"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist 7/22/07

Marti and I had a lot of fun on this show. The time flew by so fast that we left about 20 songs unplayed that we really wanted to bring to you. That will give Amy a chance to keep it going next week!

Lots of new music this week along with our usual mix of classic bluegrass. Hope you heard something you liked.

Jim

requests are in blue

• Wild Turkey / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Run Mountain / Mainer's Mountaineers / Good Ole' Mountain Music / King
• Run Mountain / Tony Trischka / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Stanley Brothers / 1953-59 & 1959 / Bear Family
• Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
• Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Fork In The Road / The Infamous Stringdusters / Fork In the Road / Sugar Hill
• This Heart of Mine / Pat Flynn / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 87 / KBC
• Run Little Fox / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 87 / KBC
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die) / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Kentucky Mountain / James Reams, Walter Hensley / Wild Card / Mountain Redbird
• Two Hands On The Wheel / Casey & Chris and the Two-Stringers / Get Along Girl / Arrandem
• Sawing on the Strings / Alison Krauss / A Hundred Miles or More / Rounder
• Hitchhiking Freewheelin Hobo / Charles R Humphrey III / Songs From The Road / Lucks Dumpy Toad
• Fire On The Mountain / The Osborne Brothers / Live In Germany / Pinecastle
• Walkin' The Floor Over You / The Osborne Brothers / Live In Germany / Pinecastle
• Man Of Constant Sorrow / The Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack / Lost Highway
• What Kind Of Fool / Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press / Bluegrass Melodies / Rounder
• You Don't Know What Love Is / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II Black and White / Skaggs Family
• I Hear A Choo Choo Coming / The Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / self
• Living It Down / Steve Gulley / Sounds Like Home / Lonesome Day
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent and the Rage / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Julia Belle / Janet Beazley / 5 South / Backcountry
• Between The Rows / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Can You Hear Me Now (Retro 1938) / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• East Virginia Blues / Bill Yates and Friends / The Country Gentlemen "Tribute" / Master Shield
• The Flood of '57 / Red Henry / Helton Creek / Arrandem
• Bluegrass Don't You Know / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Sleep With One Eye Open / Acoustic Blue / Workin' Man / self
• Whitewater / Bela Fleck / Drive / Rounder
• Banjo Whiz / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Starday
• Me And The Juke Box / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Starday
• Dreams That End Like This / The Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
• Let Me Fall / Dudley Connell, Laurie Lewis, Kirk Sutphin, et al / Masters of the Banjo / Arhoolie
• Handsome Molly / NewFound Road / Life In A Song / Rounder
• The Lover's Return / Laurie Lewis and Dudley Connell / Masters of the Banjo / Arhoolie
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Ralph Stanley, Laurie Lewis, Dudley Connell, etc / Masters of the Banjo / Arhoolie
• Lonesome Pine Breakdown / Steve Sparkman / Harlan County Five-String / Copper Creek
• The Moonshiner / IIIrd Tyme Out / Round III At The MAC / Chateau
• They're At Rest Together / The Country Gentlemen / Folk Songs and Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Black-Eyed Susie / The Dillards / Live!!! Almost!!! / Elektra
• Never See My Home Again / The Dillards / Live!!! Almost!!! / Elektra
• Shoutin' Time / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Tell Someone / Rebel
• We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder / Rose Maddox with the Vern Williams Band / Beautiful Bouquet / Arhoolie
• Lift Your Voice In Prayer / Special Consensus / Trail of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Let The Church Roll On / Flatt & Scruggs / At Carnegie Hall / Koch
• Gates Of Glory / Mickey Harris / Kneel And Pray / MJH (self)
• Peter Was A Fireball / Easter Brothers / By Request - Their Greatest Hits / Thoroughbred
• Shouting In The Air / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Open Up Them Pearly Gates For Me / Grandpa Jones / An American Original / CMH
• Wicked Path of Sin / Blue Highway / Wondrous Love / Rounder
• Old Country Baptizing / The Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Hay Holler
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass at Buttery Brook Park" - Saturday, July 21st

For those who are NOT heading to the big Greyfox BG Festival this weekend, but who still would like to get their Bluegrass "fix," why not consider a more "traditional" alternative? Dave Helman (the long-time promoter of the "Country Corner Coffee House" October-April shows & a radio host at WTCC, 90.7FM) has put together his third (at this location) Bluegrass at Buttery Brook Park. This is a one-day festival, and will be held this Saturday, July 21st at the Buttery Brook Park, Route 33, South Hadley, MA. The park is very easy to find, and the setting is perfect for Bluegrass. Let's hope the weather cooperates a bit more this year, though. Last year's festival featured a terrific lineup, but the weather forecast of 9+ inches of rain just didn't make for a huge crowd. It will be different this year, though, and the lineup is again quite excellent:

The Carolina Rebels

White Mountain Bluegrass

The Stillhouse Jammers

Acoustic Blue

Dan Helman & Marking Time

The music starts at 10AM and ends about 8PM, and the sound is provided by Mr. Helman in the form of Country Corner Productions. Please get out there and support this event -- rain or shine. For more information or directions, click here or call Dave at (413)467-9394.

I'll be there....hope you will, too!

Amy

Playlist for "Bluegrass Cafe" - 7/15/07

Hi folks.

Marti and I have been in North Carolina for most of the past two weeks, so it was good to be back in the studio after such a prolonged absence. Many thanks go to Amy for holding both the Red Rooster Party and Bluegrass Cafe together while we were gone. We will be bringing you music and interviews from our visit in the coming weeks.

We informally featured the music of Tom T. and Dixie Hall on this program along with a good bit of new music to go with our classic bluegrass selections. Hope you enjoyed!

Jim

(requests are in blue)

• Wild Turkey / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• White House Blues / Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys / Mountain Music Bluegrass Style / Smithsonian Folkways
• Molly and Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bluegrass As Good As It Gets / Disky
• Think Of What You've Done / Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield
• The Old Man Has Retired / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Swinging A Nine Pound Hammer / IIIrd Tyme Out / Round III at the MAC / CMG
• Lovin' Pretty Women / Steep Canyon Rangers / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass 87 / KBC
• Dixie Flyer / Grasstowne / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass 87 / KBC
• Stanleytone March / Steve Sparkman / Harlan County Five-String / Copper Creek
• The Shape I'm In / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Little Bessie / J. D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack / Lost Highway
• God Bless The Soldier / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Chancellorsville / David Davis and the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Long Journey / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary Special / Rounder
• Rag Time Annie / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Upper Management
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams / Double Bluegrass Banjo Spectacular / Rounder
• Mountain Memories / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / self
• Gonna Start a Bluegrass Band In Asheville / Charles Humphrey III / Songs From The Road / Lucks Dumpy Toad
• The Old Coal Mine / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury
• Bile Them Cabbage Down / Stover, Lilly & Anthony / Mountain Music Bluegrass Style / Smithsonian Folkways
• Back To Hancock County / Highland Grass / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass 87 / KBC
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, & the Foggy Mtn Boys / Bluegrass As Good As It Gets / Disky
• Air Mail Special / Jim & Jesse / Bluegrass As Good As It Gets / Disky
• Sugar In The Gourd / Michael Cleveland / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Branded Wherever I Go / Special Consensus / Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• 20 / 20 Vision / The Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler
• Cold Blue Day / NewFound Road / Life In A Song / Rounder
• Home To Carolina / The Grass Cats / Home To Carolina / New Time Records
• One More Try / The Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Rovin' Gambler / J. D. Crowe & The New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / Dave Evans / Pretty Green Hills / Rebel
• Lisa's Joy / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Maple On The Hill / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle
• Is It Too Late Now! / Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, & the Foggy Mtn Boys / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Jimmy Martin's Life Story / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle
• The Philadelphia Lawyer / Bob Baker And the Pike County Boys / Mountain Music Bluegrass Style / Smithsonian Folkways
• Poverty Row / Cedar Hill / Poverty Row / Blue Circle
• Carolina Road / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• How's It Feel / The Daughters of Bluegrass feat. Jeanette Williams / Back To The Well / Blue Circle
• Taking The Crooked Road Home / Crooked Creek (Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor) / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Folklife
• Going Back To Old Virginia / Casey & Chris and The Two-Stringers / Get Along Girl / Arrandem Records
• Way It Always Seems To Go / Jim VanCleve / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass 87 / KBC
• Troublesome Waters / Ralph Stanley / Mountain Preacher's Child / Rebel
• The Touch of God's Hand / Monroe Crossing / Into The Fire / self
• I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning / Rose Maddox / Bluegrass As Good As It Gets / Disky
• He Suffered For My Reward / Nathan Stanley & Ralph Stanley / He Suffered For My Reward / III Generation
• Above The Line / Ron Block / Door Way / Rounder
• I Can't Sit Down / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Tell Someone / Rebel
• John In The Jordan / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Weeds In The Wheat / Front Range / One Beautiful Day / Sugar Hill
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

BG & Old Time Country Music in Willimantic, CT -- Saturday, July 14th

This Saturday, July 14th, the Bristol Boys (so named for the "Birthplace of Country Music," Bristol, Tennessee & Virginia) will be performing at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum, 55 Bridge Street, Willimantic, CT. Showtime is 4:30PM. This show is part of the museum's summer concert series known as Rhythm on the Rails. There is an alternate rain location: Fred's Brick House Cafe, Gateway Commons, Willimantic. For more information on this show or the series, call (860)228-3197.

While the members of the Bristol Boys are all veterans of various New England Bluegrass bands (including Traver Hollow, Charter Oak Bluegrass, Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters, the Bear Bridge Band, and others) , the band mainly performs old country music from the 1920s through the early 1950s. Check them out, if you're so inclined. Admission to the show is free, but a $5 donation is strongly encouraged. All proceeds benefit the museum, and really, is there anyone who DOESN'T like railroads?

And keep this in mind: if you find yourself enjoying the Bristol Boys, they'll also be appearing in Plainfield, CT on Sunday, November 18th in a show featuring David Peterson & 1946, as well as Nick Anderson & Tall Grass. That show is sponsored by the Canterbury Historical Society, and more information can be found by clicking here.

Amy

Small confession: my brother, Dave, is a member of this trio. I think you should go to the show, anyway.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/8/2007

Sunday's show was filled with lots of (I think) great tunes -- hope you agree. In addition to something new from the forthcoming Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T., we heard three tunes from a old Rebel LP from the early 1970s featuring a family band from Oneco, Connecticut (in the "Quiet Corner" of CT near the RI border), the Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers. Although their music wasn't always 100% Bluegrass, there's no doubt that Fred Pike is a legendary character in the New England Bluegrass world, and it's always fun to listen to his recordings.

Jim & Marti will join you next Sunday, July 15th. I'll see you again sometime before the month is through....

Amy

Requests are noted in red.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rocky Grass / Blue Planet
• Polka On A Banjo / Flatt & Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia
• Why Did You Wander / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Classic Bluegrass Recordings, Vol.1 / County
• Till The End Of The World Rolls Round / Flatt & Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Our Last Goodbye / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Stanley Brothers / Mercury
• Airmail Special / Jim & Jesse / Rocky Grass / Blue Planet
• Blame It On The Pain / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• Don't Come Out Of The Hole / Blue Highway / Blue Highway / Ceili Music
• Cabin On A Mountain / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
• Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds: The Capitol Years / Capitol
• This Old House / Rice Brothers / The Old Home Place / Rounder
• Wow Baby / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Upper Management Music
• When It's Springtime In The Rockies / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
• Are You Coming Back To Me / Bill Harrell & Mac Wiseman / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
• Pikearoo / The Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Each Season Changes You / The Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Dixie Hoedown / The Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Come Early Morning / Lynn Morris Band / Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Forever By My Side / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill
• I'm Country And Nothing More / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Goodbye To The Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Hello Blue / Chris Cairns / Hello Blue / FireHeart Pro
• Jimmy Martin's Life Story / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. [preview] / Blue Circle
• Wrecking Ball / King Wilkie / Low Country Suite / Zoe Records
• Some Of These Days (You're Gonna Be Sad) / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• I Can't Stand To Ramble / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'N Live / Sugar Hill
• Think Of What You've Done / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• White Lightning / The Grascals / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Walkin' West To Memphis / Casey & Chris & the Two-Stringers / Get Along Girl / Arrandem Records
• The Leaves That Are Green / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Brown Mountain Light / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• Lost / Avery County / Me And The Jukebox / Self-Produced
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• I'm Gonna Love You One Time / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin' / Traditional Grass / Songs Of Love And Life / Rebel
• Prisoner's Song / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / Starday
• Harvest Time / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Sparkling Brown Eyes / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Let's Live For Tonight / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• I Heard The Bluebirds Sing / White Mountain Bluegrass / January Weekend / R Own
• Queen Anne's Lace / Del McCoury Band / High, Lonesome & Blue / Rounder
• The Heavenly Light Is Shining / Goins Brothers / Run Satan, Run / Hay Holler
• I'm Going To Make Heaven My Home / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Shoutin' On The Hills Of Glory / America's Bluegrass Band / America's Favorite Hymns / Ol' Blue Records
• Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• I'm Rollin' Through This Unfriendly World / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Master Of The Sea / Bear Bridge Band / Bear Essentials / Open Road
• I'm Gonna Hold To His Hand / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco
• When The Angels Carry Me Home / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics / Cattle
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Ralph Stanley in East Hartford 7/6/2007

All Southern New Englanders should take note of a rare appearance by Dr. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center this Friday evening, 6 July 2007. The doors open at 6 pm for jamming and the good doctor begins his performance at 7:30 pm.

Ralph had his 80th birthday earlier this year and is without peer in accomplishment in the mountain style of what they call bluegrass music. He is one of the few remaining of the first generation pioneers of bluegrass music. Ralph could choose to retire at any moment and enjoy the fruits of his lifelong achievements, but he is still on the road today, and this could be your last chance to enjoy this legendary performer and pioneer.

It is quite possible you will see the Bluegrass Cafe crew at the concert.

The picture is Bluegrass Cafe DJ, Jim, with Ralph Stanley about 12 years ago.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/1/2007

For me, Sunday's show was a lot of fun; hopefully, that's how the listeners felt, as well. We played a good number of old favorites, a few requests (marked in red), and some new music from one of the best traditional BG groups working right now in southern New England, Acoustic Blue. The second CD from this group is called "Empty House," and it's filled with a fine mix of traditional tunes and great originals. Lead singer/mandolin player Corey Zink has a killer voice -- check out this band when you get a chance.

July 4th marks 50 years since the groundbreaking Country Gentlemen first performed as a pick-up band at the Admiral Grill in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia. To save a steady playing slot for car accident victim, Buzz Busby, his enterprising banjo man Bill Emerson called together a couple of his friends, the soon-to-be legendary John Duffey and Charlie Waller, as well as bass man Larry Leahy, and the Country Gentlemen were born. To mark this big occasion, we filled nearly an hour with the music of the early Gents, with tunes from their December 1957 sessions to about the mid-1960s. I could have easily filled up all three hours with the music of the Country Gents, but we'll save that for future shows....

Hope you all have a safe and happy 4th, and we'll see you again on July 15th.

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Don't Get Above Your Raisin' / Flatt & Scruggs / The Golden Age, v.1 / Columbia
• Fox On The Run / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time-Life
• You Don't Know My Mind / Jimmy Martin / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time-Life
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Golden Age, v.1 / Columbia
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Here Rattler Here / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Rock Bottom Blues / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Will I Be That Lucky Man? / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Hello Trouble / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Bishop Hill Records
• Empty House / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Bishop Hill Records
• Blue Railroad Train / Tony Rice / Manzanita / Rounder
• Big Train From Memphis / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
• Menzone Drive / Dan Menzone / Menzone Drive / Self-Produced
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Folk Life
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• It's The Blues / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Starday
• Little Bessie / Country Gentlemen / Folk Songs And Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Nobody's Business / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Starday
• The Sunny Side Of Life / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways
• High Lonesome / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Starday
• Ain't Got A Home /Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways
• A Letter To Tom / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Starday
• Silence Or Tears / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Starday
• The Bluebirds Are Singing / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• The Young Fisherwoman / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I Am Weary, Let Me Rest /Country Gentlemen / 25 Years / Rebel
• This Morning At Nine / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• Mrs. Robinson / Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen / Keeper Of The Flame / Lendel Records
• Redwood Hill / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• He Was A Friend Of Mine / Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen / Keeper Of The Flame / Lendel Records
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Walk Through This World With Me / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• My Old Kentucky Home / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Sadie's Got Her New Dress On / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• Hard Living / Hunter Berry with Rhonda Vincent / Wow Baby / Upper Management Music
• Lonesome For You / Tommy Webb / Eastern Kentucky / Kindred Records
• John 3:16 / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / Federal
• I Know What You're Talking About / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• Do You Live What You Preach / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Won't It Be Wonderful There / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns / Self-Produced
• Where No One Stands Alone / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Where No One Stands Alone / Rebel
• God Must Be A Cowboy / Grass Cats / Home To Carolina / New Time Records
• Over In The Gloryland / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill
• Lift Your Voice In Prayer / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• One Wide River / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

IBMM featured in American Profile

In the June 3-9 edition of American Profile (a newspaper magazine-type supplement from the Publishing Group of America, and included in some newspapers across the country), there was a feature article on the International Bluegrass Music Museum (or, IBMM) in Owensboro, Kentucky. I've not visited there -- yet -- but I'm hopeful this very state-of-the-art type of museum will be a future destination for me. It's not every day that Bluegrass music is included in the mainstream press, so do visit this link, if you're so inclined:

http://www.americanprofile.com/article/22232.html

A Connecticut connection to the IBMM.....former CT resident (as well as former GrassRoutes banjo player & sometime WWUH Bluegrass DJ) Steve Brechter was once the Chair of the IBMM Board of Trustees.

Upcoming show at the Main Pub...

I know this show isn't happening for a few more weeks, but wanted to pass the word while the news is fresh....

The Greencards will return to Connecticut when they visit the Main Pub in Manchester on Thursday, August 9th. Showtime is 8PM. While this group can't exactly be categorized as 100% Monroe-style Bluegrass, they are young and energetic, and I've only heard good comments about them from those who've seen the group perform. Check 'em out, if you're so inclined.

For more information on the Greencards, visit their website. If you need more information about the Main Pub (which has been featuring a good bit of Bluegrass over the past year or so), click here.

Amy

Mineral Springs "Foot Stompin' Festival" - June 29-30 & July 1

Mineral Springs Family Campground in Stafford Springs, CT will hold their annual "July 4th" Bluegrass festival this weekend. The lineup features a number of very fine regional bands, including GrassRoutes, FreeWheelin', TrueGrass, Southern Rail, Acoustic Blue, Second Circle, Gail Wade & Turning Point, Redstone Ridge, and -- appearing Friday night only -- Girl Howdy. The music begins at 8PM on Friday night and continues through Sunday afternoon about 2PM. To view the festival flyer, click here, or, if you'd like information on the campground itself (i.e. directions), click here.

The 90 degree temps. should be gone, and I've only heard good forecasts for this weekend. Hope to see you there!

Amy

Bad weather does not mean bad festival....

Well, the weather was decidedly NOT perfect at last weekend's Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in Weston, VT, but when all is said and done, that just didn't matter all that much. Hosts Candi & Seth Sawyer still put together a very good lineup, and the crowd always seemed pretty large and enthusiastic, so who can complain?

Of course, the performers were top-notch, from the two big days of unofficial "host band," the Gibson Brothers to the super-traditional sounds of road demons, David Davis & the Warrior River Boys, as well as Long Island's Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, and the inspiring Lynn Morris Band. In the not-quite-Bluegrass category, there were great performances from Northeast favorite, Smokey Greene, as well as Beartracks -- a group from the Plattsburgh, NY area featuring Dobro master Junior Barber, and his very talented cousins, Tom Venne and Julie Venne Hogan. And let's not forget the real hosts, the Seth Sawyer Band. Another big highlight was Saturday afternoon's set featuring the Gibsons' younger sister, Erin Gibson LaClair, in her very own front-and-center set of music (backed by a pretty fine band consisting of her brothers & longtime Gibson bass player, Mike Barber). Top notch.

You may recall that Lynn Morris suffered a stroke four years ago, and has had a difficult time getting back into the music. Lynn seems to have a hard time remembering lyrics, and while her voice isn't quite as strong as it once was, you've got to be impressed and inspired to see her performance. May she continue on her road to recovery.

If you didn't get a chance to make it to this year's festival, you missed a good one. I did see a good number of folks from Connecticut there -- maybe you can make it next year....

Festival volunteer Ted Lehmann has posted a very nice write-up of the weekend's activities on his own blog. If you'd like to read it, click here.

Be sure to drop Candi a note if you made it to Jenny Brook. I'm sure she'd love to hear from you.

Amy

Another stop on the Bear Bridge "Tour 2007"...

Folks -

I'd be remiss if I didn't make mention of a show happening this Saturday, June 30th at the Peru Community Center, Route 143, Peru, MA. The Bear Bridge Band makes their third appearance for 2007, starting off at 5:30PM. Peru is one of those teeny western Massachusetts towns -- and I do mean teeny -- but seeing and hearing this band who doesn't play out too often just might be worth your trip. If you'd like to learn more about the show, call (413)499-9968 or send email to davjengab@metrocast.net. There is also a chicken BBQ happening prior to the show, so check that out, as well, if you can.

Also be aware that earlier in the day, one-half of Bear Bridge -- specifically, Dave Shaw & my brother, Dave "Tex" Orlomoski (seen here playing with the Seth Sawyer Band at the Jenny Brook BG Festival on 6/23/2007) -- will be live in the studio at Dave Helman's Country Corner radio show on WTCC, 90.7FM. Unfortuntely, the other half of Bear Bridge -- Robert & Lillian Fraker -- can't make the radio show, but the Daves can be quite entertaining, I'm sure. Check 'em out, if you can. WTCC broadcasts from the campus of Springfield Community Technical College in Springfield, MA, and also streams its audio online at http://www.wtccfm.org/. Dave Helman's show begins at 1PM -- the other Daves should join him for a few tunes beginning about 1:30PM.

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist 6/24/2007

Greetings Folks!

Marti and I certainly enjoyed serving up the bluegrass music this past Sunday! We again mixed the old with the new, and had a mini-feature recognizing the music of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant as performed by the Osborne Brothers (Monday, 25 June, marks the 20th year since Boudleaux's passing). We also introduced a local group called "Pine Creek Bluegrass" with a song recorded live at Sterling Park a couple of weeks earlier. Other new music came from Cherryholmes, Honi Deaton, Grasstowne, Larry Sparks, Randy Kohrs, Steep Canyon Rangers, Lorraine Jordan, Hunter Berry, and the fine Scott Family Band.

Marti and I are off to collect more music, interviews, and stories from North Carolina next week. Amy will take care of the Bluegrass Cafe as well as the Red Rooster Party where she is known to spin some great classic country music when she makes an appearance. Tune in!

Jim

requests are in blue

• Wild Turkey / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Muleskinner Blues / Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys / Live Volume One / Rural Rhythm
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys / Live Volume One / Rural Rhythm
• Love Don't You Know / Grasstowne / The Road Headin' Home / Pinecastle
• Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Appalachian Stomp / Rhino
• Georgia Mules and Country Boys / The Osborne Brothers / From Rocky Top To Muddy Bottom / CMH
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• Country Boy / The Osborne Brothers / From Rocky Top To Muddy Bottom / CMH
• Muddy Bottom / The Osborne Brothers / From Rocky Top To Muddy Bottom / CMH
• You Don't Know What Love Is / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II Black and White / Skaggs Family
• Goodbye Old Pal / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• If All Those Trains Were Still Around (I'd Be An Ol' Hobo) / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Pine Creek Bluegrass / Live at Sterling Park / Self
• Why Do You Weep Dear Willow / Hylo Brown & The Timberliners / As Good AS It Gets Bluegrass / Disky
• Soldiers Joy / Marty Stuart / Busy Bee Café / Sugar Hill
• Soldiers Joy Hop / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• Handsome Molly / The Stanley Brothers / An Evening Long Ago / Columbia
• I Love You Until I'm Dizzy / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Loving Pretty Women / Steep Canyon Rangers / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 87 / KBC
• I Am A Pilgrim / The Country Gentlemen / On The Road (and More) / Smithsonian Folkways
• Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Got It Made In The Shade, "If A Tree Don't Fall" / Jimmy Martin / Got It Made In The Shade If A Tree Don't Fall / Self
• Goodbye Little Darlin' / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Nothin' Special / The Del McCoury Band / The Company We Keep / McCoury Music
• Wish I Could Say I Was Drinking / Cadillac Sky / Blind Man Walking / Skaggs Family
• Two Little Boys / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
• Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Honi Deaton & Dream / Chasin' Dreams / Lamon
• Mystery Train / Honi Deaton & Dream / Chasin' Dreams / Lamon
• Dreams That End Like This / The Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
• Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / The Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records
• Run Little Fox / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• A Memory Of You / Jim & Jesse / As Good As It Gets Bluegrass / Disky
• The Ramblers Blues / The Stanley Brothers / As Good As It Gets Bluegrass / Disky
• Hillbilly Hemingway / The Mark Newton Band / Hillbilly Hemingway / Rebel
• Don't Wake Me Up / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Sixteen Years / Copper Creek
• Little Willie / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Sixteen Years / Copper Creek
• I'm Leaving Detroit / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Black Sheep / Charlie Monroe's Boys / Charlie Monroe's Boys / Old Homestead
• Hard Living / Hunter Berry w / R. Vincent & Sonya Isaacs / Wow Baby / Upper Management
• Old Time Religion / Carl Story / The Late and Great / Kingdom Music
• You Go To Your Church / J. D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• God's Not Dead / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Riding On My Savior's Train / Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Cry From The Cross / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Preserved / Horizon
• Take Me In A Lifeboat / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Preachin' Prayin' and Singin' / Mercury
• Heaven's Green Fields / The Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Joe Val and the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Gloryland / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Feel Like My Time Ain't Long / Rebel
• Anchored In Love / The Scott Family Band / The Great Divide / Patuxent Music
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/17/2007

The Father's Day edition of Bluegrass Cafe started off with some tunes from the Father of Bluegrass (naturally). We also included a number of tunes by groups which featured fathers and sons as members -- those families included such names as McCoury, Parmley, Mullins, Osborne, Sparks, and Paisley, but could have easily included many, many more. We'll save those for another show. Of course, we also were able to sneak in a few tunes with fatherly themes, as well. Hope all the fathers out there had a terrific day....

In addition, new music from the projects by Hunter Berry ("Wow Baby") and Grasstowne ("The Road Headin' Home) was included, as were several requests. Those are noted in red.

Our celebration of 25 Bluegrass-filled years at WHUS continued, too, with us giving away 3 more CDs. If you didn't win, don't despair -- Jim & Marti have 3 more copies to give away next week.

I'm off to Weston, Vermont's Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival on June 22nd -- hope to see you there! If you can't be there, I'll see you back at the Cafe on July 1st.

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, Disc 2 / Columbia
• Rocky Road Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, Disc 1 / Columbia
• Bluegrass Breakdown / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Cracker Barrel
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life
• Smoke Along The Track / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
• The Blues Are Still The Blues / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• Try A Little Kindness / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• The Old Coal Mine / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Behind These Prison Walls Of Love / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• 1952 Vincent Black Lightning / Del McCoury Band / Del & The Boys / Ceili
• Cumberland Gap / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
• The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• If All Those Trains Were Still Around (I'd Be An Ol' Hobo) / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• Daddy Did His Best / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Mountain Home
• Blue Kentucky Wind / Lou Reid & Carolina / Lou Reid & Carolina / Rebel
• Sophronie / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Looking For A Smile In A Heartache / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Wrong Road Again / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Green Mountain Hop / Avery County / Me And The Jukebox / Self-Produced
• My Father's Son / Ricky Skaggs / Brand New Strings / Skaggs Family
• Johnnie & Jack Medley / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• We Live In Two Different Worlds / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / Bear Bridge Band / Bear Essentials / Open Road
• The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Maybe You Will Change Your Mind / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• Wow Baby / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Self-Produced
• Devil's Road / Grasstowne / The Road Headin' Home / Pinecastle
• Way It Always Seems To Go / Jim Van Cleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Kentucky Girl / Hunter Berry with Sally Sandker / Wow Baby / Self-Produced
• Methodist Preacher / Tim Stafford / Endless Line / FGM Records
• That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• Old Hickory Cane / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• What Was I Supposed To Do / Lynn Morris Band / Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Lovesick And Sorrow / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / Starday
• Daddy Frank / Jim Mills with Paul Brewster / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill
• You Are My Sunshine / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Clay Jones / Mountain Tradition / Rural Rhythm
• (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Milwaukee Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• John Henry, Jr. / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• I'll Be Rested / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Working On A Building / Johnson Mountain Boys / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Lazarus And The Rich Man / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• A Passion For Souls / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self-Produced
• Brother I'm Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / Radio Gems
• Born Again / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• Before The Fire Comes Down / Del McCoury Band / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 6/10/07

Hi Folks!

Marti and I featured Steep Canyon Rangers this week following their performance at Strawberry Park a week earlier. We also featured The Gibson Brothers by popular demand. They too performed at Strawberry Park. (I have never received so many requests for a single group during one show, and I didn't even get to all the requests for the Gibsons). As usual, I featured a good bit of new music (including the new Cherryholmes) along with a good dose of the old.

We also continued the June celebration of 25 Years of Bluegrass Music on WHUS Radio by giving away a CD every hour of the show. CDs won by listeners this week were by Randy Kohrs, Dwight McCall, and Larry Sparks -- all their latest efforts. Hope you enjoyed.

Amy will be with you next Sunday.

Jim

requests are in red
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• Wild Turkey / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• I'll Be Long Gone / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• You Don't Know What Love Is / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II Black and White / Skaggs Family
• Can't Trust The Weatherman / Cadillac Sky / Blind Man Walking / Skaggs Family
• My Night To Howl / The Grascals / Long List of Heartaches / Rounder
• One Raindrop / The Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Sourwood Mountain / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self produced
• Poor Boy's Delight / The Infamous Stringdusters / Fork In The Road / Sugar Hill
• Breakthrough / The Gibson Brothers / Another Night of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Over The Hill To The Poorhouse / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / Hard Travelin' / Columbia
• She's Just A Little Cute Thing / J. D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• Stanley Tone March / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• God Bless The Soldier / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Rockwell's Gold / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• Born With A Hammer In My Hand / Blue Highway / Blue Highway / Ceili Music
• I Only Wish You Knew / J. D. Crowe & The New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Run Mountain / Tony Trischka / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Train 45 / Jim VanCleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• Uncle Woody / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• Long Journey Home / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Down The Road To Home / Connie & Babe and the Backwoods Boys / Down The Road To Home / Rounder
• Carolina Hurricane / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• Blue Eyed Boston Boy / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / F5 Music
• Big Cypoophus / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• My Little Georgia Rose / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Mountain Dew / Oswald / Carry Me Back / RME
• Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Bullet Man / Tony Rice / California Autumn / Rebel
• I'm Going Back Where Time Stands Still / The Hunger Mountain Boys / Blue Ribbon Waltz / Old Fi
• Weary Hobo / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Please Come Back / Mitch Harrell / Oh Heart / SoLong Records
• I Don't Know / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II Black and White / Skaggs Family
• Wandering Boy / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Preserved / Horizon
• Careless Love / David Peterson and 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self produced
• Livin' It Down / Steve Gulley / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 86 / KBC
• Mountain Song / The Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
• I Still Got 99 / Bob Paisley & The Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
• Philibuster / Phil Leadbetter / Philibuster / Mid-Knight
• New Camptown Races / Phil Leadbetter / Philibuster / Mid-Knight
• Little Maggie / The Stanley Brothers / All-Time Greatest Hits / King
• Pretty Girls / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury
• The Last Suit You Wear / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury
• Goodbye Bottle of Whiskey / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• 454 / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Charlotte Breakdown / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• The Foggy Mountain Top / The Carter Family / My Clinch Mountain Home 1928-1929 / Rounder
• Live Forever / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Watson's Cove / Ben Greene / On Watson's Cove / Self produced
• I Can't Sit Down / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Tell Someone / Rebel
• Over In The Glory Land / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• A House Of Gold / The Bluegrass Gospel Project / Makes You Strong / Vital
• Tramp On The Street / Carl Story / The Late And Great / Kingdom Music
• The Man In The Middle / The Gary Waldrep Band / The Man In The Middle / Self produced
• What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? / Bill Monroe and Doc Watson / Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 / Smithsonian Folkways
• I Hear My Savior Calling / The Stanley Brothers / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler