"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 8/28/2011 - Hurricane Edition

Hi Folks.

Hurricane Irene made sure our power was out at the house, and that many roads were impassable, but UCONN's power was up as was WHUS.  While Amy was blocked from getting to the station, I didn't mind stepping in to keep Bluegrass Cafe on the air.

I used this unexpected opportunity to play many of the tunes that have been left on the table for lack of time during previous shows, and to include a good dose of new music, too.

Rain, flood, storm, and weather-themed songs peppered the playlist in light of the conditions around New England at the time.

New music making an appearance on this show included songs from Larry Gillis and Alex Leach, Blue Highway, Nu-Blu, Dale Ann Bradley, Lee Marcus, John Bowman, Mountain Faith, Rodney Dillard, and Darin and Brooke Aldridge.

If the weather holds out, there is a good chance Amy will be with you next Sunday over the Labor Day weekend, so be sure to tune in.  I'm sure she has some good storm tales along with some great bluegrass music.

Jim Beaver

(requests in bold) 

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Didn't It Rain / Lizzy Long & Little Roy Lewis / Straight From The Heart of Dixie / Crossroads
• The Flood / The Stanley Brothers / 1953-58 & 1959 / Bear Family
• Storms Are On The Ocean / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday / The Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years / Gusto
• The Letter I Never Mailed / Larry Gillis and Alex Leach / Dr. Swampgrass Gillis Live on WDVX / Tinman
• Bringing Mary Home / John Duffey / The Rebel Years: 1962-1977 / Rebel
• Lost And Lonesome / Billy Boone Smith / Live From The Moose Lodge / Muddy Sunshine
• Blue Rocking Chair / Grasstowne / Kickin' Up Dust / Rural Rhythm
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• I Ain't Gonna Lay My Hammer Down / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
• Frozen In Time / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• Other Women's Blues / Nu-Blu / The Blu-Disc / Pinecastle
• Joe's Old Clock / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces And Bits / Goose Creek
• Uncle Eef / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Poor Leroy's Almanac / Self-released
• I'll Get Along Somehow / Allerton & Alton / Black, White and Bluegrass / Bear Family
• New Shoes / Dale Ann Bradley / Somewhere South Of Crazy / Compass
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever
• Big Sciota / Sierra Hull / Angel Mountain / Self-released
• River Rising / James Reams and the Barnstormers / One Foot In The Honky Tonk / Mountain Redbird
• Let It Rain / Donna Ulisse / An Easy Climb / Hadley Music Group
• Mandolin Tango / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• I've Got The Railroad Blues / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• One Dime At A Time / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Ole Slew Foot / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Out In The Middle Of Nowhere / Self-released
• More Bad Weather On The Way / Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Going Down To Charleston / The Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Mastertone
• Weather's Got To Change / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
• Out In The Cold World / Audie Blaylock and Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• It Rained A Mist / Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent
• Next To Nothing / Dale Ann Bradley / Somewhere South Of Crazy / Compass
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
• Sparta Flash / The Expedition Show / Self-titled / Mountain Fever
• Calm Before The Storm / No One You Know / Calm Before The Storm / Mountain Fever
• Unwanted Love / The Blue Canyon Boys / Mountain Bound / Self-released
• East Tennessee Blues (bed) / Tommy Jackson / The Legendary Session Fiddler / BACM
• Uncle Joe (bed) / Tommy Jackson / The Legendary Session Fiddler / BACM
• Cripple Creek (bed) / Tommy Jackson / The Legendary Session Fiddler / BACM
• Ragtime Annie (bed) / Tommy Jackson / The Legendary Session Fiddler / BACM
• Boy, Giraffes Are Selfish / The Grascals / Dance Til Your Stockings are Hot and Ravelin' / Time-Life
• Old Joe Clark / Phil Rosenthal / A Treasury of Bluegrass and Country Songs / American Melody
• My Window Faces The South / Tim Graves, Daryl Mosley, Stacy Scruggs / A Bluegrass Tribute to Studio B / Self-released
• Does My Ring Burn Your Finger? / The Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
• That's A Fine Fine Banjo Mr. Brown / Thomas Porter & Copper River Band / Trolley Days / Self-released
• I'll Sail For Higher Ground / John Bowman / Family Chain / Pisgah
• My Lord What A Morning / Sweet Potato Pie / Journey Called Life / Mountain Fever
• Family Bible / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Necktie
• Save Me / Mountain Faith / Save Me / Mountain Home
• I Am The Man, Thomas / The Bankesters / Self-titled / Blue Circle
• When My Time Comes To Go / Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band / Don't Wait For The Hearse To Take You To Church / Rural Rhythm
• Great High Mountain / Larry Sparks / Let Him Lead You / Rebel
• Snow Covered Mound / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• He's Already There / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson and Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 8/21/2011

Hi Folks.

Most of this show was songs from many of the IBMA nominees that were announced this past Wednesday. Many in the Northeast were pleased to see seven nominations for upstate New York farm boys, The Gibson Brothers, but there were many other great artists and songs represented on the list.

Also, the newest Hall of Fame inductees are Del McCoury and George Shuffler.

New music came from Lee Marcus, Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey, Cumberland River, and Jim Lauderdale.

We celebrated two bluegrass birthdays on this show, Carter Stanley (Aug. 27, 1925) and J. D. Crowe (Aug. 27, 1937) and played sets of their music to celebrate.

Amy will be with you next week, so tune in to hear 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
• Walkin' West To Memphis / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• Help My Brother / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• I Could Change My Mind / The Boxcars / Self-titled / Mountain Home
• Black Dust Fever / Travers Chandler and Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• Black Jack County Chains / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
• Trains I Missed / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• Don't Pick Me Up / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• White Dove / The Stanley Brothers / 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• (Say) Won't You Be Mine / The Stanley Brothers / 1953-58 & 1959 / Bear Family
• I'm Lonesome Without You / The Stanley Brothers / 1953-58 & 1959 / Bear Family
• Man Of Constant Sorrow / The Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday-King Years / King
• Riding The Midnight Train / The Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday-King Years / King
• The Year Clayton Delaney Died / The Grascals w. Tom T. Hall / The Grascals & Friends / Cracker Barrel
• From Rock-N-Roll To Bill Monroe / Tommy Webb / From Rock-N-Roll To Bill Monroe / Self-released
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel
• Lonely Ends Where Love Begins / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Gone Beserk / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / Self-released
• Grand Ole Opry Song / Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys / Self-titled / Bear Family
• My Walking Shoes / Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys / Self-titled / Bear Family
• Blackjack / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel
• Old Home Place / J.D. Crowe & The New South / Self-titled / Rounder
• Little John, I Am / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
• Country Store / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Drive Time / Mountain Home
• Do You Know You Are My Sunshine / Dailey & Vincent / Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
• Marbletown / Blue Highway / Some Day: The 15th Anniversary Collection / Rounder
• Hide Behind A Rock / Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Dust Bowl Children / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Paper Airplane / Rounder
• Grandpa's Pond / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
• Nineteen Forty Ford / Acoustic Blue / Timeless / Self-released
• Something To Say / Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey / The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Lizard Records
• Harlan Man / Cumberland River / The Life We Live / Rural Rhythm
• Cruel Wind And Rain / Jim Lauderdale / Reason And Rhyme / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Rag (bed) / Leroy Troy, Terry Eldridge, Larry Perkins / Three Fingers and a Clawhammer / Self-released
• Red Wing (bed) / Leroy Troy, Terry Eldridge, Larry Perkins / Three Fingers and a Clawhammer / Self-released
• Mississippi Sawyer (bed) / Leroy Troy, Terry Eldridge, Larry Perkins / Three Fingers and a Clawhammer / Self-released
• I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
• Shade Tree Mechanic / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord
• Wildwood Flower Blues / The New England Bluegrass Band / Things In Life / Rock Maple
• Old Blues Back Again / Taylor's Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms / The Frosty Mountain Boys (w. Raymond Fairchild) / That Good Ol' Bluegrass / Rural Rhythm
• We Can't Be Darlings Anymore / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Live at the Birchmere / Rounder
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die) / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Pray The Clouds Away / Crowe, Lawson, Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• Wake Up Peter / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler
• Beautiful Hall / Jeff Parker, John Miller, et al / Look To The Light, Songs of Faith from the Pen of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm
• Are You Afraid To Die / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Give Me Just A Little More Time / Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Satisfied / Rebel
• Are You Lost In Sin / John Bowman / Retrospective 1994-2008 / Self-released
• Pass Me Not / The Easter Brothers / They're Holding Up The Ladder / Rebel
• The Wages Of Sin / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Out In the Middle Of Nowhere / Raincoe
• Old Daniel Prayed / The Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday-King Years / King
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/14/2011

It was a rainy Sunday in eastern CT, and even though a lot of folks must have gone to the Firebox to enjoy the hard-driving sounds of Larry Gillis, there were still a good number of folks listening to the radio and the BG Cafe.  Even though it got a little busy at times, it was still pretty enjoyable...at least on my end of the microphone, anyway.

Today is the birthday of "Bluegrass Ambassador," Steve Martin (born August 14, 1945), so playing one of his tunes was a must.  It's also the birthday of a fine BG songwriter from Alabama, Jake Landers (born August 14, 1938).  In celebration of the birthday of Jake Landers, we played just six of his pretty well-known songs from the BG world, which have been recorded by performers such as the Country Gentlemen, Red Allen, Bobby Osborne, and Jake's former employer, Bill Monroe.  Great stuff!  

Brand-spanking new music came today from the new project by Dale Ann Bradley ("Somewhere South Of Crazy" on Compass Records).  We also played a couple of tunes from a CD Jim played a few weeks ago from Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey called "The Ghost Of Noah Hayes."  Other newer music came from Volume Five, Shannon Slaughter, Blue Highway, James Reams & the Barnstormers, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Russell Johnson, and Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen.


Be sure to join Jim next week for another edition of the BG Cafe -- he'll be with you beginning at 4PM...


Have a good week - 
Amy








REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When It Rains / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Rhythm Of The Rain / Larry Stephenson / Everytime I Sing A Love Song / Webco
• Listening To The Rain / Osborne Brothers / Live In Germany / Pinecastle
• Rain Please Go Away / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• I Wish It Would Rain / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• East Virginia Blues / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• Raining On The Mountain / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• I've Been All Around This World / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Jubilation Day / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• The Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Jake Landers]
• I Beg To You / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder [Jake Landers]
• Your Heart Now Tells The Truth / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Jake Landers]
• Don't Wake Me / Bill Emerson with Red Allen / Reunion / Webco [Jake Landers]
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder [Jake Landers]
• Walk Softly On My Heart (a/k/a Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine) / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA [Jake Landers]
• Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• It's A Long Way To Virginia / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Self-Produced
• If You Got Something To Say / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
• I Can't Keep You In Love With Me / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
• A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin' / Adam Steffey / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
• Going Home / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Lickity Split / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent Music
• Leavin' On The New River Train / BearTracks / Rough Edges / Self-Produced
• Somewhere South Of Crazy / Dale Ann Bradley / Somewhere South Of Crazy / Compass Records
• The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey / The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Lizard Records
• Next To Nothing / Dale Ann Bradley / Somewhere South Of Crazy / Compass Records
• Cold Virginia Night / Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey / The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Lizard Records
• The Singing Waterfall / Kitty Wells / Kitty Wells With Johnnie & Jack At KWKH / Bear Family
• I Went Back Home Today / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home
• Cornbread, Molasses & Sassfras Tea / James Reams & the Barnstormers / One Foot In The Honky Tonk / Mountain Redbird Music
• Hollow Poplar / Johnny Warren & Paul Warren / A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren / Self-Produced
• Uncle Pen[music bed] / Mike Scott et al / Blue Moon Of Kentucky:  Instrumental Tribute To Bill Monroe / Rural Rhythm
• Bluegrass Breakdown [music bed] / Mike Scott et al / Blue Moon Of Kentucky:  Instrumental Tribute To Bill Monroe / Rural Rhythm
• Footprints In The Snow [music bed] / Mike Scott et al / Blue Moon Of Kentucky:  Instrumental Tribute To Bill Monroe / Rural Rhythm
• Nobody Cares For Me / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent Music
• I Don't Remember Loving You / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Lonely Ends Where Love Begins / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Bluegrass Time / Russell Johnson with the Grass Cats / Anytime Anyplace But Only You / New Time Records
• The Ghost Of Eli Renfro / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• You Love Me Just A Little At A Time / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Family Bible / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Self-Produced
• Justified / Billy Boone Smith / Five Flat Rocks / Self-Produced
• When My Savior Welcomes Me / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Steeltown Records
• So Happy I'll Be / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• My Foot Is On The Rock / Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen / One Mile East Of Hazel Green / Lendel Records
• Whispering Now / Chris Jones / Live In Holland, 1985-2004 / Strictly Country
• I'm Working On A Road / Country Gentlemen / John Duffey:  The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel
• Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers with Ricky Skaggs / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• In The Sweet Forever / Gary Waldrep Band / Road Leading Home / Blue Circle Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

 

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Susan Forbes Hansen played a song early in her "Sunday Night Folk Festival" tonight called, "I've Grown Accustomed To My Facebook."  Of course, this is a parody of "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" from "My Fair Lady," but the lyrics this time around mentioned how the singer was always on Facebook, wondering how many "friends" and "likes" she'd gained on the social networking site.  The lyrics were pretty funny, but the sentiment was kind of true, I'm afraid...

Confession time:  we'd be most pleased if you would take a few moments next time you're on Facebook to visit our very own "BG Cafe" page, and "like" it.  What do you get if you do?  Money?  Fame?  Anything?  Well, no, but this is a good resource for you to find our show playlists, information on local or regional BG events, and any other BG info that we think might be of interest to you.  Why, even if you aren't a registered user of Facebook, you can still look at our "BG Cafe" Facebook page by visiting:  

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"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/7/2011

What a busy Bluegrass weekend it was here in Connecticut!  Congratulations to Roger Moss, Brian Hall, and all of the hardworking Podunk board members and volunteers for making the "sweet 16" edition of the Podunk Bluegrass Festival a great, memorable time for a whole lot of folks.  It's pretty easy to see why this team won the 2010 IBMA Event of the Year award...could there be another win in the future?  Time will tell...

So, while I was able to be at Podunk on both Friday and Saturday, for today's show, I chose to play a few tunes from some of the performers I was able to see and hear in my time in East Hartford.  Among those:  Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Jim Hurst, the Steep Canyon Rangers, and Darin & Brooke Aldridge.

As always, new music was on the agenda, as well, and with that, we played tunes from the aforementioned Darin & Brooke Aldridge (who have a great new CD on Mountain Home), as well as a North Carolina Band called Dehlia Low, the forthcoming Rounder project from Blue Highway, solo projects from Tommy Webb and banjo picker, Lee Marcus, as well as all-gospel CDs from Paul Williams & the Victory Trio and Rodney Dillard & the Dillard Band.  

If you've ever listened to the show, you probably know that I like to salute the country singers of year's past.  Today, I played a BG versions of four songs originally made popular by the most successful country singer of the 1950s, Webb Pierce.  This Country Music Hall of Famer would have celebrated his 90th birthday this week, as he was born on August 8, 1921 (and died February 24, 1991).  Like so many of his country music contemporaries, Pierce's music has been mined for the BG world, so why not listen to a bit of it this week?

Finally, we were able to give away two pairs of passes to the upcoming Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival which takes place August 12 & 13 in Rangeley, Maine.  With a lineup that includes Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, as well as Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, we had no problems giving away these tickets.  Thanks to Saddleback promoter and organizer, Mark Robie, for offering them to our listeners.

I'll be back in the BG Cafe with you next Sunday afternoon, as Jim will be enjoying the hard driving sounds of Larry Gillis, who will be at the Firebox Restaurant in Hartford next week.  If you can't be at the Firebox, by all means, listen to the ol' radio for a good dose of the BG, won't you?

Have a good week!

Amy 

REQUESTS ARE RED. 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Uphill Climb / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Bluegrass Blues / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Indecision / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury Band / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder
• Flat Creek / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / Self-Produced
• Heartaches And Dreams / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Heartaches And Dreams / Rebel
• Look For Me / Angelica Grim / Look For Me / Patuxent Music
• Missile Ride / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• The Rabbit Song / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Harvest Time / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  A Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Slowly Getting You Out Of The Way / Johnny Williams / Last Day At Galax / Mountain Roads Recordings
• What Will Become Of Me / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle
• Deep River Blues / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• Big Iron / Jim Hurst / Second Son / Pinecastle
• Why Baby Why / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records [Webb Pierce]
• More And More / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder [Webb Pierce]
• Honky Tonk Song / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers/Hot Rize / Flying Fish [Webb Pierce]
• Slowly / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder [Webb Pierce]
• I'm Longing For A Love I'll Never Know / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Buck Creek Gal / Johnny Warren with Earl Scruggs / A Tribute To Fiddlin ' Paul Warren / Self-Produced
• Tennessee Stud / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Doc Watson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Nobody's Darlin' But Mine / Hylo Brown / In Concert / Copper Creek
• Losin' You (Might Be The Best Thing Yet) / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Where The Old Red River Flows / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Band / One Morning In May / Rounder
• We're In This Love Together / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Hammer Down / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
• What Do You Think Of Her Now? / Dehlia Low / Ravens & Crows / Rebel
• My Time / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-Produced
• Love Me Darlin' Just Tonight / Tommy Webb / From Rock-n-Roll To Bill Monroe / Self-Produced
• Every Shade Of Blue / Nu-Blu / The Blu-Disc / Pinecastle
• A Cowboy's Sweetheart / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• AppleJack / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Batchin' It [music bed] / Buddy Merriam / Backroads Mandolin / Lily Pad Records
• DeVine Time [music bed] / Buddy Merriam / Backroads Mandolin / Lily Pad Records
• Swampgrass / Larry Gillis & the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Frozen In Time / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Top Of The World / Michelle Nixon & Drive / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever Records
• Red Wicked Wine / Charlie Sizemore with Ralph Stanley / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Wearin' The Blues / Josh Williams with David Peterson / I'll Take Love:  From The Pen Of Louisa Branscomb / Compass Records
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / The Bankesters / The Bankesters / Blue Circle Records
• Cotton Farmer / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent Music
• Satisfied / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Satisfied / Rebel
• Gospel Ship / Rodney Dillard & the Dillard Band / Don't Wait For The Church To Take You To Church / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Just As The Sun Went Down / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• A Voice From On High / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records
• Call His Name / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Heaven's Door / Jay Armsworthy / I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Blue Circle Records
• I've Got A Lot Of Heaven / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Way Down Deep In My Soul / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 7/31/2011 Podunk Edition

Hi Folks,

This show featured many of the artists appearing at the Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival this coming weekend, 4-7 August.

Marti and I also played quite a few new songs including tracks from an upcoming Mark Twain project from the likes of Ricky Skaggs and Rhonda Vincent. Other Podunk artists appearing on this show were Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Steep Canyon Rangers, Donna Ulisse, Mac McHale (in the form of Taylors Grove with Carolyn Hutton), Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass, Darin & Brooke Aldridge (debuting a new CD), Dixie Bee-Liners, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, and The Travelin' McCourys (in the form of The Del McCoury Band). Other artists to look for at Podunk include Mountain Heart, The Kruger Brothers, Fitzmaurice, and Katie Wilson & The Two-Time String Band.

We also played new music from Rodney Dillard, songs from a new Ricky Skaggs country-done-bluegrass project, a new band on the scene called Cumberland River, several songs from Louisa Branscomb's new songwriter CD (Louisa will be conducting songwriting seminars at Podunk), and the Kathy Kallick Band.

Amy will be broadcasting Sunday afternoon at the end of the festival, so tune in as you are packing up and leaving.

And we hope we see you there. Support live bluegrass music!

Jim Beaver


Requests in blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• I'll Be Long Gone / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• I'm Leaving Detroit / Danny Paisley &The Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Going Back To Old Virginia / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Yellow-Haired Girl / Dixie Bee-Liners / Ripe / Pinecastle
• Jackson County Mines / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Lonely Ends Where Love Begins / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Storms Are On The Ocean / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Don't Get Above Your Raising / Ricky Skaggs / Country Hits Bluegrass Style / Skaggs Family
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye? / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• Mandolin Tango / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• The Cold Hard Facts / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
• Gone Long Gone / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Drive Time / Mountain Home
• William Smith Monroe / Niall Toner / New Cuts of Bluegrass Volume 3 / New Cuts
• Pick Up The Blues / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• Lonely Road / Cumberland River / The Life We Live / Rural Rhythm
• Rare Bird Alert / Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Old Joe Clark / The Grascals / Dance Til Your Stockings Are Hot And Ravelin' / Time-Life
• I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome / Charlie Lawson & Oak Hill / Memories Of You / Self-released
• Rise When The Rooster Crows / Peter Feldmann & The Pea Patch Quintet / Grey Cat on the Tennessee Farm / Hen Cackle
• From Rock-N-Roll To Bill Monroe / Tommy Webb / New Cuts of Bluegrass Volume 3 / New Cuts
• Early / Joe Walsh w. The Gibson Brothers / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant
• Things In Life / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• I've Got It Bad / Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey / The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Lizard
• Honey Hurry Home / The Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
• Won't You Come and Sing for Me? / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
• It's Just Lovin' / Dale Ann Bradley w. Steve Gulley / I'll Take Love - From the Pen of Louisa Branscomb / Compass
• Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord
• Mountain Dew / Tommy Faile / The Songs Of Scott Wiseman / Mar-Lu
• Do You Wrong Kind Of Girl / Terry Baucom w. Jamie Dailey & Lou Reid / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy
• Love On Arrival / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Drive Time / Mountain Home
• Wearin' The Blues / Josh Williams w. Dave Peterson / I'll Take Love - From the Pen of Louisa Branscomb / Compass
• Your Amazing Grace / Claire Lynch w. Jim Hurst / I'll Take Love - From the Pen of Louisa Branscomb / Compass
• Tex Mex Shindig / Bill Emerson / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm
• Let It Rain / Donna Ulisse / An Easy Climb / HMG
• AndiWayne (bed) / Danny Roberts / Mandolin Orchid / Butler
• Grayson County Line (bed) / Danny Roberts / Mandolin Orchid / Butler
• Love Has It's Way Of Hurting / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• Dance To The St. Anne's Reel / Bankesters / Self-titled / Blue Circle
• Carolina Dust / Mark "Brink" Brinkman / On The Brink Of A Dream / Brinksongs
• Time To Be Movin' On / Blue Moon Rising / Strange New World / Rural Rhythm
• Somebody Touched Me / Rodney Dillard / Don't Wait For The Hearse... / Rural Rhythm
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / The Expedition Show / Self-titled / Mountain Fever
• Wings of Angels / Jay Armsworthy / I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Blue Circle
• Lord Lift Me Up / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• When I Get Home / Laurie Lewis / The Angels Are Singing (compilation) / Rounder
• He Can Be Found / John Bowman / Retrospective / Self-released
• Somebody's Prayin' / Ricky Skaggs / Country Hits Bluegrass Style / Skaggs Family
• They're Holding Up The Ladder / The Easter Brothers / They're Holding Up The Ladder / Rebel
• There's A Higher Power / Kathy Kallick Band / New Cuts of Bluegrass Volume 3 / New Cuts
• Life Boat / Carl Story / Angel Band / Gusto
• When My Savior Welcomes Me / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Self-titled / Steeltown
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released
  

Filling in for "Bluegrass Rules" - 7/26/2011 & 8/2/2011

At this point, we hope you're aware that there's more than one Bluegrass music program on the airwaves at WHUS.  Longtime BG follower James Ward, and his mom, Cathy Ward, have been hosting their one-hour "Bluegrass Rules" every Tuesday from 3-4PM since mid-May.  However, the Wards have been away from the microphones for the last two weeks, as they attended the Ossipee Valley Music Festival in Maine, and then, extended their vacation a tiny bit.  No doubt, if you're attending the Podunk Bluegrass Festival this coming weekend, you'll find the Wards walking around and taking in all of the great music.  Be sure to join them next Tuesday afternoon from 3-4PM, won't you?

 

Speaking of Podunk, the reigning IBMA Bluegrass Event of the Year begins just two days from today, and promises to be a top-notch festival with something that will appeal to every BG listener -- from the traditional to the contemporary.  The lineup is a quality one, and boasts talent such as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, the Kruger Brothers, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Travelin' McCourys, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, the Grass Pistols, the Dixie Bee-Liners, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Donna Ulisse & the Poor Mountain Boys, and a few others.  In addition, there's a very full workshop schedule, and a great band contest on Sunday.  It all happens at Martin Park in nearby East Hartford, CT.  Check it all out, if you can, by calling (860)282-8241 or visit www.podunkbluegrass.net.  See you there!

I've had fun filling in for the Wards for the last two weeks, but make no mistake -- programming BG music in one-hour is challenging.  I tried to feature music from a few of the Podunk performers over the two weeks, and think I managed to do that. 

Be sure to join the Wards next Tuesday from 3-4PM, and I'll see you in the "BG Cafe" this coming Sunday starting at 4PM.  

Amy

7/26/2011

• Maggie's Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Live At Vanderbilt University / Sony
• Lights On The Hill / Del McCoury Band / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder
• Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Goodbye Old Pal / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia Legacy
• In Despair / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• Must Be The Wind / Nu-Blu / The Blu-Disc / Pinecastle
• No More Room / Thomas Porter & Copper River Band / Trolley Days / Self-Produced
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• No Lawyers In Heaven / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Some Of These Days (You're Gonna Be Sad) / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Down In Caroline / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• In A Groove / Terry Baucom / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Making Up Stories / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• My Old Kentucky Home / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Lonesome Without You / Donna Ulisse / An Easy Climb / Hadley Music Group
• Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Factory Floor / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Nine Pound Hammer / Reno & Smiley with the Stanley Brothers / Bluegrass, 1963 / Rural Rhythm
• Banjo Fling / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music

8/2/2011

• Close By / Dailey & Vincent / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• It's Mighty Dark To Travel / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia Legacy
• Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Don't Be Waitin' / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Self-Produced
• You Better Wake Up / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Top Of The World / Michelle Nixon & Drive / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever Records
• Lonely Violet / Peg & Ed / Lonely Violet / Self-Produced
• Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Live In Japan / Copper Creek
• Stepping Stones / Terry Baucom with Paul Williams & Cindy Baucom / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Blind Man / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / no label
• Steel Rails / Louisa Branscomb / It's Time To Write A Song... / Lodestar
• Gone At Last / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Drive Time / Mountain Home
• I Thought That She Loved Me / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Lonely Ends Where Love Begins / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Flat Creek / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM Records
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Dixie Special / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder