"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/29/2022

On this Memorial Day Sunday, we remembered in song the meaning of this somber holiday.  To that end, during this day's Bluegrass Cafe, we shared lots of songs that told the story of the soldier who didn't make it home.  

We also celebrated the birthdays of several Bluegrass folks born on May 29th, including the late Earl Pike, Stephen Mougin, and my brother, Dave "Tex" Orlomoski.  In addition, we remembered the May 23rd birth anniversary of Country and Bluegrass Hall of Fame member, Mac Wiseman.  And we shared just a couple of songs written by the late powerhouse couple of Tom T. Hall (May 25, 1936 - August 20, 2021) and Miss Dixie Hall (May 26, 1934 - January 16, 2015).  During next week's broadcast, we'll share more songs from the Halls.

And, of course, there was a bit of newer music, from brand-new recordings by Authentic Unlimited, Jim Hurst, Circus No. 9, Jesse Smathers, Laura Orshaw, and the Gibson Brothers.

Thank you for tuning in today, and we'll look forward to joining you once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• My Dying Day / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day Records
• Last Letter Home / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Blue-Eyed Boston Boy / Bluegrass Cardinals / Hand-Picked / Rounder
• Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel
• Rodger Young / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Annie's Boy / Larry Sparks / New Moon Over My Shoulder / Rebel
• Purple Heart / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Sally's Waltz / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Searching For A Soldier's Grave / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Me And John and Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• A Folded Flag / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Down Where The River Bends / Ralph Stanley with Dwight Yoakam / Saturday Night & Sunday Morning / CRF Records
• Traveling Soldier / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• With Love From Normandy / Mark "Brink" Brinkman / On The Brink Of A Dream / Self-Produced
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Long Gone / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Oh Lonesome Me / Jim Hurst / From The Ground Up / Pinecastle
• Steampipe Coffee / Circus No. 9 / Circus No. 9 / Bonfire
• Hard Pressed / Jesse Smathers / Jesse Smathers / Self-Produced
• Hank / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / single / 
• Heartache And Trouble / Fast Track / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Rude And Rambling Man / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• New Beginnings / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• To Warm And Comfort You / Pike Family & the Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall (5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021) & Miss Dixie Hall (5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015)]
• Local Flowers / Brooke Aldridge [Daughters Of Bluegrass] / Pickin' Like A Girl / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall (5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021) & Miss Dixie Hall (5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015)]
• Leaving Baker County / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall (5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021) & Miss Dixie Hall (5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015)]
• 20/20 Vision / Dan Tyminski / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• How Long Has It Been / Johnny & Jeanette Williams / Thirty Years Later / Grass Tank Music
• Where The City Ends / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records
• Bowling Green / Laurie Lewis / Restless Rambling Heart / Flying Fish
• Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-Produced
• Country Boy Rock N' Roll / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King Records
• What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Robe Of White / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars
• Voice From On High / Bill Monroe / High Lonesome / CMH
• My Savior's Train / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• I Can Tell You The Time / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records
• Brand New City / Jesse Smathers / Jesse Smathers / Self-Produced
• Over The Mountain Top / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume One / Billy Blue Records
• I'm Working On A Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/22/2022

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was my first live radio show back in the studio since May 1st, so I was glad to be back!  There was a lot of wonderful music to share, so hope you could join us.

We included a set of songs featuring the late Keith Whitley, who was just recently announced as one of the 2022 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.  We also remembered three members of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame who were all born on May 17th:  fiddler Paul Warren (May 17, 1918 - January 12, 1978), Red Smiley (May 17, 1924 - January 2, 1972), and Rodney Dillard of The Dillards (born May 17, 1942).  

Other birthday celebrants we missed during our two weeks away included the joint birthday of both members of a great brother-style act of the 1940s and 1950s:  Johnnie & Jack.  These two brothers-in-law were both born on May 13th -- Johnnie Wright in 1914 and Jack Anglin in 1916.  Though these two were not a Bluegrass act, a lot of their music certainly was "Bluegrass friendly."  

And we shared music from the wonderful Danny Paisley, who announced this past week that he will begin treatment for what the doctors say is a very treatable form of throat cancer on June 1st.  A GoFundMe campaign has been established to help Danny with some of his expenses, especially given that he will be missing lots of gigs during his treatment and recovery time.  If you would like to contribute to this fundraising effort, please do.  

And there was new music to share, too, this time from the two promising new bands:  the Tennessee Bluegrass Band and Authentic Unlimited, as well as Jaelee Roberts, the Po' Ramblin Boys, the Lizzy Roy & Lizzy Show, Darren Beachley, and Laura Orshaw.

Hope you'll consider joining me once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

 

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records
• Just Ain't / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• The Wandering Boy / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Is It True / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
• They're At Rest Together / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister! / Rounder
• Railroad Lady / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• Poor Monroe / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Blink Of An Eye / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• One By One / Dale Ann Bradley & Danny Paisley / single / Pinecastle
• Slowly / Rhonda Vincent / Music Is What I See / Upper Management Music
• My Night To Howl / Boys From Indiana / Good Times Blues / Rebel
• Low Down Blues / The Grascals / Up All Night / Mountain Home
• I'm Warming Up To An Old Flame / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Something You Didn't Count On / Jaelee Roberts / Something You Didn't Count On / Mountain Home
• Lonesome / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Welcome To The Show / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Welcome To The Show / Mountain Home
• New Ballard Branch / Darren Beachley / single / Turnberry Records
• Before You Miss Me / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Be Lovin' You / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records
• I Can't Settle Down / Laura Orshaw with Brittany Haas & Jenee Fleenor / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• I'm Gonna Love You One More Time / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Ashes Of Love / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle [Remembering Johnnie Wright (5/13/1914 - 9/27/2011) & Jack Anglin (5/13/1916 - 3/8/1963)]
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder [Remembering Johnnie Wright (5/13/1914 - 9/27/2011) & Jack Anglin (5/13/1916 - 3/8/1963)]
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [Remembering Johnnie Wright 5/13/1914 - 9/27/2011) & Jack Anglin (5/13/1916 - 3/8/1963]
• Wake Up, Susan / Paul Warren / Johnnie & Jack At KWKH With Kitty Wells / Bear Family [Remembering Paul Warren:  5/17/1918 - 1/12/1978]
• Love Please Come Home / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King [Remembering Red Smiley:  5/17/1924 - 1/2/1972]
• There Is A Time / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Rodney Dillard birthday:  5/17/1942]
• Durham's Reel / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall:  The Complete Concert / Koch Records [Remembering Paul Warren:  5/17/1918 - 1/12/1978]
• Unwanted Love / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King [Remembering Red Smiley:  5/17/1924 - 1/2/1972]
• Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Rodney Dillard birthday, 5/17/1942]
• Brand New Hit In Nashville / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• Hello Blues / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / single / Driving Duke Records
• Patches On My Heart / Junior Sisk / single / Mountain Fever Records
• A Place For A Fool / Stephen Mougin with the Gibson Brothers / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Say You'll Take Me Back / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Eight More Miles / Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Lynn Morris, Rhonda Vincent / O Sister! / Rounder
• A Little More Faith In Jesus / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
• (Some Call It Heaven) I Call It Home / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Turquoise Records
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals:  The Definitive Collection / CMH Records
• The Touch Of God's Hand / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• I'm S-A-V-E-D / South Carolina Broadcasters / Here To Stay / Patuxent Music
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin / Good & Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/2/2022

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our first for the marvelous month of May, so to celebrate -- in a weird kind of way -- we spent our first hour playing music from performers whose band name or surname began with the letter "M."  There's no doubt that we could have spent the full three hours with just "M" performer music, but we limited ourselves to just one hour.  Among the most notable Bluegrass "M"s was music from Bluegrass Hall of Famers Lynn Morris, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, Jimmy Martin, and, of course, Bill Monroe.  

We also belatedly celebrated the April 29th birthday of the Red-Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson (born April 29, 1933), as well as the April 30th birthdays of Bluegrassers Bill Yates and Rob McCoury.

New music was part of the mix, too, with new or recent selections from Kathy Kallick (with Molly Tuttle), Tray Wellington, Peter Rowan, the Gibson Brothers, Shannon Slaughter, and the Little Roy and Lizzy Show.

May 8th is Commencement Day at the University of Connecticut -- the first big graduation ceremonies to be held on the UConn campus since 2019.  This is great for students, but not so great for folks who volunteer to do a radio show and drive on campus on Sunday afternoons.  To that end, the plan for our May 8th broadcast (at this time) is that Sunday's program will be an encore show from Mother's Day in 2021.  Hope you can join us.  

Have a great week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Back To Dixie / McPeak Brothers / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Road To Columbus / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Rose Maddox / This Is Rose Maddox / Arhoolie 
• Me And My Fiddle / Benny Martin / The "Big Tiger" Roars Again, Part 2 / OMS Records
• Diesel Train / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / Radio Shows / Pinecastle
• Never Say Never Again / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / Rural Rhythm
• Rosa Lee McFall / Alan Munde & Country Gazette / Keep On Pushing / Flying Fish
• White House Blues / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits, Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• The Old House / Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers / Travelin' On / Revonah Records
• Don't Tell Me Stories / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Hi Dee Diddle / Jimmy Martin / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1960-1961 / Kipepeo Publishing
• John Henry / Aaron McDaris / First Time Around / Pinecastle
• Roll On Muddy River / Merle Monroe / Songs Of A Simple Life / Pinecastle
• Ace Of Hearts / Mile Twelve / Onwards / Delores The Taurus Records
• Flat Creek / Tom Mindte / Something I'm Been Working On / Patuxent Music
• O-hio / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Til I Die) / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• Truck Driver's Queen / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again / Wango
• Don't Let My Love Get In The Way / Del McCoury / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• New Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• Put My Little Shoes Away / Kathy Kallick with Molly Tuttle / single / Live Oak Records
• Saw A Little Boat / Tray Wellington / Black Banjo / Mountain Home
• The Song That Makes Hank Williams Dance / Peter Rowan with Shawn Camp / single / Rebel
• Rainbow Stew / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Welcome To The Show / Mountain Home
• Before You Miss Me / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• That's Where My Music Comes From / Shannon Slaughter / Ridin' Through The Country / Self-Produced
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / single / 
• Man With The Blues / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1933]
• I Gotta Get Drunk / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1933]
• Bloody Mary Morning / Country Gentlemen / Joe's Last Train / Rebel [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1933]
• Ocean Of Diamonds / Willie Nelson / Country Music / Rounder [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1933]
• Get In Line Buddy / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Bill Yates:  4/30/1935 - 1/26/2015]
• Shuckin' The Corn / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder [Rob McCoury birthday, 4/30/1971]
• The Old Pine Tree / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Bill Yates:  4/30/1935 - 1/26/2015]
• Billy Boy / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder [Rob McCoury birthday, 4/30/1971]
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still) / Patty Loveless with Travis Tritt / Mountain Soul / Epic
• One Dime At A Time / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Unwanted Love / Barry Abernathy with Dan Tyminski / Barry Abernathy & Friends / Billy Blue Records
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Family Bible / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Necktie Records [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1932]
• I'll Be Singing Up There / Lonesome River Band / Singing Up There:  A Tribute To The Easter Brothers / Mountain Home
• God's Been Good / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Welcome To The Show / Mountain Home
• God On The Mountain / Jesse Brock with Greg Blake / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit
• He's Coming Back To Earth Again / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Starday King
• Lord Don't Leave Me Here / Country Gentlemen / Joe's Last Train / Rebel [Remembering Bill Yates:  4/30/1935 - 1/26/2015]
• If I Don't Lose My Fire / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / single / Driving Duke Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder