"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 6/26/2011

Hi Folks,

Marti and I were back after being away for a few weeks and enjoyed bringing the great bluegrass music to the WHUS airwaves.

I was pleased to be able to play a track -- "Brown Mountain Light" -- from Tommy Faile's 1993 tribute to songs of Scotty Wiseman. Folks who grew up within a couple hundred miles of the North Carolina Piedmont between the 1950s and 1980s knew Tommy Faile as a household name because of his daily appearances with Arthur Smith and the Crackerjacks on television. Tommy passed away in 1996, but his smooth baritone voice was true to the end.

New music included songs from the youthful new group Monroeville, the VW Boys, Larry Cordle, Russell Johnson, Scott Anderson, and Ralph Stanley.

A couple of noteworthy tunes on this show deserve recognition. "Rabbit In The Pea Patch" from Peter Feldmann and the Pea Patch Quintet -- a group consisting of Byron Berline, Dan Crary, and Dennis Caplinger among the notables -- from Peter's album, Grey Cat on the Tennessee Farm, is an excellent tribute to the songs of Uncle Dave Macon. The album is right at home on a bluegrass program.

Another was one of the earliest recordings of Molly O'Day, "Tramp On The Street." Aspiring female vocalists would have a tough time finding a better role model than Molly.

Hope to see you down the road at one of the many bluegrass events this summer.

Jim Beaver

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The 'C' String / Self-released
• Rita Mae / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• No Lawyers In Heaven / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Going To Georgia / The Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Out In The Cold World / Audie Blaylock and Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• Hold Whatcha Got / Joe Walsh w. The Gibson Brothers / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant
• Where's The Lonesome / Hagar's Mountain Boys / Where's The Lonesome / Mountain Fever
• How Long Blues / Del McCoury / Livin' On The Mountain / Rebel
• The Rooster Song / VW Boys / Retroactive / Mountain Roads
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Be Proud Of The Gray In Your Hair / Dave Evans & River Bend / Goin' Round This World / Rebel
• Good Time Mountain Man / Terry Baucom w. Chris Stapleton & Ronnie Bowman / In A Groove /John Boy & Billy
• Single Girl / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Brown Mountain Light / Tommy Faile / The Songs Of Scott Wiseman / Mar-Lu
• Sweet Thang / Gene Watson & Rhonda Vincent / Your Money and My Good Looks / Upper Management
• Whitewater / Bela Fleck / Drive / Rounder
• Swampgrass / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Southern Rail Road Line / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Out In The Middle Of Nowhere / Raincoe
• Haskel's Five String / The McCormick Brothers / The Very Best Of The McCormick Brothers / Varese Sarabande
• Old, Old House / Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers / Travelin' On / Copper Creek
• Cabin Of Love / Del McCoury w. David Grisman / 100% Handmade Bluegrass / Acoustic Disc
• Bringing In The Georgia Mail / The Case Brothers / Radio Album / Self-released
• A Little Bit More / Cedar Hill / I've Got A Thing About Doors / Blue Circle
• Molly / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin / Mighty Cord
• Play The Lonesome Sound / Dewey Brown / Hard Times For A Fiddler / Dew Bug
• I Need To Know / Russell Johnson / Anytime Anyplace But Only You / New Time
• Rambler's Song / Monroeville / Monroeville / Monroeville
• The Whole World Round / The Dillards / Live - Almost! / Elektra
• Stoned At The Juke Box / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• Yesterday I Didn't Know / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats & Ties / Rebel
• Drifting and Dreaming / Missy Werner / Drifting and Dreaming / Self-released
• Tiger & The Monkey / Jim Lauderdale / Reason and Rhyme / Sugar Hill Records
• Gone Beserk / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / LC Productions
• Blame It On The Bluegrass / Valerie Smith / Blame It On The Bluegrass / Bell Buckle
• Sawmill Shuffle (bed) / Tom Adams / Adams County Banjo / Rounder
• Three Sailors From Dublin (bed) / Tom Adams / Adams County Banjo / Rounder
• Farmer John (bed) / Tom Adams / Adams County Banjo / Rounder
• Women Like To Slow Dance / Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• The Storms Are On The Ocean / Scruggs, Watson, Skaggs w. Alison Krauss / The Three Pickers / Rounder
• Rabbit In The Pea Patch / Peter Feldmann & the Pea Patch Quintet / Grey Cat on the Tennessee Farm / Hen Cackle
• Consider Me Gone / John Reischman & The Jaybirds / Vintage & Unique / Corvus
• Pick Like Earl / Larry Perkins & Friends / I Just Want 2 Pick Like Earl / Self-released
• Can't You Hear Me Calling / Scott Anderson / Tales From The Swamp / Mato
• I'll Love Nobody But You / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• Sunshine In The Shadows / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• Heaven Light is Shining On Me / Charlie Lawson & Oak Hill / Memories Of You / Self-released
• Bigger Hands Than Mine / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• The Tramp On The Street / Molly O'Day / Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks / Bear Family
• Don't Forget To Pray / Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent
• God's Record Book of Life / Douglas Dillard / Heaven / Self-rerelease
• Prince Of Peace / Ralph Stanley / A Mother's Prayer / Rebel
• Will You Find Me Worthy / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody and Their Brother / Swift River
• My Lord Will Send A Moses / The Easter Brothers / They're Holding Up The Ladder / Rebel
• Take Me In The Lifeboat / John Bowman / Retrospective 1994-2008 / Self-released
• Power Of Prayer / Jay Armsworthy / I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Blue Circle
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson and Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/12/2011

Neither Jim nor I could be in the studio on Sunday, June 12th to play the music for you, so James Ward, and his mom, Cathy Ward graciously stepped in for us.  The Wards host their own BG show on WHUS called "Bluegrass Rules."  Be sure to listen to them on Tuesdays from 3-4PM, if you're so inclined.  In the meantime, here's their playlist from the June 12th show...

• Keep On Walkin' / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
• Proud To Be A Daughter Of Bluegrass / Daughters Of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• I'm Comin' Back But I Don't Know When / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Faith & Hope / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
• Angeline / Blue Moon Rising / One Lonely Shadow / Lonesome Day Records
• Five Speed / Gena Britt Tew / Doing All I Can / Self-Produced
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Boil Them Cabbage Down / The Grascals / Dance 'Til Your Stockings Are Hot And Ravelin' / BluGrascal Records
• I've Got That Old Feeling / Alison Krauss / I've Got That Old Feeling / Rounder
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Jim & Jesse McReynolds / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• This Weary Heart You Stole Away / Dan Tyminski / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea
• Meadow Green / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band with Maura O'Connell / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• Black Eyed Susie / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• When I Close My Eyes / Rhonda Vincent / Back Home Again / Rounder
• Hide You In The Blood / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Memories That Bless And Burn / Rounder
• Tall Pines / Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals / Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals / Rounder
• He Will Calm The Troubled Waters / Petticoat Junction / Hand Of The Higher Power / Pinecastle
• Glory Train / Southern Rail / Glory Trail / Pinecastle
• Muleskinner Blues / Rhonda Vincent / Yesterday & Today / Self-Produced
• Sally Ann / Shankman Twins / Shankman Twins / City West
• My Dixie Darlin' / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / The Oak And The Laurel / Rounder
• Highway 40 Blues / Ricky Skaggs / The High Notes / Cracker Barrel
• In God's Hands / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home
• Callin' Caroline / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• Here Today, We're Gone Tomorrow / Rhonda Vincent & the Sally Mountain Show / Bound For Gloryland / Rebel
• Little Man / Ray Legere & Roger Williams / River Of No Return / Strictly Country
• Hello Mary Lou / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
• Backwoods Barbie / Dolly Parton / Backwoods Barbie / Dolly Records
• When I'm Gone / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Self-Produced
• Matches / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm
• Satan And Grandma / The Grascals / The Famous Lefty Flynn's / Rounder
• Mountain Dew / Grandpa Jones / Time Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass, Volume 1 / Time Life
• Flint Hill Special / Rick Spinney / Off The Cuff / Self-Produced
• Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers with Ricky Skaggs / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Did You Forget God Today / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary Special / Rounder
• Closer To My Journey / Joe Isaacs Family Reunion / The Joe Isaacs Family Reunion / Blue Circle
• Gone Beserk / Dan Menzone / Frost Bite / Self-Produced
• Red Clay Halo / Valerie Smith / Patchwork Heart / Rebel
• Big Black Train / Darrell Webb Band / Bloodline / Rural Rhythm
• Can't You Hear The Mountain Calling / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling / Rounder
• Amanda Lynn / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
• Hard Times Come Again No More / The Isaacs / Naturally / Gaither Music
• Close My Eyes To Heaven / Larry Stephenson Band / Close My Eyes To Heaven / Pinecastle
• Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone / Joe Isaacs / Heartfelt Pickin' & Singin', Volume 1 / Mountain Home
• Gates Of Glory / Mickey Harris / Kneel & Pray / MJH Records
• Purple Robe / Ernie Thacker / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea
• The Sunny Side Of Life / The Isaacs / Bridges / Horizon
• Gospel Plow / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Hide Me, Rock Of Ages / Dailey & Vincent / Singing From The Heart / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/19/2011

There was lots of stuff going on during today's BG Cafe, and here's my usual complaint: the show wasn't long enough to play all of the music I wanted to play.

In addition to celebrating Father's Day with a few tunes about fathers, we included a few more songs performed by Bluegrass fathers with their own offspring (who also happen to be top-notch musicians). This seems to be a somewhat common occurrence, as there are lots of Bluegrass fathers who have some very talented children, and many of them have even played in the same bands together. We didn't have time to play too many of those family combos today, but we did sneak in some tunes by families named Mullins, Cox, Paisley, Parmley, & McCoury. There are many others we just didn't have time to get on the air today, but maybe in future weeks...

Plus, today is the birthday of Lester Flatt -- a true BG icon, if there ever was one. Flatt wrote or co-wrote so many tunes which have gone on to become BG standards, and his unique vocal delivery has inspired many an imitator over the years. Even though Lester Flatt died 32 years ago, his influence continues to inspire so many modern-day Bluegrassers -- even if they don't fully realize they were inspired by him. Playing a dozen tunes written or co-written by Lester Flatt was incredibly easy...and could have easily expanded to 2 or 3 or 4 dozen.

New music was on today's agenda, too. My favorite new recording received over the last couple of weeks is Volume Five's "Children Of The Mountain" on Mountain Fever Records. This relatively new band (formed in 2008) has released a fabulous sophomore recording which deserves lots of listening, so don't be surprised if you hear plenty more from it in future weeks at the BG Cafe. We also played a fun new tune written by Steve Martin which will be featured when he plays with the Steep Canyon Rangers on the upcoming "Capitol 4th" program. The song is written from the viewpoint of Paul Revere's horse during that famous ride in April of 1775, and is called, "Me And Paul Revere." Enjoyable!


Be sure to join Jim in next Sunday's BG Cafe, and be sure to visit (and "like") us on Facebook.

Amy


Requests are RED; Lester Flatt-penned tunes are GREEN.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• One Mile East Of Hazel Green / Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen / One Mile East Of Hazel Green / Lendel Records
• Little White Washed Chimney / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
  
• Smoke Along The Track / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records
• Mighty Dark To Travel / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
  
• Nobody Cares For Me / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent Music
• Prillaman's Switch / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Headed Home For Maine / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah Records
• Tennessee Stud / Doc Watson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Daddy Did His Best / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Compass Records
• Daddy's Chair / Darren Beachley / Sad Songs & Sunday Mornings / Mastershield Records
• Little John, I Am / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• Farm Of Yesterday / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Old Hickory Cane / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Wearin' The Blues / Josh Williams with David Peterson / I'll Take Love : From The Pen Of Louisa Branscomb / Compass Records
• The Other Side / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• What Is Home Without Love / Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent Music
• Maybelle's Guitar And Monroe's Mandolin / Robin & Linda Williams / Buena Vista / Red House Records
• Blue Grass Breakdown / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Me And Paul Revere / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / / Rounder
• Greenwood Mill / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Don't Give A Hang / Jim Lauderdale / Reason And Rhyme / Sugar Hill
• When You Are Lonely / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• If I Should Wander Back Tonight / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Why Did You Wander / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• No Mother Or Dad / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• The Old Hometown / Seldom Scene / Always In Style / Sugar Hill
• The Martha White Theme / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• The Ballad Of Jed Clampett / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Sullivan County [music bed] / Russ Carson / Last Chance / Patuxent Music
• Goodbye Liza Jane [music bed] / Russ Carson / Last Chance / Patuxent Music
• Liberty Off The Corn Liquor Still/Devil In The Wood Pile[music bed] / Russ Carson / Last Chance / Patuxent Music
• Log Cabin In The Lane / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home
• Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord Records
• Loser's Hand / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• In A Groove / Terry Baucom / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Sally The Mountain Girl / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Steeltown Records
• Little Community Church / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• I'm Gonna Walk The Streets Of Gold / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats And Ties / Rebel
• He Can Be Found / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• There's A Highway To Heaven / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / King
• So Happy I'll Be / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder
• You Better Wake Up / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• On The Wings Of Angels / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Get In Line Brother / The Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Hay Holler
• God Loves His Children / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Brother, I'm Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 6/5/2011

This was Strawberry Park Bluegrass weekend in Connecticut, but UCONN baseball playoffs were going on as well, so our show was about an hour long. We stacked it with many of the artists who performed at Strawberry Park.

James and Cathy Ward will be filling in next week 6/12 on Bluegrass Cafe, so be sure to give them a listen.

Jim Beaver

Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Singing As We Rise / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• My Little Georgia Rose / Audie Blaylock and Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• Puddle Jumper (bed) / Roger Williams, Ray Legere / River Of No Return / Little Man
• Corn / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Self-titled / Mountain Home
• Cumberland River / Dailey & Vincent / Self-titled / Rounder
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Whatcha Gonna Do / Rounder
• Tell Me Tomorrow / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• Satan And Grandma / The Grascals / The Famous Lefty Flynn's / Rounder
• Could It Be Goodbye / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Out In The Middle Of Nowhere / Raincoe
• How High Is That Mountain / Larry Stephenson / Thankful / Pinecastle
• Power In The Blood / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Echoes of the Mountains / Rounder
• Old Ship Of Zion / Dudley Connell & Don Rigsby / Meet Me By The Moonlight / Sugar Hill
• In God's Hands / The Boxcars / Self-titled / Mountain Home
• Power Of Prayer / Jay Armsworthy / I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Blue Circle
• Precious Memories / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Drive Time / Mountain Home
• The Eastern Gate / IIIrd Tyme Out / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
• He Understands / Barry Scott, Dale Ann Bradley / Look To The Light (Rick Lang) / Rural Rhythm
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released