"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