We had a big time celebrating several birthdays during our last Bluegrass Cafe for the month of September. There were lots of Bluegrass birthdays, and we couldn't let the show pass without remembering the mid-September birthday of true country music legend.
Among the Bluegrass birthday celebrants in the spotlight were the late Josh Graves, as well as Sierra Hull, Ronnie Reno, Laurie Lewis, and Phil Rosenthal. We also played several songs in honor of the Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Larry Sparks, who turned 75 years old on the day our show aired (September 25th).
We also remembered a true country music legend, the Hall of Famer -- and one of everyone's favorite singers -- George Jones. Many Bluegrass performers have covered the material of George Jones over the years, and we shared quite a number of them on Sunday.
And, of course, there was new music, too, this time from the Larry Stephenson Band, Wildfire, Starlett & Big John, Nick Chandler & Delivered, Big Howdy, Route 3, and Greg Blake.
Hope you enjoyed the show, and please consider joining me once again this coming Sunday from 4-7PM.
See you then!
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Missing Her Has Never Slowed Me Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways
- Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / Dan Tyminski with Billy Strings / One More Time Before You Go: A Tribute To Tony Rice / North Star Records
- Almost Proud / Del McCoury Band / Almost Proud / McCoury Music
- Goodbye Girl / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
- Tennessee 1949 / Larry Sparks / Bound To Ride: The Best Of Larry Sparks / Rebel [Larry Sparks birthday, 9/25/1947]
- Memories Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
- Thank God For The Highways / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
- Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
- Bring 'Em On Back / Larry Sparks / Almost Home / Rounder [Larry Sparks birthday, 9/25/1947]
- I'll Trade You Money For Wine / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
- I've Cried My Last Tear Over You / Sand Mountain / Molly Rose / Hay Holler
- Carolina Lightning / Southern Rail / Carolina Lightning / Turquoise Records
- Georgia Stomp / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
- I Don't Know What To Do / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
- Fickle Wind / Bluegrass Cardinals / My Kinda Grass / BGC Records
- Big City / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / single / Billy Blue Records
- That'll Get Me Through Missouri / Larry Stephenson Band / single / Whysper Dream Music
- She's Crazy For Leaving / Wildfire / Quiet Country Town / Pinecastle
- Straight 58 / Starlett & Big John / single / Rebel
- Darling Please Come On Home / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
- You're The Only One For Me / Big Howdy / single / Self-Produced
- Losing Time / Route 3 / Losing Time / Pinecastle
- From Me To We / Greg Blake / People, Places & Songs / Turnberry Records
- I'm Bound To Ride / Larry Sparks / Bound To Ride: The Best Of Larry Sparks / Rebel [Larry Sparks birthday, 9/25/1947]
- Everybody's Somebody's Fool / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder [Sierra Hull birthday, 9/27/1991]
- Something In The Wind / Seldom Scene / Act Four / Sugar Hill [Phil Rosenthal birthday, 9/30/1948]
- Just Joshin' / Josh Graves / The Great Dobro Sessions / Sugar Hill [Remembering Josh Graves: 9/27/1928 - 9/30/2006]
- Boogie Grass Band / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / Portfolio / ManDoLin Productions [Ronnie Reno birthday, 9/28/1947]
- Singin' My Troubles Away / Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / Singin' My Troubles Away / Flying Fish [Laurie Lewis birthday, 9/28/1950]
- The Window Up Above / Ralph Stanley with George Jones / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [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]
- Her Name Is... / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel [Remembering George Jones: 9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
- Picture Of Me Without You / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / In Dreams I Go Back / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering George Jones: 9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
- After You / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording [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]
- White Lightning / The Grascals / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records [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]
- He Stopped Loving Her Today / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder [Remembering George Jones: 9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
- I'm Ragged But I'm Right / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic Legacy [Remembering George Jones: 9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
- A Face In The Crowd / Larry Sparks / Bound To Ride: The Best Of Larry Sparks / Rebel [Larry Sparks birthday, 9/25/1947]
- Whatcha Gonna Do / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
- Letters Have No Arms / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records
- Joy Bells / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Josh Graves: 9/27/1928 - 9/30/2006]
- What A Wonderful Savior Is He / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
- A Little More Faith In Jesus / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
- Get In Line Brother / Marty Stuart with Johnny Cash & Alan O'Bryant / Busy Bee Cafe / Sugar Hill [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
- Touch Of God's Hand / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Laurie & Kathy Sing Songs Of Vern & Ray / Spruce & Maple Music
- Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures / Larry Sparks / RockyGrass / Blue Planet [Larry Sparks birthday, 9/24/1947]
- I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris Bnad / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / IIIrd Tyme Out / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder