"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/20/2026

Looking back at our Bluegrass Cafe of September 20th, it was a day to celebrate the mid-September birthdays of two Country Music legends:  Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992) and Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953).  The song catalogs of both of these Hall of Famers have been heavily covered by Bluegrass performers over the years, so we shared lots of fine country music performed in a Bluegrass style.  Hope you liked it.

In addition to classics, we shared a few newer recordings, as well, including selections from Wyatt Ellis, Donna Ulisse, the Grascals, and David Peterson.  We also played the first song recorded by Dolly Parton that has been released since her passing.  Dolly teamed up with the First Ladies of Bluegrass (Alison Brown, Becky Buller, Sierra Hull, Missy Raines, Molly Tuttle) to record "Bound To Ride" -- a track featured on the new Stanley Brothers tribute recording on Compass Records.  

We look forward to joining you with a new Bluegrass Cafe once again this coming Sunday afternoon.  Consider tuning in from 4-7PM, won't you?  

See you then!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper / Sugar Hill
• Taking The Crooked Road Home / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
• No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• El Doggo / Jimmy Gaudreau / Pieces And Bits / Goose Creek Music
• Six Feet Under The Ground / New Vintage / Changing Times / Pinecastle
• Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The Precious Jewel / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Barnyard Frolic / RME Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Columbus Stockade Blues / Jeremy Stephens & Tom Mindte / Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs / Patuxent Music
• Julia Belle / Janet Beazley / 5 South / Backcountry Music
• Can't Live Life / Edgar Loudermilk with Rhonda Vincent / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• Blue Grass Special / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Eating Out Of Your Hand / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• Room Over Mine / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Steeped In Tradition / Brandywine
• Lovely, Lovely World / Alan Munde & Country Gazette / Keep On Pushing / Flying Fish
• Bound To Ride / Dolly Parton & the First Ladies Of Bluegrass / single / Compass Records
• Rocky Top Bottom / Wyatt Ellis / single / Lost Highway
• The Pacific / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Crazy Always Comes Back / Donna Ulisse / single / Turnberry Records
• Put It Off Until Tomorrow / David Peterson / single / Self-Produced
• I Can't Stand Me / The Grascals / Not That Gone / Billy Blue Records
• Square Dance Friday Night / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• Settin' The Woods On Fire / Good Ol' Persons / Good N' Live / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Why Don't You Love Me / Gene Wooten / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Cold Cold Heart / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Move It On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• You Win Again / Ralph Stanley with Melba Montgomery / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I Can't Get You Off My Mind / Claire Lynch / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Way / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Weary Blues From Waitin' / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Hillbilly Hero / Proper [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Hard Travelin' / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Sawmill Road / Lost & Found / Down On Sawmill Road / Rebel
• Why I Love You / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Look For Me / Pinecastle
• Just One Time / New Coon Creek Girls / Ain't Love A Good Thing / Pinecastle
• Bill From Isonville / Southern Legacy / single / Pinecastle
• Lonesome With Heartaches / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Walking Down The Line / The Seldom Scene / Remains To Be Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Larry Sparks with Jesse McReynolds & Curly Seckler / Lonesome And Then Some / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Nailed To The Cross / Clay Hess / Red Haired Boy / Legend Records
• When My Last Song Is Sung / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• When My Time Comes To Go / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/28/2025

During this last Sunday of September, Bluegrass Cafe celebrated the birthdays of two of Bluegrass music's finest who were both born on September 28th:  Ronnie Reno and Laurie Lewis.  What better way to celebrate these folks than to share some of their music?  We did that quite easily.  

From time to time, we like to remember certain members of the Country Music Hall of Fame whose influence has been deeply felt by the World of Bluegrass Music.  For today, we celebrated the King of Country Music, Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992), with several selections from his song catalog performed by Joe Val, the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, Bear Minimum, Special Consensus, David Peterson & 1946, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.  There was also music from the man, himself, as well as a tribute to Roy Acuff from the Osborne Brothers.  

New music played a small part in the show, including selections from Larry Sparks, Shawn Camp, Grasstime, Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountains Boys, and the Grass Daddies.

Thanks for joining us for this week's radio visit.  We'll hope to have you join us once again next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Home Run Man / Audie Blaylock / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• There's No Room In My Heart For The Blues / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Dreaming / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I'll Wander Back Someday / Sugar Hill
• She's Gone, Gone, Gone / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• Milwaukee Here I Come / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / Universal
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky:  Songs Of Laurie Lewis / Rounder [Laurie Lewis birthday, 9/30/1950]
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Bully Of The Town / High Fidelity / High Fidelity / Self-Produced
• Once More / The Grascals / Industrial Strength Bluegrass:  Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Just A Little Ways Down The Road / Laurie Lewis / Trees / Spruce And Maple Music [Laurie Lewis birthday, 9/30/1950]
• Big Train / Don Rigsby with Ronnie Reno / Kentucky Troubadour:  The Rebel Collection / Rebel [Ronnie Reno birthday, 9/28/1947]
• No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• In Spite Of Me / Red Camel Collective / Red Camel Collective / Pinecastle
• Cruel Love / Reno Brothers / Drawing From The Well / Pinecastle [Ronnie Reno birthday, 9/28/1947]
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• No One But My Darlin' / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• Boogie Grass Band / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / Portfolio / Self-Produced [Ronnie Reno birthday, 9/28/1947]
• Since I Met You Baby / Larry Sparks / single / Rebel
• The Death Of Sis Draper / Shawn Camp / The Ghost Of Sis Draper / Truly Handmade Records
• Cotton, Corn And Hay / Grasstime / single / Self-Produced
• Where The Dim Lights Are The Dimmest / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Stanley Family Records
• Missin' That Drawl / Grass Daddies / Missin' That Drawl / Prairie Grass Records
• Preacher Mike / ShoreGrass / Hummingbird (And Other Nearly True Stories) / Self-Produced [Remembering Frank Shaw:  12/15/1947 - 9/21/2025]
• Hummingbird / ShoreGrass / Hummingbird (And Other Nearly True Stories) / Self-Produced [Remembering Frank Shaw:  12/15/1947 - 9/21/2025]
• Never Will Forget / ShoreGrass / Hummingbird (And Other Nearly True Stories) / Self-Produced [Remembering Frank Shaw:  12/15/1947 - 9/21/2025]
• Old Roy And Brother Oz / Osborne Brothers / Class Of 96 / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Pressing On Regardless / Brentwood Music [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Freight Train Blues / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wreck On The Highway / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / SME [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Muddy Waters / Becky Buller / Songs That Sing Me / Dark Shadow Recording [Phil Rosenthal birthday, 9/30/1948]
• Something In The Wind / The Seldom Scene / Act Four / Sugar Hill [Phil Rosenthal birthday, 9/30/1948]
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Seeing The Best Of You / Laura Orshaw / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Ballad Of Jed Clampett / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Get In Line Brother / Marty Stuart / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• I'll Be In My Happy Home / Jeremy Stephens / How I Hear It / Rebel
• By The Side Of The Road / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• A Beautiful Life / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Daniel Prayed / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap / Reno Brothers / Drawing From The Well / Pinecastle [Ronnie Reno birthday, 9/30/1947]
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Rounder [Laurie Lewis birthday, 9/28/1950]
• Take Him In / The Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill [Phil Rosenthal birthday, 9/30/1948]
• Little Eyes / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
• This World Can't Stand Long / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / SME [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/22/2024

Happy Fall!  Our first Bluegrass Cafe of the season started with several songs sort of related to Fall.  The bulk of the show was devoted to paying tribute to two Country Music Hall of Fame members born in mid-September, and we also took some time to remember a favorite traditional mandolin master who has left us too soon. 

David Davis (2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024)

David Davis was a first-class entertainer and bandleader of the Warrior River Boys since 1984, and he will be greatly missed.  Though the Warrior River Boys were based in Alabama, for many years, it seemed like they were a local band, as WRB played all sorts of festivals and shows throughout New England constantly, it seemed.  It was during that time that the band made many fans and friends throughout New England.  David Davis was a throwback type of entertainer, and he will be greatly missed.  To honor him, we shared lots of music from recordings made by David Davis & the Warrior River Boys between 1990 and 2018.  If you would like to read more about the remarkable life of David Davis, please read this wonderful eulogy published recently in Bluegrass Today.  Rest in peace, David Davis.  Thanks for the music.

Both Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992) and Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953) may be members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, but we'll always remember them during our Bluegrass Cafe as their music has been often covered by all sorts of Bluegrass performers.  

This coming week, the International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass event happens in Raleigh, North Carolina.  I'll be heading down there on Tuesday, so will have a full report for you about all of the happenings during next Sunday's show.  Hope you can join me then.

Have a great week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Leaves That Are Green / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records
• Autumn Fell / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• When Fall Comes To New England / Kristin Scott Benson with Claire Lynch / Stringworks / Mountain Home
• Leaves Musn't Fall / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• The Old Home Place / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Smokey Mountain Memories / Spinney Brothers / When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Self-Produced
• (It Was) Late Last Night / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Starday King
• Leavin' You And Mobile, Too / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Bright Sherman Valley / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Today's The Day I Get My Gold Watch And Chain / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Farewell To Long Hollow / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Scott Brannon & David Davis / Plum Pitiful / Time Life [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Never Looking Back / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes And A Nickel / Rebel [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Rocky Mountain Sweetheart / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective:  Live, 1984-2014 / Davis Music [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Milwaukee Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• I Don't Know What To Do / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• He Rambled / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Fall In Tennessee / Authentic Unlimited feat. Jerry Douglas / So Much For Forever / Billy Blue Records
• Kentucky Gold / Dale Ann Bradley with Sam Bush / Kentucky For Me / Pinecastle
• Forever Young / Daniel Grindstaff feat. Paul Brewster & Dolly Parton / Heroes And Friends / Bonfire Recording Co.
• Too Lonely, Way Too Long / Rick Faris with Del McCoury / Uncommon Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• Listen To The Lonesome Wind / Missy Raines / Highlander / Compass Records
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wreck On The Highway / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Barnyard Frolic / RME Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Night Train To Memphis / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The Precious Jewel / Roy Acuff / The Prodigal Son / Country Stars [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Dear John / Adam Steffey / Here To Stay / Mountain Home [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Why Don't You Love Me / Gene Wooten / A Picture Of Hank:  The New Bluegrass Wa/ Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Move It On Over / Hank Williams / Hillbilly Hero / Proper [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Wanderers Like Me / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Wanderers Like Me / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Someone Took My Place With You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• Could I Knock On Your Door / Jeremy Stephens / How I Hear It / Rebel
• Roll On Buddy / Tony Trischka with Del McCoury / Earl Jam / Down The Road Records
• Ragged Man / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Scotty's Hoedown / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• I Saw The Light / Hank Williams / Hillbilly Hero / Proper [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Lay My Burdens Down / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder 
• Come On, Dear Lord, And Get Me / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• The Truth, The Light, The Way / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Blue Collar Gospel:  From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• It's Just An Old Body / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• I'm A Pilgrim / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• On The Jericho Road / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective:  Live, 1984-2014 / Davis Music [Remembering David Davis:  2/16/1961 - 9/15/2024]
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/24/2023

Just as we honored Hank Williams on what would have been his 100th birthday on September 17th, on this past Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we remembered the King of Country Music, Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992).  Mr. Acuff was definitely not a Bluegrass performer, but, like the music of Hank Williams, a whole lot of Roy Acuff's songs have been covered by Bluegrass performers over the years.  We shared a dozen songs written, performed, or made famous by Roy Acuff over the course of our three hour program.  Hope you enjoyed them.

New music is part of our programming most weeks, and during Sunday's show we shared some new music from the Henhouse Prowlers, as well as Nothin' Fancy and Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road.  We also shared recent music from the Kody Norris Show, the Tim Raybon Band, East Nash Grass, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Jason Barie, and High Fidelity.

We also brought along several LPs to share this week, including the Osborne Brothers ("Up This Hill And Down"), J.D. Crowe & the New South ("You Can Share My Blanket"), Lester Flatt & Mac Wiseman ("Lester 'n' Mac"), Fred Pike ("Fred Pike And The Flat-Top Guitar"), and the Country Gentlemen ("Live From The Stage Of The Roanoke Bluegrass Festival"). 

Hope you enjoyed the show.  Please consider joining me once again this Sunday for another visit in our Bluegrass Cafe, won't you?

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Pressing On Regardless / Brentwood Music [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wreck On The Highway / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Barnyard Frolic / RME Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Night Train To Memphis / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wabash Cannonball / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Band / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Fireball Mail / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Low And Lonely / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / New Bluegrass And Old Heartaches / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Freight Train Blues / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Great Speckle Bird / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Wise County Jail / Jeff White / Right Beside You / Self-Produced
• Pain Of Loving You / The Grascals with Dolly Parton / The Grascals & Friends / BluGrascal Records
• Newton Grove / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Banjo Am The Instrument For Me / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Lovesick And Sorrow / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Cotton Dice / Patuxent Partners / Seven Or Eleven / Patuxent Music
• With Body And Soul / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Home For / Henhouse Prowlers / Lead And Iron / Dark Shadow Recording
• Time Gone By / Nothin' Fancy / Here We Go Again / Mountain Fever Records
• Crooked As You Go / Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road / single / Trailhead Records
• Endless Highway / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• Gone At Last / Nothin' Fancy / Here We Go Again / Mountain Fever Records
• I Could Get Used To This / Tim Raybon Band / I Could Get Used To This / Pinecastle
• Love Slippin' Away / East Nash Grass / Last Chance To Win / Mountain Fever Records
• Subscription To Loneliness / Henhouse Prowlers / Lead And Iron / Dark Shadow Recording
• Up This Hill And Down / Osborne Brothers / Up This Hill And Down / Decca
• Black Mountain Rag / Fred Pike / Fred Pike And The Flat-Top Guitar / Revonah Records
• Making Plans / Osborne Brothers / Up This Hill And Down / Decca
• Jimmy G.'s Gas Pipe / Fred Pike / Fred Pike And The Flat-Top Guitar / Revonah Records
• Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Lester Flatt & Mac Wiseman / Lester 'n' Mac / RCA
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / Lester Flatt & Mac Wiseman / Lester 'n' Mac / RCA
• Hickory Wind / J.D. Crowe & the New South / You Can Share My Blanket / Rounder
• Nine Pound Hammer / Country Gentlemen / Live From The Stage Of The Roanoke Bluegrass Festival / Zap
• Pallet On The Floor / Country Gentlemen / Live From The Stage Of The Roanoke Bluegrass Festival / Zap
• San Joaquin / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Golden West / Nonesuch Records
• I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Tradition:  Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy / Doobie Shea Records
• Bottom Of The Ninth / Jason Barie / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• Our Last Goodbye / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Don't Sell Daddy Anymore Whiskey / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Is It True? / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family Records
• Hank / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• Mansion On The Hill / Whitstein Brothers / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• I'll Never Go Back (To The Ways Of Sin) / Fast Track / Good News / Engelhardt Music Group
• Little Eyes / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
• Jesus Is Waiting / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• God On The Mountain / Jesse Brock / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit
• He Took Your Place / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• I'm A Pilgrim / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• This World Can't Stand Long / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/18/2022

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was all about celebrating two bona fide Country Music legends, as well as remembering a mandolin master.  We also included a couple of brand-new songs from fiddle players named Jason.  

Our Country Music legends included the King of Country Music, Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992), and, of course, the one and only Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953).  Both of these performers have had their material covered by numerous performers in the world of Bluegrass Music, and so, we shared quite a few covers for both Roy and Hank.  We even included a couple of songs written about Hank.  

We couldn't forget to remember the great Herschel Sizemore (August 6, 1935 - September 9, 2022).  This mandolin master performed with many bands over the years, and we shared some of his music made on his own, as well as with the Dixie Gentlemen, a short-lived group called Country Grass, and the Bluegrass Cardinals.  

In addition, there were two brand new songs from two Bluegrass fiddlers named Jason (Jason Barie and Jason Carter).  Other newer music was enjoyed from the likes of Greg Blake & Hometown, East Nash Grass, Blue Highway, Authentic Unlimited, and Peter Rowan.

Hope you're having a fine week.  Enjoy the rest of it, and we'll see you on Sunday!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hillbilly Fever / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The Precious Jewel / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Barnyard Frolic / RME Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wabash Cannonball / Roy Acuff / The Best Of Roy Acuff:  The Prodigal Son / Country Stars [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The HIlls Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky:  Songs Of Laurie Lewis / Rounder 
• The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / The Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH Records
• Hitchhiking To California / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Hitchhiking To California / Billy Blue Records
• Honky Tonk Nights / Del McCoury Band with Vince Gill / Almost Proud / McCoury Music
• Hey Baby / Feller & Hill / Here Come Feller & Hill...Again! / Blue Circle Recirds
• Hannah / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Starday King
• Another Love Gone Wrong / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• You Left Me Alone / Sam Bush / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
• Georgia Girl / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Self-Produced
• It's A Long, Long Road / Blue Highway / It's A Long, Long Road / Rebel
• On The Roof Of The World / Blue Highway / single / Rounder
• Choking The Strings / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
• That's Why You Left Me So Blue / Jason Barie with Bobby Osborne & Doyle Lawson / single / Billy Blue Records
• Time At Hand / East Nash Grass / single / Mountain Fever Records
• King Of The Hill / Jason Carter / single / Self-Produced
• Rebecca / Herschel Sizemore / Back In Business / Hay Holler [Remembering Herschel Sizemore:  8/6/1935 - 9/9/2022]
• Will You Wait For Me / Dixie Gentlemen / The Country Style Of The Dixie Gentlemen / United Artists [Remembering Herschel Sizemore:  8/6/1935 - 9/9/2022]
• Martha / Bluegrass Cardinals / My Kinda Grass / BGC Records [Remembering Herschel Sizemore:  8/6/1935 - 9/9/2022]
• Country Grass / Livin' Free / Country Grass / Rebel [Remembering Herschel Sizemore:  8/6/1935 - 9/9/2022]
• Hank / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Hey Good Lookin' / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Cold, Cold Heart / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• May You Never Be Alone Like Me / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Settin' The Woods On Fire / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Six More Miles / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman:  1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Jim Mills with Alan O'Bryant / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• You Win Again / Ralph Stanley with Melba Montgomery / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Mansion On The Hill / Whitstein Brothers / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• The Song That Made Hank Williams Dance / Peter Rowan / Calling You From My Mountain / Rebel 
• Kentucky Darlin' / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• I'm Blue And Lonesome / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Your Love / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / In Dreams I Go Back / Mountain Fever Records
• East Bound And Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys with Jason Carter & Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / single / Sound Biscuit
• Blue Blue Day / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Snowflake Breakdown / Corrina Rose Logston / Bluegrass Fiddler / Patuxent Music
• Are You Walkin' And A Talkin' For The Lord / Fast Track / Good News / Engelhardt Music Group [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'll Be No Stranger There / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Get Right With God / Fast Track / Good News / Engelhardt Music Group
• Little White Church / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Larry Sparks with Jesse McReynolds & Curly Seckler / Lonesome And Then Some... / Rebel [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1993]
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/12/2021

For the first Sunday since March 8, 2020, our Bluegrass Cafe was presented live from the WHUS studio at the University of Connecticut.  Does this mean that everything is now completely back to "normal?"  Not really, as COVID regulations currently require us to broadcast while wearing a mask, but overall, it's a step in the right direction, for sure.  While our broadcast wasn't the smoothest ever, it was fun to present music in celebration of a few birthdays, plus there was new music and some classic tunes, too.  Hope you were able to join us!

September 13th is the birth anniversary of the Father of Bluegrass Music, William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 - September 9. 1996).  While you can be assured that you will hear a Bill Monroe tune (either performed or written by him) just about every Sunday, today, we added a few extras in celebration of what would have been Bill's birthday.  Other birthday celebrants for this week include Country Music Hall of Famer (and King of Country Music), Roy Acuff, Lou Reid, Bill Harrell, and Michael Cleveland. We also remembered the late Aaron Foster, who would have celebrated his 29th birthday on September 11th.

There was a smidge of new music, too, from the the likes of Marty Raybon, Starlett & Big John, and the Grascals.  We also included music we've received over the past 18 months from folks like Jesse Brock, Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition, Barry Abernathy, Laurie Lewis, High Fidelity, the Feinberg Brothers, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, the Po' Ramblin' Boys, the Kody Norris Show, Rock Hearts, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.  

And if all of that wasn't enough, we shared a few songs in honor of National Grandparents Day.

Hope you enjoyed something you heard somewhere along the way today, and that you'll consider joining me once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• My Rose Of Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe, 1945-1949 / Columbia [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Close By / Dailey & Vincent / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Is The Grass Any Bluer / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Arleigh / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill [National Grandparents Day]
• Grandma's Gift / Dale Ann Bradley / East Kentucky Morning / Pinecastle [National Grandparents Day]
• A Grandmother's Love / Bear Tracks / Rough Edges / AMT Records [National Grandparents Day]
• That Ain't The Grandpa That I Know / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records [National Grandparents Day]
• Wonder Could I Live There Anymore / Volume Five / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit
• Got No Reason Now For Goin' Home / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
• Unwanted Love / Barry Abernathy with Dan Tyminski / Barry Abernathy & Friends / Billy Blue Records
• Rooster Crow / Laurie Lewis with Craig Smith / And Laurie Lewis / Spruce And Maple Music
• Swinging A Nine Pound Hammer / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Don't You Know I Love You, Charlie Brown / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Great Speckle Bird / Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wreck On The Highway / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Barnyard Frolic / RME Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wabash Cannonball / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Drip Rock Kentucky / Marty Raybon / single / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Have You Back / Starlett & Big John / Till The End Of The Road / Turnberry Records
• Low Down Blues / The Grascals / Up All Night / Mountain Home
• East Bound And Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys with Jason Carter & Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / single / Sound Biscuit
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Whatcha Gonna Do / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• The Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Toy Heart / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  Tribute To 1946 And 1947 / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Big Mon / Jesse Brock / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• I'm Blue And Lonesome / Reno & Smiley / Love Please Come Home / King [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways [Lou Reid birthday, 9/13/1954]
• Walking In The Early Morning Dew / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [Remembering Bill Harrell:  9/14/1934 - 6/24/2009]
• Five-String Swing / Michael Cleveland / Tall Fiddler / Compass Records [Michael Cleveland birthday, 9/18/1980]
• I'm Going Back To The Mountains / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder / Larry Sparks / New Moon Over My Shoudler / Rebel
• Whispering Waters / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Is It True / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• He Rambled / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• Marianne / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Modern Times / Rebel
• When I Wake Up To Sleep No More / Aaron "Frosty" Foster / single / Beehive Records [Remembering Aaron Foster:  9/11/1992 - 2/10/2021]
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Walk In The Sunshine / Spinney Brothers / Living The Dream / Mountain Fever Records
• Lay Down Your Troubles / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Inside The Gate / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• Get On The Main Highway / Price Sisters / A Heart Never Knows / Rebel
• Let The Light Shine Down / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Heartaches And Dreams / Rebel [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• A Little More Faith In Jesus / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/20/2020

 The twenty-second pre-recorded edition of our Bluegrass Cafe paid tribute in a Bluegrass style to three of the most influential country music singers of the 20th century, all of whom were born in month of September:  Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992), Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953), and George Jones (September 12, 1931 - April 26, 2013).  While the main focus of our program is Bluegrass music, it would be silly to think that no Bluegrass performers have ever been influenced by the music of any of these Country Music Hall of Famers.  In fact, the opposite is true.  Therefore, we gathered as many Bluegrass covers of songs performed and/or written by these three as time would allow, and we celebrated some birthdays in a musical way.  

During the program, I promised to share some book titles for those of you who might like to read biographies or autobiographies.  This is not an exhaustive bibliography of works about these musicians, but here are a few titles to get you started:  

    ROY ACUFF:

    Schlappi, Elizabeth.  Roy Acuff:  The Smoky Mountain Boy.  (Pelican Publishing     Company, 1983)

    GEORGE JONES:

    Isenhour, Jack.  He Stopped Loving Her Today:  George Jones, Billy Sherrill,
    And The Pretty-Much Totally True Story Of The Making Of The Greatest Country
    Record Of All Time.  (University of Mississippi Press, 2011)

    Jones, George with Tom Carter.  I Lived To Tell It All.  (Dell, 1997)

    Kienzle, Rich.  The Grand Tour:  The Life And Music Of George Jones.  (Dey        Street, 2016)

    HANK WILLIAMS:  
    
    Escott, Colin.  Hank Williams:  The Biography.  (Little, Brown & Co., 1994)
   
    Hemphill, Paul.  Lovesick Blues:  The Life Of Hank Williams.  (Viking, 2005)

    Ribowsky, Mark.  Hank:  The Short Life And Long Country Road Of Hank                Williams.  (Liveright, 2017)

Newer Bluegrass music also was shared during the program, including 2020 selections from Rock Hearts, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, High Fidelity, Balsam Range, the Kody Norris Show, Carolina Blue, and J.B. & Jamie Dailey.

Have a wonderful week, and thanks for listening!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hometown Blues / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Home / Jim & Jesse / The Old Home Place / Rounder
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• The Window Up Above / Ralph Stanley with George Jones / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Don't Stop The Music / Del McCoury / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Color Of The Blues / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Color Of The Blues / Strictly Country Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Why Baby Why / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Flame In My Heart / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• When The Grass Grows Over Me / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Bluegrass Legends--Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Choices / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• He Stopped Loving Her Today / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic Legacy [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Leave It At The Gate / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• Next Train South / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rounder
• Eddie To The Rescue / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• The Precious Jewel / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Pressing On Regardless / Brentwood Music [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wabash Cannonball / Roy Acuff /  The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Move In On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Mansion On The Hill / Whitstein Brothers / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder[Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Honky Tonk Blues / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Singing Waterfall / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Six More Miles / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Live At The Opry / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Grit And Grace / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Too Wet To Plow / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Love Pains / Osborne Brothers with Red Allen / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing
• I Couldn't Believe It Was True / Wilma Lee Cooper & the Clinch Mountain Clan / A Daisy A Day / Leather Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• Darling Nelly Bly / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Do You Call That Religion / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Jesus Is Waiting For Me / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• The Lord's Last Supper / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / King
• Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Great Speckled Bird / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin' Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Born Again / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• When The Savior Reached Down For Me / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• This World Can't Stand Long / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• I Saw The Light / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• House Of Gold / Steve Gulley with Don Gulley / Family, Friends, & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics, 1946-1950 / Cattle [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Will You Be Ready To Go Home / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• I'll Have A New Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Dust On The Bible / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• From Jerusalem To Jericho / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder