"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/26/2020

This Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our second of the pre-recorded variety, and included birthday tributes to a couple members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, most notably the late Ira Louvin (born April 21, 1924).  We also shared new music, and some of your favorite classics, so hope you were able to join us.

There are many members of the Country Music Hall of Fame who were born in the month of April.  This week, we shared a few Bluegrass-style renditions of tunes by Glen Campbell (born April 22, 1937) and Willie Nelson (born April 29, 1933).  We put the birthday focus on Ira Louvin -- the tenor singing, mandolin playing Louvin brother -- as Ira would have celebrated his 96th birthday on April 21st.  Is there a pair of singers (especially siblings) who wouldn't like to be able to sing in the super-close harmony style of the Louvin Brothers?  Both Louvins were incredibly gifted songwriters, as well, and many of their songs have been recorded in a Bluegrass style over the years.  During Sunday's show, we shared twenty-three Louvin-penned songs, even though we could have filled the whole three hours with Louvin music.  Of course, there's plenty left for another several shows.  

Coming later in 2020...new music from High Fidelity!

New music was featured on Sunday, as well.  To that end, we debuted (on WHUS, anyway) new songs from recently or soon-to-be released records by High Fidelity, the Crowe Brothers, Professor Dan Boner, J.B. & Jamie Dailey, Stephen Mougin, and Appalachian Road Show.  There was also 2020 music from Shannon Slaughter, Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive, and the Feinberg Brothers.

Hope you are all doing well during our COVID-19 isolation days.  Remember -- as we are pre-recording the shows these days, we can't answer your requests during the showtime.  However, if you would like to say hello or send a request, please feel free to send email to bgcafe@gmail.com or check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/WHUS.Bluegrass Cafe.  

Stay healthy!

Amy O.



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• Love Please Come Home / Reno & Smiley / Love Please Come Home / King
• Each Season Changes You / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volumes 1 & 2 / Sugar Hill
• The Cold Hard Facts / Del McCoury Band / The Cold Hard Facts / Rounder
• Foolish Heart / Alison Krauss / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Heart Of Gold / Crowe Brothers / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• You're Not Fooling Me / Professor Dan Boner / West Of West Virginia / Self-Produced
• A Place For A Fool / Stephen Mougin with the Gibson Brothers / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• 99 Years And One Dark Day / Appalachian Road Show / Tribulation / Billy Blue Records
• The Boatman / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Rocks In The River / Missy Werner / Turn This Heart Around / Self-Produced
• You Better Hold On Your Heart / Shannon Slaughter / Hold On To Your Heart / Self-Produced
• Lost John / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records
• Try A Little Kindness / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindess / Rounder [Remembering Glen Campbell:  April 22, 1936 - August 8, 2017]
• Senses / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill [Remembering Glen Campbell:  April 22, 1936 - August 8, 2017]
• Less Of Me / Country Gentlemen / One Wide River To Cross / Rebel [Remembering Glen Campbell:  April 22, 1936 - August 8, 2017]
• When I Get The Money Made / Mac Wiseman / Tis Sweet To Be Remembered:  Complete Recordings, 1951-1964 / Bear Family [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Robe Of White / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Tiny Broken Heart / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Are You Wasting My Time / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• I'm Gonna Love You One More Time / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Cash On The Barrelhead / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Give This Message To Your Heart / Larry Stephenson with Dailey & Vincent / 20th Anniversary / Whysper Dream Music [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Here Today And Gone Tomorrow / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• I Wish You Knew / Jim & Jesse / Bean Blossom / MCA [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• When I Stop Dreaming / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• If Wishes Were Horses / Claire Lynch / O Sister! / Rounder
• Another Love Gone Wrong / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / It's A Long, Long Road / Rebel
• Adalynn's Lullaby / Jason Barie / Pieces / Billy Blue Records
• Just Rehearsing / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• The Family Who Prays / Red Allen / Keep On Going / Rebel [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Are You Afraid To Die? / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Born Again / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Gonna Rise And Shine / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• I Can't Say No / Whitstein Brothers / Sing Gospel Songs Of The Louvins / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• You'll Meet Him In The Clouds / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• I Know What You're Talking About / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• The Angels Rejoiced / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Weapon Of Prayer / Country Gentlemen / One Wide River To Cross / Rebel [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Satan And The Saint / Malpass Brothers / The Malpass Brothers / Crossroads [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Make Him A Soldier / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars [Remembering Ira Louvin:  April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965]
• Family Bible / David Peterson / Coming On Strong / Self-Produced [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1933]
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• Will The Light Be Shining Bright / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / single / Driving Duke Records
• John 3:16 / Stanley Brothers / All Gospel All Bluegrass / Federal
• I Want To Know More About My Lord / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Run On / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin' Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Way Down Deep In My Soul / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder 
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/19/2020

We're baaa-aaack!

The last time we were in the studio at WHUS to present our Bluegrass Cafe was March 8th.  When we signed off that day, we had no idea how this COVID-19 virus would impact us and our broadcasting future, but it surely has.  Weeks have passed with WHUS going into an automated mode, but we are happy to know that we now have the ability and opportunity to present a pre-recorded Bluegrass Cafe for you every week until it is deemed safe for us to be back broadcasting live at WHUS.  This pre-recording thing is all new to me -- even though the technologies have been in place for years.  Sunday's broadcast is one I recorded earlier this week -- hope you enjoyed it!  

As you might expect, we had a good bit of newer Bluegrass music to share with you, featuring several tracks from the brand new, all-brother duet record from the Feinberg Brothers called, "Songs We Sing."  We also included selections from soon-to-be or recently released records from Becky Buller, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Justin Moses, Fast Track, and Laurie Lewis.  



Sadly, the Bluegrass World has not been untouched by the COVID-19 virus, so this week, we duly paid our respects to the country singer, Joe Diffie (December 28, 1958 - March 29, 2020) and the American songwriter, John Prine (October 10, 1946 - April 7, 2020).  Joe Diffie was part of a Bluegrass band as a young singer in his native Oklahoma, and would later go to make an all-Bluegrass recording in 2010.  John Prine was not a Bluegrass performer, but there is no doubt that many of his songs have been recorded in a Bluegrass style, most notably the autobiographical "Paradise" (recorded by Jim & Jesse and others).  We remembered these two gentlemen in the best way we know how -- by sharing

their music.  

I'm not sure for how long we will be broadcasting our Bluegrass Cafe in this pre-recorded way, but we hope you will consider tuning in again next Sunday, 4-7PM.  In the meantime, if you would like to send in a request, please feel free to do so via our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe) or email (bgcafe@gmail.com).

Until next time, take good care, and have a good week!

Amy O.


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I'd Rather Be Alone / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder
• I'm A Little Bit Lonely / Special Consensus / Roads & Rails / Shy Town Records
• If Lonely Was The Wind / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• All The World Is Lonely Now / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Don't Leave Me Alone / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• You Left Me Alone / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• Somehow Tonight / Joe Diffie / Homecoming:  The Bluegrass Album / Rounder [Remembering Joe Diffie:  December 28, 1958 - March 29, 2020]
• Balsam Range with Joe Diffie / Come Back To Me In My Dreams / Marching Home / Mountain Home [Remembering Joe Diffie:  December 28, 1958 - March 29, 2020]
• Ralph Stanley with Joe Diffie / Another Night / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Remembering Joe Diffie:  December 28, 1958 - March 29, 2020]
• Lonesome And Dry As A Bone / Joe Diffie / Homecoming:  The Bluegrass Album / Rounder [Remembering Joe Diffie:  December 28, 1958 - March 29, 2020]
• Don't You Know I Love You, Charlie Brown / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Best Female Actress Of The Year / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Scissor Jack / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• One Day At A Time / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Goodbye Old Pal / Bill Monroe / MCA / Anthology
• Is The Grass Any Bluer? / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Dear Old Dixie / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Past The Point Of Rescue / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• I Can't Stand To Ramble / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill
• Mississippi River Raft / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• I Can, I Will, I Do Believe / Jimmy Martin / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• Just Like Rain / Justin Moses / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / single / Pinecastle
• You Are My Flower / Laurie Lewis with Molly Tuttle / And Laurie Lewis / Spruce And Maple Music
• I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / Fast Track / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Souvenirs / Country Gentlemen / Souvenirs / Rebel [Remembering John Prine:  October 10, 1946 - April 7, 2020]
• Unwed Fathers / Tim & Mollie O'Brien / Take Me Back / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Prine:  October 10, 1946 - April 7, 2020]
• Grandpa Was A Carpenter / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Prine:  October 10, 1946 - April 7, 2020]
• Paradise / Jim & Jesse / The Old Dominion Masters / Pinecastle [Remembering John Prine:  October 10, 1946 - April 7, 2020]
• Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Snakes Alive / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Springtime In Glory / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Remember The Cross / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Just As The Sun Went Down / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• The Man In The Middle / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• Stone Was Rolled Away / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• I Am The Man, Thomas / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea Records
• Purple Robe / Junior Sisk / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea Records
• Here At The Cross / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Broken Stone / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts And Better Times / Open Road
• Me And Jesus / Charlie Sizemore with the Oak Ridge Boys / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Be On Time / Jeremy Stephens & Corrina Rose Logston / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / Self-Produced
• Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill / Rhonda Vincent / One Step Ahead / Rounder
• Stanley Brothers / Jacob's Vision / Best Of The Best--All Bluegrass, All Gospel / Federal 
• Beyond The Sunset For Me / Jason Barie with Paul Williams / Pieces / Billy Blue Records
• You're Drifting Away / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Oh Ye Must Be Born Again / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• Calm The Storm / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder