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
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