"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/31/2025

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our first of this new semester to be shortened by a UConn Sports preemption.  Still, we crammed a whole lot of fine music into our two hours on the last Sunday of August.

As this is Labor Day weekend -- the unofficial ending of the Summer season -- we started the program with eight songs related to the working man and woman.   Hope you're having an enjoyable holiday weekend!

We also continued the 100th birthday celebration of the great Carter Glen Stanley (August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966).  During his lifetime, Carter was credited with writing right around 100 songs -- many of which have become Bluegrass standards.  We shared several covers of Stanley material in our second and final hour on Sunday, including both secular and gospel material.  We also remembered the late August birthdays of Jeanette Williams (born August 28, 1965) and Shawn Camp (born August 29, 1966).  

With a shorter show, there wasn't much new music to share, but we did include songs from two new projects recently released by Mountain Fever Records from Volume Five, East Nash Grass, and the Gospel Plowboys.

Enjoy the week, and we hope to join you for another three-hour edition of our Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• I Ain't Goin' To Work Tomorrow / Carter Family / Anchored In Love:  Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1927-1928 / Rounder
• Working Girl Blues / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Hazel & Alice Sessions / Spruce And Maple Music
• Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Working Man Blues / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go) / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
• Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And Chain / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel
• Too Late To Say Goodbye / Jeanette Williams / Cherry Blossoms In The Springtime / Doobie Shea Records [Jeanette Williams birthday, 8/28/1965]
• Sam's Place / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
• Banjo Boy Chimes / Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys / Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys / Old Blue Records
• You're The Reason / Flatt Lonesome / Silence In These Walls / Mountain Home
• I'll Go Stepping Too / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder [Shawn Camp birthday, 8/29/1966]
• Wildwood Flower / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• The Water Lily / Amanda Cook / Restless Soul / Mountain Fever Records
• I'm Gonna Love You Like There's No Tomorrow / Volume Five / Leave A Light On / Mountain Fever Records
• Jump Through The Window / East Nash Grass / All God's Children / Mountain Fever Records
• Baby Girl / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Lonesome Night / Ricky Skaggs / Ancient Tones / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Loving You Too Well / Ralph Stanley with Dolly Parton / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Late Last Night / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Back To The Mountains / Randm Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Darlin' Think Of What You've Done / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven / Ralph Stanley II / Stanley Blues / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Going To The Races / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Gonna Paint The Town / James King / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Have You Someone In Heaven Awaiting / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I Can Tell You The Time / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side / Gospel Plowboys / Something To Be Said / Morning Glory Music [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / Southern Rail / Roadwork / Turquoise Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• My Lord's Going To Set Me Free / Junior Sisk / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Harbor Of Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/24/2025

Before this afternoon's session of our Bluegrass Cafe begins, here's a quick recap from last week's edition:

We shared lots of music in celebration of the birth anniversaries of two Bluegrass Hall of Famers -- Carter Stanley (August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966) and J.D. Crowe (August 27, 1937 - December 24, 2021).  Where would the Bluegrass world be without the stylings of these two greats?  Who wants to think about that?  Not me!

There were also a few new songs to share from several performers, including Greg Blake, Matt Wallace, and Authentic Unlimited, among others.

We'll be joining you once again today -- Sunday, August 31st -- from 4-6PM, cutting out a bit early to make way for the broadcast of a UConn Soccer match.  Hope you can join us for today's Bluegrass Cafe, as we'll pack in a whole bunch of fine tunes!

See you later!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Our Last Goodbye / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Blackjack / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• I'll Take The Blame / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / King [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I'm Walkin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Billy Blue Records
• Lonesome Old Home / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Lonesome Wind Blues / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Lonesome / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• I've Never Been So Lonesome / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Can't Live Without Love / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• I Like Beer / Travelin' McCourys / One Chord That Rings True / McCoury Music
• Sweet Thang And Cisco / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• I Can Read Between The Lines In Your Letters / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• Maple Sugar / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• 32 Acres / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals / CMH
• Crazy Blues / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Cost Of Living / Authentic Unlimited / single / Edisonic Records
• Telluride / Caroline Owens / single / Billy Blue Records
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Matt Wallace / Close The Door Lightly / Huckleberry Records
• Lonely Me, Lonely You / Dre Anders with the Gibson Brothers / single / McCoury Music
• Nora McNally / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records
• Red Dirt, White House, Blue Ridge Mountain Home / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / Nolichucky / Flagpond Records
• That's What Kentucky Means To Me / Hammertowne / single / Self-Produced
• The Light In Carter Stanley's Eyes / Peter Rowan / Carter Stanley's Eyes / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I Wish That I Could Have Met Carter / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Carter / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is II / Lonesome Day Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Stanley Brothers / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Carolina Mountain Home / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let Me Be Your Friend / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Country Gentlemen / Sing And Play Folk Songs And Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Memory Of Your Smile / Dede Wyland / Keep The Light On / Patuxent Music [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Bear Tracks / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Old Home Place / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Sledd Ridin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Flashback / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Crowe On The Banjo / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Mississippi River Raft / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Sophronie / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Prayer Bells Of Heaven / J.D. Crowe/Doyle Lawson/Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / Stanley Brothers / All Gospel, All Bluegrass / Starday King [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Take Him In / The Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• Prettiest Flower There / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live / Upper Management Music
• I'm Gonna Hold To His Hand / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco
• What A Wonderful Savior Is He / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Music In My Soul / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• I Hear My Savior Calling / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/25/2024

Our last Bluegrass Cafe for the month of August was spent celebrating a couple of Bluegrass Hall of Famer birthdays -- Carter Stanley (August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966) and J.D. Crowe (August 27, 1937 - December 24, 2021).  We shared lots of music from each of these important Bluegrass legends.

We also belatedly celebrated the August 8th birthday of Country Music Hall of Famer, Webb Pierce.  Though Webb was not a Bluegrass person, lots of his music has been covered in the Bluegrass world, so we included several Bluegrass covers of Webb Pierce classics in our show.

There wasn't a whole lot of brand-new music to share this week, but we did include a song from the new recording by singer/songwriter Troy Engle.  There was also selections from 2024 recordings by the Po' Ramblin' Boys, the Grascals, Andy Statman, Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve, the Del McCoury Band, Authentic Unlimited, and Darin & Brooke Aldridge.

Thanks for joining us on Sunday!  We'll look forward to another Bluegrass Cafe this coming Sunday from 4-7PM.  See you then!

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Movin' On / Merle Monroe / Back To The Country / Pinecastle
• Ridin' The High Iron / Bill Emerson / Gold Plated Banjo / Rebel
• Copper Kettle / Country Gentlemen / 25 Years / Rebel
• Feel Good Day / Continental Divide / Feel Good Day / Pinecastle
• Slowly / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder [Remembering Webb Pierce:  8/8/1921 - 2/24/1991]
• More And More / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder [Remembering Webb Pierce:  8/8/1921 - 2/24/1991]
• I Don't Care / Ricky Skaggs / Country Hits Bluegrass Style / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Webb Pierce:  8/8/1921 - 2/24/1991]
• Wondering / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Webb Pierce:  8/8/1921 - 2/24/1991]
• Honky Tonk Song / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Hot Rize Presents Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Flying Fish [Remembering Webb Pierce:  8/8/1921 - 2/24/1991]
• It's Been So Long / Webb Pierce / 20th Century Masters / MCA [Remembering Webb Pierce:  8/8/1921 - 2/24/1991]
• Up This Hill And Down / Osborne Brothers / Country Bluegrass / MCA
• Pike County Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• Comin' On Strong / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Just Lonesome Ol' Me And The Radio / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Leftover Biscuits / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• New River Train / Monroe Brothers / Bill & Charlie Monroe, 1936 / JSP Records
• Indecision / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Girl From The North Country / Steve Gulley / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Can't Live Life / Edgar Loudermilk with Rhonda Vincent / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• Roll Muddy River / Osborne Brothers / Country Bluegrass / MCA
• Back Home / Troy Engle / Back Home / Pinecastle
• Lonely Pine / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Wanderers Like Me / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Georgia Pineywoods / The Grascals / 20 / Mountain Home
• Stoney Lonesome / Andy Statman / Bluegrass Tracks / Shefa Records
• Little Black Train / Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve / Instant Lonesome And The Twinkle Brigade / Don Giovanni Records
• She's Heavenly / Del McCoury Band with Molly Tuttle / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
• Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let Me Be Your Friend / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Cabin Of Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Crowe On The Banjo / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• I'm Walkin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Blackjack / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1927 - 12/24/2021]
• Beartracks / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1927 - 12/24/2021]
• You Are My Sunshine / Norman Blake / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Lost Highway Records
• (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Talk Of The Town / Billy Blue Records
• Hot Burrito Breakdown / Alan Munde / Festival Favorites Revisited / Rounder
• Just A Friend / Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / Self-Produced
• Where The Old Red River Flows / King Wilkie / Broke / Rebel
• Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) / Junior Sisk / If There's A Will There's A Way / Mountain Fever Records
• Next Train Smokin' / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Bring 'Em On Back / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Makin' Tracks To Macon / Starlett & Big John / Living In The South / Rebel
• A Vision Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / Larry Efaw & the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Blue Circle Records
• You've Been A Blessing To Me / Authentic Unlimited / The Gospel Sessions, Volume 2 / Billy Blue Records
• I Ain't Got Time / High Fidelity / High Fidelity / Self-Produced
• Jordan / Darin & Brooke Aldridge with Ricky Skaggs, Mo Pitney, & Mark Fain / Talk Of The Town / Billy Blue Records
• Going Up / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / I Can Go To Them / Pinecastle
• Prayer Bells Of Heaven / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• When The Angels Carry Me Home / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Flashback / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/10/2023

After two weeks of missed broadcasts, I had a lot of ground to cover during Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe.  We had birth anniversaries of three Bluegrass legends to celebrate, it was Grandparents Day, and we had a whole lot of brand-new music to share.  It was a show filled with lots of great music -- hope you were able to join us!

Probably 3/4 of the songs that made up Sunday's playlist were from the song catalogs of Carter Stanley (August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966), J.D. Crowe (August 27, 1937 - December 24, 2021), and, of course, that of the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe (September 13, 1911 - September 9, 1996).  

And there was lots of new music to share, too.  In addition to two songs from the soon-to-be-released gospel recording from High Fidelity ("Music In My Soul"), we heard selections from Full Cord, the Tim Raybon Band, Donna Ulisse, the Edgar Loudermilk Band, Robert Hale, Cory Walker, and Kelley John Gibson.  We also played a couple of songs from the brand-new recording from Connecticut band, Audrey Mae.

We'll look forward to having you dine us once again next Sunday afternoon for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Have a great week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Grandpa's Way Of Life / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• Grandma's Gift / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass Records
• Arleigh / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• A Grandmother's Love / Bear Tracks / Rough Edges / AMT Records
• The White Dove / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia/Legacy [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Our Darling's Gone / Stanley Brothers / Earliest Recordings / Rounder [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia/Legacy [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Bear Tracks / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Down Where The River Bends / J.D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Blackjack / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• I'm Walkin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Too Often Left Alone / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder [Remembering J.D .Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Big Spike Hammer / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You / Full Cord / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• I Could Get Used To This / Tim Raybon Band / I Could Get Used To This / Pinecastle
• My Picasso / Edgar Loudermilk Band / single / Pinecastle
• Where The Mountain Lilies Grow / Donna Ulisse / single / Billy Blue Records
• I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water / Robert Hale / single / Pinecastle
• Bugle Call Rag / Cory Walker / School Project / Mountain Fever Records
• Pray / Kelley John Gibson / The Keeping Kind / Bull Run Records
• Loving You Too Well / Audrey Mae / Bad Fret / Self-Produced
• Bad Fret / Audrey Mae / Bad Fret / Self-Produced
• Many A Mile / Audrey Mae / Bad Fret / Self-Produced
• I'm On My Way To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / The Grascals / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration:  A Classic Bluegrass Tribute / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• True Life Blues / Hazel & Alice / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration:  A Classic Bluegrass Tribute / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Highway Of Sorrow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & HIs Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Farewell To Long Hollow / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Close By / Dailey & Vincent / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration:  A Classic Bluegrass Tribute / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Bluegrass Swing / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Walls Of Time / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Toy Heart / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  Tribute To 1946 And 1947 / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Bluegrass Breakdown / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Come Back To Me In My Dreams / Balsam Range with Joe Diffie / Marching Home / Mountain Home [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Rose Of Old Kentucky / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Southern Flavor / Becky Buller / 'Tween Earth & Sky / Dark Shadow Recording [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• I'm Ready To Go / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• The Boat Of Love / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Voice From On High / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• River Of Death / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Are You Lost In Sin? / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe, 1945-1949 / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/21/2022

The focus of Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was on celebrating noted mid-to-late August birthdays -- two of Bluegrass music legends, and three more performers who are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.  If all of that wasn't enough, we had several new selections to share, too.  Hope you were able to join us!

First off, we remembered the August 27th birthdays of two important members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame:  Carter Stanley (August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966) and J.D. Crowe (August 27, 1937 - December 24, 2021).  We also included music honoring three members of the Country Music Hall of Fame:  Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers, Porter Wagoner, and Buck Owens.  

New music played an important part of our show on Sunday, too.  There were selections from several brand-new or soon-to-be released recordings from New England band Rock Hearts, as well as Greg Blake & Hometown, Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, Becky Buller, Mickey Harris, Leon Morris, Chris Davis, and Authentic Unlimited.  

Hope you enjoyed Sunday's show.  We'll see you again next Sunday (8/28) from 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Stanley Brothers / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Old Home / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Drunkard's Hell / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Ridin' That Midnight Train / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Bluegrass Rules! / Rounder [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let Me Be Your Friend / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Head Hung Down / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder [Remembering Harold Reid:  8/21/1939 - 4/24/2020]
• Remembrance Is A Golden Chain / Heather Berry & Tony Mabe / The Heather Berry & Tony Mabe Show / Mountain Fever Records
• In Memory / Union Springs / Next Train Headed South / Copper Creek
• The Sun Also Rises / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self-Produced
• White Freightliner Blues / The Tuttles with A.J. Lee / Introducing The Tuttles With A.J. Lee / Back Studio Records
• Sparkling Brown Eyes / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Toodleoo / Rick Lang with Stephen Mougin / A Tale To Tell / Dark Shadow Recording
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• Wanderlust / Rock Hearts / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• Cold Gray Light Of Gone / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Self-Produced
• Tractor For Sale / Mickey Harris / single / Self-Produced
• The Mountains Are Calling / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / In Dreams I Go Back / Mountain Fever Records
• Millworker / Becky Buller / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Lena / Leon Morris / The Best Of Leon Morris / Patuxent Music
• Down South In New Orleans / Chris Davis / single / RBR Entertainment
• Gonna Roll Out The Red Carpet / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Roll Out The Red Carpet For Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Sundazed [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• I'll Love You Forever and Ever / Darren Beachley & the Legends Of The Potomac / Take Off / Patuxent Music [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• Together Again / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• Where Does The Good Times Go? / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• Buckaroo / Lost & Found / Just Pickin' / Copper Creek [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• It Takes People Like You / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• Gonna Have Love / Lynn Morris Band with Junior Brown / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• I Don't Care / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill [Remembering Buck Owens:  8/12/1929 - 3/25/2006]
• Fishin' On The Mississippi / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / In Japan! / Sundazed [Remembering Don Rich:  8/15/1941 - 7/17/1974]
• A Satisfied Mind / Porter Wagoner / RCA Country Legends / RCA [Remembering Porter Wagoner:  8/12/1927 - 10/28/2007]
• Misery Loves Company / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder [Remembering Porter Wagoner:  8/12/1927 - 10/28/2007]
• Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel [Remembering Porter Wagoner:  8/12/1927 - 10/28/2007]
• Blackjack / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• I'm Walkin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Bear Tracks / Jimmy Martin / Good & Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Cotton Farmer / White Mountain Bluegrass / Remembers / Self-Produced
• How Many Times / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Prayer Bells Of Heaven / Crowe, Lawson, Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home [Remembering J.D. Crowe:  8/27/1937 - 12/24/2021]
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Feel Like My Time Ain't Long / Rebel
• I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Jay Armsworthy / I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Blue Circle Records
• On The Wings Of Angels / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Everybody Will Be Happy Over There / Rhonda Vincent / Music Is What I See / Upper Management Music
• His Tomb Is Empty Now / Balsam Range / Moxie And Mettle / Mountain Home
• God Told Nicodemus / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
• Are You Lost In Sin / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/5/2021

This past Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe began with music written by, performed by, and written about one of the most cherished voices in the history of Bluegrass music, the late Carter Stanley (August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966).  While the elder guitar-playing Stanley brother has been gone for a greater number of years than he was alive, his music and his legacy continue to grow.  

Our show also included a few cover songs in tribute to the late Stonewall Jackson (the honky tonk singer and long-time Grand Ole Opry member, as opposed to the Civil War General) who passed on December 4th at the age of 89.

There were a couple of newer songs to share, too, including brand-new Christmas music from the pen of Rick Lang, as well as a new seasonal song from Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz.  In addition, there was newer non-Christmas music from Valerie Smith, Volume Five, Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, and James Reams.

Hope you enjoyed something you heard during the program.  Please consider joining me once again this coming Sunday, 4-7PM.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Our Last Goodbye / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Memories Of Mother / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Think Of What You've Done / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Going To The Races / James King / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• (Say) Won't You Be Mine / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1959-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Carter / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is II / Lonesome Day [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Light In Carter Stanley's Eyes / Peter Rowan / Carter Stanley's Eyes / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I Wish That I Could Have Met Carter / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• You Broke Your Promise / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Six Pack To Go / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Sho Nuff Country / Patuxent Music
• My Heart Skips A Beat / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• My Native Home / Nashville Bluegrass Band / My Native Home / Rounder
• Feeling Blue / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Rockwood Deer Chase / Don Stover / Things In Life / Rounder
• Raised By The Railroad Line / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
• When I'm Gone / Beartracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• Frozen In Time / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Life To Go / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Stanley Family Records [Remembering Stonewall Jackson:  11/6/1932 - 12/4/2021]
• A Wound Time Can't Erase / Ricky Skaggs / Favorite Country Songs / Epic [Remembering Stonewall Jackson:  11/6/1932 - 12/4/2021]
• Smoke Along The Track / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records [Remembering Stonewall Jackson:  11/6/1932 - 12/4/2021]
• Between The Lines / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
• When Karma Comes Calling / Volume Five / single / Mountain Fever Records
• I'm Fine Bein' Me / Valerie Smith / Renaissance / Bell Buckle Records
• Kentucky River / James Reams / Like A Flowing River / Self-Produced
• Carolina Line / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / single / Mountain Fever Records
• It's Christmas Everywhere / Rick Lang / Peace On Earth This Christmas / Self-Produced
• If We Make It Through December / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / Winter's Grace / Signature Sounds
• When It's Snowin' In The Mountains / Wildwood Valley Boys / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• Christmas Swing / Chesapeake / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• Dancing In The Snow / Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz / single / Mountain Fever Records
• The Night Flatt & Scruggs Played Carnegie Hall / Jerry Salley / Front Porch Philosophy / Very Jerry Records
• Salty Dog Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall!:  The Complete Concert / Koch Records [Recorded 12/8/1962]
• Durham's Reel / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall!:  The Complete Concert / Koch Records [Recorded 12/8/1962]
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall!:  The Complete Concert / Koch Records [Recorded 12/8/1962]
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• I Ain't Taking You Back No More / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Get In Line Buddy / Junior Sisk / Paint The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Don't Tell Me Stories / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie / Pinecastle Records
• Don't Let Me Cross Over / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie / Pinecastle Records
• Morning Sky / Chris Hillman / Morning Sky / Sugar Hill [Chris Hillman birthday, 12/4/1944]
• Try A Little Kindness / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder [Bobby Osborne birthday, 12/7/1931]
• Flat Creek / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM Records [Chris Jones birthday, 12/7/1959]
• Old Satan / Jim Eanes / Let Him Lead You / Rebel [Remembering Jim Eanes:  12/6/1923 - 11/21/1995]
• Everybody Will Be Happy Over There / Rhonda Vincent / Music Is What I See / Upper Management Music
• Green Pastures / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder
• The Church Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Starday Records
• On The Sunny Side Of Life / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
• Listen To The Word Of God / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Got A Little Light / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• River Of Death / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/22/2021

This past Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe happened to air on a day that was highlighted by a visit from Tropical Storm Henri.  While the majority of the area fared well as far as power outages from Henri's visit, at my home in eastern CT, there was no power or Internet until Monday.  As a result, I didn't get a chance to post the radio playlist until later in the week (obviously).  Better late than never, I guess...

For our show on August 22nd, we shared a healthy portion of newer Bluegrass music, with selections from Merle Monroe, David Peterson & 1946, Unspoken Tradition, Jeremy Stephens, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Balsam Range, Fast Track, and a new gospel single from the one-and-only Dolly Parton (with a backing quartet of Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley, and Bradley Walker).  

We also had a lengthy birthday tribute to the late Carter Stanley (August 27, 1925 - December 1, 1966), and shared birthday songs in honor of Bluegrass Hall of Famer, J.D. Crowe (born August 27, 1937) and Country Music Hall of Famer, Connie Smith (born August 14, 1941).

Hope you had a great week, and we'll look forward to joining you again this Sunday, August 29th!

See you then!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Leavin's Heavy On My Mind / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• I Went Back Home Today / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home
• I Can't Be Bothered / Flatt Lonesome / Too / Mountain Home
• Hickory, Walnut & Pine / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• City That Drowned / Mile Twelve / City On A Hill / Delores The Taurus Records
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Lost And Lonely / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Goodbye Marie / Merle Monroe / Songs Of A Simple Life / Pinecastle
• Prisoner's Song / David Peterson & 1946 / Cup Of Loneliness / Necktie Records
• At The Bottom Again / Unspoken Tradition / single / Mountain Home
• I'm Lonesome / Jeremy Stephens / How I Hear It / Rebel
• My Life's Living Me / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / This Life We're Livin' / Billy Blue Records
• Highway Side / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Travelin' This Lonesome Road / David Peterson & 1946 / Cup Of Loneliness / Necktie Records
• Stagger Lee / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Sugar In The Gourd / Michael Cleveland / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Lonesome Night / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Sweetest Love / Greg Blake / Songs Of Heart & Home / Self-Produced [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• If That's The Way You Feel / Amanda Smith / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let Me Be Your Friend / Ralph Stanley II & John Rigsby / Clinch Mountain Echoes / Copper Creek [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Country Gentlemen / Sing And Play Folk Songs And Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Bear Tracks / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Good & Country And Country Music Time / Jasmine [J.D. Crowe birthday, 8/27/1937]
• Nashville Blues / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Rounder [J.D. Crowe birthday, 8/27/1937]
• Big Spike Hammer / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder [J.D. Crowe birthday, 8/27/1937]
• Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Larry Stephenson with Connie Smith & Marty Stuart / 20th Anniversary / Whysper Dream Music [Connie Smith birthday, 8/14/1941]
• I Never Once Stopped Loving You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill [Connie Smith birthday, 8/14/1941]
• Once A Day / Crowe, Lawson & Williams / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home [Connie Smith birthday, 8/14/1941]
• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Ralph Stanley with Connie Smith / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Connie Smith birthday, 8/14/1941]
• Darling Nelly Bly / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• Build It Up With Jesus / Del McCoury Band / Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass / McCoury Music
• Will There Be Any Stars? / Alison Krauss & the Cox Family / I Know Who Holds Tomorrow / Rounder
• When He Calls My Name / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Hitchhiking To California / Billy Blue Records
• My Lord Keeps Me Satisfied / Lonesome River Band / Saturday Night, Sunday Morning / Rebel
• You Can't Be A Beacon / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Lord In The Morning / Crossroads
• Cup Of Loneliness / David Peterson & 1946 / Cup Of Loneliness / Necktie Records
• They Can Only Fill One Grave / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Who Do You Know In Heaven? / Fast Track / Good News / Engelhardt Music Group
• In The Sweet By And By / Dolly Parton with Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley & Bradley Walker / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records
• Calling From Heaven / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Who Will Sing For Me / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / James King / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Harbor Of Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Angel Band / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• He's Gettin' Me Ready / Darin & Brooke Aldridge with the Oak Ridge Boys / This Life We're Livin' / Billy Blue Records
• Wait For The Light To Shine / Eddie Sanders / Wait For The Light To Shine / Engelhardt Music Group
• I'm Ready To Go / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• I Never Shall Forget The Day / Steve Gulley / Family, Friends & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/30/2020

Two words to describe Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe:  celebrate and remember.  We did a little bit of both for several different performers, as well as shared a smattering of newer Bluegrass music.  Hope you enjoyed the program.

Our main focus for the week was, of course, a big portion of music from the late Steve Gulley, who died on August 18th after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.  Steve Gulley didn't waste time in his 57 years on this earth, as he created loads of wonderful music which will be enjoyed and celebrated for years to come.  We shared a good selection of those songs from Steve's time spent with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, as a founding member of both Mountain Heart and Grasstowne, fronting his own band of Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle, with his sometimes songwriting and duet partners, Tim Stafford and Dale Ann Bradley, as well as a track from a soon-to-be-released record by Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars of Bluegrass which features Steve Gulley and his wife, Debbie.  A couple of these tracks were recorded live at benefits for WDVX, a non-profit radio station in east Tennessee where Steve Gulley was a on-air DJ for the last couple of years.  Many thanks to broadcaster Lee Michael Demsey of BluegrassCountry.org for sharing some of these songs with me for broadcasting.  Steve Gulley will certainly be missed, but his music lives on...

We also remembered a Bluegrass legend (and Hall of Famer) who was born on August 27, 1925 -- Carter Stanley.  Twelve years after Carter, another Bluegrass Hall of Famer was also born on August 27th -- banjo picker extraordinaire J.D. Crowe.  In addition to songs from Carter and Crowe, we heard a couple from Shawn Camp of the Earls Of Leicester, as his birthday was celebrated on August 29th.  And, a bit closer to home for me were a couple of songs thrown into the mix in honor of my own father, Alton Orlomoski, who celebrated his 91st birthday on August 29th.  

There were a couple of newer selections to share, too, with music from the Kody Norris Show, Stephen Mougin, Carolina Blue, High Fidelity, the Feinberg Brothers, FastTrack, and Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road.

As always, many thanks for listening to our program, and be sure to give our Facebook page a "like," if you're so inclined:  www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe.  

Have a terrific week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Let Me Be Your Friend / John Duffey [Seldom Scene] / Always In Style / Sugar Hill [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Country Gentlemen / 25 Years / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• This Weary Heart You Stole Away / Dan Tyminski / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Cold Kentucky Rain / Mountain Heart / Mountain Heart / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• I Don't Worry About You Anymore / Grasstowne / Kickin' Up Dust / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Leaving Crazytown / Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle / Live At WDVX [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Still Here / Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford / single / Mountain Home [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• You're Gone / Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle / High Peaks & New Ground / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Victory In Jesus / Steve Gulley / Family, Friends & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Sweet Rosie Jones / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Yesterday's Gone / Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars Of Bluegrass feat. Steve Gulley & Debbie Gulley / Swinging For The Fences / Pinecastle [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Old Rugged Cross / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• Wildwood Flower / Mac Wiseman / Sings Old Time Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder [Shawn Camp birthday, 8/29/1966]
• Something Comin' To Me / Gibson Brothers / They Call It Music / Compass Records [Shawn Camp birthday, 8/29/1966]
• Crowe On The Banjo / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder [J.D. Crowe birthday, 8/27/1937]
• J's Tune / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder [J.D. Crowe birthday, 8/27/1937]
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel 
• Ready For The Times To Get Better / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
• I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / FastTrack / FastTrack/ Engelhardt Music Group
• Why Do You Treat Me This Way / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Black Knob Breakdown / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• A Place For A Fool / Stephen Mougin with the Gibson Brothers / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Going To The Races / James King / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Loving You Too Well / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Sweetest Love / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I'll Never Grow Tired Of You / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Daybreak In Dixie / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Pray For Me / Steve Gulley / Family, Friends & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• I'm A Weary Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / There's A Light Guiding Me / Sugar Hill [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Lonesome Road / Dale Ann Bradley & Steve Gulley / Live At WDVX [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Heaven's My Next Exit / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Kept And Protected / Sugar Hill [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• The Man I Ought To Be / Steve Gulley / Family, Friends & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Steve Gulley:  9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
• Let My Life Be A Light / Balsam Range / Aeonic / Mountain Home
• Joy Of Revelation / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Camping In Canaan's Land / Dailey & Vincent / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS Music
• Message For Peace / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• I Can't Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• The Man In The Middle / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• Journey To My Savior's Side / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• I'm Goin' That Way / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder [J.D. Crowe birthday, 8/27/1937]
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Rounder
• Home On The River / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
• Paul And Silas / Country Gentlemen / Country Songs, Old And New / Smithsonian Folkways
• Harbor Of Love / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley:  8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder