Wednesday, November 22, 2017

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/22/2017

On my way home from church on Sunday morning, a quick Facebook check alerted me that Country Music Hall of Famer Mel Tillis had died at the age of 85.  During his 50+ year career, Mel Tillis wrote more than 1,000 songs, several of which have been covered in the Bluegrass world.  Though he wasn't a Bluegrass performer, I knew I wanted to try to throw together a Mel Tillis remembrance for Sunday's show, but only had about an hour to figure out what to play.  Still, in that short amount of time, it was pretty simple to pull together thirteen fine songs from the Mel Tillis Songbook, twelve of which were written or co-written by Mel.  May he rest in peace.

We also shared a few songs from Ernie

Thacker
, a wonderful Bluegrass singer who learned some very sad news this week.  Read more about Ernie and his family's situation in this recent blog post from Bluegrass Today.  There are also several fundraising campaigns and events to raise money for Ernie's family.  Read more about one of them here.


The plan is for Cathy and Keegan Day to join you for this coming Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe.  Hope you can join them!  

Best wishes to all for a happy and blessed Thanksgiving!

Amy O.


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

  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • I Don't Know What To Do / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective:  Live 1984-2004 / Davis Music
  • Waltz Across Texas / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  • Lonesome Valley / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
  • Your Love Is Dying / Reno & Smiley / On Stage / Copper Creek
  • The Leaves That Are Green / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records
  • Muleskinner Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Live At Mechanics Hall / Acoustic Disc
  • How Long Have I Been Waiting / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
  • Clinch Mountain Backstep / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
  • Age / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album Band, Volume 4 / Rounder
  • The Old Home Place / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
  • Sharecropper's Son / Ernie Thacker / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea Records
  • Wild Horses / Ernie Thacker & Route 23 / Backbone Job / CrossCut Records
  • The Chill Of Lonesome / Ernie Thacker / The Chill Of Lonesome / Doobie Shea Records
  • Traveling The Highway Home / Ernie Thacker / The Stanley Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea Records
  • Congratulations Anyway / Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle / Time Won't Wait / Rural Rhythm
  • Santa Fe / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / The Long-Awaited Album / Rounder
  • I See A Heartbreak Comin' / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Life Is A Story / Mountain Home
  • Good Woman Blues / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • You're Gonna Wonder About Me / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • The Violet And A Rose / Larry Stephenson / Everytime I Sing A Love Song / Webco [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • I'm Tired / Ricky Skaggs / The Essential Ricky Skaggs / Sony [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • I Could Have Gone Right / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / The Story We Tell / Rebel [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • Tupelo County Jail / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town / Statler Brothers / The World Of The Statler Brothers / Columbia [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • Heart Over Mind / Jim & Jesse / Our Kind Of Country / Pinecastle [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • Goodbye Wheeling / Lonesome River Band / Still Learning / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • There Must Be Another Way To Live / Red Allen & the Kentuckians / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • Honey (Open That Door) / Ricky Skaggs / Country Hits Bluegrass Style / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • I Ain't Never / Mel Tillis / Classic Country, 1970-1974 / Time Life [Remembering Mel Tillis (August 8, 1932 - November 19, 2017)]
  • Why Don't You Tell Me So / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Sessions / Mercury
  • The Cold Hard Facts / Jeff White / Right Beside You / Self-Produced
  • Years Ago / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rebel
  • Bad Moon Rising / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
  • You'll Get No More Of Me / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
  • Lights And Sirens / Hammertowne / Hillbilly Heroes / Mountain Fever Records
  • Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes / Molly Rose Band / With All Due Respect / Patuxent Music
  • Sunny Side Of Town / Mile Twelve / Onwards / Delores The Taurus Records
  • On Boot Hill / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Stanley Family Records
  • Wildwood Flower / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
  • Thankful For Each Day / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
  • Count Your Blessings / Kathy Kallick [Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick] / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak Records
  • Shadow Of The Son / Still Pickin' Trio / Reuben's Train / Self-Produced
  • Can't Buy Your Way / Northern Lights / Can't Buy Your Way / Flying Fish
  • Little White Church / Nick Anderson & the Gospel Friends / Live At The Kitchen Table / Self-Produced
  • Eat At The Welcome Table / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
  • Feast Here Tonight / Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs / The Three Pickers / Rounder
  • Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

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