"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/29/2011

Outside, it was a beautiful Sunday of the Memorial Day weekend, while inside, we had LOTS of great music to share on the ol' radio. Hope you were able to listen in for at least a bit...

Keeping in the festive, celebratory mode, there were a couple of significant folks in the music world who marked their birthdays this past week, so we put together a couple of different sets to observe those special days. The show opened with four songs which have come from the very prolific pen of Bob Dylan, who turned 70 on May 24th. Granted, Dylan IS NOT a BG performer by any stretch of the imagination, but his songs have been appreciated and covered in many different genres, including Bluegrass. While we could have played more Dylan tunes, we limited ourselves to just four from the Seldom Scene, the Hillmen (featuring Vern Gosdin), Earl Scruggs, and the Country Gentlemen. (And for the record -- no pun intended -- Bob Dylan has recorded some BG, as he joined none other than Ralph Stanley on Ralph's double CD from 1998, "Clinch Mountain Country.")

Two more folks who celebrated birthdays this past week have closer ties to the BG world. It's really not very unusual to pick up a new BG CD these days and find at least one tune written or co-written by Tom T. Hall and/or his wife, Miss Dixie Hall. The Halls both celebrated birthdays this week -- Tom T. turning 75 on May 25th and Miss Dixie celebrating her own birthday on May 26th. While it would be very easy to fill the entire three hours of the program with music written or co-written by the Halls, we included seven tunes in this set from performers like Charlie Sizemore, Longview, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor, Big Country Bluegrass, the Crowe Brothers, and Tom T. Hall himself.

On a personal note, my own brother, Dave (a/k/a "Tex") Orlomoski celebrated his birthday today, so I couldn't NOT play a tune or two he sang with the Bear Bridge Band.

Memorial Day tunes were a must, of course. Sometimes, it seems like folks forget that the holiday is about so much more than just picnics and big sales at the mall. It's extremely important to remember those soldiers who've died -- and who continue to make that supreme sacrifice -- for our country and for all of us. There are many songs which tell the story of soldiers who never made it home -- we made sure to play a few of those tunes today.


Be sure to join Jim next Sunday afternoon, and if you're going to the Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival in Preston, CT, you may be able to see him there doing some MC work. Be sure to say howdy. Also, if you're one of the millions with a Facebook account, we hope you'll take a look at our pretty new Facebook page and "like" it. You can find us by looking for "WHUS Bluegrass Cafe."

Have a great week!

Amy





REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Only A Hobo / Seldom Scene / Winterhawk Scholarship Album / Gordo [Bob Dylan]
  
• Fare Thee Well / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar HIll [Bob Dylan]
  
• Nashville Skyline Rag / Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy [Bob Dylan]
  
• Walkin' Down The Line / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel [Bob Dylan]
  
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds: The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records
• I'll Take Love / Dale Ann Bradley with Alison Krauss & Steve Gulley / I'll Take Love: From The Pen Of Louisa Branscomb / Compass Records
• The Grey Ghost / Bill Emerson / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm
• I Was Left On The Street / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Lessons In Stone / Longview / Lessons In Stone / Rebel
• I'm Gonna Ride That Steamboat / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Folk Life
• The Boys In Hats And Ties / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats And Ties / Rebel
• Holdin' On When You've Let Go / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Leaving Baker County / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records
• I Got A Letter / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Pray For The Boys / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / / Mountain Fever Records
• Long Haul Trucker's Blues / New River Line / I'm Moving On / Kindred Records
• Runaround / Russ Carson / Last Chance / Patuxent Music
• Loneliness And Desperation / Chris Thile & Michael Daves / Sleep With One Eye Open / Nonesuch Records
• Folsom Prison Blues / Scott Anderson / Tales From The Swamp / Self-Produced
• Talk To Me / Gibson Brothers with Claire Lynch / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• One Car Funeral / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• Purple Heart / Red Allen & the Kentuckians / Keep On Going / Rebel
• Robe Of White / Charlie Louvin / The Battles Rage On / True North Records
• With Love From Normandy / Mark "Brink" Brinkman / On The Brink Of A Dream / Self-Produced
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• All Because Of You / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• Eager Weed / Hagar's Mountain Boys / Where's The Lonesome / Mountain Fever Records
• Gone At Last / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Drive Time / Mountain Home
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family
• I've Been All Around This World / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes And A Nickel / Rebel
• Do You Wrong Kind Of Girl / Terry Baucom with Jamie Dailey & Lou Reid / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• The Power Up Above / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / Stanley Brothers / The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1949-52 / Bear Family
• My Lord's Been A Walkin' / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Bouquet In Heaven / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• He Said If I Be Lifted Up / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Jesus Is Whispering Now / Whetstone Run / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country
• Lord Lead Me On / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• You'll Be Rewarded Over There / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• Military Five String / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 5/22/2011

Hi Folks,

Marti made a rare co-host appearance on Bluegrass Cafe and kept the fun factor high as we played a wide swath of new and classic bluegrass music.

While this program featured more classic and vintage music than usual, new music included songs from Audie Blaylock and Redline, Ashlee Blankenship, Louisa Branscomb (sung by John Cowan and Jim Hurst), The High Rollers, and Randy Waller.

Also, check our the new WHUS Bluegrass Cafe Facebook page!

Jim Beaver

requests are bold dark blue

Song Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Fox Chase / Tony Trischka / Territory / Smithsonian Folkways
• Northern Rail / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Tony Trischka / Territory / Smithsonian Folkways
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Jesse James / Bill Emerson / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm
• Nobody Cares For Me / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer) / The Grascals / Dance Til Your Stockings are Hot and Ravelin' / BlueGrascal
• I Was Left On The Street / Audie Blaylock and Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• Boys In Hats And Ties / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats & Ties / Rebel
• Down By The River / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Sally The Mountain Girl / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Self-titled / Steeltown
• (Dear) Sweet Evalina / The Case Brothers / Radio Album / Self-released
• China Grove, My Hometown / Curly Seckler / Down In Caroline / Copper Creek
• Deep River / Ashlee Blankenship / Blades of Blue / Mountain Fever
• Dixie Special / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Who Showed Who / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Going To The Races / The Country Gentlemen / Going Back To The Blueridge Mountains / Smithsonian Folkways
• Pluckin' The Hen / Ashleigh Caudill / Fruit Of The Vine / Self-released
• Callin' Caroline / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• There Goes The Neighborhood / Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band / I Wish Life Was Like Mayberry / Rural Rhythm
• Just Wanna Write A Bluegrass Song / Cedar Hill / I've Got A Thing About Doors / Blue Circle
• Kicking Up Dust / Grasstowne / Kicking Up Dust / Rural Rhythm
• Classic JAG / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces And Bits / Goose Creek
• Poverty Row / Springfield Exit / Americana / Cracker Barrel
• Black Eyed Susie / Mac Martin and The Dixie Travelers / Travelin' On / Copper Creek
• The Hills Of Roane County / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Live At Newport 1969 / Concert Vault
• Walkin' West To Memphis / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• Take Me On The Midnight Train / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home
• One Car Funeral / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• Don't Lie To Me / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• Stormy Night / John Cowan w. Jim Hurst / I'll Take Love - from the pen of Laura Branscomb / Compass
• Two Little Boys / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
• Big Wind / The Cana Ramblers / No Expectations / Self-released
• Don't You Call My Name / Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals / High On A Mountain / Rounder
• Nobody's Business / Larry Sparks / John Deere Tractor / Rebel
• Heartbreak Express / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
• Sand Mountain Blues / Cullen Galyean, Bobby Harrison, and The Virginia Mountain Boys / Volume 4 / Smithsonian Folkways
• So Long 20s / Brandon Rickman / Young Man, Old Soul / Rural Rhythm
• Easy Come, Easy Go / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• Hey Lonesome / The High Rollers / Welcome / Self-released
• Somehow Tonight / Joe Diffie / Homecoming / Rounder
• Leavin' Louisiana In Broad Daylight / The Grascals / The Grascals & Friends / Cracker Barrel
• That Home Far Away / Ralph Stanley / A Mother's Prayer / Rebel
• Life Beyond Death / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan / Carl Story / Lonesome Hearted Blues / Bear Family
• Evergreen Shore / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Preserved / Horizon
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe / 16 Gems / Columbia / Legacy
• Heaven Is My Home / Buzz Busby / A Pioneer of Traditional Bluegrass / Webco (LP)
• I'm Goin' To Walk with My Lord / The Virginia Mountain Boys / Volume 3 / Smithsonian Folkways
• My Foot Is On The Rock / Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen / One Mile East of Hazel Green / Lendel
• Pray The Clouds Away / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released
  

That "new-fangled" technology...

Howdy!

You may have noticed a suggestion on this website to visit our Facebook page, as well. We really hope you will, as our Facebook page for BG Cafe is brand new -- in fact, as of today, it's 3 days old. Facebook is one of those (sometimes annoying) social networking websites that has become almost a necessary form of communication in our technology-crazy world. So many times now, you might look at an advertisement in a magazine, or watch a TV show, and you'll see or hear a message that says, "Be sure to visit us on Facebook." Well, if you're one of the millions of folks with a Facebook account, we also want you to be sure to visit the new BG Cafe Facebook page. There, you'll be able to see photos, read playlists, and learn what's going on (or coming up) with the radio show. Is that a whole lot different than the info you can find on this BG Cafe blog? Not really -- it's just a different method of communication. When you visit our page, be sure to "like" us, and all of this new information that we add will automatically become part of your "news feed" on Facebook.

If you don't already have a Facebook account, none of this will make the slightest bit of sense to you...and that's fine. Becoming a "friend" of BG Cafe on Facebook isn't required to listen to -- and hopefully enjoy -- our radio program. You can even see our Facebook page without actually logging on to Facebook (you just wouldn't be able to post anything without an account).

We've made it pretty easy for you to find us on Facebook. All you need to know:

www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe

Check it out...if you can! We'll be looking for you...

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/15/2011

Weather-wise, Sunday was kind of a gloomy day in Storrs, CT. It's definitely a quiet campus with most of the students gone, but we still like to keep the "festive" atmosphere on the airwaves. Do we always succeed? Perhaps not, but I think Sunday's show was a good one (even if I might be slightly biased)... The show began with a brief tribute to a true BG icon: Lester Raymond Flatt. This past week was the 32nd anniversary of Lester's passing at the relatively young age of 64 (May 11, 1979). What a legacy he's left us...even after all these years. We could easily fill several shows with just versions of the tunes that were written or co-written by Lester Flatt -- and we may get to some of those as we get closer to the anniversary of Flatt's birth (June 19, 1914).

This week also included birthdays for two country singers who, though not considered a "Bluegrass act," are still close enough to the BG world for me. Johnnie Wright (born May 13, 1914) and his musical partner -- and brother-in-law -- Jack Anglin (born May 13, 1916) made some great records in the 1940s and 1950s -- many of which have been recorded by BG performers through the years. If that's not enough of a BG connection, the great fiddler Paul Warren (who would work with Flatt & Scruggs for many years), also played with Johnnie & Jack & the Tennessee Mountain Boys for several years throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s (see photo below, taken in 1953). We didn't have time to play too many Johnnie & Jack tunes in today's show, but we were able to squeeze four tunes into two, thanks to the Country Gentlemen's "Johnny & Jack Medley."


New music is always important to us at the BG Cafe, and today we were able to showcase new tunes from forthcoming projects from Audie Blaylock & Redline, as well as Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. We also included newer music from the likes of Cumberland Gap Connection, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, the Gibson Brothers, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, Sierra Hull, Ashlee Blankenship & Blades of Blue, Claire Lynch (from Compass Records' "I'll Take Love: From The Pen Of Louisa Branscomb" collection), Russell Johnson, Steve Spurgin, Terry Baucom, Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens, Jay Armsworthy, and Shannon Slaughter.

Our spotlight shone a bit today on bass player Edgar Loudermilk. Edgar currently works (very happily) with Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, but he has a really terrific solo recording out these days, as well. We were able to visit with Edgar for a few minutes about the solo recording ("Roads Travelled" on Mountain Fever Records) -- a project featuring twelve tunes he either wrote or co-wrote which was about 7 years in the making. With guests like Edgar's former and current employers (Marty Raybon, Rhonda Vincent, Russell Moore), how could the CD be bad, right? After our chat, we were able to give away copies of the CD to two listeners, so giving things away is always fun. For more information on Edgar Loudermilk, you can visit his website by clicking here, or, of course, visit with him and the rest of Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out when they play at the upcoming Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival in Preston, CT on June 3rd.

Hope you enjoyed something you heard during today's show, and do be sure to tune into the BG Cafe next Sunday with Jim. You'll be glad you did...

Have a good week -
Amy



Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  
• We Can't Be Darlings Anymore / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1952 / JSP Records
  
• Blue Birds Are Singing For Me / Mac Wiseman with Lester Flatt / Bluegrass, 1971 / Rural Rhythm
  
• The Ballad Of Jed Clampett / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Bean Blossom / MCA
  
• The Way I Feel / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
  
• Leavin' You And Mobile, Too / Lost & Found / Down On Sawmill Road / Rebel
• You Ain't Woman Enough / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Prillaman's Switch / Tim Martin / Bluegrass Fiddle / Patuxent Music
  
• Montana Cowboy / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / True Bluegrass / Rounder
• Is It Too Late Now / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Out In The Middle Of Nowhere / Self-Produced
  
• I'm Yours / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• AppleJack / Pam Gadd with Dolly Parton / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway Productions
  
• Ten Bears Run / Cumberland Gap Connection / A Whole Lotta Lonesome / Kindred Records
• One Car Funeral / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Leaving The Lonely Behind / Ashlee Blankenship & Blades Of Blue / Ashlee Blankenship & Blades Of Blue / Mountain Fever Records
• Tennessee Stud / Johnny Cash / American Recordings / American
• The Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• I'm Leaving Town / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
  
• Can't Live Life / Edgar Loudermilk with Rhonda Vincent / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
  
• Roads Travelled / Edgar Loudermilk with Marty Raybon / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
  
• Interview with Edgar Loudermilk
• Rambler's Lament /Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
  
• Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Til I Die) / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
  
• Mighty Dark To Travel / Audie Blaylock & Redline / New Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume 2 / no label
  
• I'm Gonna Love You / Claire Lynch / I'll Take Love: From The Pen Of Louisa Branscomb / Compass Records
  
• Bluegrass Time / Russell Johnson with the Grass Cats / Anytime Anyplace But Only You / New Time Records
  
• If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / New Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume 2 / no label
  
• Tupelo County Jail / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
  
• Music Of The Mountains / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
  
• Gettin' Outta Here Alive / Steve Spurgin / Past Perfect / Blue Night Records
• Flint Hill Special [music bed] / Rick Spinney / Off The Cuff / Self-Produced
• Reuben [music bed] / Rick Spinney / Off The Cuff / Self-Produced
  
• Nine Pound Hammer [music bed] / Rick Spinney / Off The Cuff / Self-Produced
  
• Cripple Creek [music bed] / Rick Spinney / Off The Cuff / Self-Produced
• Tell Me Tomorrow / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• I Wish You Knew / Terry Baucom with John Cowan & Russell Moore / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
  
• More Bad Weather On The Way / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
  
• I Can't Tell My Heart That / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family [birthdays: Johnnie Wright, 5/13/1914; Jack Anglin, 5/13/1916]
• Johnny & Jack Medley / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
  
• El Cumbanchero / The Chapmans / Grown Up (A Revisionist History) / Compass Records
  
• Don't Forget To Pray / Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent Music
  
• Wings Of Angels / Jay Armsworthy / I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Blue Circle Records
  
• On The Sunny Side Of Life / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
  
• I've Hit Everything In My Life (But My Knees) / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Self-Produced
  
• That Wonderful Place / Ralph Stanley / A Mother's Prayer / Rebel
• Drowning Sailor / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• One Wide River / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 5/8/2011 - Mother's Day

Hi Folks,

We braved the graduation crowds at UCONN to bring you this program which started a half-hour late for a baseball preemption, but we had time to honor our mothers on Mother's Day with a bunch of bluegrass "mother songs." We also had time to bring you an interview with Tony Trischka and give away a couple of tickets to his upcoming show, Tony Trischka Territory, in East Hartford, CT, Saturday May 21.

Also on this program were the first two of several songs recorded the day before by The Spinney Brothers in our own WHUS production studio. Amy and I will be playing the remaining tracks in the future as I get all the post-processing completed.

One of the newest "mother songs" on this program was a new one from Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen and their new album "One Mile East Of Hazel Green."

A couple of great new songs came from another new CD in the studio titled "I'll Take Love (From The Pen Of Louisa Branscomb)." Louisa is a fine songwriter who has had many of her songs recorded by prominent bluegrass and country artists.

The playlist follows this picture of my mom.

Jim Beaver

requests are bold blue

Song Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Kentucky Gold / Reno Brothers / Kentucky Gold / Webco
• Molly and Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe / Two Days At Newport / Bear Family
• John Deere Tractor / Larry Sparks / John Deere Tractor / Rebel
• Mama's Song / Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen / One Mile East of Hazel Green / Lindel
• Medals For Mothers / Rhonda Vincent / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Mama's Flowers / Rambler's Choice / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Mother's Prayers Were Not In Vain / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• Tony Trischka Interview
• World Turning / Tony Trischka / World Turning / Rounder
• Bon Aqua Blues / Tony Trischka with Kenny Ingram / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Looking For The Light / Tony Trischka with Del McCoury / Hill Country / Rounder
• New York Chimes / Tony Trischka / Dust On The Needle / Rounder
• Wearin' the Blues / Josh Williams and David Peterson / I'll Take Love - from the Pen of Laura Branscombe / Compass
• State Line / Dave Peterson with John Cowan / I'll Take Love - from the Pen of Laura Branscombe / Compass
• Please Don't Say It / Cherryholmes / Bluegrass Vagabonds / Spirit High Ridge
• Red Satin Dress / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• Tattoo of a Smudge / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes IV - Common Threads / Skaggs Family
• Poor Rebel Soldier / Bill Emerson / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm
• Backroads and Little Towns / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever
• Walking In A Dream [bed] / Fred Etheridge / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released
• Dixie Darling / Case Brothers / Radio Album / Self-released
• I Haven't Seen Mama In Years / The Spinney Brothers / At WHUS May 7, 2011
• Tennessee Banjo Man / The Spinney Brothers / At WHUS May 7, 2011
• Always Be Kind To Your Mother / Scott Brannon / Memories Of Mother / Wango
• Memories Of Mother / James King & Danny Paisley / Memories Of Mother / Wango
• Blue Kentucky Girl / Loretta Lynn / Blue Kentucky Girl / Decca
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band et.al / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time-Life
• A Mother's Prayer / Ralph Stanley / A Mother's Prayer / Rebel
• Mother's Last Years / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• Satan and Grandma / The Grascals / The Famous Lefty Flynn's / Rounder
• Shake My Mother's Hand / The Warrior River Boys / Memories Of Mother / Wango
• Mother Prays Loud In Her Sleep / David Peterson / Live at WHUS May 8, 2010
• I Love The Hymns They Sang At Mother's Grave / Carl Story / Lonesome Hearted Blues / Bear Family
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/1/2011 (plus one hour)

For the third week in a row, Bluegrass Cafe was extended by one hour, as "Dr. B's Musical Prescription" was not on the air. It's the end of the semester at UCONN, so I guess that's not too, too unusual.

So...what to do with that extra hour? This week, I felt the need to play a bit of classic country music. Originally, I had intended to play a variety of performers, but this week, the focus fell pretty much on one Clarence Eugene (Hank) Snow, who was born on May 9, 1914. Many of Hank Snow's tunes have been recorded by BG performers through the years, so it wasn't really much of a stretch to play three covers of Hank's tunes, plus two of Hank's own tunes. Something we were playing during this hour must have appealed to listeners, though, as the phone was very busy. We even had one person who was a trucker passing through CT on Interstate 395 call in and ask to hear, "Tennessee Stud." How convenient that the next caller wanted to hear Johnny Cash, as we were able to combine the two requests...

Once we got into the "official" time for the BG Cafe, we stayed with straight BG tunes.

For many years, I will admit that Lynn Morris was my favorite female singer of BG music. Sadly, since suffering a stroke in the Spring of 2003, Lynn hasn't really been able to play music on a regular basis, as she has some difficulty remembering lyrics. Consequently, Lynn Morris doesn't really play music on stage anymore (although she did play one set at the Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in 2007, as you can see in this photo). However, today, Lynn Morris was scheduled to take the stage at a BG festival in Winchester, VA with her husband, Marshall Wilborn, and other former members of the Lynn Morris Band (Jesse Brock, Tom Adams, Ron Stewart). I have no doubt that Lynn had a large number of folks pulling for her in the audience today. There's a great profile article which was published in the Northern Virginia Daily newspaper on April 30th. Read it by clicking here.
Last week, Jim put together a great tribute set to Hazel Dickens, who died on April 22nd. This week, I wanted to continue that tribute a bit, so I put together a few tunes recorded by others (including Lynn Morris, Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie, the Johnson Mountain Boys, Laurie Lewis, & Springfield Exit) which came directly from the pen of Hazel Dickens. This amazing lady wrote so much great music through the years that you'll continue to hear it for a good long while, without a doubt -- and that's the way it should be.
New music continues to be a big part of our playlist at BG Cafe, as well, and there is just a surplus of it these days. On the show this week, we played new or newer recordings from the likes of Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Bill Emerson, Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys, Ashlee Blankenship & Blades Of Blue, Steve Spurgin, NewFound Road, Shannon Slaughter, Terry Baucom, and James Reams & the Barnstormers.

Hope you enjoyed something you heard on today's BG Cafe, and that you'll be sure to join Jim on next week's edition of the show...

Amy




REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Bluegrass Breakdown / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• On And On / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
  
• Red Rocking Chair / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics (1946-1950) / Cattle
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Stanley Brothers / An Evening Long Ago / Columbia
• Not A Word From Home / Roy Acuff / The Best Of Roy Acuff: The Prodigal Son / Country Stars
• I'll Get Along Somehow / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Interstate Rag / Doc Watson / Elementary Doctor Watson! / Sugar Hill
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• I'm Movin' On / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA
• Music Makin' Mama From Memphis / Charlie Waller & Randall Hylton / The Singer And The Songster / Rebel
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Honeymoon On A Rocketship / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• Tennessee Stud / Johnny Cash / American Recordings / American
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Daddy Sang Bass / Johnny Cash with the Carter Family, Carl Perkins & the Statler Brothers / Live At Madison Square Garden / Columbia Legacy
• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RokcyGrass / Blue Planet
• One Morning In May / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Home Run Man / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
• Line Drive / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Self-Produced
• Spring Will Bring Flowers / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury
• Rambler's Lament / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Rare Bird Alert / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• 17 Cents / Infamous Stringdusters / Things That Fly / Sugar Hill
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• The Blues Are Still The Blues / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• Tragic Love / Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent Music
• Who Showed Who / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Scraps From Your Table / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder [written by Hazel Dickens]
  
• I Can't Find Your Love Anymore / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm [written by Hazel Dickens]
  
• My Better Years / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder [written by Hazel Dickens]
  
• Beyond The River Bend / Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals / Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals / Rounder [written by Hazel Dickens]
  
• Hills Of Home / Springfield Exit / Springfield Exit / Cracker Barrel [written by Hazel Dickens]
  
• Here Today And Gone Tomorrow / Hazel Dickens with Johnson Mountain Boys / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder
• Gone At Last / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Drive Time / Mountain Home
• No Steering--No Brakes / Bill Emerson / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm
• I Know That You Know / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records
• Silver Wings / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Leaving The Lonely Behind / Ashlee Blankenship & Blades Of Blue / Ashlee Blankenship & Blades Of Blue / Mountain Fever Records
• Collar In The Wind / Steve Spurgin / Past Perfect / Blue Night Records
• Room At The Top Of The Stairs / NewFound Road / Live At The Down Home / Rounder
• Hooverville / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Self-Produced
• Time To Say Goodbye / Big Country Bluegrass / Waiting At The Homeplace / Hay Holler
• Cherokee Shuffle / Carpenter & May / Carpenter & May / Violin Shop Records
• Wall Around Your Heart / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Open Up Your Heart / Terry Baucom with Gibson Brothers / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Factory Floor / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Susquehanna Getaway / James Reams & the Barnstormers / One Foot In The Honky Tonk / Mountain Redbird Music
• Once More / Audie Blaylock with Lou Reid & Russell Moore / All-Star Jam: Live At Graves Mountain / Rural Rhythm
• The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind / Hylo Brown / In Concert / Copper Creek
• No Lawyers In Heaven / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Red Top Rumble / Earl Brothers / The Earl Brothers / Self-Produced
• Old Swinging Bridge / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• I'll Never Go Back / Louvin Brothers / Songs That Tell A Story / Rounder
• There's A Higher Power / Kathy Kallick Band / Between The Hollow And The High-Rise / Live Oak Records
• His Loving Care / Junior Sisk with John Miller / Look To The Light: Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Lord, Don't Leave Me Here / Hagar's Mountain Boys / Forever Yours / Mountain Fever Records
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• I Know What You're Talking About / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• No Hiding Place Down Here / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• Wings Of Angels / Jay Armsworthy / I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Blue Circle Records
• So Happy I'll Be / The Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Hay Holler
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder