Playlist - 9/20/2015 - South Carolina Broadcasters

Hi Folks.

This show saw the debut of some new music from Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie, and The South Carolina Broadcasters. We focused a bit on the Broadcasters because of their recent appearance at the Strawberry Park festival, and their upcoming appearance at the 2016 Podunk festival.  Ivy Sheppard, David Sheppard, and Andy Edmonds make up the group that plays their own cross between old time and pre-bluegrass music with unique three-part harmonies more closely related to bluegrass. They are a rising force to be reckoned with having just signed with John Boy & Billy Records for their fifth album.  Their new CD, also available on vinyl LP, is scheduled for release October 13th and can be pre-ordered here.

Other notable recent recordings on this show featured Ruben & Matt and the Truffle Valley Boys (from Italy!), The Earls of Leicester, Becky Buller, Larry Gillis, The Buckstankle Boys, and Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters.



Otherwise, this show was so full of Heritage Corner material that it would take too long to mention them all. We'll just refer you to the playlist, but single out Cecil Surratt, Carl Sauceman, and some very early Lilly Brothers & Don Stover.

We encourage you to attend the Spinney Brothers concert in Canterbury CT next Sunday that will open with Bear Minimum at 2:00pm.  If you can't make it, we will have James & Cathy Ward filling in at Bluegrass Cafe.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label

• Michael Cleveland / Fire on the Mountain / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• The Buckstankle Boys / Let Me Fall / Round Peak Home / Self-released
• The Spinney Brothers / Sweet Hazel Moore / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• Windy Hill / My Little Darling's Shoes / Lonesome Garbage Man / Self-released
• Paul Adkins and the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Darlene & Reflections Of Bluegrass / If It Ain't Love / If It Ain't Love / Self-released
• Bill Price / Pretty Polly / Blue Grass Hill With Bill Price / Folkways
• Frank Necessary / Highway Of Love / 45 RPM Single / Jalyn
• Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Old Chain Gang / An Old Love Affair / Self-released
• Alex Leach / Brand New Tennessee Waltz / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• Carolina Native Sons / Willie Moore / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
• Charlie Moore / Flying South / Charlie Moore Rides Again - Gone... But Not Forgotten / Wango
• Ruben & Matt and the Truffle Valley Boys / Cabin on a Mountain / One Thing To Tell / LPB
• Lost & Found / Ida Red / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Becky Buller / Southern Flavor / 'Tween Earth & Sky / Dark Shadow
• The Earls Of Leicester / I'll Go Stepping Too / The Earls of Leicester / Rounder
• Larry Gillis / Two More Years / Swamp Folk / Tin Man
• Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass / A Dark Road Is a Hard Road to Travel / Leaving This Town / Randm
• Dave Evans / Only One Was True / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• The Traditional Grass / The Blues Are Still The Blues / The Blues Are Still The Blues / Rebel
• The Traditional Grass / You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer / The Blues Are Still The Blues / Rebel
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Days Of Grey And Black / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Haystack Blues / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy
• The Larry Fuller Band / I'd Like To Go Back / My Juke Box Hero / Old Homestead
• Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Gotta Get Away / Kiamichi Moon / Old Homestead
• The Campbell Trio / Lonesome Day / We're Hooked On Bluegrass / Woodrich
• Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Sparkling Brown Eyes / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Flatt Lonesome / Mixed up Mess of a Heart / Runaway Train / Mountain Home
• Ben and Eric Marshall / A Better Day  / Grass Roots Project / Self-released
• The Johnson Mountain Boys / Now Just Suppose / Private Recording / na
• Bill Emerson And Sweet Dixie / Fifty Miles of Elbow Room / The Gospel Side of Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie / Rural Rhythm
• Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / I Dreamed of an Old Love Affair / Everything I Wanted Love to Be / Happy Appy
• Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / I'm Leaving You and Ft Worth Too / It's About Tyme / Break A String
• The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / The Old Man's Story / On The Radio 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Carroll Best / Liberty / Say Old Man, Can You Play the Banjo? / Copper Creek
• Carroll Best / Cripple Creek / Say Old Man. Can You Play the Banjo? / Copper Creek
• Carroll Best / Bile Them Cabbage Down / Say Old Man, Can You Play the Banjo? / Copper Creek
• Carroll Best / Martha Campbell / Say Old Man, Can You Play the Banjo? / Copper Creek
• Don Reno / Salty Dog Blues / Profile / Wango
• Don Reno / Grey Eagle Hornpipe / Profile / Wango
• Bill Clifton with the Pick Of The Crop / Southern Moon / Where The Rainbow Finds Its End / Elf
• Missy Werner / Rocks in the River / Turn This Heart Around / Self-Produced
• Rusty York & The Kentucky Mountain Boys / Over the Hill to the Poorhouse / Early Bluegrass / Jewel
• The Bluegrass Mountaineers / The Wandering Boy / Clinch Mountain Tradition / Maggard
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / The Storm / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy
• Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis / There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down / Classic Bluegrass / B.A.C.M
• The Chestnut Grove Quartet / Just Over Yonder / The Great Beyond / Self-released
• The Buckstankle Boys / There's a Light At the River / Round Peak Home / Self-released
• The Lewis Family / I'm Bound For Gloryland / Wrapped With Grace & Tied With Love / Canaan
• Carl Story & His Rambling Mountaineers / Camping In Canaan's Land / Mighty Close To Heaven / Starday
• Carl Sauceman and His Green Valley Boys / I'll Be An Angel Too / Bluegrass - Historic Cuts Selected For Quality / JSP
• Cecil Surratt / The Bright Crystal Sea / 78 RPM Single / Rich-R-Tone
• Nashville Bluegrass Band / You're Drifting Away / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / What A Day / The Gospel Side Of Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Rural Rhythm
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / We Shall Meet Someday / Tell Me Truly / John Boy & Billy
• Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/13/2015

As one would expect on the 104th birthday of Bill Monroe -- the Father of Bluegrass -- Sunday's radio program was pretty much Monroe-centric.  Bill Monroe's influence continues to be felt nearly twenty years after his passing, and there probably doesn't exist a Bluegrass band who hasn't either recorded or performed a Monroe song at some point during their existence.  Amazing...and as it should be.  

Traver Hollow at Winterhawk 1983 (Paul Harvey is on the far right)

Between the Bill Monroe songs, we remembered a wonderful New England Bluegrass musician and songwriter who recently passed away:  Paul Harvey of the Connecticut band, Traver Hollow.  When I first started attending Bluegrass festivals and shows in the early 1980s, Traver Hollow was one of the bands who appeared on just about every show.  They were neatly-dressed, talented, and performed a good combination of Bluegrass standards and original numbers, most of them penned by Paul Harvey.  For those who enjoy trivia, Traver Hollow also happened to be the first very Bluegrass band who appeared on primetime television in Denmark.  How's that for a distinction?  If you remember Traver Hollow from their heyday, or if you just would like to hear a fine, traditional young band, watch this broadcast from the Denmark show from 1987:

There were also a few new songs from recordings recently received at WHUS, including selections from Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie, and Flatt Lonesome.  We also observed National Grandparents Day with songs about Grandpa and Grandma from BearTracks, the Seldom Scene, Springfield Exit, and the Gibson Brothers.

Be sure to join Jim for next Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, won't you?  Have a good week!

Amy


PERFORMER / SONG / ALBUM / LABEL [Request is RED; Bill Monroe songs are BLUE]

• Del McCoury Band / Katy Hill / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Uncle Pen / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / I Hope You Have Learned / The King And The Father / MME
• Rhonda Vincent / Is The Grass Any Bluer / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Spinney Brothers / My Music Comes From Bill / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Come Back To Me In My Dreams / Once And For Always/The News Is Out / Sugar Hill
• Frank Wakefield / Bluegrass Breakdown / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent Music
• Tony Rice / On And On / Tony Rice Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Warrior River Boys / Farewell To Long Hollow / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Becky Buller / Southern Flavor / 'Tween Earth & Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• Traver Hollow / Where Is The Love / By Request / Self-Produced
• Traver Hollow / Teardrops Are Falling In The Snow / 25 Years Of Strictly Country Magazine / Strictly Country
• Traver Hollow / Rose Of My Heart / By Request / Self-Produced
• Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Brown County Red / It's About Tyme / Break A String
• Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / The Gospel Side Of Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Rural Rhythm
• Flatt Lonesome / You'll Pay / Runaway Train / Mountain Home
• Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / River Bottom / It's About Tyme / Break A String
• Country Gentlemen / Riverboat Fantasy / The Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain / Windy Mountain / Bluegrass Blues / Hay Holler
• Hazel Dickens / You'll Get No More Of Me / It's Hard To Tell The Singer From The Song / Rounder
• Gibson Brothers / Each Season Changes You / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Gibson Brothers / I Have Found The Way / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Muleskinner / Roanoke / A Potpourri Of Bluegrass Jam / Sierra Records
• Johnson Mountain Boys / With Body And Soul / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / In Despair / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• BearTracks / A Grandmother's Love / Rough Edges / AMT Records
• Seldom Scene / Grandpa Get Your Guitar / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Springfield Exit / Grandma's Gift / Springfield Exit / Cracker Barrel
• Gibson Brothers / Arleigh / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Big Country Bluegrass / My Lonely Heart / Country Livin' / Rebel
• Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Miss Molly / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• Reno & Smiley / Love, O' Love Please Come Home / Bluegrass, 1963 / Rural Rhythm
• Earls Of Leicester / I'll Go Stepping Too / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Earls Of Leicester / Shuckin' The Corn / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Feinberg Brothers / I Do / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• The Sidemen / Thinkin' About You / The All Night Gang / Rebel
• Roland White Band / I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home / Straight-Ahead Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Spinney Brothers / What A Wonderful Life / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Bear Minimum / Will You Wait For Me / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road 
• Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / That Home Above / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia
• Traver Hollow / Give Me The Roses / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country
• The Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Hay Holler Harvest
• Lou Reid & Carolina / Lord Have Mercy (On My Soul) / 20th Anniversary Concert / Self-Produced [Lou Reid birthday, 9/13/1954]
• Stanley Brothers / Mother's Only Sleeping / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Crowe, Lawson & Williams / Do You Live What You Preach / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home
• Jim & Jesse McReynolds with Bill Monroe / Wicked Path Of Sin / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Lost & Found / Boat Of Love / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Let The Light Shine Down / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records
• Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Grass Twist / Requests / Rounder

Playlist - 9/6/2015 - Rick Spinney

Hi Folks.

Sunday's show was mostly classic bluegrass with several more recent numbers included.  The centerpiece of the show was a telephone visit from Rick Spinney of The Spinney Brothers.  

The Spinney Brothers will be making an appearance at a concert in Canterbury CT September 27th. We took this opportunity to find out what is going on with the Spinney Brothers, learned a bit about their most recent album which has had a track hit number one on one of the charts, and what it is like to be a traveling musician in the US while living in Nova Scotia, Canada.  Come out and support great live bluegrass music in Eastern Connecticut on the 27th!


From the Heritage Corner, pretty much most of the show applied, but we did have some special rarities in the form of both sides of two 45s -- one of The Brewster Brothers and the other from a daughter of J. E. Mainer, Mary Mainer.

Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring next week, so be sure to tune in!

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label

• Michael Cleveland / Fire on the Mountain / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Tell Me Truly Little Darling / Pre-release single / John Boy & Billy
• The Bear Bridge Band / I Don't Want Your Nine Pound Hammer / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
• Delia Bell and Bill Grant / Kiamichi Moon / Kiamichi Moon / Old Homestead
• Carolina Native Sons / Tribulations / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / 2012 Patuxent Music
• Lester Flatt / Drink That Mash and Talk That Trash / The One And Only Lester Flatt / King
• Mary Mainer / Philadelphia Lawyer / 45 RPM Single / J.E. Mainer Productions
• Earl Taylor & Jim McCall / Long Journey Home / Country Roots - 21 Old-Time Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Buck Ryan / Goodbye Liza Jane / Country Roots - 21 Old-Time Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• The Buckstankle Boys / Swing On The Golden Gate / Round Peak Home / Self-released
• Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / I Still Love You Yet / Mountain Laurel Bluegrass Memories / Mountain Laurel
• Lost & Found / Brown Hill / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Ruben & Matt and the Truffle Valley Boys / Lost To A Stranger / One Thing To Tell / LPB
• Charlie Moore / Convict & The Rose / Charlie Moore Sings Again - Gone But Not Forgotten / Wango
• Mary Mainer / Traveling Around / 45 RPM Single / J.E. Mainer Productions
• Alex Leach / Somebody Loves You Darling / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• The Spinney Brothers / My Friend Clyde / Live at WHUS 8 May 2010 / na
• The Bear Bridge Band / I'm Watching The Train Passing By / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Don Stover / Things in Life / Live At Davis & Elkins College / White Oak
• The Spinney Brothers / Thank God for the Highways / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• Rick Spinney Interview /  /  / 
• The Spinney Brothers / My Music Comes From Bill / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• The Spinney Brothers / Proud To Be Your Dad / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• The Brewster Brothers / Gotta Travel On / 45 RPM Single / Acme
• Roy Lee Centers / Little Birdie / The Early Years, Volume One / Crosscut
• Darlene & Reflections Of Bluegrass / Love Someone Like Me / If It Ain't Love / Self-released
• Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / That's Kentucky / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Rural Rhythm
• The Brewster Brothers / Little Maggie / 45 RPM Single / Acme
• Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass / Let Them Know I'm from Virginia / Leaving This Town / Randm
• Dave Evans / When the Snow Falls on My Foggy Mountain Home / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel Records Llc
• Travers Chandler & Avery County / Stumblin Stones / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• The Earls Of Leicester / Big Black Train / The Earls of Leicester / Rounder
• Larry Gillis / Three Sheets in the Wind / Swamp Folk / Tin Man
• Marteka and William / Rambling Gambler / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• Carroll Best / Lonesome Road Blues [bed] / Say Old Man, Can You Play the Banjo? / Copper Creek
• Carroll Best / Daley's Reel [bed] / Say Old Man, Can You Play the Banjo? / Copper Creek
• Carroll Best / Tom and Jerry [bed] / Say Old Man, Can You Play the Banjo? / Copper Creek
• Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / White House Blues / Off The Record Volume 1 / Smithsonian Folkways
• The Gillis Brothers / Rock Bottom / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler Harvest
• Eddie & Martha Adcock / Something To Be Finding / TwoGrass / Pinecastle
• Nashville Bluegrass Band / Fiddlin' Bill / American Beauty / Sugar Hill
• Harley Allen & Mike Lilly / Moonshiner / Suzanne / Smithsonian Folkways
• Hylo Brown / Blue Tail Fly / Roots Music of Rural America / Rural Rhythm
• The Stanley Brothers / Jordan / Radio Series Volume Six / Wango
• Early Upchurch / It's Alright / 45 RPM Single / ARC
• The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / Hide Ye In The Blood / Live At Hillbilly Ranch / Hay Holler
• Keepin' Tradition / Wings Of Angels / Keepin' Tradition / Self-released
• The Marshall Brothers and Highroad / Singing Praises / Old Time Country Revival / Self-released
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Take Me in Your Lifeboat / A Thousand Miles Away from Home / Stripe Records
• J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Run Mountain / Arhoolie
• The Cooke Duet and Son / I'm Moving Up Home Someday / The Cooke Duet and Son / CRFRC
• Danny Lee Davis / He Took Your Place / The Long Goodbye / Self-released
• Carl Story And His Ramblin' Mountaineers / Just One Rose Will Do / Mighty Close To Heaven / Starday
• The Dixie Gentlemen / Walking And Talking In The Right Way / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released