Happy Fall! Our first Bluegrass Cafe of the season started with several songs sort of related to Fall. The bulk of the show was devoted to paying tribute to two Country Music Hall of Fame members born in mid-September, and we also took some time to remember a favorite traditional mandolin master who has left us too soon.
David Davis was a first-class entertainer and bandleader of the Warrior River Boys since 1984, and he will be greatly missed. Though the Warrior River Boys were based in Alabama, for many years, it seemed like they were a local band, as WRB played all sorts of festivals and shows throughout New England constantly, it seemed. It was during that time that the band made many fans and friends throughout New England. David Davis was a throwback type of entertainer, and he will be greatly missed. To honor him, we shared lots of music from recordings made by David Davis & the Warrior River Boys between 1990 and 2018. If you would like to read more about the remarkable life of David Davis, please read this wonderful eulogy published recently in Bluegrass Today. Rest in peace, David Davis. Thanks for the music.
David Davis (2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024)
Both Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992) and Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953) may be members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, but we'll always remember them during our Bluegrass Cafe as their music has been often covered by all sorts of Bluegrass performers.
This coming week, the International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass event happens in Raleigh, North Carolina. I'll be heading down there on Tuesday, so will have a full report for you about all of the happenings during next Sunday's show. Hope you can join me then.
Have a great week!
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- The Leaves That Are Green / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records
- Autumn Fell / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
- When Fall Comes To New England / Kristin Scott Benson with Claire Lynch / Stringworks / Mountain Home
- Leaves Musn't Fall / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
- When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
- The Old Home Place / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
- Smokey Mountain Memories / Spinney Brothers / When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Self-Produced
- (It Was) Late Last Night / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Starday King
- Leavin' You And Mobile, Too / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
- Bright Sherman Valley / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And Chain / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- Farewell To Long Hollow / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Scott Brannon & David Davis / Plum Pitiful / Time Life [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- Never Looking Back / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes And A Nickel / Rebel [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- Rocky Mountain Sweetheart / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective: Live, 1984-2014 / Davis Music [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- Milwaukee Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- I Don't Know What To Do / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- He Rambled / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble: Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- Fall In Tennessee / Authentic Unlimited feat. Jerry Douglas / So Much For Forever / Billy Blue Records
- Kentucky Gold / Dale Ann Bradley with Sam Bush / Kentucky For Me / Pinecastle
- Forever Young / Daniel Grindstaff feat. Paul Brewster & Dolly Parton / Heroes And Friends / Bonfire Recording Co.
- Too Lonely, Way Too Long / Rick Faris with Del McCoury / Uncommon Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
- Listen To The Lonesome Wind / Missy Raines / Highlander / Compass Records
- Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff: 9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
- Wreck On The Highway / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Barnyard Frolic / RME Records [Remembering Roy Acuff: 9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
- Night Train To Memphis / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced [Remembering Roy Acuff: 9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
- Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Roy Acuff: 9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
- The Precious Jewel / Roy Acuff / The Prodigal Son / Country Stars [Remembering Roy Acuff: 9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
- I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams: 9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
- Dear John / Adam Steffey / Here To Stay / Mountain Home [Remembering Hank Williams: 9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
- Why Don't You Love Me / Gene Wooten / A Picture Of Hank: The New Bluegrass Wa/ Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams: 9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
- There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams: 9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
- Move It On Over / Hank Williams / Hillbilly Hero / Proper [Remembering Hank Williams: 9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
- Wanderers Like Me / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Wanderers Like Me / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Someone Took My Place With You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
- El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
- Could I Knock On Your Door / Jeremy Stephens / How I Hear It / Rebel
- Roll On Buddy / Tony Trischka with Del McCoury / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
- Ragged Man / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
- Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
- I Saw The Light / Hank Williams / Hillbilly Hero / Proper [Remembering Hank Williams: 9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
- Lay My Burdens Down / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
- Come On, Dear Lord, And Get Me / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
- The Truth, The Light, The Way / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Blue Collar Gospel: From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
- It's Just An Old Body / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- I'm A Pilgrim / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
- On The Jericho Road / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective: Live, 1984-2014 / Davis Music [Remembering David Davis: 2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
- I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [Remembering Hank Williams: 9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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