"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/27/2024

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we celebrated Halloween a few days early.  Around this time each year, it always seems appropriate to play several ghost story-type songs, and so we did.  We included a couple of different versions of some of these songs, so sure hope you enjoyed 'em.  Of course, the quintessential ghost story is that one that was co-written by the late John Duffey and first released on record by the Country Gentlemen in 1966.  Click here to see a clip of the Classic Country Gentlemen performing this tune at a reunion show in 1992.  And, of course, Happy Halloween!

There was a bit of newer music to share during this day's show, as well.  We heard brand-new music from Bob Minner featuring Jesse Smathers and Stephen & Jana Mougin.  There was also recent music from Laurie Lewis, Adam McIntosh, the Grascals, Dan Tyminski, and Tony Trischka.

And there were a few birthdays to celebrate, too, including those of Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Sonny Osborne (October 29, 1937 - October 21, 2021), as well as Martha Adcock (born October 29, 1949), Joe Mullins (born October 27, 1965), and New England Bluegrass legend, the late Fred Pike (October 27, 1932 - March 5, 1997).  

Hope you'll consider joining us for this Sunday's edition of our program.  We'll hope to see you at 4PM for another Bluegrass Cafe.

Until then, enjoy the rest of the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records
• Brown Mountain Light / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays & Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• The Ghost Of Eli Renfro / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Bringing Mary Home / John Starling / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Colder And Colder / Lost & Found / My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch 
• The Angry Wife / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Big City / J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson / Hats Off To Haggard / Truegrass Entertainment
• I'm Longing For A Love I'll Never Know / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• I'll Go Steppin' Too / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Ode To Jimmy / Dan Tyminski / Live From The Ryman / 8 Track Entertainment
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• The Blind Man / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Devil's Dream / Alan Munde / Festival Favorites Revisited / Rounder
• Long Gone / Laurie Lewis / Trees / Spruce And Maple Music
• Mountains And Memories / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent Music
• Ruby Jean / Bob Minner feat. Jesse Smathers / single / Billy Blue Records
• Frozen In Time / Stephen & Jana Mougin / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Fences / Adam McIntosh / Restless / Billy Blue Records
• Tennessee Hound Dog / The Grascals / 20 / Mountain Home
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Roll On Buddy / Tony Trischka feat. Del McCoury / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• Remember Who You Are / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / The Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• The Silver Ghost / David Parmley / Southern Heritage / Rebel
• Sam Jocelyn's Ghost / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Now And Then Records
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• The Lantern / Front Range / Ramblin' On My Mind / Sugar Hill
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Pikearoo / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel [Remembering Fred Pike:  10/27/1932 - 3/5/1997]
• Bacon In My Beans / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records [Joe Mullins birthday, 10/27/1965]
• Gold Watch And Chain / Eddie & Martha Adcock / TwoGrass / Pinecastle [Martha Adcock birthday, 10/29/1949]
• Up This Hill And Down / Osborne Brothers / Country Bluegrass / MCA [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Leslie County Blues / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• This Morning At Nine / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music [Martha Adcock birthday, 10/29/1949]
• Hickory Hollow / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage [Remembering Fred Pike:  10/27/1932 - 3/5/1997]
• I Want To Know More About My Lord / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records [Joe Mullins birthday, 10/27/1965]
• Kneel At The Cross / High Fidelity / High Fidelity / Self-Produced
• I Can't Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• God's Not Dead / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Still Waters / Osborne Brothers / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Fill My Way With Love / Doc Watson / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
• Get On Board / Williamson Branch / Blue Collar Gospel:  From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• When We Meet To Part No More / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Intro/Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/20/2024

We sure had a fun Bluegrass Cafe today!  In addition to having a nice telephone visit with Mark Newton - learn more about his health journey here -- we also had a surprise in-studio guest in the form of our radio pal, Jim Beaver.  What a day!  Thanks to Mark for visiting with us, and thanks to Jim for popping by the studio (and putting away my CDs).  😁

There was a 4-song tribute to "Everybody's Grandpa" today, as well, as today is the 111th birth anniversary of the great Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones (10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998).

Thanks for listening!  Hope you'll consider joining me once again next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another Bluegrass Cafe!

Have a great week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Painted Lady / Knoxville Grass / Painted Lady / Newton Records
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton feat. Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• I Built A World / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes feat. Jason Carter / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• Midnight Flyer / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• Just Because / Del McCoury Band / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
• Too Lonely, Way Too Long / Rick Faris / Uncommon Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• Clinch Mountain Backstep / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Deep River Blues / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• Something You Didn't Count On / Jaelee Roberts / Something You Didn't Count On / Mountain Home
• Baby Blue Eyes / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me / Bluegrass Express / A Tribute To Jim & Jesse / Plum River Records
• Barefoot Nellie / Jim Lauderdale & High Fidelity / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Redwood Hill / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Square One / Mark Newton / single / Self-Produced
• Telephone conversation with Mark Newton
• Late Night Cry Of The Whippoorwill / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Home Run Man / Bill Emerson & Mark Newton / A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future / Pinecastle
• Mountain Dew / Grandpa Jones / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• It's Raining Here This Morning / Norman Blake & Tony Rice / Blake & Rice 2 / Rounder [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Banjo Am The Instrument For Me / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Let The Whole World Talk / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Johnson Island Prison / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• The Convict And The Rose / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Cold Wind A-Blowin' / Ronnie Bowman & Lou Reid / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Town Hall Clock / Rock Hearts / Unfinished Bridges / 615 Hideaway Records
• I Will Always Be Waiting For You / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• They Called It Music / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records [Eric Gibson birthday, 10/23/1970]
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Forever And A Day / Rebel
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross / Red Feather
• A Beautiful Life / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• We'll Still Sing On / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Cry From The Cross / Authentic Unlimited / The Gospel Sessions, Volume 2 / Billy Blue Records
• What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Hay Holler
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/13/2024

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, for the second time in two shows, we featured not just one but two Letters of the Week.  Those letters were "M" and "N," and so, we played music from Jimmy Martin to Bill Monroe and the Nashville Bluegrass Band to Nu-Blu.  Selecting these letters is a very good way to put more emphasis on performers we don't get to hear every week, and we can really concentrate on the recordings we own in very specific range.  In truth, this week we were inspired to choose the letter "N," as I wanted to play music from Northern Lights.  I'm probably one of the few folks in Connecticut who didn't actually see the northern lights this past week, so figured it would be fun to play them if I hadn't actually seen them.  :)

There was a little bit of new music to share this week, too -- most notably a brand new recording from Rock Hearts called "Unfinished Bridges."  Other newer music we heard came from Avery Welter, Woody Platt, Amanda Cook, Daryl Moseley, and Route 3.

Hope you'll consider joining us once again next Sunday afternoon for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Have a great week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Northern Rail / Northern Lights / Take You To The Sky / Flying Fish
• Pain In My Heart / Northern Connection / Northern Connection / Patuxent Music
• Hillbilly Goddess / Alecia Nugent / Hillbilly Goddess / Rounder
• Mountain Rosalie / The Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• Why You Been Gone So Long / New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Sweden 1973 / Roland White Music
• I Won't Be Around / Nu-Blu / Nights / Pinecastle
• Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Waitin' For The Hard Times To Go / Sugar Hill
• Ain't Love A Good Thing / New Cook Creek Girls / Ain't Love A Good Thing / Pinecastle
• Next To Nothing / New Vintage / Changing Times / Pinecastle
• Six Feet Of Snow / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Charlotte Breakdown / Garrett Newton Band / Bluegrass Barn / Pinecastle
• Bailey's Ridge / Nothin' Fancy / Undeniable / Mountain Fever Records
• Before The Next Teardrop Falls / Newfound Road / Life In A Song / Rounder
• Walkin' The Country / Nightflyer / Nightflyer / Kang Records
• If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) / Michelle Nixon / What More Should I Say? / Pinecastle
• Twilight Time / NorthernBound / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• Sugar Creek Gap / Darren Nicholson / Things Left Undone / Self-Produced
• Charlie Lawson's Still / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• Lonesome Man In A Lonesome Town / Rock Hearts feat. Danny Paisley / Unfinished Bridges / 615 Hideaway Records
• A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Avery Welter feat. Shawn Lane & Aynsley Porchak / single / Sound Biscuit
• Last Road Going Home / Amanda Cook / Restless Soul / Mountain Fever Records
• Everything That's Right / Daryl Moseley / Long Days & Short Stories / Pinecastle
• One Last Goodbye / Woody Platt / Far Away With You / Compass Records
• Don't Know What I'll Do / Route 3 / Just Believe / Pinecastle
• Tall Stands Of Timber / Rock Hearts / Unfinished Bridges / 615 Hideaway Records
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / Radio Gems
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Starday King Records
• It's Grand To Have Someone To Love You / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Lonesome, Sad, And Blue / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family Records
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [Recorded 10/15/1950]
• Coat Of Many Colors / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Had It Not Been For The Train / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / It's About Tyme / Break A String Productions 
• Another Day / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Kansas Cornfields / Rick Faris / Uncommon Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• Not Loving Me / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self-Produced
• Wickware / Mile Twelve / Onwards / Delores The Taurus Records
• Uncommon Man / Mike Mitchell / Fathers & Sons / Turnberry Records
• Buzzin' With Buzz / Tom Mindte / Something I've Been Working On / Patuxent Music
• My, My, My / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / In Dreams I Go Back / Mountain Fever Records
• She's Heavenly / Del McCoury Band feat. Molly Tuttle / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
• Jubilation Day / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Can't Buy Your Way / Northern Lights / Can't Buy Your Way / Flying Fish
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• The First Step To Heaven / NorthernBound / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• Hear Jerusalem Calling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Somewhere Beyond The Blue / Billy Blue Records
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Jim & Jesse McReynolds with Bill Monroe & Tater Tate / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Harbor Of Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/6/2024

 

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• On Whiskey Mountain / Bill Emerson with Bill Harrell / Reunion / Webco
• Diamond Joe / Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / Singin' My Troubles Away / Flying Fish
• Everything I Used To Do / Livewire / Wired / Rounder
• There's A Song In There Somewhere / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• Holler Up A Possum / Alan Munde / Excelsior / Patuxent Music
• He Was A Friend Of Mine / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / single / Osage
• Roll On Blues / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Comin' On Strong / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Longfellow's Excelsior Hornpipe / Alan Munde / Excelsior / Patuxent Music
• Bootleg John / Don Rigsby / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Blue Grass Ramble / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / Darkest Hour / Bull Run Records
• Toe The Line / Woody Platt with Tim O'Brien / Far Away With You / Compass Records
• Loving Her Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Kris Kristofferson:  6/22/1936 - 9/28/2024]
• Me And Bobby McGee / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass Records [Remembering Kris Kristofferson:  6/22/1936 - 9/28/2024]
• Darby's Castle / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Kris Kristofferson:  6/22/1936 - 9/28/2024]
• Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down / Johnny Cash / Columbia Records, 1958-1986 / Columbia [Remembering Kris Kristofferson:  6/22/1936 - 9/28/2024]
• Broke Down Engine / Woody Platt feat. Del McCoury / Far Away With You / Compass Records
• The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor / Goodwin Brothers feat. Dale Ann Bradley / single / Pinecastle
• Old Brown County Barn / Rhonda Vincent & Adam Haynes / Destinations And Fun Places / Upper Management Music
• Square One / Mark Newton / single / Self-Produced
• I Built A World / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes feat. Jason Carter / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• Till Lonesome Comes Around / Danny Paisley / single / Pinecastle
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• Roll Muddy River / Osborne Brothers / Country Bluegrass / MCA
• The Fiddle And The Banjo / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• In A Town This Size / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• I Can't Settle Down / Laura Orshaw feat. Jenee Fleenor & Brittany Haas / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• To Love Somebody / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Where The River Meets The Road / Tim O'Brien Band / Where The River Meets The Road / Howdy Skies Music
• Don't Sweetheart Me / Eddie Adcock Band / Talk To Your Heart / CMH
• (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Talk Of The Town / Billy Blue Records
• Birmingham Jail / Barry Abernathy feat. Vince Gill / Barry Abernathy & Friends / Billy Blue Records
• That How I Can Count On You / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue:  The Complete County Recordings / Rebel
• Benfield Line / Authentic Unlimited / So Much For Forever / Billy Blue Records
• I Know It's Wrong To Love You / Rock Hearts / Unfinished Bridges / 615 Hideaway Records
• I Won't Be Hanging Around / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Georgia Girl / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• The Eddie Swing / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent Music
• Jimmie Rodgers Rode A Train / Del McCoury Band / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
• Dooley / Tony Trischka feat. Molly Tuttle & Sam Bush / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• This Sad Song / Dan Tyminski / Live From The Ryman / 8 Track Entertainment
• I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Starday King Records
• One Breath Away / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / single / Billy Blue Records
• The Mighty Name Of Jesus / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• Just Beyond / Barry Abernathy with John Meador, Tim Raybon & Bradley Walker / Blue Collar Gospel:  Songs From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• I Believe / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• He Put A Rainbow In The Clouds For Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Call His Name / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Take Him In / The Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder