"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 8/29/2010

Hi Folks.

There were many reasons we played certain songs on this show. To start off, Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show was in the area Saturday night at the Salem Barn, and again on this very evening at the TrueGrass Series at the Firebox, so we played a tune from a project by Karl's fiddler, Charlie Lawson, and one from Karl himself from his first Rebel project.

Next we celebrated Mr. Alton Orlomoski's birthday (that's Amy's and Tex's father) by playing three of his favorite songs by Elton Britt, Gene Autry, and The Carter Family. While all three have been done bluegrass style, we chose to play original or period versions as he might have heard them first.

Marti and I had been in our home state of North Carolina a week earlier, and got to spend most of an afternoon with my friend J.E. Mainer, Jr (photo left) -- son of string band pioneer J.E. Mainer. J.E. Junior was born in 1924, witnessed the entire musical career of his father, and was himself a member of J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers after WW2. Even at 86, he still plays and sings at his church. We played one of his dad's King recordings made in the 1940s to celebrate our visit.

We closed the gospel set with a song written by beloved Eastern Connecticut guitar picker, Fred Etheridge, recorded with help from Nick Anderson and Mark Doyle. Fred has experienced some serious health issues recently and is in the hospital, but his song, "What Would You Do," is gaining many fans in the area.

Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring next Sunday 4-7pm ET, so be sure to tune in 91.7 FM in the area, or whus.org over the web.

Jim Beaver

Song/Artist/Album/Label

• Hickory Hollow / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Warner
• Maybe You Will Change Your Mind / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Big Ball In Brooklyn / Charlie Lawson & Oak Hill / Memories Of You / Self-released
• Where The Smoke Goes Up / Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show / Self-titled / Rebel
• There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Elton Britt / The Victory Collection / Smithsonian Institution
• You Are My Sunshine / Gene Autry / The Essential Gene Autry / Columbia
• Wildwood Flower / The Carter Family / In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family
• Cryin' Heart Blues / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm
• Lickety Split / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
• She's More To Be Pitied / Lou Reid and Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
• The Beans Should Be Blossomed / The Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Mastertone Productions
• Tarred And Feathered / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Self-titled / Self-released
• Another Day / The McCoury Brothers / Self-titled / Rounder
• I'll Be Myself Again / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• M.I.S.I.P. / The John Hartford String Band / Memories of John / Red Clay
• The Boys From North Carolina / John Hartford / Goin' Back To Dixie / Small Dog A-Barkin'
• Sixteen Cents / Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford / Dogwood Winter / Rural Rhythm
• Hillbilly Goddess / Alecia Nugent / Hillbilly Goddess / Rounder
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Farm Of Yesterday / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
• Swampgrass / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Feast Here Tonight / Scruggs, Watson, Skaggs / The Three Pickers / Rounder
• Where Will This End? / The Patuxent Partners / Seven or Eleven / Patuxent
• Rambler's Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Live And Learn / Rebel
• Record Time Machine / Lonesome River Band / Still Learning / Rural Rhythm
• Where Is My Little Cabin Home / Kathy Kallick Band / Between The Hollow and the High-Rise / Live Oak
• Run Mountain / J.E. Mainer / The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / Hollywood
• Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Gone Beserk / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / LC Productions
• The Bluest Man In Town / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
• Too Much On My Heart / Dailey & Vincent / Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
• Dixieland (My Home Town) / Ralph Stanley / Old-Time Pickin' / Rebel
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Joe Walsh / Saturday Night Waltz / Self-released
• Try And Catch The Wind / Nu-Blu / Nights / Self-released
• Little John, I Am / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
• Who Will Sing For Me / Scruggs, Watson, Skaggs / The Three Pickers / Rounder
• Home Sweet Home / Greg Morton / Solo Guitar / Self-released
• Big Sciota / Greg Morton / Solo Guitar / Self-released
• Mountain Girl / Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel
• 1946 / David Peterson / Live at WHUS / No Label
• Up This Hill And Down / The Grascals / The Famous Lefty Flynn's / Rounder
• Life Of The Blues / The Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues / New Time Records
• Summers Gone / The Hagar's Mountain Boys / Forever Yours / Self-released
• The Black Fox / Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
• Stormy Waters / Crowe, Lawson, Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• Are You Afraid To Die / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder
• O Come Angel Band / Paul Adkins & The Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Tramp On The Street / Carl Story / The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / Hollywood
• He Understands / Barry Scott, Dale Ann Bradley / Look To The Light, Songs of Faith from the Pen of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm
• Light On My Feet, Ready To Fly / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Light On My Feet, Ready To Fly / Horizon
• Weary Angel Of Death / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
• Preachin' Prayin' Singin' / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
• What Would You Do / Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin And Sing'n / Self-released
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/22/2010

Sunday in Storrs, CT was kind of a dreary day -- sort of rainy and not all that warm. We've had some absolutely spectacular weather this summer, though, so no one can complain too much. We tried to keep the music on the "sunny side," so I hope you were able to hear something you enjoyed...

Jimmy Martin, the self-appointed "King Of Bluegrass" and a very colorful character in the world of Bluegrass, would have celebrated his 83rd birthday on August 10th. Jimmy Martin's music continues to be recorded today -- for instance, Josh Williams has a version of "The Last Song" that is currently climbing up the National Bluegrass Survey -- so we paid tribute to Jimmy with about a half-dozen tunes by or about him. Clearly, many folks in the area are still great fans of Jimmy Martin and his music, as we heard stories from a couple of local musicians about times when Jimmy played show dates at Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT, or at a BG festival in Maine. Three musicians who are alumni of Jimmy's Sunny Mountain Boys -- J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, & Paul Williams -- have recently released a recording of several Jimmy Martin gospel tunes called, "Old Friends Get Together." This is a GREAT recording, and we had a copy to give away to one lucky caller. Well, we could have easily given away a dozen copies to folks who called wanting that CD. Even five years after the death of Jimmy Martin, it's great to know that folks are still enjoying his music.

We tried to shine a bit of a spotlight on some fine Bluegrass musicians from New England. There are certainly plenty of them, so we shared some music, new and not-so-new, from the likes of White Mountain Bluegrass, Southern Rail, the Bear Bridge Band, Stonewall Bluegrass, Bear Minimum, the Old Time Bluegrass Singers, Acoustic Blue, Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys, the Pike Family & the Pine Hill Ranchers, and Bob & Grace French.

And we still had time to squeeze in new music from projects by Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford, Marty Marrone & Tangled Roots, Sidetrack, and Maro Kawabata.

Jim (and maybe even Marti) will join you on the air this coming Sunday for lots of great music -- do join them, won't you?

Have a great week -

Amy

REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I'll Pretend It's Raining / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Ole Slew Foot / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / Self-Produced
• Tennessee Hound Dog / Pam Gadd / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway Productions
• Leavin' / Tasty Licks / True Bluegrass / Rounder
• Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Til I Die) / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• Hard Times Are Here / Dewey Brown with Ralph Stanley / Hard Times For A Fiddler / Dew Bug Records
• Sweet Summertime / Rhonda Vincent / Taken / Upper Management Music
• Heartaches And Dreams / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Heartaches & Dreams / Rebel
• Don't Lie To Me / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent Music
• Won't You Think Of Me / Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley & the Southern Mountain Boys / Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley & the Southern Mountain Boys / GHP Records
• Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Jimmy Martin Songs For Dinner / Gary Brewer / Jimmy Martin Songs For Dinner / Self-Produced
• Sophronie / David Grisman with Tony Rice / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• Home Run Man / Audie Blaylock with Paul Williams / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch Records
• Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Prayer Bells Of Heaven / Crowe, Lawson & Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• Merry Go Round / Brand New Strings / No Strings Attached / Rural Rhythm
• Prisoner Of The Highway / Southern Rail / On The Road From Appomattox / Railway Records
• Cindy Mae / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• I've Never Been So Lonesome / Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley & the Southern Mountain Boys / Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley & the Southern Mountain Boys / GHP Records
• Harley's Breakdown / Bray Brothers with Red Cravens / Prairie Bluegrass / Rounder
• Swinging Bridge / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Women Of Sorrow / Bear Bridge Band / Bear Essentials / Open Road
• Slidin' Delta / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Cheshire Tragedy / Bear Minimum / Demo / Self-Produced
• Stone Was Rolled Away / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Why Ask Why? / Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford / Dogwood Winter / Rural Rhythm
• Weary Day / Marty Marrone & Tangled Roots / Life Of A Dream / Self-Produced
• I Know Whose Tears / Sidetrack / Rowdy To Reverent / Self-Produced
• These Tears / Maro Kawabata with Andy Ball / Sunset Drive / FGM Records
• Farm Of Yesterday / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Mountain Memories / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
• Used To These Old Blues / Special Consensus / 35 / Compass Records
• The Last Log Drive / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah Records
• Cold And Lowdown Lonesome Blues / Blue Highway / Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
• For Ever And Ever / Pike Family & Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel
• Sugarloaf Mountain Special / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
• My Baby's Waiting On The Other Side / The Grascals / The Famous Lefty Flynn's / Rounder
• The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Standing In The Need Of Prayer / Bob & Grace French / The Rainbow Valley Boys & Sweetheart / no label
• It's Just Like Heaven / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute, Volume II / Mastershield Records
• Who Will Sing For Me / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1959 / JSP Records
• Then Y'Ain't / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / The Voice Of God / Rebel
• Kneel At The Cross / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Talking About That Old Time Religion / Whetstone Run / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country
• My Lord's Been A Walkin' / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Sailing On / Russell Moore with Dale Ann Bradley / Look To The Light: Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Don't You Wanna Go To Heaven / Dailey & Vincent / Singing From The Heart / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 8/15/2010

Hi Folks.

Marti joined me in the WHUS studio Sunday the 15th for an enjoyable afternoon of music centered around the many area performances over the last month at venues such as the TrueGrass Series at the Firebox, The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival in East Hartford, and the Shady Creek Reunion in Plainfield, CT.

This included songs from the hard driving Larry Gillis, Connecticut favorites Shady Creek, Gail & Gordon Pike from Maine, The Earl Brothers from San Francisco, bluegrass pioneer Sam Tidwell, local guitarist Fred Etheridge, and Podunk featured performers such as young guitar genius Josh Williams, Williams & Clark Expedition (now The Expedition Show with Monroe banjoist Blake Williams), David Davis from Cullman, Alabama, Ricky Skaggs, Jesse Baker, Michael Cleveland, resophonic master Roger Williams, and Rhonda Vincent.

The Heritage Corner provided songs from Scotty Stoneman, The Foot Hill Boys (including Cullen Galyean), Reno & Smiley, Ted Lundy & Bob Paisley, the Stanley Brothers, and Mac Wiseman.

New music came from Ashleigh Caudill, Darrell Webb, and Gary Waldrep.

We also played a track from a fun reissue of a 1976 album from Roland White.



Jim Beaver

Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Scotty Stoneman / The Lost Masters / Old Homestead
• Bluegrass Time / The Foot Hill Boys / Bluegrass In The Carolina Mountains / County
• Kristi Lynn / Larry Gillis and the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Love, O' Love Please Come Home / Reno & Smiley / Bluegrass 1963 / Rural Rhythm
• Back To Dixie / Shady Creek / Shady Creek Vol 1 / Self-released
• Cumberland River / Gail & Gordon Pike and Mainly Grass / Hard Words / Self-released
• Cold & Lonesome / The Earl Brothers / The Earl Brothers / Self-released
• Blue Grass Special / Taylor Baker / Taylor Baker / Patuxent
• Roustabout / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & The Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Renovah
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me / The Prospectors / Live at Allen's Cafe / Self-released
• High Lonesome / Lonesome River Band / Still Learning / Rural Rhythm
• 99 Years / Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin And Sing'n / Self-released
• I'll Break Out Again Tonight / Acoustic Blue / This Is Now / Self-released
• Pallet On Your Floor / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / Self-released
• Where Is My Little Cabin Home / Kathy Kallick Band / Between The Hollow and the High Rise / Live Oak Records
• Don't Lie To Me / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• Carolina Memories / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Hurricane / Rural Rhythm
• I Was Dreaming Of A Little Cabin / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-released
• Poor Ellen Smith / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
• Cripple Creek / Robert Byrd / Mountain Fiddler / County
• Black Mountain Special / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
• Montana Cowboy / Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley, and the Southern Mountain Boys / Slipping Away / Rounder (LP)
• Orphan Child / Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley, and the Southern Mountain Boys / Slipping Away / Rounder (LP)
• Pardon Me / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• I'm Bringing Home Good News / Darrell Webb Band / Bloodline / Rural Rhythm
• Swampgrass / Larry Gillis and the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Tinman
• The Last Song / Josh Williams / Down Home / Pinecastle
• Goodbye Heartache (Hello You) / Williams & Clark Expedition / Brand New Set Of Blues / Acoustiblue
• Two Dimes And A Nickel / David Davis & The Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes & A Nickel / Rebel
• It's Mighty Dark To Travel / Ricky Skaggs / Honoring The Fathers of Bluegrass / Skaggs Family
• Banjo Fling / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
• Troubles 'Round My Door / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
• Heart Wrenching Lovesick Memories / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
• Little Darling, Pal Of Mine / Stanley Brothers / Songs of the Carter Family / Gusto
• I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Country Gentlemen / Songs Of The Carter Family / Gusto
• Lonesome Fiddle Blues / Vassar Clements, Tony Rice and the Low Country All-Star Band / Self-titled / Flatt Mountain Records
• Dancin' In The Kitchen / Ashleigh Caudill / Fruit Of The Vine / Self-released
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass 1971 / Rural Rhythm
• Value / Ashleigh Caudill / Fruit Of The Vine / Self-released
• The Prisoner's Song / Roland White / I Wasn't Born To Rock'n Roll / Tompkins Square
• Roanoke / Roger Williams / A Resophonic Retrospective / Happy Appy
• Over In The Gloryland / Reno & Smiley with the Stanley Brothers / Bluegrass 1963 / Rural Rhythm
• What Would You Do / Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin And Sing'n / Self-released
• I've Been Redeemed / Junior Sisk and others / Look To The Light - Songs of Faith from the Pen of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm
• It Moves Me / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Mountain Home
• They Called It A Church / Billy Boone Smith / Five Flat Rocks / Muddy Sunshine
• Preachin' By The Roadside / Common Strings / Somewhere In Glory / Rural Rhythm
• Noah And The Mighty Ark / The Gary Waldrep Band Road / Leading Home / Blue Circle Records
• Soul Train / Larry Sparks / I Just Want To Thank You Lord / Rural Rhythm
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

Plenty of BG in southern New England this weekend...

The Bear Bridge Band at the 2009 Peru Car Cruize-In event

There are at least three noteworthy (no pun intended) BG events happening this coming weekend -- hope you can take part in one or two of 'em...

On Friday, August 13th it'll be a lucky day for fans of super-traditional, straight-ahead Bluegrass. Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, fresh from two rousing sets of music at last weekend's Podunk Bluegrass Festival, will return to play in New England at the Bull Run Restaurant on 215 Great Road in Shirley, MA. Showtime is 8PM. For more information, click here or call (877)536-7190.

Saturday, August 14th will bring two unique events, one in the Berkshires, and the other in Connecticut's "Quiet Corner:"

First up, tiny Peru, MA will host its 3rd annual Car Cruize-In Night. The event is held at the Partridgefield Park & Pavilion in the Peru Town Center (on Route 143 in western MA), and features all kinds of great food, games and activities for the kids, cool cars, and, of course, some fine music from local bands. Of interest to BGers, though, might be the once-or-so-a-year performance by the Bear Bridge Band. Yup, this is a band that includes my brother, Dave (as well my "other brother, Dave" Shaw and Robert & Lillian Fraker, who now work a bunch with their "regular band," the Old Time Bluegrass Singers). However, these folks still pick together whenever they can, and they still know how to crank out some powerful Bluegrass music. They'll start playing about 3PM and will stop around 5PM. Come see them when you can! Best of all, perhaps, admission is FREE, but whatever goodies you buy will benefit the Peru Volunteer Fire Department and the Peru Congregational Church. If you need more info, call (413)655-8265 or send an email to davjengab@comcast.net.

In eastern Connecticut, Nick Anderson will host a Shady Creek Reunion/Invitational Party. Best of all, though, if you want to be "invited," you only need to get in touch with Nick by calling (860)564-1018. In addition to hearing various versions of Shady Creek play during the day, you might also hear music from the likes of Connecticut's Charter Oak Bluegrass, Maine's Gail & Gordon Pike, and a bona fide, recognized Pioneer of Bluegrass, Sam Tidwell. The weather forecast for this weekend is delightful, so maybe you'll want to take a trip to Nick's home in Plainfield. Call him for directions.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/8/2010

Sunday marked the tail end of the tremendously successful Podunk Bluegrass Festival, but we kept the great music going on the airwaves at WHUS. Hope you were able to join us on your journey home...or, if you weren't at Podunk, we just hope you were able to join us!

The BG world lost another important member this past week on Monday. Mitch Jayne, the bass playing, pipe-smoking songwriter and primary yarn-spinner for the Dillards, died on August 2nd after a brief battle with cancer. The Dillards left the Missouri Ozarks early in 1963 and headed west to California to find their fame and fortune. Within a short time of arriving in Los Angeles, the group was signed to a recording contract by Elektra Records, and soon, they found roles on the super-successful "Andy Griffith Show" as members of the Darlin Family. Jayne stayed in California for about ten years, but then, returned to the Ozarks to write books and soak in Ozark culture. In 2009, the Dillards were inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. On Sunday afternoon, we played a few tunes from the Dillards -- most of which were co-written by Mitch Jayne, and have become standards in the BG world, such as "The Old Home Place" and "Dooley." RIP, Mitch Jayne.

This Dillards photo (with Steve Cooley on the banjo) was taken at the 1991 Winterhawk Bluegrass Festival.

We also grouped together a few tunes that were originally recorded by the Carter Family, who'd made their first recordings on August 1, 1927. We could easily fill several shows with just Bluegrass versions of tunes from the Carter Family Songbook, but for Sunday, we limited ourselves to about a dozen songs. If you'd like to learn more about the Carter Family, there was a very fine biography published in 2002 and titled, Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? : The Carter Family And Their Legacy In American Music by Mark Zwonitzer with Charles Hirschberg. If you can't borrow a copy from your local library, I'm sure there are copies available from one of the online used book sellers.

Be sure to join Jim as he returns to the BG Cafe this coming Sunday, August 15th. I'm sure it will be a great show so do tune in beginning at 4PM...

Have a great week, and thanks for listening!

Amy

REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Durham's Reel / Michael Cleveland / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Foggy River / Ricky Skaggs / Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family
• Bluegrass Express / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder
• Cold & Lonesome / Earl Brothers / The Earl Brothers / Self-Produced
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Swampgrass / Larry Gillis & the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Self-Produced
• Second Wind / Claire Lynch / Moonlighter / Rounder
• Cold On The Shoulder / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot / Rounder
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
• I'd Rather Be Alone / Larry Gillis & the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Self-Produced
• Dooley / The Dillards / Pickin' And Fiddlin'/Back Porch Bluegrass / Collectors' Choice Music
• Old Joe Clark / The Dillards / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• Ground Hog / The Dillards / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• The Old Home Place / The Dillards / Pickin' And Fiddlin'/Back Porch Bluegrass / Collectors' Choice Music
• There Is A Time / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Black Mountain Special / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Banjo Signal / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• The First One To Say Goodbye / Lee Watson / Northern Track / Self-Produced
• Whistle Stop Town / Kathy Kallick Band / Between The Hollow And The High-Rise / Live Oak Records
• Forever And Ever / Darren Beachley & Legends Of The Potomac / Take Off / Patuxent Music
• One Door Away / Chris Jones & the Nightdrivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM Records
• Smokey Mountain Memories / Larry Sparks / The Best Of Larry Sparks: Bound To Ride / Rebel
• The Memory Of Your Smile / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Memories Cover Everything I Own / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Wondering / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Leavin' Tennessee / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• Little Log Cabin By The Sea / Carter Family / Anchored In Love, 1927-1928 / Rounder
• Foggy Mountain Top / David Grisman with Ricky Skaggs & Doc Watson / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland / Tim & Mollie O'Brien / Take Me Back / Sugar Hill
• Where Shall I Be / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
• You Are My Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Songs Of The Famous Carter Family / Columbia
• My Native Home / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent Music
• Today Has Been A Lonesome Day / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Foggy Mountain Top / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
• I'll Never See My Home Again / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Goodbye Wheeling / Lonesome River Band / Still Learning / Rural Rhythm
• Son Of A Sawmill Man / The Grascals / The Famous Lefty Flynn's / Rounder
• Gold Watch And Chain / Herman McGee / Family And Friends / Self-Produced
• Roll On Buddy, Roll On / Sam Bush with Del McCoury / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
• When I'm Gone / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Self-Produced
• Lazarus / Blue Highway / Marbletown / Rounder
• Let The Light Shine Down / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Heartaches & Dreams / Rebel
• When The Savior Reached Down For Me / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• Turn Your Heart To Jesus / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent Music
• If You Don't Believe The Bible / Darrell Webb Band / Bloodline / Rural Rhythm
• I Can't Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Voice Of My Savior / Longview / High Lonesone / Rounder
• I'll Live On / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/1/2010

At this week's BG Cafe, we took some time to remember a friend, acknowledge the anniversary of some important country music recording sessions, and, of course, talk a good bit about the upcoming 15th annual Podunk Bluegrass Festival. (And, of course, we still managed to play a couple of fine new BG tunes, too).

Our Connecticut Bluegrass friend was musician and all-around good guy, Matt Nozzolio, who died suddenly on August 2, 2008 at the age of 53. Matt was someone who simply loved to play music -- whether it be on the accordion in a Mexican band or on the Dobro with CT bands like Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters, Charter Oak Bluegrass, or, with his last band, the old-time country music trio, the Bristol Boys. The photos here show Matt with the Bristol Boys visiting WHUS and the "Red Rooster Party" in October 2007, and on the stage at the Buttery Brook Bluegrass Festival in July 2008, just a few weeks before Matt's sudden passing. We played a couple of tunes from the one-and-only Bristol Boys' recording in honor of Matt, and we'll continue to remember him for years to come...

The Bristol Boys were named by Matt in honor of Bristol, Tennessee & Virginia -- the Birthplace of Country Music. It was in Bristol on August 1, 1927 that A.P. Carter along with his wife, Sara, and sister-in-law, Maybelle made their very first recordings. The influence felt by the music of the Carter Family goes far beyond just country music. As you can imagine, many a BG performer has recorded a Carter Family tune, and we only scraped the surface on Sunday by playing four of those tunes. Someday, we may devote a whole show to just the music of the Carter Family...in fact, we might just spend a bit more time with Carter tunes this coming Sunday.

And let's not forget that the 15th annual Podunk Bluegrass Festival begins this Thursday, August 5th at Martin Park in East Hartford, and culminates Sunday, August 8th with the annual band competition. Over the course of four days, there will many, many hours of great music from the likes of David Davis & the Warrior River Boys, the Josh Williams Band, James Reams & the Barnstormers, the Expedition Show, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Next Best Thing, and on Saturday night, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. Jim and I both hope to see you there!

Also on the Podunk bill for 2010: the Gibson Brothers. Last week, I recorded an interview with Eric Gibson, and we played that piece on Sunday afternoon. The Gibsons are keeping a very busy schedule these days, and that's certainly not a bad thing. It's great to see the success of this band who first appeared on the New England BG festival circuit sometime in the mid-1990s. (On a personal note, I first heard of the Gibson Brothers around 1995, but didn't see them in person until the Thomas Point Beach BG Festival in 1996). They've come a LONG way since then, no doubt, and you'll have another chance to see them in CT this Saturday, August 7th at Podunk.

Finally, we got to talk to Podunk promoter and organizer, Roger Moss. Talk about being a busy man! Roger took a few moments from a crazy Podunk preparation week to tell us more about the festival, all of the great workshops and activities for the kids, and he even offered a free one-day pass to a lucky caller. Thanks to Roger and to all of the hardworking Podunk Festival Board.

We hope to see you this weekend at Podunk. While Jim will be busy with his Stage Captain duties, I'll be helping our old WHUS friend, Myrna Riquier, at the Podunk workshop area. Stop by to say hello -- we just may have some WHUS goodies for you...

As always, thanks for listening, and we'll be on the air with you again this coming Sunday...

Amy

Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• No More To Be Lonesome / Gillis Brothers / Heart & Soul / Copper Creek
• Weather's Got To Change / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Riding On The Clinchfield / James Alan Shelton / Where I'm Bound / Sheltone Records
• Sad And Blue / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• Silvertown Rag / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
• I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling / Hagar's Mountain Boys / Forever Yours / Self-Produced
• What Was I Supposed To Do / Lynn Morris Band / Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Missile Ride / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Railroad Boomer / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
• Down In A Mine / Volume Five / Down In A Cell / Mountain Fever Records
• Time To Be Movin' On / Blue Moon Rising / Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks, v.8 / Rural Rhythm
• Looking For A Sign / No One You Know / / Mountain Fever Records
• There Is A Time / Rodney Dillard / Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks, v.8 / Rural Rhythm
• Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow / Carter Family / Anchored In Love, 1927-1928 / Rounder
• Just Another Broken Heart / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads Recordings
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass, 1971 / Rural Rhythm
• Wildwood Flower / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• interview with Eric Gibson of the Gibson Brothers
• We'll Stay Here / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Loose Talk / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• interview with Roger Moss of the Podunk Bluegrass Festival
• It's Mighty Dark To Travel / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass--Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Lonesome Feeling / Josh Williams / Down Home / Pinecastle
• Coal Dust In My Soul / James Reams & the Barnstormers / Barnstormin' / Copper Creek
• I'm Ridin' This Train / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
• Hit Parade Of Love / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Cold & Lonesome / Earl Brothers / Earl Brothers / Self-Produced
• Roustabout / Southern Rail / On The Road From Appomattox / Railway Records
• This World Is Not My Home / Ricky Skaggs / Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family
• Goin' Up / Blackstone Valley Bluegrass / Debut / Appleland Records
• Lay My Burdens Down / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Meet Me Over On The Other Side / Darin Aldridge & Brooke Justice / I'll Go With You / Pinecastle
• Goodbye / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• Happy On My Way / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• On The Wings Of Angels / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Ring The Bell / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder