Sunday, October 04, 2020

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/4/2020

The first-ever virtual conference of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) took place this past week, and by all accounts, it was a big success.  The "marquee" event of World of Bluegrass each year is the annual IBMA Awards.  This year's winners were announced in a virtual ceremony on Thursday evening, one night before we recorded this week's edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.  So, we didn't talk at all about 2020 award winners during this week's program, but we found lots of other fine songs to play.  Hope you were able to join us.

We looked back a bit during our first hour, sharing selections from some of the performers who have been named "Emerging Artist of the Year" from 1994 through 2018.  While some of the bands/performers who have received this award over the years are no longer working in Bluegrass (or in some case, even performing at all), there was still plenty of good music to share.


The 2020
Podunk Songwriting Contest winning songs were shared during the first hour, as well.  Though the Podunk Bluegrass Festival was a casualty of COVID-19 for this year, the songwriting contest entries were still judged and ranked, and the songs of the winners in 2020 will be presented at the 2021 Podunk Bluegrass Festival.  In addition, there will also be a 2021 Podunk Songwriting Contest.  If you are a songwriter, consider entering the contest.  Entries will be accepted beginning November 1, 2021.  Need more information?  Find it here.

For the record, the 2020 Podunk Songwriting Contest winners were:

  1. "Pines Of Caroline" - Boyd Timothy of Highland, UT
  2. "Bluebonnet Blue" - Jerry Johnston of Ft. Worth, TX
  3. "Word Of Mouth" - Paul Kelly of Santa Fe, NM & Buddy Guido of Mohawk, NY
Congratulations to the winners!

Our second hour celebrated birthdays of two more Country Music Hall of Famers --

both named Marty, and one definitely more Bluegrass than the other.  To celebrate 2020 Hall of Fame electee,
Marty Stuart (born September 30, 1958), we included music he has recorded with Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass, Carl Jackson, Curly Seckler, Ralph Stanley, and others.  The second Marty is the late Marty Robbins (September 26, 1925 - December 8, 1982), who definitely was NOT a Bluegrass performer, but like many country music folks of his era, has had a whole lot of Bluegrass performers cover his material.  

Hope you enjoyed the program, and will consider joining us once again next Sunday, 4-7PM.  If you'd like to check our Facebook page, please do, and don't forget that you are always welcome to send us an email to bgcafe@gmail.com.

Have a great week ~ stay healthy!

Amy O.


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • Destination Love / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
  • Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
  • All In My Love For You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill
  • Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / Audium
  • I Went Back Home Today / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 2011]
  • Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / It's A Long, Long Road / Rebel [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 1996]
  • Looking For A Smile In A Heartache / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 1998]
  • I Know Where Love Lives / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 2003]
  • Leavin's Heavy On My Mind / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 2005]
  • Rambler's Call / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 2012]
  • Old, New, Borrowed, And Blue / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Trials & Trouble / Rounder [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 2018]
  • Word Of Mouth / Ernie Thacker [Paul Kelly & Buddy Guido, songwriters] / The Hangman / Pinecastle [3rd Place, 2020 Podunk Songwriters Competition]
  • Bluebonnet Blue / Jerry Johnston, songwriter / 2nd Place, 2020 Podunk Songwriters Competition
  • Pines Of Caroline / Boyd Timothy, songwriter / 1st Place, 2020 Podunk Songwriters Competition
  • John D. Champion / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
  • My Smoky Mountain Home / Bill Emerson with Wayne Taylor / Reunion / Webco
  • Flint Hill Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
  • The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
  • Roanoke / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Hats Off! / CMH [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
  • No Doubt About It / Curly Seckler & the Nashville Grass / No Doubt About It / Revonah Records [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
  • She's More To Be Pitied / Ralph Stanley with Marty Stuart / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
  • Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Larry Stephenson with Connie Smith & Marty Stuart / 20th Anniversary / Whysper Dream Music [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
  • One More Ride / Riders In The Sky with Marty Stuart / A Great Big Western Howdy! From Riders In The Sky / Rounder [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
  • The Ballad Of Jed Clampett / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Bean Blossom / MCA [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
  • I'll Go On Alone / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life:  The Best Of Marty Robbins / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
  • Don't Worry / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
  • I Can't Quit / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
  • Devil Woman / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
  • The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
  • Begging To You / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Dreaming / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
  • Ribbon Of Darkness / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / No One But You / Rebel [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
  • Bitter Green / Tony Rice / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
  • Rambling Boy / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
  • Tears Of Regret / High Fidelity with Jesse McReynolds / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
  • I Been Walkin' / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
  • Buzzin' With Buzz / Tom Mindte / Something I've Been Working On / Patuxent Music
  • I'm A Stranger Here / Carl Jackson with Marty Stuart / Mississippi Homecoming / Rebel [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
  • The Wrath Of God / Seldom Scene / Scenic Roots / Sugar Hill
  • The Gospel Plow / Nashville Bluegrass Band / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS Music
  • Because Of Him / Rhonda Vincent & the Sally Mountain Show / Bound For Gloryland / Rebel
  • You Can Go To Heaven / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Songs From The Blue Ridge / Rebel
  • The Old Cross Road / Osborne Brothers / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
  • You Don't Knock / New Grass Revival / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
  • Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Claire Lynch / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
  • They Can't Love Jesus More Than Me / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass / Rebel
  • Get In Line Brother / Marty Stuart with Johnny Cash & Alan O'Bryant / Busy Bee Cafe / Sugar Hill [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
  • Open Up The Window, Noah / Seldom Scene / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill[Phil Rosenthal birthday, 9/30/1948]
  • Standing In The Need Of Prayer / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  • You'll Be Rewarded Over There / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
  • Voice Of My Savior / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
  • Waiting For The Boys To Come Home / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
  • The New Jerusalem / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Gusto
  • Gathering In The Sky / Ricochet / Carolina Memories / Rebel
  • Won't That Be A Happy Time / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
  • I'm Gonna Hold To His Hand / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 1994]
  • Walking In Jerusalem / Bill Monroe & Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
  • Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

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