"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/10/2020

Two gals at Indian Ranch in 1989 --
my mother, Eleanor Orlomoski & her big-haired daughter

On this somewhat chilly May Sunday (in eastern Connecticut, anyway), we are celebrating MOTHER during our Bluegrass Cafe!  Mother has always been a popular subject to sing about in many country and folk songs -- as she should be!  :)  While we could have filled our whole three hours with songs about mother, instead, we picked out almost twenty-five favorites to share.  Hope you enjoyed 'em -- and, of course, Happy Mother's Day!!

We remembered the mid-May birthdays of two members of a country music brother duet of the 1940s and 1950s who were actually not blood kin, but brothers-in-law.  Johnnie Wright and Jack Anglin -- of the duo simply called Johnnie & Jack -- were both born on May 13th:  Johnnie in 1914 and Jack in 1916.  Their music is still fun to listen to, and pops up now and again being covered by other performers.  To that end, we heard music from Johnnie & Jack, as well as the Country Gentlemen, the Sidemen, and Wilma Lee Cooper.

New music was a big part of our Sunday broadcast, too.  We heard tracks from several CDs that will either be or have already been released in 2020.  Hope you enjoyed the new music from Special Consensus, Frank Poindexter, Flashback, J.B. & Jamie Dailey, Laurie Lewis, Stephen Mougin, Becky Buller, FastTrack, High Fidelity, Junior Sisk, the South Carolina Broadcasters, and the Feinberg Brothers.  

Since we still can't produce our broadcast for you live in studio, you are still (and always!) invited to contact us via email or follow our Facebook page.  

Hope you enjoyed the show!  Please join us again for another Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM, won't you?

Have a great week -- and stay healthy!

Amy O.




SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• God Bless Her ('Cause She Is My Mother) / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Mountain Fever Records
• Mom's Old Picture Book / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• I Know Whose Tears / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Dreams Of Mother And Home / Mac Wiseman / Early Dot Recordings, Volume 1 / County Records
• Thank God For A Mama / Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
• Every Day Is Mother's Day To Me / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family
• Coat Of Many Colors / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Momma's Apron Strings / Larry Sparks / Almost Home / Rounder
• Dear Old Mother / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Watson's Blues / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Johnny [sic] & Jack Medley / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Johnnie Wright birthday, 5/13/1914; Jack Anglin birthday, 5/13/1916]
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family [Johnnie Wright birthday, 5/13/1914; Jack Anglin birthday, 5/13/1916]
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder [Johnnie Wright birthday, 5/13/1914; Jack Anglin birthday, 5/16/1914]
• Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records [Johnnie Wright birthday, 5/13/1914; Jack Anglin birthday, 5/13/1916]
• I Want To Be Loved / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family [Johnnie Wright birthday, 5/13/1914; Jack Anglin birthday, 5/13/1916]
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Pinecastle
• Cool Cats, Hot Bluegrass / Frank Poindexter / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Dixon Farm / Flashback / Blues Around My Cabin / Pinecastle
• Behind These Prison Walls Of Love / J.D. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Old Friend / Laurie Lewis with Kathy Kallick / And Laurie Lewis / Spruce And Maple Music
• I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / FastTrack / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• I'm Gonna Ride / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• The South Bound Train / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• White House Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble / Rounder
• Loneliness And Desperation / Del McCoury / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Camptown Races / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler Harvest
• Mother's Only Sleeping / Bill Monroe / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1937-1949 / JSP Records
• I Saw Mother With God Last Night / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross / Red Feather
• Shake Hands With Mother / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Blue Rambler 2 / Sugar Hill
• A Vision Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• My Mother's Bible / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Mother Prayed Loud In Her Sleep / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• I Believe / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• So Happy I'll Be / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder
• Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There / IIIrd Tyme Out / Living On The Other Side / Rounder
• Sweet By And By / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Open Up The Window, Noah / Seldom Scene / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
• My Lord's Been A Walkin' / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• I'm Going There / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• The Sons And Daughters Of God / Corinna Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / Self-Produced
• I'm S-A-V-E-D / South Carolina Broadcasters / Here To Stay / Patuxent Musc
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar HIll
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder