"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/12/2024

Hanging out with my mother at Roy Acuff's house

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we covered lots of musical ground.  As it was Mother's Day, we celebrated MOM in song with twenty-one wonderful songs about her -- whether she's still with us, or lives on only in memory.  Hope all of the mothers had a fabulous day.

We also remembered the May birthday of Country Music Hall of Famer, Hank Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999).  Many songs originally performed and/or written by the Singing Ranger have been covered in the world of Bluegrass over the years, so we enjoyed a few of them on Sunday.

Two important members of the Bluegrass community recently passed, and we couldn't let the show go by without remembering them.  Frank Wakefield (June 26, 1934 - April 26, 2024) was an incredibly talented mandolinist with a super-unique personality.  Smiling Jim Mills (December 18, 1966 - May 3, 2024) was not only a top-notch banjo picker who worked for many years both with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver as well as Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, but he was also a noted expert on pre-war Gibson banjos.  We celebrated both of these gentlemen on Sunday afternoon.

New music was a big part of the program on Sunday, too, and we included brand-new (or recent) music from several performers, including Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland, Williamson Branch, Becky Buller, the Grascals, the Lonesome River Band, Adam McIntosh, Volume Five, Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, and Junior Sisk.

Hope you enjoyed the show!  Please consider joining me once more this coming Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• God Bless Her, 'Cause She Is My Mother / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Thank God For A Mama / Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
• From The Hollow / BearTracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Mother Of A Miner's Child / Country Gentlemen / The Complete Vanguard Recordings / Vanguard
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• I'm Movin' On / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA Legacy [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• A Fool Such As I / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Would You Mind / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA Legacy [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• The Goldrush Is Over / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Hank Snow Medley / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Music Makin' Mama From Memphis / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA Legacy [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Give It Away / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / single / Fiddleman Records
• Hang Around For The Heartache / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• Jubilee / Becky Buller with Aoife O'Donovan / Jubilee / Dark Shadow Recording
• Southern Nights / Williamson Branch with Carl Jackson / single / Pinecastle
• County Wishing Well / Volume Five / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Pull The Trigger / The Grascals / single / Mountain Home
• Johnny B. Goode / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / single / Rebel
• Peaceful Easy Feeling / Adam McIntosh / Restless / Billy Blue Records
• Tennessee Banjo Man / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Pressing On Regardless / Brentwood Music [Remembering Jim Mills:  12/18/1966 - 5/3/2024]
• The Hide Head Blues / Jim Mills / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill [Remembering Jim Mills:  12/18/1966 - 5/3/2024]
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Live At The Charleston Music Hall / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Jim Mills:  12/18/1966 - 5/3/2024]
• He Came From Carolina (A Tribute To Earl) / Jim Mills / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill [Remembering Jim Mills:  12/18/1966 - 5/3/2024]
• Careless Love / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads Music [Remembering Jim Mills:  12/18/1966 - 5/3/2024]
• New Camptown Races / Red Allen & Frank Wakefield / Bluegrass / Folkways [Remembering Frank Wakefield:  6/26/1934 - 4/26/2024]
• Are You Afraid To Die / Red Allen & Frank Wakefield / Bluegrass / Folkways [Remembering Frank Wakefield:  6/26/1934 - 4/26/2024]
• Echo Blues / Frank Wakefield, Taylor Baker & Friends / Frank Wakefield, Taylor Baker & Friends / Patuxent Music [Remembering Frank Wakefield:  6/26/1934 - 4/26/2024]
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
• Hand That Rocks The Cradle / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Memories Of Mother / Junior Sisk with Ricky Skaggs / If There's A Will There's A Way / Mountain Fever Records
• Always Be Kind To Your Mother / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• When My Momma Sang To Me / Nancy Pate / When My Momma Sang To Me:  Songs Of Murphy Hicks Henry / Arrandem Records
• I Haven't Seen Mama In Years / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Mama Tried / The Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Medals For Mothers / IIIrd Tyme Out / Back To The MAC / Rounder
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Little Mountain Church House / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads Music
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• My Mother's Bible / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rounder
• Come On In / Authentic Unlimited / The Gospel Sessions, Volume 2 / Billy Blue Records
• Shake Hands With Mother Again / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Blue Rambler 2 / Sugar Hill
• Music In My Soul / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Joy Of Revelation / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder