"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/10/2026

On Sunday, we celebrated two wonderful events at our Bluegrass Cafe:  Commencement Day at UConn and, of course, Mother's Day!  While we could only wish all UConn graduates a heartfelt congratulations, we did a bit more celebrating of Mothers on Sunday afternoon.  Hope you were able to celebrate the day in a special way, either being honored by your children, celebrating your mother in person, or remembering her with many fond memories.  

As you likely know, there are MANY songs celebrating mothers in the World of Bluegrass.  We included many of those during our broadcast on Sunday from performers as varied as the Gibson Brothers, Reno & Smiley, Kathy Kallick, Lou Reid, the Louvin Brothers, High Fidelity, Lynn Morris, the Lonesome River Band, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, and many others.  

Appropriately, Mother's Day also happened to be the birth anniversary of Maybelle Carter (May 10, 1909 - November 23, 1978) -- who became known as "Mother Maybelle" for many years after the breakup of the original Carter Family.  

A tiny bit of new music also made it onto our playlist for this week, including another new single from the Kody Norris Show, as well as Bryan Sutton with Tommy Emmanuel, Darren Nicholson, and Jaelee Roberts.

Finally, we briefly remembered Evelyn Cox Hobbs - a Grammy Award-winning member of the Cox Family who died on May 6th at the age of 66.  

Hope you had a wonderful day!  Please consider joining me once again this coming Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another Bluegrass Cafe, won't you?

See you then!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Know Whose Tears / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Every Day Is Mother's Day To Me / Allerton & Alton / Black, White, And Bluegrass / Bear Family Records
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• God Bless Her ('Cause She Is My Mother) / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek
• Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, Queen Of My Heart:  A Collection Of Songs Inspired By Mom / Sugar Hill
• Thank God For Mama / Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
• Mama Tried / The Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Memories Of Mother / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Hand That Rocks The Cradle / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Dear Old Mother / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• How I Miss My Darling Mother / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Mom's Old Picture Book / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Good Ol' USA / The Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Bryan Sutton with Tommy Emmanuel / single / Mountain Home
• I'm Putting You Out Of My Misery / Jaelee Roberts / single / Mountain Home
• Get Me Down The Line / Darren Nicholson / single / Mountain Home
• Marbletown / Blue Highway / Live At ETSU! A 30-Year Retrospective Event / Down The Road Records
• Look Down That Lonesome Road / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / O California! / Spruce And Maple Music
• Red River Valley / Tony Trischka with Molly Tuttle / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Maybelle Carter / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Legacy [Remembering Maybelle Carter:  5/10/1909 - 10/23/1978]
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs feat. Mother Maybelle Carter / Songs Of The Famous Carter Family / Columbia [Remembering Maybelle Carter:  5/10/1909 - 10/23/1978]
• Wildwood Flower / Carter Family / Anchored In Love:  Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1927-1928 / Rounder [Remembering Maybelle Carter:  5/10/1909 - 10/23/1978]
• Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder [Remembering Evelyn Cox Hobbs:  6/20/1959 - 5/6/2026]
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven / Allison Krauss & the Cox Family / I Know Who Holds Tomorrow / Rounder [Remembering Evelyn Cox Hobbs:  6/20/1959 - 5/6/2026]
• I Can Read Between The Lines In Your Letters / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Mama's Rocking Chair / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• Mama's Apron Strings / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• From The Hollow / Beartracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• My Mother's White Rose / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At The Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• Don't You Want To Go There / BlueRidge / Gettin' Ready / Pinecastle
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• I'll Wear A White Robe / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Soul Condition / Billy Blue Records
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• My Mother Prays So Loud In Her Sleep / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• My Mother's Bible / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Mother Sweet Mother / Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / 
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/11/2025

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was mostly about Mother, just as it should have been on a
Mother's Day.  We included many songs about the most important woman in many of our lives.  Hope you had a nice chance to visit with your mother on Sunday -- or remember her with great fondness and affection (as I did mine).    

In addition to sharing songs about moms, we included Bluegrass tributes both to the late duet "brothers" (in-law), Johnnie & Jack, as both Johnnie Wright and Jack Anglin were born on the same date two years apart.  We also remembered the great Johnny Rodriguez, who by no stretch of the imagination could ever be considered a Bluegrass performer, but he sure did make some great records in the early 1970s that have withstood the test of time (and have been covered in the Bluegrass world many a time).  

New music was a big part of the show, too.  To that end, we heard brand new music from the Tennessee Bluegrass Band, Sister Sadie, and Don Rigsby (with Ronnie Reno).  There was also recently released music by Missy Raines & Allegheny, Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, Laura Orshaw, Big Country Bluegrass, Special Consensus, Red Camel Collective, and Alison Krauss & Union Station.

Thanks for listening, as always.  Hope you'll consider joining us once again this coming Sunday from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Until then, enjoy the week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Know Whose Tears / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, Queen Of My Heart:  A Collection Of Songs Inspired By Mom / Sugar Hill
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• Mama Tried / The Seldom Scene / Scenechronized / Sugar Hill
• God Bless Her ('Cause She Is My Mother) / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek
• Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Thank God For A Mama / Lonesome River Band / Mother, Queen Of My Heart:  A Collection Of Songs Inspired By Mom / Sugar Hill
• Mom's Old Picture Book / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Pass Me By / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle [Remembering Johnny Rodriguez:  12/10/1951 - 5/9/2025]
• Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico / Bill Emerson & the Sweet Dixie Band / Bill Emerson & the Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel [Remembering Johnny Rodriguez:  12/10/1951 - 5/9/2025]
• How Could I Love Her So Much / Darren Beachley & Legends Of The Potomac / Take Off / Patuxent Music [Remembering Johnny Rodriguez:  12/10/1951 - 5/9/2025]
• That's The Way Love Goes / Johnny Rodriguez / The Greatest Hits Of Johnny Rodriguez / Mercury [Remembering Johnny Rodriguez:  12/10/1951 - 5/9/2025]
• Stop 88 / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Loose Talk / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Homespun / Happy Appy Records
• Nolichucky / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Flagpond Records
• Coming On Strong / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / Coming On Strong / Rebel
• I Wish It Would Rain / Sister Sadie / single / Mountain Home
• Big Train / Don Rigsby with Ronnie Reno / single / Rebel
• Springtime In The Mountains / Big Country Bluegrass / Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass / Rebel
• Red Bandana / Laura Orshaw / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Richmond On The James / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Arcadia / Down The Road Records
• Been All Around This World / Special Consensus / single / Compass Records
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Bog Records
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Mama's Apron Strings / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Memories Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Mama's Roses / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Dear Old Mother / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family [Remembering Johnnie Wright (5/13/1914 - 9/27/2011) & Jack Anglin (5/13/1916 - 3/7/1963)]
• Johnny [sic] And Jack Medley / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Johnnie Wright (5/13/1914 - 9/27/2011) & Jack Anglin (5/13/1916 - 3/7/1963)]
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family [Remembering Johnnie Wright (5/13/1914 - 9/27/2011) & Jack Anglin (5/13/1916 - 3/7/1963)]
• Tall Stands Of Timber / Rock Hearts / Unfinished Bridges / 615 Hideaway Records
• Another Love Gone Wrong / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• Benfield Line / Authentic Unlimited / So Much For Forever / Billy Blue Records
• Last Time I Saw Him / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• Mama Don't Allow / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• I Saw Mother With God Last Night / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Medals For Mothers / IIIrd Tyme Out / Back To The Mac / Rounder
• Shake Hands With Mother Again / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Mother, Queen Of My Heart:  A Collection Of Songs Inspired By Mom / Sugar Hill
• Mother Prays Loud In Her Sleep / David Peterson / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Sweeping Through The Gate / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family [Remembering Johnnie Wright (5/13/1914 - 9/27/2011) & Jack Anglin (5/13/1916 - 3/7/1963)]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/12/2024

Hanging out with my mother at Roy Acuff's house

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we covered lots of musical ground.  As it was Mother's Day, we celebrated MOM in song with twenty-one wonderful songs about her -- whether she's still with us, or lives on only in memory.  Hope all of the mothers had a fabulous day.

We also remembered the May birthday of Country Music Hall of Famer, Hank Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999).  Many songs originally performed and/or written by the Singing Ranger have been covered in the world of Bluegrass over the years, so we enjoyed a few of them on Sunday.

Two important members of the Bluegrass community recently passed, and we couldn't let the show go by without remembering them.  Frank Wakefield (June 26, 1934 - April 26, 2024) was an incredibly talented mandolinist with a super-unique personality.  Smiling Jim Mills (December 18, 1966 - May 3, 2024) was not only a top-notch banjo picker who worked for many years both with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver as well as Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, but he was also a noted expert on pre-war Gibson banjos.  We celebrated both of these gentlemen on Sunday afternoon.

New music was a big part of the program on Sunday, too, and we included brand-new (or recent) music from several performers, including Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland, Williamson Branch, Becky Buller, the Grascals, the Lonesome River Band, Adam McIntosh, Volume Five, Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, and Junior Sisk.

Hope you enjoyed the show!  Please consider joining me once more this coming Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• God Bless Her, 'Cause She Is My Mother / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Thank God For A Mama / Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
• From The Hollow / BearTracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Mother Of A Miner's Child / Country Gentlemen / The Complete Vanguard Recordings / Vanguard
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• I'm Movin' On / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA Legacy [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]
• A Fool Such As I / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Would You Mind / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA Legacy [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]
• Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [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]
• Music Makin' Mama From Memphis / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA Legacy [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Give It Away / Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland / single / Fiddleman Records
• Hang Around For The Heartache / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• Jubilee / Becky Buller with Aoife O'Donovan / Jubilee / Dark Shadow Recording
• Southern Nights / Williamson Branch with Carl Jackson / single / Pinecastle
• County Wishing Well / Volume Five / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Pull The Trigger / The Grascals / single / Mountain Home
• Johnny B. Goode / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / single / Rebel
• Peaceful Easy Feeling / Adam McIntosh / Restless / Billy Blue Records
• Tennessee Banjo Man / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Pressing On Regardless / Brentwood Music [Remembering Jim Mills:  12/18/1966 - 5/3/2024]
• The Hide Head Blues / Jim Mills / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill [Remembering Jim Mills:  12/18/1966 - 5/3/2024]
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Live At The Charleston Music Hall / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Jim Mills:  12/18/1966 - 5/3/2024]
• He Came From Carolina (A Tribute To Earl) / Jim Mills / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill [Remembering Jim Mills:  12/18/1966 - 5/3/2024]
• Careless Love / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads Music [Remembering Jim Mills:  12/18/1966 - 5/3/2024]
• New Camptown Races / Red Allen & Frank Wakefield / Bluegrass / Folkways [Remembering Frank Wakefield:  6/26/1934 - 4/26/2024]
• Are You Afraid To Die / Red Allen & Frank Wakefield / Bluegrass / Folkways [Remembering Frank Wakefield:  6/26/1934 - 4/26/2024]
• Echo Blues / Frank Wakefield, Taylor Baker & Friends / Frank Wakefield, Taylor Baker & Friends / Patuxent Music [Remembering Frank Wakefield:  6/26/1934 - 4/26/2024]
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
• Hand That Rocks The Cradle / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Memories Of Mother / Junior Sisk with Ricky Skaggs / If There's A Will There's A Way / Mountain Fever Records
• Always Be Kind To Your Mother / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• When My Momma Sang To Me / Nancy Pate / When My Momma Sang To Me:  Songs Of Murphy Hicks Henry / Arrandem Records
• I Haven't Seen Mama In Years / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Mama Tried / The Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Medals For Mothers / IIIrd Tyme Out / Back To The MAC / Rounder
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Little Mountain Church House / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads Music
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• My Mother's Bible / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rounder
• Come On In / Authentic Unlimited / The Gospel Sessions, Volume 2 / Billy Blue Records
• Shake Hands With Mother Again / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Blue Rambler 2 / Sugar Hill
• Music In My Soul / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Joy Of Revelation / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/14/2023

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

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

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

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

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

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• God Bless Her, 'Cause She Is My Mother / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Sweetest Mother / Blue Sky Boys / Farm & Fun Time Favorites, Volume Two / Copper Creek
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• Every Day Is Mother's Day To Me / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family Records
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
• Mama's Roses / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Mama's Rocking Chair / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
• Memories Of Mother / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Mama Tried / Seldom Scene / SCENEChronized / Sugar Hill
• Always Be Kind To Your Mother / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Mama's Apron Strings / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Put It Off Until Tomorrow / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• Dreamer's Hill / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• Your Old Standby / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• Snowbird / Special Consensus feat. Claire Lynch / Great Blue North / Compass Records
• You Left Your Lonely / Songs From The Road Band / Pay Your Dues / Lucks Dumpy Toad Records
• Sourwood Mountain / Stephen Wade / Hands On The Tune / Patuxent Music
• Occam's Razor / Dan Tyminski / God Fearing Heathen / 8 Track Entertainment
• How Blue / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Billy Blue Records
• Banjo Picking Girl / Gloria Belle / Gloria / Rebel [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
• Traveling The Highway Home / Gloria Belle / A Good Hearted Woman / Southern Belle [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
• Milwaukee Here I Come / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / The King Of Bluegrass / Audium [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
• One Step Ahead Of The Blues / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder
• Workin' Girl Blues / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• From The Hollow / Bear Tracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• I Haven't Seen Mama In Years / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Every Day Is Mother's Day / Larry Stephenson / Thankful / Pinecastle
• The Beautiful Picture / Case Brothers / Radio Album / Self-Produced
• Hand That Rocks The Cradle / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Mama Don't Allow / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• I Saw Mother With God Last Night / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross:  Songs Of Faith And Inspiration / Red Feather
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• My Mother Prays So Loud In Her Sleep / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah
• Shake Hands With Mother Again / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
• Mother's Footsteps Guide Me / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto
• My Mother's Bible / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/9/2021

Mother & Daughter at Opryland, 1985

Hello, and Happy Mother's Day!  On this day devoted to Mom, hope you were able to enjoy some kind of celebration with your mother, if that is something you like and are able to do.  :)  During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we celebrated both living mothers and mothers who live on in memory with twenty-seven tunes, so hope you heard something you enjoyed among those tunes.

Today also happens to be the birth anniversary of Clarence Eugene Snow -- better known to the Country Music World

Hank Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999)

as Hank Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999).  Though he had a pretty wretched childhood while growing up with an abusive stepfather in Nova Scotia, Canada, Hank Snow certainly made his mark in the world of Country Music with a nearly 50-year-membership at the Grand Ole Opry, enshrinement in the Country Music Hall of Fame, and dozens of hit records which have become classics.  Hank Snow songs are still often covered by Bluegrass performers, too, so we heard a whole bunch of them in our extended Hank Snow set.

There was a tiny bit of newer music to share, as well, with selections from Matt Dudman, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass.

Thanks for listening!  Hope you'll consider joining us once more next Sunday afternoon - 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• God Bless Her 'Cause She Is My Mother / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Dreams Of Mother And Home / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1953-1955 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Mom's Old Picture Book / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
• Thank God For A Mama / Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
• Coat Of Many Colors / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
• Every Day Is Mother's Day To Me / Allerton & Alton / Black, White, And Bluegrass / Bear Family Records
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Dear Old Mother / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Memories Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Always Be Kind To Your Mother / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Scott Vestal et al / Bluegrass 2020 / Pinecastle
• Lonesome Blue Yodel / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Nobody's Child / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• A Fool Such As I / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced [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]
• Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Compass Records [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999] 
• Hello Love / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Music Makin' Mama From Memphis / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA [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]  
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [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]
• High Lonesome Sound / Michael Cleveland with the Travelin' McCourys / Tall Fiddler / Compass Records
• My Louisiana Home / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister? / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Between The Lines / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / single / Billy Blue Records
• From The Hollow / BearTracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• The Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Warm And Windy / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler Harvest
• Mother's Only Sleeping / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1937-1949 / JSP Records
• Gonna Shake Hands With Mother Over There / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family Records
• A Vision Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• My Mother's Bible / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• My Mother's White Rose / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Mother Prayed Loud In Her Sleep / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Claire Lynch / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• Power In The Blood / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• I Love God's Way Of Living / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Shadow Of The Son / Still Pickin' Trio / Reuben's Train / Self-Produced
• Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There / IIIrd Tyme Out / Living On The Other Side / Rounder
• Hear Jerusalem Calling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Somewhere Beyond The Blue / Billy Blue Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder