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