"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/30/2019

After a week away from the radio, Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was full of a bit of brand-new music, songs from some of the performers of Jenny Brook, and belated birthday tributes to two members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame.  Hope you were able to join us for some or all of the broadcast.

Among the new performers, we debuted the latest recording from the legendary Larry Sparks, as well as new music from the Seldom Scene, Gena Britt, Louisa Branscomb, Breaking Grass, and Jerry Salley.  

We belatedly celebrated two important Bluegrass Hall of Famer birthdays, too:  those of Lester Flatt (born June 19, 1914) and Eddie Adcock (born June 21, 1938).   

Hope you were able to tune in, but if not, kindly consider joining us once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Have a good week!

Amy O.



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• One Raindrop / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• You've Been A Friend To Me / Price Sisters / A Heart Never Knows / Rebel
• That's Just Lonesome / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• The Honky Tonk Downstairs / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Back To The Country / Randm Records
• I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Together 'Til The End / BearTracks / Makin' New Tracks / Self-Produced
• Two Ol' Country Boys Like Us / Larry Stephenson Band with Ronnie Bowman / 30 / Whysper Dream Music
• Green Mountain Girl / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• If You Got The Money, I Got The Time / Malpass Brothers / Live At The Paramount Theater / Self-Produced
• Two Lonely Hearts / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Tennessee / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• The Traveler / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Sunrise / Sam Bush & Bela Fleck / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Blue Skies And Teardrops / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Steppin' Stones / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin--The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• Carolina Mountain Home / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Darling, Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder / Larry Sparks / New Moon Over My Shoulder / Rebel
• Steel Rails / Louisa Branscomb / Gonna Love Anyway / Compass Records
• You Can't Take Back A Bullet / Breaking Grass / Cold / Mountain Fever Records
• It'll Get You Where You're Goin' / Jerry Salley / All God's Children Sing / Very Jerry Records
• Louise / Seldom Scene / Changes / Rounder
• Down In Union County / Larry Sparks / New Moon Over My Shoulder / Rebel
• Morning Sky / Seldom Scene / Changes / Rounder
• You Can't Buy Your Way Out Of The Mines / Big Country Bluegrass / Mountains, Mamas, And Memories / Rebel
• It's Goodbye And So Long To You / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / JSP Records
• Gotta Get You Near Me Blues / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Love Please Come Home / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King
• No One But My Darlin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Gonna Paint The Town / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• What Would Lester Say? / Eddie Sanders with Glen Duncan / Fast Train To Lonesome / Engelhardt Music
• I'm Head Over Heels In Love / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• My Little Girl In Tennessee / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Eddie To The Rescue / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• Where I'm Bound / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• He Rambled / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• Dixieland For Me / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Songs From The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• Big Country / Gena Britt / Chronicle:  Friends & Music / Pinecastle
• Little White Washed Chimney / Roland White & Friends / A Tribute To The Kentucky Colonels / Mountain Home
• The Guitar Song / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers with Del McCoury / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH Records
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Kaleidoscope Records
• Make Him A Soldier / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars
• The Redeemed Are Coming Home / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• I'm Travelin' On And On / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / Sally Berry / God Is In Control / Upper Management Music
• Light At The River / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• Joy Of Revelation / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Who Will Sing For Me / Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/16/2019

With my father, Alton Orlomoski

We're a bit late in getting Sunday's playlist posted, but, as you can imagine on a Father's Day, the major part of the show was all about Dad.  We played lots of songs featuring dad as the main subject, as well as a whole bunch of songs featuring performers who either worked in a band or made a record with their sons or daughters.  Among the famous Bluegrass fathers and their offspring were songs by families named Monroe, Parmley, McCoury, Scruggs, Orshaw, McGee, Feinberg, Stanley, Amos, Mullins, Armistead, Shiflett, White, Holt, and Paisley.  That's a great legacy to share with your kid, for sure!  

Hope you had a wonderful Father's Day!  Please consider joining me for our next visit to the Bluegrass Cafe on Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

We'll be looking for you then!

Amy O.



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Roll On Buddy / Bill & James Monroe / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Are You Missing Me / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Copper Creek
• Row Number 2, Seat Number 3 / Laura Orshaw / Songs Of Lost Yesterdays / Self-Produced
• Earl's Breakdown / Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends / Live At The Ryman / Rounder
• You Are My Sunshine / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Raincoe Music
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• The Hills And Home / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• What The North Pond Hermit Knows / Sandy River Ramblers / Home In The Heart Of Maine / Ayuh Records
• Wedding Bell Chimes / Bill & the Belles / DreamSongs, Etc. / Jalopy Records
• The Hills Of Caroline / Big Country Bluegrass / Mountains, Mamas, And Memories / Rebel
• My Father's Son / Ricky Skaggs / My Father's Son / Sony
• They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy Anymore / Wildfire / Rented Room On Broadway / Pinecastle
• My Daddy's Shoes / Rick Lang with Troy Engle / single / Self-Produced
• Papa Wants To Go Back / Nothin' Fancy / Time Changes Everything / Mountain Fever Records
• Proud To Be Your Dad / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Me And Dad / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Dad / Merle Monroe / Back To The Country / Pinecastle
• Daddy Did His Best / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Mountain Home
• Devil On The Plow / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rebel
• California Cotton Fields / Phil Leadbetter with Marty Raybon / Slide Effects / Pinecastle
• That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• I Do / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Carolina Mountain Home / Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II / Side By Side / Rebel
• Board That Train And Ride / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records
• Cry Of The Catamount / Bob Amos / Sunrise Blues / Bristlecone
• Back To Hancock County / Traditional Grass / The Blues Are Still The Blues / Rebel
• Sunshine Special / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records
• Nine Pound Hammer / Doc & Merle Watson / Remembering Merle / Sugar Hill 
• The Cowboy Lives Forever / The Whites / A Lifetime In The Making / Skaggs Family Records
• The Heavenly Light Is Shining / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Bluegrass Melodies / Carolina Blue / I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me / Pinecastle
• Fiddle and Bow / GrassRoutes / Buffalo Nickel, Liberty Dime / Self-Produced
• Ain't No End To This Road / All-Stars Of Bluegrass / single / Pinecastle
• The Leaf Of Love / The Leaf Of Love / The Hills And Home / Rebel
• Sad And Lonesome Day / Randy Waller & Lou Reid / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Frog On A Lily Pad / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• Evil Hearted Woman / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records
• Daddy Was An Old-Time Preacher Man / Volume Five with Rhonda Vincent / Voices / Mountain Fever Records
• Church At The Foot Of The Hill / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Springtime In Glory / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• There Is A Fountain / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Copper Creek
• The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Father's Table Grace / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / MME
• Tree Of Life / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Walking In Jerusalem / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Country Music Hall Of Fame / Geffen
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/9/2019

Po' Ramblin Boys at Jenny Brook 2018
(with guest fiddler, Laura Orshaw)

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we talked a bit more about the upcoming Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival, and included a chat with mandolin picker C.J. Lewandowski of the Po' Ramblin' Boys...a band who just happened to have won the 2018 IBMA Emerging Act of the Year.  The band will be one of many fine performers at Jenny Brook at the end of this month -- get to Vermont, if you can!

In addition to sharing a bit of new music and some classic favorites, we also included a few songs featuring the talents of the late Ray Deaton (October 6, 1952-June 4, 2019), a veteran of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, as well as one of the founders of IIIrd Tyme Out.  

Hope you got a chance to tune in, but if not, you can always think about joining us next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Age / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4 / Rounder
• Almost / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Unleashed / Sugar Hill
• Sally Jo / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Girl From The North Country / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Messing With My Mind / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Back To The Mountains / Randm Records
• Sad And Blue / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• I'll Go Stepping Too / Earls Of Leiceister / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• November Rose / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Are You Homesick In Carolina / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Back To The Mountains / Randm Records
• Remembering / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• All The Good Times Are Past And Gone / Jimmy Martin / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Another Day / High Fidelity / High Fidelity / Self-Produced
• Let's Live For Tonight / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Home In The Heart Of Maine / Sandy River Ramblers / Home In The Heart Of Maine / Ayuh Records
• You'll Never Get A Better Chance / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• I Might Take You Back / Roland White & Friends / A Tribute To The Kentucky Colonels / Mountain Home
• Trout On The Line / Sandy River Ramblers / Home In The Heart Of Maine / Ayuh Records
• The Girl I Denied / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Back To The Mountains / Randm Records
• Telephone conversation with C.J. Lewandowski of the Po' Ramblin' Boys
• Next Train South / Po' Ramblin' Boys / single / Rounder
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Seldom Scene / Live At The Cellar Door / Rebel
• O-hio / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Don't Worry / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Big City / J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson / Hats Off To Haggard / Truegrass Entertainment
• Daybreak In Dixie / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Hit Parade Of Love / Ronnie Bowman / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Deep Dark Hollow Road / Del McCoury Band / Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass / McCoury Music
• Ezekiel Saw The Wheel / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads Music [Remembering Ray Deaton, October 6, 1952-June 4, 2019]
• Candle In The Wind / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel [Remembering Ray Deaton, October 6, 1952-June 4, 2019]
• Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There / IIIrd Tyme Out / Living On The Other Side / Rounder [Remembering Ray Deaton, October 6, 1952-June 4, 2019]
• The Honky Tonk Downstairs / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Back To The Mountains / Randm Records
• Does It Have To End This Way? / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• Diggin' My Potatoes / Tim O'Brien Band / Tim O'Brien Band / Howdy Skies Records
• Highway 40 Blues / Grass Routes / Buffalo Nickel, Liberty Dime / Self-Produced
• My Honey Lou / Kathy Kallick Band / Horrible World / Live Oak Records
• See The Big Man Cry / Volume Five / Run / Mountain Fever Records
• Get Me Gone / Balsam Range / Aeonic / Mountain Home
• Don't Tune Him Out / The Whites / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout:  Bluegrass Gospel From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• Nobody's Fault But Mine / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Gonna Rise And Shine / Mountain Fever Records
• Calling My Children / Hot Flashes / The Hot Flashes Live / Happy Appy Records
• Giving My Soul Back To Him / IIIrd Tyme Out / Living On The Other Side / Rounder [Remembering Ray Deaton, October 6, 1952-June 4, 1952]
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Po' Ramblin' Boys / God's Love Is So Divine / Sound Biscuit Productions
• Get On The Main Highway / Price Sisters / A Heart Never Knows / Rebel
• Wonderful, Beautiful Place / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The News Is Out / Rebel
• I've Read The Book / Marty Raybon / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout:  Bluegrass Gospel From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/2/2019

Chris & Taylor Malpass 

While Sunday's show turned out to be another one shortened by a UConn Baseball NCAA tournament game, we still had enough time to enjoy new music from Maine's Sandy River Ramblers, a few more songs in celebration of Tom T. Hall's 83rd birthday, and a nice chat with Christopher Malpass of the Malpass Brothers.  Hope you were able to join us!

And don't forget:  the Malpass Brothers will bring their super-traditional country sound to New England at the 19th annual Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in Tunbridge, VT on June 26th and June 27th.  

Have a great week!  

Amy O.




SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Walking The Floor Over You / Malpass Brothers / Live At The Paramount Theatre / Minnow Media LLC
• Salty Dog Blues / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Don't Think Twice, It's Alright / Nothin' Fancy / Time Changes Everything / Mountain Fever Records
• A Heart Never Knows / Price Sisters / A Heart Never Knows / Rebel
• Fried Taters And Onions / Carolina Blue / I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me / Pinecastle
• Highway / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• Back To The Mountains / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Back To The Mountains / Randm Records
• That's Why I'm Lonesome / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• This Town / Merle Monroe / Back To The Country / Pinecastle
• If You Got The Money, I Got The Time / Malpass Brothers / Live At The Paramount Theatre / Minnow Media LLC
• I Can't Keep You In Love With Me / Malpass Brthers / Live At The Paramount Theatre / Minnow Media LLC
• Chat with Christopher Malpass of the Malpass Brothers
• Part Time Star / Malpass Brothers / Live At The Paramount Theatre / Minnow Media LLC
• Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On / Rock County / Rock County / Rebel [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• I'm Putting On My Leaving Shoes / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• The Man On The Side Of The Road / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers with Tom T. Hall / Lost Souls & Free Spirits / Rebel [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• I Want My Dog Back / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / Tom T. Hall / The Essential Tom T. Hall:  The Story Songs / Mercury [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• What The North Pond Hermit Knows / Sandy River Ramblers / Home In The Heart Of Maine / Ayuh Records
• Trout On The Line / Sandy River Ramblers / Home In The Heart Of Maine / Ayuh Records
• The Man In Black Is Wearing White / Malpass Brothers / Live At The Paramount Theatre / Minnow Media LLC
• Call Me Old Fashioned / Jerry Salley / single / Very Jerry Records
• Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Reason For Being / Fred Travers / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Ride Away / Kathy Kallick Band / Horrible World / Live Oak Records
• Somewhere Tonight / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4 / Rounder
• Durham's Reel / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt And Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
• Rambler's Blues / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Rambler's Blues / Sugar Hill
• I Touch God's Loving Hand / Northernbound / Granddad Hank / Self-Produced
• I Just Steal Away And Pray / James King with Paul Williams / Gardens In The Sky:  The Bluegrass Gospel Of James King / Rounder
• Place On Calvary / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Gonna Rise And Shine / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Gonna Rise & Shine / Mountain Fever Records
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars
• Are You Washed In The Blood / Northernbound / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder