"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/4/2022

As it always seems in the month of December, you blink and notice that a few days have passed.  :)  I am incredibly tardy in posting our Bluegrass Cafe playlist from the first Sunday of December, and we stayed home for a "Snow Day" this past Sunday, but still...it's high time to share the playlist from our December 4th radio show...if I can remember back that far...

It looks like our Letter of the Day for the December 4th show was "D."  To that end, we shared music from several "D" performers, including David Davis & the Warrior River Boys, Hazel Dickens, Bob Dick, Dailey & Vincent, Jerry Douglas, Dry Branch Fire Squad, John Duffey, and the Dillards, just to name a few.  We also put two "D" brothers in the spotlight for a couple of reasons:  December happens to be the month of each of their birth anniversaries, and also, while these brothers did not sing "Bluegrass music" (they performed even before Bluegrass was "invented!"), there is no doubt that the music and harmonies of the Delmore Brothers (Alton & Rabon) have influenced and inspired many performers in the Bluegrass world.  We included ten Delmore Brothers songs, performed both by the brothers and by a bunch of other fine folks, including the Traditional Grass, the Louvin Brothers, David Peterson & 1946, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, and the Feinberg Brothers, among others.  

We shared music from a few other December birthday celebrants, too, including Bobby Osborne, Chris Jones, Jack Cooke, Jim Eanes, and Chris Hillman.   

Barring any other storm activity (and assuming we can get into the Student Union during the UConn Winter Break), I hope to join you on the WHUS airwaves this coming Sunday afternoon -- December 18th -- from 4-7PM.

Until then, enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• One Moonlight Night / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• Tell Me That You Love Me / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / Sing Me Back Home:  The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 / Free Dirt
• Appleland Breakdown / Bob Dick / Life's Highway / Self-Produced
• He Rambled / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• Cumberland River / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Too Blue To Have The Blues / Detour / Going Nowhere Fast / Mountain Fever Records
• How Will I Explain About You / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Records
• Raising The Bar / Chad Darou / Raising The Bar / Bell Buckle Records
• The Young Fisherwoman / John Duffey [Country Gentlemen] / John Duffey:  The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel
• High Wire / Deer Creek Boys / Midnight & Dawn / Mountain Fever Records
• Cannonball Blues / Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan / Yonder / Sugar Hill
• Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine / Diamond Creek / Where Do I Go From Here / New Time Records
• Whistlin' Rufus / Stuart Duncan / Stuart Duncan / Rounder
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Nobody's Darlin' But Mine / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Bird Bath / Mark Delaney / SideCar / Patuxent Music
• Blue Yodel #4 / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Never See My Home Again / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• I've Got The Big River Blues / Delmore Brothers / Classic Cuts, 1933-1941 / JSP Records [Remembering the Delmore Brothers:  Alton (12/25/1908 - 6/9/1964) & Rabon (12/3/1910 - 12/4/1952)]
• Blues Stay Away From Me / Larry Sparks with Vince Gill / 40 / Rebel [Remembering the Delmore Brothers:  Alton (12/25/1908 - 6/9/1964) & Rabon (12/3/1910 - 12/4/1952)]
• Some Of These Days (You're Gonna Be Sad) / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced [Remembering the Delmore Brothers:  Alton (12/25/1908 - 6/9/1964) & Rabon (12/3/1910 - 12/4/1952)]
• When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing / Louvin Brothers / A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers / Capitol Nashville [Remembering the Delmore Brothers:  Alton (12/25/1908 - 6/9/1964) & Rabon (12/3/1910 - 12/4/1952)]
• Weary Lonesome Blues / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel [Remembering the Delmore Brothers:  Alton (12/25/1908 - 6/9/1964) & Rabon (12/3/1910 - 12/4/1952)]
• Happy On The Mississippi Shores / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Home Of The Blues / Sugar Hill [Remembering the Delmore Brothers:  Alton (12/25/1908 - 6/9/1964) & Rabon (12/3/1910 - 12/4/1952)]
• Brown's Ferry Blues / Louvin Brothers / A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers / Capitol Nashville [Remembering the Delmore Brothers:  Alton (12/25/1908 - 6/9/1964) & Rabon (12/3/1910 - 12/4/1952)]
• Blue Railroad Train / Josh Williams with Tony Rice / Down Home / Pinecastle [Remembering the Delmore Brothers:  Alton (12/25/1908 - 6/9/1964) & Rabon (12/3/1910 - 12/4/1952)]
• Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / Delmore Brothers / Classic Cuts, 1933-1941 / JSP Records [Remembering the Delmore Brothers:  Alton (12/25/1908 - 6/9/1964) & Rabon (12/3/1910 - 12/4/1952)] 
• Hickory Wind / Chris Hillman / Morning Sky / Sugar Hill [Chris Hillman birthday, 12/4/1944]
• I Wouldn't Change You If I Could / Jim Eanes / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars [Remembering Jim Eanes:  12/6/1923 - 11/21/1995]
• North To Alaska / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle [Remembering Jack Cooke:  12/6/1936 - 12/3/2009]
• Final Farewell / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Lost Souls & Free Spirits / Rebel [Chris Jones birthday, 12/7/1959]
• Ruby (Are You Mad At Your Man) / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH [Bobby Osborne birthday, 12/7/1931]
• Love Reunited / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder [Chris Hillman birthday, 12/4/1944]
• If We Make It Through December / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / Winter's Grace / Signature Sounds
• Blue Christmas / Larry Sparks / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• Muddy Waters / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• Long Gone / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• The Old Home Town / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music [Remembering the Delmore Brothers:  Alton (12/25/1908 - 6/9/1964) & Rabon (12/3/1910 - 12/4/1952)] 
• Try A Little Kindness / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder [Bobby Osborne birthday, 12/7/1931]
• Children, Go Where I Send Thee / Williamson Branch / Very Merry Christmas / Pinecastle
• Walk On Faith / King James Boys / Walk On Faith / Pinecastle
• I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris Band / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill / Feller & Hill / I Firmly Promise You / Tommy Hillpicker Records
• Little Country Preacher / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Who Do You Think / Chosen Road with Jimmy Fortune / Appalachian Christmas / Thoroughbred Records
• Going Up / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / I Can Go To Them / Pinecastle
• I Found A Church Today / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist -- 11/27/2022

Our last Bluegrass Cafe for the month of November followed Thanksgiving.  To go along with the holiday, I was feeling both GLAD and GRATEFUL to be back on the radio after a week's absence.  As I didn't have a particular plan for how the show should go, I ended up spotlighting many Bluegrass performers with a last name or band name that begins with the letter "G."  To that end, we heard from performers as varied as Jimmy Gaudreau, Richard Greene, the Gibson Brothers, the Good Ol' Persons, Josh Graves, the Grascals, Pete Goble, and others.  We also included New England "G" bands such as Grass Routes, Gopher Broke, and Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters.

Thanksgiving's passing means the arrival of Christmas music.  We shared a few  selections from several new Christmas recordings, including new full albums from Becky Buller and Williamson Branch, and Christmas singles from Authentic Unlimited, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, and Rick Lang.  

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We'll look for you once again this coming Sunday, 4-7PM.

See you then!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone /Jimmy Gaudreau [Tony Rice Bluegrass Unit] / In Good Company / CMH
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Tim Graves / Walking On New Grass / Pinecastle
• Look For Me / Angelica Grim / Look For Me / Patuxent Music
• Panhandle Country / Richard Greene / The Grass Is Greener / Rebel
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Waves Of Sorrow / Grasstowne / Kickin' Up Dust / Rural Rhythm
• Montana Cowgirl (Coyote Song) / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy Records
• Mean Greene / Ben Greene / Bluegrass Sideman / Blue Circle Records
• Leavin's Heavy On My Mind / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• Your Old Standby / Grass Routes / Bailey's Deal / Self-Produced
• I Can't Stand To Ramble / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'N' Live / Sugar Hill
• My Dixie Home / Goins Brothers / We'll Carry On / Hay Holler
• When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / Pete Goble / When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / FireHeart Records
• A Good Way To Get The Blues / Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues / New Time Records
• Sourwood Mountain / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
• Heart And Soul / Gillis Brothers / Heart & Soul / Rebel
• Hold Whatcha Got / Pam Gadd / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway Productions
• Aim High / Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle / Aim High / Rural Rhythm
• Fireball / Josh Graves / Sultan Of Slide / OMS Records
• A Marshmallow World / Becky Buller with Rhonda Vincent / The Perfect Gift / Dark Shadow Recording
• Old Fashioned Christmas / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers with Paul Williams / single / Billy Blue Records
• Very Merry Christmas / Williamson Branch / Very Merry Christmas / Pinecastle
• Silent Night / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• Bluegrass Holiday / Rick Lang / single / Self-Produced
• I Feel The Blues Moving In / Jr Williams / Railroad Town / Mountain Fever Records
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Cold And Windy Night / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1953-1955 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Hard Hearted / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Heartaches Keep On Coming / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music
• My, My, My / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / In Dreams I Go Back / Mountain Fever Records
• Dooley's Farm / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway with Billy Strings / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• New York Town / Peter Rowan / Calling You From My Mountain / Rebel
• Almost Proud / Del McCoury Band / Almost Proud / McCoury Music
• After The Fire Is Gone / Pam Gadd with Marty Raybon / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway Productions
• Poor Rambler / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / 10 / Galyean Family Records
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• Diamond Joe / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• The Old Home / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia
• Turkey In The Straw / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• I'll Fly Away / Gospel Plowboys / Still Standing / Morning Glory Music
• I Know His Voice / Del McCoury / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder
• Heaven / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Joy Bells / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• Still Waters / Osborne Brothers / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill 
• Listen To The Word Of God / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• Let Me Walk In Your Footsteps Moses / Gopher Broke / The Wayworn Traveler / Self-Produced
• Shine, Hallelujah, Shine / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder