"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/27/2024

The last Sunday of January was a dreary, chilly day featuring a wintry mix throughout Connecticut.  Therefore, we thought that a perfect "excuse" for making "W" (for Winter!) our Spotlight Letter of the Week during this day's Bluegrass Cafe.  Surprisingly, there were far more recordings from "W" performers than we had time to play, so it's always possible you may hear more "W" folks again very soon.  For today, we enjoyed music from Roland White to Mac Wiseman, the Warrior River Boys to White Mountain Bluegrass to Jeanette Williams, and more.  

While that wasn't really any new music to share this week, we couldn't forget the late January/early February birthdays of a whole bunch of Bluegrass performers, including Lynwood Lunsford, Becky Buller, Del McCoury, Tom Gray, David Parmley, and Jason Carter.  

Hope you enjoyed the program today.  There is a possibility that we might get a delayed start next Sunday due to a UConn sports broadcast, but we'll keep you posted on our Facebook page.  Have a wonderful week, and thanks for listening...as always.  :)

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When I Get The Money Made / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• The Eighth Of January / Chubby Wise / An American Original / Pinecastle
• The Cowboy Lives Forever / The Whites / A Lifetime In The Making / Skaggs Family Records
• Trying To Get To You / Roland White / Trying To Get To You / Sugar Hill
• Leavin' / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
• Chilly Winds / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Sawing On The Strings / Alison Krauss / A Hundred Miles Or More:  A Collection / Rounder
• I Want To Be Loved / Bill Harrell with Del McCoury / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
• Lonely River / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
• Timber I'm Falling / White Mountain Bluegrass / January Weekend / Self-Produced
• This Old Town / Darrell Webb Band / Breaking Down The Barriers / Rural Rhythm
• Old Man Winter / Matt Wallace / For A Season / Pinecastle
• Blue Skies And Teardrops / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• New Camptown Races / Frank Wakefield / That Was Now...This Is Then / Rosewood Records
• Early / Joe Walsh with the Gibson Brothers / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant Music
• Midnight On The Highway / Wilson Banjo Co. / Six Degrees Of Separation / Pinecastle
• Enough Of You / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle Records
• A Man Like Me / Roger Miller / A Man Like Me:  The Early Years Of Roger Miller / Bear Family
• A Man Like Me / Junior Sisk with Dan Tyminski / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Do I Ever Cross Your Mind / Serene Green / If It Wasn't For Longing / Patuxent Music
• Will You Ever Be Mind / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Dudley Connell / single / Sugar Petunia Records
• I Call Her Sunshine / The Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• Looking At The World Through A Windshield / The Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• The Eddie Swing / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent [Lynwood Lunsford birthday, 1/31/1962]
• John D. Champion / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording [Becky Buller birthday, 1/31/1979]
• Grandfather's Clock / Seldom Scene / Recorded Live At The Cellar Door / Rebel [Tom Gray birthday, 2/1/1941]
• Wing And A Prayer / David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide / David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide / Pinecastle [David Parmley birthday, 2/1/1959]
• The Likes Of Me / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Self-Produced [Jason Carter birthday, 2/1/1973]
• A Good Man Like Me / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country Records [Del McCoury birthday, 2/1/1939]
• Evil Hearted Woman / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records [Del McCoury birthday, 2/1/1939; David Parmley birthday, 2/1/1959]
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• A Little Ways Down The Road / Cliff Waldron & the New Shades Of Grass / A Little Ways Down The Road / Rebel
• Goin' To The Dance / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent Music
• Black Mountain Rag / Doc & Merle Watson / Black Mountain Rag / Rounder
• The Goldrush Is Over / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• She's Crazy For Leaving / Wildfire / Quiet Country Town / Pinecastle
• Medley For Dobro And Double Bass / Roger Williams / I Know This Road / Happy Appy Records
• I Can't Believe That That's Bluegrass / Wide Open Spaces / Fiddletown / Self-Produced
• Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• I Can't Say No / Whitstein Brothers / The Whitstein Brothers / Sing Gospel Songs Of The Louvins / Rounder
• Waiting For The King / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Walking In The Spirit / Williamson Branch with the Marshall Family / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• All Prayed Up / Jeff White / The White Album / Rounder
• Get In Line Brother / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• There's Always A Light (In The Church) / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / I'll Be No Stranger There / Rebel
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Bubbling In My Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• One Wide River To Cross / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/21/2023

Mid-January is prime time to celebrate some important Bluegrass birthdays, so that was our primary focus during this day's Bluegrass Cafe.  

We remembered the January 19th birthdays of several folks, most notably those of Bluegrass Hall of Famer Charlie Waller (January 19, 1935 - August 8, 2004) and Queen of the World Dolly Parton (born January 19, 1946).  Charlie's nearly 50 years as the lead singer/guitarist of the Country Gentlemen were filled with songs that have become Bluegrass standards.  And while Dolly has recorded a couple of what she marketed as "Bluegrass" albums, the fact remains that Dolly is a top-notch songwriter and many of her songs have been covered in the world of Bluegrass.  We also shared many songs in honor of Bluegrass Hall of Fame banjo picker, Bill Emerson (January 22, 1938 - August 21, 2021), whose career included being a founding member of the Country Gentlemen, a stint with Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, partnerships with Cliff Waldron and Pete Goble, and as a bandleader with his own Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie.  Great music.

There were quite a few new songs to share today from performers like Authentic Unlimited, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Jerry Salley, Missy Raines, and a new band called Wood Box Heroes.  

Thanks for listening!  Hope you will be sure to join us next Sunday afternoon for our Bluegrass Cafe -- 4-7PM.  

Have a great week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Early Morning Rain / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• All I Have To Do Is Dream / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder [Remembering Phil Everly:  1/19/1939 - 1/3/2014]
• Pain Of Loving You / The Grascals with Dolly Parton / The Grascals & Friends / BluGrascal Records [Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• Come And Sit By The River / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Empty Pocket Blues / Michael Cleveland with Flamekeeper feat. Bryan Sutton / Lovin' Of The Game / Compass Records
• Out In The Cold World / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Dixie In My Eye / Bill Emerson & Pete Goble / Webco Classics, Volume One / Pinecastle [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Pick Your Own / Bill Emerson / Banjo Man / Pinecastle [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Home Run Man / Bill Emerson & Mark Newton / A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future / Pinecastle [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Prayer Bell Of Heaven / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / This World Is Not My Home / MME [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• State Line Ride / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Dancin' Annie / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Seeing Nellie Home / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Fox On The Run / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Little White Washed Chimney / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
• Wasted Words / Feller & Hill / Feller & Hill & the Bluegrass Buckaroos / Self-Produced
• Maple Sugar / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Big Wheels / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• Listen To The Lonesome Wind / Missy Raines / Highlander / Compass Records
• Will You Ever Be Mine / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Dudley Connell / single / Self-Produced
• Colorado Winter / Jerry Salley / single / Very Jerry Records
• These Old Blues / Missy Raines with Danny Paisley / Highlander / Compass Records
• Cross The Line / Wood Box Heroes / single / Self-Produced
• The Sunny Side Of Life / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Slippers With Wings / Charlie Waller & Randall Hylton / The Singer & the Songster / Rebel [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Fare Thee Well / Duffey, Waller, Adcock & Gray / Classic Country Gents Reunion / Sugar Hill [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• High Lonesome / Bill Emerson with Charlie Waller / Reunion / Webco [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Honey Don't / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Fox On The Run / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Mighty Mississippi / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Jimmy Haley birthday, 1/19/1955]
• Viva Las Vegas / The Grascals with Dolly Parton / The Grascals / Rounder [Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• Kentucky Gambler / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• Gypsy, Joe, And Me / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced [Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• Coat Of Many Colors / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder [Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• Orange Blossom Special / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• You're In My Heart / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• God's Coloring Book / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/8/2004; Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• I Believe In The Old-Time Way / Traditional Grass / I Believe In The Old-Time Way / Rebel
• Kneel Down And Pray Up / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Moon / Rebel
• When We Look On His Face / Bill Emerson with Cliff Waldron / Reunion / Webco [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• I Am The Road / Hot Rize / When I'm Free / Ten In Hand Records
• Brighter Mansion Over There / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King Records
• Music In My Soul / HIgh Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• I'm Working On A Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Gone Home / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/8/2004]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/14/2024

Since the first Sunday of 2024 turned out to be a snow day for us here in eastern Connecticut, we spent a good deal of the January 13th edition of our Bluegrass Cafe tying up loose ends from that missed week.  We played a few more songs from recordings issued in 2023, belatedly celebrated the 100th birth anniversary of the one and only Earl Scruggs, and paid tribute to a fine musician and singer who left us too early, Audie Blaylock.

So many tributes have been made since January 6th -- the centennial anniversary of the birthday of one super legend named Earl Eugene Scruggs.  It's difficult to overstate how important this young banjo picker from North Carolina would become in the world of Bluegrass music, and music, in general.  We shared lots of Earl's music on Sunday -- his earliest days with Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, as well as his many years of partnership with Lester Flatt.  We also shared music that Earl made on his own, and where he served as a guest musician with performers such as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tom T. Hall, IIIrd Tyme Out, and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.  Many hours could be filled with the music of Earl Scruggs, and we will absolutely continue to share his music and his influence during our program.

We also learned this week of the passing of Audie Blaylock.  In addition to being a bandleader of Audie Blaylock & Redline for the last couple of decades, Audie was also a 9-year member of Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, and worked for a bit with both Rhonda Vincent & the Rage and Michael Cleveland.  We included lots of Audie's music during Sunday's show and enjoyed all of it, as we will for years to come.  Rest in peace.

There wasn't really any brand-new music for us to share this week; instead, we included selections from 2023 releases that we didn't get to play during our December 31st broadcast.  To that end, we heard 2023 music from Sam Bush, Michael Cleveland, Bob & Sarah Amos, the Tim Raybon Band, Jason Carter, the Kody Norris Show, the Dan Tyminski Band, Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve, Rick Faris, East Nash Grass, and the Tennessee Bluegrass Band.

Hope you enjoyed the program, and please be sure to join us for another brand-new Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Have a fine week.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder with Earl Scruggs / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  Tribute To 1946 And 1947 / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Radio John / Sam Bush / Radio John:  Songs Of John Hartford / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Sunny Days (Are Comin' Once Again) / Michael Cleveland with Jeff White / Lovin' Of The Game / Compass Records
• The Hills That I Call Home / Bob & Sarah Amos / EverOnward / Bristlecone 
• Leaving Cleveland / Tim Raybon Band / I Could Get Used To This / Pinecastle
• Long Haul Truckin' / Chris Warner with Audie Blaylock / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Don't Wake Me / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• I Remember / Chris Warner with Audie Blaylock / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Matches / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Love Is An Awful Thing / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Originalist / 615 Hideaway Records [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Sophronie / Audie Blaylock / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Roll On Blues / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Kissimmee Kid / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• Mountain Rosalie / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• When The Wind Comes Up / Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve / Mile 77 / Don Giovanni Records
• Never Met A Stranger / Dan Tyminski Band / God Fearing Heathen / 8 Track Entertainment
• Too Lonely, Way Too Long / Rick Faris / Uncommon Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• I Almost Told Her / East Nash Grass / Last Chance To Win / Mountain Fever Records
• Coming Down The Line / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Paper Angel / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• The Boys In Hats And Ties / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats And Ties / Rebel
• Old Salty Dog Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Flint Hill Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Wildwood Flower / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Mother Maybelle Carter & Earl Scruggs / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Sittin' On Top Of The World / Earl Scruggs with Rodney Dillard / Top Of The World / Columbia [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Song Of The South / Earl Scruggs & Tom T. Hall / The Storyteller And The Banjo Man / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• You Are My Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Songs Of The Famous Carter Family / Columbia [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Mama Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall!:  The Complete Concert / Koch Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Don't Stop The Music / Del McCoury / High Lonesome And Blue / Rounder
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• You Better Hold On To Your Heart / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• I Will Always Be Waiting For You / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Redwood Hill / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Harbor Of Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• I'm Working On The Road To Gloryland / IIIrd Tyme Out with Earl Scruggs / Living On The Other Side / Rounder [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• 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 [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• The Heavenly Parade / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Parade / Sugar Hill
• Goodbye / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• I Have Found The Way / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/31/2023

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our very last for 2023.  Our spotlight for the show was -- naturally -- on songs from many of the wonderful recordings released during the year.  We also paid tribute to some of the many Bluegrass performers who passed in 2023.  And if all of that wasn't enough to squeeze into a show, we also remembered the late Hank Williams, who died in the back of a car enroute to playing a show in Canton, Ohio on New Year's Day 1953.  

Nearly thirty of the fifty-one songs that were played during our broadcast were taken from 2023 recordings.  We still had several more 2023 recordings from which to share music on Sunday, but we just ran out of time.  That music will need to be shared when next we meet.  For Sunday, though, we played music from performers ranging from 2023 award winners, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Greg Blake, and Special Consensus to perennial favorites like Larry Sparks, the Gibson Brothers, Dale Ann Bradley, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, and Rhonda Vincent.  In addition, there were newer (or, new-to-us) bands like the Henhouse Prowlers, Full Cord, Retro 78, and Starlett & Big John.  And there was music from my personal favorite recording for 2023:  "Music In My Soul" from High Fidelity.  It was a fine year for Bluegrass music, and we were happy to share it!

Those we lost in 2023 will never be forgotten.  We couldn't do a year-end show without remembering and honoring the great Jesse McReynolds and Bobby Osborne -- two first-generation members of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and mandolin legends.  We also remembered Terry Baucom, Gloria Belle, Bill Castle, Smokey Greene, Mark Kuykendall, John Miller, Ron Spears, and regional Bluegrass favorites Jack Jolie, Mark Wayne Kitchin, and Jim Sharpley.  Rest in peace.

There would be no Bluegrass Cafe without the support of our wonderful listeners.  Thanks very much to all of you for a fine 2023.  May we all enjoy good health, happiness, and lots more fine Bluegrass in 2024!  

Happy New Year!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Recordings from 2023 are in RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Carolina Smokey Mountain Home / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle [Remembering Ron Spears:  7/28/1953 - 3/22/2023]
• Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family Records [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Ruby (Are You Mad) / Osborne Brothers / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Yellow River / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom:  10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• Auld Lang Syne / Tony Trischka / Glory Shone Around:  A Christmas Collection / Rounder
• El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden HIghway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• Mayberry State Of Mind / Daryl Mosley / A Life Well Lived / Pinecastle
• Calaveras County / Jason Barie with Michael Cleveland / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• That's Why You Left Me So Blue / Jason Barie with Bobby Osborne & Doyle Lawson / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• A Little Bit Of Bluegrass / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Little Bit Of Bluegrass / Pinecastle
• With A Pain In My Heart / Tim Graves & the Farmhands / Bluegrass DNA / Pinecastle 
• Quit Quittin' You / Starlett & Big John / Living In The South / Rebel
• Making Hay / Mike Mitchell / Fathers & Sons / Turnberry Records
• The Last Log Drive / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
• Subscription To Loneliness / Henhouse Prowlers / Lead And Iron / Dark Shadow Recording
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / Darkest Hour / Bull Run Records
• Dreamer's Hill / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• A Man Like Me / Junior Sisk feat. Dan Tyminski / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Fall In Tennessee / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• There's A Song In There Somewhere / Price Sisters / single / McCoury Music
• You'll Never Find Another Love So True / Fast Track / Heartache And Trouble / Engelhardt Music Group
• Cold Cold Heart / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Hey Good Lookin' / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Collection / MCA [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Banjo Pickin' Girl / Gloria Belle / Sings Bluegrass In The Country / Rebel [Remembering Gloria Belle: 6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
• RV Blues / Smokey Greene / The Friendly Voice Of Smokey Greene / Pinecastle [Remembering Walter "Smokey" Greene:  3/10/1930 - 10/19/2023]
• I Don't Have The Want To Anymore / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Forever And A Day / Rebel [Remembering Mark Kuykendall:  10/17/1962 - 6/19/2023]
• Hickory Hollow / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage [Remembering Mark Wayne Kitchin:  died 9/29/2023]
• My Music Comes From Bill / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Bill Castle:  1/6/1934 - 2/27/2023]
• Something New / Grass Routes / Something New / Self-Produced [Remembering Jack Jolie:  died 8/12/2023]
• Girl From West Virginia / Still Pickin' / Southbound / Self-Produced [Remembering Jim Sharpley:  4/15/1949 - 3/9/2023]
• Hillbilly Fever / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Airmail Special On The Fly / Jim & Jesse / RockyGrass / Blue Planet [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Alberta Bound / Special Consensus / Great Blue North / Compass Records
• Slowly / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Homespun / Happy Appy Records
• This Is The Girl I Love / Retro 78 / EP / Ram Cat Records
• One By One / Dale Ann Bradley with Danny Paisley / Kentucky For Me / Pinecastle
• I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You / Full Cord / Cambium / Dark Shadow Recording
• The City Of New Orleans / Rhonda Vincent / single / Upper Management Music
• Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Jim Lauderdale & the Po' Ramblin' Boys with Del McCoury / The Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Sky Crunch Records
• I'm Ready To Go / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• God's Coloring Book / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent Music
• A Beautiful Life / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• It's A Grand And A Glorious Feeling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
• The Other Side Of Heaven / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• The Scarlet Red Lines / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Rocking On The Waves / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom:  10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• Look To The Light / John Miller / Look To The Light;  Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian [Remembering John Miller:  2/18/1974 - 6/22/2023]
• Are You Lost In Sin? / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel 
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder