"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 12/5/2010

Hi Folks!

This show represented an eclectic brew of bluegrass sources along with some bluegrass Christmas songs.

New music included a duet from Edgar Loudermilk with help from Rhonda Vincent, a song from Bobby Osborne and the Rocky Top X-Press, a couple of tracks from the fine new CD from Travers Chandler and Avery County, an instrumental from Jimmy Gaudreau, and new
Christmas tracks from Dr. Elmo Shropshire (doing Bach on the banjo), and Chris Jones & The Night Drivers.

The Heritage Corner was working overtime because of the many classic tunes that have been brought back into my personal listening rotation by listener inquiries. Dave Shaw from New Hampshire is a major correspondent, and thanks to Dave I located classic tracks from Hack Johnson and his Tennesseans (with Allen Shelton on banjo), Carl Story and his Rambling Mountaineers, and the only known recording of "Grand Ole Opry Song" by the man who wrote it, Hylo Brown.

Other tracks from the Heritage Corner included a re-release from The Bailes Brothers, a Bill Monroe track from the 1960s, a classic number from Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley and the Southern Mountain Boys, seasonal songs from Jimmy Martin and Reno & Smiley, and a goose-bumping old time duet from Donald Scott and the late Clarence Green recorded at home in 1985. Clarence passed away unexpectedly a year ago on December 11.

We paid tribute to Carter Stanley, who passed away 44 years ago on December 1, by playing a set of songs he wrote, performed by The Stanley Brothers, Ralph Stanley, Ralph Stanley II, and Jeanie Stanley.

Thanks for listening. Amy will make the fiddles and banjos ring December 12, so tune in.

Jim

Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Darling Corey / Bill Monroe / Blue Grass 1959-1969 / Bear Family
• Can't Live Life Here Without You / Edgar Loudermilk with Rhonda Vincent / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever
• I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley / Freeland
• Underneath A Harvest Moon / The Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm
• You Don't Have To Be From The Country / Hack Johnson and his Tennesseans / Single (1955) / Colonial (45RPM)
• Been All Around The World / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet / Self-released
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live at the Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• Lord We Sure Need Some Rainbows In December / Jimmy Martin / To Mother At Christmas / Gusto
• Let Me Fall / Laurie Lewis, Dudley Connell, Kirk Sutphin / Masters of the Banjo / Arhoolie
• Home Run Man / Emerson & Newton / A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future / Pinecastle
• Bluegrass Christmas / The Del McCoury Band featuring Ronnie McCoury / Christmas On The Mountain / Universal South
• Baby Girl / Ralph Stanley II, Ralph Stanley, Joe Isaacs / Baby Girl / CMH
• Mary, Merry Christmas / Ralph Stanley II / Listen To My Hammer Ring / Rebel
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / The Stanley Brothers / Classic Bluegrass Collection Vol. 3 / Time Life
  
• Two Sides To A Story / Jeanie Stanley / Baby Girl / CMH
• My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane / The Stanley Brothers / An Evening Long Ago / Columbia
  
• The Unquiet Grave / Clarence Green and Donald Scott / Private Recording (c.1985) / n/a
• Bring Back Yesterday / Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press / Memories / Rural Rhythm
  
• The Reckless Side Of Me / The Steeldrivers / Reckless / Rounder
• Christmas Time Back Home / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / (single) / Mountain Home
• The Grand Ole Opry Song / Hylo Brown / Tribute To My Heroes / Atteiram (LP)
• The Train That Carried My Girl From Town / Doc Watson / Columbus Stockade Blues/Raven
  
• Almost Hear The Blues / James Reams & The Barnstormers / (pre-release of upcoming album) / Mountain Redbird
• Out In The Middle Of Nowhere / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Out In The Middle Of Nowhere / Self-released
  
• It's Christmas Time / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / (single) / Mountain Home
• Christmas Reunion / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• If I Should Wander Back Tonight / Roland White / I Wasn't Born To Rock'n Roll / Tompkins Square
  
• Let Me Be Your Friend / The Stanley Brothers / 1949-52 / Bear Family
• Cotton Farmer / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• Kentucky Noel / Chris Jones & The Night Drivers / (single) / Good Home Grown Music
• I've Never Been So Lonesome / Ted Lundy & The Southern Mountain Boys / Self-Titled / GHP
• East Virginia Blues / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• Foggy Old London / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats & Ties / Rebel
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Dr. Elmo (Shropshire) / Bluegrass Christmas / Time Life
• Sugar Hill / The Bluegrass Brothers / So Long / Self-released
• Remington Ride [bed] / Fred Etheridge / Pickin' & Singin' / Self-released
• Yellow Roses [bed] / Fred Etheridge / Pickin' & Singin' / Self-released
  
• Adrienne's Reel / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces and Bits / Self-released
• Time To Be Moving On / Blue Moon Rising / Strange New World / Rural Rhythm
• Let It Snow / Rhonda Vincent / Beautiful Star / Rounder
• Tattoo of a Smudge / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes IV - Common Threads / Skaggs Family
• Elizabeth / Dailey & Vincent / Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
• Here We Go Along / Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset / I Didn't See It Coming / Blue Circle
• The Friendly Beasts / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Acoustic Holidays / Rounder
• Precious Moments / Carl Story and his Rambling Mountaineers / There's Nothing On Earth Heaven Can't Cure / Starday (LP)
• Look Over Me Lord / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Something Got A Hold Of Me / The Bailes Brothers / The Bailes Brothers / Gusto
• Bright Morning Star / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley / Freeland
• Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band / I Wish Life Was Like Mayberry / Rural Rhythm
• Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side / Peter Rowan / Legacy / Compass
• Mother's Prayers Were Not In Vain / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• You'll Be Rewarded Over There / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Silent Night / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter On The Great Divide / Self-released
• Christmas Medley / Southern Rail / (single) / Self-released