"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/4/2026

Our first Bluegrass Cafe for 2026 started just a couple of minutes later than our usual 4PM, as we were waiting for the end of the UConn Men's Basketball game.  That's all fine, though, as we still managed to fill our remaining time with lots of fine music from lots of wonderful folks.

As we generally tend to do, we remembered the great Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953) -- not a Bluegrass performer, of course -- in a Bluegrass style in honor of the anniversary of his famous passing.  There are very few individuals in Bluegrass or otherwise that we honor both on the anniversary of their birth as well as the death anniversary date, but Hank Williams was a unique individual, and he certainly has impacted the world of Bluegrass music and will continue to do so.

We also remembered the legendary Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 - March 28, 2012) with several of his innovative tunes.  Where would Bluegrass music be without Earl?  We also remembered early January birthdays of both Patty Loveless and Gary Ferguson.

And we played a couple of tunes in honor of Gabe Hirshfeld, the wonderful banjo player of the Lonely Heartstring Band and a friend to just about everyone in Bluegrass, passed unexpectedly late in December at the age of 36.  Gabe was far too young, but his musicianship and kindness and humor touched so many people and will be for many years to come.  As I mentioned on the air, the Boston Bluegrass Union has set up a memorial fund in honor of Gabe Hirshfeld.  If you would like to contribute to this fund, here's a link for you to click.

Enjoy the rest of the week, and we'll hope to join you on Sunday from 4-7PM for another Bluegrass Cafe.

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Auld Lang Syne / Bill Keith with Jim Rooney / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Feel Good Day / Continental Divide / Feel Good Day / Pinecastle
• There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder / Larry Sparks / New Moon Over My Shoulder / Rebel
• We Three Kings / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Living In These Troubled Times / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• Don't Hold Your Breath / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• That's How The Cookie Crumbles / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Raised By The Railroad Line / The Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
• Little White Washed Chimney / Bill Clifton / The Early Years, 1957-1958 / Rounder
• Anybody Else's Heart / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass Records
• Is It Wrong (To Love Somebody New) / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Soppin' The Gravy / Corrina Rose Logston / Bluegrass Fiddler / Patuxent Music
• Leftover Biscuits / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Queen Anne's Lace / Del McCoury Band / Blue Side Of Town / Rounder
• Old Hickory Cane / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Big Bruce / Lonely Heartstring Band / Deep Waters / Rounder [Remembering Gabe Hirshfeld (1989-2025)]
• If I Had A Hammer / Lonely Heartstring Band / Deep Waters / Rounder [Remembering Gabe Hirshfeld (1989-2025)]
• He Came From Carolina (A Tribute To Earl) / Jim Mills / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Pike County Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Classic Bluegrass Live, 1959-1966 / Vanguard [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Hey Good Lookin' / Hank Williams / Hillbilly Hero / Proper [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Settin' The Woods On Fire / Good Ol' Persons / Good n' Live / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Move It On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Cold, Cold Heart / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• May You Never Be Alone / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Baby We're Really In Love / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy Records [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Six More Miles / Hank Williams / Hillbilly Hero / Proper [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Sis Draper / Shawn Camp / The Ghost Of Sis Draper / Truly Handmade Records
• That's Why You Left Me So Blue / Jason Barie feat. Bobby Osborne & Doyle Lawson / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• It's All Fun And Games (Till Someone Gets Hurt) / Junior Sisk / It's All Fun And Games / Turnberry Records
• Another Love Gone Wrong / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• On Whiskey Mountain / Bill Emerson with Bill Harrell / Reunion / Pinecastle
• Mama Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Lay Down Your Troubles / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Pinecastle [Gary Ferguson birthday, 1/6/1950]
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• So Happy I'll Be / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Shouting On The Hills Of Glory / Connie & Babe & the Backwoods Boys / Down The Road To Home / Rounder
• We're Living In The Last Days Now / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Lead Us Safely / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At The Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• Call His Name / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / The Best Of Can't You Hear Me Callin' / SME [Patty Loveless birthday, 1/4/1957]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/5/2025

 

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Auld Lang Syne / Bill Keith / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• We Three Kings / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Close By / Dailey & Vincent / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Bluefield West Virginia Blues / Big Country Bluegrass / Country Livin' / Rebel
• Waiting For The Real Thing / Front Range / The New Frontier / Sugar Hill
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Richmond Ruckus / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• A Lonesome Feeling / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• I'm Walkin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Rounder
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Classic Bluegrass Live, 1959-1966 / Vanguard [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Goin' Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  A Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Mama Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Randy Lynn Rag / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Elvis Presley / The Early Years / Newsound [Remembering Elvis Presley:  1/8/1935 - 8/16/1977]
• Calling Elvis / Lonesome River Band / Outside Looking In / Mountain Home [Remembering Elvis Presley:  1/8/1935 - 8/16/1977]
• Viva Las Vegas / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder [Remembering Elvis Presley:  1/8/1935 - 8/16/1977]
• I'll Be A Bachelor 'Til I Die / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Cold, Cold Heart / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I Can't Get You Off My Mind / Claire Lynch / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Move It On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Why Don't You Love Me / Gene Wooten / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Really Leaving / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco [Gary Ferguson birthday, 1/6/1950]
• Kentucky Darlin' / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel [Kody Norris birthday, 1/6/1988]
• Wind To The West / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
• The Last Thing On My Mind / Sister Sadie / Bluegrass Sings Paxton / Mountain Home
• I Was Left On The Street / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Some Of These Days (You're Gonna Be Sad) / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• I Worship You / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• God Loves His Children / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Mansions For Me / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Let The Light Shine Down / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I'm Working On The Road To Gloryland / IIIrd Tyme Out with Earl Scruggs / Living On The Other Side / Rounder 
• Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• I'll Shout And Shine / Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / Self-Produced
• Let The Church Roll On / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / At Carnegie Hall / Koch Records
• Just A Matter Of Time / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/14/2024

Since the first Sunday of 2024 turned out to be a snow day for us here in eastern Connecticut, we spent a good deal of the January 13th edition of our Bluegrass Cafe tying up loose ends from that missed week.  We played a few more songs from recordings issued in 2023, belatedly celebrated the 100th birth anniversary of the one and only Earl Scruggs, and paid tribute to a fine musician and singer who left us too early, Audie Blaylock.

So many tributes have been made since January 6th -- the centennial anniversary of the birthday of one super legend named Earl Eugene Scruggs.  It's difficult to overstate how important this young banjo picker from North Carolina would become in the world of Bluegrass music, and music, in general.  We shared lots of Earl's music on Sunday -- his earliest days with Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, as well as his many years of partnership with Lester Flatt.  We also shared music that Earl made on his own, and where he served as a guest musician with performers such as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tom T. Hall, IIIrd Tyme Out, and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.  Many hours could be filled with the music of Earl Scruggs, and we will absolutely continue to share his music and his influence during our program.

We also learned this week of the passing of Audie Blaylock.  In addition to being a bandleader of Audie Blaylock & Redline for the last couple of decades, Audie was also a 9-year member of Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, and worked for a bit with both Rhonda Vincent & the Rage and Michael Cleveland.  We included lots of Audie's music during Sunday's show and enjoyed all of it, as we will for years to come.  Rest in peace.

There wasn't really any brand-new music for us to share this week; instead, we included selections from 2023 releases that we didn't get to play during our December 31st broadcast.  To that end, we heard 2023 music from Sam Bush, Michael Cleveland, Bob & Sarah Amos, the Tim Raybon Band, Jason Carter, the Kody Norris Show, the Dan Tyminski Band, Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve, Rick Faris, East Nash Grass, and the Tennessee Bluegrass Band.

Hope you enjoyed the program, and please be sure to join us for another brand-new Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Have a fine week.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder with Earl Scruggs / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  Tribute To 1946 And 1947 / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Radio John / Sam Bush / Radio John:  Songs Of John Hartford / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Sunny Days (Are Comin' Once Again) / Michael Cleveland with Jeff White / Lovin' Of The Game / Compass Records
• The Hills That I Call Home / Bob & Sarah Amos / EverOnward / Bristlecone 
• Leaving Cleveland / Tim Raybon Band / I Could Get Used To This / Pinecastle
• Long Haul Truckin' / Chris Warner with Audie Blaylock / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Don't Wake Me / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• I Remember / Chris Warner with Audie Blaylock / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Matches / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Love Is An Awful Thing / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Originalist / 615 Hideaway Records [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Sophronie / Audie Blaylock / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Roll On Blues / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Kissimmee Kid / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• Mountain Rosalie / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• When The Wind Comes Up / Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve / Mile 77 / Don Giovanni Records
• Never Met A Stranger / Dan Tyminski Band / God Fearing Heathen / 8 Track Entertainment
• Too Lonely, Way Too Long / Rick Faris / Uncommon Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• I Almost Told Her / East Nash Grass / Last Chance To Win / Mountain Fever Records
• Coming Down The Line / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Paper Angel / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• The Boys In Hats And Ties / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats And Ties / Rebel
• Old Salty Dog Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Flint Hill Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Wildwood Flower / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Mother Maybelle Carter & Earl Scruggs / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Sittin' On Top Of The World / Earl Scruggs with Rodney Dillard / Top Of The World / Columbia [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Song Of The South / Earl Scruggs & Tom T. Hall / The Storyteller And The Banjo Man / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• You Are My Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Songs Of The Famous Carter Family / Columbia [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Mama Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall!:  The Complete Concert / Koch Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Don't Stop The Music / Del McCoury / High Lonesome And Blue / Rounder
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• You Better Hold On To Your Heart / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• I Will Always Be Waiting For You / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Redwood Hill / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Harbor Of Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• I'm Working On The Road To Gloryland / IIIrd Tyme Out with Earl Scruggs / Living On The Other Side / Rounder [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage with Bill Gaither / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming / GGS Music [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• The Heavenly Parade / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Parade / Sugar Hill
• Goodbye / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• I Have Found The Way / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/1/2023 -- an encore presentation!

It's a new year!  We aren't allowed to be at UConn today broadcasting live, but we're happy to share a Bluegrass Cafe from the COVID-era archives with you on this first day of 2023.  If you're listening, you're probably aware that this show originally aired on January 3, 2020.  During our three hours for that broadcast, we shared loads of music from the then-recently-deceased Tony Rice (June 8, 1951 - December 25, 2020), and we included birthday tributes to two members of the Country Music Hall of Fame who are wickedly important in the history of Bluegrass -- and really ALL -- music:  Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953) and Earl Scruggs (January 6, 1924 - March 28, 2012).  

Hope you enjoyed the encore presentation, and we'll plan to be with for a live-in-the-studio show on January 8th!

Until then, Happy New Year!!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Cold On The Shoulder / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Age / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Walk On Boy / Rice Brothers / Blue Ribbon Bluegrass / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Bill Emerson with Tony Rice / Reunion / Webco [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind / Claire Lynch / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Move It On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Cold, Cold Heart / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Singing Waterfall / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Settin' The Woods On Fire / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Hey Good Lookin' / Hank Williams / Live At The Opry / Opry Music  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Wake Up And Smell The Coffee / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Last Train / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Sarah Jarosz / Fiddler's Pastime / Self-Produced
• Hitchhiking To California / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / single / Billy Blue Records
• Lonesome Leaving Train / Amanda Cook / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Auld Lang Syne / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Gusto
• San Antone / Bobby Atkins, Frank Poindexter, & Tony Rice / 1968 Session / Old Homestead Records [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Leaves That Are Green / J.D. Crowe & the Kentucky Mountain Boys / single / Lemco [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Ten Degrees And Getting Colder / J.D. Crowe & the New South / The New South / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Blackberry Blossom / Tony Rice / Manzanita / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Church Street Blues / Tony Rice / Church Street Blues / Sugar Hill[Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Greenlight On The Southern / Tony Rice / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• More Pretty Girls Than One / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Norman Blake & Tony Rice / Blake & Rice 2 / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Blue Railroad Train / Josh Williams with Tony Rice / Down Home / Pinecastle [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Sawing On The Strings / Alison Krauss / A Hundred Miles Or More / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• He Was A Friend Of Mine / Dudley Connell with Tony Rice / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records [Earl Scruggs birthday, 1/6/1924]
• Pike County Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [Earl Scruggs birthday, 1/6/1924]
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [Earl Scruggs birthday, 1/6/1924]
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records [Earl Scruggs birthday, 1/6/1924]
• Farewell Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [Earl Scruggs birthday, 1/6/1924]
• Come On Down / Fast Track / Fast Track / Engelhardt Music Group
• Father, Son, And The Holy Ghost / Ernie Thacker / The Chill Of Lonesome / Doobie Shea Records
• Prettiest Flower There / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• It's Just Like Heaven / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Collection
• Lord Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• The Old Crossroads / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• I'll Answer The Call / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS Music
• Jesus Is Standing At My Right Hand / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / James King / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Shine, Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Let The Church Roll On / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall!:  The Complete Concert / Koch Records
• From Jerusalem To Jericho / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• So Many Years, So Many Blessings / Lewis Family / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS Music
• I Believe / Del McCoury Band / Blue Side Of Town / Rounder
• Get Up In Jesus' Name / Marty Raybon / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS Music
• Wonderful, Beautiful Place / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The News Is Out / Sugar Hill
• When The Sun Of Life Goes Down / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Sacred Memories / Rebel
• Prayer Bell Of Heaven / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics (1946-1950) / Cattle [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/3/2021

Happy New Year!  Hope you're enjoying your 2021, so far.  

Our first show of the new year included a whole bunch of songs in tribute to the late Tony Rice, who died at the age of 69 on Christmas Day.  To say Tony Rice has influenced a generation of musicians would be a tremendous understatement.  Through his solo recordings to records made with occasional duet partners (Ricky Skaggs and Norman Blake), with J.D. Crowe & the New South, with his brothers, with the Bluegrass Album Band, and his appearances as a guest on other performers' records, Tony Rice left an indelible impression on Bluegrass and acoustic music that will be felt forever.  We listened to lots of music from the amazing songbook of this Bluegrass Hall of Famer on Sunday, and we will continue to do so in future editions of our Bluegrass Cafe.  Rest in peace, Tony Rice, and thanks for the music.

We also remembered the late Hank Williams with several Bluegrass renditions of his songs.  Hank famously died at the age or 29 on his way to performing a show on New Year's Day in 1953.  His incredible songs live on in many styles of music, including Bluegrass.

And we couldn't have a show without remembering the legendary Earl Scruggs, who was born on January 6, 1924.  Would there be Bluegrass without Earl?  

Hope you enjoyed the program, and that you're staying safe and healthy in this new year.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Cold On The Shoulder / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Age / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Walk On Boy / Rice Brothers / Blue Ribbon Bluegrass / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Bill Emerson with Tony Rice / Reunion / Webco [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind / Claire Lynch / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Move It On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Cold, Cold Heart / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Singing Waterfall / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Settin' The Woods On Fire / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Hey Good Lookin' / Hank Williams / Live At The Opry / Opry Music  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Wake Up And Smell The Coffee / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Last Train / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Sarah Jarosz / Fiddler's Pastime / Self-Produced
• Hitchhiking To California / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / single / Billy Blue Records
• Lonesome Leaving Train / Amanda Cook / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Auld Lang Syne / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Gusto
• San Antone / Bobby Atkins, Frank Poindexter, & Tony Rice / 1968 Session / Old Homestead Records [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Leaves That Are Green / J.D. Crowe & the Kentucky Mountain Boys / single / Lemco [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Ten Degrees And Getting Colder / J.D. Crowe & the New South / The New South / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Blackberry Blossom / Tony Rice / Manzanita / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Church Street Blues / Tony Rice / Church Street Blues / Sugar Hill[Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Greenlight On The Southern / Tony Rice / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• More Pretty Girls Than One / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Norman Blake & Tony Rice / Blake & Rice 2 / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Blue Railroad Train / Josh Williams with Tony Rice / Down Home / Pinecastle [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Sawing On The Strings / Alison Krauss / A Hundred Miles Or More / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• He Was A Friend Of Mine / Dudley Connell with Tony Rice / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records [Earl Scruggs birthday, 1/6/1924]
• Pike County Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [Earl Scruggs birthday, 1/6/1924]
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [Earl Scruggs birthday, 1/6/1924]
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records [Earl Scruggs birthday, 1/6/1924]
• Farewell Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [Earl Scruggs birthday, 1/6/1924]
• Come On Down / Fast Track / Fast Track / Engelhardt Music Group
• Father, Son, And The Holy Ghost / Ernie Thacker / The Chill Of Lonesome / Doobie Shea Records
• Prettiest Flower There / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• It's Just Like Heaven / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Collection
• Lord Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• The Old Crossroads / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• I'll Answer The Call / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS Music
• Jesus Is Standing At My Right Hand / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / James King / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Shine, Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Let The Church Roll On / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall!:  The Complete Concert / Koch Records
• From Jerusalem To Jericho / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• So Many Years, So Many Blessings / Lewis Family / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS Music
• I Believe / Del McCoury Band / Blue Side Of Town / Rounder
• Get Up In Jesus' Name / Marty Raybon / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS Music
• Wonderful, Beautiful Place / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The News Is Out / Sugar Hill
• When The Sun Of Life Goes Down / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Sacred Memories / Rebel
• Prayer Bell Of Heaven / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics (1946-1950) / Cattle [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA  [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder