"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/19/2026

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we shared new music, looked back at some popular songs of 30 years ago, and celebrated both Earth Day and the birthday of a Bluegrass Hall of Famer.  It was a certainly a full three-hour program, so hope you were able to join us.

New music came from a young banjo player named Izaak Atlas Schwartz and the trio of Shelton & Williams.  We also included newer music from the Po' Ramblin' Boys and Southern Legacy.

We shared several tunes from the great Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Doyle Lawson, who celebrated his 82nd birthday on April 20th.

And, for something different, we put a small spotlight on nine songs from the Top 30 songs featured in the National Bluegrass Survey as published in the February 1996 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited.  Among the performers who were on the charts that month was a very new band who had three songs on the chart, including the top song and top album, Blue Highway.  Other songs we featured were performed by the Laurel Canyon Ramblers, Gary Ferguson, Lynn Morris, Claire Lynch, Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, Byron Berline with Vince Gill, IIIrd Tyme Out, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.  We'll plan to feature a look back at other National Bluegrass Survey songs in future editions of our Bluegrass Cafe.  

Hope you are having a good week, and that you'll consider tuning in once again to our Bluegrass Cafe this coming Sunday from 4-7PM.

See you then - 

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Old Devil's Dream / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / JSP Records
• Another Day / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King
• Love You In Vain / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Richmond On The James / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Arcadia / Down The Road Records
• Walk The Way The Wind Blows / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Say You'll Take Me Back / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Another Town / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood Music
• Straight Drive / Terry McGill / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
• Trail Of Tears / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• Honky Tonk Blues / Terry McGill with Jen Larson / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
• Early Morning Rain / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Grandfather's Clock / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Bright Sherman Valley / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• Down Where The River Bends / NorthernBound / Grandad Hank / Self-Produced
• Red River Valley / Tony Trischka with Molly Tuttle / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Black Oak Ridge / Izaak Atlas Schwartz / Black Oak Ridge / Patuxent Music
• Shifting Sand / Shelton & Williams / single / Huckleberry Records
• Pardon Me / Po' Ramblin' Boys / single / Turnberry Records
• Bill From Isonville / Southern Legacy / single / Pinecastle
• Come And Sit By The River / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• Clear Cut / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
• Paradise / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
• It's A Long, Long Road / Blue Highway / It's A Long, Long Road / Rebel
• Rambler's Blues / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Rambler's Blues / Sugar Hill
• Past The Point Of Rescue / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Sleepy-Eyed John/Tom And Jerry / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / The Oak And The Laurel / Rounder
• Rose Of Old Kentucky / Byron Berline with Vince Gill / Fiddle And A Song / Sugar Hill
• Can't Say Goodbye / IIIrd Tyme Out / Letter To Home / Rounder
• Pee Wee And Fern / Claire Lynch / Moonlighter / Rounder
• Walking The Blues / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Sweet Rosie Jones / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill
• My Friend Clyde / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Cabin Song / Billy Strings / Highway Prayers / Reprise
• Are You Wasting My Time / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Walking Down The Line / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/22/1944]
• Pretending I Don't Care / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/22/1944]
• Rock My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/22/1944]
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Just As The Sun Went Down / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• A Little More Faith In Jesus / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/22/1944]
• So Happy I'll Be / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• I'm Going Up When He Starts Down / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Soul Condition / Billy Blue Records
• I Can't Sit Down / Special Consensus / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• Goodbye / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/22/1944]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/20/2025

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our first live show in three weeks, and it was a busy one!  We included a bit of newer music, and celebrated the April 20th birthdays of both Doyle Lawson and Hylo Brown.  And, of course, since it was Easter Sunday, we couldn't forget to share many songs relating to this most holy season.

If you happened to miss this show's original airing on Easter Sunday, you have another week and a couple of days to check out the streaming show.  Click on this link if you'd like to hear it.

Hope you'll consider joining us for another Bluegrass Cafe this coming Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Search Inside An Empty Tomb / Rarely Herd / What About Him / Pinecastle
• The Empty Tomb / Gary Ferguson / Without You / Turquoise Records
• Stone Was Rolled Away / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Broken Stone / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• You Can't Hurt Ham / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Music To My Ears / Skaggs Family Records
• Come Early Morning / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Leftover Biscuits / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Follow The Leader / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH Records
• Girl From The North Country / Steve Gulley / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Someone Took My Place With You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• I'll Be Around Somewhere / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Walkin' Down The Line / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Please Search Your Heart / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1994]
• Big Spike Hammer / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 3:  California Connection / Rounder [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Doyle Lawson & Paul Williams / Chapter 3 / Mountain Home  [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• C.G. Express / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Lovesick And Sorrow / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow - 16 Greatest Starday Recordings / Starday [Remembering Hylo Brown:  4/20/1922 - 1/17/2003]
• The Prisoner's Song / Earl Scruggs & Hylo Brown / Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966 / Vanguard [Remembering Hylo Brown:  4/20/1922 - 1/17/2003]
• Look Up To The Sky / Henhouse Prowlers / Unravel / Dark Shadow Recording
• Dance 'Til Your Socks Are Hot And Ravelin' / The Dillards / Songs That Made Charlene Cry / Dillard Song Records
• Listening To The Rain / Bob Minner feat. Rhonda Vincent & John Meador / single / Billy Blue Records
• Poor Boy Like Me / Henhouse Prowlers / Unravel / Dark Shadow Recording
• There Is A Time / The Dillards / Songs That Made Charlene Cry / Dillard Song Records
• Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains / Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways
• When There's Nothing But The Crickets Left To Sing / Big Country Bluegrass / Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Rebel
• Whispering Waters / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Daughter Of The Stars / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• 20/20 Vision / Jimmy Martin / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1963-1965 / Kipepeo Publishing
• White House Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• I Call Her Sunshine / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• Let's / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I Beg To You / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Broke Down Engine / Woody Platt with Del McCoury / Far Away With You / Compass Records
• Leaving London / Greg Blake / Bluegrass Sings Paxton / Mountain Home
• Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• Memories That We Shared / Sideline / Front And Center / Mountain Home
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• It's Lonesome Everywhere I Go / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Listen To The Lonesome Wind / Missy Raines / Highlander / Compass Records
• The Cry From The Cross / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• He Took Your Place / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• Were You There / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• Rock My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• I Am The Man, Thomas / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea Records
• Purple Robe / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• He's Passing This Way / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/14/2024

Our Tax Day Eve Bluegrass Cafe broadcast on April 14th started with several songs about money (or lack of it) and, of course, taxes.  Other sets of music from Sunday's show focused on newer tracks, and there were several April birthdays to remember.  Hope you were able to join us, but if not, read on for the recap...

For April birthdays, we remembered the 60th birthday of Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964), as well as the 80th birthday of Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944).  We also celebrated the birthdays (or birth anniversaries) of Delia Bell, Bob Dick, and Hylo Brown.

There was a bit of recent music from Alison Brown & Steve Martin, Darren Beachley & Kyle Windbeck, Junior Sisk, Adam McIntosh, the Price Sisters, Authentic Unlimited, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, and Howard Parker.

And we celebrated two Pioneers of Bluegrass who were honored Sunday afternoon by the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance at their Hall of Fame ceremonies.  We celebrated both the late Bill Rawlings, as well as Dave Papuga, an eastern Connecticut guitarist who worked for several years with the Pike Brothers and Earlene Pike.  We'll focus more on their music over the next few weeks.

Hope you were able to join us on Sunday, but if not, we sure hope you'll consider tuning in this coming Sunday from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Lower On The Hog / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel
• Empty Pocket Blues / Hot Rize / Hot Rize / Flying Fish
• I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent / David Grisman / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Taxes / Smokey Greene / The Friendly Voice Of Smokey Greene / Pinecastle
• Poverty Row / Cedar Hill / Poverty Row / Blue Circle Records
• Seventeen Cents / Lynn Morris Band / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• Over The Hills To The Poorhouse / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Every Time You Say Goodbye / Rounder
• Every Time You Say Goodbye / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Every Time You Say Goodbye / Rounder
• I Don't Do Floors / James King / Bed By The Window / Rounder
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• Georgia Five String / Gillis Brothers / Heart & Soul / Rebel
• Look For Me / Angelica Grim / Look For Me / Patuxent Music
• Best Female Actress / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Love Please Come Home / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King
• Leaves In The Wind / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Bluegrass Radio / Alison Brown & Steve Martin / single / Compass Records
• Where Does A Hobo Go / Darren Beachley & Kyle Windbeck / single / Turnberry Records
• Midnight / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• Girl Behind The Bar / Adam McIntosh / Restless / Billy Blue Records
• A Drive At Dusk / Authentic Unlimited / So Much For Forever / Billy Blue Records
• I'm Down To My Last Cigarette / Howard Parker feat. Shannon Leigh Reynolds / single / Waiting For Lester Records
• Wild And Wicked World / Junior Sisk / If There's A Will There's A Way / Mountain Fever Records
• The Price I Pay / Darin & Brooke Aldridge with John Jorgensen / single / Billy Blue Records
• Angeline The Baker / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder [Stuart Duncan birthday, 4/14/1964]
• Prisoner's Song / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / King [Remembering Hylo Brown:  4/20/1922 - 1/17/2003]
• Life's Highway / Bob Dick / Life's Highway / Self-Produced [Bob Dick birthday, 4/18/1969]
• Sad Situation / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Dreaming / Rounder [Remembering Delia Bell:  4/16/1935 - 6/15/2018]
• Lovesick And Sorrow / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / King [Remembering Hylo Brown:  4/20/1922 - 1/17/2003]
• Walking Down The Line / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Blackjack / J.D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• I'll Be Around Somewhere / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Out In The Cold World / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Blue Records [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• One Car Funeral / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• The Room Over Mine / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Steeped In Tradition / Brandywine
• No One Now / Earlene Pike / Earlene Pike / Zap
• I'll Never See My Home Again / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Pickin' On Asheville Pike / Pike Family & the Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel
• He Was A Friend Of Mine / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Rock My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• When My Time Comes To Go / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• Won't It Be Wonderful / Authentic Unlimited / The Gospel Sessions, Volume 2 / Billy Blue Records
• I Am Just A Pilgrim / Appalachian Road Show / Barry Abernathy & Darrell Webb Present Appalachian Road Show / Billy Blue Records
• So Happy I'll Be / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder
• Hold Fast To The Right / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder [Stuart Duncan birthday, 4/14/1964]
• Preachin', Prayin', Singin' / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/24/2021

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe started out as one with no particular agenda or direction, except that we planned to play a few songs from the catalog of Country Music Hall of Famer Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones, whose 108th birthday would have been celebrated on October 20th.  By the time the show was over, we'd played several songs in honor of Doyle Lawson, who had announced that his retirement from the road would happen one year earlier than originally announced (end of 2021 vs. end of 2022).  We'd also learned while playing birthday songs for this week that the great Sonny Osborne, who would have celebrated his 84th birthday on October 29th had possibly died on this day.  I say "possibly" as there were too many conflicting sources of Facebook information during the time the news originally came.  It was all very confusing, but in the end, it seems that Sonny did, indeed, pass earlier this afternoon.  We will work this week on a program to honor the legendary music of this incredible performer.  Rest in peace, Sonny.

Hope you were able to join us for all or some of today's show.  Please consider joining us once more next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Girl From The North Country / Steve Gulley / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• When Someone Wants To Leave / Seldom Scene / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• Where I'm Bound / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I'll Take The Lonesome Every Time / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
• Please Search Your Heart / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel
• Age / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder
• Every Now And Then / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
• Happy Go Lucky / Alan Bibey & Doyle Lawson / single / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Stay Around / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Baby Blue Eyes / Vince Gill / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Leaves In The Wind / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Deep River / Rick Faris / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• I'll Never Grow Tired Of You / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Prisoner's Song / David Peterson & 1946 / Cup Of Loneliness / Self-Produced
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy [song recorded 10/24/1951]
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Pikearoo / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel [Remembering Fred Pike:  10/27/1932 - 3/5/1997]
• Gold Watch And Chain / Eddie & Martha Adcock / TwoGrass / Pinecastle [Martha Adcock birthday, 10/29/1949]
• Where The Wild River Rolls / Bob Amos / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone [Bob Amos birthday, 10/24/1957]
• O-hio / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records [Joe Mullins birthday, 10/27/1965]
• The Sound (That Set My Soul On Fire) / Larry Stephenson Band / Retrospective:  LSB Live / Whysper Dream Music [Larry Stephenson birthday, 10/24/1956]
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Are You From Dixie / Grandpa Jones / 28 Greatest Hits / Starday King [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]
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Grandpa Jones / 28 Greatest Hits / Starday King [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Falling Leaves / Seldom Scene / John Duffey:  The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Roll Slow, Greyhound / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Hit Parade Of Love / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Bluegrass Legends:  Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music
• Sockeye / Jeremy Stephens / How I Hear It / Rebel
• Goodbye Marie / Merle Monroe / Songs Of A Simple Life / Pinecastle
• They Called It Music / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
• Hickory Hollow / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage Records
• Goin' To The Dance / Chris Warner with Tom Adams / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent Music
• L.A. International Airport / Dale Ann Bradley / Things She Couldn't Get Over / Pinecastle
• I Wouldn't Change You If I Could / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Milwaukee, Here I Come / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / MCA
• Still Waters / Osborne Brothers / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill 
• Jesus Hold My Hand / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / I Can Go To Them / Pinecastle
• Rockin' On The Waves / Brown's Ferry Four / Rockin' On The Waves / King [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Won't That Be A Happy Time / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• Do You Live What You Preach / Crowe, Lawson & Williams / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home
• Grit And Grace / Balsam Range / Mettle And Moxie / Mountain Home
• Eat At The Welcome Table / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Will There Be Any Stars? / Cox Family & Alison Krauss / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/18/2021

If you are a fan of the music of the Louvin Brothers, today would have been a fine day to check our Bluegrass Cafe!  We played loads of Louvin tunes (covers and the Louvins, themselves) in honor of the birth anniversary of elder brother, Ira Louvin (April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965).  We also celebrated the upcoming birthday of Bluegrass Hall of Famer Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944), and enjoyed lots more music, classic and new.  Hope you were able to join us!

Friendly reminder:  if you are a songwriter, the deadline for the 2021 Podunk Songwriters Contest is rapidly approaching.  Look for everything you need to know by clicking here.

While there wasn't quite as much brand-new music to showcase during this week's program, we still shared a few new (and new-to-us) tunes from the Industrial Strength Bluegrass compilation on Smithsonian Folkways, Nick Chandler & Delivered, Nu-Blu, Unspoken Tradition, Jason Davis (with Dan Tyminski), the Kody Norris Show, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, and Alan Bibey & Grasstowne.

Thanks so much for joining us for this session in our Bluegrass Cafe, and we will look forward to seeing you again next week, 4-7PM.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Come And Sit By The River / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Blue Tears Are Falling / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Second Wind / Claire Lynch / Moonlighter / Rounder
• Seen It All / Bob Amos / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone
• Pines Of Caroline / Boyd Timothy / demo / Self-Produced
• Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-Produced
• Polka On A Banjo / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• Borrowed Diamonds / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood
• Fourteen Carat Mind / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Before The Sun Goes Down / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Hello / Nick Chandler & Delivered / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• Time (On Your Side) / Nu-Blu / Where You've Been / Self-Produced
• Back On The Crooked Road / Unspoken Tradition / single / Mountain Home
• Modern Day Jezebel / Jason Davis with Dan Tyminski / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Brand New Hit In Nashville / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• Larry Sparks Medley (Dark Hollow/A Face In The Crowd/These Old Blues) / Josh Williams-Bradley Walker-Russell Moore / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Shenandoah Breakdown / Rick Spinney / Off The Cuff / Self-Produced
• Cash On The Barrelhead / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• When I Stop Dreaming / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• I Wish You Knew / Jim & Jesse / Bean Blossom / MCA [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• My Baby's Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• My Baby Came Back / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / The Oak And The Laurel / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• If I Could Only Win Your Love / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• You're Running Wild / Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• I Can't Keep You In Love With Me / Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Seven Year Blues / Longview / Longview / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Tiny Broken Heart / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Love And Wealth / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Down Memory Lane / Rebel [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Pitfall / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Thinking About You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Walkin' Down The Line / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Happy Go Lucky / Doyle Lawson & Alan Bibey / single / Billy Blue Records [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Between The Lines / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / single / Billy Blue Records [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Blink Of An Eye / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Sweet Potato Rag / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Just Rehearsing / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• River Of Jordan / Ricky Skaggs & the Whites / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Are You Afraid To Die? / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Born Again / Larry Stephenson Band / Pull Your Savior In / Whysper Dream [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• The Angels Rejoiced / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Make Him A Soldier / Whitstein Brothers / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Satan Is Real / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• There's A Higher Power / Eddie Sanders / Wait For The Light To Shine / Engelhardt Music Group [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• The Family Who Prays / Red Allen / Keep On Going / Rebel [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1944 - 6/20/1965]
• Let Us Travel, Travel On / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I'll Wander Back Someday / Sugar Hill [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Weapon Of Prayer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Family / MME
• Jesus Is Waiting / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I Want To Know More About My Lord / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• When He Calls My Name / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Hitchhiking To California / Billy Blue Records
• Henry Clayton Parker / Junior Sisk / Brand New Shade Of Blue / Mountain Fever Records
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Jesus I'll Never Forget / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder