"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 - 9/15/2024

 SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• What Is Home Without Love? / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Big Mon / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Get Up John / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA [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]
• Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• My Music Comes From Bill / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• GOAT / Dan Tyminski / Live From The Ryman / 8 Track Entertainment
• John Deere Tractor / Billy Strings / Me/And/Dad / Rounder
• Another Day / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Won't Be Crying Over You / Tina Adair / Tina Adair / Engelhardt Music Group
• Echo Canyon / Balsam Range / Kinetic Tone / Mountain Home
• Follow The Leader / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• Rude And Rambling Man / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Ode To Jimmy / Dan Tyminski / Live From The Ryman / 8 Track Entertainment
• Front Porch Of Paradise / Kristy Cox / Let It Burn / Billy Blue Records
• I Know It's Wrong To Love You / Rock Hearts / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• The Auctioneer / The Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Me And Mr. Howard - Daryl Mosely / single / Pinecastle
• Tennessee Lonesome Blues / Jesse McReynolds / Glory Of True Love / OMS Records
• What I've Got Right Here / Valerie Smith / single / Bell Buckle Records
• Up For Losing Sleep / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Molly Tuttle / I Built A World / Sugar Petunia Records
• She's Heavenly / Del McCoury Band with Molly Tuttle / Songs Of Love And Life / McCoury Music
• Hope Valley / Still Pickin' / On With The Show / Self-Produced [1st Place - Podunk Songwriting Contest, 2024 - Dennis Sheridan]
• A Complicated Man / J.M. Clifford / Self-Produced [2nd Place - Podunk Songwriting Contest, 2024 - J.M. Clifford & Ron Pope]
• Last Farm Left In Hardin County / Mary Beth Stone / Self-Produced [3rd Place - Podunk Songwriting Contest, 2024 - Mary Beth Stone & Rob Taube]
• Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Marianne / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Modern Times / Rebel [Paul Adkins birthday, 9/9/1952]
• Leavin' / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder [Remembering James King:  9/9/1959 - 5/19/2016]
• Ain't It Funny / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill [Lou Reid birthday, 9/13/1954]
• Do You Remember? / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [Remembering Bill Harrell:  9/14/1934 - 6/24/2009]
• Blue Love (In My Heart) / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records
• Price I Pay / Darin & Brooke Aldridge with John Jorgenson / Talk Of The Town / Billy Blue Records
• Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  A Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder [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]
• Shine, Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Little Eyes / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
• I'm Working On A Road / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1961-1971 / Rebel
• We Missed You In Church Last Sunday / Sally Berry / God Is In Control / Upper Management Music
• You're Drifting Away / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• A Voice From On High / Bill Monroe & Jimmy Martin / High Lonesome / MCA'
• Just Any Day Now / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• River Of Death / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Blue Highway / Wondrous Love / Rounder [Remembering Bill Monroe:  9/13/1911 - 9/9/1996]
• The Old Cross Road / 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]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/25/2022

We had a big time celebrating several birthdays during our last Bluegrass Cafe for the month of September.  There were lots of Bluegrass birthdays, and we couldn't let the show pass without remembering the mid-September birthday of true country music legend.  

Among the Bluegrass birthday celebrants in the spotlight were the late Josh Graves, as well as Sierra Hull, Ronnie Reno, Laurie Lewis, and Phil Rosenthal.  We also played several songs in honor of the Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Larry Sparks, who turned 75 years old on the day our show aired (September 25th).  

We also remembered a true country music legend, the Hall of Famer -- and one of everyone's favorite singers -- George Jones.  Many Bluegrass performers have covered the material of George Jones over the years, and we shared quite a number of them on Sunday.

And, of course, there was new music, too, this time from the Larry Stephenson Band, Wildfire, Starlett & Big John, Nick Chandler & Delivered, Big Howdy, Route 3, and Greg Blake.

Hope you enjoyed the show, and please consider joining me once again this coming Sunday from 4-7PM.

See you then!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Missing Her Has Never Slowed Me Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways
• Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / Dan Tyminski with Billy Strings / One More Time Before You Go:  A Tribute To Tony Rice / North Star Records
• Almost Proud / Del McCoury Band / Almost Proud / McCoury Music
• Goodbye Girl / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Tennessee 1949 / Larry Sparks / Bound To Ride:  The Best Of Larry Sparks / Rebel [Larry Sparks birthday, 9/25/1947]
• Memories Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Thank God For The Highways / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• Bring 'Em On Back / Larry Sparks / Almost Home / Rounder [Larry Sparks birthday, 9/25/1947]
• I'll Trade You Money For Wine / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• I've Cried My Last Tear Over You / Sand Mountain / Molly Rose / Hay Holler 
• Carolina Lightning / Southern Rail / Carolina Lightning / Turquoise Records
• Georgia Stomp / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• I Don't Know What To Do / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Fickle Wind / Bluegrass Cardinals / My Kinda Grass / BGC Records
• Big City / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / single / Billy Blue Records
• That'll Get Me Through Missouri / Larry Stephenson Band / single / Whysper Dream Music
• She's Crazy For Leaving / Wildfire / Quiet Country Town / Pinecastle
• Straight 58 / Starlett & Big John / single / Rebel
• Darling Please Come On Home / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
• You're The Only One For Me / Big Howdy / single / Self-Produced
• Losing Time / Route 3 / Losing Time / Pinecastle
• From Me To We / Greg Blake / People, Places & Songs / Turnberry Records
• I'm Bound To Ride / Larry Sparks / Bound To Ride:  The Best Of Larry Sparks / Rebel [Larry Sparks birthday, 9/25/1947]
• Everybody's Somebody's Fool / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder [Sierra Hull birthday, 9/27/1991]
• Something In The Wind / Seldom Scene / Act Four / Sugar Hill [Phil Rosenthal birthday, 9/30/1948]
• Just Joshin' / Josh Graves / The Great Dobro Sessions / Sugar Hill [Remembering Josh Graves:  9/27/1928 - 9/30/2006]
• Boogie Grass Band / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / Portfolio / ManDoLin Productions [Ronnie Reno birthday, 9/28/1947]
• Singin' My Troubles Away / Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / Singin' My Troubles Away / Flying Fish [Laurie Lewis birthday, 9/28/1950]
• The Window Up Above / Ralph Stanley with George Jones / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [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]
• Her Name Is... / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Picture Of Me Without You / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / In Dreams I Go Back / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• After You / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording [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]
• White Lightning / The Grascals / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records [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]
• He Stopped Loving Her Today / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• I'm Ragged But I'm Right / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic Legacy [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• A Face In The Crowd / Larry Sparks / Bound To Ride:  The Best Of Larry Sparks / Rebel [Larry Sparks birthday, 9/25/1947]
• Whatcha Gonna Do / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel 
• Letters Have No Arms / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records
• Joy Bells / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Josh Graves:  9/27/1928 - 9/30/2006]
• What A Wonderful Savior Is He / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• A Little More Faith In Jesus / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
• Get In Line Brother / Marty Stuart with Johnny Cash & Alan O'Bryant / Busy Bee Cafe / Sugar Hill [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
• Touch Of God's Hand / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Laurie & Kathy Sing Songs Of Vern & Ray / Spruce & Maple Music 
• Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures / Larry Sparks / RockyGrass / Blue Planet [Larry Sparks birthday, 9/24/1947]
• I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris Bnad / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / IIIrd Tyme Out / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder