"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 1/18/2009

Hi Folks,

It was a snowy day in Connecticut, and it seemed many of you were at home listening to the radio based on the large number of phone calls from folks making requests, winning tickets to local concerts, and just to talk about the music we played.

We aired several songs because of anniversaries and other events such as the songs by Lonesome Standard Time and Ross Nickerson because our recently-departed friend Butch Baldassari picked mandolin on the tracks. We played a concert recording from Flatt & Scruggs (they played at Nixon's inauguration 40 years ago), Laurie Lewis (her partner Tom Rozum has a birthday this week), Bill Emerson (birthday this week), and Art Stamper (died 23 January 2005).

We introduced some new music, too, from the Songs From The Road Band, Audie Blaylock and Redline, Whitetop Mountain Band, Gena Britt Tew, and The Infamous Stringdusters.

The Steep Canyon Rangers, ShoreGrass, and Shady Creek all have concerts in the area this week, so we played tracks from their CDs.

Speaking of concerts, we have the amazing fortune to have a large number of great bands we can hear live in this area. This will not continue forever, or even many more weeks, unless we all make it worthwhile to the promoters who put their time and money on the line to bring this music to us. Please get out and attend the concerts. You will have a great time, the music is the best, and we will be able to enjoy live bluegrass music in the future.

That's the news and soapbox for this week. Amy will be with you next week.

Jim & Marti

(Requests in blue)

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Back Up And Push / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent
• Gold Watch And Chain / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / 24 Bluegrass Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Reno Bound / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-produced
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt And Scruggs At Carnegie Hall / Koch
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
• The Less That I Drink / Charlie Sizemore / Good News / Rounder
• Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• It's A Long, Long Road / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Self-titled / Sugar Hill
• Bluegrass Saturday Night / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Jesse James / Ross Nickerson / Blazing The West / Bullet Proof
• Back To The Mountains / The Monty McClanahan Project / The Road Less Traveled / Self-produced
• Close By / Beth Stevens & Edge / Strong Enough / Pinecastle
• Tall Pines / Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands / Live / Spuce & Maple
• You Can Run But You Can't Hide / Bill Emerson / Banjo Man / Webco
• Tennessee 1949 / Larry Sparks / The Best of Larry Sparks / Rebel
• I See Through You / The Stanley Brothers / The Last Show of the Stanley Brothers / Self-produced
• Never Again / The Stanley Brothers / The Last Show of the Stanley Brothers / Self-produced
• Montana Cowgirl (Coyote Song) / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy
• I'm Gone, Long Gone / Don Reno & Red Smiley & The Tennesse Cut-ups / Reno & Smiley & The Tennessee Cut-ups / King
• Darlin' Nellie Gray / Don Reno and Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends "Together" / Wango
• Pig In A Pen / Ricky Skaggs / Ancient Tones / Skaggs Family
• Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy / Whitetop Mountain Band / Loafer's Dream / Mountain Roads
• Doing All I Can / Gina Britt Tew / Doing All I Can / Self-produced
• The Old Hen Cackled / Art Stamper / The Lost Fiddler / County
• Detroit City Chill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• Rambler's Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Live And Learn / Rebel
• Plant Some Flowers By My Grave / Red Smiley with the Bluegrass Cut-ups / 20 Bluegrass Favorites, Volume II / Rural Rhythm
• Stop Action / Tony Trischka / Hill Country / Rounder
• Tragic Romance / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• I Ain't Goin' Down / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Waitin' For The Hard Times / Sugar Hill
• There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea / Don Stover / Live At Davis & Elkins College / White Oak
• A Hundred Years From Now / The Infamous Stringdusters / Normal 9-13-2008 / Sugar Hill
• Goodbye Bottle Of Whiskey / The Steep Canyon Rangers / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Don't Ease Me In / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• Hold Whatcha Got / Pam Gadd / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
• Train Songs / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is Two / Lonesome Day
• Big Sciota [bed for calendar] / Greg Morton / Solo Guitar / Self-produced
• Wildwood Flower [bed for calendar] / Greg Morton / Solo Guitar / Self-produced
• I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self-produced
• Picker's Blues / The Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home / Shore Grass / Going Home / Self-produced
• Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Northern Lights / New Moon / Fifty Fifty
• Thank You For Caring / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Down In The Willow Garden / Gary Ferguson and Friends / Live At Podunk / Patuxent
• As The Crow Flies / Songs From The Road Band / As The Crow Flies (Prime Cuts Vol 96) / Lucks Dumpy Toad (KBC)
• The Gospel Way / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
• I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap / Reno & Smiley / Reno & Smiley and The Tennessee Cut-ups 1951 / 1959 / King
• So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• Give Me The Roses Now / Jimmy Martin / This World Is Not My Home / Music Mill - Universal
• Listen To My Hammer Ring / Charlie Moore / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• Baptism Of Jesse Taylor / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Lord Let Me Walk Beside Of You / The Easter Brothers / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• Harbor Of Love / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• I Hear My Savior Calling / The Stanley Brothers / 1953-58 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler

A way to save a dollar or two for Joe Val...

If you've not yet purchased a ticket for the Boston Bluegrass Union-sponsored Joe Val BG Festival -- which happens February 13-15 in Framingham, MA -- you may wish to do so before the end of the day today, January 15th. These days, especially, saving a dollar or two is a great idea, so why not take advantage of the "early bird" discount? For more information, click here.

This 24th annual addition of the Joe Val Festival features a terrific lineup, including Bradley Walker, the Steep Canyon Rangers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, NewFound Road, the Special Consensus, the Claire Lynch Band, the Kruger Brothers Bluegrass Project, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, the Charlie Sizemore Band, the Josh Williams Band, Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press, and Dailey & Vincent. In addition, a host of terrific New England (& New York) BG bands will be taking the stage, including the Old Time Bluegrass Singers, Wilf Clark & the Misty Mountaineers, Straight Drive, and the Bluegrass Gospel Project.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/11/2009

After 2 1/2 hours of relative calm on Sunday's show, we had a whole lot of activity toward the end of my first Bluegrass Cafe for 2009. We had arranged to talk to Woody Platt of the Steep Canyon Rangers earlier in Sunday's program, but the best-laid plans...well, it just didn't work out at the scheduled time. No problems, though -- we just went on with the show, and reminded folks about the upcoming SCR show at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center on January 22nd. A bit after 6:30PM, we had a second chance to get Woody on the air...and so we did. Hope you enjoyed our little talk -- and, of course, please get out to see the Rangers in East Hartford on 1/22.

Sunday's show also included several tunes played in celebration of the 85th birthday of one Earl Eugene Scruggs, who was born on January 6, 1924. To say that Earl's a Bluegrass legend almost seems a bit of an understatement. Mr. Scruggs has a brand new CD out on Rounder Records ("The Ultimate Collection: Live At The Ryman"), and he continues to play on the CDs of more than one or two other folks (the latest recordings by Ricky Skaggs and Tom T. Hall are two recent examples). We don't really NEED an excuse to play music by Earl on the BG Cafe, but celebrating an 85th birthday is a big deal -- why not mark the occasion with a bit of celebration?

On a sad note, we also played an instrumental called "Stallin'" by the Weary Hearts. This fine mandolin tune was written and played by Butch Baldassari, who died on January 10th after suffering from cancer for the last year or so.

Thanks for joining me for Sunday's show -- make sure you listen in next Sunday for Jim & Marti.

Amy


Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top XPress / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• A Dime Looks Like A Wagon Wheel / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Boogie Grass Band / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / Portfolio / Self-Produced
• Hard Times / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Hot Night In August / Gary Ferguson / I’m Really Leaving / Webco
• Man With The Blues/ Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• World’s Biggest Fool / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• My Younger Days / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Roanoke / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Earl's Breakdown / Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends / The Ultimate Collection / Rounder
• Goin’ Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass : A Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Randy Lynn Rag / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Stallin’ / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Sugar Coated Love / Jack Cooke / Sittin’ On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• You’re That Certain Someone / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• If I Knew Then What I Know Now / Beth Stevens & Edge / Strong Enough / Pinecastle
• Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Roll On Blues / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Rambler’s Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Live And Learn / Rebel
• Dreams About The Hills And Home / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Cindy / Elkville String Band / Over The Mountain / Mountain Roads Recordings
• I Don’t Want Your Nine Pound Hammer / Bear Bridge Band / Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
• What A Ways We’ve Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Mississippi River Raft / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty’s Old Guitar / Rounder
• Grandpa Was A Carpenter / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
• One Of Those Days (When I Miss Lester Flatt) / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle
• Grandfather’s Clock / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Mountain Memories / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
• Secret Of The Waterfall / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield Records
• Waiting To Hear You Call My Name / Steep Canyon Rangers /One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Living In The Pane / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Me And John And Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• I Made A Friend Of A Flower Today / The Daughters Of Bluegrass featuring Heather Berry / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• The Ballad Of Charlie Dill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• Brighter Shade Of Blue / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day
• Are You Ready For Heaven / Wilson Family Band / Family Ties / MasterShield Records
• I Can’t Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• I Have Found The Way / Louvin Brothers / Songs That Tell A Story / Rounder
• I Like The Old Time Way / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Why Don’t You Give Jesus A Try / Blue Circle
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan’s Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’ / Rural Rhythm
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

Claire Lynch in East Hartford, CT -- Friday, January 9th

A new year, a good number of BG happenings in southern New England about which you need to know...

The folks at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center (namely, Roger Moss of the Podunk BG Music Festival, also in East Hartford) have put together a couple of indoor BG shows during the winter months that may be of interest to you. Tonight, making a return engagement to EHCCC is none other than singer/songwriter Claire Lynch and her fine band. Showtime is 8PM -- doors open at 7PM. The East Hartford Community Cultural Center is located at 50 Chapman Place in East Hartford, and is very easy to find off of I-84. Directions and other show information can be found at the EHCCC website, or call (860)282-8241.

Upcoming BG shows at EHCCC include:

Thursday, January 22nd - Steep Canyon Rangers

Saturday, March 14th - Infamous Stringdusters

Thursday, April 16th - John Reischman & the Jaybirds

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 1/4/2009

First "Cafe" of the year didn't have a theme other than to bring some great bluegrass music to you. We tried to play lesser-heard tracks from familiar artists, and perhaps some some tunes from folks you have not heard before.

We also gave away five bluegrass CDs on this show, and you kept Marti busy on the phones throughout. Thank you for your devoted listening!

Jim & Marti

requests in blue

• Sugar In The Gourd / Michael Cleveland / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Streets Of Chicago / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Pages Of Time / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-produced
• Dark Hollow / Mark Newton Larry Stephenson / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Just Another Broken Heart / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads
• Don't Tread On Me / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
• Bluegrass Saturday Night / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Stone Blind Love / Cedar Hill / Looking Back / Scena
• Dixieland (My Home Town) / Ralph Stanley / Old-Time Pickin' / Rebel
• Nothin' Special / The Del McCoury Band / The Company We Keep / McCoury Music
• Gonna Take A Train / Kati Penn / Gonna Take A Train / Self-produced
• Montana Slim / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Instrumentals / Skaggs Family
• Traveler / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
• I'm Just Here To Ride The Train / Mountain Heart / Road That Never Ends / Rural Rhythm
• Stone Cold Loneliness / Blue Moon Rising / One Lonely Shadow / Lonesome Day
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / The Bristol Boys / All Aboard with The Bristol Boys / Self-produced
• Heart Of Virginia / Terry Comer / Terry Comer and the Best In Town / Goldslinger
• One Little Teardrop / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• The Ballad Of Charlie Dill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• In My Mind To Ramble / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
  
• Your Memory Followed Me Home / The Daughters of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• If All Those Trains Were Still Around / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• Thunderclouds of Love / Tony Rice / Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• John Wilkes Booth / Tony Rice / Night Flyer / Rounder
• Ain't Gonna Let You Drag Me Down / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Three Silver Dollars / Pinecastle
• Are You Teasin' Me? / Crowe Brothers / Brothers -N- Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Kentucky Mountain / James Reams, Walter Hensley and the Barons of Bluegrass / Wild Card / Mountain Redbird
• John Hardy / Alan Munde Gazette / Made To Last / Munde's Child
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Clay Jones / Mountain Tradition /Rural Rhythm
• Down On The Banks Of The Ohio / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots - 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
• If Wishes Were Horses / Claire Lynch / Crowd Favorites / Rounder
• Lovin' Pretty Women / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• I'll Drink No More Wine / Steep Canyon Rangers / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Restless State Of Mind / Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain / Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain / Rural Rhythm
• Soldier's Joy / Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends / The Ultimate Collection Live At The Ryman / Rounder
• East Kentucky Home / The Steeldrivers / The Steeldrivers / Rounder
• I Can Go Back Any Time / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
• Over In The Gloryland / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• Help Thy Brother / Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / Music Mill
• Shall We Gather At The River / Elkville String Band / Over The Mountain / Mountain Roads
• Lord I Hear Your Call / Nothin' Fancy / Lord Bless This House / Pinecastle
• I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / The Del McCoury Band / The Promised Land / McCoury Music
• The Man In The Middle / Ralph Stanley / Mountain Preacher's Child / Rebel
• Rocked On The Deep / The Churchmen / I'll Be Long Gone / Pinecastle
• Voice Of My Savior / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-produced
• Are You Afraid To Die? / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/28/2008

Sunday's show was the very last "Bluegrass Cafe" for the year, so we tried to put the spotlight on music from recordings that were released in 2008. For the most part, we did play music from 2008, but a couple of non-2008 tunes made their way onto the airwaves.

Over the past couple of weeks, we've received a bit of new music, and a few of those tunes were highlighted on Sunday's show. Included in this batch was a track from the forthcoming Rural Rhythm debut release from Audie Blaylock & Redline, as well as two new CDs from family bands on Mastershield Records (Lonesome Meadow & the Wilson Family Band). In addition, Pam Gadd has a new solo CD, as does a New Hampshire fiddler named Rich Hamilton, so we included music from each of these fine projects.

Looking back, it seems like 2008 was a pretty good year for Bluegrass, with fabulous new recordings from acts like Dailey & Vincent, Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, the Gibson Brothers, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, and many, many more. While I tried to play a bit from lots of CDs released in 2008, I still missed a lot of good stuff (Big Country Bluegrass, Rick Hayes, Everett Lilly, and more). We'll definitely try to get tunes from those discs on the air next time around....even if it won't be until 2009!

We thank you all very much for your support during the year, and hope you'll continue to join us for another year of Bluegrass at WHUS....

Happy New Year!

Amy


Titles from CDs & compilations released in 2008 are highlighted in BLUE; requests are RED

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Over The Hill To The Poor House / Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with the Stoney Mountain Boys /
  Best Of Mountain Bluegrass / Rural Rhythm
• Down On The Crooked Road / Dixie Bee-Liners / Ripe / Pinecastle
• Whole Lot More Living / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• Till The End Of The World Rolls Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Enough Of You / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• I’m Not Broke But I’m Badly Bent / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Bluegrass : The World’s Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• Why You Been Gone So Long / Tony Rice / Night Flyer / Rounder
• Holding On When You’ve Let Go / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Bluegrass Saturday Night / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder (also a request)
• When Will I Be Loved / Sawmill Road / One / Self-Produced
• A Hard Road To Hoe / Tommy Webb / Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks #3 / Rural Rhythm
• Next Train Smokin’ / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Hullarious / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder
• Picker’s Blues / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• The Room Over Mine / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• We Three Kings / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• Send Me Your Address From Heaven / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• After The Fire Is Gone / Pam Gadd with Marty Raybon / Benefit Of Doubt / Self-Produced
• Cotton Eyed Joe / Rich Hamilton / Cornstalk Fiddle & A Shoestring Bow / Self-Produced
• Ridin’ That Midnite [sic] Train /Wilson Family Band / Family Ties / Mastershield Records
• Theme Time / Lonesome Meadow / Keepin’ The Music Alive / Mastershield Records
• To Be With You Again / The Steeldrivers / The Steeldrivers / Rounder (also a request)
• How Many Times /Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• I Got A Letter / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here’s A Little Song… / Bell Buckle
• Just Like You / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill
• Don’t You Call My Name / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• I Know, I Know / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Help Is On The Way / Horizon
• Eating Out Of Your Hand / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Where The City Ends / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records
• The Nights Are So Long / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Sold Down The River / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin’ Town / Rounder
• Log Cabin For Sale / Bear Minimum / Live At The Finnish Hall /
• I Hope You Have Learned / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller, & Gray / Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy Records
• Sally In Poor Valley / Heather Berry & Tony / Before Bluegrass / Blue Circle
• I’d Worship You / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Golden Hair / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
• The Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin’ / Rounder
• Silvertown Rag / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
• So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’, & Singin’ / Rural Rhythm
• Something Going On In The Graveyard / Larry Sparks / I Don’t Regret A Mile / Sparks Music
• V-Bottom Boat / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
• Dust On The Bible / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• Are You Lost In Sin / The Churchmen / I’ll Be Long Gone / Pinecastle
• It’s Hot Down Here / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
• Camping In Canaan’s Land / Dailey & Vincent / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 /
  Gaither Music Group
• Auld Lang Syne / Bill Keith / Must Be Santa! / Rounder
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 12/21/2008

As you might expect on the last Cafe before Christmas, the show was heavily-laden with Christmas and seasonal songs in the bluegrass style. Most of the WHUS bluegrass library is still in storage following our move to the Student Union, including all our Christmas music, so what you heard was from our personal collections.

It was a tough weather day, and on such days Marti wisely chooses to not venture forth, so I did the show without her (although on Red Rooster Party just prior to Bluegrass Cafe, I did have Marti on air with us by phone a couple of times).

Tune in Sunday the 28th when Amy will bring you the last Cafe of the year.

See you in 2009.

Jim

Requests in blue

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self-produced
• I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley / CRFRC
• Blue Christmas / The Del McCoury Band / Christmas On The Mountain / Universal South
• Cold Frosty Morning / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter On The Great Divide / Self
• Jingle Bells / Jimmy Martin / Christmas Jamboree 20 Songs / Hollywood
• Christ Was Born In Bethlehem / Nick Anderson & The Gospel Friends / Nick Anderson & The Gospel Friends / Self
• Coldest Day Of Winter / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Christmas Time On Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Christmas On The Mountain / Universal South
• Three Silver Dollars / David Parmley and Continental Divide / 3 Silver Dollars / Pinecastle
• Christmas Time's A Comin' / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley / CRFRC
• Detroit City Chill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• Hills Of Alabam' / Claire Lynch / Crowd Favorites / Rounder
• Holiday Inn / Grass Street / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
• Please Come Home For Christmas / 3 Fox Drive with John Cowan / Christmas Grass vol. 3 / Koch
• January's Cold / H. R. Cook / Neongrass / Fireball
• Old Fashioned Christmas / Jimmy Martin / Christmas Jamboree 20 Songs / Hollywood
• Hold Whatcha Got / Pam Gadd / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
• The King As A Babe Comes Down / Cherryholmes / Cherryhomes III Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
• Christmas Reunion / Reno and Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• It Won't Seem Like Christmas / Reno and Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• Up On The House Top / Raymond Fairchild / Smoky Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm
• O Little Town of Bethlehem / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter on the Great Divide / Self
• Come Home Daddy / Chris Warner / Back Again / Pinecastle
• The Room Over Mine / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Thank You For Caring / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Hit Parade Of Love / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Can't You Hear That Whistle Blow / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
• Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Honi Deaton And Dream / Chasin' Dreams / Lamon
• Jesse James / Elkville String Band / Over The Mountain / Mountain Roads
• Little Teardrops / Alan Munde Gazette / Made to Last / Munde's Child
• 20-20 Vision / Monroe Crossing / Live From Silver Dollar City / Self-produced
• Cold Shoulder / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is Two / Lonesome Day
• At The First Fall Of Snow / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Carol Of The Bells [bed for calendar] / Emory Lester / Christmas Carols / Quiet Fire
• O Little Town of Bethlehem [bed for calendar] / Emory Lester / Christmas Carols / Quiet Fire
• Lonesome Weary Heart / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Prime Cuts 92 / KBC
• Christmas Memories / Mac Wiseman with The GrooveGrass Boyz / Christmas on the Mountain / Universal South
• Eastbound Freight Train / Luke McKnight & Thunder Road / Leader Of The Band / Self-produced
• Christmas In The Hills / Hylo Brown / Christmas Jamboree 20 Songs / Hollywood
• Christmas In Dixie / Nu-Blu with Greg Luck / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
• Christmas Is Near / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley / CRFRC
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• Jingle Bells / Raymond Fairchild / Smokey Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm
• Little White Church / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe
• Over In The Gloryland / Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys / Clinch Mountain Gospel / Rebel
• Let Me Catch A Fish / Nothin' Fancy / Lord Bless This House / Pinecastle
• Let The Church Roll On / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Why Don't You Give Jesus A Try / Blue Circle
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
• The Back Of the Book / Greenbrier / The Back of the Book / Self-produced
• Trade My Cross / The Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield
• 'Neath The Tree Of Life / Carl Story and the Rambling Mountaineers / 'Neath The Tree Of Life / Old Homestead
• I Bowed On My Knees And Cried Holy / Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• Silver Bells / Raymond Fairchild / Smoky Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm

A Bluegrass Snowstorm Fill-in - 12/19/2008

Connecticut got its first big snowstorm of the season Friday 19 December, and this kept many of the WHUS crew away from the station.

I helped out by filling-in this evening for a little over an hour from just before 6pm to 7 pm, and used the time to play mostly bluegrass with a couple of songs from Jerry Reed and Hank Williams thrown in for good measure.

I hope you enjoyed this surprise programming during this drive-time hour.

What I played is listed below.

Jim


Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Lord, Mr. Ford / Jerry Reed / World's Greatest Country Novelty Records / Echo / BMG
• There Is A Time / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Carter / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is Two / Lonesome Day
• Lone Cowboy / Michael Martin Murphey / Buckaroo Bluegrass / Rural Rhythm
• The First Train Robbery / Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down and Put Up / Lonesome Day
• The Freight Wreck At Altoona / Elkville String Band / Over The Mountain / Mountain Roads
• Booth / Kati Penn / My Turn To Cry / Self produced
• How Many Bisquits Can You Eat / Stringbean / Front Porch Funnies / King
• Troubles 'Round My Door / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
• Montana Cowgirl (Coyote Song) / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy
• December Waltz / ShoreGrass / Going Home / Self-produced
• Salty Dog Blues / Curly Seckler / 60 Years Of Bluegrass With My Friends / Copper Creek
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Earl Scruggs / Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966 / Vanguard
• Two Highways / Alison Krauss and Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder
• Is It True / Jim & Jesse / 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• The Last Song / Bill Emerson / Reunion / Webco
• Blackjack / J. D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel
• Two Little Boys / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
• Jambalaya (On The Bayou) / Hank Williams / Settin’ The Woods On Fire / Snapper
• Run On / Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm

A fun fill-in for Amy...

On Tuesday AM, I got to fill in for one of the student DJs at WHUS. While the music I played wasn't strictly BG, I must say that I enjoyed myself thoroughly.

In the early days of radio (think of the time before formats), playing different types of music in the same show was the norm. I won't claim that I went too far from my "comfort zone" in the tunes I selected, but once in a while, it can be quite enjoyable to branch out a bit from the traditional Bluegrass....

Have yourselves a great week, and be sure to join Jim & Marti in the Cafe on Sunday.

Amy

• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
• The Reindeer Boogie / Hank Snow / I'm Movin' On / Proper
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Jerry Garcia / Bluegrass Reunion / Acoustic Disc
• Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home / Stanley Brothers / Earliest Recordings / Rebel
• Sally Goodin' / Steve Martin / Steve Martin Brothers / Wounded Bird Records
• Bluegrass, White Snow / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass & White Snow / Epic
• If We Make It Through December / Merle Haggard / Moneyland / McCoury Music
• Keep On The Sunnyside / Maybelle Carter / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Christmas With You / Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash / The Johnny Cash Family Christmas / Sony
• My Clinch Mountain Home / Carter Family / Carter Family / Sphere Records
• That Christmasy Feeling / Tommy Cash with Johnny Cash / The Johnny Cash Family Christmas / Sony
• Kiss Crazy Baby / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Heartbreak U.S.A. / Kitty Wells / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• Menzone Drive / Dan Menzone / Menzone Drive / Self-Produced
• A Man Like Me / Roger Miller / A Man Like Me / Bear Family
• Blue Christmas / Ernest Tubb / Definitive Collection / MCA
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / Radio Gems
• When I Stop Dreaming / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming / Razor & Tie
• Devoted To You / Everly Brothers / 36 All-Time Favorites / GSC Music
• The Other Side Of Town / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Carry Me Back / Statler Brothers / Legendary Statler Brothers / Reader's Digest
• Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas / John Denver / Christmas In Concert / BMG
• Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Brenda Lee / Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas / Time Life
• An Old Christmas Card / Jim Reeves / Twelve Songs Of Christmas / RCA
• Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• Jingle Bell Rock / Bobby Helms / Billboard Greatest Country Christmas Hits / Rhino
• An Old Fashioned Christmas Polka / Riders In The Sky / Christmas The Cowboy Way / Rounder
• My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• All I Want For Christmas Is You / Buck Owens & the Buckaroos / Christmas With Buck Owens / Sundazed
• Christmas In Carolina / Wildwood Valley Boys / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• Country Christmas / Loretta Lynn / 20th Century Masters / MCA

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/14/2008

Hello all -

Sunday's show started just a few minutes later than usual, as WHUS aired a Women's Hockey game until a bit after 4PM. It was December graduation day at UCONN, too, so finding a parking spot was challenging, to say the least. We prevailed, though, and managed to still bring you some great Bluegrass music (we hope).

Christmas songs were interspersed throughout most of the playlist, and we continued our December giveaway of several great CDs for our listeners. Many thanks to the folks at Rural Rhythm and Rebel for providing the giveaways this time around....

If you didn't get a chance to win a CD this week (or for the last two weeks), please be sure to listen to Jim & Marti in the Cafe next Sunday.

In addition to the Christmas tunes and a couple of requests, there was a bit of new music this week from a fine forthcoming project on Rural Rhythm by Audie Blaylock & Redline, a singer/songwriter from upstate New York, Tim Seabolt, a good new project from California-based Chris Stuart & Backcountry, and a tune from a North Carolina group, the Kickin Grass Band.

While I won't be on the air again at the Bluegrass Cafe until after Christmas, I'm scheduled to do a fill-in at WHUS on Tuesday, December 16th from 10AM-noon. My intent at this point is to play a mix of classic country music as well as the BG. Do join me if you can.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and will save the New Year's wishes 'til next time around....

Amy

Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Muleskinner Blues / Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• Waiting To Hear You Call My Name / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• A Good Man Like Me / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country
• Blue Christmas Lights / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• Climbing Up A Mountain / Cedar Hill / Looking Back / Scena Records
• I Won’t Be Far From Here / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Sweet Carrie / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• December Waltz / ShoreGrass / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Christmas Time’s A Coming / Rhonda Vincent / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks #3 / Rural Rhythm
• Crooked Man / Chris Stuart & Backcountry / Crooked Man / Backcountry
• You Ain’t Country / Tim Seabolt / Grandpa’s Gibson / Self-Produced
• Chug A Lug / Kickin Grass Band / Kickin Grass Band / Self-Produced
• Burning Georgia Down / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time / Longview / Lessons In Stone /Rebel
• Christmas Story / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• You’re My Darling / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• I’ll Never Shed Another Tear / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Ain’t It Funny / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Too Many Tears / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds / Capitol
• Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder
• Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ / Rebel
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs /
  Columbia
• Feeling Blue / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin’ / Rounder
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top XPress / Try A Little Kindness /
  Rounder
• Never Say Never Again / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / F5 Music
• No More The Moon Shines On Lorena / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody & Their Brother / Swift River Music
• Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On /Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Don’t Throw Mama’s Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Christmas In Carolina / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
• Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone? / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Sunny Side Of Life / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
• Redwood Hill / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• Brand New Heartache / New England Bluegrass Band / 10 Years Of European World Of Bluegrass / Strictly Country
• Don’t Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Christmas In Virginia /Lost & Found / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• Jingle Bells / Don Reno & Red Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• I Can Go Back Anytime / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
• Run On / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’ / Rural Rhythm
• It’s Just A Matter Of Time / Gary Ferguson & Friends / Live At Podunk / Patuxent Music
• Cry Of The Wind / Dan Helman & Marking Time / Shadows On The Wall / Self-Produced
• The Back Of The Book / Greenbrier / The Back Of The Book / Self-Produced
• O Christmas Candle / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Christmas Grass 2 / Koch
• Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• The Friendly Beasts / Johnson Mountain Boys / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• I Have Found The Way / Louvin Brothers / Songs That Tell A Story / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 12/7/2008

Hi Folks.

The ground turned white on Sunday, and Marti and I were hoping we wouldn't have too much trouble getting to the studio. It actually turned out okay. We only felt like Popsicles.

The cold and snow made a good backdrop for some seasonal music, like Emmylou's "Roses In The Snow" and some original and classic winter and Christmas tunes from Anne & Pete Sibley -- Connecticut natives now making their home out west. We also heard a great Christmas song from Nick Anderson and the Gospel Friends -- an excellent Connecticut band configuration from a couple of years ago.

While not related to the season, we picked a great solo album from our personal archives by Jack Lawrence (Doc Watson's long-time picking partner) and played a couple from that project.

You kept the phones busy, and we love that. In the Christmas spirit, we gave away four more CDs which the Bluegrass Cafe crew will continue doing through Christmas.

We even checked out new WHUS DJ "Phil" during this show, and Phil now has a greater appreciation for the Bluegrass Music as a result of his exposure to the Cafe.

So thanks for listening, and be sure to tune in next week when Amy will keep the banjos and fiddles ringing.

Jim

requests in blue

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self-produced
• Hard Living / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Upper Management
• Rollin On These Rubber Wheels / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• Roses In The Snow / Emmylou Harris / Roses in the Snow / Warner Bros
• This World Is Not My Home / Gravity / Roadman / Limehouse
• Gonna Take A Train / Kati Penn / My Turn to Cry / Self-produced
• I'm Ridin' This Train / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
• Ten Miles To Deep Gap / Jack Lawrence / About Time / G-Run Records
• Alison's Band / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Wheels / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• I've Lost You / Big Country Bluegrass / Open for Business / Mountain Roads
• I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name / Danny Paisley / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Through the Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through the Window of a Train / Rounder
• Erase the Miles / IIIrd Tyme Out / Footprints: A IIIrd Tyme Out Collection / Rounder
• Winter On The Great Divide / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter on the Great Divide / Self-produced
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Thank You For Caring / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Cindy Mae / Crowe Brothers / Brothers -N- Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Take Me Back (And Leave Me There) / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Creecy Greens / Heather Berry & Tony / Before Bluegrass / Blue Circle
• Lonesome Weary Heart / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, vol. 92 / KBC
• Carolina State of Mind / Daughters of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouque / Blue Circle
• Goodbye Old Pal / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Old Train / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel
• Blue Moon Rising / Blue Moon Rising / One Lonely Shadow / Lonesome Day
• My Smoky Mountain Home / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-produced
• Dixieland (My Old Hometown) / Ralph Stanley / Old-Time Pickin' / Rebel
• The Lovers' Quarrel / Jeremy Stephens & Tom Mindte / Old Time Duets / Patuxent
• Live And Let Live / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Lonesome River / Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press / Bluegrass Melodies / Rounder
• Randall Collins / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Live And Learn (Prime Cuts Vol. 94) / Rebel (KBC)
• If I Ever Get Back To Ole Kentucky / The Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / Self-produced
• How Can It Be / Avery County / Me & The Jukebox / Self-produced
• The First Train Robbery / Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down And Put Up / Lonesome Day
• Rambling Letters / Cedar Hill / Looking Back / Scena
• I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• John Hardy / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots - 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
• My Blue Ridge Memories / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• The Season Of My Heart / Rick Lang & Friends / The Season Of My Heart / Haley Anna Music
• I'm Not There Yet / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Roanoke / The Baker Boys / Lonesome Weary Heart / Patuxent
• Fox Run The Henhouse / Tim Hensley / Long Monday / Rural Rhythm
• Little Maggie / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Twenty One Miles / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy
• Wide Open / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• If You're Ever Gonna Love Me / Jack Lawrence / About Time / G-Run
• I Know, I Know / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Help Is On The Way / Horizon
• Darkest Hour Is Before The Dawn / Emmylou Harris / Roses In The Snow / Warner Brothers
• O Little Town of Bethlehem / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter On The Great Divide / Self-produced
• Christ Was Born In Bethlehem / Nick Anderson & The Gospel Friends / Nick Anderson & The Gospel Friends / Self-produced
• I Saw The Light / Iron Horse / The Gospel According To Hank Williams / CMH
• Trade My Cross / The Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield
• That's What Makes You Strong / The Bluegrass Gospel Project / Makes You Strong / Vital Records
• Over In The Gloryland / Darren Beachley / I Love You To The Moon and Back / Blue Circle
• The King As A Babe Comes Down / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III - Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
• Hard Times / James Alan Shelton / Walking Down The Line / Sheltone