A classic country & BG fill-in, 11/9/2012

Friday morning found me at WHUS for a three-hour fill-in program, and, as always, I kind of look at these fill-ins as an opportunity to play some classic country tunes that haven't been heard on the radio in a while.  It seems a bit lame to call it a "public service" to get those shaggy old honky tonk tunes on the radio, but sometimes, that's what it feels like.  As always, I squeezed in a few BG tunes, too, but primarily, we stuck to the country tunes on Friday morning.  Fun!  



Veterans Day happens on Sunday (celebrated on Monday this year, as that's the closest workday to November 11th), so it seemed quite obvious that we really needed to put together some songs that celebrate soldiers.  The challenging part is to find soldier songs that don't involve the soldier dying in battle.  Veterans Day is for celebrating anyone who has served in any of the U.S. armed forces -- not like Memorial Day, in which the primary focus is on soldiers who have died during service.  The Veterans Day songs we played on Friday came from several sources, including Don Reno, the Statler Brothers, BearTracks, the Spinney Brothers, and David Grisman.  Be sure to take a few moments this weekend to remember that Veterans Day is not just another day for pre-Christmas sales -- thanks to all vets!


While we were able to play nearly 60 songs in the 3-hour time period on Friday, we still managed to feature a couple of recordings and performers.  There's really no better way to appreciate a performer than to hear and/or see them perform live, and in the days before smoke machines and dance routines and audio sweetening gizmos, performers didn't have anything behind which they could hide.  Among the live performances we featured were several cuts each from Jim Reeves (recorded at a 1962 concert on a rainy day at Pennsylvania's Sunset Park) and Buck Owens (he played in a White House concert with the Buckaroos in 1968).  


If live music from those two Country Music Hall of Famers wasn't enough, we added a full "Health & Happiness" radio show from the one-and-only Hank Williams.  This one just featured Hank with the Drifting Cowboys -- no Miss Audrey.  Studio recordings of Hank are great to listen to and enjoy, but I believe that listening to Hank's live shows makes him come alive.  As long as they keep unearthing these live recordings of Hank's, I'm going to keep on listening.  Hope you will, too...

Amy


REQUESTS ARE RED.

• March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away / Carter Family / Longing For Old Virginia / Rounder
• Pistol Packin' Papa / Jimmie Rodgers / The Essential Jimmie Rodgers / RCA
• Pistol Packin' Mama / Willie Nelson / Country Music / Rounder
• You Nearly Lose Your Mind / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA
• Lonesome Blue Yodel / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era
• Blue Yodel #3 / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• California Blues / Seldom Scene / Act Four / Sugar Hill
• I'm In Love With You / Kitty Wells / Makin' Believe / Country Stars
• Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) / Loretta Lynn / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
• The Blizzard / Jim Reeves / The Velvet Voice Of Jim Reeves / Reader's Digest
• Medley (Walking The Floor Over You/There Stands The Glass/One By One/Guess Things Happen That Way/I Want To Be With You) / Jim Reeves / The Velvet Voice Of Jim Reeves / Reader's Digest
• Stand At Your Window / Jim Reeves / The Velvet Voice Of Jim Reeves / Reader's Digest
• If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time / Lefty Frizzell / Your Cheatin' Heart / Dynamic
• Look What Thoughts Can Do / Merle Haggard / Roots, Volume 1 / Anti Records
• Lefty's Old Guitar / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• I'd Rather Love A Memory / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Can't Live Life / Edgar Loudermilk with Rhonda Vincent / Roads Traveled / Mountain Fever Records
• Top Of The World / Michelle Nixon & Drive / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever Records
• I Am Weary, Let Me Rest / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• I'm Layin' It On The Line / Don Rich / Country Pickin' / Sundazed
• You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More / Buck Owens / Live At The White House / Omnivore Recordings
• Cajun Fiddle / Don Rich / Country Pickin' / Sundazed
• Act Naturally / Buck Owens & the Buckaroos / Live At The White House / Omnivore Recordings
• Together Again / Buck Owens & the Buckaroos / Live At The White House / Omnivore Recordings
• Love's Gonna Live Here / Buck Owens & the Buckaroos / Live At The White House / Omnivore Recordings
• Crying Time / Buck Owens & the Buckaroos / Live At The White House / Omnivore Recordings
• The Fightin' Side Of Me / Merle Haggard / The Best Of The Best Of Merle Haggard / Capitol
• She Thinks I Still Care / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic
• Silver Wings / Merle Haggard / The Best Of The Best Of Merle Haggard / Capitol
• The Window Up Above / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic
• Happy Rovin' Cowboy / Hank Williams / The Legend Begins / Time Life
• Mansion On The Hill / Hank Williams / The Legend Begins / Time Life
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Hank Williams / The Legend Begins / Time Life
• Tennessee Wagoner / Hank Williams feat. Jerry Rivers / The Legend Begins / Time Life
• The Prodigal Son / Hank Williams / The Legend Begins / Time Life
• Sally Goodin / Hank Williams feat. Jerry Rivers / The Legend Begins / Time Life
• Man In Black / Johnny Cash / The Essential Johnny Cash / Columbia
• Military Five String / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• Silver Medals And Sweet Memories / Statler Brothers / The Best Of The Statler Brothers Rides Again, Volume 2 / Mercury
• Traveling Soldier / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• Sally's Waltz / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• I'm Comin' Back But I Don't Know When / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) / Ray Price / The Essential Ray Price / Columbia
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Loose Talk / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
• Once A Day / Connie Smith / The Essential Connie Smith / RCA
• A Hundred Years From Now / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / no label
• I Can't Like Myself / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Hoping That You're Hoping / Louvin Brothers / My Baby's Gone, 1955-1964 / Raven
• Call Me Up (And I'll Come Callin' On You) / Marty Robbins / Live Classics / Koch Records
• Blue Blue Day / Don Gibson / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• Second Fiddle To An Old Guitar / Jean Shepard / Opry Country Classics, Volume 2 / Opry Music
• You're The Only World I Know / Sonny James / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics, Volume 2 / Opry Music
• Why Baby Why / Webb Pierce with Red Sovine / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• I Couldn't Believe It Was True / Roy Acuff / The Prodigal Son / Country Stars
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Carter Family / Opry Country Classics, Volume 2 / Opry Music
• Raw Hide / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/4/2012

Hey everybody - 

Today's show was my first since the middle of October, so I always think it's fun -- and slightly challenging -- to go back on the air after a bit of an absence.  The three hours seemed to fly by (for me, anyway), and we tried to fill 'em with a good bit of new music, songs from classic performers, and even a bit more.

Our special guest featured on the show was Gene White, Jr. -- the founder (and fiddler) for the regional band known as the Bluegrass Gospel Project.  This group was originally brought together in 2001 to play a one-time-only, First Night event in Burlington, VT.  Eleven years later, the band is still playing shows throughout New England, including a show at the Chaplin Congregational Church next Saturday, November 10th at 7PM.  (If you'd like more information on the show, please call 860-455-9400).  While the Bluegrass Gospel Project has released six records since they came together as a group, we included a good number of songs from their last two recordings:  "The Blue Morpho" (2009) and "Shine" (2012).  If you're in the neighborhood next Saturday evening, you might wish to take in the show -- perhaps we'll see you there?

Jim pretty well covered a few Halloween songs last Sunday, as well as one Bluegrass standard, of sorts, from the pen of the late Connie Gately (of the duo, Connie & Babe), who died on October 15th at the age of 83.  However, I couldn't fight the urge to play a few more spooky ghost tunes post-Halloween,  this time from the Country Gentlemen, the Seldom Scene, Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals, and Hot Rize.  To honor Connie Gately, we played three songs he either wrote or co-wrote.  Hope you enjoyed them.

We also briefly honored Country Music Hall of Famer, Bill Anderson who celebrated his 75th birthday this past week (born November 1, 1937).  Anderson is also a terrific songwriter, and we played two BG versions of songs he'd written that were country hits in the 1960s for Connie Smith ("Cincinnati, Ohio") and Charlie Louvin ("I Don't Love You Anymore").  The versions we played were performed by the Osborne Brothers and Johnson Mountain Boys, respectively.  

There was still time for a bit of new music, too, from a multitude of 2012 releases, some of which you may never have heard before.  Among the titles were collections by Ricky Skaggs, Sweet Potato Pie, the Spinney Brothers, Chris Brashear, RI songwriter Dawn Kenney, the Lonesome River Band, the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Jeff Parker, the Kathy Kallick Band, Richard Bennett, American Drive, Balsam Range, Grasstowne, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.  

Be sure to tune in next week for another music-filled edition of the Bluegrass Cafe.  We'll be looking for you...

Have a good week!

Amy 



REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Eating Out Of Your Hand / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Hey! Hey! Hey! / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1959-1963 / JSP Records
• Loving You Too Well / Ricky Skaggs / Music To My Ears / Skaggs Family Records
• Bringing Mary Home / "Original" Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• I've Come To Take You Home / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Hey Lonesome / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder
• Roly Poly / Sweet Potato Pie / Brand New Day / Mountain Fever Records
• Rebels Ye Rest / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Roll On Blues / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [written by Connie Gately]
• The Lonely Years / Bear Bridge Band / Bear Essentials / Open Road [co-written by Connie Gately]
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / Connie & Babe & the Backwoods Boys / Hand-Picked / Rounder [written by Connie Gately]
• That's The Way Love Goes / Bluegrass Gospel Project / Shine / Vital Records
• Age / Bluegrass Gospel Project / The Blue Morpho / Vital Records
• Conversation with Gene White, Jr. of the Bluegrass Gospel Project
• Travel, Travel On / Bluegrass Gospel Project / Shine / Vital Records
• I Am A Pilgrim / Bluegrass Gospel Project / The Blue Morpho / Vital Records
• The Old Pueblo / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Reach High / Dawn Kenney / Sing Me Home / Self-Produced
• Harvest Time / Lonesome River Band / Chronology, Volume 3 / Rural Rhythm
• Shuckin' The Corn / Sleepy Man Banjo Boys / The Farthest Horizon / Self-Produced
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• Let's Be Sweethearts Again / Jeff Parker with Dailey & Vincent / Go Parker! / Lonesome Day Records
• Old Red Mandolin / Kathy Kallick Band / Time / Live Oak Records
• Don Quixote / Richard Bennett / Last Train From Poor Valley / Lonesome Day Records
• No One Know / Pike Family & the Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel
• Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven / Bluegrass Gospel Project / The Blue Morpho / Vital Records
• Is It Too Late To Settle Down / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm
• Row By Row / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• This Old Guitar And Me / Grasstowne with Ronnie Bowman / Hot New Singles / Mountain Fever Records
• Cincinnati, Ohio / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH [written by Bill Anderson]
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [written by Bill Anderson]
• Old Roman Soldier / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Springtime In Heaven / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1950-1959 / Gusto
• Moses, Set My People Free / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / They're Playing My Song / Rebel
• Far Side Banks Of Jordan / Beartracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• Paul And Silas / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Gone Home / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Lord Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Get In Line Brother / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Special Guest Sunday...

Hey everybody -


As you may know, one of the weekly features on the Bluegrass Cafe is the infamous Bluegrass Calendar, in which we try to keep listeners somewhat updated and informed about various BG events taking place in southern New England. While there are far fewer outdoor events this time of year -- for obvious reasons -- there is still a boatload of indoor shows. Coming up on Saturday, November 10th, there'll be another fine indoor show happening very near to our home base in Storrs, CT; in fact, this one goes on in the neighboring town of Chaplin, CT when the Vermont-based Bluegrass Gospel Project will be performing at the Chaplin Congregational Church, 43 Chaplin Street, Chaplin. Showtime is 7PM -- doors open at 6PM. For more show information, call 860-455-9400.


The Bluegrass Gospel Project (or, BGP) has been impressing audiences with expertly-rendered performances since its inception in 2001. They continue to thrill listeners with their impeccable vocal harmonies on all kinds of songs, from pop to folk to, of course, Bluegrass. While their name might lead you to believe the band primarily is one who performs gospel music, that is not necessarily the case.

To learn more about the Bluegrass Gospel Project, visit the band online at www.bluegrassgospelproject.com. We'll also talk a lot more about the band and their Chaplin show during the Bluegrass Cafe on Sunday, November 4th when I chat with BGP founder (and fiddler), Gene White, Jr. The plan is to visit with Gene on the phone beginning around 5PM -- hope you can join me!


And don't forget -- Daylight Savings Time ends on November 4th, so be sure to set your clocks back one hour before turning out the lights when you go to bed Saturday night, November 3rd.


Amy O.

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 10/28/2012

Hi Folks.

With Halloween looming, a few songs with ghostly and ghoulish themes showed up in this playlist, such as Ted Lundy's "It Rained A Mist" (suggested last year by Dick Bowden), "Simpson's Holler" by Valerie Smith, the "Long Black Veil" sequel from Akira Otsuka called "Long Black Jacket," "Arkansas Line" from The Earl Brothers, Larry Cordle's "Pud Marcum's Hangin'," the classic "Bringing Mary Home" from Eddie and Martha Adcock, and for fun, The Stanley Brothers' "My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane."

Early in the show we had an in-studio visit from Laura LaCour and Nanette Addesso, the lead and backup singers respectively of a new stage production called "Always... Patsy Cline" which features 27 numbers, nearly all Patsy Cline songs.  Laura and Nanette performed one of Patsy's songs, "Leavin' On Your Mind," to give us a hint of what is in store, and it was fine indeed.  This show is not to be missed.  A production of The Windham Theatre Guild, the show plays in Willimantic at the Burton Leavitt Theatre, 779 Main Street November 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, & 17 after opening the 2nd and 3rd.

We remembered Connie Gately with his song "Home Is Where The Heart Is" following his death earlier in the week.

J.E. Mainer (1898-1971) made a musical appearance to celebrate his induction into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame October 11th -- an event I was fortunate to attend.

New music abounded including songs from Danny Paisley, Grasstowne, Lonesome River Band, Cumberland Gap Connection, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, David Peterson, Volume Five, Jett's Creek, Larry Gillis, Ricky Skaggs, and the surprising debut of Ashley Lilly, granddaughter of Everett Lilly, with The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys.

Everett Alan Lilly &
Ashley Lilly

David Peterson in Nashville, 9/23/12

The Heritage Corner archives, besides the aforementioned Ted Lundy and J.E. Mainer songs, provided music from The Blue Sky Boys (Bill Bolick's birthday 10/28), Red Smiley, and Red White & His Dixie Blue Grass Band.

Amy will be with you the first Sunday in November, so be sure to tune in to hear the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim Beaver

requests in red

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On the "C" String / Self-released
• I Been Walkin' / Danny Paisley& The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / Connie & Babe / Rounder Bluegrass 1 / Rounder
• It Rained A Mist / Ted Lundy and the Southern Mountain Boys / Rounder Old Time Music / Rounder
• Life's Railway To Heaven / Patsy Cline / 25 All-Time Greatest Recordings / Varese Sarabande
• Interview and Leaving' On Your Mind / Laura LaCour & Nanette Addesso / Live in the WHUS studio
• I'm Troubled, I'm Troubled / The Blue Sky Boys / There'll Come A Time / BSR
• Streets of Chicago / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Cumberland Gap / J.E. Mainer / Bluegrass Power Picks / Rural Rhythm
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Red White & His Dixie Blue Grass Band / Bluegrass Power Picks / Rural Rhythm
• Simpson's Holler / Valerie Smith / Turtle Wings / Bell Buckle
• This Old Guitar and Me / Grasstowne / pre-release single / Mountain Fever
• Whiskey / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Long Black Jacket / Akira Otsuka / First Tear / Patuxent
• Carolyn The Teenaged Queen / Lonesome River Band / Chronology Volume Three / Rural Rhythm
• Always The One / Sleepy Man Banjo Boys / The Furthest Horizon / Self-released
• Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Larry Cordle / Pud Marcum's Hangin' / Mighty Cord
• John Dig A Hole / Cumberland Gap Connection / pre-release single / Mountain Fever
• The Working Man / Shannon Slaughter / The Sideman Steps Out / Elite Circuit
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Truck Driver's Queen / The Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever
• Goodbye Little Bonnie / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• A Blue Million Tears / Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / They're Playing My Song / Rebel
• I'll Go Stepping Too / Detour / A Better Place / BlueGrass Ahead
• My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane / The Stanley Brothers / An Evening Long Ago / Columbia
• Rich Man's Daughter / Volume Five / pre-release single / Mountain Fever
• Arkansas Line / The Earl Brothers / Outlaw Hillbilly / Big Hen
• Monster Truck / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Hobo Bill's Last Ride / David Peterson / Simplicity / Self-released
• Back Home Again / Jetts Creek / pre-release single / Mountain Fever
• Pistol And Pen / Darrell Webb Band / Breaking Down The Barriers / Rural Rhythm
• Roll On Buddy / Red Smiley and the Bluegrass Cut-Ups / Bluegrass Power Picks / Rural Rhythm
• Roger's Reel / Roger Williams / Williams Squared / Happy Appy
• Little John Henry / Hylo Brown & The Timberliners / Bluegrass Power Picks / Rural Rhythm
• What Really Matters / Larry Stephenson / What Really Matters / Compass
• Sick, Sober & Sorry / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed
• My First Mistake / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-released
• Bringing Mary Home / Eddie & Martha Adcock w. Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent
• Roots of the Tree / Bob Amos / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone
• I Could Do You Some Good / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• How Deep The Father's Love For Us / Sleepy Man Banjo Boys / The Farthest Horizon / Self-released
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• Get Up Peter (And Put Your Sandals On) / The Special Consensus / Green Rolling Hills / Turquoise
• Wake The Town / Larry Gillis / Ringing Of The Hammer / Tinman
• I'm Working on A Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Music To My Ears / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Music To My Ears / Skaggs Family
• Meet Me Up In Heaven / The Grass Cats / The Mountains My Baby And Me / New Time
• Heavenly Light Shinin' On Me / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-released
• His Promised Land / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' / Upper Management
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w.Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 10/21/2012

Hi Folks.

Back from a five-week absence, I had quite a load of new music to share with Bluegrass Cafe listeners.

But first we saluted the late Grandpa Jones who would have had a birthday October 20, and later Merle Watson who died 27 years ago this month, Clay Jones who has a birthday this week, and the late Snuffy Jenkins who would have had a birthday this week.

New music carried the day, however, beginning with American Drive -- the continuation of J.D. Crowe's band as J.D. retires this year.  Ricky Skaggs performed his new song about the invulnerability of ham, and then we brought you songs from bands discovered at the IBMA World of Bluegrass last month, including Finnders and Youngberg, Circa Blue, Hard Road Trio, Dennis Cash, and Detour.  Also presented was new music from Siamese Cousins, The Lonesome River Band, David Peterson, The Roys, Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, Darrell Webb, Nu-Blu, Kevin Carter and Full Assurance, Mickey Boles, Del & Dawg, The Grass Cats, and the spectacular new traditional offering from Danny Paisley.

Other newer music came from Nightflyer, Bob Amos, Karl Shiflett, Jeff Parker, Audie Blaylock, Larry Gillis, and Balsam Range.

Whew!

The Heritage Corner explored the original version of Earl's Breakdown, and we played Mark Johnson's original recording of Forked Deer with Tony Rice from his first "Clawgrass" album to salute his recent awarding of the Steve Martin Excellence in Banjo Prize.

I've got more new music to bring to the airwaves next Sunday, so tune in at 4pm ET where I'll be back with more of the best in new bluegrass, and a visit with Maine songwriter Stan Keach.


Jim Beaver

requests in blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Grandpa Jones / An American Original / CMH
• Long Haul Trucking Man / American Drive / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
• You Can't Hurt Ham / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Music To My Ears / Skaggs Family
• Black Pony / The Lynn Morris Band / Self-titled / Rounder
• Fiddlin' to My Grave / Finnders and Youngberg / FY5 / Self-released
• Money In The Bank / Lonesome River Band / Chronology Volume Three / Rural Rhythm
• Southbound / Doc & Merle Watson / Southbound / Vanguard
• The Water So Cold / Marty Raybon & Full Circle / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• I Should've Called / Larry Stephenson Band / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Last Train From Poor Valley / Circa Blue / Self-titled / Self-released
• Night Rider's Lament / David Peterson / Simplicity / Self-released
• Things In Life / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• When I Loved You / Jeff Parker w.Cia Cherryholmes / Go Parker! / Lonesome Day
• Day After Day / Clay Hess / Rain / Kang Records
• Still Standing / The Roys / New Day Dawning / Rural Rhythm
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• The Hangman's Daughter / Nightflyer / Self-titled / Kang Records
• Alcatraz Island Blues / Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• Gonna Catch That Train An' Ride / Snuffy Jenkins / Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo / Arhoolie
• Where The Wild River Rolls / Bob Amos / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone
• I Feel A Heartache Coming On / Siamese Cousins / 2 Chairs, No Waiting / Mountain Roads
• Road Into Town / Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• Osborne Brothers Medley / Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers / They're Playing My Song / Rebel
• Forked Deer / Mark Johnson w.Rice Brothers & Friends / Clawgrass / Bangtown
• Tommy Chief / The Hard Road Trio / Monticello / Self-released
• Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-released
• Take Me Back To Tulsa / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• I'd Rather Love A Memory / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-released
• On The Road / Audie Blaylock And Redline / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm
• Indian Creek / Johnny Warren / Just Playin' In The Rain / Rebel
• My Home Among The Hills / Dennis Cash / Songs Of Home / Self-released
• Margie / Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• Big Shake And Howdy / Detour / A Better Place / BlueGrass Ahead
• Walk Away / The Monty McClanahan Project / The Road Less Traveled / Self-released
• Black Mountain Rag (bed) / Doc Watson / Flatpicking Guitar Masterpieces / Acoustic Artists
• Fiddlers Dram-Whisky Before Breakfast (bed) / Norman Blake / Flatpicking Guitar Masterpieces / Acoustic Artists
• Julius Finkbine's Rag (bed) / Clarence White / Flatpicking Guitar Masterpieces / Acoustic Artists
• Durang's Hornpipe (bed) / Dan Crary / Flatpicking Guitar Masterpieces / Acoustic Artists
• Unwanted Love / The Grass Cats / The Mountains My Baby And Me / New Time
• The Coal Miner's Son / Darrell Webb Band / Breaking Down The Barriers / Rural Rhythm
• Goodbye To The Sun / Darrell Webb Band / Breaking Down The Barriers / Rural Rhythm
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Clay Jones / Mountain Tradition / Rural Rhythm
• Save It! Save It! / Del & Dawg / Hardcore Bluegrass In The Dawghouse / Acoustic Disc
• Building The Fire / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• Foggy Mountain Special / Ron Block and various / Foggy Mountain Special Tribute to Earl / Rounder
• Where The Roses Never Fade / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Martha And Mary / Nu-Blu / Nail By Nail / Pinecastle
• Resting Place / American Drive / Self-titled / Rural Rhythm
• Tramp On The Street / Carl Story / The Late And Great 1916-1995 / Gusto
• That Mountain Is Me / Mickey Boles w. Marty Raybon / Let My Feet Go Runnin' / Self-released
• I'm Walkin' / Larry Gillis and the Hard Driving Swampgrass Band / Ringing Of The Hammer / Tinman
• Fishers Of Men / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management
• Bye The One / Kevin Carter & Full Assurance / Not Looking Back / Kindred
• Gonna Settle Down / Cumberland Gap Connection / A Whole Lotta Lonesome / Kindred
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge w.Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/14/2012

A week after a show with a special guest, we returned to "business as usual" for today's edition of the Bluegrass Cafe.  Generally, my goal for the show is to include a good mix of older tunes with a healthy portion of new music, and I think that goal was accomplished today.  I hope so, anyway...

Bill Monroe first recorded his tribute to
Uncle Pen (with fiddle) on 10/15/1950.

Folks who don't listen to Bluegrass music may not know too much about Bill Monroe, but a lot of them are probably still familiar with one of Bill Monroe's most autobiographical numbers -- a song he first recorded for Decca Records in a session on October 15, 1950:  "Uncle Pen."  Monroe's uncle, Pendleton Vandiver, was an old-time Kentucky fiddler who clearly had a big impact on his nephew, especially after Bill Monroe went to live with him as a teenager.  Years later, Monroe wanted to honor his uncle, so he wrote "Uncle Pen" in a fine tribute to him.  Monroe recorded "Uncle Pen" more than once throughout his career, and while the song has been recorded more than 50 times by other performers through the years, it was the 1984 version by Ricky Skaggs that reached the #1 position on the Billboard Country charts.  During today's program, we played both the original version and the Skaggs version.  I wonder if Bill Monroe could have conceived that his tribute to his fiddle-playing uncle would still be so well known 62 years after it was first recorded?

Added bonus:  it's pretty impossible to find video of the original version of Blue Grass Boys who recorded "Uncle Pen" in 1950, here's a YouTube clip from 1956 featuring the great Bobby Hicks on the fiddle:  

David Peterson last visited the WHUS studios in May 2010.

While we featured a good bit of new music, our "spotlight" new recording was one from Massachusetts native, David Peterson.  Although Dave hasn't lived in New England for many years, he still comes to this part of the world to perform a couple of times a year, and during his last trip to perform in Hamden, he sort of previewed this new recording.  While David's recordings have been mostly ones that feature traditional Bluegrass or classic country music, on this CD -- Dave is calling it "Simplicity" -- the music is pretty much David Peterson:  his voice and his guitar.  There are a few other instruments added in the mix on a couple of songs, but mostly it's just David Peterson picking and singing.  Very enjoyable!  Be sure to listen for more music from this fine recording in future weeks of the Bluegrass Cafe.

Other new music (from CDs released in 2012) came from recordings by Loafers' Glory, Lou Reid & Carolina, the Kathy Kallick Band, Larry Stephenson, Balsam Range, Marty Raybon, American Drive, Detour, the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, the Grascals, Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Hot Mustard, the Spinney Brothers, Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, Nu-Blu, and Ricky Skaggs.  

Hope you enjoyed today's show, and that you'll be sure to join Jim in the BG Cafe next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.  

Have a good week!

Amy 

REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Stanley Brothers / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• Shadows In My Room / Hot Rize / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Why Did You Wander / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Take Me To The Mountains / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Is It Still Over / Michelle Nixon & Drive / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever Records
• Prillaman's Switch / Rich In Tradition / Black Mountain Special / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Hard Hearted / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / In The Tradition / Rounder
• I'll Be Alright Tomorrow / Loafers' Glory / Loafers' Glory / Arhoolie Records
• Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration:  A Classic Bluegrass Tribute / Rounder
• Carolina Moonshine Man / Lou Reid & Carolina / Callin' Me Back Home / KMA Records
• Time / Kathy Kallick Band / Time / Live Oak Records
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Larry Stephenson with Sam Bush / What Really Matters / Compass Records
• Poison Love / Gene Wooten / The Great Dobro Sessions / Sugar Hill
• At The End Of A Long, Lonely Day / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years Of Trouble / Strictly Country
• Eight More Miles / Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Lynn Morris & Rhonda Vincent / O Sister! / Rounder
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1971]
• Any Old Road (Will Take You There) / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• Dirt Road Heartache / Marty Raybon / Southern Roots & Branches / Rural Rhythm
• Stone Wall / Hylo Brown / In Concert / Copper Creek
• Reuben / Jim Mills / Foggy Mountain Special / Rounder
• Nobody's Child / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm
• Quarterline Road / Detour / A Better Place / Self-Produced
• She Left Me Standing On The Mountain / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / They're Playing My Song / Rebel
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [1950]
• Uncle Pen / Ricky Skaggs / Time-Life Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life [1984]
• That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / David Peterson / Simplicity / Self-Produced
• Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Songs From The Holler / Springfed Records
• There's Always A Mother Waiting At Home / David Peterson / Simplicity / Self-Produced
• Rare Bird Alert / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Eleven Eleven / The Grascals / Life Finds A Way / Mountain Home
• Mom & Dad's Waltz / Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott / We're Usually A Lot Better Than This / Full Light Records
• If That Was Love / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / / Rebel
• Theme Time / Hot Mustard / Live At Mole Hill Theatre / Self-Produced
• What A Wonderful Life / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Take Me Back To Tulsa / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• You Are What I Am / The New South / The New South / Rounder
• Over In The Gloryland / Reno & Smiley with the Stanley Brothers / Bluegrass 1963 / Rural Rhythm
• Martha & Mary / Nu-Blu / Nail By Nail / Pinecastle
• Things In Life / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Music To My Ears / Skaggs Family Records
• The Power Up Above / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• That Mountain Is Me / Mickey Boles / Let Me Feet Go Runnin' / Self-Produced
• The Heavenly Parade / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Parade / Sugar Hill
• Satisfied / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Satisfied / Rebel
• Journey To My Savior's Side / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• Brother, I'm Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / MME [inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame, 10/14/1985]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/7/2012

Even at an October 2008 show, the Gibsons
were definitely entertaining.  

To my mind, Sunday's show was a fun one for a couple of different reasons.  For one, it was my first "Bluegrass Cafe" in nearly a month, as I was last on the WHUS airwaves back on September 9th.  For another, my brain was still "fresh" with all of the great BG I heard last week in Nashville during the IBMA festivities.  The biggest reason for a fun show, I thought, was that I got to have an on-air visit with one of the big winners at last week's IBMA Awards:  one of the newly-crowned Entertainers of the Year, Eric Gibson of the Gibson Brothers.  

The Gibson Brothers perform at the September 27, 2012
IBMA Awards (photo by Ted Lehmann)

Over the last several years at "BG Cafe," Eric has been our on-air guest numerous times -- no great surprise, really, if you consider how very popular the Gibson Brothers are in this part of the world.  Since around 1994 (and probably even a bit earlier), the Gibsons have been playing at festivals all over New England, so this is a community that has had a long appreciation of the brother-style duet perfected by these brothers from Ellenburg Depot, NY.  Now, it seems like the rest of the BG world has also become great appreciators of this fine band.  Being in the Ryman Auditorium on September 27th when the Gibsons won two IBMA Awards -- both Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year with Ricky Skaggs for "Singing As We Rise" and the top prize of Entertainer of the Year -- was a real joy for this long-time Gibson listener.  In fact, in an IBMA week filled with terrific moments, this was a definite highlight.  Big congratulations to Eric, Leigh, Mike, Clayton, and Joe, and thanks to Eric for coming on the show once more to talk about how it feels to be a newly-minted Entertainer of the Year, as well as a few other topics.

If you'd like to read a bit more about the IBMA Awards, be sure to check out the Gibson Brothers as cover boys on the latest IBMA newsletter, International Bluegrass, or visit BG blogger Ted Lehmann's terrific post with photos taken during the IBMA Awards:  http://www.tedlehmann.blogspot.com/2012/10/ibma-w-of-b-2012-awards.html

There were, of course, other great moments at IBMA, and we tried to shine a bit of a spotlight on a few of them, too.  We heard music from IBMA Award winners Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out (Russell took home his fifth Male Vocalist of the Year prize this year), as well as 5-time Female Vocalist of the Year, Dale Ann Bradley.  The IBMA Awards this year were big for first-time winners, too, as Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice took home prizes for both Album of the Year ("The Heart Of A Song" on Rebel Records), and Song of the Year for "A Far Cry From Lester And Earl."  Another big, first-time winner was Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, who were recognized as the Emerging Act of the Year.  To that end, we shared a couple of tunes from their soon-to-be-released new Rebel Records recording, "They're Playing My Song."  

IBMA is a lot more than just the awards show, of course.  During the week, I got to see a good number of bands performing that I'd either never heard in person before, or just don't get to see too often.  Several of them have new or newish material, too, so it worked out well to share it on the air on Sunday.  To that end, we heard music from Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray, the Spinney Brothers, Mark Houser & Bluegrass Drive, Robin & Linda Williams, Breaking Grass, the Bankesters, the Darrell Webb Band, Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, the Special Consensus, and NH/VT band, Hot Mustard.  We also heard a song from a new recording from the Kathy Kallick Band, as well as a tune from a band that essentially is the New South minus J.D. Crowe:  American Drive.  This band (Rickey Wasson, Dwight McCall, Matt DeSpain, and Kyle Perkins of the New South, plus banjo picker Justin Jenkins) made its formal debut at IBMA, and the future looks promising, as American Drive's Rural Rhythm Records self-titled debut will be released on October 16th.

Many thanks to James and Cathy Ward for filling in for both Jim and I over the last two Sundays.  Be sure to join them for more BG on WHUS, as their one-hour program called, "Bluegrass Rules" airs on Tuesday afternoons at 3PM.  I hope you heard something you enjoyed on Sunday's show, and I hope you'll be sure to join me once again next Sunday for another music-packed edition of the "Bluegrass Cafe."  

Have a great week!

Amy 


REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Leaves That Are Green / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family 
• Leaves Mustn't Fall / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Leaves In The Wind / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• A Far Cry From Lester And Earl / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel
• In Despair / Dale Ann Bradley / Somewhere South Of Crazy / Compass Records
• Big Muddy / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Drive Tyme / Rural Rhythm
• When The Snow Falls On My Foggy Mountain Home / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / They're Playing My Song / Rebel
• Old Memory / Gibson Brothers Bluegrass Band / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records
• Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Bear Bridge Chimes / Bear Bridge Band / Bear Essentials / Open Road
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• This Morning At Nine / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Frozen In Time / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers with Ricky Skaggs / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Ring The Bell / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• ***Conversation with Eric Gibson of the Gibson Brothers***
• One Car Funeral / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• A Blue Million Tears / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / They're Playing My Song / Rebel
• Hard Rain / Mark Houser & Bluegrass Drive / Uneven Road / Rural Rhythm
• Arizona / Robin & Linda Williams / These Old Dark Hills / Red House Records
• Amongst The Stones / Breaking Grass / Running With The Moon / Self-Produced
• Gypsy Jubilee / The Bankesters / Looking Forward / Blue Circle Records
• Banks Of The Ohio / Hot Mustard / Live At The Mole Hill Theater / Howling Cat Records
• Willow Creek Dam / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm
• Thinkin' Of Home / Kathy Kallick Band / Time / Live Oak Records
• The Coal Miner's Son / Darrell Webb Band / Breaking Down The Barriers / Rural Rhythm
• Goodbye To The Sun / Darrell Webb Band / Breaking Down The Barriers / Rural Rhythm
• Cabin On A Mountain / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Mama Don't Allow / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• The Greatest Creator / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Sing Me A Song About Jesus / Mountain Home
• Meet Me Over On The Other Side / Country Gentlemen / Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Every Humble Knee Must Bow / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• On My Way To The Kingdom Land / Special Consensus / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass Records
• You'll Be Rewarded Over There / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• I'm Going To Make Heaven My Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• On The Sunny Side Of Life / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 9/16/2012

Hi Folks.

What a day!  We had Bob Bond, the promoter of The Last Green Festival, visit by phone, and we had local favorites Nick Anderson and Monty McClanahan visit with us in person in the studio to talk local bluegrass history, upcoming events, and to play several songs with just guitar and mandolin, reminiscent of the Charlie & Bill style.  Monty may be known outside of our listening area by his song, "Walk Away," recorded by Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike.  Of course we played the VS&LP version on this show.

Nick Anderson & Monty McClanahan at WHUS

We played some brand new music on this program, including songs from Darrell Webb, Nu-Blue, The Roys,  The Grass Cats, and Del & Dawg.  Recent music included songs from Audie Blaylock, Bob Amos, Travers Chandler, Nightflyer, Karl Shiflett, Balsam Range, The Earl Brothers, and Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray.  We called on our Heritage Corner to work all eight sides into the show that Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys recorded on this day 66 years ago with what is now considered the First Bluegrass Band - Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise, and Howard Watts (a.k.a. Cedric Rainwater).














Amy and I both will be attending the IBMA World of Bluegrass which will keep us away for the next two shows.  James & Cathy Ward have graciously offered to fill-in for us during our absence.

Jim Beaver

Live performances in red

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Hard Country / Rural Rhythm
• Walking Back To Bristol / Bob Amos / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone
• Still Standing / The Roys / New Day Dawning / Rural Rhythm
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 / Bear Family
• Why Did You Wander / Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 / Bear Family
• Stumblin Stones / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• The Hangman's Daughter / Nightflyer / Nightflyer / Kang
• Little Joe / The Stanley Brothers / Sing The Songs of Bill Monroe / Gusto
• The Mountains My Baby And Me / The Grass Cats / The Mountains My Baby And Me / New Time
• She's Out Of Here / Darrell Webb Band / Breaking Down The Barriers / Rural Rhythm
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops to Roam / Self-released
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 / Bear Family
• Toy Heart / Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 / Bear Family
• Summertime Is Past And Gone / Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 / Bear Family
• Sally Don't You Grieve / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• The Storms Are On The Ocean / Larry Perkins w. Bobby Osborne, Alison Krauss / A Touch Of The Past / Pinecastle
• Walkin' The Dawg / Del & Dawg / In The Dawg House / Acoustic Disc
• Bad Man / The Earl Brothers / Outlaw Hillbilly / Big Hen
• This Morning At Nine / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Any Old Road (Will Take You There) / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• Walk Away / Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / No Summer Storm / Bell Buckle
• Heavenly Light Shinin' On Me / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-released
• The Darkest Hour / Nick Anderson & Monty McClanahan / Live in the WHUS Studio
• Rabbit In A Log / Nick Anderson & Monty McClanahan / Live in the WHUS Studio
• Build Me A Cabin In Gloryland / Nick Anderson & Monty McClanahan / Live in the WHUS Studio
• Turkey In The Straw / Shady Creek / Volume One / Self-released
• The Old Crossroads / Nick Anderson & Monty McClanahan / Live in the WHUS Studio
• Glastonbury Woodshed (bed) / Roger & JD Williams / Williams Squared / Happy Appy
• Last Ride Of The Red Bomber (bed) / Roger & JD Williams / Williams Squared / Happy Appy
• Cluck Old Hen / Shady Creek / Get Your Feet Wet / Self-released
• Blue Yodel #4 / Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 / Bear Family
• Martha and Mary / Nu-Blu / Nail By Nail (pre-release) / Pinecastle
• Lay My Body Down / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Self-released
• Mansions For Me / Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 / Bear Family
• Journey To My Savior's Side / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-released
• Mother's Only Sleeping / Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 / Bear Family
• Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads
• When I Wake Up To Sleep No More / Nick Anderson & The Gospel Friends / Self-titled / Self-released
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/9/2012

Sixteen years ago today, the BG world lost its father, William Smith Monroe.  As you might expect, we remembered Big Mon today by starting the show off with four songs of the many that have been written in tribute to Monroe in the years since his passing.  We also played a few tunes from Bill Monroe's pen and his recording catalog throughout the show.

In addition to September 9th being the anniversary of Bill Monroe's death, we also celebrated the birthdays of both Paul Adkins (born 9/9/1952) and James King (9/9/1958), as well as those of Bill Monroe (9/13/1911) and Lou Reid (9/13/1954).  

There was plenty of music to play from releases recently received or made available to WHUS through downloads by bands like Delta Reign ("Calm Before The Storm" will be released by Mountain Fever Records), as well as the Yankee Rebels ("Flight Of The Phoenix" on their own label), the San Francisco-based Earl Brothers' fifth recording called "Outlaw Hillbilly," "Pick It Brother" from the teen-and-preteen Moore Brothers Band, and the latest from Ricky Skaggs is called "Music To My Ears."  We also had a couple of "singles" released from forthcoming projects by Nu-Blu (their all-gospel "Nail By Nail" is soon to be released on Pinecastle Records) and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, whose "They're Playing My Song" comes out on Rebel Records on October 25th.  There was plenty of music from 2012 releases, too, by folks like the Special Consensus, Balsam Range, the Boxcars, Jeff Parker, Freeman & Williams, the Spinney Brothers, Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, Richard Bennett, Bob Amos, the Lonesome River Band, and Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show.  

Hope you enjoyed something you heard at some point on Sunday's show.  Be sure to join Jim next Sunday for another addition of Bluegrass Cafe.  Remember, too, that you're cordially invited to visit our Facebook page anytime and give it a "like," if you're so inclined.  There, you'll find information on various BG happenings in the area, and those pesky sports preemptions and things that might cause slight modifications to our programming at WHUS.  Find us on Facebook by clicking here:  www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe.  

Enjoy the week!

Amy 


REQUESTS ARE RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Big Man From Rosine / Wildwood Valley Boys / Songs From Wildwood Valley / Rebel
• Is The Grass Any Bluer / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Monrosine / Bill Emerson & Mark Newton / A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future / Webco
• Monroe / Special Consensus with Josh Williams & Chris Jones / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass Records
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray & Friends / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Leaving You And Mobile, Too / Lost & Found / Down On Sawmill Road / Rebel
• Sugar In The Gourd / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Blue Tears Are Falling / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Coldest Day Of Winter / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• I Give All My Love To You / Rhonda Vincent with Russell Moore / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Other Side Of The Mountain / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• Old Hollow Tree / The Boxcars / All In / Mountain Home
• I Ain't Gonna Lay My Hammer Down / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
• Picture In The Moonlight / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Hello Darlin' / Jeff Parker / Go Parker! / Lonesome Day Records
• Columbus Stockade Blues / Delta Reign / Calm Before The Storm / Mountain Fever Records
• Flight Of The Phoenix / The Yankee Rebels / Flight Of The Phoenix / Ampersand Records
• Soldier / Earl Brothers / Outlaw Hillbilly / Self-Produced
• Bottom Of A Mountain / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / They're Playing My Song / Rebel
• Pick It Brother / Moore Brothers Band / Pick It Brother / Self-Produced
• Loving You Too Well / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Music To My Ears / Skaggs Family Records
• This Weary Heart You Stole Away / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Blew Monday / Lou Reid & Carolina / Callin' Me Back Home / KMA Records
• Wrong Road Again / Freeman & Williams / Freeman & Williams / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Bye Bye Blues / Eddie Adcock & Don Reno / Sensational Twin Banjos / Rebel
• When The Walls Come Tumblin' Down / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Down In Union County / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records
• Thinking About You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
• The Cheshire Tragedy / Bear Minimum / Different Brothers With The Same Sister / no label
• Just The Same / Missy Werner with Chris Jones / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• From The Top / Richard Bennett / Last Train From Poor Valley / Lonesome Day Records
• I'm Yours / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Seen It All / Bob Amos / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone
• Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley / Country Gentlemen / River Bottom / Sugar Hill
• The Game I Can't Win / Lonesome River Band / Chronology, Volume Two / Rural Rhythm
• I Know My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Open Up Your Heart (And Let Jesus In) / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At The Newburyport Firehouse / Rounder
• Martha & Mary / Nu-Blu / Nail By Nail / Pinecastle
• Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning / Hot Rize / So Long Of A Journey / Sugar Hill
• Cabin In The Sky / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Out In The Middle Of Nowhere / Raincoe Music
• Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• River Of Death / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• Prayer Bells Of Heaven / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder