"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/27/2020

Happy Fall!  It's the last Sunday of September -- hope you enjoyed it!  

As this is the time of year when the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) holds their big World Of Bluegrass events in Raleigh, North Carolina, we geared the first hour of our program toward some IBMA things:  music from some of the nominees in two categories, and a look back at some of the "Song of the Year" award winners since the awards began in 1990.  This year's conference and various awards programs and musical presentations have all moved online in this COVID-19 year of 2020, so if you've always thought you might like to check out IBMA, but could not get to the conference, this year is your chance.  For more information, visit this link to World of Bluegrass.  Do it soon, though, as the IBMA festivities begin September 28th and run through October 3rd!  [The photos included here were taken during WoB events in 2019 in Raleigh].

Our second hour included a whole lot of Bluegrass classics, as well as a few newer selections from several bands, including the Edgar Loudermilk Band, Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars of Bluegrass, Alan Bibey & Grasstowne, Merle Monroe, and the Grascals.  Other 2020 releases from which we heard included songs from Balsam Range, Laurie Lewis, Special Consensus, Becky Buller, Stephen Mougin, RockHearts, J.B. & Jamie Dailey, High Fidelity, Junior Sisk, and the Feinberg Brothers.

As you know, these shows are now pre-recorded, and sometimes, things get overlooked.  To that end, we will definitely be hearing the Podunk Bluegrass Festival Songwriter winners very soon, as early possibly as next week.  Stay tuned... 

Thanks so much for listening, and we'll look forward to visiting with you once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.  

Have a great week ~ stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Richest Man / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Losing You Blues / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle
• Leavin' On Her Mind / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Mountain Home
• I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury Band / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder
• Hickory, Walnut & Pine / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Haggard / The Grascals / Straighten The Curves / Mountain Home
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• Little Mountain Church House / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I Heard The Angels Singing / Sugar Hill [IBMA Song Of The Year 1990]
• Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill [IBMA Song Of The Year 1993]
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder [IBMA Song Of The Year 1996]
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder [IBMA Song Of The Year 2009]
• Ring The Bell / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records [IBMA Song Of The Year 2010]
• A Far Cry From Lester And Earl / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel [IBMA Song Of The Year 2012]
• Thunder Dan / Sideline / Front And Center / Mountain Home [IBMA Song Of The Year 2019]
• 5-String Swing / Michael Cleveland / Tall Fiddler / Compass Records
• No Doubt About It / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Starday King
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Osborne Brothers / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Let's Live For Tonight / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / Audium
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• I'll Put The Blame On You / Edgar Loudermilk Band / single / Rural Rhythm Records
• There Ain't No End To This Road / Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars Of Bluegrass / Swing For The Fences / Pinecastle
• Hitchhiking To California / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / single / Billy Blue Records
• Sleepy Little Town / The Grascals / single / Mountain Home
• Hello Sunshine / Merle Monroe / single / Pinecastle
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• Don't You Know I Love You, Charlie Brown / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• On Whiskey Mountain / Bill Emerson with Bill Harrell / Reunion / Webco [Bill Harrell birthday, 9/14/1936]
• New Beginnings / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood Music
• Wake Up And Smell The Coffee / RockHearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• You Are My Flower / Laurie Lewis with Molly Tuttle / And Laurie Lewis / Spruce And Maple Music
• Devil On The Stump / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood Music
• Summer's Gone / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• It's Just Like Heaven / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Waiting For The King / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Listen To The Word Of God / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Will You Meet Me Over Yonder / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel 
• Over In The Gloryland / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill
• Shadow Of The Son / Still Pickin' / Reuben's Train / Self-Produced
• Walkin', Runnin', Flyin' / IIIrd Tyme Out / Grandpa's Mandolin / Rebel
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Blue Highway / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Wings Of Gold / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• I'll Never Go Back / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• I'm Going There / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• I'll Be No Stranger There / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill
• Goin' Up / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Vision Of Jesus / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• He Said If I Be Lifted Up / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/20/2020

 The twenty-second pre-recorded edition of our Bluegrass Cafe paid tribute in a Bluegrass style to three of the most influential country music singers of the 20th century, all of whom were born in month of September:  Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992), Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953), and George Jones (September 12, 1931 - April 26, 2013).  While the main focus of our program is Bluegrass music, it would be silly to think that no Bluegrass performers have ever been influenced by the music of any of these Country Music Hall of Famers.  In fact, the opposite is true.  Therefore, we gathered as many Bluegrass covers of songs performed and/or written by these three as time would allow, and we celebrated some birthdays in a musical way.  

During the program, I promised to share some book titles for those of you who might like to read biographies or autobiographies.  This is not an exhaustive bibliography of works about these musicians, but here are a few titles to get you started:  

    ROY ACUFF:

    Schlappi, Elizabeth.  Roy Acuff:  The Smoky Mountain Boy.  (Pelican Publishing     Company, 1983)

    GEORGE JONES:

    Isenhour, Jack.  He Stopped Loving Her Today:  George Jones, Billy Sherrill,
    And The Pretty-Much Totally True Story Of The Making Of The Greatest Country
    Record Of All Time.  (University of Mississippi Press, 2011)

    Jones, George with Tom Carter.  I Lived To Tell It All.  (Dell, 1997)

    Kienzle, Rich.  The Grand Tour:  The Life And Music Of George Jones.  (Dey        Street, 2016)

    HANK WILLIAMS:  
    
    Escott, Colin.  Hank Williams:  The Biography.  (Little, Brown & Co., 1994)
   
    Hemphill, Paul.  Lovesick Blues:  The Life Of Hank Williams.  (Viking, 2005)

    Ribowsky, Mark.  Hank:  The Short Life And Long Country Road Of Hank                Williams.  (Liveright, 2017)

Newer Bluegrass music also was shared during the program, including 2020 selections from Rock Hearts, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, High Fidelity, Balsam Range, the Kody Norris Show, Carolina Blue, and J.B. & Jamie Dailey.

Have a wonderful week, and thanks for listening!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hometown Blues / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Home / Jim & Jesse / The Old Home Place / Rounder
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• The Window Up Above / Ralph Stanley with George Jones / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Don't Stop The Music / Del McCoury / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Color Of The Blues / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Color Of The Blues / Strictly Country Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Why Baby Why / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Flame In My Heart / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• When The Grass Grows Over Me / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Bluegrass Legends--Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Choices / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• He Stopped Loving Her Today / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic Legacy [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Leave It At The Gate / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• Next Train South / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rounder
• Eddie To The Rescue / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• The Precious Jewel / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Pressing On Regardless / Brentwood Music [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wabash Cannonball / Roy Acuff /  The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Move In On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Mansion On The Hill / Whitstein Brothers / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder[Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Honky Tonk Blues / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Singing Waterfall / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Six More Miles / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Live At The Opry / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Grit And Grace / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Too Wet To Plow / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Love Pains / Osborne Brothers with Red Allen / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing
• I Couldn't Believe It Was True / Wilma Lee Cooper & the Clinch Mountain Clan / A Daisy A Day / Leather Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• Darling Nelly Bly / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Do You Call That Religion / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Jesus Is Waiting For Me / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• The Lord's Last Supper / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / King
• Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Great Speckled Bird / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin' Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Born Again / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• When The Savior Reached Down For Me / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• This World Can't Stand Long / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• I Saw The Light / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• House Of Gold / Steve Gulley with Don Gulley / Family, Friends, & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics, 1946-1950 / Cattle [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Will You Be Ready To Go Home / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• I'll Have A New Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Dust On The Bible / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• From Jerusalem To Jericho / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/13/2020

As this week's Bluegrass Cafe happens to fall on the 109th birth anniversary of William Smith Monroe -- the Father of Bluegrass Music -- it seemed like the proverbial "no-brainer" to make the music of Bill Monroe the one-and-only focus of today's Bluegrass Cafe.  And so we did.  :)  The full three hours of our 
program were filled with songs about Bill Monroe, songs performed by Bill Monroe (and some covers of his music, of course), and songs written by Bill Monroe.  Hope you enjoyed what we shared!

We always like to inform you about things you can read to learn more about particular subjects, and Bill Monroe has been the subject of a couple of different biographies (two written for adults; one an illustrated picture book biography for kids).  Seek out these books if you are interested in knowing more about the man and his music:  

Can't You Hear Me Callin':  The Life Of Bill Monroe, Father Of Bluegrass Music by Richard D. Smith (Little, Brown & Co., 2000)

Bill Monroe:  The Life And Music Of The Blue Grass Man by Tom Ewing (University of Illinois Press, 2018)

Blue Grass Boy:  The Story Of Bill Monroe, Father Of Bluegrass Music by Barb Rosenstock with illustrations by Edwin Fotheringham (Calkins Creek, 2018) 

Special mention:  we included a birthday celebration within a birthday celebration, as today also happens to be the birthdate of Lou Reid (born September 13, 1954).  To that end, we shared Monroe songs that Lou Reid has recorded over the years with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, as a guest on a recording by Mark Newton & Larry Stephenson, and with his own band, Lou Reid & Carolina.  

Hope you enjoyed today's Monroe-centric broadcast.  If you have any questions or comments during our pre-recorded programs, please don't hesitate to send an email to bgcafe@gmail.com or give our Facebook page a like (www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe)

Have a great week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.          

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• My Music Comes From Bill / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Kentucky King / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
• From Rock & Roll To Bill Monroe / Tommy Webb / From Rock & Roll To Bill Monroe / Kindred Records
• Is The Grass Any Bluer (On The Other Side) / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / All The Rage, Volume One / Upper Management Music
• Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• What Is Home Without Love? / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• Have A Feast Here Tonight / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1937-1938 / JSP Records
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• True Life Blues / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / O Sister! / Rounder
• Highway Of Sorrow / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Frog On A Lily Pad / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• Close By / Dailey & Vincent / Bill Monroe's Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• I'm On My Way To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• My Little Georgia Rose / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• Tall Timber / Bluegrass Album Band / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Doghouse Blues / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Panhandle Country / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Used To Be / Gibson Brothers Bluegrass Band / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records
• I Was Left On The Street / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill
• Wheel Hoss / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• I'm Lonesome I'm Blue / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• I Hope You Have Learned / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller, Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy Records
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• In Despair / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton with Lou Reid / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records
• Toy Heart / Ricky Skaggs / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Come Back To Me In My Dreams / Balsam Range with Joe Diffie / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Rawhide / Ronnie McCoury / True Life Blues:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / Sugar Hill
• Six Feet Under The Ground / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Bill Monroe--100th Year Celebration / Rural Rhythm
• Out In The Cold World / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Blue Records
• Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• Old Brown County Barn / Michael Cleveland / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• What Would You Give In Exchange? / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• River Of Death / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• The Old Crossroads / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill
• Lord Protect My Soul / IIIrd Tyme Out / Live At The MAC / Rounder
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 2 / Hay Holler
• I'm Working On A Building / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• You're Drifting Away / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Let The Light Shine Down / Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice / Heartaches And Dreams / Rebel
• The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Drifting Too Far From The Shore / Boone Creek / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• I'm Travelin' On And On / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• The Little Community Church / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads
• A Voice From On High / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Cryin' Holy / J.D. Crowe & the New South / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Blue Highway / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / Alan O'Bryant, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Roland White / True Life Blues:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / Sugar Hill
• Mansions For Me / Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Beautiful Life / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Watermelon On The Vine / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/6/2020

And just like that, we've reached Labor Day weekend!  Hope you are enjoying your holiday weekend with some relaxation and maybe even enjoying some Bluegrass music!

Sunday's show began with some "working" songs, and our gospel hours included some songs loosely associated with working, too. 

We belatedly celebrated the birthday of 
the Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells (born August 30, 1919) with a few Bluegrass covers, and we couldn't forget the birthday of Buzz Busby-- the "Father Of Washington DC Bluegrass" -- who was born on September 6, 1933.

There was a smattering of new music to share this Labor Day weekend, as well, as we heard new music from J.B. & Jamie Dailey, Stephen Mougin, the Feinberg Brothers, Linda Lay, Hammertowne, Junior Sisk, and High Fidelity.

Enjoy the week ~ and thanks for listening!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Working Girl Blues / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
• Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Factory Floor / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Behind These Prison Walls Of Love / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Just Like Rain / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Rounder
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka & Tom Adams with Dudley Connell, Lou Reid, Sally Love Connell / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• What A Wonderful Life / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel [Remembering Kitty Wells:  8/30/1919 - 7/16/2012]
• Stranger In My Home / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Kitty Wells:  8/30/1919 - 7/16/2012]
• I've Kissed You My Last Time / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Rounder [Remembering Kitty Wells:  8/30/1919 - 7/16/2012]
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Every Time You Say Goodbye / Rounder
• I'm Gonna Ride / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Like A Bird In A Cage / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel
• Waiting On Isaac / Jason Barie / Pieces / Billy Blue Records
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Digging In The Ground / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
• Get In Line Buddy / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• I Know You're Married / Reno & Smiley / Bluegrass 1963 / Rural Rhythm
• Just Ain't / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• The Happiness Of Having You / Linda Lay / single / Mountain Fever Records
• I Can Tell By The Way You Dance / Hammertowne / single / Mountain Fever Records
• West Virginia Coal / Amanda Cook / single / Mountain Fever Records
• White House Blues / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Me And The Jukebox / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Gusto [Remembering Buzz Busby:  9/6/1933 - 1/5/2003]
• Mandolin Twist / Buzz Busby / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel  [Remembering Buzz Busby:  9/6/1933 - 1/5/2003]
• Two Little Boys / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Gusto
• Helen / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Sad And Lonesome Day / Randy Waller & Lou Reid / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• I'll Have To Make Some Changes / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• Country Gentleman / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• Go Slow Greyhound / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• I'm Really Leaving / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Skip, Hop & Wobble / Jimmy Martin / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Kentucky Banjo / Ernie Thacker-Junior Blankenship Band / Tennessee Blues / Copper Creek
• I'm Working On A Road To Gloryland / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 2 / Hay Holler
• I'm Working My Way / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Rest For His Workers / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• Lord, I've Been A Hard Working Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill
• I'm Working On A Building / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Where We'll Never Say Farewell / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• A Voice From On High / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• God Has Been So Good To Me / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures / David Grisman-Herb Pedersen-Vince Gill-Jim Buchanan-Emory Gordy, Jr / Here Today / Rounder
• On The Jericho Road / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective:  Live 1984-2014 / Davis Music
• I Know His Voice / Del McCoury / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder
• John / Mountain Heart / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume Two / GGS Music
• The First Time I Heard About Heaven / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP&CD Records
• The Little White Church / Jim & Jesse with Mac Wiseman / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Don't Tune Him Out / The Whites / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• Get In Line Brother / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• Wither Thou Go / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rounder
• When They Ring Those Golden Bells / Jim Eanes / In His Arms / Rebel
• New Born Soul / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder