"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/2/2023

The Bluegrass world was dealt a terrible blow over the last few days of June when not just one but two Bluegrass mandolin-playing legends passed away within four days of each other.  Both Jesse McReynolds (July 9, 1929 - June 23, 2023) and Bobby Osborne (December 7, 1931 - June 27, 2023) were innovative stylists on the mandolin, long-time members of the Grand Ole Opry, and each were the remaining brothers from their respective brother acts in which their legends were sealed.  It is difficult to know that these gentlemen are no longer with us, but how grateful we are that they left us so many wonderful years of recordings for us to enjoy forever.  We easily filled most of our program with music from Jesse and Bobby's careers, and we'll continue to hear their great music in future weeks of our Bluegrass Cafe.

On a show that aired two days before America's 247th birthday, we had to share a few patriotic selections, as well -- all performed in a Bluegrass style.

And we included new music from Becky Buller with Jim Lauderdale, Retro 78, and Authentic Unlimited.

Finally, a program note:  if you tuned in to the show on Sunday, June 25th, you probably noticed that Bluegrass Cafe was not on the air.  In truth, we started the show just fine, but about six songs in, the power went out on a good portion of the UConn campus, including the Student Union building, from which we broadcast.  There was no way to get back on the air during our airtime on Sunday the 25th.  In 30+ years of broadcasting, I've never had that happen before, so let's hope it doesn't repeat itself anytime soon.

Have a wonderful week, and we'll see you again next Sunday, July 9th.  Don't forget, too:  we will have Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival tickets to give away!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I'll Wash Your Love From My Heart / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Ruby (Are You Mad At Your Man)? / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Leather Britches / Jesse McReynolds & Friends / Play The Bull Mountain Moonshiners' Way / Pinecastle [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• East Tennessee Blues / Bobby Osborne & Jesse McReynolds / Masters Of The Mandolin / Pinecastle
• Stars And Stripes Forever / John McEuen / String Wizards / Vanguard Records
• Me And Paul Revere / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / single / Rounder
• New Freedom Bell / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• The Star Spangled Banner / Lynwood Lunsford / Pick Along / Hay Holler
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Cotton Mill Man / Jim & Jesse / Old Dominion Masters / Pinecastle [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Diesel Train / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Pinecastle [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Draggin' The Cow / The Masters / Laid Back / Pinecastle [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• There's More Pretty Girls Than One / Jesse McReynolds & the Virginia Boys / New Horizons / Pinecastle [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Paradise / Jim & Jesse / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Tennessee / Jim & Jesse / 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Pinecastle [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Thanks For The Trip To Paradise / Jim & Jesse / Music Among Friends / Rounder [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1923 - 6/23/2023]
• Smith's Reel / Jesse McReynolds & Friends / The Bull Mountain Moonshiners' Way / Pinecastle [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Tears Of Regret / High Fidelity with Jesse McReynolds / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1923 - 6/23/2023]
• Deep Elem Blues / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage feat. Jesse McReynolds / Bluegrass Legends:  Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Wall Around Your Heart / Becky Buller feat. Jim Lauderdale / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Black Vinyl 45 / Retro 78 / Black Vinyl 45 / Ram Cat Music
• Fall In Tennessee / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• Pain In My Heart / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Once More / Osborne Brothers & Red Allen / Classic Bluegrass Collection, Volume 3 / Time Life [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Bluegrass Melodies / Osborne Brothers / Live In Germany / Pinecastle [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Midnight Flyer / Osborne Brothers / Midnight Flyer / MCA [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Letters Have No Arms / Osborne Brothers / The Ernest Tubb Song Folio / Pinecastle [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Goodbye Wheeling / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Original / Compass Records [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• My Favorite Memory/Beneath Still Waters/Windy City / Osborne Brothers / Bluegrass Legends:  Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• That's Why You Left Me So Blue / Jason Barie with Bobby Osborne & Doyle Lawson / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Don't Forget Me / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Baltimore I'm Leaving / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• Kentucky Gold / Dale Ann Bradley with Sam Bush / Kentucky For Me / Pinecastle
• The Likes Of Me / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• Hickory Wind / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Little Bit Of Bluegrass / Pinecastle
• The Place Prepared For Me / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Pinecastle [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• I'm Going To Make Heaven My Home / Virginia Squires / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Nearer My God To Thee / Osborne Brothers / Live In Germany / Pinecastle [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• The Hand Of The Higher Power / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Heaven / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• I'll Be Rested / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• I'll Live Again / Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley / Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley / Rebel
• I Have Found The Way / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder