Playlist - 5/29/2016 - Memorial Day

Hi Folks.

The show that precedes Bluegrass Cafe -- Red Rooster Party -- was completely preempted by sports, so the beginning of Bluegrass Cafe hosted the great half-hour program of Joe Bussard's Country Classics which normally airs on Red Rooster Party.  Joe had prepared a Memorial Day show that complemented the bluegrass that followed quite well.


We included songs all through the show related to the Memorial Day with notables by The South Carolina Broadcasters, The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover, Charlie Moore, The Stanley Brothers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers, Larry Sparks, Tom T. Hall, Reno & Smiley, and The Gibson Brothers.

We introduced new music from Bryan Sutton who will be appearing in Hamden and at Strawberry Park this coming week.  We also heard new music from The Lonely Heartstring Band which will also be appearing at Strawberry Park.

Be sure to tune in next Sunday when Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring.  I'll see you at Strawberry Park.  For more information about Strawberry Park, click here.

Jim Beaver

Joe Bussard's show is in red.

Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Year

• Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / Cotton Eyed Joe / Goin’ Down the Country / Rural Rhythm

Joe Bussard's Country Classics

• The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
• Southern Moonlight Entertainers / Bucking Mule / 78 rpm single / Brunswick / 1929
• Jimmie Osborne / A Million People Have Died / 78 RPM single / King / 1951
• The Carter Family / The Faded Coat Of Blue / 78 RPM Single / Bluebird / 1934
• The Blue Sky Boys / The Cross On The Hill / 78 RPM Single / Bluebird / 1947
• The Bailes Brothers / Searchin' for a Soldier's Grave / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1945
• The Sauceman Brothers / Wrap My Body In Old Glory / 78 Single / Capitol / 1952
• Mac Wiseman / Reveille Time In Heaven / 45 RPM single / Dot / 1953

• Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Bootleg John / Great High Mountain / Rebel (request)
• The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / That Star Belongs to Me / The Prestige - Folklore Years / Prestige Folklore
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / The Dying Soldier / Private recording / None
• Charlie Moore / The Rebel Soldier / Plum Pitiful Volume Two / Wango
• Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / Francis Lee / Goin’ Down the Country / Rural Rhythm
• The Jackson Brothers & Edd Wolford / Goin' To Georgia / Voice of Time: The Ed May Tapes / Self-released
• Hylo Brown / Brown Eyes / Hylo Brown / Rural Rhythm
• Curly Seckler / A Purple Heart / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Stanley Brothers / The Vacant Chair / Plum Pitiful Volume Two / Wango
• Mac Wiseman / A Hero's Death / Plum Pitiful Volume Two / Wango
• Spencer Branch / Black Widow Lady / Ashe County Outlaws / Self-released
• Alex Leach / Somebody Loves You Darling / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• Don Reno & Red Smiley / Stonewall Brigade / 1959-1963 / King
• David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Chancellorsville / Troubled Times / Rebel
• The Buckstankle Boys / Round Peak Home / Round Peak Home / Self-released
• Dry Branch Fire Squad / Atlanta Is Burning / Hand Hewn / Rounder Select
• Big Country Bluegrass / The Cotton Mill Song / Country Livin' / Rebel
• Wade Mainer & Sons of the Mountaineers / Not a Word of That Be Said / Bloody War Songs 1924-1939 / Tompkins Square
• Larry Sparks / Last Day At Gettysburg / Last Day at Gettysburg - Songs About The American Civil War / Rebel
• The Gibson Brothers / Last Letter Home / Another Night of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Tom T. Hall / Hero From Harlan / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle
• Bryan Sutton / Arkansas Traveller / The More I Learn / Compass 
• The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Distant Drums / Live At Hillbilly Ranch / Hay Holler
• James King / A Few Old Memories / Lonesome and Then Some / Rounder (request)
• James King / Whispering Waters / Lonesome and Then Some / Rounder (request)
• James King / Roy Lee / Thirty Years of Farming / Rounder
• Bryan Sutton / Virginia Creeper / The More I Learn / Compass / bed
• The Stanley Brothers / Soldier's Grave / The King Years 1961-1965 / King
• The Lonely Heartstring Band / Deep Waters / Deep Waters / Decca (UMO)
• J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers / He's Coming To Us Dead / Run Mountain / Arhoolie
• The Po' Ramblin' Boys / Late Last Night / Back to the Mountains / Randm Records
• The Feinberg Brothers / Casey Jones / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• The Boxcars / Lungs / Familiar With The Ground / Mountain Home
• Larry Gillis / Pass Me Not / Old Man Dreaming / Tinman
• Rusty York & The Kentucky Mountain Boys / Shake Hands With Mother Again / Early Bluegrass / Jewel
• Taylor's Grove / When Heaven Comes Down / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Over in the Gloryland / A Thousand Miles Away from Home / Stripe Records
• Bear Minimum / You'll Meet Him In the Clouds / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• David Peterson / Trials, Troubles, Tribulations / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• Flatt Lonesome / Casting All Your Care on Him / Runaway Train / Mountain Home 
• Norman & Nancy Blake / I'd Rather Be An Old Time Christian / Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To / Shanachie
• Turning Ground / Prodigal Son / It Is Finished / Self-released
• The Bluegrass Band / Crying Holy Unto My Lord / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Vol. 2 / Hay Holler
• Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/22/2016

James King (September 9, 1958-May 19, 2016)
Photo courtesy of Ted Lehmann.  Check out Ted's Bluegrass
adventures at his blog:  http://tedlehmann.blogspot.com/

James King -- the Bluegrass Storyteller -- was a tremendously gifted, emotive singer who lost a lengthy battle with liver disease on May 19th.  Mr. King had the amazing ability to wring the emotion out of every word he sang, and he had a way of making the listener believe he was actually the subject of all of the songs he was singing.  Amazing.  Though Mr. King died at the age of 57 (he would have turned 58 on September 9th), he made his indelible mark in the world of Bluegrass Music both through his own recordings on Rounder Records (seven solo releases between 1993 and 2013) and his membership in the Bluegrass supergroup known as Longview.  It's a fair guess that James King will be long remembered as one of the best singers in the history of Bluegrass Music.

Happy 91st birthday to Mac Wiseman!

In addition to many songs from the James King Song Catalog, we heard several songs in birthday tribute to Mac Wiseman (who turns 91 on May 23rd), as well as for Tom T. Hall (who celebrates birthday #80 on May 25th).

New music was a pretty big part of the show, too, and we had that in abundance on Sunday.  There was brand new music from Sister Sadie, Edgar Loudermilk, the Special Consensus, the Farm Hands, and Frank Wakefield & Leon Morris, and very recent music from the Del McCoury Band, Jeff White, the Hot Flashes, the Spinney Brothers, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.  

Be sure to join Jim for next Sunday afternoon's edition of Bluegrass Cafe, won't you?

Have a good week!

Amy 


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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Leavin' / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
• I've Never Been So Lonesome / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• The Devil's Train / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• Our Last Goodbye / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• I Just Got Wise / Missy Werner / Turn This Heart Around / Self-Produced
• Home In The Mountains / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Dance All Night With A Bottle In Your Hand / Billy Hurt, Jr. / Fiddlin' Billy Hurt / Patuxent Music
• Red Wicked Wine / Charlie Sizemore with Ralph Stanley / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Loving You Too Well / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Cotton Farmer / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Ain't A Gonna Do / Del McCoury Band / Del & Woody / McCoury Music
• Robe Of White / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• The Cold Hard Facts / Jeff White / Right Beside You / Self-Produced
• An Old Log Cabin For Sale / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Bed By The Window / James King Band / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Echo Mountain / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Mac Wiseman / The Ultimate Collection:  1951-1960 / Master Classics Records [Mac Wiseman birthday, 5/23/1925]
• Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records [Mac Wiseman birthday, 5/23/1925]
• When I Get The Money Made / Mac Wiseman / The Ultimate Collection:  1951-1960 / Master Classics Records [Mac Wiseman birthdy, 5/25/1925]
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / High Lonesome / CMH [Mac Wiseman birthday, 5/25/1925]
• Georgia Maple / Edgar Loudermilk / Georgia Maple / Pinecastle
• You're The One / Frank Wakefield & Leon Morris / Frank Wakefield & Leon Morris / Patuxent Music
• Time For Movin' On / Special Consensus / Long I Ride / Compass Records
• Rezo Ride / The Farm Hands / Dig In The Dirt / Pinecastle
• Don't Tell Me Stories / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie / Pinecastle
• It's A Cold Cold World / James King / Webco Classics, Volume Two / Webco
• Gonna Paint The Town / James King / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea
• Lonesome Old Home / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Crazy Heart / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is... The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• I'm Putting On My Leaving Shoes / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / Radio Gems
• Honky Tonk Blues / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records
• Lonely Lonely Bed / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• Longneck Blues / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice with Ronnie Bowman / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records
• The Train Carryin' Jimmie Rodgers Home / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder [Jimmie Rodgers died, 5/26/1933]
• Let's / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Ta Ta, The Brushoff / BearTracks / Makin' Tracks / Self-Produced
• Please Don't Honey Please Don't / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Weary River / Patuxent Music
• Till The End Of The World Rolls 'Round / Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Joshua / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• Just As The Sun Went Down / James King / Gardens In The Sky:  The Bluegrass Gospel Of James King / Rounder
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Touch Of God's Hand / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray / Spruce And Maple Music
• When The Sun Of Life Goes Down / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Sacred Memories / Rebel
• Lord Have Mercy On My Soul / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco
• Prayin' Shoes / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / James King / Gardens In The Sky:  The Bluegrass Gospel Of James King / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Playlist - 5/15/2016

Coming soon.  Come back shortly.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/8/2016 (plus, an hour's worth of "Tangled Roots")

My mother - Eleanor Orlomoski -
and I atop the former National Tower
in Gettysburg, PA, c. mid-1980s.

Sunday was a day filled with activity at the University of Connecticut.  It was the day for several commencement ceremonies, and, of course, it was Mother's Day!  To make things even more interesting, we filled in for the last hour of "Tangled Roots," so from 3PM until 7PM, we played a whole bunch of Bluegrass on our WHUS airwaves, with just a tiny bit of classic country music thrown in for good measure.  Hope you were able to hear at least some it!

As you might expect, we featured several songs about everyone's favorite subject today:  Mother.  Hoping you got to enjoy some time with -- or some wonderful memories of -- your mother today.

New music was part of the show, too.  This time around, it came from a brand-spanking new record from Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice.  "Poor Boy's Pleasure" is Junior's first record for Mountain Fever Records, and it is sure to see a whole lot of airplay.  Other new music came from Connecticut's own Hot Flashes (the trio featuring Amy Gallatin, Peggy Harvey, and Gail Wade), as well as the Spinney Brothers, Sister Sadie, and the Rice-Menzone Alliance.

Johnnie & Jack on the extreme right in this photo with some
of their band members, including the soon-to-be Foggy Mountain Boy
fiddler, Paul Warren (third from left).

We also featured a couple of songs from the songbook of Johnny Wright and Jack Anglin, brothers-in-law who had a whole bunch of hit records in the late 1940s/early 1950s as Johnnie & Jack.  Their music was sort of infectious, and several of the duo's songs have been covered in the Bluegrass world over the years.  We picked out just a couple of those songs, and could have easily included a few more.  Maybe next time...

Sure hope you'll be able to join Jim in the Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday afternoon!  

Have a good week - 
Amy



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

"TANGLED ROOTS" FILL-IN -- HOUR 2 (3-4PM)

• Angeline The Baker / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• God Bless Her, 'Cause She Is My Mother / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Coat Of Many Colors / RCA Legacy
• Music Makin' Mama From Memphis / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA
• I'll Pretend It's Raining / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
• Send A Picture Of Mother / Johnny Cash / At Folsom Prison / Columbia
• Blue Love (In My Heart) / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records
• 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Mac Wiseman with Vince Gill / Timeless / Cracker Barrel
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
• Jolene / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Memories Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• There Will Always Be A Rocking Chair / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• No Lawyers In Heaven / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
  
  "BLUEGRASS CAFE" -- 4-7PM
  
• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• God Bless Her 'Cause She Is My Mother / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Every Day Is Mother's Day To Me / Allerton & Alton / Black, White And Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Medals For Mothers / IIIrd Tyme Out / Back To The Mac / Rounder
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
• Lost / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Starday
• Tennessee Tea / Joe Diffie / Homecoming / Rounder
• Five Play / Rice & Menzone Alliance / Something Out Of The Blue / Mountain Fever Records
• Polka On A Banjo / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• Fox On The Run / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Diggin' Up Bones / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Country Grass / Pinecastle
• Singing In The Family Circle / John Rossbach / Never Was Plugged! / Alacazar
• Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• Let That Liar Alone / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Hazel And Alice Sessions / Spruce And Maple Music
• Unholy Water / Sister Sadie / single / Pinecastle
• Maple Sugar / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Genuine Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Whole Lot More Living / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• My Mother's Bible / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Mama Don't Allow / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• The Hand That Rocks The Cradle / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Poor Boy's Pleasure / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records
• Jimmy, JD & Paul / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Poor Boy's Pleasure / Mountain Fever Records
• Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records
• I'm Gonna Love You One More Time / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder
• Poison Love / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• Momma's Apron Strings / Larry Sparks / Almost Home / Rounder
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• If I Could Only Win Your Love / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records
• Living The Dream / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• Less And Less / GrassRoutes / Bailey's Dream / Self-Produced
• Orange Blossom Special / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Mother's Only Sleeping / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  Tribute To 1946 And 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Mom's Old Picture Book / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar HIll
• Shake Hands With Mother Again / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Blue Rambler 2 / Sugar Hill
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• I Saw Mother With God Last Night / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross / Red Feather
• I Am A Pilgrim / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• There Is Power In The Blood / David Peterson / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• Mama's Rocking Chair / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder