"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 11/27/2011

Hi Folks.

The Bluegrass Cafe was split exactly in half by a 2-hour UCONN womens basketball game, so the show was just an hour long including both halves.  We tried to make it worth your while to keep the radio on WHUS on both sides of the game by playing some great music, including new music from Del McCoury, Kathy Kallick, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Maranacook String Band (a Maine band with songwriter Stan Keach), Gelina & Pike's Mainly Grass (another Maine band with CT and RI roots), and Lonesome River Band from the live tribute to Bill Monroe recorded at Bean Blossom earlier this year.

 Amy will be with you next Sunday, perhaps without preemptions if we are lucky.  Be sure to tune in!

Jim Beaver

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Del McCoury / Old Memories / McCoury Music
• Down By The Rambling Waters / Maranacook String Band / Bear In The Barn / Self-released
• Hickory Hollow / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Footprints in The Snow / Lonesome River Band / Live At Bean Blossom / Rural Rhythm
• That's When I Miss Her(Him) Most Of All / Gelina & Pike's Mainly Grass / Rustic Little Cabin / Self-released
• Doin' It On My Own / Jim Lauderdale / Reason and Rhyme / Sugar Hill
• Ole Paint / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Raincoe
• Mandolin Tango / Travers Chandler & Avery County / State Of Depression / Patuxent
• Daniel Prayed / Kathy Kallick / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak
• I'm Gonna Walk The Streets Of Gold / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats & Ties / Rebel
• The Power Up Above / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever
• He Can Be Found / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• Look Over Me Lord / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / The Grascals / Dance Til Your Stockings Are Hot and Ravelin' / Time-Life
• Power In The Blood / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Echoes Of The Mountains / Rounder
• That Home Far Away / Ralph Stanley / A Mother's Prayer / Rebel
• Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho / Dailey & Vincent / Singing From The Heart / Rounder
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/20/2011

We enter the busy season this week, as it seems like between Thanksgiving and New Year's, there is always a whole lot going on with family gatherings and special holiday events, not to mention all of the "everyday" stuff that still has to get accomplished.  I think I might have begun my busy season a bit earlier this year, as there was a whole lot of great music happening in the area, and missing any of it just wasn't an option.

Tom, Eddie & Martha in South Hadley Falls - 11/19/11

After enjoying David Peterson's Old Time Country Revue on Thursday night in Hamden, I got to see and hear the amazing Eddie Adcock perform at the Country Corner Coffee House on Saturday night.  Eddie was joined by wife, Martha, and old pal and Classic Country Gentlemen bandmate, Tom Gray.  What a terrific trio!  These three performed lots of music from their recently released Patuxent Music CD, "Many A Mile."  As you probably know, this CD primarily features Eddie & Martha's versions of tunes Eddie originally recorded with the Country Gentlemen back in the 1960s.  It's really a fantastic recording, and I'm sure the folks who got to see the Eddie, Martha & Tom show at the Firebox Restaurant today got to hear a lot from it, too.  

It's half a century for Eddie Stubbs

Today's show included birthday tributes to some folks who'll be celebrating this week:  Charlie Sizemore (born November 23, 1960), Adam Steffey (born November 24, 1965), and the one and only Eddie Stubbs, who'll turn 50 on November 25th.  While Eddie is primarily recognized these days as a WSM award-winning broadcaster and a "walking encyclopedia of country music," for some of us, he'll always be remembered as the young fiddler from the Johnson Mountain Boys.  For the last few years, I've closed my broadcasts of the BG Cafe with the JMB version of the "Black Mountain Blues" which features Eddie's fiddling, and I don't think that will be changing anytime soon.

On November 22nd, Rural Rhythm Records will officially release their latest "special event" CD:  a live recording featuring a whole lot of their RR performers singing Bill Monroe tunes at the 2011 Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival.  The CD is called, "Rural Rhythm Records Salutes Bill Monroe:  Live At Bean Blossom."  It's a winner, and another fine tribute to the Father of Bluegrass during this, the centennial celebration year of his birth.  We heard a couple of songs from the CD during today's BG Cafe, and will likely be hearing several more songs from the disc over the next few weeks.  Other newer music came from the previously-mentioned CD by Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray, Carolina Road, Terry Baucom, Volume Five, the Missy Werner Band, Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys, the Crowe Brothers, John Bowman, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Gelina & Pike's Mainly Grass, and two forthcoming Mountain Fever Records releases from Travers Chandler & Avery County, as well as Heather Berry & Tony Mabe.  

Another Pete Soukas band was Blue Diamond
with Roger Williams, Stan Tyminski, & Gary Filgate.

We also celebrated the life of Pete Soukas, a great New Hampshire musician who died on November 13th after a lengthy battle with cancer.  Pete may be best-remembered as the bass player (and sometimes singer) in the very fine New Hampshire-based BG band of the 1990s:  Stonewall Bluegrass.  In addition, Pete was featured on a couple of tracks from the great "Look To The Light" CD of music written by Rick Lang, so we included those songs in Sunday's show, as well.

Hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving!  Be sure to join Jim for another edition of BG Cafe as you wind down your holiday weekend next Sunday afternoon...


Amy

REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Nightwalk / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• This Morning At Nine / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• Comin' On Strong / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Self-Produced
• Leftover Biscuits / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• The Hills Of Home / Carolina Road / Back To My Roots / Rural Rhythm
• In A Groove / Terry Baucom / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• One More Dollar / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Unleashed / Sugar Hill
• The Rabbit Song / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• I'd Rather Love A Memory / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Choking The Strings / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• On The Old Kentucky Shore / Bluegrass Album Band / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Reno Bound / Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys / The Hogtown Sessions / Vole-O-Tone Records
• Going Back To Old Virginia / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• Is It Wrong (To Love Somebody New) / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Lost Highway / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records
• I'll Love Nobody But You / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Crazy Arms / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• His Loving Care / Junior Sisk / Look To The Light:  Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Someone Took My Place With You / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Lonely Violet / Peg & Ed / Lonely Violet / Self-Produced
• Tiny Broken Heart / Peg & Ed / Lonely Violet / Self-Produced
• I Don't Remember Loving You / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Sugarloaf Mountain Special / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Jumpin' The Track / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home
• The Garden Tomb / John Bowman / Family Chain:  The Songs Of Joe Isaacs / Pisgah Ridge Music
• It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Self-Produced
• Walk Slow / Heather Berry & Tony Mabe / [Forthcoming CD] / Mountain Fever Records
• Spanish Grass / Gelina & Pike's Mainly Grass / Rustic Little Cabin / Self-Produced
• There Ain't No Easy Street / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Prime Tyme / Rural Rhythm
• Six Feet Under The Ground / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm Records Salutes Bill Monroe : Live At Bean Blossom / Rural Rhythm
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy [recorded November 20, 1949]
• The Stanley Brothers / Travers Chandler & Avery County / [Forthcoming CD] / Mountain Fever Records
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Rural Rhythm Records Salutes Bill Monroe : Live At Bean Blossom / Rural Rhythm
• Ring The Bell / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Lord Lift Me Up / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Eat At The Welcome Table / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
• Paul And Peter Walked / Claire Lynch / Friends For A Lifetime / Brentwood Bluegrass
• He Understands / Barry Scott / Look To The Light:  Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
• He Took Your Place / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• On The Wings Of Angels / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Open Up The Window, Noah / Seldom Scene / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder 

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 11/13/2011

Hi Folks,

Ringling Bros. Circus Fire - Hartford, 1944

With the bad weather and power outages mostly behind us, it was a super day to enjoy 3-1/2 hours of bluegrass music, the extra half-hour thanks to a preceding game ending early.  Marti even joined us in the studio this week.

Frank Wakefield's Monroe Tribute

Laurie Lewis provided a song of local interest from her new album, Skippin' and Flyin', about the circus fire that occurred in Hartford in 1944, and we heard songs from the latest releases of Lee Marcus, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Shannon Slaughter, The Crowe Brothers, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Frank Wakefield, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, and Nothin' Fancy.

We also played from Del McCoury's new tribute to Bill Monroe -- a vinyl LP -- and an instrumental from the Lonesome River Band's latest CD in salute to their appearance on David Letterman's show the previous Friday night.  We also played the song they performed on that show from Larry Cordle's latest CD.

Del McCoury's new vinyl LP -- "Old Memories"

We hope you tune in next Sunday when Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring!


Jim Beaver

Requests in blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Wild And Wicked World / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Girl At The Crossroads Bar / The Bluegrass Brothers / Live At The Coffee Pot / Self-released
• Girl From The North Country / John Duffey (Country Gentlemen) / John Duffey- The Rebel Years 1962-1977 / Rebel
• Wise County Jail / Trevor McKenzie and Various / Close Kin / Mountain Roads
• John Henry / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• The Banjo Fling / The McCormick Brothers / The Very Best Of... / Varese Sarabande
• Carolina Dreams / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
• Meanwhile / Harley Allen et al / Moody Bluegrass Two... Much Love /  Bunny Rae
• Tall Pines / Laurie Lewis / And Her Bluegrass Pals / Rounder
• A Far Cry From Lester & Earl / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• Let It Go / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Raincoe
• Mash Your Finger / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Raincoe
• Love The Way I Do / NewTown / NewTown / Self-released
• Lay My Burden Down / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Paper Airplane / Rounder
• Pretty Little Girl / Lonesome River Band / Still Learning / Rural Rhythm
• Molly / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord
• Whippoorwill / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Prime Tyme / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Frank Wakefield / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent
• The Working Man / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Elite Circuit
• Going Back To Old Virginia / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time-Life
• A Soldier's Letter / Nothin' Fancy / Self-titled / Virginia Dream
• Down Where The River Bends / Ralph Stanley w. Dwight Yoakam / Saturday Night & Sunday Morning / CR Freeland
• The Hills Of Home / Carolina Road / Back To My Roots / Rural Rhythm
• More Than A Name On The Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Good Time Mountain Man / Terry Baucom w. Chris Stapleton & Ronnie Bowman / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy
• Hartfordtown 1944 / Laurie Lewis / Skippin' and Flyin' / Spruce And Maple
• Heart And Soul / The Gillis Brothers / Heart & Soul / Rebel
• Been All Around The World / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet / Self-released
• He Could Pick The Hound / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• Out In The Cold World / Audie Blaylock and Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• Girl In The Blue Velvet Band / Del McCoury / Old Memories / McCoury Music
• Kentucky Mandolin / Bill Monroe / Blue Grass 1959-1969 / Bear Family
• Could You Love Me (One More Time) / The Stanley Brothers / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
• Mole In The Ground / Joe Walsh / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant
• He Was A Friend Of Mine / Eddie & Martha Adcock w. Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent
• Sweet Hearts Again / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released
• Take Me Back To The Sunny South / Wade Mainer w. J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Early and Great Sacred / Old Homestead
• Rockwood Deer Chase / Don Stover / Things In Life / Rounder
• Wildwood Flower (bed) / Earl Taylor & Jim McCall / The Best of Bluegrass Instrumentals Vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Fireball Mail (bed) / Hylo Brown / The Best of Bluegrass Instrumentals Vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Lonely Ends Where Love Begins / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Gold Watch And Chain / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Summer Breeze / Dale Ann Bradley / Somewhere South Of Crazy / Compass
• No Depression / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Goin' Up Copper Creek / Copper Creek
• Hurricane of Trouble / Cheryl J. Watson / Watertown / Self-released
• Singing As We Rise / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• What Do You Say? / Sierra Hull / Daybreak / Rounder
• Dark Hollow / J.D. Crowe & The New South / Holiday In Japan / New South Music
• Lord Build Me A Cabin In Gloryland / Monroe Crossing / Plays The Music Of Bill Monroe / Self-released
• Have You Someone (In Heaven Awaiting) / The Stanley Brothers / 1949-52 / Bear Family
• Our Father / Grasstowne / Kickin' Up Dust / Rural Rhythm
• What Will The Coming Of The Lord Mean To You / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler
• What Would The Profit Be / Allerton & Alton / Black, White and Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Don't Forget To Pray / Tom Mindte & Jeremy Stephens / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent
• Gone Away / Mountain Faith / Save Me / Mountain Home
• Lay My Body Down / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Raincoe
• If I Be Lifted Up / Larry Perkins w. Janette Carter et al / Pick Like Earl / Self-released
• Heaven's Green Fields / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/6/2011

What a crazy week this has been!  As you may know, Connecticut was hit with a record-breaking October snowfall two days before Halloween, and as a result, lots of trees and wires were knocked down; hence, a good portion of the state was without electricity for many, many days.  In fact, some folks are still without power 8+ days after the storm.  Pretty crazy, and winter hasn't even officially begun yet.  Yikes!  


For Sunday's show, our goal was kind of standard -- try to play a bunch of newer BG and balance it with a few favorites.  I think that was able to be accomplished fairly easily with newish music from folks like Lee Marcus, Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys, Leon Morris, the Del McCoury Band, Blue Highway, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, the Missy Werner Band, Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray, Ethan Hughes, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, and the Crowe Brothers.  


Brand spanking-new music came from two CDs:  one from a group from Maine with Connecticut ties:  "Rustic Little Cabin" from Gelina & Pike's Mainly Grass (a group which includes Gordon Pike and his wife, Gail, along with one other couple); and the other from a singer-songwriter who was born in Maine, but now makes her home in Florida:  Cheryl J. Watson's "Watertown."  

Great songwriter, but I'd still rather hear others sing his songs.

The show began with five tunes from the ever-prolific pen of Country Music Hall of Famer, Bill Anderson, who celebrated his 74th birthday on November 1st.  I will never claim to be a fan of the singing talents of ol' Whisperin' Bill, but there is no disputing that he is one of the greatest songwriters in the history of country music.  Like a whole lot of other great country performers, the music of Bill Anderson has been mined for use in Bluegrass through the years, and we selected five versions of Anderson classics to open the show.  These songs were performed by Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass, the Osborne Brothers, the Johnson Mountain Boys, James King, and the Sand Mountain Boys.  Great stuff.


Hope you were able to enjoy at least part of the show this week, and that you'll be sure to join Jim in next Sunday's "Bluegrass Cafe," beginning at 4PM sharp.  Be there, won't you?


Have a fine week!


Amy

• The Mill / Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Slippin' Away / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Cincinnati, Ohio / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Saginaw, Michigan / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Once A Day / Sand Mountain Boys / Molly Rose / Hay Holler
• My Time / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-Produced
• The Grey Ghost / Bill Emerson / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm
• Is It Still Over / Michelle Nixon & Drive / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever
• I Know You're Married / Reno & Smiley / Bluegrass, 1963 / Rural Rhythm
• Up This Hill And Down / Ivan Rosenberg & the Foggy Hogtown Boys / The Hogtown Sessions / Vole-O-Tone Records
• Me And The Jukebox / Leon Morris / Thinking Today Of My Home / Patuxent Music
• Shoulder To Shoulder / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• I Was Left On The Street / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• Out In The Cold World / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Close By / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• Rare Bird Alert / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Last Goodbye / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Nothin' I Can Do About It Now / The Roys / Lonesome Whistle / Rural Rhythm
• Stranger In My Home / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• That's When I Miss Her (Him) Most Of All / Gelina & Pike's Mainly Grass / Rustic Little Cabin / Self-Produced
• Helen / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Watertown / Cheryl J. Watson / Watertown / Self-Produced
• Old Kentucky Farmers / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Prime Tyme / Rural Rhythm
• This Morning At Nine / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Blue Eyed Blonde / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Steeltown Records
• Must Be The Wind / Nu-Blu / The Blu-Disc / Pinecastle
• I Knew It Wasn't You (The Telephone Song) / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• Gone At Last / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Drive Time / Mountain Home
• We're In This Love Together / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• Roads Travelled / Edgar Loudermilk with Marty Raybon / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever
• Liberty Off The Corn Liquor Still/Devil In The Wood Pile [music bed] / Russ Nixon / Last Chance / Patuxent Music
• Shenandoah Breakdown [music bed] / Russ Nixon / Last Chance / Patuxent Music
• Runaround [music bed] / Russ Nixon / Last Chance / Patuxent Music
• Wait A Minute / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever
• Storm / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
• She Put The Tears In My Eyes / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Self-Produced
• Ain't It Funny / Ethan Hughes / Searching For A Home / Patuxent Music
• Remembering / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Self-Produced
• When Someone Wants To Leave / Seldom Scene / Bluegrass The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• Drifting Too Far From The Shore / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers with Ricky Skaggs / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• It's Gonna Rain / Good Ol' Persons / Count Your Blessings:  A Bluegrass Gospel Collection / Live Oak Records
• John 3:16 / Stanley Brothers / All Gospel All Bluegrass / Federal
• Sweet Wonderful Words / Spinney Brothers / When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Self-Produced
• One Prayer Away / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / The Voice Of God / Rebel
• Lord Have Mercy (On My Soul) / Lou Reid & Carolina / Sounds Like Heaven To Me / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 10/30/2011 - Halloween

Hi Folks.

Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray

We've seen some rough times, but not too many like this past week.  The Saturday afternoon before this show a huge swath of Connecticut and Massachusetts was blanketed with a wet, heavy snow that downed trees and power lines across New England.  Fortunately the UCONN campus was spared the loss of electricity and WHUS and the Bluegrass Cafe soldiered on through the hardship. Many listeners were tuning in on car radios or portables.  As many discovered, radio was one of the few windows on the outside world during the extensive power outages. My house was without power for 6-1/2 nights -- it was restored at 1:00am Saturday morning a week later -- and that has delayed this post.

Laurie Lewis and her tribute to Bill Monroe

The show last Sunday was the day before Halloween, so I dedicated the first hour to songs about murders and spooky ghosts, topics which abound in bluegrass music.

The show was shortened by an hour for a UCONN soccer game, so the final hour was mostly new music and our traditional gospel set.

Notable new albums appearing on this show were from Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray, Laurie Lewis, NewTown, Mickey Harris, and Missy Werner Band.

Amy will be at the helm of Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday, so be sure to tune in.

Jim Beaver

Requests in bold blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / The Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Long Black Veil / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Return To Dismal Swamp / John McEuen / String Wizards / Vanguard
• Bringing Mary Home / John Duffey (The Country Gentlemen) / The Rebel Years / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / The Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Brown Mountain Light / Tony Rice / Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Marie Laveau / Leroy Troy / The Old Grey Mare / Rounder
• The Grave Robber / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• Ghost Bound Train / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass
• Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord
• The Ballad Of Sarah Malone / David Davis and the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Knoxville Girl / The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / Live At Hillbilly Ranch / Hay Holler
• The Knoxville Boy / Larry Stephenson / Life Stories / Pinecastle
• The Silver Bugle / The Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• The Lantern / Front Range / Ramblin' On My Mind / Sugar Hill
• The Old Camp Meeting Days / Lewis Tradition / Precious Memories / Thoroughbred
• Old Ten Broeck / Laurie Lewis / Skippin' and Flyin' / Spruce And Maple
• Chilly Winds / Johnny Williams et al / Close Kin / Mountain Roads
• Lay My Body Down / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Raincoe
• Blood And Sweat / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
• Roses and Rust / Nu-Blu / The Blu-Disc / Pinecastle
• Lord Lift Me Up / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
• I'm Building A Mansion / The Easter Brothers / They're Holding up the Ladder / Rebel
• Trusting In My Lord / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• The Stone Was Rolled Away / NewTown / Self-titled / Self-released
• Storms Are On The Ocean / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Journey To My Savior's Side / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-released
• I'm Ready To Go / Mickey Harris / A Gospel Collection / MJH
• Lord Protect My Soul / Kathy Kallick / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak
• When The Saints Go Marching In / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• I Am Weary, Let Me Rest / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released