Yet another Friday fill-in -- 5/25/2012

Happy Birthday to both Tom T. (5/25) & Miss Dixie (5/26)!

Friday's fill-in this week was actually supposed to be 4 hours long, but a UCONN Baseball rainout on Thursday night in Florida moved the team's NCAA tourney game to Friday morning, instead.  Hence, the sports preemption began at 11AM.  Still, a 3-hour program allowed enough time to adequately play birthday celebration sets from two important gentlemen in the history of country music:   "The Voice With A Heart", Mac Wiseman (born May 23, 1925) and "The Storyteller," Tom T. Hall (born May 25, 1936).  

Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Mac Wiseman turned 88 on 5/25.

An extended set of Memorial Day music was a definite necessity, too.  As you might expect, the common theme in most of the songs played in that set is about the soldier who went to war, but didn't make it back home.  It seems that too often these days, lots of people get caught up in all of the Memorial Day hype such as big sales at retail stores or what's going to be served at the big barbecue, and the hope is that these songs make you remember that those things are nice, but they aren't the real reason for the holiday.  Songs in this set came from all kinds of performers, including classic performers like the Louvin Brothers, Hank Williams, and Elton Britt to more modern acts like the Spinney Brothers, Dailey & Vincent, and Chris Jones.  

Next Friday morning, my plan is to NOT be on the radio, as I hope to be at the Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival in nearby Preston, CT.  I'm not sure how much longer this country and BG fill-in show will be on the WHUS schedule, but we'll keep you posted, for sure.


Hope you've got plans to join Jim in this Sunday's BG Cafe -- he'll be with you for 3 hours beginning at 4PM on Sunday afternoon....


Enjoy the weekend!


Amy






SONG / ARTIST / ALBUM / LABEL

• In The Summertime / Roger Miller / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Summer When You First Loved Me / Lonesome  River Bnad / Head On Into Heartache / Mountain Home
• Skies In Summer Rain / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• Green Grass / Statler Brothers / Flowers On The Wall:  The Essential Statler Brothers, 1964-1969 / Columbia
• Foggy Mountain Top / Bill Monroe & Doc Watson / Off The Record, 1963-1980 / Smithsonian Folkways
• Whiskey Before Breakfast / Doc Watson & Bryan Sutton / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Rag / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Doc Watson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Grand Ole Opry Song / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / sngle / no label
• Wreck On The Highway / Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys / The Golden Age / Capitol
• Filipino Baby / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA
• Second Fiddle To An Old Guitar / Jean Shepard / Opry Country Classics, Volume 2 / Opry Music
• Why Don't You Love Me / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury
• You Ain't Woman Enough / Loretta Lynn / Opry Country Classics, Volume 2 / Opry Music
• Devil Woman / Marty Robbins / Legends Of The Grand Ole Opry / Time Life
• The Rhumba Boogie / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• Green, Green Grass Of Home / Porter Wagoner / Opry Country Classics, Volume 1 / Opry Music
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / High Lonesome / CMH
• Jimmy Brown, The Newsboy / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass, 1971 / Rural Rhythm
• The Letter Edged In Black / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Mac Wiseman with Lester Flatt / Bluegrass, 1971 / Rural Rhythm
• I Was Left On The Street / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Stoney Lonesome / Tony Rice [Bluegrass Album Band] / The Bill Monroe Collection / Rounder
• Age / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4 / Rounder
• Another Day / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Billy Christian / Statler Brothers / Flowers On The Wall / Sony
• Margie's At The Lincoln Park Inn / Bobby Bare / The Essential Bobby Bare / BMG
• Ballad Of Forty Dollars / Tom T. Hall / The Essential Tom T. Hall:  The Story Songs / Mercury
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Harper Valley PTA / Michelle Nixon & Drive / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever Records
• Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine / Tom T. Hall / The Essential Tom T. Hall:  The Story Songs / Mercury
• The Boys In Hats And Ties / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats And Ties / Rebel
• Holding On When You've Let Go / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Bouquet In Heaven / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1958-1950 / JSP Records
• Robe Of White / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars
• A Hero In Harlan / Chris Jones / Lost Souls & Free Spirits / Rebel
• Sally's Waltz / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• A Purple Heart / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Searching For A Soldier's Grave / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Elton Britt / Ridin' With Elton / Soundies
• Don't Fall In Love With A Girl Like That / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• Slowly But Surely / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Happy Appy Records
• Ragged Man / Gibson Brothers / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• I'm Layin' It On The Line / Don Rich & the Buckaroos / Country Pickin' : The Don Rich Anthology / Sundazed
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Do I Like It? / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era