"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