Showing posts with label Gloria Belle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gloria Belle. Show all posts

Sunday, June 08, 2025

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/8/2025

Early June seems like a good time to celebrate a birthday, so we did quite a bit of that during Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe.  Our show started with several selections featuring the great Tony Rice (June 8, 1951 - December 25, 2020), as even though the man is probably best known for the way he played his guitar, his vocals were always stellar, too.  

Other birthdays we celebrated on Sunday included those of a Bluegrass pioneer who deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, Gloria Belle (June 9, 1939 - May 5, 2023), as well as a current singer who may someday be inducted into the Hall of Fame, Jamie Dailey (born June 9, 1975).  And we belatedly celebrated the birthday of a fine New Hampshire songwriter who also happens to be a nice guy, Rick Lang (born June 8, 1947).  Happy Birthday to all!

We spent about 45 minutes of our three hour broadcast today celebrating trains. The romance of the train never seems to go out of style, and we could easily fill a couple of shows with songs about this mode of transportation.  Maybe someday we will do just that.

Next week's Bluegrass Cafe will be one from the archives, but I'll plan to join you once again live in the studio on June 21st.  Hope you have a fine week, and, as always, thanks for listening to our program!

Amy O.


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

  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • Cold On The Shoulder / Tony Rice / Hand-Picked:  Twenty-Five Years Of Rounder Records / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
  • There's More Pretty Girls Than One / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
  • Ten Degrees And Getting Colder / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
  • Age / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album Band / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
  • Galveston Flood / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
  • It's All Right With Me / Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
  • Here Today And Gone Tomorrow / Hazel Dickens with the Johnson Mountain Boys / By The Sweat Of My Brow / Rounder 
  • Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
  • I Gotta Get Back To You / Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
  • Pardon Me / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
  • Nightwalk / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
  • I Once Believed In Love / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
  • Anywhere The Wind Blows / Missy Raines & Allegheny with Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
  • Country Poor, Country Proud / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP&CD Records
  • We Can't Be Darlings Anymore / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
  • Proud Mary / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
  • I've Never Been So Lonesome / Longview / Longview / Rounder
  • I'll Never See My Home Again / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
  • Here Comes The Train / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
  • The Train Song / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
  • Bluegrass Express / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
  • One Way Train / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I'll Wander Back Someday / Sugar Hill
  • Pan American / The Seldom Scene / Old Train / Rebel
  • Wreck Of The Old 97 / David Holt / Grandfather's Greatest Hits / High Windy Audio
  • The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore / New Coon Creek Girls / The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore / Pinecastle
  • Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records
  • Old Train / Tony Rice Unit / Manzanita / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
  • Orange Blossom Special / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
  • Diesel Train / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Pinecastle
  • I'm Watching The Train Passing By / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
  • The Passing Of The Train / Special Consensus / Roads & Rails / Shy Town Records
  • My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
  • Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
  • Love Of The Mountains / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
  • Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder [Jamie Dailey birthday, 6/9/1975]
  • Maybe This Time / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
  • They Sawed Up A Storm / Rick Lang with Becky Buller / A Tale To Tell / Dark Shadow Recording [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
  • Subscription To Loneliness / Henhouse Prowlers / Lead And Iron / Dark Shadow Recording [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
  • Another Long Sleepless Night / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
  • Walking Down The Line / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Kisses Don't Lie / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
  • She's Heavenly / Del McCoury Band with Molly Tuttle / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
  • Listen To The Word Of God / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
  • Meet Me Over On The Other Side / Country Gentlemen / Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
  • There's A Highway To Heaven / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
  • The Sons And Daughters Of God / Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / Self-Produced
  • Don't Tune Him Out / The Whites / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout--Bluegrass Gospel From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
  • Beyond The Sunset For Me / Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey, Josh Swift / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm [Jamie Dailey birthday, 6/9/1975]
  • So Happy I'll Be / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
  • A Place On Calvary / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder [Jamie Dailey birthday, 6/9/1975]
  • Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Sunday, May 14, 2023

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/14/2023

 My mother, Eleanor Orlomoski, with her 
youngest child (and only girl).

Happy Mother's Day!  It was a gorgeous Spring day in eastern Connecticut on this second Sunday of May -- a perfect day for Mom!  During our Bluegrass Cafe, we honored mother with all sorts of songs about her -- nearly three full hours' worth.  Hope you were able to join us.

We also remembered the late Gloria Belle (June 9, 1939 - May 5, 2023), who happened to be one of the pioneering female band leaders and singers in Bluegrass history.  If you'd like to know more about the life of this remarkable woman (as well as hear/see a lot of excellent sound clips of her music), visit the Bluegrass Today obituary that was recently published.  

We still found a tiny bit of time to enjoy some brand new (older) music from a wonderful Bluegrass band that would celebrate 50 years as a band in 2023:  Virginia's Lost & Found.  They have a new-yet-old record soon-to-be released later this month on Mountain Fever Records, so we shared a trio of tunes from that record.  We also shared newer music from Dan Tyminski, Songs From The Road Band, Stephen Wade, Special Consensus, and Larry Sparks.

Hope everyone has a fine week!  We'll be looking for you again on May 21st.

Amy O.


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

  • Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
  • God Bless Her, 'Cause She Is My Mother / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
  • Sweetest Mother / Blue Sky Boys / Farm & Fun Time Favorites, Volume Two / Copper Creek
  • Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
  • Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
  • Every Day Is Mother's Day To Me / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family Records
  • Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
  • Mama's Roses / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
  • Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
  • Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
  • Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
  • Mama's Rocking Chair / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
  • Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
  • Memories Of Mother / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
  • Mama Tried / Seldom Scene / SCENEChronized / Sugar Hill
  • Always Be Kind To Your Mother / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
  • Mama's Apron Strings / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
  • Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
  • Put It Off Until Tomorrow / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
  • Dreamer's Hill / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
  • Your Old Standby / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
  • Snowbird / Special Consensus feat. Claire Lynch / Great Blue North / Compass Records
  • You Left Your Lonely / Songs From The Road Band / Pay Your Dues / Lucks Dumpy Toad Records
  • Sourwood Mountain / Stephen Wade / Hands On The Tune / Patuxent Music
  • Occam's Razor / Dan Tyminski / God Fearing Heathen / 8 Track Entertainment
  • How Blue / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Billy Blue Records
  • Banjo Picking Girl / Gloria Belle / Gloria / Rebel [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
  • Traveling The Highway Home / Gloria Belle / A Good Hearted Woman / Southern Belle [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
  • Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
  • Milwaukee Here I Come / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / The King Of Bluegrass / Audium [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
  • One Step Ahead Of The Blues / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder
  • Workin' Girl Blues / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
  • You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
  • From The Hollow / Bear Tracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
  • I Haven't Seen Mama In Years / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
  • Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
  • Every Day Is Mother's Day / Larry Stephenson / Thankful / Pinecastle
  • The Beautiful Picture / Case Brothers / Radio Album / Self-Produced
  • Hand That Rocks The Cradle / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
  • Mama Don't Allow / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
  • I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
  • I Saw Mother With God Last Night / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross:  Songs Of Faith And Inspiration / Red Feather
  • Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
  • My Mother Prays So Loud In Her Sleep / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
  • If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah
  • Shake Hands With Mother Again / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
  • Mother's Footsteps Guide Me / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto
  • My Mother's Bible / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
  • Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder