"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 7/11/2010

Hi Folks,

I got to the WHUS studio Sunday afternoon to find a new CD in the mail from Larry Gillis and the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band. Without even having a chance to listen, I put on the title track "Swampgrass" right after the opener, and as Larry was driving that archtop banjo hard, the phones lit up! I ended up playing a couple tracks from this really hard-driving traditional recording during the show, but the great news is that the Larry Gillis Band will be appearing at the TrueGrass series August 1st at the Firebox Restaurant at 539 Broad Street in Hartford.

There was more great music on this show, including tracks from a new CD from Rich In Tradition titled "Black Mountain Special." The group Rich In Tradition is an evolution of the band that recorded the great CD "Born Into Bluegrass - The Songs of Cullen Galyean" last year, and is led by Cullen's son Mickey. Every track on the new CD is excellent, and you will be hearing us play from this recording quite a lot in the coming weeks. I especially enjoy the song "Red and Green Signal Lights" co-written by Gussie L. Davis, a black songwriter who wrote this song and the huge 1930s hit "Maple On The Hill" during the 19th century. On a sad note, I just learned that Cullen Galyean passed away in his sleep Tuesday, July 13th. He must have been proud to see Mickey carrying on his great legacy.

There was more new music from Tim O'Brien, Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, Darrell Webb, Common Strings, and The Lonesome River Band. I also sneaked in a version of "Mama Tried" by The Bluegrass Brothers to salute Merle Haggard who was profiled on that morning's version of CBS Sunday Morning.

Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring next week, so don't you miss it.

Jim Beaver

requests in blue

Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Eddie's Hoedown / Johnson Mountain Boys / Goin' Up Copper Creek / Copper Creek
• Swampgrass / Larry Gillis and the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Poor Ramblin Boy / Darrell Webb Band / Bloodline / Rural Rhythm
• It's You Baby You / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Red And Green Signal Lights / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
• M.I.S.I.P. / The John Hartford Stringband / Memories Of John / Red Clay Records
• Letter In The Mail / Tim O'Brien / Chicken & Egg / Howdy Skies Records
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Smashville / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder
• The Harder I Fall / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes IV: Common Threads / Skaggs Family
• One Morning In May / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute Volume II / Self-released
• From The Gutter To The Grave / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent
• Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / Bryan Sutton and Friends / Almost Live / Sugar Hill
• Tarred And Feathered / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Self-released
• Revenuer's Blues / The Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
• Bailin' Again / James Reams & The Barnstormers / Pre-release Single / Mountain Redbird
• The Old Coon Dog / Don Stover / Things In Life / Rounder
• 40 Years / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-released
• Whippoorwill / Billy Boone Smith / Live From The Moose Lodge / Muddy Sunshine
• Banjo Blues / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
• The Last Song / Josh Williams / Down Home / Pinecastle
• The Bluebirds Singing For Me / Larry Stephenson / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• What Gives You The Right / Adam Steffey / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Joe Walsh / Saturday Night Waltz / Self-released
• Goodbye Wheeling / Lonesome River Band / Still Learning / Rural Rhythm
• I Thought That She Loved Me / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Sweet Sunny South / Suzanne Thomas / Dear Friends & Gentle Hearts / Rounder
• Where Is My Little Cabin Home / Kathy Kallick Band / Between The Hollow and the High-Rise / Live Oak Records
• The Old Home Town / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / Self-released
• Black Mountain Special / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
• Willie Moore / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• Things Things Things / The Cana Ramblers / No Expectations / Self-released
• Love Has Its Way Of Hurting / Larry Gillis and the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Tinman
• July You're A Woman / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Self-released
• I Can't Go On This Way / Hagar's Mountain Boys / Forever Yours / Self-released
• Heartbreak Express / Delia Bell and Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
• Worried Man Blues (bed) / Tom Adams / Adams County Banjo / Rounder
  
• The Village Bear (bed) / Tom Adams / Adams County Banjo / Rounder
• Brushy Creek (bed) / Tom Adams / Adams County Banjo / Rounder
• Please Don't Honey Please Don't / Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / Steeped In Tradition / Self-released
• Mama Tried / The Bluegrass Brothers / As Time Goes By / Self-released
• Brand New Set Of Blues / Williams & Clark Expedition / Brand New Set Of Blues / Acoustiblue
• Bullets Always Win / Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice / Heartaches and Dreams / Rebel
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• Whisper Baby / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here's A Little Song... / Bell Buckle
• Spin On A Red Brick Floor / Nu-Blu / Nights / Self-released
• Beautiful Hall / Jeff Parker and others / Look To The Light - Songs of Faith from the Pen of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm
• Give The Devil An Inch / Billy Boone Smith / Five Flat Rocks / Muddy Sunshine
• Glorious Power / Common Strings / Somewhere In Glory / Rural Rhythm
• Hallelujah / The Isaacs / ...Naturally / Gaither-Spring House
• Living The Right Life Now / Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Just A Little Closer Home / Rebel
• I Will Not Be Denied / Larry Sparks / I Just Want To Thank You Lord / Rural Rhythm
• My Lord What A Morning / Sweet Potato Pie / Journey Called Life / Mountain Fever
• Let's All Go Down To The River / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
• Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold This Body Down / Jim Lloyd and the Skyliners / Songs From My Attic / Mountain Roads
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler