"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/13/2022

At last, here's the playlist from Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe.  Our show on this Sunday had no particular "theme," so we started out with an hour's worth of songs recorded by performers with a band name or last name that began with the letter "N."  Why N?  Why not?  :)  Actually, "N" was chosen in honor of the month of November.  To that end, we heard from performers as varied as the Kody Norris Show, Northern Lights, Mark Newton, Nu-Blu, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, and Alecia Nugent, as well as New England favorites, the Neon Valley Boys and Northernbound.  

For something slightly different, we also cast a bit of spotlight on four albums I brought along from home:  "The Early Days Of Bluegrass, Volume 10" by Connie & Babe (Rounder), "Modern Sounds Of Bluegrass Music" by the Osborne Brothers (Decca), "Play It Like It Is" by the Country Gentlemen (Rebel), and "We'll Still Sing On" by the Johnson Mountain Boys (Rounder).  Three songs from each LP were shared during the show.  

This Sunday -- tomorrow, November 20th -- I will not be in the studio to share a live version of the Bluegrass Cafe.  The lose plan is to have a re-airing of our Bluegrass Cafe which originally aired on November 21, 2021.  I plan to be back in the studio for a live presentation of our program one week from tomorrow -- Sunday, November 27th.  

Hope you and yours have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Kentucky Darlin' / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• Mr. Engineer / Northern Connection / Northern Connection / Patuxent Music
• Breaking New Ground / Alecia Nugent / A Little Girl...A Big Four-Lane / Rounder
• Twilight Time / Northernbound / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• Grandad Hank / Northernbound / Grandad Hank / Self-Produced
• No Answer Blues / New Vintage / No Time For The Blues / Pinecastle
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• Home From The Mills / Northern Lights / Living In The City / Red House Records
• The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore / New Coon Creek Girls / The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore / Pinecastle
• It's Raining The Blues / New Found Road / Somewhere Between / Mountain Home
• That Road / Nu-Blu / Ten / Rural Rhythm
• The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Blue Ribbon Bluegrass / Rounder
• If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) / Michelle Nixon & Drive / What More Should I Say / Pinecastle
• Flora, The Lily Of The West / Newtown / Newtown / Self-Produced
• One Tear / No One You Know / Calm Before The Storm / Mountain Fever Records
• Six Feet Of Snow / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Over And Over / Nothin' Fancy / It's A Good Feeling / Mountain Fever Records
• Mountain Rosalie / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• From Me To We / Greg Blake / People, Places And Songs / Turnberry Records
• Just Ain't / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• Sourwood Mountain / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Mary Rachel Nalley / Headed Back To Bowling Green / Self-Produced
• Roll Muddy River / Osborne Brothers / Modern Sounds Of Bluegrass Music / Decca
• Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello (In A Friendly Kind Of Way) / Osborne Brothers / Modern Sounds Of Bluegrass Music / Decca
• One Tear / Osborne Brothers / Modern Sounds Of Bluegrass Music / Decca
• Farewell Blues / Tony Trischka with Earl Scruggs / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• How Will The Flowers Bloom / Connie & Babe / The Early Days Of Bluegrass, Volume 10 / Rounder
• Barbara Allen / Connie & Babe / The Early Days Of Bluegrass, Volume 10 / Rounder
• The Lonely Years Belong To Me / Connie & Babe / The Early Days Of Bluegrass, Volume 10 / Rounder
• Proud Mary / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Ten Degrees And Getting Colder / Dan Tyminski with Dailey & Vincent / One More Time Before You Go:  A Tribute To Tony Rice / North Star Records
• I'll Live In Dixie / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Banjo Player's Blues / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• 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
• Cold November Rain / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Almost Proud / Del McCoury Band / Almost Proud / McCoury Music
• Raggy Mountain Shakedown / Country Gentlemen / Play It Like It Is / Rebel
• Banana Boat Song / Country Gentlemen / Play It Like It Is / Rebel
• Going To The Races / Country Gentlemen / Play It Like It Is / Rebel
• Are You Washed In The Blood / Northernbound / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• God's Not Dead / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• Angels Watching Me / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records
• Old Satan / Jim Eanes / Let Him Lead You / Rebel
• I'm A Stranger / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• Living Left To Do / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Somewhere Beyond The Blue / Billy Blue Records
• John 3:16 / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best:  All Bluegrass, All Gospel / Starday King
• I've Made A Covenant / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/6/2022

Before the week completely gets away from me, here's a look back at Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe!

We had no particular theme for this show, although we did include a couple of "leftover" ghostly tales from the previous week's mostly-Halloween show.  We also had a little bit of newer music to share from the likes of Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Theo & Brenna, the Lost & Found, Tina Adair, Steven Moore, Nick Chandler & Delivered, and the Gibson Brothers.

In addition, we celebrated the November 6th birthday of the great Junior Sisk, and belatedly celebrated the 85th birthday of Grand Ole Opry legend and Country Music Hall of Famer, Bill Anderson (born November 1, 1937).  Ol' Whisperin' Bill is still a very prolific songwriter, and our tribute to him included several Bluegrass covers of a few of his songs, as well as the man himself singing a classic on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.

Hope you've had a fine week, so far, and we'll see you on the radio again this coming Sunday, 4-7PM.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Birmingham Jail / Barry Abernathy with Vince Gill / Barry Abernathy & Friends / Billy Blue Records
• Between The Lines / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
• Goodbye Marie / Merle Monroe / Songs Of A Simple Life / Pinecastle
• I Can't Settle Down / Laura Orshaw with Brittany Haas & Jenee Fleenor / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey / The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Lizard Records
• Ashes Of Love / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• A Couple Beers More / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Clinch Mountain Mystery / Larry Stephenson Band / Clinch Mountain Mystery / Pinecastle
• The Long Black Veil / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
  
• The Convict And The Rose / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Down, Down, Down / Mary Rachel Nalley / Headed Back To Bowling Green / Self-Produced
• Duncan And Brady / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / Traveling Kind / Self-Produced
• Amandalyn / Merl Johnson / Better Man / Patuxent Music
• Echo Mountain / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / 10 / Galyean Family Records
• Truck Driver's Queen / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again / Wango Records
• Don't Tell Me Stories / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Milwaukee Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• I've Been Down That Road / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / single / Billy Blue Records
• I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me / Theo & Brenna / Dreams For Sale / Mountain Fever Records
• Seasons Of Love / Tina Adair / single / Engehardt Music Group
• All Of Me / Steven Moore / Just A Little Talk With Myself / Self-Produced
• Giving Up On You / Lost & Found / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Sam's Place / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
• Dust / Gibson Brothers / single / Bull Run Records
• Girl At The Crossroads Bar / Bluegrass Cardinals / Classic Bluegrass Collection, Volume 3 / Time Life
• The Guitar Song / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers with Del McCoury / For The Record / Billy Blue Records [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Once A Day / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel [Bill Anderson birthtday, 11/1/1937]
• Slippin' Away / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Certain / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Saginaw, Michigan / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• The Lord Knows I'm Drinking / Wildfire / Where Roads Divide / Pinecastle [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Cincinnati, Ohio / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Bright Lights And Country Music / Bill Anderson / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics, Volume One / Opry Music [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• New York Chimes / The Big Dogs with Tony Trischka / Live At The Birchmere / Strictly Country Records
• She'll Change / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Paul Bunyan Love / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
• When I Get The Money Made / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• When Are You Gonna Tell Me? / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways
• Patches On My Heart / Junior Sisk / Lost & Alone / Mountain Fever Records [Junior Sisk birthday, 11/6/1964]
• The Crow / Tony Trischka with Steve Martin / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder 
• Take A Little Time For Jesus / Junior Sisk / Lost & Alone / Mountain Fever Records [Junior Sisk birthday, 11/6/1964]
• Little Eyes / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• 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
• Rank Strangers / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish
• Light At The River / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• Riding On My Savior's Train / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Traveling The Highway Home / The Grascals / Up All Night / Mountain Home
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/30/2022

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was the last one to air before Halloween, and as you might expect, our playlist was dominated by tunes about ghostly trains, mysterious lights, empty coffins, and, of course, little ghost girls looking for a ride home.  Hope these songs served to create a proper "mood" for our October 30th show.

It's been just over a year since the Bluegrass world lost a true legend:  Roland "Sonny" Osborne (October 29, 1937 - October 24, 2021).  We remembered this Hall of Famer with a few songs from the innovative Osborne Brothers, as well as some songs from the Osborne Brothers' song catalog which have been covered by others.  

And there was a smattering of newer music, too, from the likes of Nick Chandler & Delivered, the Foreign Landers, the Gibson Brothers, Anthony Howell, Sister Sadie, Appalachian Road Show, the Tennessee Bluegrass Band, and the Gospel Plowboys.

Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween.  We'll be looking forward to seeing you once more next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

See you then!

Amy O.



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Bringing Mary Home / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Once More / Osborne Brothers / Classic Bluegrass Collection, Volume 3 / Time Life [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Up This Hill And Down / Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Bluegrass Express / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volumes 1 & 2 / Sugar Hill [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Leslie County Blues / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Me And My Old Banjo / Larry Stephenson with Sonny Osborne & Ronnie Reno / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• Sasquatch / California / Traveler / Sugar Hill
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• The Ghost Of Cecil Martin / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Originalist / 615 Hideaway Records
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Witches Of Harlan / Breaking Grass / Running With The Moon / Self-Produced
• Legend Of Grace Sherwood / East Virginia / The Major Years / DK Records
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Garden / The Foreign Landers / single / Self-Produced
• Darling Please Come On Home / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / single / Bull Run Records
• When I'm Dead My Dearest / Anthony Howell / single / Self-Produced
• Diane / Sister Sadie / single / Mountain Home
• Only A Hobo / Appalachian Road Show / Jubilation / Billy Blue Records
• The Silver Ghost / David Parmley / Southern Heritage / Rebel
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Burying Ground / Kathy Kallick / Call Me A Taxi / Sugar Hill
• Who's That Knocking At My Door? / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Ballad Of Maudie Dawson / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• The Lantern / Front Range / Ramblin' On My Mind / Sugar Hill
• Widow Janie / Fox Family / Follow My Lead / Sierra Records
• The Grave Robber / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• Ghost Bound Train / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass Records
• The Ballad Of Sarah Malone / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Electricity / Jimmy Murphy / Classic Bluegrass Collection, Volume 3 / Time Life
• The Old Fashioned Preacher / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / MME
• Shouting In The Air / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage with Bill Gaither / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming / GGS Music
• Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Gospel Plowboys / Welcome Home / Mountain Fever
• Echoes From The Burning Bush / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Starday King
• Tree Of Life / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Starday King
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder