"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/2/2025

Our first Bluegrass Cafe for the month of November started with a few leftover songs of Bluegrass ghosts and murders, as Halloween was only two days before our show aired.  We didn't hold that ghostly "theme" for too long, though, as we had plenty more ground to cover during Sunday's radio visit.

Late October and early November Bluegrass birthdays were celebrated, including those of the late Sonny Osborne, as well as another Bluegrass Hall of Fame/banjo picker Alan Munde, and a couple of other fine folks:  Martha Adcock, Allen Mills, and Junior Sisk.  

As we do around November 1st every year, we remembered the 87th birthday of ol' Whisperin' Bill Anderson, whose wonderful songwriting has been enjoyed since the great Ray Price recorded Bill's tune, "City Lights" in 1958.  What an amazing career this Grand Ole Opry legend has had, and we shared eight fine Bluegrass covers of some of his classic tunes, as well as some more-recent selections.  

There was just a small portion of newer music to share during Sunday's show, most notably a couple of selections from the newest Bluegrass(ish) endeavor of Steve Martin -- a fine duet record he has made with the great Alison Brown called, "Safe, Sensible and Sane"  There was also newer music from Echo Valley, Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Edgar Loudermilk, and Grasstime.

UConn Women's Basketball will be heard during our normal 4-7PM timeslot this coming Sunday, November 9th.  We hope to return with a brand-new Bluegrass Cafe on November 16th.  See you then!

Thanks for listening!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• The Ghost Of Cecil Martin / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Originalist / 615 Hideaway Records
• Clinch Mountain Mystery / Larry Stephenson / Clinch Mountain Mystery / Pinecastle
• Widow Janie / Fox Family / Follow My Lead / Sierra Records
• Ballad Of Maudie Dawson / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Time Changes Everything / Reno Brothers / Swing West / Pinecastle
• My Dying Day / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day Records
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Dickson County Breakdown / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) / Michelle Nixon / What More Should I Say? / Pinecastle
• You're Gonna Wonder About Me / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music
• Willow Creek Dam / American Drive / American Drive / Pinecastle
• Every Time You Say Goodbye / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Blue Ribbon Bluegrass / Rounder
• Leaving Cleveland / Tim Raybon Band / I Could Get Used To This / Pinecastle
• Heartaches / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• Let's Get Out Of Here / Alison Brown & Steve Martin / Safe, Sensible And Sane / Compass Records
• Don't Bring Me Down / Echo Valley / Leave You Behind / Self-Produced
• Polly's Revenge / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Stanley Family Records
• Cotton, Corn And Hay / Grasstime / single / Self-Produced
• Yes We're Sailing / Edgar Loudermilk Band / single / Pinecastle
• New Cluck Old Hen / Alison Brown & Steve Martin / Safe, Sensible And Sane / Compass Records
• Caney Fork River / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• Bright Lights And Country Music / Bill Anderson / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics, Volume One / Opry Music [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways And Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Once A Day / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• The Guitar Song / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Slippin' Away / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Amnesia / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Cincinnati, Ohio / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH Records [Bill Anderson birthday, 11/1/1937]
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / JSP Records [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/27/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Many A Mile / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music [Martha Adcock birthday, 10/27/1949]
• Blue Ridge Express / Alan Munde / Blue Ridge Express / Rounder [Alan Munde birthday, 11/4/1946]
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [Allen Mills birthday, 11/4/1937]
• Sweeter Than Tupelo Honey / Junior Sisk / It's All Fun And Games / Turnberry Records [Junior Sisk birthday, 11/6/1964]
• Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [Allen Mills birthday, 11/4/1937]
• Gold Watch And Chain / Eddie & Martha Adcock / TwoGrass / Pinecastle [Martha Adcock birthday, 10/27/1949]
• Hot Burrito Breakdown / Alan Munde / Festival Favorites Revisited / Rounder [Alan Munde birthday, 11/4/1946]
• Fastest Grass Alive / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volumes One & Two / Sugar Hill [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/27/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Send The Angels Down / Kristy Cox with Jerry Salley / Learning To Walk With Him / Billy Blue Records
• The Family Who Prays Together / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm
• The Gospel Ship / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• So Happy I'll Be / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• It's A Lonesome Road / IIIrd Tyme Out / Live At The MAC / Rounder
• The Other Side Of Heaven / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• The Devil's Train / Junior Sisk / It's All Fun And Games / Rounder [Junior Sisk birthday, 11/6/1964]
• Free Salvation / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/26/2025

As Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was the closest one to air before Halloween, we populated the broadcast with lots of songs about Bluegrass ghosts, murders, graveyards, and unexplained happenings.  Happy Halloween! 

Our show also included several selections from a brand-new record by Larry Sparks called "Way Back When."  And there was also some new music from Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Ashby Frank, and Unspoken Tradition.

And, since I got to see the Del McCoury Band live in concert on October 25th in Groton, MA, I couldn't NOT share several songs from this amazing legend in the World of Bluegrass Music.  

If you missed the show, you're welcome to check out the archived broadcast for another week or so.  Find the link here:  Bluegrass Cafe Sun Oct 26 with Amy Orlomoski on WHUS Radio

And please don't forget to join me on Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe!

Thanks for listening!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• The Ghost Of Eli Renfro / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• Nashville Cats / Del McCoury Band / The Family / McCoury Music
• Queen Anne's Lace / Del McCoury Band / Blue Side Of Town / Rounder
• So Black And White / Del McCoury Band / single / McCoury Music
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Burying Ground / Kathy Kallick / Call Me A Taxi / Sugar Hill
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• The Grave Robber / Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• The Ballad Of Sarah Malone / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Pretty Polly / Ralph Stanley with Patty Loveless / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• Mr. Engineer / Ashby Frank / single / Mountain Home
• Tennessee Border / Larry Sparks / Way Back When / Rebel
• Under Over / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• Sleepin' Lula / Larry Sparks / Way Back When / Rebel
• Refugee / Unspoken Tradition / single / Mountain Home
• The Fields Of Gettysburg / Larry Sparks / Way Back When / Rebel
• Why Don't You Tell Me So / New South / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• Old Train / The Seldom Scene / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• The Ghost Of Sis Draper / Shawn Camp / The Ghost Of Sis Draper / Truly Handmade Records
• Brown Mountain Light / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• The Silver Ghost / David Parmley / Southern Heritage / Rebel
• Sam Jocelyn's Ghost / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Now And Then Records
• Cold, Icy Fingers / Lost & Found / It's About Time / Rebel
• Ghost Stories / Lost Highway / Bluegrass The Way You Like It / Hay Holler
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / The Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Won't You Think Of Me / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle
• Railroad Line / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• I'll Never Grow Tired Of You / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Bright Lights & Country Music / Rhonda Vincent / Only Me / Upper Management Music
• Weathered Gray Stone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• The Lantern / Front Range / Ramblin' On My Mind / Sugar Hill
• Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / Del McCoury Band / The Family / McCoury Music
• Journey To My Savior's Side / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• Lord, Show Me The Righteous Pathway / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle
• Heaven / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass Records
• Echoes From The Burning Bush / Reno & Smiley / Reno & Smiley & the Tennessee Cut-Ups, 1959-1963 / Starday King
• The Sons And Daughters Of God / Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / Self-Produced
• I Have Found The Way / Larry Stephenson / Close My Eyes To Heaven / Pinecastle
• My Lord's Going To Set Me Free / Junior Sisk / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea Records
• Beyond The Sunset For Me / Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey, Josh Swift / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm 
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/27/2024

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we celebrated Halloween a few days early.  Around this time each year, it always seems appropriate to play several ghost story-type songs, and so we did.  We included a couple of different versions of some of these songs, so sure hope you enjoyed 'em.  Of course, the quintessential ghost story is that one that was co-written by the late John Duffey and first released on record by the Country Gentlemen in 1966.  Click here to see a clip of the Classic Country Gentlemen performing this tune at a reunion show in 1992.  And, of course, Happy Halloween!

There was a bit of newer music to share during this day's show, as well.  We heard brand-new music from Bob Minner featuring Jesse Smathers and Stephen & Jana Mougin.  There was also recent music from Laurie Lewis, Adam McIntosh, the Grascals, Dan Tyminski, and Tony Trischka.

And there were a few birthdays to celebrate, too, including those of Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Sonny Osborne (October 29, 1937 - October 21, 2021), as well as Martha Adcock (born October 29, 1949), Joe Mullins (born October 27, 1965), and New England Bluegrass legend, the late Fred Pike (October 27, 1932 - March 5, 1997).  

Hope you'll consider joining us for this Sunday's edition of our program.  We'll hope to see you at 4PM for another Bluegrass Cafe.

Until then, enjoy the rest of the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records
• Brown Mountain Light / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays & Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• The Ghost Of Eli Renfro / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Bringing Mary Home / John Starling / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Colder And Colder / Lost & Found / My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch 
• The Angry Wife / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Big City / J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson / Hats Off To Haggard / Truegrass Entertainment
• I'm Longing For A Love I'll Never Know / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• I'll Go Steppin' Too / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Ode To Jimmy / Dan Tyminski / Live From The Ryman / 8 Track Entertainment
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• The Blind Man / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Devil's Dream / Alan Munde / Festival Favorites Revisited / Rounder
• Long Gone / Laurie Lewis / Trees / Spruce And Maple Music
• Mountains And Memories / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent Music
• Ruby Jean / Bob Minner feat. Jesse Smathers / single / Billy Blue Records
• Frozen In Time / Stephen & Jana Mougin / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Fences / Adam McIntosh / Restless / Billy Blue Records
• Tennessee Hound Dog / The Grascals / 20 / Mountain Home
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Roll On Buddy / Tony Trischka feat. Del McCoury / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• Remember Who You Are / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / The Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• The Silver Ghost / David Parmley / Southern Heritage / Rebel
• Sam Jocelyn's Ghost / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Now And Then Records
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• The Lantern / Front Range / Ramblin' On My Mind / Sugar Hill
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Pikearoo / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel [Remembering Fred Pike:  10/27/1932 - 3/5/1997]
• Bacon In My Beans / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records [Joe Mullins birthday, 10/27/1965]
• Gold Watch And Chain / Eddie & Martha Adcock / TwoGrass / Pinecastle [Martha Adcock birthday, 10/29/1949]
• Up This Hill And Down / Osborne Brothers / Country Bluegrass / MCA [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Leslie County Blues / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• This Morning At Nine / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music [Martha Adcock birthday, 10/29/1949]
• Hickory Hollow / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage [Remembering Fred Pike:  10/27/1932 - 3/5/1997]
• I Want To Know More About My Lord / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records [Joe Mullins birthday, 10/27/1965]
• Kneel At The Cross / High Fidelity / High Fidelity / Self-Produced
• I Can't Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• God's Not Dead / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Still Waters / Osborne Brothers / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Fill My Way With Love / Doc Watson / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
• Get On Board / Williamson Branch / Blue Collar Gospel:  From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• When We Meet To Part No More / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Intro/Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/29/2023

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe featured -- as you might expect -- included nearly two dozen tunes which featured stories of ghosts and other spooky incidents.  Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!

We also included a tiny bit of newer Bluegrass, including the debut single from Connecticut Bluegrasser Austin Scelzo and a brand-new single from Lonesome River Band guitar picker/lead singer, Jesse Smathers.  We also included music from 2023 releases from the Kathy Kallick Band, Nothin' Fancy, RockHearts, the Henhouse Prowlers, and High Fidelity.

Hope you're having a wonderful week,.  We'll look forward to having you join us this coming Sunday, 4-7PM.  See you then!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Your Love Is Dying / Reno & Smiley / On Stage / Copper Creek
• Have You Lost Your Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Matterhorn / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Lonesome River Band / Chronology, Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• The Grey Ghost / Bill Emerson / Banjo Man / Pinecastle
• Wild, Wild Rose / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Rock Hearts / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / MCA
• Airmail Special / Jim & Jesse / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Sad And Blue / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• A Lonesome Night / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Why Don't You Tell Me So? / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• The Long Black Veil / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Ghostbound Train / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass Records
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• The Ghost Of Cecil Martin / Audie Blaylock / Originalist / 615 Hideaway Records
• Brown Mountain Light / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Cold, Icy Fingers / Lost & Found / It's About Time / Rebel
• Second Fiddle Blues / Austin Scelzo feat. Vickie Vaughn / single / Self-Produced
• A Lonesome Feeling / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Sing Darling Sing / Jesse Smathers / single / Self-Produced
• Tired Of These Little Games You're Playing / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
• Forgotten Gravestones / Henhouse Prowlers / Lead And Iron / Dark Shadow Recording
• Here We Go Again / Nothin' Fancy / Here We Go Again / Mountain Fever Records
• Midnight Flyer / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• Clinch Mountain Mystery / Larry Stephenson Band / Clinch Mountain Mystery / Pinecastle
• The Silver Ghost / David Parmley / Southern Heritage / Rebel
• Sam Jocelyn's Ghost / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Self-Produced
• The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Rick Pardue & Timmy Massey / The Ghost Of Noah Hayes / Lizard Records
• Old Tom's Restless Bones / Gary Ferguson & Sally Love / Our Old Home / Eureka Recordings
• The Ballad Of Sarah Malone / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• The Ghost Of Jim Bob Wilson / Wildfire / Rented Room On Broadway / Pinecastle
• Ballad Of Maudie Dawson / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• The Lantern / Front Range / Ramblin' On My Mind / Sugar Hill
• All Aboard / Del McCoury Band / By Request / McCoury Music
• Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho / Dailey & Vincent / Singing From The Heart / Rounder
• I Love God's Way Of Living / White Mountain Bluegrass / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country Records
• My Lord Is Taking Me Away / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Jesus Is Whispering Now / Whetstone Run / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country Records
• Down The Road To Gloryland / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• A Beautiful Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/30/2022

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was the last one to air before Halloween, and as you might expect, our playlist was dominated by tunes about ghostly trains, mysterious lights, empty coffins, and, of course, little ghost girls looking for a ride home.  Hope these songs served to create a proper "mood" for our October 30th show.

It's been just over a year since the Bluegrass world lost a true legend:  Roland "Sonny" Osborne (October 29, 1937 - October 24, 2021).  We remembered this Hall of Famer with a few songs from the innovative Osborne Brothers, as well as some songs from the Osborne Brothers' song catalog which have been covered by others.  

And there was a smattering of newer music, too, from the likes of Nick Chandler & Delivered, the Foreign Landers, the Gibson Brothers, Anthony Howell, Sister Sadie, Appalachian Road Show, the Tennessee Bluegrass Band, and the Gospel Plowboys.

Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween.  We'll be looking forward to seeing you once more next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

See you then!

Amy O.



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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Bringing Mary Home / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Once More / Osborne Brothers / Classic Bluegrass Collection, Volume 3 / Time Life [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Up This Hill And Down / Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Bluegrass Express / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volumes 1 & 2 / Sugar Hill [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Leslie County Blues / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Me And My Old Banjo / Larry Stephenson with Sonny Osborne & Ronnie Reno / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• Sasquatch / California / Traveler / Sugar Hill
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• The Ghost Of Cecil Martin / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Originalist / 615 Hideaway Records
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Witches Of Harlan / Breaking Grass / Running With The Moon / Self-Produced
• Legend Of Grace Sherwood / East Virginia / The Major Years / DK Records
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Garden / The Foreign Landers / single / Self-Produced
• Darling Please Come On Home / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / single / Bull Run Records
• When I'm Dead My Dearest / Anthony Howell / single / Self-Produced
• Diane / Sister Sadie / single / Mountain Home
• Only A Hobo / Appalachian Road Show / Jubilation / Billy Blue Records
• The Silver Ghost / David Parmley / Southern Heritage / Rebel
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Burying Ground / Kathy Kallick / Call Me A Taxi / Sugar Hill
• Who's That Knocking At My Door? / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Ballad Of Maudie Dawson / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• The Lantern / Front Range / Ramblin' On My Mind / Sugar Hill
• Widow Janie / Fox Family / Follow My Lead / Sierra Records
• The Grave Robber / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• Ghost Bound Train / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass Records
• The Ballad Of Sarah Malone / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Electricity / Jimmy Murphy / Classic Bluegrass Collection, Volume 3 / Time Life
• The Old Fashioned Preacher / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / MME
• Shouting In The Air / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• 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
• Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Gospel Plowboys / Welcome Home / Mountain Fever
• Echoes From The Burning Bush / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Starday King
• Tree Of Life / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Starday King
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/31/2021

One week after the passing of the great Roland "Sonny" Osborne (October 24, 1937 - October 24, 2021), during this day's Bluegrass Cafe, we remembered his life and legacy with a whole lot of his music:  songs he recorded during his long, award-winning career with his brother, Bobby; his sister, Louise; with Red Allen; and while he was a teenage member of Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys.  There will never be another Sonny Osborne, that's for certain.  In recent years, if you've not been reading his "Ask Sonny Anything" column in Bluegrass Today, you owe it to yourself to go back and read through the archives.  To do that, follow this link ~ and enjoy!  

Today also happens to be Halloween, so on what other day would it be better to play spooky stories-in-song?  To that end, we played more than a dozen songs featuring tales of ghostly girls, ghostly men, even ghostly trains.  We even through in some spooky, unexplained lights, and some creepy footsteps.  Hope you've had a happy Halloween with more emphasis on the treats than the tricks!

Please consider joining me once more next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.  Until then, have a great week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Bringing Mary Home / Original Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• In The Pines / 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]
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / Yesterday, Today, And The Osborne Brothers / Decca [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• New Freedom Bell / Lou & Sonny Osborne / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Ruby / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1947 - 10/24/2021]
• Sunny Mountain Chimes / Sunny Osborn [sic] / single / Gateway Records [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1947 - 10/24/2021]
• Kentucky / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volumes I & II / Sugar Hill [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1947 - 10/24/2021]
• Pike County Breakdown / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1947 - 10/24/2021]
• The Sound (That Set My Soul On Fire) / Larry Stephenson Band / On Fire / Pinecastle
• Roll Muddy River / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Bluegrass Express / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Up This Hill And Down / Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records
• Osborne Brothers Medley (Windy City/Making Plans/Fair & Tender Ladies/Kentucky) / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / They're Playing My Song / Rebel
• Me And My Old Banjo / Larry Stephenson with Sonny Osborne & Ronnie Reno / 20th Anniversary / Whysper Dream Music
• Brown Mountain Light / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Sam Jocelyn's Ghost / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Now And Then Records
• The Ballad Of Sarah Malone / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• The Silver Ghost / David Parmley / Southern Heritage / Rebel
• Burying Ground / Kathy Kallick / Call Me A Taxi / Sugar Hill
• Who's That Knocking At My Door / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive / Rounder
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• The Grave Robber / Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Ballad Of Maudie Dawson / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Once More / Osborne Brothers & Red Allen / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Beneath Still Waters / Osborne Brothers / Country Roads / Decca [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• The Cuckoo Bird / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volume I & II / Sugar Hill [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Give This Message To Your Heart / Osborne Brothers with Ira Louvin / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• Could I Knock On Your Door / Jeremy Stephens / How I Hear It / Rebel
• Lost In This World / David Peterson & 1946 / Cup Of Loneliness / Necktie Records
• Each Season Changes You / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Steal Away And Pray / Osborne Brothers / Our Favorite Hymns / Special Products [Remembering Sonny Osborne:  10/29/1937 - 10/24/2021]
• No Depression / Johnson Mountain Boys / Goin' Up Cripple Creek / Copper Creek
• I'll Never Go Back (To The Ways Of Sin) / Fast Track / Good News / Engelhardt Music Group
• My Future Ain't What It Used To Be / Marty Raybon & Jerry Salley / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records
• I Believe / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• In The Sweet By And By / Dolly Parton / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records
• The Little White Church / Jim & Jesse with Mac Wiseman / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• A Little More Faith In Jesus / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
• I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

                

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"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/25/2020

During our Bluegrass Cafe on this last Sunday of October, we celebrated several Bluegrass (and Bluegrass-friendly) birthdays.  As Halloween is less than one week away, we also shared a whole bunch of Bluegrass ghost stories.  Boo!

The birthdays celebrated included those of Bluegrassers Eric Gibson, Larry Stephenson, and Bob Amos, and country singer Dwight Yoakam.  In addition, we remembered "everybody's favorite Grandpa," Grandpa Jones (born Lewis Marshall Jones:  October 20, 1913 - February 19, 1998).

Lots of folks always enjoy hearing ghost and spooky stories, especially this time of year.  In the world of Bluegrass, there have been many spooky songs recorded over the years, and for this show, we pulled together nearly a dozen of them.  Hope you weren't too scared to listen.  :)

During these COVID-19 days of home-produced shows, don't forget you can still get in touch with me with requests and such.  All you have to do is send email to bgcafe@gmail.com or check out our Bluegrass Cafe Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe

Hope you have a wonderful week, and that you'll consider joining me once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Have a good week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.  

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Stone Cold Loneliness / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC
• Love Grown Cold / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Love Gone Cold / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• Cold Wind A Blowin' / Ronnie Bowman & Lou Reid / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Gone Cold / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• They Call It Bluegrass / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
• Let Me Borrow Your Heart For Just Tonight / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• The One You Slip Around With / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Mississippi Sawyer / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• Cold Hard Truth / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Frozen In Time / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records [Eric Gibson birthday, 10/23/1970]
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / Ralph Stanley with Dwight Yoakam / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Dwight Yoakam birthday, 10/23/1956]
• Wash My Blues Away / Larry Stephenson / Wash My Blues Away / Pinecastle [Larry Stephenson birthday, 10/24/1956]
• Cry Of The Catamount / Bob Amos / Sunrise Blues / Bristlecone [Bob Amos birthday, 10/24/1957]
• Farm Of Yesterday / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records [Eric Gibson birthday, 10/23/1970]
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• The Lantern / Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley / Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley / Rebel
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Sam Jocelyn's Ghost / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Self-Produced
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
• Old Rattler / Grandpa Jones / 28 Greatest Hits / Gusto [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto [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]
• Mountain Dew / Grandpa Jones / 28 Greatest Hits / Gusto [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses / Tina Adair / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Speeding West / Don Reno & Eddie Adcock / Sensational Twin Banjos / Rebel
• Get Back On The Glory Road / Grandpa Jones / 28 Greatest Hits / Gusto [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• God Has A Place / Mark Newton with Russell Moore / Living A Dream / Rebel
• Every Humble Knee Must Bow / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Oh What A Day / Barry Scott & Second Wind / In God's Time / Rebel
• Rock Of Ages, Hide Thou Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I Heard The Angels Singing / Sugar Hill
• Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• I Am Near The Gate / Blue Highway / Blue Highway / Rounder
• Good News When I Die / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rebel
• Paul And Silas / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Lord Build Me A Cabin In Gloryland / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler
• I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again / Wango
• I Am The Road / Hot Rize / Hot Rize's 40th Anniversary Bash / Ten In Hand Records
• I'm Gonna Be Movin' / Gloria Belle / The Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• That's The Way I Want To Go / Bluegrass Cardinals / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine 
• Got A Little Light / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Gone Home / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill [Eric Gibson birthday, 10/23/1970]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder