This was beautiful summer day in New England -- perfect for having the radio tuned to Bluegrass Cafe for the late afternoon activities. To add to summer pleasures, we gave away a couple pairs of Saturday passes to the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival that takes place July 14-17 in Oak Hill, New York.
We debuted som
e new music including songs from The Bankesters, Thomas Porter & Copper River Band, Dana and Lauren, Michael Martin Murphey, and Val Storey.
We also paid tribute to the life of Kenny Baker (photo at top), the great Blue Grass Boy fiddler who passed away July 8. We played some of Kenny's fiddling from his 1976 album of Monroe songs (with Bill Monroe on mandolin) and a twin fiddling album he did with Joe Greene in 1968.
Festival and concert season is going full blast now, so we hope you can get out and hear some live bluegrass this summer. Besides Grey Fox coming up in a couple of weeks, we have the Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival -- 2010 IBMA Event of the Year -- coming to East Hartford August 4-7, and many great concerts coming as well. A good resource for schedules is at the web site of the Connecticut Bluegrass Music Association.
Amy will be with you next week, so don't miss the action as Amy makes the banjos and fiddles ring.
Jim Beaver
Requests are bold blue
Title / Artist / Album / Label
- Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self-released
- Rambler's Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Live And Learn / Rebel
- Yellow-Backed Fly / Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
- Darling Why Can't You Be True / The McCormick Brothers / The Very Best of The McCormick Brothers / Varese Sarabande
- Swinging Bridge / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
- Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer) / The Grascals / Dance Til Your Stockings Are Hot And Ravlin' / Time-Life
- Cotton Farmer / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
- 1946 / David Peterson / Live at WHUS May 8, 2010 / NA
- Snake Eyes / James Reams and the Barnstormers / One Foot In The Honky Tonk / Mountain Redbird
- Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time-Life
- Big River / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Self-titled / Steeltown
- Mighty Dark To Travel / Audie Blaylock and Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
- Don Quixote / Charlie Waller & The Country Gentlemen / 45 Years Of Memories / Pinecastle
- Trolley Days / Thomas Porter & Copper River Band / Trolley Days / Self-released
- Worried Man Blues / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
- Gold Watch And Chain / Taylor's Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
- Dust Bowl Children / Alison Krauss and Union Station / Paper Airplane / Rounder
- I'd Rather Be Alone / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
- The Ballad of Jesse James / Michael Martin Murphey / Tall Grass & Cool Water / Rural Rhythm
- There Ain't No Future In the Past / Terry Baucom w. Lou Reid, Jimmy Haley / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy
- No More Room / Thomas Porter & Copper River Band / Trolley Days / Self-released
- Up and Around The Bend / Bela Fleck / Drive / Rounder
- Justice For Willy / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord
- Boating Up Sandy / Kenny Baker & Joe Greene / High Country / County
- Road To Columbus / Kenny Baker / Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe / County
- Reuben's Ridge / Kenny Baker & Joe Greene / High Country / County
- Fiddler's Pastime / Kenny Baker / Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe / County
- Birdie / Kenny Baker & Joe Greene / High Country / County
- Sunday Morning Coming Down / Johnny Cash / The Essential Johnny Cash / Columbia Legacy
- Blue Rocking Chair / Grasstowne / Kickin' Up Dust / Rural Rhythm
- The Bankesters / My Love Will Follow You / The Bankesters / Blue Circle
- Trains I Missed / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
- Back To Dixie / The McPeak Brothers / Yesteryears - The Best of The McPeak Brothers / Rebel
- Chasing Trains / Dana and Lauren / Dana and Lauren (EP) / Self-released
- Hey Hey, Bartender / Del McCoury / I Wonder Where You Are Tonight / Arhoolie
- Crucial County Breakdown / Bela Fleck / Drive / Rounder
- Church Street Blues / Bryan Sutton and Friends / Almost Live / Sugar Hill
- Mole In The Ground / Joe Walsh / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant
- He Can Be Found / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
- Drowning Sailor / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
- The Old Gospel Ship / The Lewis Family / Born Of The Spirit / Starday
- Let's All Go Down To The River / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self-released
- He Suffered For My Reward / Ralph Stanley / A Mother's Prayer / Rebel
- I'll Never Go Back / Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers / Hymns From The Hills / Rebel
- Little Mountain Church House / Val Storey / New Cuts of Bluegrass Vol. 3 / New Cuts of BG
- Do You Call That Religion? / Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent
- Let The Church Roll On / Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
- Cry From The Cross / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Preserved / Horizon
- Keeper Of The Door / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
- Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released
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