"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/7/2026

The first Sunday of June featured a lot of fine things at our Bluegrass Cafe:  birthday tributes to Tony Rice, Jamie Dailey, Rick Lang, Corrina Rose Logston Stephens, and Clarence White, and also, a first-time-in-a-long-time telephone conversation with Eric Gibson of the Gibson Brothers.  The Gibsons will appear at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival in Goshen, CT on Friday, August 7th.  Hope you were able to join us for this episode.

Thanks for listening!

Amy O.

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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Walking With Joanna / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Down In The Willow Garden / Tony Trischka with the Gibson Brothers / Earl Jam 2 / Down The Road Records
• Hessletine Hill / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Ragged Man / Gibson Brothers / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• The Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Blue Kentucky Girl / Young Acoustic All Stars / Somewhere Down The Road / New Haven Records
• See Rock City / Bela Fleck / Son Of Rounder Banjo / Rounder
• One Step Ahead Of The Blues / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder
• Don't Let My Love Get In The Way / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• Give This Message To Your Heart / Larry Stephenson with Dailey & Vincent / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• Till The End Of The World Rolls 'Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• There Ain't No Easy Street / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Cross My Broken Heart / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• On Her Own / Laura Orshaw with Trey Hensley / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• Wild Mountain Honey / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• They Called It Music / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
• Telephone conversation with Eric Gibson of the Gibson Brothers
• Frozen In Time / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Fool's Hill / Gibson Brothers / In The Ground / Rounder
• Another Long Sleepless Night / Danny Paisley / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Pinecastle [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
• Poor Boy Like Me / Henhouse Prowlers / Unravel / Dark Shadow Recording [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
• Honeycat Hornpipe / Corrina Rose Logston / Bluegrass Fiddler / Patuxent Music [Corrina Rose Logston Stephens, 6/7]
• Introvert Me / Rrinaco / Little Songs / Rebel [Corrina Rose Logston Stephens birthday, 6/7]
• Can't Let Go / Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time / Songs From The Workbench / Ripchord Records
• Memories I Ain't Missing / The Grascals / single / Billy Blue Records
• When It Comes To Loving You / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Nine Pound Hammer / Kentucky Colonels / Appalachian Swing! / Rounder [Remembering Clarence White:  6/7/1944 - 7/15/1973]
• Bitter Green / Tony Rice / Cold On The Shoulder / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Bright Lights And Country Music / Rhonda Vincent / Only Me / Upper Management Music
• By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder [Jamie Dailey birthday, 6/9/1975]
• Angel At Your Side / Barry Scott / Look To The Light:  Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• So Happy I'll Be / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 2 / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• The Mighty Name Of Jesus / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel [Corrina Rose Logston Stephens birthday, 6/7]
• The Truth, The Light, The Way / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Blue Collar Gospel:  From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
• Just Let Me Fly / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Winding Through Life / Sugar Hill [Jamie Dailey birthday, 6/9/1975]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Live Bluegrass on the Internet!

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe (airing at a special time on both Sunday, March 7th and Sunday, March 14th -- 6-9PM instead of 4-7PM), we mentioned a few Bluegrass shows/events that are coming up and will be available for you to view online.  Does this replace going to an in-person event?  Nope.  Is a livesteam show a very excellent substitute as we continue to work our way through these COVID days?  Absolutely!  Here's what you should know:

• Sunday, March 7th -- 8PM Eastern -- Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers
  Free performance streamed at Southern Door Community Auditorium or via the band's Facebook page.  
  
  
• Saturday, March 27th - 4-9PM -- Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass (plus the Blades Of Grass, Acoustic Turnpike, Homestead, and Free Range)
  Free show sponsored by Wilmington (Delaware) Bluegrass.  Join them directly online (www.wilmingtonwintergrass.org) or via Facebook.
  
  
• Saturday, March 27th - 1PM -- "Industrial Strength Bluegrass" CD release livestream event featuring four bands:  Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, the Isaacs, and the Caleb Daugherty Band.  The CD being released supports a new book of the same title edited by Fred Bartenstein and Curtis Ellison, and published in January 2021 by the University of Illinois Press.  Ticket price is $14 (watchpulling.tv) or via Facebook.
  
  
  

In addition to these free shows, the always-popular Gibson Brothers are appearing at two ticketed events over the next few weeks.

• Friday, March 12th -- 8PM -- Emelin Theatre
  Ticket and streaming info are here.  Per the Gibsons' Facebook page, this will be a live concert from Leigh's house featuring Eric, Leigh, and Mike Barber 
  
  

Looks like there will be another Gibson Brothers show (Gibson trio?) for Caffe Lena on April 11th.  More info will follow.

In all likelihood, you will continue to see a lot of these virtual shows made available until things really open up again, so be sure to check out the shows when you can.

As a bonus, here's a link to a February 21st live Spinney Brothers show broadcast on Facebook:  https://fb.watch/44OLe20t4j/

Enjoy!  

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 5/3/2009 - Wayne Taylor

There was excitement in the studio Sunday because we had the good fortune to have Wayne Taylor of Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa on the air with us live by telephone. Wayne has assembled a super band following his retirement from the US Navy where he was leader of the Navy's bluegrass unit, The Country Current. We featured a few songs from Wayne's new CD as well as a couple from an earlier Wayne Taylor collaboration with Bill Emerson. When you see Wayne, you must ask him about the time he performed for Bill Monroe.

From left to right in the photo: Dave Giegerich, Kip Martin, Emory Lester, Wayne Taylor, Mark Delaney

We also played brand new music from two outstanding new CDs from The Gibson Brothers and Dale Ann Bradley.

With history in mind, we bookended Frank Wakefield's career (so far) by playing one of his oldest (from vinyl) and newest recorded instrumentals. It is amazing how consistent his tone is across 56 years.

Anne & Pete Sibley have a local concert in the area this coming Friday, so we played a fine song from one of their recent CDs.

We had short segments honoring Benny Martin (birthday this coming week), the Kentucky Derby (race horse songs), and Cinco de Mayo.

There was another cause to celebrate Sunday as James and Cathy Ward programmed their last one-hour segment of the show as trainees (their selections are in blue below). They did a great job, and we will now wait and see if they decide to pursue their own show. James' and Cathy's selections are indicated on the playlist in blue.

There is an astounding number of quality new releases lately, so I'll be eager to get some more of them on the air next week when Marti and I are back again.

Jim

Song Title / Performer / Album Title / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Benny Martin / The Fiddle Collection / CMH
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys / Blue Grass 1950-1958 / Bear Family
• Going To The Races / White House / White House / Pinecastle
• Can't Win, Can't Place, Can't Show / James Reams, Walter Hensley and the Barons of Bluegrass / Self-titled / Copper Creek
• New Camptown Races / Frank Wakefield & Buster Turner / The Early Days of Bluegrass Volume 2 / Rounder (LP)
• Oh Mexico / Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen / Keeper of the Flame / Lendel
• Tex-Mex Shindig / Emerson & Taylor / Appaloosa / Webco Pinecastle
• Years Ago / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• Ring The Bell / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
• Rusty Old Halo / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass
• Reflections of Love / Paul Adkins / Reflections of Love / Rebel
• The Waves On The Sea / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Smoke Along The Track / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
• Apple Jack / Pam Gadd / Benefit of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
• Gospel Plow / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• I Can Go Back Anytime / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
• Keep On Walkin' / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
• Rambler's Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Live And Learn / Rebel
• Meet Me In Heaven Someday / Alecia Nugent / A Little Girl A Big Four Lane / Rounder
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Don't Neglect The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• Daddy Did His Best / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Mountain Home
• Head Over Heels / The Larkins / The Larkins / Audium
• The Wrath Of God / The Seldom Scene / Scenic Roots / Sugar Hill
• When I've Traveled My Last Mile / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• When I'm Gone / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-produced

Interview with Wayne Taylor of Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa

• Dirt Roads / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-produced
• Appaloosa / Emerson & Taylor / Appaloosa / Webco / Pinecastle
• Bury Me In Dixie / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-produced
• The Road Song / Anne & Pete Sibley / Will You Walk With Me / Self-produced
• Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-produced
• Orphan Girl / Pine Creek / Live at Woodland Bluegrass Festival 2008 / Private
• The Orphan Train / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• No Longer An Orphan / Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Self-produced
• This is for Bill / Frank Wakefield / Ownself Blues / Patuxent
• Cripple Creek / Roni Stoneman / First Lady of Banjo / Self-produced
• Heaven / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass
• I'm Getting Ready To Leave This World / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• I'm Traveling On And On / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-produced
• Goodbye / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Are You Washed In The Blood? / Red Allen featuring Frank Wakefield / The Folkways Years 1964-1983 / Smithsonian Folkways
• Paul & Silas / Carl Story / Thirty Years of Bluegrass - Various Artists / Gusto
• When I Reach That Home Up There / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• Electricity / Jimmy Murphy / Southern Roots / Ace
• Precious Memories / Blue Around The Edges / Live at Blistered Fingers, Aug 21, 2008 / Self-produced
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 9/14/2008 + Eric Gibson

Hi Folks!

Our sports-shortened show was brightened by the appearance (by telephone) of Eric Gibson of The Gibson Brothers. The Gibsons will be paying us a visit by way of a concert in Canterbury, CT, on 12 October 2008, so it seemed a good time to check in with Eric to talk about their new CD, "Iron and Diamonds," which is commanding much chart attention lately. We had a delightful discussion which you can experience again here.

We also paid tribute to Bill Monroe on the day after the anniversary of his birthday, played a handful of requests (in blue below) , and played some classic cuts during the gospel set.

Be sure to tune in next week when Amy will energize the airwaves with more of the best in bluegrass.

Jim

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Fire on The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self-produced
• True Life Blues / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family
• Toy Heart / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Bear Family
• Long Forgotten Dream / The Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Cabin Down Below / The Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Interview with Eric Gibson
• Picker's Blues / The Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Fly By Night / Rick Hayes / Fly By Night / Kang Records
• Goodbye Bottle of Whiskey / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Likes of Me / Tony Rice / Night Flyer / Rounder
• Coat of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Raisin' Cane In Texas / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• One Of Those Days (When I Miss Lester Flatt) / Tom T. Hall / Sings Miss Dixie and Tom T. / Blue Circle
• Widow of the Glade / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller, & Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy
• Drinkin' Dark Whiskey / Steeldrivers / Steeldrivers / Rounder
• Them Blues / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Cold Shoulder / Ralph Stanley II / This One is II / Lonesome Day
• I Can Only Love You (So Much) / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III - Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
• The Redwood Hill / The Chapmans / [single] / Self-produced
• Banks of the Ohio / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• The Hanging Tree / Blue Moon Rising / One Lonely Shadow / Lonesome Day
• Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
• Not Loving Me / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self-produced
• Carolina / The Monty McClanahan Project / The Road Less Traveled / Self-produced
• What Will The Coming Of The Lord Mean To You / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler
• When Our Lord Shall Come / Wade Mainer / From The Maple On The Hill / Old Homestead
• I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You / Don Reno and Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends "Together" / Wango
• Prayer Bell of Heaven / Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys / [self-titled] / Bear Family
• Drifting Too Far From The Shore / The Stanley Brothers / An Evening Long Ago / Columbia
• Walk With Him Again / Seldom Scene / Baptizing / Rebel
• Angel Band / Anne & Pete Sibley / Will You Walk With Me / Self-produced
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler