"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