Playlist Christmas Day 2016

Hi Folks.

If you were able to tune in for our Christmas show on Christmas Day, we hope you enjoyed our 100% Christmas selections.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label

• Dr. Elmo Shropshire / Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer / Dr. Elmo Bluegrass Christmas / Time Life
• Pike Brothers and the Pine Hill Ranchers / All I Want For Christmas Is You / 45 RPM single / Rebel
• Charlie Moore / My Christmas Dream / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Wade Mainer / Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Delia Bell & Bill Grant / The Last Christmas Tree / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Landon Messer, Lowell Varney / King Of The Jews / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Rhonda Vincent / Dreaming Of Christmas / Christmas Time / Upper Management
• Flint River Boys / Christmas In Kentucky / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Joe Isaacs / Home For Christmas / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Randall Hylton / Slippers With Wings / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Cedar Hill / Merry Christmas You All / The Songs of Dixie and Tom T. Hall / Good Home Grown 
• Helen & Anita Carter / Mama Sang / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Lizzy and Little Roy / The Christmas Whittler / The Christmas Whittler-Single / Blue Circle
• George & Mary Williamson / Ebenezer / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• RidgeRunners / The First Gift of Christmas / The Songs of Tom T. and Dixie Hall / Good Home Grown 
• Patsy Montana / Christmas Without Daddy / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Patty Loveless / Bluegrass, White Snow / Bluegrass, White Snow / Epic
• Becky Buller / Our Gingerbread House / The Christmas 45 / Dark Shadow
• Tim O'Brien / Bah Humbug / Christmas On The Mountain / Universal South
• Lulu Belle & Scotty / Empty Christmas Stocking / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Delia Bell & Bill Grant / The Greatest Christmas / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Terry Smith / What's In This Cookie? / Christmas In The Air / Rhinestone Rooster
• Terry Smith / A Christmas Stocking's Story / Christmas In The Air / Rhinestone Rooster
• Joseph Spence / Santa Claus Is Coming To Town / The Rounder Christmas Album / Rounder
• The Stonemans / Prayers And Pinto Beans / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Ralph Stanley / I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time / Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley / Freeland
• The Roys / With Bells On / Bluegrass Kinda Christmas / Rural Rhythm
• The Roys / If We Make It Through December / Bluegrass Kinda Christmas / Rural Rhythm
• The Pike Brothers and the Pine Hill Ranchers / Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy / 45 RPM single / Rebel
• Tusco Heath / Joe's Boy / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• The Stanley Brothers / Christmas Is Near / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• Hilltoppers / I'll Be Home When The Snowflakes Fall / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Andy Griffith / The Christmas Guest / The Christmas Guest - Stories and Songs of Christmas / Sparrow Records
• Benny Martin / Santa Claus Is From The South / Christmas Jamboree / Hollywood
• Jim Eanes / It Won't Seem Like Christmas / Christmas Jamboree / Hollywood
• Helen White / Christmas Promise / Christmas Along The Crooked Road / Independent release
• Hylo Brown / Christmas In The Hills / Christmas Jamboree / Hollywood
• Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Christmas in the Mountains / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Bob Smallwood / That Light Is Guiding Me Home / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Eddie & Martha Adcock / One Starry Night / A Pinecastle Christmas Gathering / Pinecastle
• Emma Smith / Memories Of Christmas / Christmas Memories / Old Homestead
• Jim Eanes / Christmas Doll / Christmas Jamboree / Hollywood
• Jimmy Martin / Lord We Sure Need Some Rainbows In December / To Mother At Christmas / Gusto Records
• David Parmley & Continental Divide / Christmas in the Mountains / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin' / Pinecastle
• James King / Call Collect on Christmas / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Delia Bell & Bill Grant / My Little Silver Bells / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Wayne Taylor and Friends / Go Tell It On The Mountain / Praise His Holy Name-A Christmas Celebration / Raincoe
• Tony Trischka with Dudley Connell & James King / Precious Child / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Billy Boone Smith / Walking Through Bethlehem / The Songs Of Dixie and Tom T. Hall / Good Home Grown 
• Ralph Stanley / Just A Moment Now To Pray / Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley / Freeland
• Rhonda Vincent / Christmas Medley / Christmas Time / Upper Management
• Bill Keith / Auld Lang Syne / O Christmas Tree / Rounder

Jim's Best of Slightly Obscure Traditional Bluegrass Albums of 2016

Hi Folks.

Many folks produce "best of" lists at the end of the year, and there seems to be a lot of overlap in music, especially when so many of the evaluators draw from the same well.

I've made it a goal in my musical endeavors to dig deeper and unearth jewels that might have been overlooked, and I enjoy presenting those recordings, both new and classic, on various radio programs that I produce at WHUS.

The following list, in no particular order, represents my opinion of some of the best new bluegrass albums to be released in 2016 outside of the mainstream.  I encourage you to seek them out.

High Fidelity - High Fidelity - self-released

This album is a real sleeper.  I might never have heard of it except for an internet tip, and I am forever grateful to have found it.  Jeremy Stephens (guitar), Corrina Rose Logston (fiddle), Kurt Stephenson (banjo), Vickie Vaughn (bass), and Daniel Amick (mandolin) combine to create real bluegrass as it existed in the exciting early years of the genre.  About half the songs are gospel, and all the songs are as true to the early vision as possible.  Jeremy is a well-known multi-instrumentalist known for his excellent Reno banjo picking and his guitar picking with the famous Chuck Wagon Gang.  He picks guitar on this album and recently announced his departure from the CWG to spend more time on this kind of project.  Corrina is a superb young fiddler, and Kurt is amazing on the five.  I can't wait to see what they do next.

Alex Leach - New Traditional - self-released

Of all the young folks getting into bluegrass in recent history, very few have an authentic mountain sound like Alex Leach.  His album "Mountain Heartache" from a few years back was one of the best of that year, as is his follow on this year.  Alex is the regular banjo picker with Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys and continues to host a very popular traditional bluegrass radio show on WDVX on Tuesday evenings.  The sounds of East Tennessee and the surrounding areas of North Carolina and Virginia are dominant here, and if you like it traditional and deep catalog, you'll love this.

Ruben & Matt and the Truffle Valley Boys - I Like The Old Time Way - self-released

As a follow up to last year's surprisingly great first release, this international band with roots in Italy has a love affair with the early bluegrass of the late 1940s and early 1950s, and seeks to recreate that sound in all its single mic texture and with what sounds like the technology of the time in its simplicity.  The music is just as fresh as it was in those early days, and it has all the tell-tale human elements that demonstrate this is the real thing.  All the singing is in English and only occasionally can you even detect an accent. This group has done some incredible research and woodshedding to pull this off, and they succeed.

Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge - My Daddy's Grass - Rebel

This one is more mainstream than Mickey's last album thanks to the insight of the Freemans at Rebel Records.  For those new to this band, Mickey is the son of regional bluegrass hero Cullen Galyean from Surry County, North Carolina.  Cullen won the banjo competition at the first bluegrass festival at Fincastle, and made many pioneering recordings with Folkways and County.  Mickey got into bluegrass in a powerful way several years back when he helped release a tribute album of his dad's music, and then an album with Rich In Tradition.  This is Mickey's second release with his own band, Cullen's Bridge, and it is a great representation of original and classic traditional music from Surry and surrounding areas. 

The South Carolina Broadcasters & Cousin Jimmy B - Best of the Lowe Vintage Radio Show Vol. 1 - John Boy & Billy

In the interest of full disclosure, I am "Cousin Jimmy B" and was the producer and announcer of the 15-minute 4-times-a-week radio show that aired on WPAQ Mount Airy NC for 15 months between 2015 and 2016 featuring the South Carolina Broadcasters.  I signed on because I believe this group has something wonderful and original to offer folks who are starving for new sounds that are unmistakably traditional.  The trio of Ivy Sheppard, David Sheppard, and Andy Edmonds, all from Surry County NC, have roots in old-time and bluegrass traditions, and the music they write and perform reminds the listener of both without actually being full-out either.  They are all multi-instrumentalists and their three-part vocal harmonies are out-of-this-world.  World-renowned 78 record collector Joe Bussard makes a rare musical appearance on this recording.  Their 2015 release "Tell Me Truly" was a more cohesive effort than this radio transcription, and the upcoming album from the group promises to be amazing, so this one will have to do until then.

Travers Chandler - Archaic - Patuxent

It's hard to know what Travers is up to at any given time whether making music with his now-defunct band Avery County, to his newest endeavor with former Bluegrass Brother Steve Dowdy, or writing his Charlie Moore biography, or driving a big rig around the country, but it is clear that Travers knows what blue collar bar room bluegrass that incubated in the Baltimore and Washington DC area in the 1950s and 1960s is all about, and he obviously seeks to keep it going.  His mandolin picking is powerful with all the tremolo one would expect from an old Buzz Busby record, and his singing is raw and emotive.  This CD is really what might be the last Avery County album before Travers' next project, and its mix of honky-tonk country and bar room bluegrass makes it nearly unique in modern bluegrass.

The Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show - Sho Nuff Country! - Patuxent

Karl has been making bluegrass in this configuation (albeit with lots of personnel changes) for over 23 years, and this latest effort is a fantastic collection of honky-tonk, western swing, and early sounding bluegrass.  Tom Mindte over at Patuxent Records may be the only producer giving voice to music like this today, and thank goodness we have him and his label.  Karl's band is one of the best ever, with the dynamo combination of Brennen Ernst on banjo and guitar, Billy Hurt, Jr., on fiddle, Justin Harrison on mandolin, and Kris Shiflett on bass.  Of course Karl is the man out front on guitar and lead vocals.  As a DJ, I love records like this that I can pop in the player and hit any track for a great experience.

The Po' Ramblin' Boys - Back To The Mountains - Randm Records

This group emerged in 2016 with a great debut CD on Randm Records, a label with only a couple of bluegrass acts. The group consists of C.J. Lewandowski (Vocals, Mandolin), Jereme Brown (Vocals, Banjo), Josh ‘Jug’ Rinkel (Vocals, Guitar) and Jasper Lorentzen (Bass).  C.J. comes from the Missouri bluegrass tradition and spent time with Karl Shiflett and James King before starting this group.  Jereme is the son of mountain style bluegrass man Tommy Brown from Kentucky and still performs with his dad as well as this band, so even as a young band they are quite experienced in the tradition. They play great originals and covers, and are worth checking out live and on CD.

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Since my collection is less than orgainized at the moment, I may come back and add more later.

Jim Beaver

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/18/2016 -- THE (MOSTLY) CHRISTMAS EDITION

With just one week to go before Christmas Day, it seemed quite appropriate to

play mostly Christmas music on Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe.  Not only did we include some newer and older Christmas tunes from a bunch of your favorite (we hope!) performers, but we also snuck in a few Christmas songs from some classic Country Music performers.  Hope you enjoyed the mix!  

While the majority of the music heard on Sunday's show was Christmas-themed, there was also an eight-song interlude of songs found on some of our favorite Bluegrass releases of 2016.  Among these were favorite 2016 selections from several performers, including Lou Reid & Carolina, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Corrina Rose Logston, the Earls Of Leicester, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Travers Chandler, Balsam Range, and Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show.  This was my last broadcast of 2016, but during the January 1st edition of Bluegrass Cafe, we'll share more favorites from 2016, I'm sure.

Join Jim for the Christmas Day broadcast next Sunday, as it is certain to be a dandy!  

Warm wishes to you all for a very Merry Christmas, and I will look for you again on January 1, 2017!  

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Christmas Lullaby / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House / Self-Produced
• 12 Days Of Bluegrass Christmas / Foxfire / Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas / Pinecastle
• Jingle Bells / Country Gentlemen / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley / Freeland Recording Co.
• Christmas In The Blue Ridge / Lou Reid & Carolina / Rollin' On / KMA Records
• Our Gingerbread House / Becky Buller / The Christmas 45 / Dark Shadow Recording
• Christmas Time In The Country / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / single / Self-Produced
• Merry Christmas Everybody / Spinney Brothers / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Hobo On A Train / Lou Reid & Carolina / Rollin' On / KMA Records
• Kentucky Borderline / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / In Concert, Volume One--All The Rage / Upper Management Music
• Soppin' The Gravy / Corrina Rose Logston / Bluegrass Fiddler / Patuxent Music
• Why Did You Wander? / Earls Of Leicester / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• Hang A Wreath / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records
• Red Rover / Travers Chandler / Archaic / Patuxent Music
• Blue Collar Dreams / Balsam Range / Mountain Voodoo / Mountain Home
• Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Sho Nuff Country! / Patuxent Music
• Reindeer Boogie / Hank Snow / Hillbilly Holiday / Rhino
• Blue Christmas / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / Decca
• To Heck With Ole Santa Claus / Loretta Lynn / Hillbilly Holiday / Rhino
• Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
• All I Want For Christmas Is You / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
• Ridin' Home On Christmas Eve / Riders In The Sky / Merry Christmas From Harmony Ranch / Columbia
• I Never Spend A Christmas That I Don't Think Of You / Statler Brothers / Christmas Card / Rounder
• An Old Christmas Card / Jim Reeves / Twelve Songs Of Christmas / BMG
• Precious Child / Tony Trischka / Glory Shone Around:  A Christmas Collection / Rounder
• Old-Fashioned Christmas / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life Music
• If We Make It Through December / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / Winter's Grace / Signature Sounds
• Christmas In Virginia / Lost & Found / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• O Christmas Candle / Stony Point Quartet / Christmas Time Back Home / Cracker Barrel
• Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Rhonda Vincent / Beautiful Star:  A Christmas Collection / Rounder
• Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow / Ricky Skaggs / A Skaggs Family Christmas / Skaggs Family
• Christmas Lullaby / Doc Watson / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• Christmas In The Mountains / David Parmley & Continental Divide / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin' / Pinecastle
• Frosty The Snowman / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / King
• Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Lynn Morris Band / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Christmas The Mountain Way / Dale Ann Bradley & Steve Gulley / Christmas The Mountain Way / Rural Rhythm
• Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life Music
• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• New Star Shining / 5 For The Gospel / Christmas Time In Eastern Kentucky / Hay Holler
• Joy To The World / Stony Point Quartet / Christmas Time Back Home / Cracker Barrel
• Silent Night / Seldom Scene / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• Mary's Christmas / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House / Self-Produced
• The Friendly Beasts / Johnson Mountain Boys / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• It Came Upon The Midnight Clear / Louvin Brothers / Hillbilly Holiday / Rhino
• I Feel The Christmas Spirit / The Isaacs / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life Music
• Sleigh Ride / Tony Trischka / Glory Shone Around:  A Christmas Collection / Rounder

Playlist - 12/4/2016 with Cathy Day & Keegan

Carter Stanley

Hi Folks,

Two of our three hours were preempted Sunday, but we were able to bring a packed hour of music to our listeners, including our traditional bluegrass gospel set, with the able assistance of Cathy Day and Keegan.  Both Cathy and Keegan are soon-to-be regulars on Bluegrass Cafe.

Al Batten

We had a couple of remembrances including a song from Al Batten and the Bluegrass Reunion Band (an NC band) to remember Al Batten who passed away November 20th, and an early song from The Stanley Brothers to remember the great Carter Stanley who passed away 50-years ago on December 4th.

Cathy and Keegan pretty much programmed the rest of the show. You can check out the playlist below.

Join Amy next week for more great bluegrass music as she makes the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label

• Aubrey Haynie / Tobacco Patch / Doin' My Time / Sugar Hill
• Balsam Range / Something 'Bout That Suitcase / Mountain Voodoo / Mountain Home
• Red, Harley and Greg Allen / Roust-A-Bout / 45 RPM single / King Bluegrass
• Dale Ann Bradley / East Kentucky Morning / Dale Ann Bradley / Pinecastle
• Earls Of Leicester / Flint Hill Special / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• Gibson Brothers / Eastbound Train / Brotherhood / Rounder
• The Wildwood Valley Boys / When it's Snowing in the Mountains / Christmas in the Mountains / Rebel
• Dolly Parton / I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby / Little Sparrow / Sugar Hill
• David Grisman / Sophronie (feat. Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, J.D. Crowe & Roy Husky Jr.) / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• Ronnie Bowman / Stone Cold Blue / Starting Over / Sugar Hill
• Dry Branch Fire Squad / Jesus on the Mainline (Live) / Live At the Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• Marty Raybon & Full Circle / Didn't It Rain Children / This That And The Other / Rural Rhythm
• Al Batten and the Bluegrass Reunion Band / Way Down In My Soul / Dont Be Left On The Mountain / Self-released
• Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys / You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / 1949-52 / Bear Family
• Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / In Concert, Volume One / Upper Management
• Forbes Family / Lord Don't Leave Me Here / Family Treasury Volume 2 / Rebel
• Daily and Vincent / The Fourth Man in the Fire / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• Blue Highway / Hallelujah / Original Traditional / Rounder
• Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Beautiful Star of Bethleham / Christmas in the Mountains / Rebel

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/27/2016

While I'm a touch later than normal in posting this song list from Sunday's show, it seems like it still might be of interest to some, so better late than never!  Hope you all had a most pleasant Thanksgiving!

Always good to hear new and vintage
Country Music from Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show
(including Connecticut's Dany Bureau on the washboard)

In addition to playing songs from several classic performers during the first part of the show, we also found time on Sunday to share quite a bit of music from fairly recent, not-heard-before-on-WHUS music from new projects by Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Ray Cardwell, Corrina Rose Logston, Blue Mafia, Wildfire, and Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show.  There is even a new-for-2016 Christmas single from the Spinney Brothers with a title of "Merry Christmas Everybody."  Doubtless, we'll be hearing that one on our Bluegrass Cafe for the next few weeks.

Other selections from 2016 releases

made it into the show, too.  These songs came to us from David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition, Michael Cleveland, the Larry Stephenson Band, Special Consensus, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and the Earls Of Leicester.

It looks like the December 4th edition of Bluegrass Cafe will be preempted for at least two hours by a broadcast of a UConn Women's Basketball game.  Not sure if you'll be hearing Bluegrass music on WHUS from 6-7PM this coming Sunday evening or not, but maybe you can tune in to find out!  

Thanks for listening, and have a nice week!

Amy O.


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Don't Know What To Do / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• I'd Rather Be Alone / Roland White Band / Straight-Ahead Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / David Grisman-Vince Gill-Herb Pedersen-Jim Buchanan-Emory Gordy, Jr. / Here Today / Rounder
• Out In The Cold World / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Goodbye Old Pal / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• As Long As I Live / Don Reno & Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends Together / Wango Records
• Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Shuckin' The Corn / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / no label
• You Broke Your Promise / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• White House Blues / Earl Taylor & the Stoney Mountain Boys / Classic Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Our Last Goodbye / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Silence Or Tears / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Starday
• Send Me Your Address From Heaven / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue:  The Complete County Recordings / Rebel
• The One You Slip Around With / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Hello Mary Lou / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah
• Wall Around Your Heart / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• Crazy Blues / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Nobody's Darling But Mine / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Scraps From Your Table / Lynn Morris Band / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• Making Up Stories / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Muleskinner Blues / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / In Concert, Volume One:  All The Rage / Upper Management Music
• My Heart Stays With You / Ray Cardwell / Tennessee Moon / Pinecastle
• Snowflake Breakdown / Corrina Rose Logston / Bluegrass Fiddler / Patuxent Music
• Loneliness And Desperation / Blue Mafia / Hanging Tree / Pinecastle
• Steamboat Whistle Blues / Michael Cleveland with Sam Bush / Fiddler's Dream / Patuxent Music
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Wildfire / Rented Room On Broadway / Pinecastle
• Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Sho Nuff Country! / Patuxent Music
• Kentucky Borderline / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / In Concert, Volume One:  All The Rage / Upper Management Music
• Merry Christmas Everybody / Spinney Brothers / single / Mountain Fever Records
• My Little Silver Bells / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Blue Christmas Lights / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin' / Traditional Grass / The Blues Are Still The Blues / Rebel
• Kentucky Is Only A Dream / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Are You Missing Me / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP & CD Records
• My Montana Home / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
• The Season Of My Heart / Rick Lang & Friends / The Season Of My Heart / Haley Anna Music
• Yesterday's Gone / Larry Stephenson Band / Weep Little Willow / Whysper Dream Music
• Pass Me By / Shannon & Heather Slaughter & County Clare / One More Ride / Self-Produced
• Long I Ride / Special Consensus / Long I Ride / Compass Records
• Ain't It Funny / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Six Pack To Go / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Sho Nuff Country! / Patuxent Music
• Longneck Blues / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice with Ronnie Bowman / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records
• Walkin', Runnin', Flyin' / IIIrd Tyme Out / Grandpa's Mandolin / Rebel
• The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Rejoicing All The Way / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Burden Bearer / Mountain Home
• Something Going On In The Graveyard / Larry Sparks / I Don't Regret A Mile / Sparks Music
• I Am The Road / Hot Rize / When I'm Free / Ten In Hand Records
• Keep On The Firing Line / Don Reno & Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends Together / Wango Records
• Get Behind Me Satan / Bass Mountain Boys / A Beautiful Life / CMH
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Earls Of Leicester / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• I'm Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / no label
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/20/2016

During this week of Thanksgiving, Sunday's radio show started off with songs relating to feasting, turkey, and saying thanks.  Best wishes to you and your family for a very Happy Thanksgiving!

I've got to look on the bottom shelf of our WHUS CD library
more often!  

While there wasn't really any new music to share this week, we played several cuts from the new-to-CD concert collection of the New Kentucky Colonels -- "Live In Sweden 1973."  We also dug out an older compilation from Smithsonian Folkways called "Classic Bluegrass," and shared a few different selections.  Somehow or other, I previously missed the fact that there is a live track of the Johnson Mountain Boys recorded in 1992 that I had never heard before.  What a delight to hear that!  

There was also a tiny number of songs which can be found on 2016 (or soon-to-be released recordings in 2017) from several performers, including Sideline, Blue Highway, the Earls Of Leicester, Kristin Scott Benson, Balsam Range, Northern Connection, Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge, Josh Williams, the Gibson Brothers, Edgar Loudermilk, Michael Cleveland, Jeff White, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.

Have a great week!

Amy O.



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Eat At The Welcome Table / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
• Turkey In The Straw / Aubrie Haynie / Doin' My Time / Sugar Hill
• I Am A Pilgrim / Kentucky Colonels / Appalachian Swing! / Rounder
• Have A Feast Here Tonight / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1937-1938 / JSP Records
• Thanks A Lot / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• Thankful / Larry Stephenson / Thankful / Pinecastle
• Thank You World / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
• Thank You / Becky Buller / 'Tween Earth And Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• Kentucky Waltz / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And Chain / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• Stranger In My Home / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• I Know You're Married But I Love You Still / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Classic Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Powder Creek / Roland White Band / Straight-Ahead Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Our Last Goodbye / Johnson Mountain Boys / Classic Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy [song recorded 11/20/1949]
• Rain And Snow / Del McCoury / Bluegrass Essentials / Hip-O Records
• The Hard Times / Osborne Brothers / Nashville / Pinecastle
• Hard Hearted / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Come Back Darling / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• I'll Be All Smiles Tonight / Mac Wiseman / Mac Wiseman Sings Old Time Country Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• The Drunkard's Hell / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia [song recorded 11/20/1949]
• Fire On The Mountain / New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Sweden 1973 / Self-Produced
• Never Ending Song Of Love / New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Sweden 1973 / Self-Produced
• Banjo Boy Chimes / New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Sweden 1973 / Self-Produced
• Good Woman's Love / New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Sweden 1973 / Self-Produced
• Unwanted Love / Sideline with Dudley Connell / Colors And Crossroads / Mountain Fever Records
• If Lonesome Don't Kill Me / Blue Highway / Original Traditional / Rounder
• All I Want Is You / Earls Of Leiceister / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• Farewell Blues / Kristin Scott Benson / Stringworks / Mountain Home
• Don't Walk Away / Balsam Range / Mountain Voodoo / Mountain Home
• Nobody's Child / Northern Connection / Northern Connection / Patuxent Music
• I'd Have A Dime / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / My Daddy's Grass / Rebel
• The Less That I Drink / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder [Charlie Sizemore birthday, 11/23/1960]
• Modern Day Man / Josh Williams / Modern Day Man / Rounder [Josh Williams birthday, 11/20/1980]
• Waltz Across Texas / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder [Eddie Stubbs birthday, 11/25/1961]
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Daddy Did His Best / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Mountain Home
• I Do / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Highway / Gibson Brothers / Highway / Rounder
• Georgia Maple / Edgar Loudermilk / Georgia Maple / Pinecastle
• Tall Timber / Michael Cleveland / Fiddler's Dream / Compass Records
• Wise County Jail / Jeff White / Right Beside You / Self-Produced
• (Legend Of The) Brown Mountain Light / Country Gentlemen / Classic Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• I Saw Your Face In The Moon / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• Press On O'Pilgrim / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm
• Electricity / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• I'm Working On A Road (To Glory Land) / Earls Of Leicester / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• You Go To Your Church / Bill Clifton / The Early Years, 1957-1958 / Rounder
• When We Look On His Face / Bill Emerson with Cliff Waldron / Reunion / Webco
• Let Him Lead You / Jim Eanes / Let Him Lead You / Rebel
• I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• When The Sun Of Life Goes Down / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Sacred Memories / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/13/2016

If you're a regular listener to our Bluegrass Cafe, you are probably aware that we are trying to get Cathy Bumgarner Day back into the broadcast rotation for our show.  If you're a long-time listener of Bluegrass programming on the radio at WHUS, you may remember Cathy from the early-to-mid 1990s when she was one of the hosts of "The Magic of Bluegrass."  In recent weeks, you've heard Cathy and her son, Keegan, working their way back onto our airwaves, and on Sunday afternoon, Cathy and Keegan programmed a full hour of music for you.  Those selections can be seen on this playlist in BLUE, so take note of 'em ~ and listen for the Days on the air with you in future weeks!  

Always fun to hear "new" music from a vintage band!

In addition to a few requests on Sunday, we shared 2016 selections from several bands, including David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition, the Spinney Brothers, Sister Sadie, Travers Chandler, Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge, Balsam Range, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Aaron "Frosty" Foster, Sideline, the Earls of Leicester, Blue Highway, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.  We also heard a couple of songs from a newly-released collection featuring a live recording of the New Kentucky Colonels recorded live in Sweden in 1973.  Enjoyable!

Hope you were able to join us for at least a little bit of our Bluegrass program on Sunday.  Please join us again this coming week from 4-7PM for another Bluegrass Cafe!

Have a good week!

Amy O.



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED; songs programmed by Cathy Day are BLUE]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Hills And Home / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Starday
• Linda Lou / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• California Cottonfields / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways
• The Hills Of Home / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP & CD Records
• Pocket Knife / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• Don't Tell Me Stories / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie / Pinecastle
• I'm Head Over Heels In Love / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• High Society / Travers Chandler / Archaic / Patuxent Music
• Little White Washed Chimney / Cox Family / The Old Home Place / Rounder
• Casey Jones / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• I Found My Daddy's Grass / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / My Daddy's Grass / Rebel
• To See My Angel In Virginia Again / Livewire / Wired! / Rounder
• John & Mary / IIIrd Tyme Out / John & Mary / Rounder
• Bloodline / Darrell Webb Band / Bloodline / Rural Rhythm
• Black Diamond / Mark Delaney / Sidecar / Patuxent Music
• Lonely Comes Easy / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Lonely Comes Easy / Rebel
• Who Showed Who / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• I'm Working On A Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• Too Late For Goodbyes / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / On Down The Line / Compass Records
• Comanche Hit And Run / Bobby Hicks / Fiddle Patch / Rounder
• No Longer A Sweetheart / Gordon PIke & the Dixie Darlins / Gordon Pike & the Dixie Darlins / Self-Produced
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / JSP Records
• That's What Makes The Bluegrass Blue / Nu-Blu / All The Way / Rural Rhythm
• Does My Ring Burn Your Finger / Flatt Lonesome / Flatt Lonesome / Pisgah Ridge
• Wolfcat Breakdown / Joe Walsh / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant Music
• Run To Meet Him / Mountain Faith / That Which Matters / Mountain Fever Records
• The Mountains, My Baby And Me / The Grass Cats / The Mountains, My Baby And Me / New Time Records
• Let The Big Cat Eat / Jim VanCleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• I'll Be Alright Tomorrow / Loafers' Glory / Loafers' Glory / Arhoolie
• Blue Collar Dreams / Balsam Range / Mountain Voodoo / Mountain Home
• In The Garden By The Fountain / Rhonda Vincent with Dolly Parton / Taken / Upper Management Music
• Cold In Carolina / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records
• Reaping The Blues / Aaron "Frosty" Foster / single / Self-Produced
• Are You Waiting Just For Me / Sideline / Colors & Crossroads / Mountain Fever Records
• New River Train / New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Sweden 1973 / Roland White Music
• Rawhide / New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Sweden 1973 / Roland White Music
• Just Ain't / Earls Of Leicester / Rattle & Roar / Rounder
• Greenville Trestle High / Cliff Waldron / Old Friends & Memories / Rebel
• Somebody's Waiting For Me / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
• Remington Ride / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• A Long Row To Hoe / Blue Highway / Original Traditional / Rounder
• Freight Train Boogie / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• God Loves His Children / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Heaven's Bright Shore / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin' Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm
• Drifting Too Far From The Shore / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Brother Have You Heard / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Burden Bearer / Mountain Home
• He Said If I Be Lifted Up / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/6/2016

Happy Birthday, Junior Sisk!

Daylight Saving Time ended today, and that extra hour today has made me very tired.  :)  To that end, here's a very quick look at Sunday's playlist, which featured a whole bunch of fine music, including brand new music from the new CD by Sideline ("Colors And Crossroads" on Mountain Fever), a whole bunch of Bluegrass covers of songs written by Whisperin' Bill Anderson (who celebrated his 79th birthday on November 1st), several songs from Sunday's birthday boy, Junior Sisk, and a few songs in honor of Veterans Day.  

Hope you enjoyed the show, and we'll be looking for you again next Sunday starting at 4PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [request is RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• November Rose / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Cold November Rain / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• Cold, Icy Fingers / Lost & Found / It's About Time / Rebel
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• I've Come To Take You Home / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Just Because / Case Brothers / The Case Brothers:  Martin & Gibson / Self-Produced
• The Bully Of The Town / Terry McGill / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
• Name On Your Heart / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• You Don't Call Me Darling Anymore / Traver Hollow / Lonesome Without You / Self-Produced
• Hummingbird / ShoreGrass / Hummingbird / Self-Produced
• The Cotton Farmer / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• That's What's The Matter With This World / Case Brothers / The Case Brothers:  Martin & Gibson / Self-Produced
• Moundsville Pen / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
• Waiting For The Real Thing / Front Range / The New Frontier / Sugar Hill
• China Grove, My Hometown / Curly Seckler / Down In Caroline / Copper Creek
• If Lonely Was The Wind / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Slippin' Away / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Saginaw, Michigan / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• I Never Once Stopped Loving You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Once A Day / Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Uphill Climb / Sideline / Colors And Crossroads / Mountain Fever Records
• Nail My Shoes To The Floor / Larry Stephenson Band / Weep Little Willow / Whysper Dream Music [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Bessie's Tune / Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / Small Town Heroes / Bell Buckle Records
• Hello Heartache / Balsam Range / Mountain Voodoo / Mountain Home
• Unwanted Love / Sideline with Dudley Connell / Colors And Crossroads / Mountain Fever Records
• Jimmy, JD & Paul / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records [Junior Sisk birthday, 11/6/1964]
• The Story Of The Day That I Died / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Story Of The Day That I Died / Rebel [Junior Sisk birthday, 11/6/1964]
• A Far Cry From Lester And Earl / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel [Junior Sisk birthday, 11/6/1964]
• I'm Comin' Back, But I Don't Know When / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• Last Letter Home / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• God Bless The Soldier / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Hogan's Goat / The Boxcars / Familiar With The Ground / Mountain Home
• The Children Are Crying / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• Kentucky Mandolin / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
• My Kentucky Home / Edgar Loudermilk / Georgia Maple / Pinecastle
• The Touch Of God's Hand / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Drifting Too Far From The Shore / Stanley Brothers / An Evening Long Ago / Columbia
• The Old Fashioned Preacher / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• I'm Making My Way / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Hymns From Wildwood Valley / Old Heritage Records
• It's Just Like Heaven / Country Gentlemen / Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• The Dream / Gospel Plowboys / Welcome Home / Mountain Fever Records
• Turn You Radio On / Blue Sky Boys / On Radio, Volume Two / Copper Creek
• Drowning Sailor / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Earls Of Leicester / Ratle & Roar / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder