"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/25/2011

Today, there are a whole lot of BG folks gathered in Nashville attending the World of Bluegrass (or, WoB) conference and all of the other fun activities associated with it.  Jim is there now, and I'll be heading down later in the week for a healthy dose of live BG.  The WoB week will end on Thursday night with 22nd annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards at the historic Ryman Auditorium.  It will be a big night for some fine performers, and so, we put a small spotlight this week on the nominees in a couple of different categories:  Song of the Year and Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year.  In addition, we began the show with five previous songs which have been named Song of the Year in the history of the IBMA Awards.  2011 nominees from whom we heard music today included the Gibson Brothers, the Grascals, Dale Ann Bradley, Balsam Range, Blue Highway, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, Lou Reid & Carolina, J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, & Paul Williams, and Russell Moore. 

The show today also included a whole bunch of new music from several fine new projects...some of this music had not previously been heard on the BG Cafe.  This week, we played brand-spanking-new music from the Missy Werner Band, a combined project from Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys, the latest Rebel recording from Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, and young resonator guitarist, Ethan Hughes.  In addition, there was pretty new music from Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Lee Marcus, Nu-Blu, and David Parmley & Continental Divide.  
 
In addition, there were a couple of tunes played today in honor of birthday boy, Larry Sparks -- born September 25, 1947.  Sparks has one of the most identifiable voices in all of BG, no doubt about it. 


Hope you enjoyed something you heard on the show this week.  Be sure to join Jim on the air next Sunday afternoon, as I'm sure he'll have PLENTY to tell you about all of the great music he's going to see and hear this week at WoB. Join him beginning at 4PM, won't you?


Have a great week!


Amy




REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Blue Train (Of The Heartbreak Line) / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Hard Game Of Love / Sugar Hill [Song of the Year, 2003]
• Lonesome Old Home / Longview / Longview / Rounder [Song of the Year, 1998]
• Kentucky Borderline / Rhonda Vincent / One Step Ahead / Rounder [Song of the Year, 2004]
• Colleen Malone / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill [Song of the Year, 1991]
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder [Song of the Year, 2009]
  
  Four of the five nominees for 2011 Song of the Year:
• Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• I Am Strong / The Grascals & Friends / The Grascals & Friends / Cracker Barrel
• I'll Take Love / Dale Ann Bradley with Alison Krauss & Steve Gulley / I'll Take Love : From The Pen Of Louisa Branscomb / Compass Records
• Trains I Missed / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Let Me Fall / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent Music
• Cumberland Gap / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Kisses Don't Lie / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Backroads And Little Towns / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
• Grandpa's Pond / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-Produced
• Lost River / McPeak Brothers / Yesteryears : The Best Of The McPeak Brothers / Rebel
• No Lawyers In Heaven / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• The Likes Of You / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• Leaves In The Wind / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• The Hills Of Tennessee / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Self-Produced
• Lost / Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys / The Hogtown Sessions / Self-Produced
• A Light In The Window, Again / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / New Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume 4 / no label
• Old Swinging Bridge / Ethan Hughes / Searching For A Home / Patuxent Music
• Sea Of Regret / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• Blue Skies And Teardrops / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Nineteen Forty Ford / Acoustic Blue / Timeless / Self-Produced
• The Letter / ShoreGrass / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Just Wondering Why / Bear Minimum / Live At The Finnish Hall / no label
• Can't Live Life / Edgar Loudermilk with Rhonda Vincent / Roads Traveled / Mountain Fever Records 
• Women Like To Slow Dance / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Rare Bird Alert / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• What Would You Do? / Fred Etheridge & Nick Anderson / Pickin' & Singin' / Self-Produced
• The Working Man / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Self-Produced
• We're In This Love Together / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Tell Me You Wanna Be Mine Again / Spinney Brothers & Close Company / The Old Fundy Shore / Self-Produced
• Must Be The Wind / Nu-Blu / The Blu-Disc / Pinecastle
• I Ain't Gonna Lay My Hammer Down / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
• Tennessee 1949 / Larry Sparks / Bound To Ride : The Best Of Larry Sparks / Rebel
• God's Front Porch / Lou Reid & Carolina / Sounds Like Heaven To Me / Rural Rhythm Christian *
• Pass Me Not / Dale Ann Bradley with Larry Sparks / Catch Tomorrow / Compass Records
• Prayer Bells Of Heaven / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home *
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• He Can Be Found / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records *
• I'm Justified / Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
• Sailing On / Russell Moore with Dale Ann Bradley / Look To The Light : Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian * 
• Lord, Lead Me On / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns, Volume II / Self-Produced
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  
  
  * nominee, 2011 Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 9/18/2011

Hi Folks,

Wade Mainer

Wilma Lee Cooper

During the week since the last show, we celebrated the actual 100th anniversary of Bill Monroe's birth.  Amy covered Bill's vast catalog quite well over the past two weeks to honor the event.  There was sadness during the week as well as we learned of the passing of Wade Mainer (4/23/1907 - 9/12/2011) and Wilma Lee Cooper (2/7/1921 - 9/13/2011), so my bittersweet mission was to pay tribute to these two pioneering musicians.

Maple On The Hill - 1935

Now a little self-disclosure:  I have a bit of a personal connection to the Mainers.  J.E. Mainer (1898-1971) and and his younger brother Wade were born in Buncombe County, NC (near Asheville) but eventually found themselves in Concord, NC, chasing textile work when J.E.'s fiddling caught the ear of the Crazy Water Crystals marketeers.  A daily radio program on nearby Charlotte powerhouse radio station WBT ensued followed by recording sessions beginning in 1935 on RCA's Bluebird label.  The 19th century song "Maple On The Hill" by Gussie L. Davis but with new music by Mainers' Mountaineers was recorded at that first session and went on to be one of the biggest selling country/folk/hillbilly records of the 1930s.

J. E. Mainer, Jr.

J. E. Mainer

My connection with this is that Concord is my hometown, and J.E.'s son J.E. Mainer, Jr. (1924-present) is a close personal friend.  Wade had been working in the Gibson Mill card room in Concord, possibly with my grandfather as foreman, when J.E. enlisted him in his fledgling band in the early 1930s.

New music on this show included songs from Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa, Larry Gillis and Alex Leach, Suzy Bogguss, Dale Ann Bradley, Larry Perkins, Connie Leigh, and Rodney Dillard.

Ham & Scram

Marty Robbins "Good 'n Country"

As a special treat, in addition to the two tributes, the Heritage Corner archives turned up two interesting recordings from which we shared tracks -- "Ham & Scram Country Comedy" with Buzz Busby (and possibly Don Stover or Pete Pike), and a little known 1974 album from Marty Robbins called "Good 'n Country" that was very grassy.

For those traveling to IBMA's World Of Bluegrass in Nashville, Amy and I hope to see you there.  Amy will be hosting Bluegrass Cafe before WOB, and I'll catch it afterwards.

Keep on pickin'

Jim Beaver

requests in blue

 Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released         
• Mash Your Finger / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Self-released      
• She's More To Be Pitied / Larry Gillis feat. Alex Leach / Dr. Swampgrass Gillis Live on WDVX Radio / Tinman         
• Pardon Me / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Big Midnight Special / Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper / 22 Wilma Lee Cooper Hits / K-Tel
• Come Walk With Me / Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper / 22 Wilma Lee Cooper Hits / K-Tel
• Cheated Too / Wilma Lee Cooper / 22 Wilma Lee Cooper Hits / K-Tel             
• There's A Big Wheel / Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper / 22 Wilma Lee Cooper Hits / K-Tel     
• This Ole House / Wilma Lee Cooper / 22 Wilma Lee Cooper Hits / K-Tel             
• Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong / Bill Monroe / 16 Gems / Columbia         
• Ol' Dan Tucker / Suzy Bogguss / American Folk Songbook / Self-released         
• Yellow-Backed Fly / Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder         
• When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Audie Blaylock and Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm         
• Come Home Good Boy / Dale Ann Bradley / Somewhere South Of Crazy / Compass         
• Rabbit In A Log / The Stanley Brothers / Live At Chicago Folk Festival / Self-released         
• You Won't Be Satisfied That Way / Dave Evans & River Bend / Goin' 'Round This World / Rebel      
• Little Bird / Becky Buller / Little Bird / Bell Buckle         
• Sophronie / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Deep Freeze Mama Blues / Ham & Scram feat. Buzz Busby / Country Comedy / Mount Vernon (LP)       
• I Heard The Bluebirds Sing / Marty Robbins / Good 'n Country / MCA (LP)         
• Two Chord Charlie / Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey / The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Lizard Records    
• Wade Mainer Interview / Wade Mainer / Live For Collectors / Old Homestead                    
• Little Pal / Wade Mainer / I'm Not Looking Backward / Gusto
• Maple On The Hill / J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers feat. Wade Mainer / Wade Mainer's Mountaineers Vol. 1 / Old Homestead
• I Can't Sit Down / Wade & Julia Mainer / In The Land Of Melody / JuneAppal
• The Fox / The Blue Sky Boys / In Concert, 1964 / Rounder
• I Couldn't Believe It Was True / Marty Robbins / Good 'n Country / MCA (LP)         
• Lonesome Road Blues / Eddie Adcock - Don Reno / Sensational Twin Banjos / Rebel         
• I'm Still Learning / Lonesome River Band / I'm Still Learning / Rural Rhythm         
• Pick Like Earl / Larry Perkins & Friends / I Just Want 2 Pick Like Earl / Self-released         
• Storms Are On The Ocean / Taylor's Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks         
• Stepping Stones / Terry Baucom w. Paul Williams / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy         
• Open Up Your Heart / Terry Baucom w. The Gibson Brothers / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy  
• Soldier's Joy (bed) / Tommy Jackson / The Legendary Session Fiddler / BACM         
• Fiddlin' Rag (bed) / Tommy Jackson / The Legendary Session Fiddler / BACM         
• Behind Those Big Closed Doors / Connie Leigh / New Cuts of Bluegrass Vol. 4 / New Cuts         
• Final Farewell / Chris Jones & The Night Drivers / New Cuts of Bluegrass Vol. 4 / New Cuts    
• A Time To Fly / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Self-released         
• Branded Wherever I Go / Allerton & Alton / Black, White and Bluegrass / Bear Family         
• The Death Of Bad Burch Wilson / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord         
• Whitewater / Bela Fleck / Drive / Rounder         
• I Shall Not Be Moved / The Lewis Family / Born Of The Spirit / Starday         
• Lord Lift Me Up / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home         
• Hear Them Thunders Roarin / Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band / Don't Wait For The Hearse To Take You To Church / Rural Rhythm         
• He Lived His Life That Way / Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Satisfied / Rebel         
• Mansion God Is Building / Jay Armsworthy / I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Blue Circle         
• Save Me / Mountain Faith / Save Me / Mountain Home         
• I'll Sail For Higher Ground / John Bowman / Family Chain - The Songs of Joe Isaacs / Pisgah Ridge    
• Precious Moments / Blue Sky Boys / Are You From Dixie / Gusto         
• Me And Jesus / Acoustic Blue / Timeless / Self-released         
• Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / The Stanley Brothers / 1949-52 / Bear Family         
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/11/2011

Unless you've been asleep for the past year, you're probably aware that September 13th marks what would have been the 100th birthday of William Smith Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass Music.  There aren't too many performers who could claim they created their own style of music, but it seems to apply to this uniquely American original.  Over the past week, many Bluegrass radio programmers have been airing Bill Monroe tribute programs in which they devote their entire broadcasts to Big Mon and his music.  While we didn't devote today's entire program to the music of Bill Monroe, we certainly had a very Monroe-centric show...as it should be.

There's probably no other country music performer who has been the subject of more songs than the Father of Bluegrass (except for maybe Hank Williams).  Sunday's show began with five tribute tunes written for or about Monroe, both while he was with us, and since his passing on September 9, 1996.  Easily, we could have played several more of these tribute songs, so that probably illustrates the impact Bill Monroe continues to have on the music he created.  

Instead of playing just covers of Monroe's tunes -- and we did include a bunch of those -- we did something sort of unusual for a BG show.  We put a spotlight on a song Monroe first recorded with his classic grouping of Blue Grass Boys (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise, Howard Watts) on September 16, 1946:  a song he'd written in honor of his home state, "Blue Moon Of Kentucky."  Just eight years later, in July 1954, a young singer from Mississippi by the name of Elvis Presley was looking for a "B" side for his Sun Records hit, "That's Alright, Mama."  While in the recording studio, one of his Elvis's  bandmates started noodling around with "Blue Moon Of Kentucky," and put a completely different spin on Monroe's original 3/4 waltz time song.  The song became a more upbeat, 4/4 time rockabilly hit, and that record ended up selling about 100,000 copies in the southern market.  Instead of being offended by Elvis "stealing" and changing one of his signature songs, Monroe just decided to re-record "Blue Moon..." using both the 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures...and he did it on September 4, 1954 -- only about 2 months after Elvis had recorded the song.  Kind of amazing when you think about it.  

With the majority of Sunday's show devoted to the music of Bill Monroe, we didn't have a whole lot of time for new music, but we still managed to squeeze in a song from Frank Wakefield's new tribute recording to Bill Monroe, as well as two tracks from the latest edition of  the "New Cuts Of Bluegrass" sampler.  Those tracks were from two forthcoming projects from Rebel Records by Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, as well as Chris Jones & the Night Drivers.  The songs from those two were so good, I can't wait to hear the full projects!  We also congratulated the winner of the 2011 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo & Bluegrass, the Lonesome River Band's Sammy Shelor.  The award includes a cash prize, as well as an appearance for Sammy & the Lonesome River Band with Steve Martin on the November 3rd "Late Show With David Letterman."  Cool! 

While we didn't play any specific songs to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America in 2001, we certainly paused for a moment to remember all of those whose lives were forever changed that day.

In hindsight, perhaps I didn't provide enough information on the show about Bill Monroe for folks who may not know too much about the Father of Bluegrass.  One good source for quick biography can be found on the Country Music Hall of Fame's website.  Monroe has also been the subject of at least two books so far, and there are others soon to be published.  In the meantime, you might try Richard D. Smith's Monroe biography:  Can't You Hear Me Callin' : The Life Of Bill Monroe, Father Of Bluegrass by Richard D. Smith; or a more-detailed biography/discography by a couple of country music historians:  The Music Of Bill Monroe by Neil V. Rosenberg and Charles K. Wolfe.  Monroe is an amazing, fascinating character, and even if he's been dead for 15 years, his influence will never leave us.  

Thanks for listening to the show, and have a good week.

Amy 

REQUESTS ARE RED; MONROE-RELATED SONGS ARE BLUE.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury  Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Is The Grass Any Bluer / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Monroebilia / Nashville Bluegrass Band / My Native Home / Rounder
• William Smith Monroe / Niall Toner / New Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume 3 / no label
• Bill Monroe For Breakfast / Acoustic Blue / This Is Now / Self-Produced
• Kentucky King / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe with Del McCoury / Bill Monroe & Stars Of The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / MCA
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Bill Monroe with the Osborne Brothers / Bill Monroe & Stars Of The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / MCA
• Shenandoah Valley Breakdown / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• My Sweet Blue Eyed Darlin' / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Honey In The Rock / Lewis Family / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / Gaither Music
• Blue Mountain Melody / Larry Sparks / Almost Home / Rounder
• Iron & Diamonds / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Sparta Flash / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
• Grave In The Valley / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy Records
• Runaway Train / Kentucky Wind / Runaway Train / Aztec Records
• Things In Life / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Jubilation Day / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Pretty Little Girl / Lonesome River Band / Still Learning / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Elvis Presley / Sunrise / RCA Victor Europe
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton with Lou Reid / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records
• Travelin' Down This Lonesome Road / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Rawhide / Frank Wakefield / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent Music
• A Far Cry From Lester And Earl / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / New Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume / no label
• I'll Sail For Higher Ground / John Bowman / Family Chain : The Songs Of Joe Isaacs / Pisgah Ridge Music
• Final Farewell / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / New Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume 4 / no label
• My Old Kentucky And You / Larry Stephenson with Ricky Skaggs / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• Tennessee Blues / Chris Thile & Michael Daves / Sleep With One Eye Open / Nonesuch Records
• Log Cabin For Sale / Bear Minimum / Live At The Finnish Hall / no label
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Nobody Knows Who You Are / Spinney Brothers & Close Company / The Old Fundy Shore / Self-Produced
• She's Young (And I'm Growing Old) / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Rocky Road Blues / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill
• Used To Be / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Cool, Blue & Lonesome / Sugar Hill
• Uncle Pen / Billy & Terry Smith / Bill Monroe Tribute / K-Tel Records
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Live At Mechanics Hall / Acoustic Disc
• A Voice From On High / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / High Lonesome / CMH
• Lord Lead Me On / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• When The Saints Go Marching In / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Let The Light Shine Down : A Gospel Tribute To Bill Monroe / Rebel
• I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning / Ralph Stanley with Bill Monroe / Saturday Night & Sunday Morning / Freeland
• Crying Holy To The Lord / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Remember The Cross / Big Country Bluegrass / Big Country Bluegrass / Hay Holler
• Mansions For Me / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill
• Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/4/2011

There were no big winds or driving rain for this holiday weekend (so far, at least), so I had no problems getting to WHUS for another edition of the "Bluegrass Cafe."  We ended up staying an additional 30 minutes, as Susan Forbes Hansen's "Sunday Night Folk Festival" was preempted for a UCONN Men's Soccer game.

The show began with a bit of music appropriate for a Labor Day weekend -- the common theme, of course, was the Working Man (and Working Woman).  

If you follow BG at all, you're well aware that September 13, 2011 is the 100th birth anniversary of the Father of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe.  Many record labels have put together special collections of Monroe's music throughout this centennial year, and it has been quite enjoyable listening to a good lot of them.  As I'm not sure if I'll be hosting another "BG Cafe" before Monroe's official birthday, I thought it might be somewhat enjoyable to play a bit of Monroe's music, both performed by him, as well as others.  I devoted the entire gospel set to Bill Monroe gospel tunes, and while I will admit that a good number of them seem to share very similar melodies, I still enjoyed them a good bit.  Hope you did, too.  There's no doubt in my mind that Bill Monroe's music will continue to be played and enjoyed for as long as folks still listen to and play Bluegrass music...and that's as it should be.

September isn't just the birthday month for Bill Monroe, though.  Jimmie Rodgers, the man known as the Father of Country Music, America's Blue Yodeler, the Singing Brakeman, and perhaps another nickname or two, was born on September 8, 1897.  Plenty of Jimmie Rodgers tunes have been covered in the BG world through the years, including a song or two recorded by Bill Monroe.  One of those Jimmie Rodgers tunes reportedly got Monroe a job on the Grand Ole Opry in October 1939:  the "Mule Skinner Blues."  

While we didn't concentrate too much on new music this week, we did include a couple of tunes from a forthcoming gospel project by David Parmley & Continental Divide called "Church House Hymns, Volume II."  Even though David had announced his retirement from the music business previously, it's good to have him back recording, and he's sounding as good as ever. 

Hope you all enjoy the remaining time in the "last unofficial week of summer."

Amy

Requests are RED. 
Bill Monroe music is BLUE.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• Lower On The Hog / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel
• Workin' Girl Blues / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• Hard Workin' Man / Grasstowne / The Other Side Of Towne / Pinecastle
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Blues / Rebel
• My Little Georgia Rose / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• In Memory / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
• Red Wicked Wine / Charlie Sizemore with Ralph Stanley / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Cold Virginia Night / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel
• Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• I'm Gonna Love You / Claire Lynch / I'll Take Love : From The Pen Of Louisa Branscomb / Compass Records
• Ground Speed / Sammy Shelor & Carl Jackson / The All-Star Jam : Live At Graves Mountain / Rural Rhythm
• You Can Take Your Time / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home
• In Despair / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• Can't You Hear Me Calling / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Come Back To Me In My Dreams / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Once And For Always / Sugar Hill
• Blue Grass Special / Taylor Baker / Taylor Baker / Patuxent Music
• When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Spinney Brothers / When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Self-Produced
• You'd Better Get Right / Vern Williams Band / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration : A Classic Bluegrass Tribute / Rounder
• New Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Brakeman's Blues / Big Country Bluegrass / Big Country Bluegrass / Hay Holler
• When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / Singin' My Troubles Away / Flying Fish
• They Sleep Together Now At Rest / Lilly Brothers / The Early Days Of Bluegrass, Volume 1 / Rounder
• What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? / Lilly Brothers / The Early Days Of Bluegrass, Volume 1 / Rounder
• I Feel Like Traveling On / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns, Volume II / Self-Produced
• Get In Line Brother / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns, Volume II / Self-Produced
• Carolina Dreams / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• With Body And Soul / Patrick McAvinue with Audie Blaylock / Rutland's Reel / Patuxent Music
• Who Will Calm The Storm / Liz Meyer with Boston City Limits / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country
• John Henry [music bed] / Mike Scott & Friends / Blue Moon Of Kentucky : Instrumental Tribute To Bill Monroe / Rural Rhythm
• Kentucky Waltz [music bed] / Mike Scott & Friends / Blue Moon Of Kentucky : Instrumental Tribute To Bill Monroe / Rural Rhythm
• Leavin' You And Mobile, Too / Lost & Found / Down On Sawmill Road / Rebel
• Be Proud Of The Gray In Your Hair / Scott Anderson / Tales From The Swamp / Self-Produced
• Time To Be Movin' On / Blue Moon Rising / Strange New World / Rural Rhythm
• We're In This Love Together / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Open Up Your Heart / Terry Baucom with the Gibson Brothers / In A Groove / John-Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Cold Chill Of Gone / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Steeltown Records
• Golden Hair / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
• Blame It On The Bluegrass / Valerie Smith / Blame It On The Bluegrass / Bell Buckle Records
• Your Kind Of Love / Michelle Nixon & Drive / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever Records
• Shining Path / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / True Bluegrass / Rounder
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Reno & Smiley / Let The Light Shine Down : A Gospel Tribute To Bill Monroe / Rebel
• Lord Protect My Soul / Bill Monroe with the Country Gentlemen / Bill Monroe & Stars Of The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / MCA
• Little Community Church / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill
• Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• I'm Travelin' On And On / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Billy & Terry Smith / Bill Monroe Tribute / K-Tel Records
• Let The Gates Swing Wide / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & Stars Of The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / MCA
• Only Seventeen / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
• My House / Kathy Kallick Band / Between The Hollow And The High-Rise / Live Oak Records
• Simple Box Of Pine / Thomas Porter / / Self-Produced
• Hello, My Name Is Coal / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord Records
• Cold Lonesome Night / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM Records
• Richmond County / Spinney Brothers & Close Company / The Old Fundy Shore / Self-Produced
• Will You Visit Me On Sundays / Dale Ann Bradley with Steve Gulley / Somewhere South Of Crazy / Compass Records