You / Faron Young / The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young / Collectors' Choice Music
• According To My Heart / Jim Reeves / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life: The Best Of Marty Robbins, 1952-1965 / Columbia
• Flame In My Heart / George Jones & Melba Montgomery / What's In Our Heart / United Artists
• You Must Come In At The Door / Doc Watson / The Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Watson's Blues / Bill Monroe & Doc Watson / Live Duet Recordings, 1963-1980 / Smithsonian Folkways
• Dill Pickle Rag / Chet Atkins & Doc Watson / Reflections / Sugar Hill
• Thunder Road/Sugarfoot Rag / Doc Watson with Duane Eddy / Docabilly / Sugar Hill
• Summertime / Doc & Richard Watson / Third Generation Blues / Sugar Hill
• Bright Sunny South / Doc Watson / The Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Rag / Doc & Merle Watson / Black Mountain Rag / Sugar Hill
• Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Ray Price / Collectors' Choice / Harmony
• The Tramp On The Street / Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• I'm Longing For A Love I'll Never Know / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• The New Five Cents / Mike Compton & David Grier / Climbing The Walls / Rounder
• Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Jim & Jesse / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Bud's Bounce / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / The Instrumental Hits Of Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
• No Help Wanted / The Carlisles / Your Cheatin' Heart: Classic Country Hits / Dynamic
• Settin' The Woods On Fire / Hank Williams / 20th Century Masters / Mercury