Fill-in for "Bluegrass Rules" - 11/28/2013

Hi Folks,

James Ward

By now listeners of Bluegrass Cafe know there is another bluegrass program on WHUS called "Bluegrass Rules" hosted by James & Cathy Ward.   The show is usually on a weekday afternoon depending on the semester, and this semester it is on Thursday afternoons usually 3-5pm ET.

Cathy Ward

James & Cathy took Thanksgiving day off this year and I was happy to fill-in on their show.

I included much local music on this show as well as an above-average dose of mountain-style bluegrass.

The playlist is below.

Jim Beaver

Local (CT and New England) music in blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Pop! Goes The Banjo / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
• I Feel Like Singing Today / Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley / I Feel Like Singing Today / Rebel
• Reno Bound / Reno & Harrell / Reno Bound / John Boy & Billy
• Less And Less / Grass Routes / Bailey's Deal / Self-released
• Thank You For Caring / Jeanette Williams w. George Jones / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Your Worries & Troubles Are Mine / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Love Of The Mountains / Crossover / Friends Having Fun / Self-released
• The Old Home / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self-released
• Rawhide / Frank Wakefield / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Lonesome River Band / Chronology Vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm
• This Rambler's Ramblin' / Mac Martin / Country Roots / Rural Rhythm
• Somebody Loves You Darling / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Larry Efaw & The Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Blue Circle
• It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Raincoe
• Swampgrass / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
• I'm So Happy / Joe Mullins & Junior Sisk / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass / Rebel
• Roll On Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Cool Autumn Morning / Monty McClanahan / The Road Less Traveled / Self-released
• Lonesome Wind Blues / Rhonda Vincent / Back Home Again / Rounder
• Dusty Old World / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass
• Don't Think About Me Unkindly / The Earl Brothers / Outlaw Hillbilly / Big Hen
• Unexpected, Ordinary, Unimagined Life / Dawn Kenney / Sing Me Home / Heart Roots
• Old Time Angels / Jim Lauderdale / Old Time Angels / Sky Crunch
• Rollin' On These Rubber Wheels / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• If I Were Your Brother / Spinney Brothers / Live at WHUS May 8, 2010 / Local Production
• It's Never Too Late / Fred Etheridge, Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released
• Cat And Mouse / Jeff Scroggins & Colorado / Western Branches / Self-released
• The Hills And Home / The Country Gentlemen / The Complete Starday Recordings / Gusto
• I've Been All Around This World / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / Rounder Old-Time Music / Rounder
• Wow Baby / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Upper Management
• Blues Are Close At Hand / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Reminiscing / Short Grass
• I've Been Walkin' / Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• Lord Protect My Soul / Kathy Kallick Band / Time / Live Oak
• Traveling The Highway Home / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Your Long Journey / David Grisman Bluegrass Experience / Muddy Roads / Acoustic Disc
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge, Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 11/24/2013 - Missy Werner

Hi Folks.

Missy Werner

During this one-hour program we played songs from the first two Missy Werner albums and a pre-release single from her upcoming 3rd album, plus a short interview of Missy recorded September 24th at the IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass event in Raleigh.

We introduced new music from The Grascals and Del McCoury, and recent music from James King and Adam Steffey who happened to celebrate a birthday on this day.  We also tipped our hat to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday by opening the show with a Jerry Douglas instrumental, "Ride The Wild Turkey."



The Heritage Corner brought forth from Jim's archives music from Roy Acuff for the anniversary of his passing (11/23/1992), Charlie Moore from a 1974 LP, and Bill Price's Country Pardners from a 1956 single.



This show was reduced to an hour because of a UCONN checkers game preemption.  Be sure to tune in next Sunday where barring any UCONN card games, Amy will bring you another great afternoon of bluegrass music on Bluegrass Cafe.

Jim Beaver

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Ride The Wild Turkey / Jerry Douglas / Slide Rule / Sugar Hill
• Precious Jewel / Roy Acuff / Night Train To Memphis / Allegro
• Alcatraz Blues / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent (requested)
• Goodbye Girls I'm Going To Boston / Adam Steffey / New Primitive / Organic
• Plant Some Flowers / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-released
• Right Here / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds of Lonesome / Self-released
• Missy Werner Interview
• I Always Do / Missy Werner / Pre-release single / Self-released
• Streets Of Baltimore / Del McCoury Band / Streets of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Whippoorwill's Cry / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Another Old Dog In The Race / The Country Pardners / 45 RPM Single / RCA (45)
• If Teardrops Were Pennies / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
• When I Get My Pay / The Grascals / When I Get My Pay / Mountain Home
• Sunday Morning Christian / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• On A High High Mountain / Charlie Moore & The Dixie Partners / On A High High Mountain / Old Homestead
• Where We'll Never Say Farewell / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management
• Step Off On That Beautiful Shore / Ralph Stanley & Joe Isaacs / A Gospel Gathering / Freeland
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

Southern New England Bluegrass alert -- LOTS going on this weekend...

If you're in southern New England, you've got three opportunities to see and hear some wonderful Bluegrass music, so try to get to one or two of these shows, won't you?

On Saturday, November 16th, the relatively new organization known as the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance (or, RIBA) are presenting a show featuring the legendary EDDIE & MARTHA ADCOCK with TOM GRAY.  This concert takes place at the Francis Farm in Rehoboth, MA, and begins at 7PM.  Find more information on show by clicking here.  

There are two wonderful shows on Sunday, November 17th, but unfortunately, you likely won't be able to get to both of 'em...unless you own a private jet.  Still, it would be great if you can make it to at least one...

If you want to have one more opportunity to see and hear New Hampshire's

WHITE MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS perform before they retire, get to the Country Corner Coffee House in South Hadley, MA on Sunday afternoon at 2PM.  Hazel and Mac McGee are bona fide Bluegrass Pioneers (as recognized at the International Bluegrass Music Museum), and after 43 years of performing as a band, they're retiring.  Get to South Hadley, if you're able, and wish them well, won't you?  For more info on the show, visit www.countrycornermusic.com or call (413)467-9394.

If making the trip to Massachusetts doesn't work so well for you, there's wonderful Bluegrass gospel to be heard in southeastern Connecticut, as THE GOSPEL FRIENDS will perform a free show at the Central Baptist Church, 2 Union Square, Norwich CT.  Showtime is 3PM.  To take a look at a flyer for the show, click here.

No need to lecture -- get out and support live Bluegrass music when you can!

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 11/10/2013 - Eddie & Martha Adcock

Hi Folks,

We had the pleasure of talking to Eddie and Martha Adcock on this show and got to hear a first-hand synopsis of Eddie's and Martha's amazing musical history. You can hear them perform with Tom Gray Saturday 16 Nov 2013 in Rehoboth MA in an appearance sponsored by Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance.   Check out the details here.

Arthel's Guitar

Other highlights included a tribute to Stringbean (David Akeman) and his wife Estelle who were murdered in front of their cabin 40 years ago this day.  We also heard selections from a 1973 live performance of The New Kentucky Colonels with Clarence, Roland, and Eric White with Herb Pederson; new music from Jim Lauderdale; David Grisman Bluegrass Experience; The Tuttles with A.J. Lee; Noam Pikelny; Reno & Harrell; Shannon & Heather Slaughter; Jeff Scroggins & Colorado; Alex Leach; and Jack Lawrence with a selection from his album Arthel's Guitar.

 

 The Heritage Corner included music from Sammy Adkins & The Sandy Hook Mt. Boys, The Hillmen (Chris Hillman, Don Parmley, Vern & Rex Gosdin), and several selections throughout the show from Alex Campbell and Ola Belle Reed.  Alex Campbell, 90, passed away October 24th.

Join Amy next Sunday between sports preemptions for another afternoon of great bluegrass music.

Jim Beaver

Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Dancin' With Sally / Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• I Wish That I Could Have Met Carter / The Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever
• Opry Time In Tennessee / Stringbean / More of That Rare Old Time Banjo Pickin' And Singin' / Gusto
• The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle / Sam Bush / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
• The Hills And Home / The Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Gusto
• Carry Me Back To Carolina / Terry Baucom w. Buddy Melton / Never Thought Of Looking Back / John Boy And Billy
• When Scruggs Made Me A Star / Shannon & Heather Slaughter & County Clare / One More Road / Elite Circuit
• Roll On Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Cheyenne / Noam Pikelny / Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe / Compass
• Soldier's Joy-Black Mountain Rag / The New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Holland 1973 / Self released
• Why You Been Gone So Long / The New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Holland 1973 / Self released
• The Train That Carried My Girl From Town / David Grisman Bluegrass Experience / Muddy Roads / Acoustic Disc
• Reno Bound / Reno & Harrell / Reno Bound / John Boy And Billy
• I'll Driink No More Wine / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass / Rebel
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / Self titled / Together
• I'll Never Grow Tired Of You / Sammy Adkins & The Sandy Hook Mtn Boys / Tribute To Keith Whitley / Crosscut
• Mountain Heartache / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self released
• Down Where The Still Waters Flow / Eddie & Martha Adcock w. Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent
• New Freedom Bell / Eddie & Martha Adcock w. Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent

Eddie and Martha Adcock Interview 

• This Morning At Nine / Eddie & Martha Adcock w. Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent
• Red Rocking Chair / The Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Gusto
• Over Yonder In The Graveyard / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Rollin' with Tradition / Self released
• Long Black Limo / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Ten Miles To Deep Gap / Jack Lawrence w. Doc Watson / Arthel's Guitar / Little King
• I Can't Be Satisfied / Alex Campbell & Olabelle Reed & The New River Ranch Boys / 45 RPM Single / New River (45)
• Redwood Hill / Jeff Scroggins & Colorado / Western Branches / Self released
• Alabam / The Tuttles with A.J. Lee / Endless Ocean / Back Studio
• You Don't Even Know / Alex Campbell & Olabelle Reed & The New River Ranch Boys / 45 RPM Single / New River (45)
• Going To See Earl (bed) / Little Roy & Lizzy / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
• Choppin' Wood (bed) / Little Roy & Lizzy / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
• The Daughter Of Gernonimo / Don Rigsby w. Ralph Stanley / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Goodbye Mary Jane / NewTown / Time Machine / Pisgah
• Born With A Hammer In My Hand / The Roys / Gypsy Runaway Train / Rural Rhythm
• Old Time Angels / Jim Lauderdale / Old Time Angels / Sky Crunch
• Tom Dooley / Kruger Brothers / Doc / Double Time
• Uncloudy Day / Alex Campbell & Olabelle Reed & The New River Ranch Boys / Old Time Gospel Singing / Gusto
• I Can't Sit Down / Wade & Julia Mainer / Heaven Bound / Time Life
• There's A Higher Power / Kathy Kallick / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak (requested)
• Calling My Children Home / The Country Gentlemen / Heaven Bound / Time Life
• Daniel Prayed / Doc Watson, Fred Price, Clint Howard / Doc's Prescription / Not Now
• What Would You Do / Fred Etheridge / Pickin' And Singin' / Self released
• Campin' In Canaan Land / The Stanley Brothers / The King Years 1961-1965 / King
• Fishers Of Men / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management
• The Beautiful Shore / Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Blue Circle
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge, Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/3/2013

On Sunday's show, we had a couple of important "goals" that we wanted to accomplish, and for the most part, I think they were pretty-well completed.  

Up first, we wanted to remember a couple of important birthdays:  both of gentlemen who were born in 1937, just three days apart.  Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson (born November 1, 1937) is definitely NOT a Bluegrass performer or singer (despite the fact that he has recorded a "Bluegrass" album).  Still, many of his songs -- both the older ones and newer ones that he continues to write today -- have been recorded in the Bluegrass world, so we shared a few of those from performers as varied as the Del McCoury Band, James King, the Osborne Brothers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and the Johnson Mountain Boys.

For my money, one of the best
vocalists in all of Bluegrass -- Allen Mills.

Another wonderful performer celebrating a birthday this week is one of the founders of longtime Virginia band, the Lost & Found.  Allen Mills (born November 4, 1937) is the primary songwriter and lead vocalist with L&F, and to my ear, he has one of the most distinctive vocal deliveries in all of Bluegrass.  In addition, Mr. Mills is a terrific songwriter, and has a couple of wonderful Bluegrass classics in his songbook, including "Love Of The Mountains" and "Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary."  Terrific stuff!

In addition to celebrating the birthdays of Bill Anderson and Allen Mills, we remembered the passing of Alex Campbell, a noted Bluegrass performer and promoter who died on October 24th at the age of 90.  Mr. Campbell made a few different records with some notable Bluegrass performers, including Ted Lundy and his very own sister, Ola Belle Reed.  While we played a couple of songs from Alex & Olabelle & the New River Boys, be sure to tune into Jim in the "Bluegrass Cafe" next week for more music from this Bluegrass pioneer.

Hope you enjoyed something you heard on the air on Sunday, and be sure to join Jim next week once more for another visit in the Bluegrass Cafe.

Enjoy the week!

Amy


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Handsome Molly / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways
• (It Was) Late Last Night / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / King
• I Will Always Be Waiting For You / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds / Capitol
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Amnesia / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• She Took His Breath Away / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Cincinnati, Ohio / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• I Never Once Stopped Loving You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Leavin' You And Mobile, Too / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Old Ten Broeck / Laurie Lewis / Skippin' & Flyin' / Spruce & Maple Music
• I Know That You Know / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records
• Bad Fret / Grass Routes / Bailey's Deal / Self-Produced
• I'm Blue / Flatt Lonesome / Flatt Lonesome / Pisgah Ridge
• Baby, You're Cheatin' / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
• Blue Lonesome Blue / Edgar Loudermilk / My Big Chance Tomorrow / Mountain Fever Records
• Dusty Old World / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
• That's All She Wrote / Peter Rowan / The Old School / Compass Records
• Cotton Eyed Joe / The Tuttles & A.J. Lee / Endless Ocean / Self-Produced
• No Doubt About It / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way / Unspoken Tradition / Simple Little Town / Coyote Ridge
• Mountain Girl / Lou Reid & Carolina / 20th Anniversary Concert / KMA
• Just Ain't / Terry Baucom with Sam Bush / Never Thought Of Looking Back / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Forever I Know / Alex & Olabelle & the New River Boys / Travel On / Starday
• I Marked The Spot / Alex & Olabelle & the New River Boys / Travel On / Starday
• Bringin' In The Georgia Mail / Alex & Olabelle & the New River Boys / Old Time Singing
• Blacktop / Alan Jackson / The Bluegrass Album / EMI America
• Wilow Creek Dam / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Side Of Me / Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome / Blue Side Of Me / Mountain Fever Records
• Stormy Horizons / The Expedition Show / Stormy Horizons / Mountain Fever Records
• Tennessee Truck Driving Man / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Music Of The Mountains / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Steel Drivin' Man / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers Of The Highway / Rounder
• It's In My Mind To Wander / Shannon & Heather Slaughter & County Clare / One More Road / Self-Produced
• I Knew It Wasn't You (The Telephone Song) / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• Nightwalk / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• If You've Got Something To Say / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
• I'm Leaving You This Lonesome Song / The Boxcars / It's Just A Road / Mountain Home
• Grandpa's Way Of Life / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Life's Railway To Heaven / Seldom Scene / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• I'll Answer The Call / Ralph Stanley / Country Bluegrass Homecoming / GGS
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / Demo / Self-Produced
• Free Salvation / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Lord Show Me The Righteous Pathway / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle
• I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• Get Up In Jesus's Name / Marty Raybon / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS
• Little Community Church / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / JSP Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder