The Bluegrass birthday we celebrated this week belonged to one Jake Landers - born August 14, 1938. Mr. Landers is not only a fine musician (he was a long-time member of the Dixie Gentlemen), but also a wonderful Bluegrass songwriter with songs recorded by everyone from Bill Monroe to the Country Gentlemen to Sideline and more.
The non-Bluegrass birthdays belong to two Country Music Hall of Famers who would have celebrated birthdays on August 12th -- Porter Wagoner (8/12/1927) and Buck Owens (8/12/1929). These two may have been country singers, but both recorded Bluegrass-inspired records during their careers, and selections from both of their song catalogs have often been recorded by Bluegrass performers. It wouldn't seem right to overlook their birthdays, so we don't!
To most folks, if you say "Buck Owens," you might immediately think about the late Don Rich -- Buck's right-hand man and bandleader of the popular Buckaroos. While Don Rich died at a young age in a motorcycle accident on July 17, 1974, he was born on August 15, 1941.
The final nominees for the 2015 IBMA Awards were announced this week. There were some surprises, but mostly a lot of familiar names that are on the final list for awards. The names of the two newest members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame were also announced, and we played songs featuring both of them this week: Larry Sparks and Bill Keith.
It was a full show today -- hope you enjoyed it! Jim will be back in the Bluegrass Cafe with you next Sunday afternoon -- join him!
Have a good week!
Amy
PERFORMER / SONG / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]
- Del McCoury Band / Katy Hill / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Larry Sparks / Don't Neglect The Rose / The Best Of Larry Sparks / Rebel [2015 inductee of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame]
- Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Devil's Dream / Anthology / MCA [2015 inductee of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame - Bill Keith]
- Larry Sparks / Will You Be Satisfied That Way / Lonesome And Then Some... / Rebel
- Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / On And On / Live At Mechanics Hall / Acoustic Disc
- Jim & Jesse / Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
- The Expedition Show / Stormy Horizons / Stormy Horizons / Mountain Fever Records
- Special Consensus / What Will Become Of Me / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle
- Loafers' Glory / Legend Of The Johnson Boys / Loafers' Glory / Arhoolie
- Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Just Ain't / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia
- Neon Valley Boys / I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
- Benny Martin / Me And My Fiddle / The "Big Tiger" Roars Again (Part 2) / OMS Records
- Ralph Stanley with Laurie Lewis / Old Love Letters / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
- Feinberg Brothers / I Do / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
- Seth Sawyer Band / Old Leather Bag / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
- Neon Valley Boys / Say I Lied / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
- Country Gentlemen / Secret Of The Waterfall / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel [writer, Jake Landers]
- James King / I Beg To You / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder [writer, Jake Landers]
- Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / The Hard Times / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder [writer, Jake Landers]
- Bear Bridge Band / Your Heart Now Tells The Truth / One More Ride / Open Road [writer, Jake Landers]
- Sideline / Mountain Girl / Session 2 / Mountain Fever Records [writer, Jake Landers]
- Gibson Brothers / An Angel With Blue Eyes / Brotherhood / Rounder
- Earls Of Leicester / On My Mind / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
- Balsam Range / Monday Blues / Five / Mountain Home
- Becky Buller / Southern Flavor / 'Tween Earth & Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
- Steve Martin / Pitkin Country Turnaround / The Crow / Rounder [Steve Martin birthday, 8/14/1945]
- Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers with Edie Brickell / Get Along Stray Dog / Live / Rounder
- Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel [Porter Wagoner birthday, 8/12/1927]
- Terry Baucom with the Gibson Brothers / Open Up Your Heart / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc. [Buck Owens birthday, 8/12/1929]
- Johnson Mountain Boys / Misery Loves Company / Favorites / Rounder
- Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / On The Air / Copper Creek
- Dale Ann Bradley with Marty Raybon / Holding On To Nothing / Catch Tomorrow / Compass Records
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I Don't Care / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill
- Feller & Hill & the Bluegrass Buckaroos / The Ballad Of Buck And Don / Here Come Feller & Hill...Again! / Blue Circle Records
- Lost & Found / Buckaroo / Just Pickin' / Copper Creek [Don Rich birthday, 8/15/1941]
- Don Rich & the Buckaroos / Cajun Fiddle / Country Pickin' / Sundazed
- Spinney Brothers / Proud To Be Your Dad / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
- Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Kentucky Hill Special / Bluegrass Collection / Gusto
- Springfield Exit / That Was Then And This Is Now / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
- Lynn Morris Band / Shoulder To Shoulder / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
- Eddie Adcock / Cedar City Blues / The Patuxent Banjo Project / Patuxent Music
- Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Laurie / Run Away Tonight / Mountain Home
- Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Feeling Blue / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
- Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Country Church / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
- Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
- David Peterson / I'll Never Go Back / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
- Northern Lights / Build It Up / Living In The City / Red House Records
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Move To The Top Of The Mountain / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill
- Doc Watson / Fill My Way With Love / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
- Lewis Family / Honey In The Rock / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS
- Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
- Bill Emerson with Cliff Waldron / When We Look On His Face / Reunion / Webco
- Nashville Bluegrass Band / Good Night, The Lord's Coming / To Be His Child / Rounder
- Johnson Mountain Boys / Black Mountain Blues / Requests / Rounder
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