"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/27/2020

What a year!  When we last produced a Bluegrass Cafe in the WHUS studio on Sunday, March 8th, we had no idea it would be the last live-as-it's-happening broadcast for 2020.  After a delay of several weeks, it was decided that we could start producing radio programs at home using a program called Audacity and drawing from our own music collections, so the first pre-recorded Bluegrass Cafe aired on Sunday, April 19th.  Whoa!  Thirty-six weeks later, the recording process at home has become slightly easier, but still...we look forward to the day when in-studio, live radio shows can again be the norm.  In the meantime, though, we'll keep plugging along with these at-home shows, so hope you enjoy them.  

Since this particular Bluegrass Cafe was produced a couple of days before Christmas, as we were recording, the passing on Christmas Day of guitar legend and Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Tony Rice, had not yet happened.  We will be gathering some favorite music from Tony's long career over the next few days to share on our first BGC broadcast of 2021.

In the meantime, this week's Bluegrass Cafe included lots of fine music.  There was an entire hour devoted to some favorite music from recordings released in 2020, featuring performers such as the Feinberg Brothers, FastTrack, Becky Buller, Junior Sisk, Jamie & J.B. Dailey, Stephen Mougin, Special Consensus, High Fidelity, and a few others.  Even though there really wasn't much of a festival season for this year, there was still some excellent recorded music to be heard.

We also included several songs from late-December birthday celebrants, including the late Curly Seckler, Mike Auldridge, Melvin Goins, Alan O'Bryant, and Joe Diffie.  And since we are technically only on the 3rd Day of Christmas, we included a few more Christmas songs on our playlist.  Hope you enjoyed them.

No doubt about it -- 2020 has been a dismal year in many ways.  However, I am very grateful that I can still present a full three-hour program to you each week.  My wish is that 2021 is a much-improved year for all of us!

Have a good week ~ and Happy New Year!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Breaking New Ground / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill
• Brand New Silent Partner / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• New Camptown Races / Red Allen & Frank Wakefield / The Kitchen Tapes / Acoustic Disc
• Brand New Shoes / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Come You Cheerful People / Bill Carroll / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• Christmas In The Hills / Hylo Brown / Christmas Jamboree / Hollywood 
• Mary, Merry Christmas / Ralph Stanley II / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• Good Christian Men, Rejoice / Louvin Brothers / Christmas With The Louvin Brothers / Gusto
• There's A New Kid In Town / Wildfire / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin' / Pinecastle
• Breakin' Up Christmas / Al Murphy & Bob Black / single / no label
• Cumberland River / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder [Darrin Vincent birthday, 12/27/1969]
• Spanish Grass / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel [Mike Auldridge birthday, 12/30/1938]
• Across The Sea Blues / Goins Brothers / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel [Melvin Goins birthday, 12/30/1933]
• Doghouse Blues / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder [Alan O'Bryant birthday, 12/26/1955]
• Somehow Tonight / Joe Diffie / Homecoming / Rounder [Joe Diffie birthday, 12/28/1958]
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH [song released 12/25/1967]
• Moonlight On My Cabin / Curly Seckler / 60 Years Of Bluegrass With My Friends / Copper Creek [Curly Seckler birthday, 12/25/1919]
• Carolina Palms / Mike Auldridge / Treasures Untold / Sugar Hill 
• One Day At A Time / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / FastTrack / FastTrack / Engelhardt Music Group
• We Needed This Ride / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• The Ride / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• Ashes Of Love / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• I Miss My Miss In Mississippi / Jerry Salley / Bridges And Backroads / Very Jerry Records
• Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
• I Ain't Been Nowhere / Rhonda Vincent / single / Upper Management Music
• Yesterday's Gone / Phil Leadbetter & the All Stars Of Bluegrass / Swing For The Fences / Pinecastle
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• The Dark Side Of Lonesome / Edgar Loudermilk Band / single / Rural Rhythm
• You Are My Flower / Laurie Lewis with Molly Tuttle / And Friends / Spruce And Maple Music
• A Place For A Fool / Stephen Mougin with the Gibson Brothers / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• Scissor Jack / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Brother, I'm Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Select Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Sailing On / Russell Moore / Look To The Light:  Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Let's Make A Baby King / New Grass Revival / Best Of New Grass Revival / Capitol 
• I Found A Church Today / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass & White Snow / Legacy
• Keep Me Humble / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• You Better Wake Up / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Little White Church / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Along The Way / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Grit And Grace / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country
• On The Wings Of Angels / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• In His Arms / Johnny & Jeanette Williams / Thirty Years Later / Self-Produced
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Living In The Kingdom Of God / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Classic Country Christmas" - 3 episodes for 2020!

Every year, I love to play some of my favorite country Christmas music during our Bluegrass Cafe "Christmas Extravaganza."  This year, though, I didn't have to limit myself to playing just a couple of country Christmas songs mixed in at the Bluegrass Cafe, as some gaps in our WHUS broadcast schedule (plus, home recording) allowed me to record three separate one-hour programs featuring (mostly) nothing but classic country Christmas music.  WHUS has aired these shows a few times over the past few days, so hope the songs added a bit of joy to some Christmas celebrations.  

As for the songs I chose to play this year, there were selections from lots of favorite Christmas recordings of my childhood, as well as a few "newer" tunes (newest from 1993), and even more songs recorded many years before I was born.  It was a fun mix.

Hope you had a Merry Christmas, and we'll see you again on the Bluegrass Cafe.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

Show #1

• Because It's Christmas Time / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
• Country Christmas / Loretta Lynn / The Best Of Loretta Lynn:  The Christmas Collection / MCA
• Christmas Country Style /  Statler Brothers / Christmas Present / Mercury
• Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas / Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Merry Christmas From Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Rock Beat
• Christmas In My Home Town / Charley Pride / Christmas In My Home Town / RCA
• Senor Santa Claus / Jim Reeves / The Twelve Songs Of Christmas / RCA
• That Christmassy Feeling / Johnny Cash & Tommy Cash / The Johnny Cash Family Christmas / Sony
• Dasher With A Light Upon His Tail / Kitty Wells / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
• Po' Folks Christmas / Bill Anderson / Hillbilly Holiday / Rhino
• Christmas In My Home Town / Sonny James / My Christmas Dream / Capitol
• The Reindeer Boogie / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• An Old Fashioned Christmas Polka / Riders In The Sky / Christmas The Cowboy Way / Rounder
• Christmas Swing / Chesapeake / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• Two Step 'Round The Christmas Tree / Amy Gallatin / 'Tis The Season / Happy Appy Records
• My Mom And Santa Claus / George Jones / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
• Christmas Schottische / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas Shopping / Sundazed
• Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Brenda Lee / The Best Of Brenda Lee:  The Christmas Collection / MCA
• A Holly Jolly Christmas / Alan Jackson / Honky Tonk Christmas / Arista
• The Carols Those Kids Used To Sing / Statler Brothers / Christmas Card / Mercury
• The Joy Of Christmas / Marty Robbins / Christmas With Marty Robbins / Sony
• Jingle Bell Rock / Bobby Helms / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
• Jingle Bells / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
  
  
  

Show #2

• Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
• Here Comes Santa Claus / Gene Autry / The Christmas Cowboy / Laser Light
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town / Randy Travis / An Old Fashioned Christmas / Warner Bros.
• Don't Look For Santa Claus / Charley Pride / Christmas In My Home Town / RCA
• Dear Mr. Santa Claus / Red Sovine / Celebrating Christmas:  Down Country Lanes / Jasmine
• He's A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus / Tennessee Ernie Ford / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
• Santa's On His Way / Kitty Wells / Christmas Day With Kitty Wells / Decca
• That's Santa Claus / Jimmy Wakely / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
• To Heck With Ole Santa Claus / Loretta Lynn / The Best Of Loretta Lynn:  The Christmas Collection / MCA
• I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus / Brenda Lee / Hillbilly Holiday / Rhino
• Santa's Comin' In A Whirlybird / Gene Autry / The Christmas Cowboy / Laser Light
• Santa's Gonna Come In A Stagecoach / Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Merry Christmas From Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Rock Beat
• Santa Train / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass & White Snow / Epic
• Santa's Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck / Alan Jackson / Honky Tonk Christmas / Arista
• I Believe In Santa Claus / Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton / Once Upon A Christmas / RCA
• I Believe In Santa's Cause / Statler Brothers / Christmas Card / Mercury
• Little Sandy Sleighfoot / Jimmy Dean / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
• Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer / Riders In The Sky / Merry Christmas From Harmony Ranch / Columbia
• Leroy The Redneck Reindeer / Joe Diffie / Mr. Christmas / Epic
• Here Comes Santa Claus Again / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
  
  
  

Show #3

• One Of Everything You Got / Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Merry Christmas From Buck Owens & Susan Raye / Rock Beat
• An Old Christmas Card / Jim Reeves / The Twelve Songs Of Christmas / RCA
• All I Want For Christmas Is You / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed
• Jingle Bells / Statler Brothers / Christmas Card / Mercury
• My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Sleigh Bells / Gene Autry / The Christmas Cowboy / Laser Light
• Silver Bells / Riders In The Sky with Kathy Mattea / Merry Christmas From Harmony Ranch / Columbia 
• Christmas For Cowboys / John Denver / Rocky Mountain Christmas / BMG
• Christmas Carols By The Old Corral / Tex Ritter / Billboard Greatest Country Christmas Hits / Rhino
• Christmas Yodel / Riders In The Sky / Christmas The Cowboy Way / Rounder
• Baby It's Cold Outside / Homer & Jethro with June Carter / Homer & Jethro Fracture Frank Loesser / RCA 
• Christmas With You / Johnny Cash with June Carter / The Johnny Cash Family Christmas / Sony
• Blue Christmas / Ernest Tubb / Billboard Greatest Country Christmas Hits / Rhino
• Pretty Paper / Willie Nelson / Hillbilly Holiday / Rhino
• I'll Be Walkin' The Floor This Christmas / Ernest Tubb / A Country Christmas / Jasmine
• Joy To The World / Gatlin Brothers / Christmas With The Gatlins / Capitol
• Hark The Herald Angels Sing / Marty Robbins / Christmas With Marty Robbins / Sony
• Silent Night/O Holy Night/The First Noel/It Came Upon The Midnight Clear / Statler Brothers / Christmas Card / Mercury

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/20/2020

Here we are:  five days away from Christmas!  Are you ready?  Chances are good that your holiday celebrations will be a bit toned down during this COVID year, but we still wanted to share loads of Christmas music with you during this Season of Joy, so hope you enjoyed it during the show!  In the early days when I was doing radio (1988!), I had exactly one Bluegrass Christmas record to play, so I ended up making every Christmas show I did on the radio from that point on a mix of Bluegrass Christmas songs (there are MANY more to choose from now) and country Christmas songs -- things I heard at the house during the Christmas season when I was a kid, and favorites as I aged.  This year, though, things are different.  Of course, they are, right?  It's 2020!!  :)  Our Bluegrass Cafe on this Sunday before Christmas includes 2+ hours of (mostly) Bluegrass Christmas tunes.  The country Christmas songs can be heard at some point on the WHUS airwaves over the next few days, as I put together three separate one-hour broadcasts I've called, "Classic Country Christmas."  If I figure out exactly when those shows are going to air, I will let you know with a post on our BG Cafe Facebook page.  

Charley Pride
  March 18, 1934 - December 12, 2020

The passing of legendary country singer Charley Pride couldn't go unmentioned
during today's Bluegrass Cafe.  I'll be honest:  I had heard interview with Mr. Pride in which he said Bill Monroe had been one of his favorite singers when he was kid, but I wasn't really aware that Charley Pride had ever recorded any "bluegrass" music,  It seems, though, that he recorded four songs with the Osborne Brothers back in 1967.  Learn something new everyday, right?  Thanks to longtime listener and friend, Dave Shaw, I was able to share Charley Pride's "bluegrass" songs, plus a few more of his big hit records, as Charley Pride's voice was one that demanded to be heard.

We also included a few favorites from 2020 from the likes of High Fidelity, the Feinberg Brothers, Junior Sisk, Rock Hearts, and a few others.  We'll include more 2020 selections during our December 27th broadcast.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and may 2020 bring better days for all of us!

Thanks for listening!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• White House Christmas / WhiteHouse / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin' / Pinecastle
• Bluegrass Christmas / McCoury Brothers with Del McCoury, Osborne Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• 12 Days Of Bluegrass Christmas / Foxfire / Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas / Pinecastle
• Good Woman's Love / Charley Pride with the Osborne Brothers / Pride Of Country Music / RCA [Remembering Charley Pride:  3/18/1934 - 12/12/2020]
• Banks Of The Ohio / Charley Pride with the Osborne Brothers / Make Mine Country / RCA [Remembering Charley Pride:  3/18/1934 - 12/12/2020]
• Best Banjo Picker / Charley Pride with the Osborne Brothers / Pride Of Country Music / RCA [Remembering Charley Pride:  3/18/1934 - 12/12/2020]
• Just Between You And Me / Charley Pride / Legendary Country Singers / Time Life [Remembering Charley Pride:  3/18/1934 - 12/12/2020]
• All I Have To Offer You (Is Me) / Charley Pride / Legendary Country Singers / Time Life [Remembering Charley Pride:  3/18/1934 - 12/12/2020]
• I'm Just Me / Charley Pride / Signature Series / CMG Records [Remembering Charley Pride:  3/18/1934 - 12/12/2020]
• Christmas In My Home Town / Charley Pride / Christmas In My Home Town / RCA [Remembering Charley Pride:  3/18/1934 - 12/12/2020]
• My Louisiana Home / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music 
• Juxtaposed / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Roll Slow Greyhound / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Ready For The Times To Get Better / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
• The South Bound Train / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Roll On Buddy / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Happy Times / Brent Burke / New Reso Gathering / Pinecastle
• Christmas In The Mountains / Larry Sparks / Christmas In The Hills / Rebel
• When It's Snowin' In The Mountains / Wildwood Valley Boys / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• O Christmas Tree / Rhonda Vincent / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• My Christmas Dream / Charlie Moore & His Dixie Partners / Charlie Moore & His Dixie Partners with Al Elliot / Old Homestead Records
• Frosty The Snowman / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / King
• O Christmas Candle / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Christmas Grass, Volume 2 / Koch Records
• Merry Christmas Everybody / Spinney Brothers / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• Ring The Bells At Midnight / Kathy Kallick / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• I'm Goin' Home, It's Christmas Time / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley / Freeland
• Kentucky Noel / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / The Christmas Collection:  The Songs Of Dixie & Tom T. Hall / Blue Circle
• Old-Fashioned Christmas / Jimmy Martin / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• Blue Christmas Lights / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• Call Collect On Christmas / Del McCoury / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Blue Christmas / Larry Sparks / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• Mister Santa / Amy Gallatin / 'Tis The Season / Happy Appy Records
• Daddy Looked A Lot Like Santa [sic] / Terry Eldredge / Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas / Pinecastle
• I Feel The Christmas Spirit / The Isaacs / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• Country Christmas / Larry Stephenson / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin' / Pinecastle
• Jingle Bells / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / King
• Joy To The World / Stony Point Quartet / Christmas Time Back Home / Cracker Barrel
• What Child Is This? / South Ocean String Band / Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas / Pinecastle
• Angels We Have Heard On High / Ray Cardwell / A Very Acoustic Christmas / Pinecastle
• Away In A Manger / Louvin Brothers / Christmas With The Louvin Brothers / Razor & Tie
• The First Noel / Ricky Skaggs & the Whites / A Skaggs Family Christmas, Volume 2 / Skaggs Family Records
• O Come All Ye Faithful / Tony Trischka / Precious Child / Rounder
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Balsam Range / It's Christmas Time / Mountain Home
• Go Tell It On The Mountain / Cox Family / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• We Three King / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• It Came Upon The Midnight Clear / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / King
• Silent Night / Seldom Scene / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• The Birthday Of Our King / Larry Sparks / Christmas In The Hills / Rebel
• Precious Child / Tony Trischka with Dudley Connell & James King / Precious Child / Rounder
• Christmas Lullaby / Doc Watson / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• Nothing But A Child / Robin & Linda Williams / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• A Cradle In Bethlehem / Bass Mountain Boys / Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas / Pinecastle
• Mary's Christmas / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House / SSK
• The Friendly Beasts / Johnson Mountain Boys / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Light Of The Stable / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / single / Billy Blue Records
• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / John Starling / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/13/2020

Can you believe it's already the middle of December?  Hope you're doing well during this strangest December in modern memory, and that you were able to join us for our 34th pre-recorded session of our Bluegrass Cafe.  

Sunday's show featured a bit of Christmas music (naturally!), as well as a few selections from 2020 recordings, and the celebration of a birthday or two, including that of Country Music Hall of Famers Bill Carlisle (of "No Help Wanted" fame, plus the writer of the gospel classic, "Gone Home") and the male representative of the First Family of Country Music, A.P. Carter (born December 15, 1891).  Hard to imagine Bluegrass, country, or any kind of American music without the influence of the Carter Family. If you're interested in learning more about this interesting family, you might consider reading the biography: Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family And Their Legacy In American Music by Mark Zwonitzer and Charles Hirshberg.

During these pre-recorded COVID editions of the show, the majority of the music you hear is music in my own personal music collection.  However, I am grateful to have a brother (Dave) who has a big collection of music, and sometimes, he will even share it with me.  :)  This week, I played a few live tunes from a huge Bear Family box set in Dave's collection, "At The
Louisiana Hayride Tonight."  The 20-disc set is filled mainly with country music recorded live at this radio program. We included five songs performed by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, Buzz Busby & the Bayou Boys, and the Osborne Brothers.

Hope you're enjoying your December...as much as possible, anyway.  Please consider joining me once again next Sunday from 4-7PM, won't you?

Enjoy the week ~ and, of course, stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Wish We Could Keep Christmas Every Day / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House / SSK
• My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Christmas Doll / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / King
• Fiddle For Christmas / Glen Duncan / A Very Merry Bluegrass Christmas / Engelhardt Music Group
• Strangest Christmas Yet / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / The Long-Awaited Album / Rounder
• Pain In My Heart / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Two Lonely Hearts / Osborne Brothers / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Poor Ellen Smith / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Cold Wind A-Blowing / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• December 13 / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home
• Apartment #9 / Bradley & Adair / Oh Darlin' / Pinecastle
• Swing For The Fences / Phil Leadbetter & the All Stars Of Bluegrass / Swing For The Fences / Pinecastle
• One Day At A Time / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• The Room Over Mine / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Room At The Top Of The Stairs / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Hickory, Walnut & Pine / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• You Better Hold On To Your Heart / Shannon Slaughter / Hold On To Your Heart / Elite Circuit Music [Shannon Slaughter birthday, 12/13/1968]
• Backstep Sally Ann / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• My Clinch Mountain Home / Carter Family / RCA Country Legends / RCA [Remembering A.P. Carter:  12/15/1891 - 11/7/1960]
• Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow / Carter Family / RCA Country Legends / RCA [Remembering A.P. Carter:  12/15/1891 - 11/7/1960]
• Lonesome Valley / Carter Family / RCA Country Legends / RCA[Remembering A.P. Carter:  12/15/1891 - 11/7/1960]
• The End Of The World / Mike Webb / New Reso Gathering / Pinecastle
• Fireball Mail / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy
• Hit Parade Of Love (2/15/1958) / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight / Bear Family 
• Making Plans (2/8/1958) / Osborne Brothers / At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight / Bear Family
• Pike County Breakdown (2/15/1958) / Jimmy Martin & Sunny Mountain Boys / At The Louisiana Hayride / Bear Family
• Muleskinner Blues (8/18/1956) / Buzz Busby & the Bayou Boys / At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight / Bear Family
• Skip, Hop & Wobble (6/28/1958) / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight / Bear Family 
• Tears Of Regret / High Fidelity with Jesse McReynolds / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Take Me The Mountains That I Love / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Hooked On Bluegrass / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• I'll Be There With Bells On / Amy Gallatin / 'Tis The Season / Happy Appy Records
• Hardrock, Coco, And Joe / Tom Adams / single / Self-Produced
• Jingle Bells / Country Gentlemen / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• Gone Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records [Bill Carlisle birthday, 12/19/1908]
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven / Alison Krauss & the Cox Family / I Know Who Holds Tomorrow / Rounder
• I Am Just A Pilgrim / Appalachian Road Show / Barry Abernathy & Darrell Webb Present Appalachian Road Show / Billy Blue Records
• Garden In The Sky / Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley & the Southern Mountain Boys / Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley & the Southern Mountain Boys / GHP
• My Time To Go / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Church At The Foot Of The Hill / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Daniel Prayed / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Singin' 'Round God's Throne / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Old Rusty Gate / Rebel
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Carter Family / 
• Don't Tune Him Out / The Whites / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records [Buck White birthday, 12/13/1930; Sharon White Skaggs birthday, 12/17/1953]
• I Have Found The Way / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What We Leave Behind / Rebel
• The Christian Life / Louvin Brothers / The Essential Louvin Brothers, 1955-1964 / 
• Turn Your Radio On / Chris Hillman / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Walkin' Runnin' Flyin' / IIIrd Tyme Out / Grandpa's Radio / Rebel
• Go Tell It On The Mountain / Stony Point Quartet / Christmas Time Back Home / Cracker Barrel
• Christmas Story / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• Children Go / Ricky Skaggs & the Whites / A Skaggs Family Christmas, Volume 2 / Skaggs Family Records
• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/6/2020

The first Bluegrass Cafe of December 2020 covered a lot of musical territory.  We heard selections from the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack (released 20 years ago this month!), as well as songs recorded at Carnegie Hall when Flatt & Scruggs famously performed and recorded there in December 1962.  In addition, there were a few classic gospel numbers from the "Original Bluegrass Band," and since it's December, we also included a couple of Christmas tunes.  Phew!

Can't forget to mention that while we
heard a lot of classic Bluegrass during this program, we also celebrated a few early December birthdays (Bobby Osborne, Chris Hillman, Vern Williams, Chris Jones) and included a couple of songs released in 2020 from projects by the Feinberg Brothers, Dale Ann Bradley (with and without sometimes-duet partner Tina Adair), Junior Sisk, and a new song from the late Steve Gulley along with Tim Stafford.

We learned this week that we won't be broadcasting from our WHUS studios on campus until at least Summer of 2021, so it looks like we'll be recording from home for a good long while, yet.  Hope you are enjoying the "home version" of our radio show, and, as always, I encourage you to keep in touch by sending an email to bgcafe@gmail.com or commenting on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe).  

Thanks for listening, and enjoy your week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Christmas Is Near / Stanley Brothers / Christmas Time's A Coming / Time Life
• Silver And Gold / Amy Gallatin / 'Tis The Season / Happy Appy Records
• Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• I Worship You / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Going To The Races / James King / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Let Me Be Your Friend / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records
• Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Big Rock Candy Mountain / Harry McClintock / O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack / Mercury
• You Are My Sunshine / Norman Blake / O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack / Mercury
• Keep On The Sunny Side / The Whites / O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack / Mercury
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack / Mercury
• The Fool / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Home Of The Blues / Sugar Hill
• High Lonesome Sound / Michael Cleveland with the Travelin' McCourys / Tall Fiddler / Compass Records
• Uncle Ned / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• Don't You Know I Love You, Charlie Brown / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Wild Ride / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder [Bobby Osborne birthday, 12/7/1931]
• The Man On The Side Of The Road / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Lost Souls & Free Spirits / Rebel [Chris Jones birthday, 12/7/1959]
• Bluegrass Chopper / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill [Chris Hillman birthday, 12/4/1944]
• Cabin On A Mountain / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder [Vern Williams birthday, 12/10/1930]
• Ruby, Are You Mad / Osborne Brothers / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing [Bobby Osborne birthday, 12/7/1931]
• The Night Flatt & Scruggs Played Carnegie Hall / Jerry Salley / Front Porch Philosophy [Carnegie Hall concert took place 12/8/1962]
• Salty Dog Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
• Big Ball In Brooklyn / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
• The Martha White Theme / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
• Falling Down / Dale Ann Bradley / Things She Can't Get Over / Pinecastle
• Long Way Around The Mountain / Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford / single / Mountain Home
• Dark As A Dungeon / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• West Virginia's Last Hand Loader / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
• Dream Of A Miner's Child / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• I Ain't Goin' Down / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Waiting For The Hard Time To Go / Sugar Hill
• Black Dust Fever / Wildwood Valley Boys / Dark As A Dungeon / Rebel
• Digging In The Ground / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
• Speeding West / Don Reno & Eddie Adcock / Sensational Twin Banjos / Rebel
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Kneel At The Cross / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Judge Not Your Brother / Front Range / One Beautiful Day / Sugar Hill
• A Heart That Will Never Break Again / Rhonda Vincent & the Sally Mountain Show / Bound For Gloryland / Rebel
• Little Country Preacher / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Remember The Cross / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• I'll Never Go Back / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• I'm Working My Way / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• I'll Fly Away / Alison Krauss & Gillian Flynn / O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack / Mercury
• I'm Going There / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Sweet By And By / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• Hold To God's Unchanging Hand / Dale Ann Bradley & Tina Adair / Oh Darlin' / Pinecastle
• The Carpenter Shop / Bluegrass Cardinals / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/29/2020

Our last Bluegrass Cafe for November 2020 was mainly a freeform show, but included a few songs of thanks, two or three new Christmas selections for this season, and a couple of songs in farewell to a country singer who passed this week.  Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving!

Generally -- at least at my house, anyway -- the Christmas season doesn't really begin until the day after Thanksgiving.  Truth be told, though, I will listen to Christmas music any time of year, but I don't generally share it on the radio until after Thanksgiving.  To that end, we will be sharing Bluegrass Christmas songs for the next several weeks during our program time, and will include newer music, too.  Earlier this year, Connecticut's own Amy Gallatin decided to put together a record of holiday favorites.  She calls her CD, "'Tis The Season," and we shared two selections from the recording during today's show.  We also included new Christmas music from Darin & Brooke Aldridge.  

On the day this show was recorded, we learned of the passing of country/Americana performer, Hal Ketchum (April 9, 1953 - November 23, 2020).  This singer/songwriter had a couple of big hits in the country music world in the early 1990s and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry.  We remembered him with a Bluegrass cover of perhaps Hal Ketchum's best-known song, as well as a song that Hal recorded with Ralph Stanley on Ralph's "Clinch Mountain Country" collection.  Rest in peace.

As always, we included several songs from projects released in 2020, including music from Special Consensus, the Kody Norris Show, the Sharp Flatpickers, Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition, Fast Track, High Fidelity, and Balsam Range.

Thanks for listening, and have a wonderful week.

Stay healthy!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Fare-Thee Well Cisco / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Fare Thee Well / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Farewell Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Final Farewell / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Lost Souls And Free Spirits / Rebel
• Past The Point Of Rescue / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco [Remembering Hal Ketchum:  April 9, 1953 - November 23, 2020]
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Ralph Stanley with Hal Ketchum / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Remembering Hal Ketchum:  April 9, 1953 - November 23, 2020]
• I've Endured / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Not Just Suppose / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Blue Trail Of Sorrow / Jeff White / Right Beside You / Self-Produced
• O-hio / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Wild, Wild Rose / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Years Ago / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• Looking Out My Back Door / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• I Can't Think Of One / Blue Highway / Somewhere Far Away / Rounder
• Bad Moon Rising / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Rebecca / Jim Mills / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill
• My Little Georgia Rose / Bill Monroe / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• Chicken Reel / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• So Blue / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• It's Grand To Have Someone To Love You / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Ole Carolina / The Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Arkansas Traveler / Sharp Flatpickers / Sundrops On The Water:  Reflections / Mountain Fever Records
• Billy The Bluegrass Beagle / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
• Two Step 'Round The Christmas Tree / Amy Gallatin / 'Tis The Season / Happy Appy Records
• Mister Santa / Amy Gallatin / 'Tis The Season / Happy Appy Records
• Grandpa's Way Of Life / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• Broken In Friends And Worn Out Shoes / Fast Track / Fast Track / Engelhardt Music Group
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• I Can Tell By The Way You Dance / Hammertowne / Pictures / Mountain Fever Records
• Richest Man / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• I'll Have To Make Some Changes / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• Two Fools / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Silent Partner / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Casey Jones / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Rounder
• I'm Going To Heaven / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Blue Records
• Get On The Road To Glory / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• Is There Room For Me / Loafers' Glory / Loafers' Glory / Arhoolie 
• Blood Stains On The Cross / Larry Sparks / New Highway / Mountain Home
• Look For Me (I'll Be There) / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds / Capitol
• The Candle Song / Jim Eanes / Let Him Lead You / Rebel
• I Know His Voice / Del McCoury / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder
• Help They Brother / Jimmy Martin / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / MME
  
• When God Dips His Pen Of Love In My Heart / Alison Krauss & the Cox Family / I Know Who Holds Tomorrow / Rounder
• Thankful For Each Day / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• Light Of The Stable / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / single / Billy Blue Records
• Way Down Deep In My Soul / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• He Took Your Place / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 2 / Hay Holler Harvest
• I Bowed On My Knees And Cried Holy / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin' Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• I've Been Redeemed / The Grascals / Before Breakfast / Mountain Home
• Waiting For The Boys To Come Home / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Some Call It Heaven / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
• I'm Rollin' Through This Unfriendly World / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• I Have Found The Way / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/22/2020

Can you believe Thanksgiving is just a few days away?  While the holiday may be a bit different for most of us during this pandemic year, my hope is that you can  find at least one thing to be thankful for in your life.  As always, I am thankful that I can still present a Bluegrass Cafe every Sunday and that you're willing to listen.  Thanks!

The song selection for today's show was kind of random, but included (as always) a bunch of older favorites peppered with a dash of newer music from 2020 from the likes of High Fidelity, Edgar Loudermilk, Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition, Becky Buller, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Jerry Salley, Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars Of Bluegrass, and J.B. & Jamie Dailey.  

We also remembered the November birthdays of Charlie Sizemore (born November 23, 1960) and Eddie Stubbs (November 25, 1961).  If it's your birthday, Happy Birthday to you, too!

Hope you have a great week, and a Happy Thanksgiving!

Stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Have A Feast Here Tonight / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 
• Turkey In The Straw / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Eat, Drink, And Be Merry / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• Eatin' Out Of Your Hand / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• On Whiskey Mountain / Bill Emerson with Bill Harrell / Reunion / Webco
• Weep And Cry / Appalachian Express / Walking The Blues / Rebel
• Caney Fork River / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• Mama's Radio / Big Country Bluegrass / Mountains, Mamas & Memories / Rebel
• A Daisy A Day / Wilma Lee Cooper / A Daisy A Day / Rebel
• Do You Remember / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• He Rambled / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / Pickin' & Fiddlin'/Back Porch Bluegrass / Collector's Choice Music
• Sad Situation / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
• The Dark Side Of Lonesome / Edgar Loudermilk / single / Rural Rhythm
• Dig A Hole In The Meadow / Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Some Old Day / John Cowan / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• My Dear Old Southern Home / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• The Turkey Buzzard / Joe Mullins & Aubrey Haynie / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Rambling Letters / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Breaking In Lonesome / Rick Faris / Breaking In Lonesome / Dark Shadow Recording
• Pathway Of Teardrops / Rhonda Vincent / One Step Ahead / Rounder
• (Is This) My Destiny / Osborne Brothers with Red Allen / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing
• I Was Left On The Street / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill
• You're My Darling / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• If I Were Your Brother / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Billy The Bluegrass Beagle / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
• I Miss My Miss In Mississippi / Jerry Salley / Bridges And Backroads / Very Jerry Records
• Life Gets Up And Gets Gone / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
• I Won't Be Far From Here / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder [Charlie Sizemore birthday, 11/23/1960]
• Black-Eyed Susie / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Eddie Stubbs birthday, 11/25/1961]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Party For One / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Thanks A Lot / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder
• Country Gentleman / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• I Am A Pilgrim / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Brother, I'm Getting Ready To Go / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Pray The Clouds Away / Crowe-Lawson-Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• God Guide Our Leader's Hand / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1961-1962 / Kipepeo Publishing
• I'm A Weary Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / There's A Light Guiding Me / Sugar Hill
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Jim & Jesse with Bill Monroe / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Ready And Waiting / Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars Of Bluegrass / Swing For The Fences / Pinecastle
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Going Up On The Mountain / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Eat At The Welcome Table / Bluegrass Patriots / When It's Springtime In The Rockies / Red Feather
• Mother Prayed Loud In Her Sleep / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• I've Read The Book / Marty Raybon / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• Jordan / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best:  All Gospel All Bluegrass / Federal
• Talk It All Over With Him / Bluegrass Album Band / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• I Can't Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• The First Step To Heaven / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Home Of The Blues / Sugar Hill
• What A Wonderful Savior Is He / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/15/2020

Our Bluegrass Cafe for this Sunday included lots of great music -- maybe even some of your favorites?  Hope so!

The birthday spotlight today was shown on a multi-award-winning songwriter and performer, Larry Cordle.  Known as the "Mighty Cord," Larry Cordle has performed both with his own band (Lonesome Standard Time) and had songs recorded by many country music singers (Ricky Skaggs, Garth Brooks, Kathy Mattea) and Bluegrass performers (James King and Doyle Lawson, just to name a couple).  He celebrates his birthday on November 16th, so we enjoyed a dozen songs written, co-written, or performed by Larry Cordle.

This week's emphasis wasn't so much on 2020-released music, but there was
some of it.  Among the newer songs we heard this week were selections from Rock Hearts, Junior Sisk, Fast Track, Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive, Stephen Mougin, the Kody Norris Show, High Fidelity, the Feinberg Brothers, Carolina Blue, the Scott Vestal-led project called Bluegrass 2020, and a brand new song from a solo recording by Jesse Brock.

Hope you are all doing well, and that you'll stay that way.  Thanks for listening to our radio show ~ please consider joining us once more next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH
• The Joke's On You / Jimmy Martin / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• I'll Go Steppin' Too / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• The Blues Are Still The Blues / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• Winterhawk / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood Music
• Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• I'll Never See My Home Again / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• This Morning At Nine / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• Poor Sister Cry / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Larry Stephenson with Del McCoury / 20th Anniversary / Whysper Dream Music
• Harvest Time / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Blue Skies And Teardrops / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• You're Sweeter Than Honey / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Streamliner / Jesse Brock / single / Sound Biscuit 
• She's Mine / Fast Track / Fast Track / Engelhardt Music Group
• Fast Track / Fast Track / Fast Track / Engelhardt Music Group
• Highway 40 Blues / Ricky Skaggs / Highways And Heartaches / Epic [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• Country In My Genes / New Coon Creek Girls / Ain't Love A Good Thing / Pinecastle [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• Wild Rose / Country Gentlemen / Souvenirs / Rebel [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• She Took His Breath Away / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• There Ain't Nothin' In It For Me / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Moon / Rebel [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• Big Blue Raindrops / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• Lower On The Hog / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• You Don't Have To Go Home / Alecia Nugent / The Old Home Place / Rounder [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• Grandpaw's Radio / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• Two Highways / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• Murder On Music Row / Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time with Daryle Singletary / All Star Duets / Mighty Cord Records [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• Fine Time To Get The Blues / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / Fine Time To Get The Blues / Driving Duke Records
• New Beginnings / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Helen / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Scott Vestal et al / Bluegrass 2020 / Pinecastle
• Old Rugged Cross / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder [Tom Adams birthday, 11/17/1958]
• Fishers Of Men / Rhonda Vincent / One Step Ahead / Rounder
• Preaching, Praying, Singing / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• God Has Been So Good To Me / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Green Pastures In The Sky / Larry Sparks / New Moon Over My Shoulder / Rebel
• I Believe / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Who's That Knockin' At My Door / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Jesus Is Standing At My Right Hand / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Little Stone Lambs / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm [Tom Adams birthday, 11/17/1958]
• Down The Road To Gloryland / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949]
• Hear Jerusalem Moan / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• I'm S-A-V-E-D / South Carolina Broadcasters / Home To Stay / Patuxent Music
• Be On Time / Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / Self-Produced
• Lord Protect My Soul / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• I've Found A Hiding Place / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Saviour, Save Me From Myself / Ricky Skaggs / Kentucky Thunder / Sony [Larry Cordle birthday, 11/16/1949] 
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/8/2020

Thank you, Veterans!

What a gorgeous November Sunday!  Not sure where you might be, but we've been enjoying some record-breaking warm temperatures and sunny skies here in eastern Connecticut this weekend, so hope you as fortunate.  Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe found us "trucking" through another pre-recorded show filled with songs about soldiers in honor of Veterans Day coming up on November 11th, as well as a few newer selections for 2020, and a couple of Bluegrass classics, as well.  Hope you were able to join us!

Even though 2020 has really been a miserable year to see and hear "live" Bluegrass, there still have been a number of really fine new recordings released over the past few months.  We shared songs from a few of those during this show, including selections from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Merle Monroe, the Feinberg Brothers, Junior Sisk, High Fidelity, J.B. & Jamie Dailey, FastTrack, and Balsam Range.

For those who might be interested in knowing more about a November 22nd "live" show from Nova Scotia's Spinney Brothers, here's what I know:  this concert will take place "live" on the YouTube page of Canadian folk singer, J.P. Cormier (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=j.p.+cormier).  The show will take place on Sunday, November 22nd at 7PM Atlantic (6PM Eastern).  There will be a virtual "tip jar" set up, should you care to watch the Spinneys' show.

Hope you enjoyed today's show, and that you'll be sure to join us once again next Sunday afternoon:  4-7PM.

Enjoy the week ~ stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Long Haul Truckin' / Stonewall Bluegrass / Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Tennessee Truck Driving Man / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Truck Drivin' Jack / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records
• Roll On Big Mama / The Grascals / When I Get My Pay / Mountain Home
• Truck Driver's Queen / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Ready For The Times To Get Better / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
• Cora Is Gone / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Angeline The Baker / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder
• Hello Sunshine / Merle Monroe / single / Pinecastle
• Guitar Picking President / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1963-1965 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Best Female Actress Of The Year / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Hooked On Bluegrass / Junior Sisk / Paint The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister! / Rounder
• I Don't Want Your Nine Pound Hammer / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
• November Rose / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Let The Whole World Talk / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Darling Nelly Bly / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• Two Little Boys / Country Gentlemen / 25 Years / Rebel
• I'm Comin' Back, But I Don't Know When / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• He Walked All The Way Home / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rebel
• My Dying Day / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day Records
• The Forgotten Soldier Boy / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• Jericho / Mile Twelve / City On A Hill / Delores The Taurus Records
• Traveling Soldier / BearTracks / Together Till The End / AMT Records
• Rodger Young / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• The Army Vet Song / Volume Five / For Those Who Care To Listen / Mountain Fever Records
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• You Made The Break / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• You Are The One / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Ashes Of Love / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Each Season Changes You / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Going To The West / Laura Orshaw / Songs Of Lost Yesterdays / Self-Produced
• Windy Mountain / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• Longing For The Ozarks / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Watermelon On The Vine / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• The White Dove / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / Portfolio / Shell Point Records
• River Of Jordan / Ricky Skaggs & the Whites / Blue Ribbon Bluegrass / Rounder
• I'll Be Rested / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• God Loves His Children / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Heaven's Joy Awaits / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill
• Tenderly Calling (Home, Come On Home) / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill
• Anchor In The Storm / Grasstowne / Kickin' Up Dust / Pinecastle
• Just A Matter Of Time / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Pinecastle
• Satan's Choir / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill
• Grit And Grace / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Campin' In Canaan's Land / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics (1946-1950) / Cattle
• Enter The Gates / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• In His Arms I'm Not Afraid / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• Come On Down / FastTrack / FastTrack / Engelhardt Music Group
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• Home Of The Soul / Jimmy Gaudreau with Bill Clifton / In Good Company / CMH
• Far Better Than This / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder