"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/5/2025

Before we open up our Bluegrass Cafe for another session on October 12th, here's a quick review of the October 5th show:

We spent a good amount of time celebrating early-to-mid-October birthdays of a good number of Bluegrass folks, including those of Billy Strings, Johnny Williams, Terry Baucom, Ray Deaton, Josh Crowe, Lynn Morris, Barry Berrier, Sammy Shelor, Kent Dowell, and Leigh Gibson.  Songs were shared from all of those performers.

The late Robert Fraker was a wonderful musician and great friend whose birth anniversary was celebrated during the October 5th show.  Though Robert died in May 2017, we remembered him and his October 1st birthday with lots of his songs recorded by his band (the Bear Bridge Band), as well as performed by others, including Valerie Smith & Becky Buller, Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin, and the Feinberg Brothers.  

And, as we often like to do, we remembered the centennial birth anniversary of a true music legend (and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame):  Marty Robbins (September 26, 1925 - December 8, 1982).  Many songs from the vast catalog of Marty Robbins have been covered over the years in the world of Bluegrass, and we shared several of them that have been recorded by the Gibson Brothers, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, the Special Consensus, Jim Hurst, the Johnson Mountain Boys, and the Spinney Brothers.  

Hope you'll consider joining me once again on the radio on October 12th!  We'll be there starting at 4PM with another Bluegrass Cafe...

Until then - 
Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• Tennessee Truck Driving Man / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders:  A Tribute To Ralph Stanley / Rebel
• Truck Driving Man / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Worries On My Mind / Rebel
• Diesel On My Tail / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
• Truck Driver's Queen / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again--Gone But Not Forgotten / Wango
• Cold Wind / Missy Raines & Allegheny / Love & Trouble / Compass Records
• Like The Rain Does / Woody Platt / Far Away With You / Compass Records
• Bob Wills Medley / Bluegrass Cardinals / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH
• Randy Lynn Rag / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia Legacy
• Like A Bird In A Cage / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I Got A Letter / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here's A Little Song / Bell Buckle Records [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Louisville Suite / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Afraid For What's Ahead / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• No Other Man / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Shelbyville Turnaround / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Love At Last / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1971]
• Last Day Of Galax / Johnny Williams / Last Day Of Galax / Mountain Roads Recordings [Johnny Williams birthday, 10/6/1951]
• Prisoner Of The Past / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco [Remembering Terry Baucom:  10/6/1952 - 10/7/2023]
• She's Holding These Lonely Hands Of Mine / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle [Barry Berrier birthday, 10/10/1960]
• Come Early Morning / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder [Lynn Morris birthday, 10/8/1948]
• Ernest T. Grass / Sammy Shelor / Leading Roll / Sugar Hill [Sammy Shelor birthday, 10/8/1962]
• The In Crowd / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Kent Dowell birthday, 10/10/1955]
• Climbing Up The Mountain / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill [Remembering Ray Deaton:  10/6/1952 - 6/4/2019]
• Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1971]
• I'll Go On Alone / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life:  The Best Of Marty Robbins, 1952-1965 / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• At The End Of A Long Lonely Day / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Devil Woman / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Big Iron / Jim Hurst / Second Son / Pinecastle [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Don't Worry / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Ribbon Of Darkness / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / No One But You / Rebel [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• El Paso / Marty Robbins / Legends Of The Grand Ole Opry / Time Life [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Diamond Joe / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• So Black And White / Del McCoury Band / single / McCoury Music
• Last Time I Saw Him / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel 
• Brown's Ferry Blues / Tony Trischka with Billy Strings / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records [Billy Strings birthday, 10/3/1992]
• Cross My Broken Heart / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Stone Walls And Steel Bars / Billy Strings / Me/And/Dad / Rounder [Billy Strings birthday, 10/3/1992]
• God Has Been So Good To Me / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder [Josh Crowe birthday, 10/11/1957]
• Ezekiel Saw The Wheel / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill [Remembering Ray Deaton:  10/6/1952 - 6/4/2019]
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Long Journey / Rounder
• Go Rest High On That Mountain / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Old Ways & Old Paths / Rebel
• Get In The Boat / Jeanette Williams Band / Get In The Boat / Bell Buckle Records
• Talking About That Old Time Religion / Whetstone Run / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country Records [Lynn Morris birthday, 10/8/1948]
• Lord Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Cardinals / Kneel At The Cross / Red Feather
• Traveling The Highway Home / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders:  A Tribute To Ralph Stanley / Rebel
• A Lover Of The Lord / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Once And For Always / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom:  10/6/1952 - 10/7/2023]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/2/2022

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our first for the month of October, and the first show as we begin our 41st year of broadcasting Bluegrass music at WHUS.  

For this edition of the program, we belatedly celebrated the September 26th birthday of a Country Music legend, Marty Robbins.  We included several Bluegrass covers of Marty Robbins classics -- some songs he wrote and some he did not.  

We also celebrated several Bluegrass birthdays from early October, including those of Chubby Wise, Terry Baucom, Blake Williams, Ray Deaton, Sammy Shelor, Johnny Williams, and Lynn Morris.  

And we couldn't forget what would have been the 76th birthday of the late Robert Fraker -- a good friend and wonderful musician and songwriter who was one of the founding members of the Bear Bridge Band.  Though he has been gone for 5 years now, Robert's music lives forever.  We included music from Bear Bridge, as well as a couple of recorded versions of Robert Fraker songs.  

We couldn't forget that the IBMA Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, September 28th in Raleigh.  We shared music from a few of the winners, including selections from Molly Tuttle, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Del McCoury, Rick Faris, and Dolly Parton.  

Thanks for listening, and we'll be looking for you this Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch [IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, 2022]
• Lazy Whippoorwill / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records [IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, 2022]
• What I've Learned / Rick Faris / The Next Mountain / Dark Shadow Recording [IBMA New Artist of the Year, 2022]
• My Little Darlin' / Del McCoury Band / Almost Proud / McCoury Music [IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, 2022]
• Vertigo / Bela Fleck / My Bluegrass Heart / Rounder [IBMA Instrumental Recording of the Year, 2022]
• My Little Darlin' / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish
• Hicker Nut Ridge / Kevin Prater Band / All I Ever Wanted / Patuxent Music
• Gotta Get You Near Me Blues / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Blink Of An Eye / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• She's More To Be Pitied / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Louisville Suite / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I Got A Letter / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here's A Little Song... / Bell Buckle Records [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Cross My Broken Heart / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Lilacs, Lilies, And Roses / Bear Bridge Band / live recording / no label [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Shelbyville Turnaround / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Why Don't You Love Me / Gene Wooten / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury
• I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind / Claire Lynch / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury
• Cotton Eyed Joe / Chubby Wise / An American Original / Pinecastle [Remembering Chubby Wise:  10/2/1915 - 1/16/1996]
• Moundsville Pen / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel [Terry Baucom birthday, 10/6/1952]
• Pleasant Hill / Williams & Clark Expedition / The Old Kentucky Road / Self-Produced [Blake Williams birthday, 10/8/1956]
• Ezekiel Saw The Wheel / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Ray Deaton:  10/6/1952 - 6/4/2019]
• Ernest T. Grass / Sammy Shelor / Leading Roll / Sugar Hill [Sammy Shelor birthday, 10/8/1962]
• Helping Hand / Johnny Williams / Last Day Of Galax / Mountain Roads Recordings [Johnny Williams birthday, 10/6/1951]
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder [Lynn Morris birthday, 10/8/1948]
• Devil Woman / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Beggin' To You / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• I Can't Quit / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Knee Deep In The Blues / Del McCoury / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Ribbon Of Darkness / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / No One But You / Rebel [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Don't Worry / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Big Iron / Jim Hurst / Second Son / Pinecastle [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• I'll Go On Alone / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life:  The Best Of Marty Robbins, 1952-1965 / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Mayberry / Randall Hylton / True Stories, Tall Tales, And Lies / Copper Creek ["Andy Griffith Show" debut, 10/3/1960]
• Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• These Crazy Dreams / East Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records
• Cruel Love / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King 
• Back To Hancock County / Traditional Grass / The Blues Are Still The Blues / Rebel
• Trail Of Tears / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• Greenlight On The Southern / Bob Minner with Ronnie Bowman / From Sulphur Springs To Rising Fawn:  The Songs Of Norman Blake / Engelhardt Music Group
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Do You Want To Go / Gospel Plowboys / Still Standing / Mountain Fever Records
• In The Sweet By And By / Dolly Parton / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records [IBMA Gospel Recording of the Year, 2022]
• Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / Dan Tyminski with Billy Strings / One More Time Before You Go / North Star Records
• Let The Light Shine Down / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Inustrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• My God Will Set Me Free / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / In Dreams I Go Back / Mountain Fever Records
• Open Up The Window, Noah / Seldom Scene / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/3/2021

Robert Fraker at Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival
(Photo by MaryE Yeomans)

Our first Bluegrass Cafe of October 2021 featured music from some of the 2021 International Bluegrass Music Association award winners , as well as music from the three newly-minted members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, and birthday tributes to several performers.  Most notably, we shared seven songs from the pen of a good friend gone too soon:  Robert Fraker (October 1, 1946 - May 2, 2017).  Hope you were able to join us for all or part of the broadcast.

The annual gathering known as WoB (World of Bluegrass) took place this past week in Raleigh, NC.  While I wasn't an in-person attendee of the festivities this year, I was able to follow along virtually at some events that were posted on either the IBMA Facebook page or the group's YouTube.  To that end, we played some music from quite a few IBMA Award winners for 2021, and we mentioned the others.  

We also shared music from some of the performers who will be in Vermont next weekend at the first-time-ever Jenny Brook Minifest.  This annual event normally takes place at the end of June, but COVID meeting restrictions cancelled the big festival this year.  This smaller festival is "mini" in name only, as there will be a load of top-notch performers there, including IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year Danny Paisley, as well as the Po' Ramblin' Boys, the Feinberg Brothers, and others.  For more info, visit this website.  

As I will be in Vermont next weekend, our Bluegrass Cafe will be recorded during this week, and will air for you on Sunday afternoon.  Hope you'll consider joining us, if you can.

Have a great week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Richest Man / Balsam Range / Moxie And Mettle / Mountain Home [IBMA Song of the Year, 2021]
• Living On The Edge / Dale Ann Bradley / Things She Couldn't Get Over / Pinecastle [IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, 2021]
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle [IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, 2021]
• Letters Have No Arms / Del McCoury Band / Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass / McCoury Music [IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, 2021]
• Hollow Heart / Billy Strings / Home / Rounder [IBMA Entertainer of the Year, 2021]
• Readin', Rightin', Route 23 / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Industrial Strength Bluegrass:  Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy / Smithsonian Folkways [IBMA Album of the Year, 2021]
• Losing You Blues / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle [IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, 2021]
• Fiddler's Pastime / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Laura Orshaw / Fiddler's Pastime / Self-Produced [IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year, 2021]
• Are You Missing Me / Dailey & Vincent / Industrial Strength Bluegrass:  Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy / Smithsonian Folkways [IBMA Album of the Year, 2021]
• No Other Man / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I Got A Letter / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here's A Little Song... / Bell Buckle Records [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Cross My Broken Heart / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Louisville Suite / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• The Cheshire Tragedy / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Like A Bird In A Cage / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Here Come The Teardrops / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / Fine Time To Get The Blues / Driving Duke Records [Terry Baucom birthday, 10/6/1952]
• Helping Hand / Johnny Williams / Last Day At Galax / Mountain Roads Recordings [Johnny Williams birthday, 10/6/1951]
• Ezekiel Saw The Wheel / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Ray Deaton:  10/6/1952 - 6/4/2019]
• Sparta Flash / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records [Blake Williams birthday, 10/8/1962]
• Taking The Crooked Road Home / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / VA Foundation for the Humanties [Sammy Shelor birthday, 10/8/1962]
• Old Rip / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder [Lynn Morris birthday, 10/8/1948]
• Blue Skies And Teardrops / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Blue Grass Breakdown / Donna & Roni Stoneman / The Legend Continues / Patuxent Music
• Tupelo County Jail / The Stonemans / Family Tradition:  The Stoneman Legacy / CMH
• Two Highways / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder
• Enough On My Mind / Rambler's Choice / Sounds Of The Mountains / Rounder
• The Memory Of Your Smile / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• I'm Feeling For You (But I Can't Reach You) / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Honeycat Hornpipe / Corrina Rose Logston / Bluegrass Fiddler / Patuxent Music
• Lonesome Riverboat Blues / Edgar Loudermilk Band with Jeff Autry / Lonesome Riverboat Blues / Rural Rhythm
• A Hundred Years From Now / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Teach Your Children / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Don't Weep For Me / Blue Highway / Original Traditional / Rounder
• Cannonball Yodel / Dede Wyland / Urge For Going / Patuxent Music
• Green Mountain Girl / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Stagger Lee / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• I'd Jump The Mississippi / Michelle Canning / The Flower And The Serpent / Self-Produced
• Whatcha Gonna Do / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• East Bound And Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys with Jason Carter & Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / single / Sound Biscuit
• Ice Covered Birches / Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Cliff Waldron & the New Shades Of Grass / Rebel
• My Music Comes From Bill / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Proud Mary / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• After While / Dale Ann Bradley / Things She Couldn't Get Over / Pinecastle [Gospel Recording of the Year, 2021]
• Take Me In The Lifeboat / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
• I'll Be Singing Up There / Lonesome River Band / Singing Up There:  A Tribute to the Easter Brothers / Mountain Home
• Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown / Alison Krauss & the Cox Family / Country Faith Bluegrass / Billy Blue Records
• I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass with Lizzy Long / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle 
• In The Resurrection Morning / Sacred Reunion / single / Billy Blue Records [Gospel Recording of the Year, 2021]
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/18/2020

The theme for Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe?  There wasn't one this week, but we still shared a whole lot of fine Bluegrass music.  Hope you were able to join us.

After a leaf-centered opening, we chose songs from all over the Bluegrass spectrum, traditional tunes from classic performers to more recent offerings for 2020.  Among the newer music, we heard selections from Junior Sisk, RockHearts, High Fidelity, Linda Lay, Fast Track, Phil Leadbetter & the the All-Stars of Bluegrass, Laurie Lewis, Glen Duncan, the Edgar Loudermilk Band, the Feinberg Brothers, and J.B. & Jamie Dailey.  

There were also a few more songs from the pen of Robert Fraker (October 1, 1947 - May 2, 2017), a birthday song or two for fiddler Jason Barie (born October 14, 1979), and memorial tunes for big events in the lives of Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs.

Hope you are doing well, and that you'll continue to listen for our Bluegrass Cafe each Sunday:  4-7PM.

Enjoy the week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Falling Leaves / Cliff Waldron / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Wild Geese Cry Again / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Golden Leaves / Thunder Mountain Bluegrass / Another Season / Self-Produced
• The Leaves Musn't Fall / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• The Old Home Place / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
• Rollin' / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Rollin' / Rebel
• Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Oklahoma Bound / Alan Munde & Billy Bright / Es Mi Suerte / Munde's Child Records
• The Last Log Drive / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah Records
• Whispering Waters / RockHearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Ohio / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Tennessee / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / MCA
• The Happiness Of Having You / Linda Lay / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Rockwood Deer Chase / Jim Mills / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill
• Hillbilly Fever / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Ramblin' Pickin' / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
• No Other Man / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I Got A Letter / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Cross My Broken Heart / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• The Wolf Is At The Door / Benny & Vallie Cain / Benny & Vallie Cain & the Country Clan / Rebel
• Me And The Jukebox / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Starday
• I Am Weary, Let Me Rest / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Raised By The Railroad Line / Seldom Scene / Raised By The Railroad Line / Rebel
• My Grandfather's Clock / Benny & Vallie Cain / Benny & Vallie Cain & the Country Clan / Rebel
• Life's Highway / Fast Track / Fast Track / Engelhardt Music Group
• One Way Rider / Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars Of Bluegrass / Swing For The Fences / Pinecastle
• Old Friend / Laurie Lewis with Kathy Kallick / And Laurie Lewis / Spruce And Maple Music
• Six Feet Under The Ground / Glen Duncan / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME [recorded 10/15/1950]
• Midnight On The Highway / Hot Rize / Hot Rize / Flying Fish
• The Rapido Kid / Jason Barie / Pieces / Billy Blue Records [Jason Barie birthday, 10/14/1979]
• The Dark Side Of Lonesome / Edgar Loudermilk Band / single / Rural Rhythm
• Toil, Tears & Trouble / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Don't Get Above Your Raisin' / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records [F & S inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame, 10/14/1985]
• Scissor Jack / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [F & S inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame, 10/14/1985]
• Happy I'll Be / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Back On The Street Again / Sugar Hill
• You Can't Stand Up Alone / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• There Will Be Singing / Cox Family / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / The Cat Came Back / Rebel
• When I Safely Reach The Other Shore / Reno & Smiley / The Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• See God's Ark A Movin' / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Voice Of My Savior / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced
• I Am Just A Pilgrim / Appalachian Road Show / Barry Abernathy & Darrell Webb Present Appalachian Road Show / Billy Blue Records
• Mother Prayed Loud In Her Sleep / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Beyond The Sunset For Me / Jason Barie with Paul Williams / Pieces / Billy Blue Records [Jason Barie birthday, 10/14/1979]
• Just Over In Heaven / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS Music
• Shield Of Faith / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Every Time You Say Goodbye / Rounder
• Calling From Heaven / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage with Bill Gaither / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming / GGS
• When The Angels Carry Me Home / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Rebel
• The River Of Jordan / Jim & Jesse / Y'all Come:  The Essential Jim & Jesse / Epic Legacy
• I Know My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Sins Of Your Past / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/11/2020

Our 25th (!) pre-recorded Bluegrass Cafe hit the WHUS airwaves today.  Whoa!  Back in April when WHUS said we could start recording shows at home, I figured I'd record them until school started again in the fall, and then, we'd be allowed to come back to the studio in Storrs.  Clearly, 2020 had something else in store, as we now have 25 shows "in the can," and who knows how many more recorded shows there will be?  Time will tell...

Anyhow, today's show included songs from some of the big winners of the 2020 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, which were presented in virtual ceremonies on October 1st.  Congratulations to all of the winners!  If you'd like to read the full list of award winners, click here.  

We also shared music from two of the three 2020 inductees into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame:  the Johnson Mountain Boys and New Grass Revival.  These two bands -- both outstanding and with legions of fans -- presented two completely different forms of music, and we shared some from each of them on Sunday.  

And, of course, there were a few birthdays to celebrate and remember.  Today's birthday boy is Leigh Gibson (born October 11, 1970), so we shared two songs of the Gibson Brothers written by Leigh.  Another wonderful songwriter and performer is one who left us too soon:  Robert Fraker (October 1, 1946 - May 2, 2017).  Robert was a friend to all and a gifted songwriter and performer with the Bear Bridge Band, so we shared two songs from his creative brain during our gospel set.  And then, there's John Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980), who was NOT a Bluegrass performer, but who will always be remembered as one of the Beatles -- a band whose music
continues to inspire performers of all types of music.

Hope you were able to tune in this week, but if not, there's always next Sunday.  :)  See you then.

Enjoy the week, and stay healthy!

Amy O. 

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Out In The Cold World / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Boy Records [IBMA Album Of The Year, 2020]
• City That Drowned / Mile Twelve / Onwards / Delores The Taurus Records [IBMA New Artist Of The Year, 2020]
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording [IBMA Collaborative Recording Of The Year, 2020]
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records [IBMA Song Of The Year, 2020]
• Something To Lose / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle [IBMA Entertainer & Vocal Group Of The Year, 2020]
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music [IBMA Male Vocalist Of The Year, 2020]
• Raleigh Ride / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder [Bluegrass Hall Of Fame Inductee, 2020]
• Weathered Gray Stone / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Five Speed / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder 
• Dry Run Creek / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Going Back To Old Virginia / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• The Nights Are So Long / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Hold To A Dream / New Grass Revival / Best Of New Grass Revival / Liberty [Bluegrass Hall Of Fame Inductee, 2020]
• Sunrise / Sam Bush with Bela Fleck / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Some Old Day / John Cowan / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Callin' Baton Rouge / New Grass Revival / Best Of New Grass Revival / Liberty
• Your Love Is Like A Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Tennessee 1949 / Larry Sparks / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Baby Girl / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / The Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• Life Gets Up And Gets Gone / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• How Deep Is The Lonesome / Cedar Hill / Fall Singles 2020 / Mountain Fever Records
• A Place For A Fool / Stephen Mougin with the Gibson Brothers / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1970]
• Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1970]
• I Feel Fine / Charles River Valley Boys / Beatle Country / Rounder [Remembering John Lennon:  10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980]
• Yesterday / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Lennon:  10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980]
• What Goes On / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Lennon:  10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980]
• Watermelon On The Vine / Del McCoury / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• You'd Better Wake Up / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• The Eastern Gate / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• I'm A Stranger / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Hold Fast To The Right / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Cast Aside / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• When God Dips His Pen Of Love In My Heart / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
• We'll Still Sing On / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Mansion In The Grave / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Gonna Rise And Shine / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Gonna Rise And Shine / Mountain Fever Records [IBMA Gospel Recording Of The Year, 2020]
• Life Song / Blue Highway / Somewhere Far Away / Rounder
• God's Record Book Of Life / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King
• Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• Traveling The Highway Home / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Bill Boy Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder