After a couple of whirlwind days in Washington DC, I returned to Connecticut late Saturday evening, but was still ready to put together another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe to present on Sunday afternoon. Being in Washington DC made me think of two fine bands that for many years represented that brand of "Washington Bluegrass" that we all love so well, so we just had to share music from (or inspired by) these bands: the Country Gentlemen and the Seldom Scene. Hope you enjoyed those selections.
We also belatedly remembered the wonderful Bluegrass songwriter, Jake Landers, who was born on August 14, 1938 and died February 13, 2018. Landers had songs recorded by everyone from Bill Monroe to Red Allen to a new band called Retro 78. In addition, we played a few songs from Connecticut band, Grass Routes, as one of their former members, Jack Jolie, recently passed. Though Jack relocated to Maine a few years ago, he still had lots of good friends and family in Connecticut, and he will be greatly missed.
Newer music, as always, was part of the show, too. To that end, we heard new music from Podunk favorites, the Henhouse Prowlers, Full Cord, and East Nash Grass, as well as newer selections from Billy Swinson, Unspoken Tradition, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Wyatt Ellis, and Daniel Grindstaff (with Paul Brewster and Dolly Parton).
Hope you were able to join us for this show, but if not, we'll have another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe ready for you next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.
See you then!
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Request is RED]
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Willow Creek Dam / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm
- Many A Mile / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
- He Was A Friend Of Mine / Dudley Connell & John Cowan / Epilogue: A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
- Seeing Nellie Home / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
- Fox On The Run / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
- Girl From The North Country / Steve Gulley / Epilogue: A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
- Two Little Boys / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
- Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound / Wyatt Rice & Santa Cruz / Picture In A Tear / Rounder
- This Morning At Nine / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
- Hickory Holler's Tramp / Bill Yates & Friends / The Country Gentlemen Tribute / Mastershield Records
- Sad And Lonesome Day / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Mercury
- Calaveras County / Jason Barie with Michael Cleveland / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
- Got No Reason Now For Goin' Home / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
- One By One / Dale Ann Bradley with Dan Paisley / Kentucky For Me / Pinecastle
- Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Billy Strings / Me / And / Dad / Rounder
- I'm Head Over Heels In Love With You / Boone & Foster / Smoky Mountain Favorites / Mountain Fever Records
- The Old Home Town / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
- Keep A Memory / Jason Barie with Doyle Lawson & Russell Moore / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
- My Last Run / Henhouse Prowlers / single / Dark Shadow Recording
- Greener Grass / Billy Swinson / Greener Grass / Self-Produced
- Weeds Don't Wither / Unspoken Tradition / single / Mountain Home
- City Of New Orleans / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / single / Upper Management Music
- Ghost Of Good Times / Full Cord / single / Dark Shadow Recording
- I Almost Told Her / East Nash Grass / Last Chance To Win / Mountain Fever Records
- Forever Young / Daniel Grindstaff with Paul Brewster & Dolly Parton / single / Pinecastle
- Grassy Cove / Wyatt Ellis with Sierra Hull / single / Knee High Records
- Walk Softly On My Heart / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA [Remembering Jake Landers: 8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
- This Is The Girl I Love / Retro 78 / EP / Ram Cat Records [Remembering Jake Landers: 8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
- Your Heart Now Tells The Truth / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Jake Landers: 8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
- Don't Wake Me / Bill Emerson with Red Allen / Reunion / Webco [Remembering Jake Landers: 8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
- I Beg To You / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder [Remembering Jake Landers: 8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
- Mountain Girl / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC Records [Remembering Jake Landers: 8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
- Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Jake Landers: 8/14/1938 - 2/13/2018]
- Sittin' Alone In The Moonlight / Grass Routes / Something New / Self-Produced [Remembering Jack Jolie]
- Walking The Dog / Grass Routes / Twentieth Anniversary / Self-Produced [Remembering Jack Jolie]
- Love Of The Mountains / Grass Routes / Something New / Self-Produced [Remembering Jack Jolie]
- Muddy Waters / Seldom Scene / Recorded Live At The Cellar Door / Rebel
- I Haven't Got The Right To Love You / John Duffey [Seldom Scene] / The Rebel Years, 1962-1971 / Rebel
- The Boatman / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
- Going Up On The Mountain / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
- Calling My Children / Hot Flashes / Live / Happy Appy Records
- In The Garden / Feller & Hill / I Firmly Promise You / Tommy Hillpicker Records
- Sing, Sing, Sing / Curly Seckler / That Old Book Of Mine / Rebel
- Old Daniel Prayed / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto
- Pray For The Boys / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
- I Believe / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
- I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King
- The Heavenly Parade / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Parade / Sugar Hill
- That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
- Heaven / John Duffey [Seldom Scene] / The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
