"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/8/2020

On this International Women's Day, our three-hour broadcast was reduced by nearly two-thirds, as we offered a 67 minute radio program following a UConn Women's Basketball tournament game.  Still, we packed in almost 20 songs during our shortened show -- songs featuring lots and lots of great Bluegrass Women!  

A few favorites (clockwise from top left):  Lillian Fraker, Hazel McGee,
Vickie Vaughn & Corrina Rose Logston Stephens of High Fidelity,
Lynn Morris

Ideally, we would have included several more women performers than we did, but here's a list of those who were:  Tina Adair, Phyllis Boyens, Dale Ann Bradley, Becky Buller, Wilma Lee Cooper, Evelyn Cox, Suzanne Cox, Tammy Fassaert, Lillian Fraker, Lorraine Jordan, Kathy Kallick, Alison Krauss, Laurie Lewis, Corrina Rose Logston Stephens, Hazel McGee, Lynn Morris, Lauren Price Napier, Leanna Price, Myrna Riquier, Annie Staninec, April Stevens, Beth Stevens, Vickie Vaughn, Rhonda Vincent, Cheryl White, Sharon White Skaggs, and Jeanette Williams.  Unfortunately, we missed several other notable female performers, including the Carter Family, Lewis Family, and Hazel & Alice, but all in all, I think we did okay, and illustrated that girls can certainly play the Bluegrass, too.  Hope you enjoyed 'em!  

Not sure if there will be any sports preemptions next Sunday (March 15th), but we will be sure to let you know as soon as we know.

Have a good week!

Amy O.



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Sawing On The Strings / Alison Krauss / A Hundred Miles Or More:  A Collection / Rounder
• I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) / Cox Family / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Lost Highway Records
• Foxhounds / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
• Mommy Please Stay Home With Me / Bradley & Adair / Oh Darlin' / Pinecastle
• John D. Champion / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister! / Rounder
• Blue / Stevens Sisters / O Sister! / Rounder
• Diamond Joe / Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / Singin' My Troubles Away / Flying Fish
• Run Little Fox / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / True Grass Again / Pinecastle
• My Savior's Train / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Shadow Of The Son / Still Pickin' / Reuben's Train / Natchaug Music
• Fishers Of Men / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• Get In The Boat / Jeanette Williams Band / Get In The Boat / Bell Buckle Records
• Don't Tune Him Out / The Whites / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout:  Bluegrass Gospel From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• Get On The Main Highway / Price Sisters / A Heart Never Knows / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/1/2020

The first Bluegrass Cafe in March began ten minutes after its scheduled start time, as UConn Baseball season has begun.  Still, we crammed in a good bit of music, both newer songs and classics.  Hope you were able to join us!

Don Stover:  one of four early March
birthday celebrants!

Birthday tributes were plentiful on Sunday, as we remembered the first week of March birthdays of Bluegrass Hall of Famers Doug Dillard, John Duffey, Don Stover, and Doc Watson.  We also celebrated the Leap Year birthday of Mike Compton and shared two Stanley Brothers classics that were recorded on March 1, 1949.  

While there wasn't a whole lot of brand new music this week, we did include a new song from Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, as well as recent releases from Junior Sisk, Jeff Parker, and Audie Blaylock & Redline.

Our WHUS Sports Department tells us that next Sunday (March 8th) will be the day for the UConn Women's Basketball team to play in a tournament, with the game beginning either at 4PM or at 6:30PM on that day.  IF the game starts at 4PM, it is unlikely our Bluegrass Cafe will air at all, but if basketball starts at 6:30PM, we will have a shortened show, at least.  We'll keep you posted...

Thanks for listening, and have yourself a great week!

Amy O.


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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard [Doug Dillard birthday, 3/6/1937]
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard [Doug Dillard birthday, 3/6/1937]
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard [Doug Dillard birthday, 3/6/1937]
• Little Annie / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways [Don Stover birthday, 3/6/1928]
• Things In Life / Don Stover / Hand-Picked:  25 Years Of Rounder Bluegrass / Rounder [Don Stover birthday, 3/6/1928]
• The White Dove / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy [recorded 3/1/1949]
• A Vision Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy [recorded 3/1/1949]
• How Long Have I Been Waiting / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Ramblin' Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• Back To Dixie / McPeak Brothers / Yesteryears:  The Best Of The McPeak Brothers / Rebel
• No One Has To Tell Me (What Love Is) / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Blue Days, Black Nights / Tasty Licks / Hand-Picked:  25 Years Of Rounder Bluegrass / Rounder
• Flop Eared Mule / David Grier & Mike Compton / Hand-Picked:  25 Years Of Rounder Bluegrass / Rounder
• Queen Anne's Lace / Del McCoury Band / Blue Side Of Town / Rounder
• Yellow River / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Monroebilia / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder [Mike Compton birthday, 2/29/1956]
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury [Mike Compton birthday, 2/29/1956]
• Kentucky Waltz / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Live And Let Live / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• At The End Of A Long Lonely Day / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• We Needed This Ride / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• Hooked On Bluegrass / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Dixieland Or Bust / Jeff Parker & Company / Time Has Made A Change / Truegrass Entertainment
• The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / The Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH
• Durham's Bull / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass feat. Ronnie Stewart / The Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH
• Bob Wills Medley / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH [Bob Wills birthday, 3/6/1905]
• The Young Fisherwoman / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek [John Duffey birthday, 3/4/1934]
• Walk Through This World With Me / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar HIll [John Duffey birthday, 3/4/1934]
• Redwood Hill / Redwood Hill / live recording / no label
• I Can't Think Of One / Blue Highway / Somewhere Far Away / Rounder
• Arkansas / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Tall Fiddler / Compass Records
• Baby Blue Eyes / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• Goodbye To The Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• It Takes People Like You / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Milwaukee Here I Come / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• Steel Rails / Louisa Branscomb / Gonna Love Anyway / Compass Records 
• Fill My Way With Love / Doc Watson / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill [Doc Watson birthday, 3/3/1923]
• What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH
• When I Reach That Home Up There / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• The Gate Called Beautiful (Acts 3) / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Originalist / 615 Hideaway Records
• I Believe / Del McCoury Band / Blue Side Of Town / Rounder
• Hold To God's Unchanging Hand / Dale Ann Bradley & Tina Adair / Oh Darlin' / Pinecastle
• Where No Cabins Fall / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live / Upper Management Music
• You Must Come In At The Door / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Doc Watson birthday, 3/3/1923]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder