Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe featured a whole lot of music and talk about a very important figure in the world of Washington, D.C. Bluegrass: Buzz Busby (September 6, 1933 - January 5, 2003). We were delighted to have a telephone chat with two authors who spent 5+ years working on a newly-published book called Buzz Busby: Father Of Washington, D.C. Bluegrass (University of Illinois Press, 2026). Kip Lornell and Tom Mindte told us a bit about the writing and research process that went behind this book, as well as the reasons why Buzz Busby will always be so important in the history of Bluegrass music. If you are all interested in learning to know more about the history of Bluegrass Music, you need to find a copy of this book to read. Seek it out, if you can. And, of course, thank you to both Kip and Tom who joined us from different states for this telephone conversation.
We had a tiny bit of new (or semi-new) music to share today with a tune from the newly-reissued 25th anniversary edition of "Del And The Boys" by the Del McCoury Band, and brand-new selections from the Po' Ramblin' Boys, Alan Bibey with Ronnie McCoury & Sierra Hull, Bronwyn, and Greg Blake.
Hope you have a nice week! We'll look forward to having you join us once again for next Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe.
Amy O.
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Cotton Dice / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music
- Lost / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
- Cold And Windy Night / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
- Me And The Juke Box / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records
- Buzz's Ramble / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Gusto
- Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Mercury
- Hurtin' Inside / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home
- Listen To The Lonesome Train / Chris Henry / Monroe Approved / Arrandem Records
- Sad And Lonesome Day / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Mercury
- Roll On Mississippi / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
- I'll Just Pretend / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
- Cotton, Corn And Hay / Grasstime / single / Self-Produced
- Declaration Of Independence / Kody Norris Show / Spirit Of America / Rebel
- I Wish We Had Our Time Again / Special Consensus / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
- Where Will This End / Buzz Busby / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
- Mandolin Twist / Buzz Busby / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
- Telephone interview with Kip Lornell & Tom Mindte about their book, Buzz Busby: Father Of Washington, D.C. Bluegrass (University Of Illinois Press, 2026)
- Talking Banjo / Buzz Busby / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
- Whose Red Wagon / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Gusto
- Me And The Juke Box / Buzz Busby / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
- Good Man Like Me / Del McCoury Band / Del And The Boys / McCoury Music
- Long Enough / Del McCoury Band with Lee Ann Womack / Del And The Boys / McCoury Music
- Uncle Herschel / Alan Bibey with Ronnie McCoury & Sierra Hull / single / Billy Blue Records
- Johnny Ray / Bronwyn / single / Sugar Petunia Records
- Let's Sing Our Song / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / single / Fiddleman Records
- Wheels / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
- John D. Champion / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
- Victim Of The Game / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records
- Ice Covered Birches / Cliff Waldron / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
- Bottom Of A Glass / Po' Ramblin' Boys / single / Turnberry Records
- There's A Higher Power / Malpass Brothers / Satisfied: Country Gospel Classics Live / Gaither Music Group
- I'll Be Singing Up There / Lonesome River Band / Singing Up There: A Tribute To The Easter Brothers / Mountain Home
- I'm Going Up When He Starts Down / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Soul Condition / Billy Blue Records
- A Little More Faith In Jesus / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
- Music In My Soul / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
- Ring The Bell / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
- Mansions For Me / Jeremy Stephens & Tom Mindte / Old Time Duets / Patuxent Music
- Lord Don't Leave Me Here / Country Gentlemen / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
- Traveling The Highway Home / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders: A Tribute To Ralph Stanley / Rebel
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
