"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/1/2026

We returned for our first three-hour, live-in-the-studio Bluegrass Cafe this past Sunday, March 1st!  After what seems like weeks away due to snow and ice (and one missed Sunday for attendance at the fabulous Joe Val Bluegrass Festival), I was ready for radio.  Hope you were able to join us!

During our program, we celebrated many birthdays, some for Country Music legends whose material has been greatly covered in the world of Bluegrass (Johnny Cash, Faron Young), and other birthdays of gentlemen who are important members of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame (Doug Dillard, John Duffey, Don Stover, Doc Watson, Pete Wernick).  Lots of fine music to be heard there!  

We also had our annual telephone visit with Michelle Canning -- a Nashville-based songwriter/performer who is a Massachusetts native, and who, several years ago, when she was a 16-year-old banjo player/band leader decided to hold a benefit for the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.  On March 21st, Michelle will host the 15th edition of this event -- called "A Night On The Edge" -- in Chelmsford, MA.  In her fifteen years of raising money to support research on this terrible disease, Michelle has raised nearly $100,000!  Her goal this year is to surpass that total, so please consider helping her reach that goal, if you can.  More info on the event or how to donate can be found here:  Michelle Canning - Alzheimer's Benefit

It was great to be back with our Bluegrass Cafe on Sunday, but since we have now entered tournament season for UConn Basketball, the means our show may be subject to preemptions here and there for the rest of the month.  To that end, the start of this coming Sunday's show (March 8th) will be delayed by about thirty minutes as the UConn Women play in the Big East Tournament game at 2:30PM.  We'll look for you around 4:30PM, and then, at 5PM we're planning to have a telephone chat with Jeff Horton of the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance about some of their upcoming events.  Should be a fun day.

Until then, enjoy the weekend, and we'll see you around 4:30PM on March 8th.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hey Porter / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble & The Rose / Rounder [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• A World So Full Of Love / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill [Remembering Faron Young:  2/25/1932 - 12/10/1996]
• Give My Love To Rose / Sally Love Connell / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Alone With You / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / Self-Produced [Remembering Faron Young:  2/25/1932 - 12/10/1996]
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Go Back You Fool / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Faron Young:  2/25/1932 - 12/10/1996]
• If You Talk In Your Sleep / Del McCoury Band / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
• Please Mr. Postman / Special Consensus feat. Rick Faris / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• Uncle Ned / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Weary River / Patuxent Music
• Breaking Up Is Hard To Do / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced [Remembering Neil Sadaka:  3/13/1939 - 2/27/2006]
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Big Country Bluegrass / Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Rebel
• Scotland / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• I'll Love Nobody But You / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Banjo Player's Blues / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• It's All Fun And Games ('Til Someone Gets Hurt) / Junior Sisk / It's All Fun And Games / Turnberry Records
• Hill Country Highway / East Nash Grass / All God's Children / Mountain Fever Records
• Come On Sunshine / Williamson Branch / Southern Sunshine / Pinecastle
• Chat with Michelle Canning re: her 15th annual "Night On The Edge" benefit for the Alzheimer's Foundation of America - 3/21/2026
• High Above The Mountains / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• Look Down That Lonesome Road / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / O California! / Spruce And Maple Music
• O California! / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / O California! / Spruce And Maple Music
• Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Doc & Merle Watson / Elementary Doctor Watson / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• The Young Fisherwoman / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Mercury [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Remembering Doug Dillard:  3/6/1937 - 5/16/2012]
• Things In Life / Don Stover / Hand-Picked:  25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records / Rounder [Remembering Don Stover:  3/6/1928 - 11/11/1996]
• Black Mountain Rag / Doc & Merle Watson / Black Mountain Rag / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Little Maggie / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Reason For Being / The Seldom Scene / Act Two / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Little Annie / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots, 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [Remembering Don Stover:  3/6/1928 - 11/11/1996]
• Millworker / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording
• Wild Ride / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill [Pete Wernick birthday, 2/25/1946]
• Which Train / Williamson Branch / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• The Other Side Of Heaven / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• I'm Working On A Road / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• I Can't Sit Down / Special Consensus / Been All Around This World / Compass Records
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel 
• You Must Come In At The Door / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/2/2025

I'm late again in formally sharing our playlist from the March 2nd edition of Bluegrass Cafe, but you can find it below.

The highlights for this show:  music from several LPs; belated birthday celebrating of lots of wonderful performers, including Ralph Stanley (February 25, 1927 - June 23, 2016), Johnny Cash (February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2013), Doc Watson (March 3, 1923 - May 29, 2012), and John Duffey (March 4, 1932 - December 10, 1996); new music; and a mid-show chat with the Michelle Canning who is putting together her 14th annual fundraising benefit with all of the proceeds benefitting the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.  For more information on "A Night On The Edge" (to be held on March 22nd), click here.

We'll be looking for you tomorrow afternoon for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe!  Don't forget to Spring ahead!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart) / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Man Of Constant Sorrow / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Dickenson County Breakdown / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling / Rounder [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Ralph Stanley with Ricky Skaggs / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Little Birdie / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Rocky Road Blues / Lonesome River Band / Looking For Yourself / Rebel
• Never Been So Lonesome / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Lonesome River / Lou Reid & Carolina with Russell Moore / Graves Mountain All-Star Jam / Rural Rhythm
• Looking For Yourself / Lonesome River Band / Looking For Yourself / Rebel
• The Flower And The Serpent / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• John Deere Tractor / Larry Sparks with Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski / 40 / Rebel
• My Brown Eyed Darling / Starlett & Big John / Living In The South / Rebel
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Once More / The Grascals / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records [Bronwyn Keith-Hynes birthday, 3/2/1992]
• Big Spike Hammer / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 3:  California Connection / Rounder
• I'd Jump The Mississippi / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• Telephone interview with Michelle Canning
• Which Train / Williamson Branch / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Doc & Merle Watson / Elementary Doctor Watson / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Black Mountain Rag / Doc & Merle Watson / Remembering Merle / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Nine Pound Hammer / Country Gentlemen / Live From The Stage Of The Roanoke Bluegrass Festival / Zap [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Make Me A Pallet On The Floor / Country Gentlemen / Live From The Stage Of The Roanoke Bluegrass Festival / Zap [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Granite Mills / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Arcadia / Down The Road Records
• Heading For The Mountains / Big Country Bluegrass / single / Rebel
• Annie Moved On / Full Cord / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Ralph's Banjo Special / Kristin Scott Benson, Gena Britt, Alison Brown / single / Compass Records
• Daughter Of The Stars / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• Reuben's Train / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Collector's Choice Music
• Snowbird / Special Consensus / Great Blue North / Compass Records
• Blue Blue Ridge Mountain Girl / Linda Lay / Linda Lay / Mountain Fever Records
• Devil Woman / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Train 45 / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• There You Go / Jimmy Gaudreau / Classic J.A.G. / Webco [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• The Wall / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Hey Porter / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Kneel At The Cross / Jim & Jesse / Y'all Come:  The Essential Jim & Jesse / Epic Legacy
• Rock And Roll / Lonesome River Band / Looking For Yourself / Rebel
• I Ain't Got Time / High Fidelity / High Fidelity / Self-Produced
• Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / Del McCoury Band / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records
• These Men Of God / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Starday [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Let Me Rest / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• You Must Come In At The Door / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/3/2024

Sunday was a gorgeous, early March day with weather that made folks think spring had arrived in eastern Connecticut.  It also happened to be the 101st birth anniversary of the one and only Arthel Lane"Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 - May 29, 2012), so how could we not both start and finish our Bluegrass Cafe with loads of music from Doc's vast catalog?

Doc Watson was not the only Bluegrass Hall of Famer whose birthday was celebrated this week, though.  The great, super-unique John Duffey would have turned 90 years old this week (March 4, 1934 - December 10, 1996).  We remembered John with several selections featuring him from both the Country Gentlemen and the Seldom Scene.

The award-winning fiddler Bronwyn Keith-Hynes also celebrated a birthday this week, so we shared music from both her first record and her forthcoming one.

And if all of that wasn't enough, we pulled out another Feature Letter of the Week.  In this case, we shared music from lots of fine "M" performers, whose last name or band name begins with the letter "M."  This means we included music from everyone from Bill Monroe to Muleskinner, Jimmy Martin to Lynn Morris, Del McCoury to Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, and many, many other fine "M" performers.  Check out the playlist for more details.

Hope you enjoyed the show, and please consider joining me once again this coming Sunday afternoon, 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
• My Dear Old Southern Home / Doc Watson / My Dear Old Southern Home / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Columbus Stockade Blues / Doc & Richard Watson / Third Generation Blues / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• The Last Thing On My Mind / Doc Watson / Elementary Doctor Watson / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Tennessee Stud / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Doc Watson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Highway / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• The Game / Blue Highway / The Game / Rounder
• Ashes Of Love / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• No Other Man / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Friend Of Mine / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• There's No Room In My Heart In My Heart For The Blues / Clyde Moody / Shenandoah Waltz / Gusto
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Rose Maddox with the Vern Williams Band / This Is Rose Maddox / Arhoolie
• Old Federal / Justin Moses / Dusty Roads / Dustygrass Records
• I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits, Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Let Time Ride / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
• A Better Man / Dwight McCall / Kentucky Peace Of Mind / Lavenir Records
• Stompin' In The Flatlands / Alan Munde / Old Bones / Munde's Child Records
• Truck Driving Man / Jimmy Martin / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1963-1965 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Almost Proud / Del McCoury Band / Almost Proud / McCoury Music
• Dark Hollow / Muleskinner / Muleskinner Live / Sierra Records
• Walking The Blues / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Cowboys And Indians / Jim Mills / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill
• Back To Dixie / McPeak Brothers / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Old Lonesome Time / Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers / Venango / Copper Creek
• My, My, My / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / In Dreams I Go Back / Mountain Fever Records
• Pitkin County Turnaround / Steve Martin / The Crow / Rounder
• If You're Ever Gonna Love Me / Leroy Mack with the Nashville Bluegrass Band / ...And Friends / Rebel
• One Way Or The Other / Benny Martin / The "Big Tiger" Roars Again, Part 2 / OMS Records
• Will You Ever Be Mine / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Dudley Connell / single / Sugar Petunia Records 
• Happy Hollow / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes feat. Wes Corbett / Fiddler's Pastime / Sugar Petunia Records
• The Young Fisherwoman / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Reason For Being / Seldom Scene [John Duffey] / The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• The Boatman / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Walk Out In The Rain / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder
• Plenty Of Everything But You / Matt & George & Their Pleasant Valley Boys / Blue Grass Style / Self-Produced
• Love Please Come Home / Buddy Merriam & Back Roads / Live At The Vail-Leavitt Music  Hall / Lilypad Records
• Tall Timber / John McEuen / String Wizards / Vanguard Records
• Mom And Dad's Waltz / Tom Mindte / Something I've Been Working On / Patuxent Music
• Hello Sunshine / Merle Monroe / Songs Of A Simple Life / Pinecastle
• Making Hay / Mike Mitchell / Fathers & Sons / Turnberry Records
• There's More Pretty Girls Than One / Jesse McReynolds & the Virginia Boys / New Horizons / Pinecastle
• Things In Life / Don Stover / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder [Remembering Don Stover:  3/6/1928 - 11/11/1996]
• I'm Working On A Road / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/3/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• Walking My Lord (Up Calvary's Hill) / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• Shouting In The Air / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• I Found A Church Today / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• Were You There / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/10/1996]
• You Must Come In At The Door / Doc Watson / Americana Master Series:  Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Fill My Way With Love / Doc Watson / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/13/2022

So, it seems there was a little issue getting into the Student Union at UConn today ~ the building was locked up tight as the UConn students are enjoying their Spring Break this week.  Unfortunately, those of us who are not students didn't get the message, and so, we weren't able to get inside the building.  These things (unfortunately) seem to happen every now and then.  Fortunately, though, in the absence of a "live" show, today's broadcast was a COVID-era recording that originally aired on February 28, 2021.  Hope you enjoyed a revisit.  :)

Hope to be back inside the WHUS studios broadcasting next week.  Until then, have a fine week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Break My Heart / Rhonda Vincent / A Dream Come True / Rebel
• Back To Hancock County / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• Hey! Hey! Hey! / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Skip, Hop & Wobble / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau [Tony Rice Unit] / In Good Company / CMH
• Cardboard Mansion / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Happy Hollow / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / Fiddler's Pastime / Self-Produced
• Ice Covered Birches / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Someone Play Dixie For Me / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Hobo Blues / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Thank God For The Highways / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Grand Ole Opry Song / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Mother Maybelle Carter / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Tennessee Stud / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Doc Watson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• My Dear Old Southern Home / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / A Long Time Ago / Vivid Sound [Remembering Doug Dillard:  3/6/1937 - 5/16/2012]
• Bob Wills Medley / Bluegrass Cardinals / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH [Remembering Bob Wills:  3/6/1905 - 5/13/1975]
• Idle Time / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder [Mike Compton birthday, 2/29/1956]
• Your Lone Journey / Doc Watson / Best of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• Walk Through This World With Me / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• The Boatman / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• Won't Be Crying Over You / Tina Adair / Tina Adair / Engelhardt Music Group
• Darby's Castle / Professor Dan Boner / West Of West Virginia / Self-Produced
• Swinging A Nine Pound Hammer / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• Flint Hill Special / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Earl Scruggs / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Things In Life / Don Stover / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder [Remembering Don Stover:  3/6/1928 - 11/11/1996]
• Satisfied / Sullivan Family / Live! At McClure / Rebel
• Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / The Grascals / Dance 'Til Your Stockings Are Hot And Ravelin' / Time Life
• Praying / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• The Church Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Starday
• Going Home / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler
• I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages / Larry Sparks / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Dust On The Bible / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Jesus Made The Wine / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• My Lord Delivered Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Gospel Collection, Volume One / Sugar Hill
• Living On The Hallelujah Side / Donna & Roni Stoneman / The Legend Continues / Patuxent Music
• Jesus Is Standing At My Right Hand / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• On The Wings Of A Dove / Gopher Broke Bluegrass / The Wayworn Traveler / Self-Produced
• Get On That Road To Glory / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / MME
• It's So Hard To Stumble (When You're Down On Your Knees) / Lou Reid & Carolina / Sounds Like Heaven To Me / Rural Rhythm
• Something That The World Didn't Give Me / Marshall Family / Live! At McClure / Rebel
• When We All Get To Heaven / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Glory Bound Train / Carolina Blue / I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me / Pinecastle
• I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/27/2022

In the days before COVID, it seemed like WHUS used to air every single UConn Basketball game that was played, but today, things are not the same.  While we may not experience sports-shortened radio broadcasts so much these days, we still have to deal with the traffic and parking issues that occur on game days when the basketball teams are playing on campus.  Today was one of those days, but COVID has actually provided us with a "fix," of sorts:  we can give recorded shows an "encore" appearance once in a while.  For this day's Bluegrass Cafe, we were both recorded and live:  the first hour was a broadcast first aired on February 28, 2021, and the second two hours were "warts and all" live broadcasts from WHUS.  Hope you enjoyed this "hybrid."  

During the show, we celebrated birth anniversaries of two wonderful, very original performers: Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 - May 29, 2012) and John Duffey (March 4, 1934 - December 9, 1997).  There's no better way to celebrate a musician than by sharing his music, and so, we did.  And we could have celebrated a lot more, too, but we'll save that for another Sunday.

New music hit our airwaves today, as well, with brand-new music from the Po' Ramblin' Boys, Rick Lang's new stories-in-song collection, Unlimited Tradition, the Lonesome River Band, Kristy Cox, and Cedar Hill.  

Hope you were able to join us, but if not, you'll have another chance in one week.  See you on March 7th!

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

HOUR 1 - originally aired 2/28/2021

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Break My Heart / Rhonda Vincent / A Dream Come True / Rebel
• Back To Hancock County / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• Hey! Hey! Hey! / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Skip, Hop & Wobble / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss When I'm Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau [Tony Rice Unit] / In Good Company / CMH
• Cardboard Mansion / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Happy Hollow / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Wes Corbett / Fiddler's Pastime / Sugar Petunia Records
• Ice Covered Birches / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Someone Play Dixie For Me / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Hobo Blues / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Thank God For The Highways / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
  
  

HOURS 2 & 3 - live in studio 2/27/2022

• Grand Ole Opry Song / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol [album released 3/1/1972]
• The Boatman / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• Tennessee Stud / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Doc Watson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Lost Highway Records [received Grammy Award for "Album of the Year," 2/27/2002]
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Maybelle Carter / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol [album released 3/1/1972]
• Ramblin' Woman / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways
• That Stanley Sound / Cedar Hill / New Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• Restless Wind / Rick Lang feat. David Parmley / A Tale To Tell / Dark Shadow Recording
• Moonlight, Moonshine, And Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Kristy Cox / Shades Of Blue / Billy Blue Records
• Mary Ann Is A Pistol / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• Lookout Mountain / Unspoken Tradition / single / Mountain Home
• Treasures Of The Past / Jesse Brock feat. Greg Blake / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit
• Breaking Up Is Hard To Do / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• It's Amazing What Sunshine Can Do / Pete Goble / When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / FireHeart Records
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Someone Took My Place With You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Going Back To Bristol / Shawn Camp / I Sang The Song:  Life Of The Voice With A Heart / Mountain Fever Records
• Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Mac Wiseman / Time-Life Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life
• Readin', Rightin', Route 23 / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Whispering Waters / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Whatcha Gonna Do / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• You Must Come In At The Door / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• River Of Jordan / Ricky Skaggs & the Whites / Hand-Picked / Rounder
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals:  The Definitive Collection / CMH
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways 
• These Men Of God / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Starday Records [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• I Feel Closer To Heaven Everyday / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• Pray The Clouds Away / Jimmy Martin / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1961-1962 / Kipepeo Publishing
• The Gospel Way / Dry Branch Fire Squad / The Gospel Way / Self-Produced
• Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/28/2021

Howdy!  Here we are, already -- the last Sunday of February!  Hope you're doing well, and that you were able to join us for the 45th "home-made" edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

During Sunday's show, as always, we shared a few songs from folks who would have celebrated (or, who still celebrate) birthdays during this week.  Four of these birthday celebrants are members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, including Doug Dillard, John Duffey, Don Stover, and Doc Watson.  We also remembered the King of Western Swing, Bob Wills, with a Bluegrass medley of his songs.

We also shared a few songs from two important albums in the history of Bluegrass music:  the Lonesome River Band's "Carrying The Tradition" (released 30 years ago this year), and the first "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" collection from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band who were joined by a whole bunch of their musical heroes (3-LP set released March 1, 1972).  

Hope you enjoyed something you heard during today's broadcast, but here's a program note for the next two Sundays:  due to UConn Baseball broadcasts, our Bluegrass Cafe will air from 6-9PM on both March 7th and March 14th.  Hope you can still join us...just a bit later than "normal."  

Stay healthy, and have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Break My Heart / Rhonda Vincent / A Dream Come True / Rebel
• Back To Hancock County / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• Hey! Hey! Hey! / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Skip, Hop & Wobble / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss When I'm Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• Cardboard Mansion / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Happy Hollow / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / Fiddler's Pastime / Self-Produced
• Ice Covered Birches / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Someone Play Dixie For Me / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Hobo Blues / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Thank God For The Highways / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Grand Ole Opry Song / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Mother Maybelle Carter / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Tennessee Stud / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Doc Watson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• My Dear Old Southern Home / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / A Long Time Ago / [Remembering Doug Dillard:  3/6/1937 - 5/16/2012]
• Bob Wills Medley / Bluegrass Cardinals / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH [Remembering Bob Wills:  3/6/1905 - 5/13/1975]
• Idle Time / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder [Mike Compton birthday, 2/29/1956]
• Your Lone Journey / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• Walk Through This World With Me / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• The Boatman / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• Won't Be Crying Over You / Tina Adair / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Darby's Castle / Professor Dan Boner / West Of West Virginia / Self-Produced
• Swinging A Nine Pound Hammer / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• Flint Hill Special / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Earl Scruggs / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Things In Life / Don Stover / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder [Remembering Don Stover:  3/6/1928 - 11/11/1996]
• Satisfied / Sullivan Family / Live! At McClure / Rebel
• Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / The Grascals / Dance 'Til Your Stockings Are Hot And Ravelin' / Time Life
• Praying / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• The Church Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Starday
• Going Home / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler
• I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages / Larry Sparks / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Dust On The Bible / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Jesus Made The Wine / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• My Lord Delivered Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Gospel Collection, Volume One / Sugar Hill
• Living On The Hallelujah Side / Donna & Roni Stoneman / The Legend Continues / Patuxent Music
• Jesus Is Standing At My Right Hand / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• On The Wings Of A Dove / Gopher Broke Bluegrass / The Wayworn Traveler / Self-Produced
• Get On That Road To Glory / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / MME
• It's So Hard To Stumble (When You're Down On Your Knees) / Lou Reid & Carolina / Sounds Like Heaven To Me / Rural Rhythm
• Something That The World Didn't Give Me / Marshall Family / Live! At McClure / Rebel
• When We All Get To Heaven / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Glory Bound Train / Carolina Blue / I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me / Pinecastle
• I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder