Bluegrass Cafe

Sunday, August 16, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 8/16/2009

Hi Folks.

Most of the show was dedicated to various 2009 IBMA Awards nominees. We had several requests that varied the program a bit, and we tried out a few new tunes and lesser-played tunes to measure reaction.

We also featured a few tracks spread out through the show from a 1997 CD from regional band Shady Creek titled "Get Your Feet Wet!" to celebrate Nick Anderson's 2nd annual Shady Creek Music and Homecoming festival the day before. All the members from that CD's band configuration reunited for a performance the previous evening.

Here's a photo of that band:

Tom Bressette, Ted Mello, Nick Anderson, and Suzie Gibson (l to r).

New addition: Click here for a video of the Shady Creek Reunion Band!

There was also a surprise performance by New England bluegrass pioneer, Sam Tidwell, and some of his friends, including former Bluegrass Cafe producer, Myrna Riquier.

Fred Etheridge, Myrna Riquier, Suzie Gibson, Mike ?, Nick Anderson, and Sam Tidwell

I'll bet Amy will add some photos of the Rank Stranglers when she gets back. Check back here from time to time to find out.

Amy will be with you next week to make the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim & Marti

requests in blue

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-produced
Leaving Baker County / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
Keep On Walkin' / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
The White House Blues / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
Dreams / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet! / Self-produced
Restless State Of Mind / Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain / Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain / Rural Rhythm
Big, Big Heartaches / Grasstowne / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 98 / KBC
I'm Ridin' This Train / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
I Don't Think I'm Going Back To Harlan / Dale Ann Bradley, Daughters of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All-American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
Don't Take Me Tonight As I Am / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
Iron & Diamonds / The Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
Wheels / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
Blackjack / J. D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel
My Angeline / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
Blue Eyed Boy / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass
Don't Tread On Me / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
Things In Life / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet! / Self-produced
Moonshine / The Earl Brothers / Moonshine / Self-produced
Yesterday's Songs / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely Street / Rounder
Stone Cold Blue / Tim Graves & Cherokee / Prodigal Son / C & L
Head Hung Down / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
Hell Broke Loose In Georgia / The Gillis Brothers / Live / Self-produced
Cold Outside / The Gillis Brothers / Live / Self-produced
Let Me Fall / Adam Steffey / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
Jericho / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
The Storm / Liz Meyer / The Storm / Strictly Country
Randall Collins / Kenny And Amanda Smith / Live and Learn / Rebel
Girl At Crossroads Bar / Blackstone Valley Bluegrass / Debut / Self-produced
Two Lonely Hearts / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
Been All Around The World / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet! / Self-produced
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Bill Clifton / 20 Bluegrass Originals / Deluxe
Love For The Mountains / Crossover / Friends Having Fun / Self-produced
Amanda Lynn / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
Them Blues / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
The Day That Lester Died / Claire Lynch / Crowd Favorites / Rounder
The Other Side Of Jordan / Paul Williams and the Victory Trio / Where No One Stands Alone / Rebel
Power In The Blood / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Echoes of the Mountains / Rounder
Brother, I'm Getting Ready To Go / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
Jerusalem Tomorrow / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
When We All Get To Heaven / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
Who'll Sing For Me? / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
Just A little Talk With Jesus / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Why Don't You Give Jesus A Try / Blue Circle
When The Last Of Our Days Shall Come / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely Street / Rounder
Darkness Wept / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Lots of Bluegrass this weekend....

Friday, August 14th -- GRASS ROUTES in Andover, CT -- Andover Gazebo, School Road (located in between the Town Hall & the Andover Elementary School -- School Road is located off of Route 316, which is accessible from Routes 6 & 66). Show is FREE and the music starts at 6:30PM. For more information, call the Andover Public Library at (860)742-7428.

Saturday, August 15th -- BEAR MINIMUM (and possibly a set from the BEAR BRIDGE BAND) in Peru, MA -- Peru Town Pavilion, Route 143, Peru, MA. This is part of the 2nd annual Peru Church Car Show. For more info on the car show, call (413)655-2493. Showtime is 3PM.

Saturday, August 15th -- Lots of bands, including SHADY CREEK, PINE CREEK, CROSSOVER, CHARTER OAK, and SHOREGRASS at the Shady Creek Festival in Plainfield, CT. Music is on Saturday only and starts around 10AM. Donations are accepted. Location is 20 Colbridge Road in Plainfield. For more info, call (860)564-1018.
***Update for 8/14/2009: rumor has it that a certain banjo playing, bona fide "Pioneer of Bluegrass" who hails from the State of Rhode Island will be playing at this festival on Saturday. Stop by to see who it is...

Sunday, August 16th -- A special event at the Firebox Restaurant in Hartford, CT: NICK & DICK & THE RANK STRANGLERS (a "Stanley Brothers experience" type of grouping). Showtime is 5PM, and admission is free. The Firebox is located at 539 Broad Street in Hartford. For more info, call (860)246-1222.

Monday, August 10, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 8/9/2009

Hi Folks,

We began the show with a heritage corner tribute to the recently-departed Mike Seeger that began with selections from his two influential Folkways field-recorded LPs, and two of Mike at Newport with The New Lost City Ramblers.

About halfway through the first hour we put Dick Bowden on the air for a great discussion of Stanley music and some banjo pickin'. Dick, whose regular band is The Old Time Bluegrass Singers, is participating in a Stanley tribute show at a Hartford restaurant (The Firebox) next Sunday with a group called "Nick & Dick and the Rank Stranglers", so we had a good time while promoting that show.

We were able to get some new music on that included singles from Darren Beachley, Larry Stephenson with Dailey & Vincent, and a couple from Barry Scott & Second Wind's new CD.

Next week we will be back, or we will have a bluegrass guest fill-in for us. You will just have to tune in to find out.

Jim & Marti

requests in blue

Song / Artist / Album / Label

Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-produced
Old Joe Clark / Yellin, Seeger & Weissberg / Mountain Music Bluegrass Style / Smithsonian Folkways
Ground Hog / Mike Seeger / American Banjo Three Finger and Scruggs Style / Smithsonian Folkways
Train Forty-Five / The New Lost City Ramblers / Bluegrass at Newport / Vanguard
Pretty Little Miss / The New Lost City Ramblers / Bluegrass at Newport / Vanguard
Red Rockin' Chair / Darren Beachley / I Love You To The Moon and Back / Blue Circle
I Got A Letter / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here's A Little Song / Bell Buckle
Destination Life / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
Swingin' A Nine Pound Hammer / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / 24 Bluegrass Favorites / Rural Rhythm
Thirty Years Of Farming / James King / Thirty Years Of Farming / Rounder

Discussion with Dick Bowden

The Flood / The Stanley Brothers / 1953-1958 & 1959 / Bear Family
Little Glass Of Wine / The Gillis Brothers / Live / Self-produced
Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Ralph Stanley and others / Masters Of The Banjo / Arhoolie
There Is A Trap / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
When You're Lonely / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers of Bluegrass / Skaggs Family
That Star Belongs To Me / The Case Brothers / Radio Album / Self-produced
Lonely River / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
Dreaming Of A Little Cabin / James Reams, Walter Hensley and the Barons of Bluegrass / Wild Card / Mountain Redbird
Nashville Jail / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads
Murder On Music Row / Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time / Murder On Music Row / Shell Point
Two Dimes and A Nickel / David Davis & The Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes And A Nickel / Rebel
Little John, I Am / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
Dixieland (My Old Home Town) / Ralph Stanley / Old-Time Pickin' / Rebel
Hold Whatcha Got / Pam Gadd / Benefit of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
Dirt Roads / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Self-produced
Ring The Bell / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
Rambler's Blues / Kenny And Amanda Smith / Live and Learn / Rebel
Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Mac Wiseman / Essential Bluegrass Anthology / Not Now
Going Back To Old Virginia / Linda Lay and Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Folklife
Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
I Can Go Back Anytime / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
A Country Boy In Search Of A Country Girl / Lost & Found / Love, Lost And Found / Rebel
Give This Message To My Heart / Larry Stephenson Feat. Dailey and Vincent / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 100 / KBC Music
Daddy's Chair / Darren Beachley / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 100 / KBC Music
The Family Who Prays / Red Allen / Keep On Going / Rebel
On The Wings Of Angels / Barry Scott & Second Wind / In God's Time / Rebel
Plan Of Salvation / Barry Scott & Second Wind / In God's Time / Rebel
Prayer Bell Of Heaven / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
Keeper Of The Door / The Gillis Brothers / Live / Self-produced
When We All Get To Heaven / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die) / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

Monday, August 03, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 8/2/2009

Well, Sunday's show was all about winding down (for me, anyway) from a big weekend of terrific Bluegrass at the 14th annual Podunk Bluegrass Festival in nearby East Hartford. Congratulations to the Podunk Bluegrass Committee -- a non-profit organization in CT -- who organized another terrific festival under less-than-ideal weather conditions. This year's festival had the greatest number of campers ever, so we'll look forward to seeing (and hearing!) what's in store for 2010....

In addition to playing music from a few of the performers featured at Podunk over the weekend, we included a couple of tunes from forthcoming projects by Larry Stephenson, as well as Darren Beachley (both cuts found on Volume 100 of the "Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass"), and music from a California band who concentrates on traditional Bluegrass: Blue & Lonesome.

We also included music from the one and only Neon Valley Boys recording. The Neons were a Rhode Island Bluegrass group in the early 1980s who made just one album, but the members have performed at "reunion" shows from time to time over the past few years, and so, they decided to have that one album remastered and packaged as a CD. Jeffrey Horton, the bass player with the Neons, and later a member of the group Northern Lights, was teaching a harmony workshop at Podunk, and gave me a copy of the remastered CD. Very, very fun music, and certainly as enjoyable in 2009 as it was in 1982 (!) when it was recorded.

Jim & Marti join you for the next couple of Sundays, I believe, so don't forget to make them part of your summer Sunday plans.

Amy

Requests are RED.

Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rocky Grass / Blue Planet
Rain Please Go Away / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
Knee Deep In The Blues / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
I Don’t Know What To Do / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
Sittin’ Alone In The Moonlight / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
One Step Ahead Of The Blues / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin’ Live / Rounder
Saratoga Ride / Frank Wakefield / Ownself Blues / Patuxent Music
East Kentucky Home / The Steeldrivers / The Steeldrivers / Rounder
I’ll Wash Your Love From My Heart / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds / Capitol
Get Up John / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Bluegrass Rules / Rounder
I Can’t Stand To Ramble / Good Ol’ Persons / Good ‘n Live / Sugar Hill
Will You Be Loving Another Man / Tim Graves & Cherokee / Prodigal Son / C&L Entertainment
Weathered Gray Stone / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
Old Man From The Mountain / BearTracks / Together ‘Til The End / AMT Records
Down In Caroline / Curly Seckler / Down In Caroline / Copper Creek
Silvertown Rag / Bristol Boys / All Aboard With The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
Caney Fork River / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
Mary Ann / Jimmy Martin / Bean Blossom / MCA
My Friend Clyde / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
Give This Message To Your Heart / Larry Stephenson with Dailey & Vincent / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, v.100 / KBC
Some Old Day / Blue & Lonesome / Some Old Day / Self-Produced
Daddy’s Chair / Darren Beachley / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, v.100 / KBC
Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / The Neon Valley Boys / Sudden Comfort Records
Left Handed Dreamer / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
A Country Boy In Search Of A Country Girl / Lost & Found / Love, Lost & Found / Rebel
My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco
Don’t Give Up On Me / Songs From The Road Band / As The Crow Flies / Lucks Dumpy Toad Records
Stuck Out In The Rain / High Windy / A Greater Storm / Mountain Home
Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight / Country Gentlemen / Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ / Rebel'
Ridin’ The Lines / The Travelers / Ridin’ The Lines / Hay Holler
Crazy Finger Blues / Reno & Smiley / Country Boy Rock ‘n Roll / King
That’s What I Get For Lovin’ You / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / Steeltown Records
My Old Kentucky Home / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
Something New / GrassRoutes / Something New / Self-Produced
Standing Room Only (Outside Your Heart) / Stanley Brothers / Don’t Cheat In Our Hometown / King
Don’t Know Why / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
Blue Eyed Darlin’ / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
Goin’ Across The Sea / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / Rural Rhythm
Fork In The Road / Infamous Stringdusters / Fork In The Road / Sugar Hill
Dog House Blues / Mickey Harris / Dog House Blues / MJH Records
What A Beautiful Day (For The Lord To Come Again) / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
Get Up Peter / Stan Keach / 20 Bluegrass Songs By Stan Keach /
Don’t You Want To Go Home / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler’s Call / Self-Produced
When I’ve Traveled My Last Mile / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
I’ll Never Go Back / Louvin Brothers / Songs That Tell A Story / Rounder
When The Last Of Our Days Shall Come / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely Street / Rounder
Will He Wait A Little Longer / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
Brother, I’m Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Monday, July 27, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/26/2009 (plus a fill-in, 7/24/2009)

Hello there -

On Sunday's show, we featured a quick chat with two of the biggest names going in Bluegrass today -- Dailey & Vincent. In their relatively short career working together (first show date in late December 2007), they've already won several awards from both IBMA & SPBGMA, have released two fabulous albums on Rounder Records, and have played on the Grand Ole Opry. If all of that isn't enough, they'll be playing two sets this Saturday, August 1st at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival in nearby East Hartford, CT. Make plans to come out and see D&V, as well as the other fabulous performers at this 14th edition of Podunk, including the Del McCoury Band, Rhonda Vincent, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, the Special Consensus, the Steep Canyon Rangers, and lots more.

We gave away our last of 4 one-day passes to Podunk, as well as several CDs. Thanks to everyone who called -- we'll have more CD giveaways over the remaining weeks of summer.

New music was also featured a bit on Sunday, this time from Lou Reid & Carolina and their fine new Rural Rhythm recording, "My Own Set Of Rules." Lou Reid has long been one of my favorite voices in Bluegrass, and this new CD from him and the band doesn't disappoint in any way. Rest assured that you'll be hearing plenty more from this disc in future weeks.

If you're heading to Podunk this coming weekend -- July 30-August 2 -- please be sure to look for Jim & me. We have lots of WHUS goodies for you (pens, stickers, plastic cups), so don't be a stranger!

I'll be back with you next Sunday on the air, too -- please tune in, if you can.

Amy

P.S. I'm including a second playlist this week, as well, as I did a three-hour classic country & BG fill-in at WHUS on Friday, 7/25. Not everything I played was BG, but I sure had a lot of fun....

Requests are RED.

Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rocky Grass / Blue Planet
Kisses Don’t Lie / Lynn Morris Band / Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
Polka On A Banjo / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Legacy
Stone Walls And Steel Bars / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys / Live! At McClure / Rebel
Old Train / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel
Eatin’ Out Of Your Hand / Don Reno & Bill Harrell / Live! At McClure / Rebel
40, 80, or 10 / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy Records
Steppin’ Stones / Paul Williams / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
Lost And I’ll Never Find The Way / Ricky Skaggs / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
I’m On My Way Back To The Old Home / Ralph Stanley with Bill Monroe / Live! At McClure / Rebel
Picture Me There / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
My Love Is Way Up On A Mountain / Spring Creek / Way Up On A Mountain / Rebel
Poor Monroe / Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley / Second Generation / Rebel
Rusty Old Halo / Dale Ann Bradley / Don’t Turn Your Back / Compass Records
Knock Knock! / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
Air Mail Special / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
Girl In The Valley / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ / Rebel
Monroe’s Mandolin / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely Street / Rounder
I’ve Got A Feeling / Liz Meyer with Nugget / 10 Years Of European World Of Bluegrass / Strictly Country
Cold Cold River / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Self-Produced
Whitehouse Blues / Muleskinner / Potpourri Of Bluegrass Jam / DBB Works
Homesick / Two High String Band / Hot Texas Bluegrass Burrito / Self-Produced
Don’t You Call My Name / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
Winter’s Come And Gone / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin / You Don’t Know My Mind / Rounder
Dixie Flyer / GrassTowne / The Road Headin’ Home / Pinecastle
Hard Rock Mountain Prison (‘Till I Die) / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
Stop The World (And Let Me Off) / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
Try To Be / NewFound Road / Same Old Place / Rounder
A Good Man Like / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
Never Looking Back / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes And A Nickel / Rebel
Foggy Mountain Chimes / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
East Virginia Blues / John Chapman / Flatpicking Bluegrass / FGM Records
The Train’s Ready / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
Everything’s Blue / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
Helping Hands / Johnny Williams / Last Day Of Galax / Mountain Roads Recordings
What Will Become Of Me / Special Consensus / Everything’s Alright / Pinecastle
It’s So Hard To Stumble (When You’re Down On Your Knees) / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan’s Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’ : Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm
When The Saints Go Marching In / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
Just An Old Rounder / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
Welcome In / Jim Eanes / In His Arms / Rebel
Call His Name / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
Drowning Sailor / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Fill-in, 7/24/2009 - 1-4PM

Can The Circle Be Unbroken / Carter Family / The Golden Age / Columbia
The Brakeman’s Blues (Yodelling The Blues Away) / Jimmie Rodgers / Essential Jimmie Rodgers / RCA
Jimmie’s Texas Blues / Merle Haggard / Same Train, A Different Time / Bear Family
Keep On The Sunny Side / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Maybelle Carter / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
Rocky Road Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Legacy
You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
Bluegrass Special / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Legacy
Bill Monroe For Breakfast / Acoustic Blue / This Is Now / Self-Produced
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy / Red Foley / Your Cheatin’ Heart / Dynamic
Goodnight, Irene / Ernest Tubb & Red Foley / The Definitive Collection / MCA
As Long As I Live / Kitty Wells & Red Foley / 20th Century Masters / MCA
Little John, I Am / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
Whole Lot More Living / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
All That’s Left (For You To Do Is Leave) / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads Recordings
Look For Me / Angelica Grim / Look For Me / Patuxent Music
The Wishing Well / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
Hoping That You’re Hoping / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming / Razor & Tie
Don’t Say Goodbye If You Love Me / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
Cincinnati Ohio / Connie Smith / Essential Connie Smith / BMG
Foggy River / Jeanne Shepard / Lighthearted And Blue / Capitol
Mr. & Mrs. Used To Be / Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
The Boys Are Back In Town / Patty Loveless / Mountain Soul / Epic
Yesterday’s Wine / Willie Nelson / Wanted : The Outlaws / RCA
Hello Walls / Faron Young / Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young / Collector’s Choice
Enough Of You / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
Spring Will Bring Flowers / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
Million For A Broken Heart / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
Guess Things Happen That Way / Johnny Cash / Songs That Made Him Famous / Sun
Kisses Don’t Lie / Carl Smith / The Tall Gentleman / Living Era
One More Ride / Hank Snow / A Proper Introduction To Hank Snow / Proper
You’re Gonna Change Or I’m Gonna Leave / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Songs
I Still Miss Someone / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
Send Me Your Address From Heaven / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
Comin’ On Strong / David Peterson / Comin’ On Strong / Self-Produced
When I’m Gone / BearTracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
Nashville Cats / Del McCoury Band / By Request / McCoury Music
Signs / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
Single Girl / Bearfoot / Doors And Windows / Compass Records
Your Love Is Like A Flower / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
The Crow / Steve Martin / The Crow / Rounder
Roving Gambler / Peter Rowan / The Walls Of Time / Sugar Hill
Freight Train Boogie / Bear Minimum / Live At The Finnish Hall /
Pick Up The Blues / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin’ Pretty Women / Rebel
Trouble And Me / Buck Owens / I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail / Sundazed
Lonesome 7-7203 / Hawkshaw Hawkins / Hard To Find Hits / BMG
Then I’ll Stop Loving You / Jim Reeves / Four Walls—The Legend Begins / RCA
Chicken Pickin’ / Don Rich / Country Pickin’ : The Don Rich Anthology / Sundazed
Flowers On The Wall / Statler Brothers / Flowers On The Wall / Columbia

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Programming notes...

This Friday, July 24th, Amy will be doing a fill-in at WHUS during the "Viable Rhythms" timeslot. We'll sort of morph the show -- for the week, anyway -- into a "Viable CLASSIC COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS Rhythms," and will include a chat with a special guest around 2PM. Russell Moore of Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out will join us via the telephone to talk about, among other things, the band's new Rural Rhythm CD, as well as the group's upcoming appearance at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival. If you're in the area and can listen to the radio at work, please feel free to check us out from 1-4PM.

During the normal "Bluegrass Cafe" program time this Sunday, July 26th, we'll also be chatting on the ol' telephone with Dailey & Vincent. In their relatively short time working together, this dynamic duo has won all sorts of awards, have released two top-notch albums, and are also on the bill to play at Podunk on Saturday, August 1st. We expect them to call in around 5:15PM on Sunday -- hope you can join us at 91.7 on your FM dial or online at http://www.whus.org/.

For more information on Podunk -- where it is, how to get there, prices, etc. -- visit their website at www.podunkbluegrass.net or call (860)528-1458.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 7/19/2009

We had another gorgeous New England day to have the radio tuned to 91.7 (or the internet browser on www.whus.org) for the best in bluegrass!

Our listeners had an opportunity to win two single day passes to the upcoming Podunk Bluegrass Festival in East Hartford (30 July - 2 Aug) -- congratulations Bernie and Meg -- and we had guest DJ James Ward in the studio programming the middle hour of the show -- an option James selected during the last WHUS Radiothon. James' selections are shown below in bold dark green.

Most of our playlist was new music this week, and the selections prove that bluegrass is alive and well.

Amy will be with you next week, so be sure to tune in for more great music, and another opportunity to win a day ticket to Podunk.

Jim