As you likely know, the world of Bluegrass Music lost three fine figures during this week just past, including two members of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. Fortunately for us, all three of these performers lived long, musical lives: fiddler Fletcher Bright was in his 80s, and Hall of Famers Miggie Lewis (of the Lewis Family) was 91 years old and Curly Seckler was 98. Amazing.
Our primary focus for Sunday's show turned out to be the music of Curly Seckler. It seems like Curly Seckler played music with just about everyone during his nearly 100 years of living including Charlie Monroe, Jim & Jesse, and the Stanley Brothers. Of course, his most notable gig was providing the mandolin chop and singing some fine tenor harmonies to Lester Flatt with the Foggy Mountain Boys. To that end, we shared a whole bunch of songs from those Flatt & Scruggs years, including several songs that were either written or co-written by Curly Seckler. We also included selections from some of Curly's solo albums, his years with the Nashville Grass, and his guest performances on records by David Grisman and Larry Sparks. If you would like to know more about the life of Curly Seckler, be sure to check out the fine 2016 biography of Curly Seckler (Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The Life And Music Of Curly Seckler by Penny Parsons). And, of course, keep listening to his music. 
We shared music from some favorite releases of 2017, too. Among them were songs from the great Mac Wiseman autobiography-in-song collection called "I Sang The Song," Bobby Osborne, Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Mile Twelve, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Big Country Bluegrass, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and the Gibson Brothers, just to name a few. We look forward to hearing the new music of 2018, as well.
Thanks for listening to the program in 2017, and we sure hope you'll keep on tuning us in in 2018!
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [2017 releases are listed in RED]
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- No Doubt About It / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Two O'Clock / Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans / Fine Times At Fletcher's House / Native & Fine Records
- The Gloryland Way / Lewis Family / Bluegrass Country Club / Thoroughbread Records
- Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Curly Seckler with Larry Cordle / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- The Guitar / Sierra Hull & Justin Moses with Mac Wiseman / I Sang The Song / Mountain Fever Records
- Westward Bound / Molly Rose Band / With All Due Respect / Patuxent Music
- Young Heart Old Soul / Garrett Newton Band / Young Heart Old Soul / Pinecastle
- Lost John / Kevin Prater Band / All I Ever Wanted / Patuxent Music
- 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Mac Wiseman with Alison Krauss / I Sang The Song / Mountain Fever Records
- They Call The Wind Maria / Bobby Osborne / Original / Compass Records
- Henry Brown / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Stanley Family Records
- The Girl I Love / Shannon Slaughter / Never Standing Still / Self-Produced
- Sunny Side Of Town / Mile Twelve / Onwards / Delores The Taurus Records
- Banjo Bop / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
- I'll Just Go Away / Dale Ann Bradley with Vince Gill / Dale Ann Bradley / Pinecastle
- The Girl From River Run / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / The Long-Awaited Album / Rounder
- Let 'Em Know I'm From Virginia / Big Country Bluegrass / Let Them Know I"m From Virginia / Rebel
- The Night Flatt & Scruggs Played Carnegie Hall / Front Porch Philosophy / Very Jerry Records
- I'll Never Shed Another Tear / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Purple Heart / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- No Mother Or Dad / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- My Little Girl In Tennessee / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Thinking About You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- I'll Go Steppin' Too / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1952-1955 / JSP Records [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- We Can't Be Darlings Anymore / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1952-1955 / JSP Records [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Moonlight On My Cabin / Curly Seckler / Curly Seckler Sings Again / County [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- My Long Journey Home / David Grisman with Doc Watson & Curly Seckler / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- That Old Book Of Mine / Curly Seckler / Curly Seckler Sings Again / County [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Little Cabin Home On The Hill / David Grisman with Tony Rice & Curly Seckler / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- China Grove My Hometown / Nashville Grass with Curly Seckler / China Grove My Hometown / Folkways [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Down In Caroline / Curly Seckler / Down In Caroline / Copper Creek [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- No Doubt About It / Curly Seckler & the Nashville Grass / No Doubt About It / Revonah Records [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Building On Sand / Curly Seckler & the Nashville Grass / No Doubt About It / Revonah Records [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Foggy Mountain Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- The Last Old Shovel / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / The Story We Tell / Rebel
- Old Swinging Bridge / Remington Ryde / A Storyteller's Memory / Pinecastle
- Plenty Of Everything But You / Matt & George & Their Pleasant Valley Boys / Blue Grass Style / Self-Produced
- Life To My Days / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Life Is A Story / Mountain Home
- I Don't Have The Want To Anymore / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Forever And A Day / Rebel
- You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Made To Move / Compass Records
- Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Mountains Are Calling Me Home / Mountain Fever Records
- Tennessee Hound Dog / Feller & Hill / Brothers And Heroes / Rural Rhythm
- I Found A Church Today / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
- That's Where Glory Can Be Found / Flashback / Foxhounds And Fiddles / Pinecastle
- I Stand Alone At God's Door / Lewis Family / Bluegrass Country Club / Thoroughbread Records
- There's Gonna Be A Singing / Nashville Grass with Curly Seckler / There's Gonna Be a Singing! / CMH [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Jesus Broke The Bonds / Carolina Blue / Sounds Of Kentucky Grass / Poor Mountain Records
- Is There Room For Me? / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Larry Sparks with Jesse McReynolds & Curly Seckler / Lonesome And Then Some / Rebel [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Brother, I'm Getting Ready To Go / Curly Seckler with Larry Sparks / Bluegrass Dnn't Your Know / Copper Creek [Remembering Curly Seckler: December 25, 1919 - December 27, 2017]
- Auld Lang Syne / Tony Trischka / Glory Shone Syne / Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection / Rounder
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