"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/18/2024

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we spent a good portion of time remembering and sharing the music of the great Bobby Hicks, who died on August 16th at the age of 91.  Bobby Hicks had an incredible career, and while he could play many instruments, he was primarily known as a top-notch fiddler.  From his early days in the 1950s playing with Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys [see Bobby Hicks play the banjo with Bill Monroe circa 1955 here] to his many years working with Ricky Skaggs's band to his pairing with Mark Kuykendall in the 2010s, and, of course, to his position in the Bluegrass Album Band (watch "Cheyenne" here), we shared lots of music featuring this outstanding member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame.  Rest in peace, Bobby Hicks.  

There were a couple of Bluegrass birthdays to remember, as well, so we shared songs by Steve Martin (born August 14, 1945) and the late Audie Blaylock (August 18, 1962 - January 12, 2024).

We remembered the birth anniversary of Country Music Hall of Famer Buck Owens (August 12, 1929 - March 26, 2006).  Many of Buck's classic tunes have been covered in the Bluegrass world, so we included a bunch of them.

And finally, there was a tiny bit of newer music to share, this time from new recordings by the Grascals, the Po' Ramblin' Boys, Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland, Greg Blake & Amanda Cook, Alan Bibey, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.

Hope you were able to join us last Sunday afternoon!  We'll look forward to our next visit this Sunday from 4-7PM.  Hope to see you on the radio!

Enjoy the weekend!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Waiting For The Real Thing / Front Range / The New Frontier / Sugar Hill
• Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / White House / White House / Pinecastle
• Hound Dog Blues / Laurie Lewis / Trees / Spruce And Maple Music
• This Morning At Nine / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• Pitkin County Turnaround / Steve Martin / The Crow:  New Songs For The Five-String Banjo / Rounder [Steve Martin birthday, 8/14/1945]
• Thirty Years Of Farming / James King / Thirty Years Of Farming / Rounder
• A Dime Looks Like A Wagon Wheel / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Greenville Trestle High / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• Wally On The Run / Steve Martin / The Crow:  New Songs For The Five-String Banjo / Rounder [Steve Martin birthday, 8/14/1945]
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock:  8/18/1962 - 1/12/2024]
• Loving You Too Well / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Time / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day Records
• Tennessee Cut-Up Breakdown / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
• Kentucky Darlin' / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• Every Time You Say Goodbye / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Every Time You Say Goodbye / Rounder
• I'm Watching The Train Passing By / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Listen To The Lonesome Wind / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Highlander / Compass Records
• Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• My Walkin' Shoes / Audie Blaylock / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records [Remembering Audie Blaylock:  8/18/1962 - 1/12/2024]
• Tennessee Hound Dog / The Grascals / 20 / Mountain Home
• Outrun The Rain / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / single / Fiddleman Records
• Out Of Control Raging Fire / Greg Blake & Amanda Cook / single / Turnberry Records
• Streets Of Chicago / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Wanderers Like Me / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Time / Alan Bibey / single / Billy Blue Records
• Coal Dust Kisses / The Grascals / 20 / Mountain Home
• Some Things I Want To Sing About / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• Roanoke / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• Lily Dale / Bobby Hicks / Fiddle Patch / Rounder [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• Louisville Breakdown / Kenny Baker & Bobby Hicks / Darkness On The Delta / County Records [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• Age / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• Boston Boy / Ricky Skaggs / Ancient Tones / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• Cheyenne / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• They'll Never Take Her Love From Me / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Forever And A Day / Rebel [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• Wheel Hoss / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Open Up Your Heart / Terry Baucom with the Gibson Brothers / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc. [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/26/2006]
• My Heart Skips A Beat / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/26/2006]
• I'll Love You Forever And Ever / Darren Beachley & Legends Of The Potomac / Take Off / Patuxent Music [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/26/2006]
• Together Again / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/26/2006]
• There Goes My Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/26/2006]
• I Don't Care / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/26/2006]
• It Takes People Like You / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/26/2006]
• Ruby (Are You Mad) / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Buck Owens' Ruby & Other Bluegrass Specials / Sundazed [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/26/2006]
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rocky My Soul / Sugar Hill [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• One Breath Away / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / single / Billy Blue Records
• The Truth, The Light, The Way / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Blue Collar Gospel:  From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• Rank Strangers To Me / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Enter The Gates / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Get Behind Me Satan / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• A Beautiful Life / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Down Memory Lane / Rebel [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• So Happy I'll Be / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder [Remembering Bobby Hicks:  7/21/1933 - 8/16/2024]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder