"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/23/2023

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we celebrated July birthdays of members of both the Bluegrass Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame (and in one notable case, the celebrant was a member of both Halls).  

Most notably, we belatedly celebrated the 90th birthday of a wonderful member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, Bobby Hicks.  We shared music from Bobby's earliest recordings with Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys, as well as from the Bluegrass Album Band, Ricky Skaggs's country band, Bobby's solo recording, and a tune or two from his most recent band, Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks, & Asheville Bluegrass.  There was a nice write-up about Mr. Hicks's 90th birthday party posted in Bluegrass Today.  If you'd like to read it, please click here.

We also remembered three other important figures in the world of Bluegrass and country music:  the late Charlie Louvin (July 17, 1927 - January 26, 2011);  Bluegrass and Country Music Hall of Famer, Ricky Skaggs (born July 18, 1954); and Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971).  We shared lots of songs from the Louvin Brothers Songbook performed in a Bluegrass style, several tunes from Ricky's lengthy career, and a gospel tune from a young Alison Krauss & Union Station.  

Can't forget to mention that there was new music, too, most notably from the brand-new recording by Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway ("City Of Gold" on Nonesuch Records).  In addition, we heard recent selections from Alan Munde, Bob & Sarah Amos, Becky Buller with Jim Lauderdale, the Kody Norris Show, Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams, and Special Consensus.

It was a fun show, and we are planning to have another session in our Bluegrass Cafe this coming Sunday from 4-7PM.  Hope you're able to join us!

Amy O.

P.S.  Another reason to tune in on Sunday:  we've got a couple of one-day passes to give away for the upcoming Podunk Bluegrass Festival.  Don't miss it!

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hi Dee Diddle / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Truck Driving Man / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1963-1965 / JSP Records
• Don't Go Out Tonight / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / 10 / Galyean Family Records
• Talk To Your Heart / Eddie Adcock Band / Talk To Your Heart / CMH Records
• Heartache And Trouble / Fast Track / Heartache And Trouble / Engelhardt Music Group
• La La Blues / Appalachian Road Show / Jubilation / Billy Blue Records
• Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Billy Strings / Me/And/Dad / Rounder
• Take My Ashes To The River / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury / High, Lonesome And Blue / Rounder
• Roanoke / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
• Cheyenne / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
• Lily Dale / Bobby Hicks / Fiddle Patch / Rounder [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
• Big Mon / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
• They'll Never Take Her Love From Me / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Forever And A Day / Rebel [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
• Uncle Pen / Ricky Skaggs / Live In London / Sony Music [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
• Fiddle Patch / Bobby Hicks / Fiddle Patch / Rounder [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
• El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• Longfellow's Excelsior Hornpipe / Alan Munde / Excelsior / Patuxent Music
• Dream Of A Miner's Child / Bob & Sarah Amos / Ever Onward / Bristlecone
• Wall Around Your Heart / Becky Buller with Jim Lauderdale / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Evergreen, OK / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• Highway 40 Blues / Ricky Skaggs / Live In London / Sony Music [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1954]
• I Had But 50 Cents / Ricky Skaggs / Ricky Skaggs Solo:  Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family Records [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1954]
• Pitfall / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Seven Year Blues / Longview / Longview / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Tiny Broken Heart / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Charlie Louvin / The Essential Louvin Brothers:  My Baby's Gone (1955-1964) / Raven [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• I Wish You Knew / Jim & Jesse / Bean Blossom / MCA [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• If I Could Only Win Your Love / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Are You Missing Me / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP&CD Records [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• When I Stop Dreaming / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming:  The Best Of The Louvin Brothers / Razor & Tie [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/27/2011]
• Fancy Gap Runaway / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• My Home In Virginia / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• I Take The Chance / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Homespun / Happy Appy Records [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Leavin' And Sayin' Goodbye / Darren Beachley & the Legends Of The Potomac / Take Off / Patuxent MUsic
• Caney Fork River / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• Two Little Boys / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Gusto
• Snowbird / Special Consensus with Claire Lynch / Great Blue North / Compass Records
• On Heaven's Bright Shore / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder [Alison Krauss birthday, 7/23/1971]
• There's A Higher Power / Kathy Kallick Band / Between The Hollow & The High-Rise / Live Oak Records [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• He Can Be Found / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• I Know What You're Talking About / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Make Him A Soldier / Whitstein Brothers / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• The Old Crossroads / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1954]
• So Happy I'll Be / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder [Bobby Hicks birthday, 7/21/1933]
• Just Rehearsing / Louvin Brothers / Live At The New River Ranch / Copper Creek [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• The River Of Jordan / Louvin Brothers / Satan Is Real / Capitol [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/17/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder