Our first Bluegrass Cafe for the month of April started with nearly an hour's worth of songs featuring "A" performers (requirement: the performer's last name or band name began with the letter "A"). We also honored a New England Bluegrass pioneer who recently passed, shared a little bit of new music, remembered the great Merle Haggard's birth anniversary with lots of covers of his music, and included a telephone visit with Alex MacLeod of Rock Hearts. It was a stuffed three hours -- hope you were able to join us!
A few weeks ago, old friend Dave Shaw asked me if I was aware that Herb Hooven (May 29, 1931 - February 22, 2024) had passed. I recognized his name, but wasn't overly familiar with this multi-instrumentalist. Turns out this Southern transplant to Massachusetts played music with some very influential Bluegrass musicians over the years, including Jimmy Martin, the Lilly Brothers & Don Stover, and Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys, among others. Thanks to Dave for providing some of Herb's music for us to enjoy. If you'd like to know more about Herb Hooven, here's a link to his obituary.
And we couldn't let the birth (and death) anniversary of the great Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) pass without acknowledgement, either. Though the Hag was not a Bluegrass performer -- even though he released "The Bluegrass Sessions" in 2007 -- his music has greatly influenced many Bluegrass performers over the years. We included three songs by Merle Haggard in our tribute set and six Bluegrass covers, though we could have played far more.
Hope you were able to join us for the show today. We hope to be back on the air with you next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM with another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe. Consider joining us, if you can.
Have a great week!
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Willow Creek Dam / American Drive / American Drive / Pinecastle
- Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
- Funky Mountain Special / Tom Adams / Adams County Banjo / Rounder
- Helen / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
- Banjo Bop / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
- Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses / Tina Adair / Tina Adair / Engelhardt Music Group
- The Hills That I Call Home / Bob & Sarah Amos / EverOnward / Bristlecone
- You'll Always Be My Blue Eyed Darling / Red Allen & Frank Wakefield / The WDON Recordings, 1963 / Patuxent Music
- La La Blues / Appalachian Road Show / Jubilation / Billy Blue Records
- Lucille / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
- Goin' Home Comin' On / Carley Arrowood / Goin' Home Comin' Home / Mountain Home
- Thinking About You / Bobby Atkins & the Countrymen / Memories Of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Of The 1950s / Thunderbolt Records
- Grand Ole Circle / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / This Life We're Livin' / Billy Blue Records
- Temperance Reel / Scott Anderson / Tales From The Swamp / Mato
- Silence Or Tears / Auldridge, Bennett & Gaudreau / This Old Town / Rebel
- I'm Going Back Home (Cabin Song #47) / ASH&W / ASH&W / Rebel
- Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / Apple & Setser / Apple & Setser / Bell Buckle Records
- Big Wheels / Authentic Unlimited / So Much For Forever / Billy Blue Records
- Last Train / Howard Parker feat. Dave Bitler / single / Waiting For Lester Records
- Benfield Line / Authentic Unlimited / So Much For Forever / Billy Blue Records
- Changing The Words To My Love Song / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Rounder [Remembering Herb Hooven: 5/29/1931 - 2/22/2024]
- 'Neath That Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Herb Hooven: 5/29/1931 - 2/22/2024]
- Wanderlust / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
- Telephone conversation with Alex MacLeod of Rock Hearts
- Let Me Be The Best Bible / Rock Hearts / single / 615 Hideaway Records
- Unfinished Bridges / Rock Hearts / single / 615 Hideaway Records
- Wind To The West / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
- (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers / Merle Haggard / Down Every Road, 1962-1994 / Capitol [Remembering Merle Haggard: 4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
- Working Man Blues / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH [Remembering Merle Haggard: 4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
- Big City / U.S. Navy Band Country Current / Live / Altissimo [Remembering Merle Haggard: 4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
- Mama Tried / Merle Haggard / Timeless / Cracker Barrel [Remembering Merle Haggard: 4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
- Slowly But Surely / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Happy Appy Records [Remembering Merle Haggard: 4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
- Rainbow Stew / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Welcome To The Show / Mountain Home [Remembering Merle Haggard: 4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
- Silver Wings / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Merle Haggard: 4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
- Back To The Barrooms / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder [Remembering Merle Haggard: 4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
- The Fightin' Side Of Me / Merle Haggard / Down Every Road, 1962-1994 / Capitol [Remembering Merle Haggard: 4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
- Come On In / Authentic Unlimited / The Gospel Sessions, Volume 2 / Billy Blue Records
- Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures / Ralph Stanley with Larry Sparks / Saturday Night & Sunday Morning / Freeland Recording
- Music In My Soul / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
- Mansion In The Grave / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
- God Moves In A Windstorm / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
- If There's A Will There's A Way / Junior Sisk / If There's A Will There's A Way / Mountain Fever Records
- Get In Line Brother / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
- I'll Be No Stranger There / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers with Ricky Skaggs / Help My Brother / Compass Records
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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