"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 4/24/2011, Wade Mainer, Hazel Dickens, Easter

Hi Folks,

For this four-hour show we paid tribute to Wade Mainer on his 104th birthday (4/21) and Hazel Dickens who died Friday (4/22). An extended gospel set featuring songs with an Easter theme finished the show.

Wade Mainer was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, near Weaverville, in 1907. He joined his brother J.E. in Concord, North Carolina (my hometown - JB) around 20 years later to get work in the local textile mills, and it was there he joined his brother's fledgling band which won appearances on powerhouse WBT in Charlotte thanks to Crazy Water Crystals (a patent remedy), and then recording sessions for Bluebird (division of Victor) beginning in 1935. Those early recording sessions produced one of the most popular hillbilly records of the 1930s, a reworking of Gussie L. Davis' "Maple On The Hill" that included an original melody. Wade split amicably with his brother in 1936 and blazed his own musical path which led him to Flint, Michigan, in the early 1950s where he got a job with General Motors. Partly because of a strong religious rededication, Wade and his wife Julia stopped playing at all for many years until Molly O'Day convinced him that people were still interested in his music. Wade and Julia recorded several records for John Morris' Old Homestead label in Flint over the next few decades. Wade's last official record was released in 1992. Because of the influence of Wade's music and transition technique of using two fingers to pick the banjo, he is sometimes called the Grandfather of Bluegrass Music. The photo shows Dick Spottswood (musicologist and DJ), Julia, and Wade Mainer.

Much has been written about Hazel Dickens since she passed away April 22 from complications of pneumonia, but I remember her as a powerful singer and songwriter who took her inspiration from the downtrodden of whom she felt a part. She was as well known in folk circles as bluegrass; nevertheless, in the 1960s Hazel, along with Alice Gerrard, began the first bluegrass band headed by females. Bill Monroe liked her, and one of the songs we played on this show was from an all night jam at Tex Logan's house in 1966 where Monroe called her up to sing with him. Her songs, her intensity, and her character have inspired many musicians and others over the years.

Because this show fell on Easter, the last hour and a half of was devoted to bluegrass gospel music inspired by the Easter story.

Be sure to tune in Sunday 5/1 when Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim Beaver

Song Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Katy Hill / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Francis Lee / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / 24 Bluegrass Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Cold Wind (On Fletcher Hill) / Open Road / Cold Wind / Rounder
• In The Corner At The Table By The Jukebox / James Reams and the Barnstormers / One Foot In The Honky Tonk / Mountain Redbird
• Paint This Town / Wildfire / Crash Course In The Blues / Lonesome Day
• Today Marks The Day / Larry Gillis and the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Graves, Scruggs, Mosley / A Bluegrass Tribute to Studio B / Farm County
• Little Sister Throw Your Red Shoes Away / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• Boil Them Cabbage Down / The Grascals / Dance Til Your Stockings Are Hot and Ravelin' / BluGrascal
• Didn't It Rain / The Hagar's Mountain Boys / Where's The Lonesome / Mountain Fever
• Bald Knob, Arkansas / The Vern Williams Band / Traditional Bluegrass / Arhoolie
• Up In The Wheelhouse / Grasstowne / Kickin' Up Dust / Rural Rhythm
• Frozen In Time / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• I'm The Boss / Jim & Valerie Gabehart / It's My Turn / Self-released
• Ugly Girl Blues / VW Boys / Retroactive / Mountain Roads
• Jubilation Day / Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• I've Got The Railroad Blues / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Kentucky Waltz / Butch Robins / Grounded-Centered-Focused / Hay Holler
• Another Lonely Day / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Little Maggie / Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris / The Golden Age of J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Cattle
• Those Blue Eyes / Wade Mainer / I 'm Not Looking Backward / Gusto
• Walking In My Sleep / Wade Mainer / From The Maple On The Hill / Old Homestead
• Ramshackle Shack / Wade & Julia Mainer / In The Land Of Melody / JuneAppal
• Trickling Water / Wade & Julia Mainer / In The Land Of Melody / JuneAppal
• I Can't Sit Down / Wade & Julia Mainer / In The Land Of Melody / JuneAppal
• What Do You Say? / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• Tennessee Tea / Joe Diffie / Homecoming / Rounder
• Tragic Love / Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent
• Lay My Burden Down / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Paper Airplane / Rounder
• Sweet Hearts Again / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released
• A Daisy A Day / Lost & Found / Down On Sawmill Road / Rebel
• Heartaches and Teardrops / The Cana Ramblers / No Expectations / Self-released
• All The Way To Reno / Bill Harrell & Don Reno / 20 Bluegrass Greats / Gusto
• The Darlin' Boys / Rodney Dillard / I Wish Life Was Like Mayberry / Rural Rhythm
• Didn 't It Rain / Lizzy Long & Little Roy Lewis / Straight From The Heart of Dixie / Crossroads
• It's Hard To Tell The Singer From The Song / Molly & Jack Tuttle / The Old Apple Tree / Back Studio
• Cindy / Dick Rittler w. Hazel Dickens / American Banjo Three Finger and Scruggs Style / Smithsonian Folkways
• Roll In My Sweet Baby 's Arms / Bill Monroe w. Hazel Dickens / live Recordings 1956-1969 / Smithsonian Folkways
• Won 't You Come and Sing For Me / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Cowboy Jim / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Old River / Hazel Dickens & Ginny Hawker / Heart Of A Singer / Rounder
• Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens w. Hazel Dickens / I Really Care / Rounder
• You'll Get No More of Me / Hazel Dickens / A Few Old Memories / Rounder
• Mama's Hand / Hazel Dickens / A Few Old Memories / Rounder
• Working Girl Blues / Hazel Dickens / A Few Old Memories / Rounder
• Black Lung / Hazel Dickens / Harlan County USA / Rounder
• I Can Hear The Angels Singing / Reno & Smiley / Early Years 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Purple Robe / Ralph Stanley & Joe Isaacs / A Gospel Gathering / CRFreeland
• He's Passing This Way / Wade Mainer / I'm Not Looking Backward / Gusto
• In The Shadow Of The Cross / Lewis Tradition / Precious Memories / New Day
• Kneel At The Cross / The Stanley Brothers / The King Years 1961-1965 / Gusto
• Carry It Back To The Cross / Various Artists / Born Into Bluegrass - The Songs Of Cullen Galyean / Mountain Roads
• The Man In The Middle / Hot Rize / Heaven Bound 2 / Time Life
• Crosses And Stones / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Mountain Home
• Legend Of The Dogwood Tree / Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper / Heaven Bound 2 / Time Life
• Each Ring Of The Hammer / Mac Wiseman / Sunday Morning Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• I'm Not Turning Backward / J.E. Mainer & His Mountaineers / Run Mountain-30 Old Time Favorites / Gusto
• Cry From The Cross / Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys / Cry From The Cross / Rebel
• Just As The Sun Went Down / The Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-released
• Were You There / Bill Monroe / Heaven Bound / Time Life
• I 'm Justified / The Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
• Old Rugged Cross / Larry Sparks / Gloryland / Time Life
• He Took Your Place / Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• The Last Thing On His Mind / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Self-titled / Mountain Home
• By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Self-titled / Rounder
• Hide You In The Blood / Lewis Family / Born Of The Spirit / Starday
• Stone Was Rolled Away / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• From The 3rd Day On / Brink Brinkman / On The Brink Of A Dream / Self-released
• I Am The Man, Thomas / Various Artists / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea
• Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep / Doc Watson / On Praying Ground / Sugar Hill
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/17/2011

On Sunday, we had an additional hour for BG programming, as Dr. B. and his "Musical Prescription" were out of town for the week. Thus, we spent our first hour playing some classic BG tunes and performers that we don't get to play as often as we might like on the ol' radio. These days, it's really difficult to find enough time in just three hours per week to play a good mix of newer BG tunes and performers, as well as some of the folks who set the standard. We embrace these extra hours from time to time -- hope you enjoyed listening to a bit more music than usual from folks like Lester & Earl, Jimmy Martin, Bobby & Sonny, Red Allen, Jim & Jesse, the Lilly Brothers, Reno & Smiley, and, of course, the Father of Bluegrass.


During our "regular" broadcast time, we included a good bit of newer music from the likes of Alison Krauss & Union Station, Terry Baucom, Sierra Hull, Edgar Loudermilk, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Charlie Sizemore, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, Grasstowne, the Expedition Show, the Grascals, and Jay Armsworthy. In addition, there was music released within the last month from Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys, Ralph Stanley, the Lewis Tradition, the Rocky Neck Bluegrass Band, Larry Cordle, and the "Stars of the Farm County Jubilee" (also known as Tim Graves & Daryl Mosley, along with Stacy Scruggs).


A few weeks ago, I was at home listening to Jim on the BG Cafe, and I heard him mention and play Joe Diffie's recent Bluegrass recording on Rounder called, "Homecoming." Jim mentioned that he wasn't aware that Joe Diffie, like a whole bunch of formerly successful country music singers who've decided they'd like to try to make a BG record, had ever performed Bluegrass previously. Well, as one who's admired Joe Diffie since his debut country single back in 1990, "Home," I've long been aware of his "Bluegrass pedigree," and several years ago, I acquired a copy of a 1983 LP by an Oklahoma BG band known as Special Edition. Diffie had been a member of this band along with multi-instrumentalist Billy Joe Foster, who would later go on to work with Ricky Skaggs, among others. It's always fun to play a bit of "then & now" with some of these performers.


Hope you enjoyed something you heard on Sunday's show, and I encourage you to spend some time on Easter Sunday with Jim in the BG Cafe. He'll be with you beginning at 4PM...do join him!

Have a nice Easter!!

Amy




REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Richmond Ruckus / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Some Old Day / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• I Worship You / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Airmail Special / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• The Prisoner's Song / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Cumberland Gap (outro) / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• No More The Moon Shines On Lorena / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody & Their Brother / Swift River Music
• Get In Line Brother / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody & Their Brother / Swift River Music
• She's No Angel / Osborne Brothers & Red Allen / Osborne Brothers & Red Allen / Collectors Classics
• My Aching Heart / Osborne Brothers & Red Allen / Osborne Brothers & Red Allen / Collectors Classics
• The Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Live At The Mechanics Hall / Acoustic Disc
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Mary Ann / Jimmy Martin / Bean Blossom / MCA
• It's Grand To Have Someone To Love You / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
  

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky / Rounder
• Old Hickory Cane / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• When Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Cold Wind / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Dust Bowl Children / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Paper Airplane / Rounder
• Where The City Ends / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records
• Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Larry Stephenson with Marty Stuart & Connie Smith / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• Bombshell / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• Picture In The Moonlight / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Pray The Clouds Away / Crowe, Lawson, Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
• Stepping Stones / Terry Baucom with Paul Williams & Cindy Baucom / In A Groove / John-Boy & Billy, Inc.
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Terry Baucom with Doyle Lawson, Jimmy Haley, & Lou Reid / In A Groove / John-Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Pikearoo / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Feeling Blue / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Tidwell Pike / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces And Bits / Goose Creek Music
• It Just Might / Edgar Loudermilk with Cia Cherryholmes / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• Love Reunited / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder
• Little But Loud / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Poor Leroy's Almanack / Self-Produced
• Rose Of Old Kentucky / Byron Berline with Vince Gill / Legacy / Sugar Hill
• I'm Gonna Ride That Steamboat / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Blue / Beth & April Stevens / O Sister / Rounder
• Time To Be Movin' On / Blue Moon Rising / Strange New World / Rural Rhythm
• I'll Love Nobody But You / Grisman, Gill, Pedersen, Buchanan, Gordy / Here Today / Rounder
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records
• That Home Far Away / Ralph Stanley / A Mother's Prayer / Rebel
• I'm Going To Make Heaven My Home / Lewis Tradition / Precious Memories / Thoroughbred Records
• Girl I Left Behind Me / Rocky Neck Bluegrass Band / Rocky Neck Bluegrass Band / Self-Produced
• Justice For Willy / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord Records
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Tim Graves / Bluegrass Tribute To Historic RCA Studio B / Farm County Records
• I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent / Special Edition / Sweet Allis Chalmers / Grass Mountain Records
• Somehow Tonight / Joe Diffie / Homecoming / Rounder
• Gitup The Banjo Man / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Red Wicked Wine / Charlie Sizemore with Ralph Stanley / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Women Like To Slow Dance / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Going Back Home / Earl Brothers / The Earl Brothers / Self-Produced
• Up In The Wheelhouse / Grasstowne / Kickin' Up Dust / Rural Rhythm
• Frozen In Time / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Backroads And Little Towns / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
• Dooley / The Grascals / Dance 'Til Your Stockings Are Hot And Ravelin' / BluGrascal Records
• Palms Of Victory / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• It Took Your Blood (To Set Me Free) / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Only God / SSK
  
• Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill / Rhonda Vincent / One Step Ahead / Rounder
• When I've Traveled My Last Mile / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• Mansion God Is Building / Jay Armsworthy / I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Blue Circle Records
• Were You There / Seldom Scene / Always In Style: A Collection / Sugar Hill
• Springtime In Glory / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics / Cattle
• Lord Protect My Soul / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

"Fiat Flux" Playlist - 4/16/2011

Hi Folks,

I got the opportunity to do a last-minute fill-in for the free-form show on WHUS called "Fiat Flux." The show is known for bringing unusual productions to the airwaves, many times including live music and/or interviews.

For this show, the "live" production consisted mostly of three shows that Hank Williams did for radio in 1951 sponsored by the Mother's Best Mills, a flour and feed maker. The Complete Mother's Best Recordings have been released by Bear Family in a huge boxed set that comes in the shape of an old table top radio.

If you happened to catch this broadcast, I hope you found it enjoyable.

Jim Beaver

Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Mad Banjo / The McCormick Brothers / The Very Best of The McCormick Brothers / Varese Sarabande
• Mole In The Ground / Joe Walsh / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant
• Rattlesnakin' Daddy / David Peterson / Live at WHUS May 8, 2010
• Valley Of Peace / Taylor's Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Mother's Best Show for 1-10-1951 / Hank Williams / The Complete Mother's Best Recordings / Bear Family
• King Tut / Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Tex Mex Shindig / Bill Emerson / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm
• Moonshiner / Harley Allen & Mike Lilly / Suzanne / Smithsonian Folkways
• Little Bird / Becky Buller / Little Bird / Bell Buckle
• Mother's Best Show for 1-12-1951 / Hank Williams / The Complete Mother's Best Recordings / Bear Family
• Johnson County Blues / J.E. Mainer & His Mountaineers / Run Mountain - 30 Old Time Favorites / Gusto
• Best Buy / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• Bicycle Wreck / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Poor Leroy's Almanack / Self-released
• Dust Bowl Children / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Paper Airplane / Rounder
• Brown Check / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord
• Don't Leave Me Alone / Buzz Busby / A Pioneer of Traditional Bluegrass / Webco
• Let Me Fall / Larry Richardson and The Blue Ridge Boys / With Buddy Pendleton / Old Blue
• Darlin' Nellie Gray / Wayne Henderson / Les Pik / Hay Holler
• Mother's Best Show for 1-23-1951 / Hank Williams / The Complete Mother's Best Recordings / Bear Family
• I Wish You Knew / Terry Baucom w. John Cowan & Russell Moore / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy
• The Burglar Man / Bill Clifton and his Dixie Mountain Boys / Bluegrass- Historic Cuts / JSP
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / The Best of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / The Stanley Brothers / The King Years 1961-1965 / Gusto
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 4/10/2011

Hi Folks,

This was a fun show full of new releases and rare classics. We spent some time with Terry Baucom's new release, "In A Groove," as well as new releases from Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Larry Cordle, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens, James Reams & The Barnstormers, Sierra Hull, and Joe Walsh.

A special theme for a couple of sets was "coal mining." The topic has been a great source of inspiration for songs pro and con about all aspects of the activity covering economic impacts, environmental impacts, and health and emotional impacts. I believe I could do at least a whole show of bluegrass coal mining songs and still have many left over.

Key tracks from the Heritage Corner included both sides of the first single ever released by The Johnson Mountain Boys, and some tracks from a 1981 LP from Buzz Busby that included Eddie Stubbs, Dudley Connell, and Lamar Grier.

Jim Beaver

requests are bold, coal mining songs are blue

Song Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Do You Wrong Kind Of Girl / Terry Baucom / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy
• Sally The Mountain Girl / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Self-titled / SteelTown
• The Nights Are So Long / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Hello My Name Is Coal / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin / Mighty Cord
• The Old Coal Mine / Brink Brinkman / On The Brink Of A Dream / Brinksongs
• Dream Of A Miner's Child / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Dark As A Dungeon - Songs of The Mines / Rebel
• Black Dust Fever / Wildwood Valley Boys / Dark As A Dungeon - Songs of The Mines / Rebel
• Coal Mining Man / The Roys / Lonesome Whistle / Rural Rhythm
• What Do You Say / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• Lucius Gray / Brink Brinkman / On The Brink Of A Dream / Brinksongs
• Paradise / The Seldom Scene / Dark As A Dungeon - Songs of The Mines / Rebel
• Call The Captain / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• A Miner's Life / The Country Gentlemen / Dark As A Dungeon - Songs of The Mines / Rebel
• Gone Beserk / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / LC Productions
• Yellow Backed Fly / Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• One Foot In The Honky Tonk / James Reams & The Barnstormers / One Foot In The Honky Tonk / Mountain Redbird
• Monster Truck / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• When I Can Forget / Johnson Mountain Boys / 45 Single / Copper Creek
  
• Johnson Mountain Hoedown / Johnson Mountain Boys / 45 Single / Copper Creek
  
• Whose Red Wagon / Buzz Busby / A Pioneer Of Traditional Bluegrass / Webco (LP)
• Long Black Limousine / Buzz Busby / A Pioneer Of Traditional Bluegrass / Webco (LP)
• Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Appalachian Stomp / Rhino
• Gold Watch And Chain / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Columbus Stockade Blues / Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent
• Miles To Go / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Paper Airplane / Rounder
• He Went To Sleep - The Hogs Ate Him / The Stanley Brothers / The King Years 1961-1965 / Gusto
• Open Up Your Heart / Terry Baucom with the Gibson Brothers / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy
• Young Lillie's Dreams / Terry Baucom with Don Rigsby, Buddy Melton / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy
• Loser's Hand / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever
• Coffee, Coffee, Coffee / The McCormick Brothers / The Very Best of The McCormick Brothers / Varese Sarabande
• Wandering Boy / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Preserved / Horizon
• Cotton Eyed Joe / Joe Meadows / Cotton Eyed Joe / Patuxent
• Whoa Mule / The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Poor Leroy's Almanack / Self-released
• It's Never Too Late / Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released
• Run Mountain / J.E. Mainer & His Mountaineers / Run Mountain 30 Old Time Favorites / Gusto
• Wake The Town / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• Watson Blues (bed) / Skip Gorman / The Old Style Mandolin Volume One / Old West
• Say Old Man, Can You Play The Fiddle/Glory In the Meeting House (bed) / Skip Gorman / The Old Style Mandolin Volume One / Old West
• Help My Brother / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• Mole In The Ground / Joe Walsh / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant
• Early / Joe Walsh with The Gibson Brothers / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant
• Gone At Last / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Drive Time / Mountain Home
• Tiger By The Tail / The Grascals with Brad Paisley / The Grascals & Friends / Cracker Barrel
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Terry Baucom with Doyle Lawson, Lou Reid, Jimmy Haley / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy
• He Is Near / Audie Blaylock And Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm
• Heaven Is My Home / Buzz Busby / A Pioneer Of Traditional Bluegrass / Webco (LP)
• Over In The Promised Land / Lou Reid & Carolina / Sounds Like Heaven To Me / Rural Rhythm
• Goodbye / Crowe-Lawson-Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
• Hewed Out Of The Mountains / Phyllis Boyens / A Bluegrass Gospel Songbook / Rounder
• He Understands / Barry Scott, Dale Ann Bradley / Look To The Light- Songs of Faith From the Pen of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm
• Hold On To The Old Gospel Way / Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / Hymns From The Hills / Rebel
• He Answered My Plea / Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Just A Little Closer Home / Rebel
• Lonely Tombs / The Gillis Brothers / Little Old Country Church House / Wango
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / The Best of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/3/2011

The "theme" for Sunday's show was simple: more music, less talk. As it was the first show since the ending of our annual Radiothon campaign, the plan was to play lots of great music, and I think I was able to fill that mission with few problems.

It was a sad week for Bluegrassers with two notable deaths: banjo picker Jake Jenkins was killed in a plane crash on March 27th, and then, award-winning songwriter Harley Allen died after a battle with cancer on March 30th. We played music in remembrance of both of these fine musicians on Sunday's show, first, with several tunes written by Jake when he was a founding member of Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show. Even though Jake Jenkins had, more or less, retired from Bluegrass when he became a firefighter in Lubbock, TX, he certainly left an indelible impression on a whole lot of folks.

Harley Allen was the youngest son of BG legend, Red Allen, and while Harley certainly could sing and play Bluegrass, he may be better-known as a Nashville songwriter. In 2005, Harley Allen was the BMI Songwriter of the Year, and a tune he co-wrote, "Me And John And Paul," was named the IBMA Song of the Year. My first introduction to Harley Allen came through his membership as one of the Big Dogs -- a short-lived group featuring Tony Trischka and David Grier, as well as Andrea Zonn and Debbie Nims. Great stuff.

While our Radiothon playlists were limited to music from recordings we had available as premiums, the playlist for Sunday's show didn't have those restrictions. We've received a few new recordings over the past few weeks, so we were able to showcase a couple of those new discs on Sunday with music from Terry Baucom, Grasstowne, Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens, James Reams & the Barnstormers, and Bill Emerson. As always, it never seems like there's enough time to play everything I really WANT to play, but there's always next time...

Thanks again to all of you who took the time to pick up the phone and give us a pledge during Radiothon. As we told you on the air numerous times, BG Cafe had a pretty high two-week show goal ($3,000) -- in fact, it was the highest goal for any of the music programs on the air at WHUS. Of course, we didn't want to fall short, as Jim and I always like to think that the BG is the most popular music form on the radio. You folks were awesome, and we're delighted to keep bringing you the Bluegrass music at WHUS. One final note -- Robert from Broad Brook, CT was the winner in our Second (perhaps) Annual "Bonus Book Bonanza" in which we gave away copies of both Richard D. Smith's Bill Monroe biography, Can't You Me Callin', as well as a book called, Honky Tonk, filled with great photographs of Bluegrass and country music performers taken by Henry Horenstein. The only way to get into the end-of-Radiothon drawing was to make a pledge to WHUS during the 2 weeks of fundraising. Congratulations to Robert, and thanks again to everyone who pledged...and to everyone who continues to tune in each week.

Jim joins you on the air this coming Sunday, so be sure to make plans to join him beginning at 4PM...

Amy

REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Circle

• The Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• Lonesome Pine Ramble / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Bluegrass Collection / Gusto
• Let Me Borrow Your Heart / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• I've Lost You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1958-1952 / JSP Records
• On My Way Back To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• Fox On The Run / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Four Leaf Clover / Valerie Smith / Blame It On The Bluegrass / Bell Buckle Records
• Harley's Breakdown / Bray Brothers with Red Cravens / Prairie Bluegrass / Rounder
• Working Hard Ain't Hardly Working Anymore / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Heartaches And Dreams / Rebel
• Run Little Fox / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle Records
• What Do You Say? / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• Black Mountain Special / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads Recordings
• What Was I Supposed To Do / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Yesterday I Didn't Know / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats And Ties / Rebel
• Where's The Lonesome / Hagar's Mountain Boys / Where's The Lonesome / Mountain Fever Records
• Rose Of My Heart / Jesse McReynolds & Charles Whitstein / A Tribute To Brother Duets / Pinecastle
• Whitewater / Bela Fleck / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Worries On My Mind / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Worries On My Mind / Rebel
• Jakebrakes / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / In Full Color / Rebel
• Another Day / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / In Full Color / Rebel
• Always On A Mountain / Big Dogs with Tony Trischka / Live At The Birchmere / Strictly Country
• A Simple Life / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Live At The Charleston Music Hall / Skaggs Family Records
• Never Grow Up Boy / Del McCoury Band / The Company We Keep / McCoury Music
  
• Me And John And Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• Devil On A Plow / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury
• Highway Of Sorrow / David Grisman with Red & Harley Allen / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• My Friend Clyde / Spinney Brothers / Live At WHUS, 5/8/2010 / no label
• Open Up Your Heart / Terry Baucom with Gibson Brothers / In A Groove / Self-Produced
• One Foot In The Honky Tonk / James Reams & the Barnstormers / One Foot In The Honky Tonk / Mountain Redbird Music
• What Is A Home Without Love / Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent Music
• Waves Of Sorrow / Grasstowne / Kickin' Up Dust / Rural Rhythm
• Jesse James / Bill Emerson with Marshall Wilborn & Lynn Morris / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm
• Roustabout / Southern Rail / On The Road From Appomattox / Railway Records
• Doin' My Time / Aubrey Haynie with Dan Tyminski / Doin' My Time / Sugar Hill
• Heartache Looking For A Home / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• When Snow Falls On The Bluegrass / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad
• Sparta Flash / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
• I'm Yours / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• With Body And Soul / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Oh Lonesome Me / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Terry Baucom with Doyle Lawson, Jimmy Haley, & Lou Reid / In A Groove / Self-Produced
• One Prayer Away / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / The Voice Of God / Rebel
• Stone Was Rolled Away / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• My Lord's Been A Walkin' / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• He Loves Me / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Hymns From The Hills / Rebel
• Gonna Be Movin' / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• Get Behind Me Satan / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Jordan / Stanley Brothers / All Bluegrass, All Gospel / Federal
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder