"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/20/2026

Looking back at our Bluegrass Cafe of September 20th, it was a day to celebrate the mid-September birthdays of two Country Music legends:  Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992) and Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953).  The song catalogs of both of these Hall of Famers have been heavily covered by Bluegrass performers over the years, so we shared lots of fine country music performed in a Bluegrass style.  Hope you liked it.

In addition to classics, we shared a few newer recordings, as well, including selections from Wyatt Ellis, Donna Ulisse, the Grascals, and David Peterson.  We also played the first song recorded by Dolly Parton that has been released since her passing.  Dolly teamed up with the First Ladies of Bluegrass (Alison Brown, Becky Buller, Sierra Hull, Missy Raines, Molly Tuttle) to record "Bound To Ride" -- a track featured on the new Stanley Brothers tribute recording on Compass Records.  

We look forward to joining you with a new Bluegrass Cafe once again this coming Sunday afternoon.  Consider tuning in from 4-7PM, won't you?  

See you then!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper / Sugar Hill
• Taking The Crooked Road Home / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
• No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• El Doggo / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces And Bits / Goose Creek Music
• Six Feet Under The Ground / New Vintage / Changing Times / Pinecastle
• Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [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 / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Barnyard Frolic / RME Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Columbus Stockade Blues / Jeremy Stephens & Tom Mindte / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent Music
• Julia Belle / Janet Beazley / 5 South / Backcountry Music
• Can't Live Life / Edgar Loudermilk with Rhonda Vincent / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• Blue Grass Special / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Eating Out Of Your Hand / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• Room Over Mine / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Steeped In Tradition / Brandywine
• Lovely, Lovely World / Alan Munde & Country Gazette / Keep On Pushing / Flying Fish
• Bound To Ride / Dolly Parton & the First Ladies Of Bluegrass / single / Compass Records
• Rocky Top Bottom / Wyatt Ellis / single / Lost Highway
• The Pacific / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Crazy Always Comes Back / Donna Ulisse / single / Turnberry Records
• Put It Off Until Tomorrow / David Peterson / single / Self-Produced
• I Can't Stand Me / The Grascals / Not That Gone / Billy Blue Records
• Square Dance Friday Night / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• Settin' The Woods On Fire / Good Ol' Persons / Good N' Live / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Why Don't You Love Me / Gene Wooten / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Cold Cold Heart / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced [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 / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• You Win Again / Ralph Stanley with Melba Montgomery / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I Can't Get You Off My Mind / Claire Lynch / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Weary Blues From Waitin' / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Hillbilly Hero / Proper [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Hard Travelin' / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Sawmill Road / Lost & Found / Down On Sawmill Road / Rebel
• Why I Love You / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Look For Me / Pinecastle
• Just One Time / New Coon Creek Girls / Ain't Love A Good Thing / Pinecastle
• Bill From Isonville / Southern Legacy / single / Pinecastle
• Lonesome With Heartaches / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Walking Down The Line / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Larry Sparks with Jesse McReynolds & Curly Seckler / Lonesome And Then Some / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Nailed To The Cross / Clay Hess / Red Haired Boy / Legend Records
• When My Last Song Is Sung / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• When My Time Comes To Go / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/13/2026

With the exception of three songs, today's Bluegrass Cafe exclusively featured music originally written by, performed by, or written about Bill Monroe (who is, of course, widely considered to be the Father of Bluegrass Music).  Why?  The reason is quite simple:  Bill Monroe would have celebrated his 115th birthday today -- born September 13, 1911.  If a birthday isn't reason enough to celebrate a music legend, what is?  We wouldn't have a Bluegrass radio program without Bill Monroe, so celebrating him is the best thing to do.  

We couldn't forget to acknowledge Grandparents Day, so we shared one song about a grandfather and one about a grandmother.  Happy Grandparents Day to all!

Today is also the birthday of another noted Bluegrass musician, as Lou Reid of the Seldom Scene was born September 13, 1954.  

Hope you enjoyed our Monroe-centric broadcast today!  Please consider joining me once again next Sunday afternoon for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe!

Have a good week!

Amy O.

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

• Watermelon On The Vine / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• My Music Comes From Bill / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Foxhounds / Kathy Kallick Band / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
• Bill Monroe For Breakfast / Acoustic Blue / This Is Now / Self-Produced
• The Ninth Of July / Butch Waller / The Ninth Of July / Big Chicken Records
• Is The Grass Any Bluer / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Kentucky King / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Arleigh / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill [Grandparents Day]
• Grandma's Gift / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass Records [Grandparents Day]
• My Long Journey Home / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• What Would You Give In Exchange? / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• True Life Blues / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / O Sister! / Rounder
• Wheel Hoss / Frank Wakefield / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent Music
• Used To Be / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / True Life Blues:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / Sugar Hill
• I Believe In Your Darling / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder
• In Despair / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling / Rounder
• On And On / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• When It Rains / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill [Lou Reid birthday, 9/13/1954]
• Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Shenandoah Breakdown / Northern Connection / Northern Connection / Patuxent Music
• Kentucky Waltz / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country Records
• Footprints In The Snow / IIIrd Tyme Out / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Live At Mechanics Hall / Acoustic Disc
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Doghouse Blues / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• Mother's Only Sleeping / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family Records
• Can't You Hear Me Calling / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• Cheyenne / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder
• Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine / Billy & Terry Smith / Bill Monroe Tribute / K-Tel
• My Little Georgia Rose / Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records
• Sally Goodin / Byron Berline / Fiddle And A Song / Sugar Hill
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Bluegrass Swing / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Rose Of Old Kentucky / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
• I Was Left On The Street / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill
• I'm Blue I'm Lonesome / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• Southern Flavor / Becky Buller / 'Tween Earth & Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Jim & Jesse McReynolds with Bill Monroe / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• You're Drifting Away / Lost & Found / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Lord Lead Me On / Audie Blaylock & Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Voice From On High / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / High Lonesome / CMH
• Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Little Community Church / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Big Mon / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/6/2026

Today's broadcast of our Bluegrass Cafe was both abbreviated and expanded at the same time.  As UConn Men's Soccer action took over the WHUS airwaves starting at 5PM, we opted to start the show an hour earlier at 3PM.  We had a lot of ground to cover this week, so didn't want to try to squeeze it all into one hour.

It's a holiday weekend, so the show started with several songs centering on the theme of "working" or "labor."  Hope everyone is enjoying the last unofficial weekend of summer!  

I wasn't in the studio last week to do a live version of our program, so I wasn't able to pay tribute to the wonderful Dolly Parton (January 19, 1946 - August 25, 2026).  We've long celebrated Dolly during our Bluegrass Cafe, as she was many things, as we know.  If Dolly had never sung a note or written a song, we would still know her from her many charitable contributions to the world.  Fortunately for us, though, Dolly was an incredible songwriter who wrote many songs that have been covered by many Bluegrass performers over the years.  In her later years, Dolly successfully recorded several Bluegrass-themed records, and often appeared as a guest vocalist with various performers.  We will spotlight some of her guest vocalist recordings in a future Bluegrass Cafe.  Dolly will be missed forever, but what a legacy she left for all!

We hope to join you for a full three-hour Bluegrass Cafe next week.  Have a wonderful week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Working Man Blues / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Working Girl Blues / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Hazel And Alice Sessions / Spruce And Maple Music
• Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go) / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
• Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Factory Floor / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And Chain / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Maria / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Look For Me / Pinecastle
• No Regrets / Kristy Cox / single / Billy Blue Records
• Working Man / Daryl Mosley / Little Moments / Pinecastle
• Walk On John / Daniel Grindstaff & the Uptown Troubadours / Daniel Grindstaff & the Uptown Troubadours / Bonfire Recording Co.
• Puppy Love / Dolly Parton / Dolly Box Set Sampler / RCA Legacy [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• My Tennessee Mountain Home / Dolly Parton / My Tennessee Mountain Home / RCA Legacy [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• The Grass Is Blue / Dolly Parton / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Heartsongs (Live From Home) / Columbia [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• I Wasted My Tears / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Celebration / Rebel [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Gypsy, Joe And Me / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Kentucky Gambler / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• AppleJack / Pam Gadd with Dolly Parton / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway Productions [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man / Volume Five with Rhonda Vincent / Voices / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• When Someone Wants To Leave / The Seldom Scene / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Jolene / Monroe Crossing / Live From Silver Dollar City / Self-Produced [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Coat Of Many Colors / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble & The Rose / Rounder [Remembering Dolly Parton:  1/19/1946 - 8/25/2026]
• Living The Dream / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• I'd Rather Be Alone / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Somehow Tonight / Joe Diffie / Homecoming:  The Bluegrass Album / Rounder
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Cliff Waldron & the New Shades Of Grass / Rebel
• Come On Down / Lost & Found / Hymn Time / Rebel
• Follow The Leader / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Follow The Leader / Pinecastle
• Goodnight, The Lord's Coming / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder