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
