"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/24/2026

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe came together nicely, as we had lots of songs with stories about soldiers who never came home to share in honor of Memorial Day.  Plus, we celebrated in song two important members of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the International Bluegrass Hall of Fame:  Mac Wiseman (May 23, 1925 - February 24, 2019) and Tom T. Hall (May 24, 1936 - August 20, 2021).  In addition, we shared a couple of songs from a Bluegrass-flavored CD I had forgotten existed that was released in 2021 by the Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter, Don Schlitz, who died on April 16, 2026.  And, if all of that wasn't enough, there was brand-new or recent music from several performers including East Nash Grass, Red Camel Collective, Nick Chandler & Delivered, Dale Ann Bradley with Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick, Rick Lang with Dave Adkins, the Kody Norris Show, Jim Hurst, and the Tennessee Bluegrass Band.

It was a very full show, so hope you were able to join us for all -- or even part -- of it.  If you'd like to listen (or listen again) to the program, you can find it online in our WHUS archives for another two weeks.  Here's the link:  
https://spinitron.com/WHUS/pl/22477180/Bluegrass-Cafe

Hope you'll consider joining us once again next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another visit in our Bluegrass Cafe.  

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.





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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Washed My Face In The Morning Dew / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/24/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• Don't Forget The Coffee, Billy Joe / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/24/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On / Rock County / Rock County / Rebel [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/24/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• Margie's At The Lincoln Park Inn / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/24/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• The Year The Clayton Delaney Died / Tom T. Hall / The Essential Tom T. Hall:  The Story Songs / Mercury [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/24/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• One Of Those Days (When I Miss Lester Flatt) / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/24/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• Leaving Baker County / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/24/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• Guitar Picking President / Jimmy Martin / The Essential Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1963-1965 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/24/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• The Boys In Hats And Ties / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats And Ties / Rebel [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/24/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• I Won't Take Less Than Your Love / Don Schlitz with Del McCoury & Ricky Skaggs / Mountaintop / Engelhardt Music Group [Remembering Don Schlitz: 8/29/1952 - 4/16/2026]
• Bottom Of The Ninth / Jason Barie / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records 
• She'll Change / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• A Hundred Years From Now / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• All God's Children / East Nash Grass / All God's Children / Mountain Fever Records
• Wonder Could I Live There Anymore / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP & CD Records
• Banjo Bop / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• The Gambler / Don Schlitz / Mountaintop / Engelhardt Music Group [Remembering Don Schlitz:  8/29/1952 - 4/16/2026]
• Walk Out In The Rain / Red Camel Collective / single / Pinecastle
• Maria / Nick Chandler & Delivered / single / Pinecastle
• Making Plans / Dale Ann Bradley with Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / single / Pinecastle
• The Power And Glory / The Kody Norris Show / American Spirit / Rebel
• The Boys Who Left Prince Station / Jim Hurst / Travels & Time / Pinecastle
• Seeing The Best In You / Laura Orshaw / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• At The End Of A Long Lonely Day / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• A Hero In Harlan / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Lost Souls & Free Spirits / Rebel
• Searching For A Soldier's Grave / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Field Of Flags / Rick Lang with Dave Adkins / single / Self-Produced
• Traveling Soldier / Bear Tracks / Together Till The End / AMT Records
• A Purple Heart / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Last Letter Home / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Jimmie Brown The Newsboy / Mac Wiseman / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Are You Coming Back To Me / Bill Harrell with Mac Wiseman / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Can't You Hear Me Calling / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys:  1946-1949 / JSP Records [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Everything I Used To Do / Livewire / Livewire / Rounder
• Forever By My Side / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill
• Memories Cover Everything I Own / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Georgia Girl / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• Little White Church / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Where We'll Never Grow Old / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / Nolichucky / Flagpond Records
• Music In My Soul / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• God Loves His Children / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Robe Of White / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road 
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Voice Of My Savior / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/25/2025

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we spent a good portion of our program remembering those soldiers who gave their lives in battle for our country.  While this is always a very sad subject, there have been so many wonderful and poignant songs written that are appropriate to share on Memorial Day -- and so, we did.  We won't forget.

We also shared lots of music from three folks who would have celebrated their birthdays in the month of May:  two of them are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, and all three of them have been inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.  We'll never forget "The Voice With A Heart," Mac Wiseman (May 23, 1925 - February 24, 2019), as well as "The Storyteller," Tom T. Hall (May 25, 1936 - August 20, 2021), and his wife "Miss Dixie" Deen Hall (May 26, 1934 - January 16, 2015).  Their contributions to the world of Bluegrass music will be honored forever.

There was some new music to share, too, most notably this week from longtime Northeastern Bluegrass favorite Danny Paisley and his new album, "Bluegrass State Of Mind."  We also shared recent music from Missy Raines & Allegheny, Carter & Cleveland, Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, and the Tennessee Bluegrass Band.  

Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  If you happened to miss the original airing of the show on May 25th, you can listen to the archival broadcast of this program for the next two weeks (listen here).  If you are only interested in hearing our next live broadcast, please join us next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for our Bluegrass Cafe.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / High Lonesome:  The Story Of Bluegrass Music / CMH [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• The Guitar / Sierra Hull & Justin Moses / I Sang The Song (Life Of The Voice With A Heart) / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• You're The Girl Of My Dreams / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Jimmie Brown The Newsboy / Mac Wiseman / Time Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Are You Coming Back To Me / Bill Harrell with Mac Wiseman / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• I'll Sail My Ship Alone / Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson & Del McCoury / Mac, Doc & Del / Sugar Hill [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Going Back To Bristol / Shawn Camp / I Sang The Song (Life Of The Voice With A Heart) / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Goin' To The Dance / Chris Warner with Tom Adams / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent Music
• Eula Dorsey / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Sparkling Brown Eyes / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Big Tilda / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• If That's The Way You Feel / Ralph Stanley with Vince Gill & Patty Loveless / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• That Was Then And This Is Now / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Late Night Cry Of The Whippoorwill / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Bluegrass State Of Mind / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle
• Nolichucky / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Flagpond Records
• Have I Stayed Away Too Long / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle
• In The Middle Of Middle Tennessee / Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter / Carter & Cleveland / Fiddleman Records
• Mountain Bill / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / Coming On Strong / Rebel
• Won't You Think Of Me / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle
• Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Last Letter Home / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Soldier's Last Letter / Rick Lang with Trey Hensley / A Tale To Tell / Dark Shadow Recording
• Searching For A Soldier's Grave / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• A Folded Flag / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Riding With Private Malone / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• Sally's Waltz / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Casualty Of War / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Fox On The Run / Tom T. Hall / 50 Greatest Hits / Wrasse [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Mountain Home [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• I Like Beer / Travelin' McCourys / One Chord That Rings True / McCoury Music [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• Don't Forget The Coffee, Billy Joe / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021]
• The Boys In Hats And Ties / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats And Ties / Rebel [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021; Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• The Windowsill Song / Becky Buller / Pickin' Like A Girl / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021; Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021; Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Troublesome Waters / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Music In My Soul / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Call His Name / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Walk Slow / Heather Berry & Tony Mabe / The Heather Berry & Tony Mabe Show / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall:  5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021; Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Little White Church / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Stormy Waters / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Gonna Rise And Shine / Mountain Fever Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/26/2024

On this last Sunday of May, our Bluegrass Cafe included several songs telling stories about soldiers who never came home - the true meaning of our somber Memorial Day holiday.  Over the years, some have come to consider Memorial Day as the unofficial start of the summer season or as a time for lots of BBQ and parties and store sales, but it is much more than that.  During Sunday's show, we honored the military service of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for all of us.  

May 26th is also the birth anniversary of Iris Deen Hall, known to the world as
Miss Dixie Hall (May 26, 1934 - January 16, 2015).  Along with her songwriting husband, Tom T. Hall, Miss Dixie was elected to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 2018.  During the latter part of their lifetimes, the Halls were incredible supporters of the Bluegrass community -- sharing their home, their recording studio, their financial support, and their prodigious songwriting skills.  There was a period of time in the 1990s and into the early 21st century where you didn't find many new CDs without a song written or co-written by Tom T. or Dixie Hall.  Amazing.  Together and separately, Tom T. and Miss Dixie wrote several hundred songs, and their constant support of the Bluegrass community will never be forgotten.  To honor Miss Dixie, we shared seven of her compositions during Sunday's show, though we could have easily filled the whole three hours with no repeats.  Incredible.

While we didn't share any brand-new recordings on Sunday, we did include recent single releases from forthcoming projects, or tunes from recent recordings.  These included songs from Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Jerry Salley, the Tim Raybon Band, and Authentic Unlimited.

Hope you enjoyed the show, and I do hope you'll consider joining me once more next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• New Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Blue Yodel #4 / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Blue Yodel #3 / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel
• Blue Yodel #1 (T For Texas) / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• The Train Carryin' Jimmie Rodgers Home / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Jim & Jesse / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics--The Bluegrass Collection / Cracker Barrel
• Banjo Bounce / Allen Shelton / True Bluegrass / Rounder
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Stanley Brothers / Bluegrass Is Timeless--Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Starday
• Scraps From Your Table / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• Moundsville Pen / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• Blue / Stevens Sisters / O Sister!  The Women's Bluegrass Collection / Rounder
• The Evening Train / Bob & Danny Paisley / Plum Pitiful / Time Life
• Texas Barbeque / Bela Fleck / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• Tall Pines / Laurie Lewis / O Sister 2 / Rounder
• Something In The Wind / The Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• How Could I Love Her So Much / East Nash Grass / Last Chance To Win / Mountain Fever Records
• O-hio / Tom Ewing / Adventures Of A Blue Grass Boy / Patuxent Music
• Separating Hearts / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rounder
• Till Lonesome Comes Around / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / single / Pinecastle
• Blue, Blue Rain / Jerry Salley / The Songwriter / Very Jerry Records
• Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• Purple Heart / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue:  The Complete County Recordings / Rebel
• Soldier's Last Letter / Osborne Brothers / The Ernest Tubb Song Folio / Pinecastle
• Traveling Soldier / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• From Mother's Arms To Korea / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• I'm Putting On My Leaving Shoes / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Foundation For The Humanities [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• I Want My Dog Back / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• The Grave Robber / Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Walk Slow / Heather Berry & Tony Mabe / The Heather Berry & Tony Mabe Show / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Banjo Player's Blues / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Sam's Place / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
• Drink Up And Go Home / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Rodger Young / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Forgotten Men / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King
• Arlington / Tim Raybon Band / single / Pinecastle
• Bouquet In Heaven / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• Get In The Boat / Jeanette Williams Band / Get In The Boat / Bell Buckle Records [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Rank Strangers / Hot Rize / Hot Rize In Concert / Flying Fish
• Shouting In The Air / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Robe Of White / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars
• Wings Of Love / Authentic Unlimited / The Gospel Sessions, Volume 2 / Billy Blue Records
• Won't You Come And Sing For Me / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
• Traveling The Highway Home / Ernie Thacker / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea Records
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• Place On Calvary / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/21/2023

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our last live-in-the-studio show for the month of May, as the University of Connecticut is closing the studio next weekend in order to give the UConn workers a holiday.  Our next live broadcast will be on Sunday, June 4th.

In the meantime, during Sunday's show, we began by belatedly celebrating the birth anniversary of the Singing Ranger -- one Clarence Eugene (a/k/a Hank) Snow.  We shared six songs from the Hank Snow song catalog, five of which were Bluegrass covers.  

As we won't be on the air next Sunday (unless WHUS runs an archival broadcast of the show), we included a few songs which were appropriate for the real meaning of Memorial Day.

There was a tiny bit of newer music to share this week, as well.  To that end, we shared new or recent music from Boone & Foster, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, the Kody Norris Show, Troy Engle, Patrick McAvinue, Lost & Found, Cory Walker, Jerry Salley, the Lonesome River Band, Jason Barie, Mike Mitchell, the Gibson Brothers, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.

And finally, we played several songs from a recording I found recently at a used book sale.  This CD:  "E Pluribus Bluegrass" was recorded by the Bluegrass Patriots in 1996, and listening to it reminded me of how much I enjoyed this band.  Though the Patriots were a Colorado band, they did play a lot of major (and smaller) Bluegrass shows and festivals in the eastern U.S. around the time this CD was released.  The Bluegrass Patriots released several other CDs over the course of their 30+ year life as a band, but to me, this one will always be their best.  

Enjoy the week ~ and thanks for listening! 

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• The Goldrush Is Over / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Hank Snow Medley / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• I'm Movin' On / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• She'll Change / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & HIs Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Long Journey Home / Boone & Foster / Smoky Mountain Favorites / Mountain Fever Records
• Rocky Top / Boone & Foster / Smoky Mountain Favorites / Mountain Fever Records
• Green Mountain Girl / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced [Happy Birthday, Candi Sawyer!]
• Leslie County Blues / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records
• Sparkling Brown Eyes / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Long Gone / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Helen / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• A Little Bit Of Bluegrass / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / single / Pinecastle
• Looking At The World Through A Windshield / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• Back Home / Troy Engle / single / Pinecastle
• Station Blues / Patrick McAvinue / Fortis / Self-Produced
• Put It Off Until Tomorrow / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• Tried To Ruin My Name / Cory Walker / single / Mountain Fever Records
• What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think You're Foolin') / Jerry Salley / single / Very Jerry Records
• Near Mrs. / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen / Songs Of The American Spirit / Pinecastle
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records
• Robe Of White / Charlie Louvin / The Battles Rage On / True North Records
• Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• Bottom Of The Ninth / Jason Barie / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Making Hay / Mike Mitchell / single / Turnberry Records
• Maybelle / The Grascals / Up All Night / Mountain Home
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / Darkest Hour / Bull Run Records
• Who'll Be The Lucky Man / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Wild, Wild Rose / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Counting The Miles / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Wait For The Light To Shine / Eddie Sanders / Wait For The Light To Shine / Engelhardt Music Group
• The Glory Road / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
• Lord Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass
• Get On The Main Highway / Price Sisters /  A Heart Never Knows / Rebel
• Heaven / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Satan's Jeweled Crown / Cliff Waldron & the New Shades Of Grass / The Best Of Cliff Waldron / Rebel
• You Can Go To Heaven / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Songs From The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Kaleidoscope
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/29/2022

On this Memorial Day Sunday, we remembered in song the meaning of this somber holiday.  To that end, during this day's Bluegrass Cafe, we shared lots of songs that told the story of the soldier who didn't make it home.  

We also celebrated the birthdays of several Bluegrass folks born on May 29th, including the late Earl Pike, Stephen Mougin, and my brother, Dave "Tex" Orlomoski.  In addition, we remembered the May 23rd birth anniversary of Country and Bluegrass Hall of Fame member, Mac Wiseman.  And we shared just a couple of songs written by the late powerhouse couple of Tom T. Hall (May 25, 1936 - August 20, 2021) and Miss Dixie Hall (May 26, 1934 - January 16, 2015).  During next week's broadcast, we'll share more songs from the Halls.

And, of course, there was a bit of newer music, from brand-new recordings by Authentic Unlimited, Jim Hurst, Circus No. 9, Jesse Smathers, Laura Orshaw, and the Gibson Brothers.

Thank you for tuning in today, and we'll look forward to joining you once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• My Dying Day / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day Records
• Last Letter Home / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Blue-Eyed Boston Boy / Bluegrass Cardinals / Hand-Picked / Rounder
• Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel
• Rodger Young / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Annie's Boy / Larry Sparks / New Moon Over My Shoulder / Rebel
• Purple Heart / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Sally's Waltz / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Searching For A Soldier's Grave / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Me And John and Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• A Folded Flag / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Down Where The River Bends / Ralph Stanley with Dwight Yoakam / Saturday Night & Sunday Morning / CRF Records
• Traveling Soldier / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• With Love From Normandy / Mark "Brink" Brinkman / On The Brink Of A Dream / Self-Produced
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Long Gone / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Oh Lonesome Me / Jim Hurst / From The Ground Up / Pinecastle
• Steampipe Coffee / Circus No. 9 / Circus No. 9 / Bonfire
• Hard Pressed / Jesse Smathers / Jesse Smathers / Self-Produced
• Hank / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / single / 
• Heartache And Trouble / Fast Track / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Rude And Rambling Man / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• New Beginnings / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• To Warm And Comfort You / Pike Family & the Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall (5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021) & Miss Dixie Hall (5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015)]
• Local Flowers / Brooke Aldridge [Daughters Of Bluegrass] / Pickin' Like A Girl / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall (5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021) & Miss Dixie Hall (5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015)]
• Leaving Baker County / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall (5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021) & Miss Dixie Hall (5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015)]
• 20/20 Vision / Dan Tyminski / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• How Long Has It Been / Johnny & Jeanette Williams / Thirty Years Later / Grass Tank Music
• Where The City Ends / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records
• Bowling Green / Laurie Lewis / Restless Rambling Heart / Flying Fish
• Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-Produced
• Country Boy Rock N' Roll / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King Records
• What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Robe Of White / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars
• Voice From On High / Bill Monroe / High Lonesome / CMH
• My Savior's Train / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• I Can Tell You The Time / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records
• Brand New City / Jesse Smathers / Jesse Smathers / Self-Produced
• Over The Mountain Top / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume One / Billy Blue Records
• I'm Working On A Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/30/2021

On this Memorial Day Sunday, it seemed proper to populate the majority of our 58th home-made playlist for Bluegrass Cafe with lots of songs about soldiers who didn't make it home -- the true meaning of this somber holiday. 

In addition to Memorial Day songs, we also included a few newer releases from Audie Blaylock & Redline, the Kody Norris Show, Greg Blake, Donna & Roni Stoneman, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Carolina Blue, Williamson Branch, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.

Please consider joining us once again next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• My Dying Day / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day Records
• Last Letter Home / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Blue Eyed Boston Boy / Bluegrass Cardinals / Hand-Picked / Rounder
• The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel
• For The Dear Old Flag, I Die / American Drive / single / Rural Rhythm
• Lost Soldier Son / Chris Brashear / Wanderlust / Dog Boy Records
• Purple Heart / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• A Hero In Harlan / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Lost Souls & Free Spirits / Rebel
• Down Where The River Bends / Red Allen / Keep On Going / Rebel
• Annie's Boy / Larry Sparks / New Moon Over My Shoulder / Rebel
• A Folded Flag / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent with Jimmy Fortune / Bill Gaither's Country Gospel Favorites / GGS Music
• Will You Fold My Flag For Me / Flashback / Blues Around My Cabin / Pinecastle
• Me And John And Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• Robe Of White / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family Records
• Washington & Lee Fling / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• John D. Champion / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• I'm Singing Harmony / The Big Dogs with Tony Trischka / Live At The Birchmere / Strictly Country Records
• I Hope You Have Learned / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• Wake Up And Smell The Coffee / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Sunrise / Sam Bush / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Pain In My Heart / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• A Couple Beers More / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Skip, Hop & Wobble / Jimmy Martin / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1951-1958 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Love's Fleeting Fire / Audie Blaylock & Redline / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• Kentucky Darlin' / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• The Storms Are On The Ocean / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill
• People, Places And Songs / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records
• Truck Driver's Queen / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / King
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Rodger Young / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Riding With Private Malone / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• Searching For A Solder's Grave / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• How Great Thou Art / Jim Mills / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• March Around Jericho / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Our Mansion Is Ready / Charlie Monroe / Post-War Country Classics / Cattle
• Kneel At The Cross / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• I Know What You're Talking About / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• I Can Tell You The Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• I'm Never Alone / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Somewhere Beyond The Blue / Billy Blue Records
• Bouquet In Heaven / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Living On The Hallelujah Side / Donna & Roni Stoneman / The Legend Continues / Patuxent Music
• Walking In The Spirit / Williamson Branch with the Marshall Family / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• Come On Down / FastTrack / FastTrack / Engelhardt Music Group
• Lead Us Safely / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel
• He's Coming Back To Earth Again / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I Want To Stroll Over Heaven / IIIrd Tyme Out / Across The Miles / Rounder
• I'll Be No Stranger There / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill
• Someday / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rebel
• Goodbye / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder