First, a remembrance of Bill Ha
ll, the pioneering bluegrass band leader and banjo picker from Rhode Island who passed away April 20th following a mishap at his home. Bill first began playing in the 1950s, and over the years worked with The Lilly Brothers, Joe Val, and several of his own bands including The Bluegrass Travelers and Bill Hall and Northwind Bluegrass. Bill remained active in bluegrass right up to the time he left us. He was known for his weekly jams and an annual bluegrass Campa-Jamma-Ramma at his home. I played selections from his Northwind album titled "In The Shadow of the Pines" and both sides of a Rebel single of The Bluegrass Travelers. Most of the songs were written or co-written by Bill.
Later we celebrated the 103rd birthday of Wade Mainer, sometimes called "The Grandfather of Bluegrass" because the music he produced with his brother J.E. and many others in the 1930s and 1940s is considered an essential bridge between old time string band music and what became known as bluegrass music. Wade's two-finger banjo style is also a bridge between the old clawhammer style of picking and the now-standard three-finger bluegrass style. I played a series of recordings ranging from Wade's 1950s King sides to live performances from the early 1990s.
The remainder of the show included much new music, perhaps the newest being selections from Cherryholmes IV, and a new single from The Lonesome River Band.
Be sure to tune in next week when Amy will continue the tradition of making the banjos and fiddles ring.
Jim Beaver
requests in blue
Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label
- Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
- Ridin' On That Train 45 / Wade Mainer with Steve Ledford / The Golden Age of J. E. Mainer / Cattle
- Up This Hill And Down / The Grascals / The Famous Lefty Flynn's / Rounder
- Don't Worry About Me / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
- The Day Has Passed / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
- Find Me Out On A Mountain Top / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rebel
- The Waves On The Sea / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
- One Foot In The Mill / Last Road Bluegrass / Highway 81 / Self-released
- Tall Weeds and Rust / Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac / Take Off / Patuxent
- Where Will This End? / Patuxent Partners / Seven or Eleven / Patuxent
- Goin' To The Dance / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent
- When I'm Gone / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-titled / Self-released
- Record Time Machine / Lonesome River Band / single / Rural Rhythm
- Leave Me The Way I Am / Sawmill Road / 2 - Fire On The Kettle / SMR Records
- The Harder I Fall / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes IV: Common Threads / Skaggs Family
- Memory Of A Woman / Acoustic Blue / This Is Now / Self-released
- Play The Lonesome Sound / Dewey Brown with Del McCoury / Hard Times for a Fiddler / Dew Bug
- Freight Train Boogie / Blues Grass / Self-titled / Self-released
- Dixie Home / Bill Hall and Northwind Bluegrass / In The Shadow Of The Pines / Old Homestead (LP)
- When I Miss Her Most of All / Bill Hall and Northwind Bluegrass / In The Shadow Of The Pines / Old Homestead (LP)
- Dream, Dream, Dream / The Bluegrass Travelers / 45 RPM Single / Rebel
- The Prisoner's Last Wish / Bill Hall and Northwind Bluegrass / In The Shadow Of The Pines / Old Homestead (LP)
- Heaven / The Bluegrass Travelers / 45 RPM Single / Rebel
- Chariots A-Comin' / Bill Hall and Northwind Bluegrass / In The Shadow Of The Pines / Old Homestead (LP)
- Flowers On The Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Sing The Statler Brothers / Cracker Barrel
- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
- She's Walking Through My Memories / The Bluegrass Brothers / As Time Goes By / Self-released
- Merry Go Round / Brand New Strings / No Strings Attached / Rural Rhythm
- Randy Lynn Rag / Dan Menzone / Frostbite / Self-released
- Tribulations / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent
- Cabin In Caroline / Bill Hall and Northwind Bluegrass / In The Shadow Of The Pines / Old Homestead (LP)
- Tennessee / Jimmy Martin / Classic Bluegrass vol. 4 / Time-Life
- Cryin' Heart Blues / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm
- I Can't Like Myself / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
- Golden West [bed] / Skip Gorman / Monroesque / Old West
- Frog On A Lilypad [bed] / Skip Gorman / Monroesque / Old West
- The Lloyd Loar [bed] / Skip Gorman / Monroesque / Old West
- Up Front, Out Back / Skip Gorman / Monroesque / Old West
- Courtin' In The Rain / Wade Mainer / From The Maple On The Hill / Old Homestead
- Ramshackle Shack / Wade & Julia Mainer / In The Land of Melody / June Appal
- Trickling Water / Wade & Julia Mainer / In The Land of Melody / June Appal
- I Can't Sit Down / Wade & Julia Mainer / In The Land of Melody / June Appal
- Little Birdie / Wade Mainer / I'm Not Looking Backward / Gusto
- I'm Not Looking Backward / Wade Mainer / I'm Not Looking Backward / Gusto
- Man In The Middle / Jim Lloyd and the Skyliners / Songs From My Attic / Mountain Roads
- Heaven's Bright Shore / Snyder Family Band / Comin' On Strong / Mountain Roads
- Jesus Savior Pilot Me / Jesse Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent
- Heavenly Home / Gold Heart / My Sisters And Me / Rural Rhythm
- They Called It A Church / Billy Boone Smith / Five Flat Rocks / Muddy Sunshine
- Jesus Is My Rock / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Hurricane / Rural Rhythm
- This World Is Not My Home / Ricky Skaggs / Solo - Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family
- The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best of the Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
