"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 7/8/2012 - Andy Griffith

Hi Folks.

Andy Griffith (1965)

Andy Griffith was a powerful influence on American culture in a very positive way, especially because of The Andy Griffith Show (TAGS) which aired between 1960 and 1968.  While Andy was a notable screen actor, play actor, and television actor, the legacy of TAGS is the most enduring, having been in continuous re-run since its original run.

Andy Griffith, Roland White, Eric White, Clarence White,
Billy Ray Lathum, Leroy Mack - "The Country Boys"

Andy Griffith's college degree was in music, and TAGS was a great vehicle for Andy to showcase music in some way on most episodes.  The ones we remember most are the episodes with The Country Boys, who were essentially the Kentucky Colonels before they assumed the name, and the six episodes with the Darling family played by the mostly non-speaking but hot picking Dillards.  The music on those shows was unquestionably some of the most influential to the bluegrass genre in history, introducing many people to bluegrass for the first time.

The Dillards as the Darling family.
Dean Webb, Doug Dillard, Mitch Jayne, Rodney Dillard

For this show, we had a short segment celebrating the musical and recorded influence of Andy Griffith, including his first recording which was a stand-up monologue called "What It Was Was Football," and several of the songs that appeared on TAGS with The Country Boys and The Dillards.

New music included tracks from Lou Reid & Carolina, Marty Raybon, The Spinney Brothers, The Grascals, Bill Evans, The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, Nightflyer, Audie Blaylock and Redline, Acoustic Blue, Lonesome River Band, Mickey Boles, Larry Stephenson, Travers Chandler & Avery County, and our debut of tracks from Balsam Range's new album, Papertown.

The Heritage Corner selections came from The Stanley Brothers, Ralph Stanley, Jim & Jesse, Delia Bell & Bill Grant, and Larry Richardson & Happy Smith.

Be sure to tune in next Sunday when Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim Beaver

• Old Joseph / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• Kentucky Blues / Lou Reid & Carolina / Callin' Me Back Home / KMA
• White House Blues / Marty Raybon / Southern Roots & Branches / Rural Rhythm
• Makin' A Killin' / The Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever
• What It Was Was Football / Andy Griffith / An American Original / Capitol
• Flop Eared Mule / Andy Griffith / An American Original / Capitol
• Doug's Tune / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• Cindy / Andy Griffith / An American Original / Capitol
• There Is A Time / The Dillards / Live! Almost! / Elektra
• Goodbye To The Blues / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Room At The Top Of The Stairs / NewFound Road / Live At The Down Home / Rounder
• The Turkey Buzzard / Joe Mullins, Aubrey Haynie / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• Today Marks The Day / Larry Gillis and the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Swinging Bridge / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads
• I'll Love Nobody But You / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• The Sound Of Your Name / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice w. Rhonda Vincent / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• Ridin' That Midnight Train / The Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 / Gusto
• Hello Mr. Lonesome / The Grascals / Life Finds A Way / Mountain Home
• Natural Disaster / Steep Canyon Rangers / Nobody Knows You / Rounder
• A Hard Day's Night / Bill Evans / In Good Company / Native And Fine
• Kansas City Star / The Tennesse Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed
• Sad Wind Sighs / Nightflyer / Self-titled / Kang
• The Chair / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm
• Bein' Country / Acoustic Blue / Bein' Country / Self-released
• The Mayberry Hat / Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band / I Wish Life Was Like Mayberry / Rural Rhythm
• Tennessee Whiskey / Chris Stapleton, Morgane Hayes, Bradley Walker / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Just Let Me Fall / Larry Richardson & Happy Smith / Rare Bluegrass - Historic Cuts / JSP
• Two Dollar Ring / Cedar Hill / I've Got A Thing About Doors / Blue Circle
• This Old Barstool / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Please Don't Honey Please Don't / Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / Steeped In Tradition / Brandywine
• Walking Back To Bristol / Bob Amos / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone
• The Old Man's Story / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• I'll Never Dream No More / The Foot Hill Boys / Bluegrass in the Carolina Mountains / County
• I Can't Settle Down / James Reams & The Barnstormers / One Foot In The Honky Tonk / Mountain Redbird
• Perfume, Powder and Lead / Lonesome River Band / Chronology Vol. 2 / Rural Rhythm
• Florida Blues / Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman / A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren Vol. 2 / Self-released
• Sheeps In the Meadow-Stoney Fork (bed) / Doc & Merle Watson / Guitar Album / Flying Fish
• Guitar Polka (bed) / Doc & Merle Watson / Guitar Album / Flying Fish
• John Henry-Worried Blues (bed) / Doc & Merle Watson / Guitar Album / Flying Fish
• Turkey In The Straw (bed) / Bill Monroe and Doc Watson / Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 / Smithsonian Folkways
• Other Side Of The Mountain / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• Foggy Mountain Home / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
• Stages / Snyder Family Band / Stages / Mountain Roads
• Reuben Takes The D-Train / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Going Up Dry Branch / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• The Blues Don't Care Who's Got 'Em / Larry Stephenson / What Really Matters / Compass
• Man On The Mule / The Isaacs / Bridges / Horizon
• Remind Me Dear Lord / Mickey Boles / Let My Feet Go Runnin' / Self-released
• When Heaven Comes Down / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Row By Row / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• Old Time Religion / Carl Story / The Late And Great Carl Story 1916-1995 / Gusto
• Lord Lead Me On / The Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Hay Holler
• Destination Glory / Jim & Jesse / Dixie Hoedown / Starday
• Carry It Back To The Cross / Mickey Galyean et.al / Born Into Bluegrass / Mountain Roads
• Blessed Jesus Hold My Hand / Crowe Brothers / Bluegrass Gospel / Gusto
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever
• Gloryland / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

Mineral Springs Campground Bluegrass Festival - 2012

GrassRoutes at the 2011 edition of the Foot Stomp'n Festival

There's a mighty fine BG festival happening in eastern CT this weekend:  the annual Foot Stomp'n Festival at the Mineral Springs Family Campground in Stafford Springs, CT.  This festival has been going on for...well, I'm not exactly sure of HOW many years, but it's definitely been more than ten.  While the festival itself is kind of a low-key affair, the talent is definitely NOT low-key, as the lineup includes some of the best BG bands in the region.  Over the course of the three days, the performers include Acoustic Blue, Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters, the Bear Bridge Band (and its off-shoot, Bear Minimum), Crossover, Gail Wade & Turning Point, GrassRoutes, Hot Mustard, Southern Rail, and TrueGrass.  Even though the weather forecasters are predicting some major league heat on Saturday (as well as the possibility of afternoon thunderstorms), this is a festival you really don't want to miss.  For more information, call (860)684-2993 or visit the Mineral Springs website by clicking here.  The campground is located at 135 Leonard Road in Stafford Springs.  


I hope to see lots of folks there, of course.  I'm bringing a few WHUS items with me, so we'll be looking for you...


Amy 

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/1/2012

Today's BG Cafe started off with a bang -- literally.  Some pretty major thunderstorms passed through eastern CT right around 4PM, but it seems like they were pretty fast-moving through Storrs, so we had no worries about the station being knocked off the air today -- hooray!

Audie Blaylock on stage at Jenny Brook - 2012

Last weekend, I spent four days at the wonderful Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in Tunbridge, VT, so it was impossible for me not to come back and share a bit of music from a few of the performers I'd seen and heard there, such as traditional bands Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Audie Blaylock & Redline, the always-entertaining trio known as BearTracks, and the one-and-only J.D. Crowe & the New South.  Jenny Brook is a terrific festival -- one for you to put on your "must-attend" list for 2013 and beyond.


Another perennial act featured at Jenny Brook is the Gibson Brothers.  When the Gibsons were just starting out on their musical adventure, New England BG festivals were some of the first they played, and so, Eric and Leigh and the band have a HUGE following throughout New England.  A Jenny Brook audience of old friends likes to hear those earlier Gibson tunes, and that got me thinking that it might be fun to play a few songs today from various performers first (or very early) recordings, followed by something from the same performer's most recent recording project.  To that end, we had a bit of "Then & Now" music from the likes of the Gibson Brothers (tracks from 1994 and 2011), Lou Reid & Carolina (songs from 1993 and 2012), Blue Highway (1995 and 2011), the Spinney Brothers (1993 and 2012), and the Johnson Mountain Boys (a 1983 track and one from the new "Life Goes On" MACC recording featuring a modified version of the JMB in 2010).  


On Wednesday, we celebrate our Independence Day in the USA, and so, the music played on the radio on Sunday included a BG version of a John Philip Sousa march, a later version of a classic Country Gentlemen tune about independence, and a fun, more-or-less historically accurate song from the pen of Steve Martin and performed by Steve with the Steep Canyon Rangers which debuted in 2011.  While "Me And Paul Revere" is a song probably more appropriate to play around Patriots' Day in MA, it seems like it'll work for July 4th, too (and clearly, for an impromptu Memorial Day concert at Boston's Paul Revere House in 2012).   


Today, we also said goodbye to a lady who really was a front-row fixture at many, many BG events throughout New England for more than 30 years.  Along with her late husband, Ray, Alice Waters was, as her cap stated, a "#1 Bluegrass Fan."  She and Ray went to countless festivals and shows, sat on the front row, and cheered and applauded every single instrumental and vocal break of just about every band they ever saw -- especially the New England ones.  Alice died this weekend at the age of 90, and her obituary simply reads, "She was a fan of bluegrass music."  Several years ago, the Pine Hill Ramblers -- an eastern MA-based band -- wrote and performed a fun song in tribute to both Ray and Alice, appropriately titled, "Two Chairs For Ray And Alice."  How could we not pause for a moment and remember both Ray and Alice today?  Impossible.


While we had no brand new music to play today, we still shared newer music from projects by Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Audie Blaylock & Redline, the Lonesome River Band, the Special Consensus, Acoustic Blue, Roger & J.D. Williams, Travers Chandler & Avery County, Loafers' Glory, and Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show.


Hope everyone has a safe and happy July 4th holiday, and be sure to join Jim next Sunday for another edition of the BG Cafe.


Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Thunderclouds Of Love / Tony Rice / Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Sad Prison Song / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / Starday
• Old Slew Foot / BearTracks / Makin' Tracks / AMT Records
• Just As Soon As I Get Over You / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song /  Rebel
• Too Often Left Alone / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• The Chair / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm
• The Old Man In The Shanty / Lonesome River Band / Chronology / Rural Rhythm
• Northern Rail / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
• Prillaman's Switch / Tim Martin / Bluegrass Fiddle / Patuxent Music
• One Tear / Russ Carson with Brandon Rickman & Jeff Parker / Last Chance / Patuxent Music
• The Court Of Love / Rhonda Vincent / Taken / Upper Management Music
• Cruel Love / Reno Brothers / Drawing From The Well / Webco
• Georgia Stomp / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• My False Sweetheart / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Making Up Stories [1983] / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Goodbye To The Blues [2010] / Johnson Mountain Boys / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Old Memory [1994] / Gibson Brothers Bluegrass Band / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records
• Frozen In Time [2011] / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• It's A Long, Long Road [1995] / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• If You've Got Something To Say [2011] / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
• Prisoner Of The Past [1993] / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco
• When The Love We Have Is Gone[2012] / Lou Reid & Carolina / Callin' Me Back Home / KMA Records
• Tell Me Have You Come To Say Goodbye [1993] / Spinney Brothers & Close Company / Spinney Brothers & Close Company / Self-Produced
• Memories [2012] / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Roll On Buddy, Roll On / Sam Bush with Del McCoury / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
• Two Chairs For Ray And Alice / Pine Hill Ramblers / Two Chairs For Ray And Alice / Self-Produced
• High, Low And Wide / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• Me And Paul Revere / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / *Single* / Rounder
• Stars And Stripes Forever / John McEuen / String Wizards / Vanguard
• New Freedom Bell / Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen / New Horizon / Rebel
• Monroe / Special Consensus with Josh Williams & Chris Jones / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass Records
• You Can't Make A Heel Tow The Mark / Acoustic Blue / Bein' Country / Self-Produced
• Roger's Rag / Roger & J.D. Williams / Williams Squared / Happy Appy Records
• Shame On You / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Stumblin' Stones / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever Records
• Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia / David Peterson / Live At WHUS, 5/8/2010 / no label
• Just To Ease My Worried Mind / Loafers' Glory / Loafers' Glory / Arhoolie Records
• Frog On A Lily Pad / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Jordan / Stanley Brothers / All Blluegrass, All Gospel / Federal
• God's Highway / Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler
• I've Hit Everything In Life (But My Knees) / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Self-Produced
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven / Alison Krauss & the Cox Family / I Know Who Holds Tomorrow / Rounder
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Billy & Terry Smith / Bill Monroe Tribute / K-Tel Records
• Walking In Jerusalem (Just Like John) / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• When Jesus Calls Me Home / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 6/24/2012

Hi Folks,

On this beautiful summer day we had a full plate of newer bluegrass music, and a few jewels from years past.

We featured a couple of new albums from Travers Chandler & Avery County, and Mickey Boles whom most know as mandolin picker and tenor voice with David Peterson & 1946.  The former is one of the deepest traditional releases in recent history, and the latter is a gospel album with a tour de force of sidemen, including Marty Raybon, John Cowan, Bryan Sutton, Jimmy Van Cleve, Andy Leftwich, and Charlie Cushman.  The results on both albums are outstanding.

A couple of weeks ago I had a request for music from the Phipps Family.  I put that on this week featuring a few tracks from a couple of the Phipps Family albums throughout the program.

Other newer music included songs from Taylors Grove (who have a nice write-up in the July issue of Bluegrass Unlimited,) NewFound Road, Larry Stephenson, The Grascals, Ralph Stanley II, Stetson & Cia, Sweet Potato Pie, Marty Raybon, The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, Bob Amos, Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein, John Bowman, and The Spinney Brothers.

Besides the Phipps Family, our Heritage Corner selections included music from Mac Martin, Charlie Moore, The McCormick Brothers, Doc & Merle Watson, and The Dillards.

Be sure to tune in next Sunday when Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring on "Bluegrass Cafe."

Jim Beaver

requests in blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Let My Feet Go Runnin' / Mickey Boles / Let My Feet Go Runnin' / Self-released
• This Rambler's Ramblin' / Mac Martin / Country Roots (compilation) / Rural Rhythm
• Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / The Bluegrass Brothers / Live At The Coffee Pot / Self-released
• I Like To Sing The Old Songs / The A.L. Phipps Family / Old Time Mountain Pickin' & Singin' / Starday
• Wandering Boy / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Preserved / Horizon
• Valley Of Peace / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Up And Down The Mountain / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Pathway Of Time / Pinecastle
• We Ain't Going Down Without A Fight / NewFound Road / Live At The Down Home / Rounder
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Audie Blaylock And Red Line / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Monday Morning / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Ungrateful One / Steep Canyon Rangers / Nobody Knows You / Rounder
• Big Train / Larry Stephenson / What Really Matters / Compass
• Just Another Broken Heart / The Phipps Family / Faith, Love and Tragedy / Smithsonian Folkways
• Banjo Twist / The McCormick Brothers / The Very Best of... / Varese Sarabande
• That Train Don't Stop Here Anymore / The Steeldrivers / Live 11-8-2006 / Self-released
• No Lawyers In Heaven / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Long Black Limo / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• New Freedom Bell / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent
• Free In Jesus' Name / Mickey Boles / Let My Feet Go Runnin' / Self-released
• Life Finds A Way / The Grascals / Life Finds A Way / Mountain Home
• Wise County Jail / Trevor McKenzie et. al / Close Kin / Mountain Roads
• Homeless And Hungry / Ralph Stanley II / Born To Be A Drifter / Stanley Generation
• I Was Left On The Street / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill
• Right Here / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-released
• Rocky Road Blues / Marty Raybon / Southern Roots & Branches / Rural Rhythm
• Down In Union County / The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed
• Roly Poly / Sweet Potato Pie / Brand New Day / Mountain Fever
• Somewhere South Of Crazy / Dale Ann Bradley / Somewhere South of Crazy / Compass
• The Wreck Of Old Number 9 / Doc & Merle Watson / Ballads From Deep Gap / Vanguard
• I'm Not The One / Stetson & Cia / Self-titled / Self-released
• Carolina Dreams / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
• Hickory Hollow / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• Streets Of Baltimore / Charlie Moore / Avery County / Old Homestead
• You're A Flower In The Wildwood / Del McCoury / I Wonder Where You Are Tonight / Arhoolie
• Seen It All / Bob Amos / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone
• Alleghenies / Saravanan Sankaran / Back To Bassics / Self-released
• Kentucky Waltz (bed) / Mike Scott / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• My Rose Of Old Kentucky (bed) / Mike Scott / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
• John Deere Tractor / Larry Sparks / John Deere Tractor / Rebel
• A Light In The Window, Again / Carolina Road / Back To My Roots / Rural Rhythm
• Secret Of The Waterfall / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / Out In The Middle Of Nowhere / Raincoe
• Whiskey / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Kristi Lynn / Larry Gillis & The Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Since I've Laid My Burdens Down / Mickey Boles / Let My Feet Go Runnin / Self-released
• The Sea Of Galilee / John Bowman / Family Chain / Pisgah
• Old Roman Soldier / The Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever
• When Jesus Comes To Take You Home / Jay Armsworthy / I Couldn't Make It Without Him / Blue Circle
• I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road / Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein / Home From The Mills  / Rebel
• On The Jericho Road / Larry Stephenson / What Really Matters / Compass
• When He Blessed My Soul / The A.L. Phipps Family / Old Time Mountain Pickin' & Singin' / Starday
• Paul's Ministry / Paul Williams, J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Until Last I'm Home / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side of... / Cracker Barrel
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w.Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/17/2012

The challenge in Sunday's edition of the radio show was to squeeze in all of the music that I really wanted to play in just three hours of time.  Yup, that's pretty much the challenge in every edition of the show, but this time around, I wanted to play a bunch of new music, put together a nice song set in tribute to fathers, and celebrate what would have been the 98th birthday of one Lester Raymond Flatt -- all in a mere 180 minutes.  


The third Sunday of June is Father's Day in the USA, so it seemed only natural to start the show off with a song from the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe.  Later on, we got to a more extensive set celebrating and/or remembering fathers with music from Jim Mills, Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass, White Mountain Bluegrass, Merl Johnson, Bill Harrell & the Virginians, the Johnson Mountain Boys, and the Gibson Brothers.  


We're getting into festival season here in New England (and really, all over the country), so it's not surprising that there's so much new music out there.  From recordings which were recently released -- or from soon-to-be released CDs -- we shared a bunch of great music from the likes of New England's Acoustic Blue, Travers Chandler & Avery County, Audie Blaylock & Redline, Nightflyer, a California band called Loafer's Glory, and Kenny Ingram (from the Earl Scruggs tribute recording from Rounder Records).  The song we included from the new Pinecastle CD by Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show even included a washboard solo by KSBC scrub board player, Dany Bureau.  Dany is from eastern CT, so it's always fun to spotlight one of "our own" on the ol' radio.  If all of that new music wasn't enough, we featured a few other newer selections from projects by the Boxcars, the Grascals, Bill Evans, and the Spinney Brothers.


Ricky Skaggs has called Lester Flatt one of the fathers of BG, and that's probably an apt description.  On June 19th, Lester Raymond Flatt would have turned 98 years old, and so, on Sunday, it was time to pay tribute to his songwriting skills, as many of the songs he wrote -- both gospel and non- -- have become BG standards.  Our choices for music on Sunday included two somewhat different-sounding versions of a song that has become a classic:  "We'll Meet Again Sweetheart," as well as a few other songwriting gems from this BG and Country Music Hall of Famer.  


I'm off to the Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in Tunbridge, VT next weekend, but you can be sure that Jim will have lots more of the Best in BG for your listening pleasure next Sunday afternoon -- join him, won't you?


Enjoy the week!


Amy 




REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• In Despair / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• You Are The One / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Your Love Is Dying / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Never Get To Hold You In My Arms Anymore / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• You're That Certain Someone / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Right Here / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Close By / Frank Wakefield with Audie Blaylock / Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent Music
• A Hard Day's Night / Bill Evans / In Good Company / Native & Fine Records
• You Can Mark It Down / The Grascals / Life Finds A Way / Mountain Home
• Roll Muddy River / Osborne Brothers / Modern Sounds Of Bluegrass Music / Decca
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Daddy Frank / Jim Mills with Paul Brewster / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill
• Old Hickory Cane / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Merl Johnson / Better Man / Patuxent Music
• Dreaming Of Mother And Dad / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Do You Remember? / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Farm Of Yesterday / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Bein' Country / Acoustic Blue / Bein' Country / Bishop Hill Records
• Newton Grove / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever Records
• On The Road / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm
• Mama Don't Allow / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• Walkin' The Country / Nightflyer / Nightflyer / Kang Records
• Ground Speed / Kenny Ingram / Foggy Mountain Special:  A Bluegrass Tribute To Earl Scruggs / Rounder
• I'll Be Alright Tomorrow / Loafer's Glory / Loafer's Glory / Arhoolie Records
• The Working Man / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Self-Produced
• That Old Book Of Mine / Lester Flatt / Lester Raymond Flatt / Flying Fish
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss When I'm Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• Why Did You Wander / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Charlie Monroe & the Kentucky Pardners / Early Country Radio / JSP Records
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
• Ol' Lonesome Won't Leave Me Alone / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• Your Old Standby / The New Kentucky Colonels / The All Night Gang / Rebel
• Goin' Across The Sea / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Highway Of Sorrow / Junior Sisk & Larry Stephenson / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Kansas City Star / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Self-Produced
• String, Eraser & Blotter / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• I Don't Care Anymore / Laurie Lewis / Skippin' & Flyin' / Spruce And Maple Music
• Cabin On A Mountain / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• You Better Wake Up / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Things In Life / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever Records
• Working On A Road / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Cabin In The Sky / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Out In The Middle Of Nowhere / Self-Produced
• Center Of The World / Kathy Kallick [Good Ol' Persons] / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak Records
• The Stone Was Rolled Away / Gary Waldrep Band / Road Leading Home / Blue Circle Records
• Get In Line, Brother / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns, Volume 2 / Self-Produced
• I'm Travelin' On And On / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 6/10/2012 - Doc

Hi Folks.

Doc Watson died two days after my last day on the air, and since I consider Doc & Merle Watson to be my greatest musical influence, this version of the Bluegrass Cafe included a copious amount of music from Doc & Merle throughout.  I was fortunate to attend a Doc & Merle concert in October of 1985, just 12 days before Merle's death, and the impression that left on me has never been equaled.  As a sidebar, the opener that night was a bluegrass band that had mandolin master Butch Baldassari.



 
Heritage Corner music, besides the Doc Watson material, came from Jim Eanes, The Dillards, and Ralph Stanley.



Newer music included numbers from Larry Stephenson, Lonesome River Band, Ralph Stanley II, Bob Amos, Steep Canyon Rangers, Monroeville, The Grascals, Jim Hurst, Marty Raybon, Sweet Potato Pie, and The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band.

Amy will be hosting "Bluegrass Cafe" next week, so be sure to tune in.

Jim Beaver

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Old Joseph / The Dillards / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• The Train That Carried My Girl From Town / Doc Watson / Good Deal!   Doc Watson in Nashville / Vanguard
• Wiggle Worm Wiggle / Jim Eanes and the Shenandoah Valley Boys / Self-titled / Bear Family
• I'm Leaving Detroit / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Little Maggie / Doc & Merle Watson / Home Sweet Home / Sugar Hill
• I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home / Tony Rice / The Bill Monroe Collection / Rounder
• Keep On Walkin' / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
• Whiplash / The Steeldrivers / Live 11/8/2006 / Self-released
• Footprints In The Snow / Doc Watson, Clint Howard, Fred Price / Old Timey Concert / Vanguard
• Pay No Attention To Alice / Charlie Sizemore / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Whoa Mule / Clint Howard - Doc Watson / Favorites of... / Old Homestead
• Bear Tracks / Larry Stephenson / What Really Matters / Compass
• Ramshackle Shack / Doc Watson / Riding The Midnight Train / Sugar Hill
• Struttin' To Ferrum / Lonesome River Band / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Down By The River / Larry Gillis and the Hard Driving Bluegrass Band / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Sweet Heaven When I Die / Doc Watson / Riding The Midnight Train / Sugar Hill
• I Think I Hear A Train / Ralph Stanley II / Born To Be A Drifter / Stanley Generation
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Lonesome River Band / Chronology Volume One / Rural Rhythm
• Tom Dooley / Doc Watson / Self-titled / Vanguard
• Crazy Legs / Bob Amos / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone
• The Quaker's Cow / Doc & Merle Watson / Doc Watson On Stage / Vanguard
• Salt River/Bill Cheatham / Doc & Merle Watson / Doc Watson On Stage / Vanguard
• Long Shot / Steep Canyon Rangers / Nobody Knows You / Rounder
• Rambler's Song / Monroeville / Self-titled / Monroeville
• Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Doc & Merle Watson / Ballads From Deep Gap / Vanguard
• Watermelon On The Vine / The Del McCoury Band / Old Memories / McCoury Music
• Live And Let Live / The Del McCoury Band / Old Memories / McCoury Music
• Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues / The Del McCoury Band / Old Memories / McCoury Music
• George Gudger's Overalls / Doc Watson / Portrait / Sugar Hill
• You Can Run / Ashlee Blankenship & Blades of Blue / Self-titled / Mountain Fever
• Walkin' West To Memphis / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
• Don't Wake Me Up / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling / Rounder
• Black-Eyed Susan / The Dillards / Live!!! Almost!!! / Elecktra
• Life Finds A Way / The Grascals / Life Finds A Way / Mountain Home
• Bright Sunny South / Doc & Merle Watson / Down South / Sugar Hill
• Long Black Train / Jim Hurst (bed) / Intrepid / Self-released
• Through The Garden / Jim Hurst / Intrepid / Self-released
• Dirt Road Heartache / Marty Raybon / Southern Roots & Branches / Rural Rhythm
• Sweet Blue Eyed Darling / Sweet Potato Pie / Brand New Day / Mountain Fever
• Right Here / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-released
• Wild Bill Jones / Doc & Merle Watson / Songs From Home / Capitol
• Today I Turned Your Picture To The Wall / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / The Touch Of Time / Rural Rhythm
• Sunshine Special / The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed
• What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul / Bill Monroe and Doc Watson / Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 / Smithsonian Folkways
• On Praying Ground / Doc Watson / On Praying Ground / Sugar Hill
• If God Isn't Real / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Self-titled / Steeltown
• I'll Not Be A Stranger / Kathy Kallick / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak
• What Would You Do / Fred Etheridge w.Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin / Self-released
• Somebody Touched Me / Larry Sparks / Almost Home / Rounder
• Your Lone Journey / Doc Watson / My Dear Old Southern Home / Sugar Hill
• Talking To Casey / Doc & Merle Watson / The Guitar Album / Flying Fish

Almost the end of the fill-in shows -- 6/8/2012

When I tell you I've liked the Statlers
forever, I'm really not kidding...

Since the middle of May, I've been doing an extra two-hour show on Friday mornings from 8-10AM.  In a way, this Friday show is kind of fun, as, unless you listen to Internet radio or subscribe to Sirius, you probably don't hear a whole lot of classic country music on the radio.  Doing this second show gives me a bit more room to "stretch out" beyond the boundaries of what I might normally play on a fairly traditional BG show.  However, the show being on Friday mornings just don't work so well for a variety of reasons, so, beginning June 22nd, Steve Herzog will be taking over the timeslot, and I'm sure he'll play some interesting singer/songwriter/folkish music.  Ah, the variety you can find on college radio...

While I didn't really focus on any particular theme for this fill-in, I decided to start the show with some fog-related songs, as the trip to Storrs on Friday morning was definitely a foggy one.  I also managed to put together a couple of songs from my all-time favorites, the Statler Brothers.  Ostensibly, the reason for Statler tunes was to celebrate the 67th birthday of lead singer, Don Reid, but really, do I need an excuse to play the Statlers?  Nope.  

One of the Statlers' attempts to follow up on the success of "Flowers On The Wall" in October 1965 was a not-too-wonderful composition by a young Don Reid called, "Makin' Rounds" (recorded April 1966).  That song came from a 45 single record, which I don't normally play on the air.  The host of the early Friday morning program on WHUS, Mustapha, has been telling me that he sometimes tries to play ALL 45s during his 2-hour program, and in the day and age of CDs and programmed iPods, playing all vinyl on the air is a real rarity.  However, I was a bit inspired by Mustapha, so I dug out 5 45s.  That's not enough to make a full two-hour program, but it was enough for me!  Besides the Statlers, there was music from 45s by Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Dick Curless, and a Porter/Dolly duet.  Playing all vinyl recordings would be a tremendous challenge, but maybe that will happen for me again someday...


There was also a bit of time on Friday for new music from Travers Chandler & Avery County -- Jim debuted the Mountain Fever Records release called "Pardon Me..." a few weeks ago; as well as a new CD on Pinecastle from Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show called "Take Me Back."  The fun thing about the Shiflett record is that it includes a new band member for Big Country Show -- eastern CT's own Dany Bureau on scrub board.  Way to go, Dany!  Doubtless, you'll be hearing more from both of these projects, plus the new Rounder tribute to Earl Scruggs on "BG Cafe" in future weeks.

There'll be one more fill-in for me next Friday (8-10AM), so I hope you can join me.  Be sure to listen to Jim on Sunday afternoon (4-7PM) with the "BG Cafe," too, won't you?

Amy

• Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Craig Smith / Foggy Mountain Special:  A Bluegrass Tribute To Earl Scruggs / Rounder
• The Foggy Foggy Dew / Tim O'Brien / Cornbread Nation / Sugar Hill
• Foggy Mountain Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Carolina Moonshine Man / Lou Reid & Carolina / Callin' Me Back Home / KMA Records
• The Wishing Well / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Wilson County Line / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Self-Produced
• Old New Straitsville Moonshine Run / Special Consensus / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass Records
• Little Green Valley / Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman / Mac, Doc & Del / Sugar Hill
• Makin' Rounds / Statler Brothers / single / Columbia
• The Class Of '57 / Statler Brothers / The Legendary Statler Brothers / Reader's Digest
• Silver Medals And Sweet Memories / Statler Brothers / The Legendary Statler Brothers / Reader's Digest
• White Lightning / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic
• Don't Knock It / Hargus "Pig" Robbins / A Bit Of Country Piano / Time Records
• Man In Black / Johnny Cash / The Essential Johnny Cash / Columbia
• A Week In A County Jail / Tom T. Hall / The Essential Tom T. Hall:  The Story Songs / Mercury
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / single / RCA
• The Farmer's Daughter / Merle Haggard / single / Capitol
• A Tombstone Every Mile / Dick Curless / single / Allagash Records
• The Right Combination / Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton / single / RCA
• Curtain In The Window / Ray Price / In A Honky Tonk Mood / Jasmine
• Hey Good Lookin' / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life Records
• Honeymoon On A Rocketship / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• Go Back You Fool / Faron Young / The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young / Collectors' Choice Music
• It's Been So Long / Webb Pierce / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• Blue Monday Morning / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever Records
• Blue, Blue Day / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• I Could Change My Mind / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever Records
• Makes No Difference Now / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Larry Stephenson with Connie Smith & Marty Stuart / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
• Makin' A Killin' / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Rough Edges / BearTracks / Rough Edges / AMT Records
• You're Running Wild / Louvin Brothers / The Essential Louvin Brothers / Raven Records
• Chicken Pickin' / Don Rich & the Buckaroos / Country Pickin': The Don Rich Anthology / Sundazed