Two words to describe Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe: celebrate and remember. We did a little bit of both for several different performers, as well as shared a smattering of newer Bluegrass music. Hope you enjoyed the program.
Our main focus for the week was, of course, a big portion of music from the late Steve Gulley, who died on August 18th after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Steve Gulley didn't waste time in his 57 years on this earth, as he created loads of wonderful music which will be enjoyed and celebrated for years to come. We shared a good selection of those songs from Steve's time spent with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, as a founding member of both Mountain Heart and Grasstowne, fronting his own band of Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle, with his sometimes songwriting and duet partners, Tim Stafford and Dale Ann Bradley, as well as a track from a soon-to-be-released record by Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars of Bluegrass which features Steve Gulley and his wife, Debbie. A couple of these tracks were recorded live at benefits for WDVX, a non-profit radio station in east Tennessee where Steve Gulley was a on-air DJ for the last couple of years. Many thanks to broadcaster Lee Michael Demsey of BluegrassCountry.org for sharing some of these songs with me for broadcasting. Steve Gulley will certainly be missed, but his music lives on...
We also remembered a Bluegrass legend (and Hall of Famer) who was born on August 27, 1925 -- Carter Stanley. Twelve years after Carter, another Bluegrass Hall of Famer was also born on August 27th -- banjo picker extraordinaire J.D. Crowe. In addition to songs from Carter and Crowe, we heard a couple from Shawn Camp of the Earls Of Leicester, as his birthday was celebrated on August 29th. And, a bit closer to home for me were a couple of songs thrown into the mix in honor of my own father, Alton Orlomoski, who celebrated his 91st birthday on August 29th.
There were a couple of newer selections to share, too, with music from the Kody Norris Show, Stephen Mougin, Carolina Blue, High Fidelity, the Feinberg Brothers, FastTrack, and Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road.
As always, many thanks for listening to our program, and be sure to give our Facebook page a "like," if you're so inclined: www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe.
Have a terrific week, and stay healthy!
Amy O.
SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL
- Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
- Let Me Be Your Friend / John Duffey [Seldom Scene] / Always In Style / Sugar Hill [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- The Fields Have Turned Brown / Country Gentlemen / 25 Years / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- This Weary Heart You Stole Away / Dan Tyminski / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Cold Kentucky Rain / Mountain Heart / Mountain Heart / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- I Don't Worry About You Anymore / Grasstowne / Kickin' Up Dust / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Leaving Crazytown / Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle / Live At WDVX [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Still Here / Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford / single / Mountain Home [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- You're Gone / Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle / High Peaks & New Ground / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Victory In Jesus / Steve Gulley / Family, Friends & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Sweet Rosie Jones / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Yesterday's Gone / Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars Of Bluegrass feat. Steve Gulley & Debbie Gulley / Swinging For The Fences / Pinecastle [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Old Rugged Cross / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
- There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
- Wildwood Flower / Mac Wiseman / Sings Old Time Favorites / Rural Rhythm
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder [Shawn Camp birthday, 8/29/1966]
- Something Comin' To Me / Gibson Brothers / They Call It Music / Compass Records [Shawn Camp birthday, 8/29/1966]
- Crowe On The Banjo / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder [J.D. Crowe birthday, 8/27/1937]
- J's Tune / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder [J.D. Crowe birthday, 8/27/1937]
- Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
- Ready For The Times To Get Better / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
- I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / FastTrack / FastTrack/ Engelhardt Music Group
- Why Do You Treat Me This Way / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
- Black Knob Breakdown / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
- A Place For A Fool / Stephen Mougin with the Gibson Brothers / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
- Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
- I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea Records [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- Going To The Races / James King / Epilogue: A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- Loving You Too Well / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- Sweetest Love / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- I'll Never Grow Tired Of You / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- Daybreak In Dixie / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- Pray For Me / Steve Gulley / Family, Friends & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- I'm A Weary Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / There's A Light Guiding Me / Sugar Hill [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Lonesome Road / Dale Ann Bradley & Steve Gulley / Live At WDVX [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Heaven's My Next Exit / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Kept And Protected / Sugar Hill [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- The Man I Ought To Be / Steve Gulley / Family, Friends & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Steve Gulley: 9/20/1962 - 8/18/2020]
- Let My Life Be A Light / Balsam Range / Aeonic / Mountain Home
- Joy Of Revelation / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
- Camping In Canaan's Land / Dailey & Vincent / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS Music
- Message For Peace / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
- Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- I Can't Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
- The Man In The Middle / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
- Journey To My Savior's Side / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
- I'm Goin' That Way / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder [J.D. Crowe birthday, 8/27/1937]
- Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Rounder
- Home On The River / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
- Paul And Silas / Country Gentlemen / Country Songs, Old And New / Smithsonian Folkways
- Harbor Of Love / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records [Remembering Carter Stanley: 8/27/1925 - 12/1/1966]
- Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
