"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/11/2023

This day's Bluegrass Cafe included lots of fine music, end of story.  :)  To be slightly more specific, we included new music, classic tunes, our "Letter of the Week" spotlight, and a few tunes recorded by Jim & Jesse 71 years ago this week.

Jim & Jesse made their first recordings for Nashville's Capitol Records on June 13, 1952.  Amazingly, they recorded a total of EIGHT "sides" (songs) that day -- just about unheard of these days.  And these songs turned out to be classics featuring wonderful harmonies from these brothers.  We listened to three of the eight songs on Sunday.

Our feature "Spotlight Letter of the Week" was the letter E, so we heard songs from "E" performers with a band name or last name beginning with that letter.  The "E" performers included Bill Emerson (with several different partners), East Nash Grass, Jim Eanes, Dave Evans, the Earls Of Leicester, and a few others.

New music was part of the show, too, with selections from Rick Faris, Nothin' Fancy, and Carson Peters & Iron Mountain.

Hope you'll consider joining us next Sunday afternoon starting at 4PM.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Story Of The Day That I Died / Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice / The Story Of The Day That I Died / Rebel
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1953-1955 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Wall Around Your Heart / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Tennessee 1949 / Bill Emerson & Pete Goble / Webco Classics, Volume One / Pinecastle
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Jerry Wicentowski / Thanks, Mac!:  Songs Of Mac Wiseman / Wizgrass
• Foolish Heart / Alison Krauss / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Alison's Band / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Homestead On The Farm / Jerry Wicentowski / Thanks, Mac!:  Songs Of Mac Wiseman / Wizgrass
• I'll Go Stepping Too / Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• Stone Coal West Virginia / Dave Evans / High Waters / Rebel
• Fling Ding / Bill Evans / Native And Fine / Rounder
• Appaloosa / Bill Emerson & Wayne Taylor / Appaloosa / Webco
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Carolyn Eyerly / The Sunny Side Of Life / Patuxent Music
• O-hio / Tom Ewing / Adventures Of A Blue Grass Boy / Patuxent Music
• Shortnin' Bread / Brennan Ernst / Had A Big Time Today / Patuxent Music
• Singing The Blues / Echo Valley / Wildest Dreams / Bell Buckle Records
• Proud Mary / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Misery-Go-Round / Rick Faris / Uncommon Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• That's What Bars Are For / Nothin' Fancy / single / Mountain Fever Records
• If I Ever Get Back To Old Kentucky / Ages Past / single / Self-Produced
• Ready For A Bluer Sky / Amanda Cook / Changes / Mountain Fever Records
• Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Billy Blue Records
• The Note You Left For Me / Ages Past / single / Self-Produced
• Starlet Iris / East Nash Grass / single / Mountain Fever Records
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• I Will Always Be Waiting For You / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol [Recorded 6/13/1952]
• Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol [Recorded 6/13/1952]
• I'll Wash Your Love From My Heart / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol [Recorded 6/13/1952]
• Gotta Get You Near Me Blues / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Dust / Gibson Brothers / Darkest Hour / Bull Run Records
• Gardens And Memories / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• Old Train / Seldom Scene / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• Wildwood Flower / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Two Little Boys / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass;  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• Valentine / Full Cord / Hindsight / Self-Produced
• The Room Over Mine / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Stormy Horizon / The Expedition Show / Stormy Horizons / Mountain Fever Records
• Making The Rounds / Terry Eldredge / Making The Rounds / Pinecastle
• My Name Is Jimmy Martin (Do You Remember Me?) / Ray Edwards & Hard Rock Mountain / Portrait Of A Bluegrass Songwriter / Rural Rhythm
• Headin' Home / Gerald Evans & Paradise / Headin' Home / Lavenir Records
• Let Him Lead You / Jim Eanes / In His Arms / Rebel
• Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There / IIIrd Tyme Out / Living On The Other Side / Rounder
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin / Good & Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• I Hear My Savior Calling / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Blue Highway / Wondrous Love / Rounder
• Heaven / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / Del McCoury Band / The Promised Land / McCoury Music
• I'm Traveling On And On / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/3/2023

Our Bluegrass Cafe returned to the air today after a one-week absence.  Hope you were able to enjoy the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

We didn't have a particular theme or focus for Sunday's show, though we did remember a number of folks with early June birthdays, including those of three Bluegrass Hall of Fame members (Hazel Dickens, Clarence White, Tony Rice).  

There was time to pull out a "Letter of the Week" spotlight this show, so in honor of the month of June, we chose the letter "J."  As my all-time favorite Johnson Mountain Boys fit quite easily into this category, I really like the letter "J."  :)  Other important "J" performers (band name or last name) that we played were Merl Johnson, Randy Jones, Sally Jones, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Carl Jackson, Mark Johnson & Clawgrass, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Thomm Jutz, and Jim & Jesse.

There was a tiny bit of brand-new-to-us music to share, as well, with selections from Dale Ann Bradley, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Daryl Mosley, and a tribute recording to Murphy Hicks Henry.  Recent music was included, too, from Rock Hearts, Lost & Found, Still Pickin', Greg Blake & Hometown, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.

Thanks for listening, and have a great week!  We'll see you again in our Bluegrass Cafe on Sunday from 4-7PM.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Late Night Cry Of The Whippoorwill / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• The Hummingbird Man / Daughters Of Bluegrass feat. Heather Berry Mabe / Pickin' Like A Girl / Blue Circle Records
• The Cuckoo Bird / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volumes I & II / Sugar Hill
• The Windowsill Song / Daughters Of Bluegrass feat. Becky Buller / Pickin' Like A Girl / Blue Circle Records
• I'm Still To Blame / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• You'll Find Monroe Written There / Merl Johnson / Better Man / Patuxent Music
• I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome / Randy Jones / When Old Lonesome Comes Around / Self-Produced
• It Don't Bring You Back To Me / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Lonesome Dove / Carl Jackson, John Starling & the Nash Ramblers / Spring Training / Sugar Hill
• Welcome To New York / Mark Johnson & Clawgrass / Bridging The Gap / Pinecastle
• Love Hurts / Sally Jones / Love Hurts / Pinecastle
• Salt Creek / Clay Jones / Mountain Tradition / Rural Rhythm
• Run Little Fox / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / True Grass Again / Pinecastle
• Crazy If You Let It / Thomm Jutz with Andrea Zonn / Crazy If You Let It / Mountain Fever Records
• Flat Creek / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM Records
• Diesel On My Tail / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
• Hard Hearted / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Heartbreak Mountain / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Little Bit Of Bluegrass / Pinecastle
• A Life Well Lived / Daryl Mosley / A Life Well Lived / Pinecastle
• I Ain't Domesticated Yet / Rhonda Vincent / When My Momma Sang To Me:  Songs Of Murphy Hicks Henry / Self-Produced
• Kentucky For Me / Dale Ann Bradley with Larry Cordle / Kentucky For Me / Pinecastle
• Wanderlust / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
• Dreamer's Hill / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• Girl From West Virginia / Still Pickin' / Southbound / Self-Produced
• Love Me Or Leave Me Alone / Hazel Dickens / O Sister 2 / Rounder [Remembering Hazel Dickens:  6/1/1925 - 4/22/2011]
• I Don't Know What To Do / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Cline:  6/6/1931 - 11/9/2004]
• I Am A Pilgrim / Kentucky Colonels / Appalachian Swing! / Rounder [Remembering Clarence White:  6/7/1944 - 7/15/1973]
• Cry Baby Cry / Cox Family / RockyGrass / Blue Planet [Suzanne Cox birthday, 6/5/1967]
• Brown Mountain Light / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Plays & Sings Bluegrass / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• True Life Blues / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / O Sister! / Rounder [Remembering Hazel Dickens:  6/1/1925 - 4/22/2011]
• Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder [Jamie Dailey birthday, 6/9/1975]
• There Is You / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder [Jamie Dailey birthday, 6/9/1975; Don Reid birthday, 6/5/1945]
• I'll Go To My Grave Lovin' You / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle [Don Reid birthday, 6/5/1945]
• Too Bad You're No Good / Lindley Creek / Whispers In The Wind / Pinecastle
• That's Why I'm Lonesome / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• Autumn Fell / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Songbird / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• You'll Never Get Another Chance / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Lilacs, Lilies, And Roses / Bear Bridge Band / live recording / no label
• So Happy I'll Be / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder
• See You On The Other Side / Rick Faris / The Next Mountain / Dark Shadow Recording
• I'm Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Jordan / Darin & Brooke Aldridge with Ricky Skaggs, Mo Pitney & Mark Fain / single / Billy Blue Records
• The Other Side Of Heaven / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• He's Coming Back To Earth Again / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Starday King Records
• It's A Grand And A Glorious Feeling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Jim & Jesse with Bill Monroe & Tater Tate / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• One Wide River To Cross / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/21/2023

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our last live-in-the-studio show for the month of May, as the University of Connecticut is closing the studio next weekend in order to give the UConn workers a holiday.  Our next live broadcast will be on Sunday, June 4th.

In the meantime, during Sunday's show, we began by belatedly celebrating the birth anniversary of the Singing Ranger -- one Clarence Eugene (a/k/a Hank) Snow.  We shared six songs from the Hank Snow song catalog, five of which were Bluegrass covers.  

As we won't be on the air next Sunday (unless WHUS runs an archival broadcast of the show), we included a few songs which were appropriate for the real meaning of Memorial Day.

There was a tiny bit of newer music to share this week, as well.  To that end, we shared new or recent music from Boone & Foster, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, the Kody Norris Show, Troy Engle, Patrick McAvinue, Lost & Found, Cory Walker, Jerry Salley, the Lonesome River Band, Jason Barie, Mike Mitchell, the Gibson Brothers, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.

And finally, we played several songs from a recording I found recently at a used book sale.  This CD:  "E Pluribus Bluegrass" was recorded by the Bluegrass Patriots in 1996, and listening to it reminded me of how much I enjoyed this band.  Though the Patriots were a Colorado band, they did play a lot of major (and smaller) Bluegrass shows and festivals in the eastern U.S. around the time this CD was released.  The Bluegrass Patriots released several other CDs over the course of their 30+ year life as a band, but to me, this one will always be their best.  

Enjoy the week ~ and thanks for listening! 

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• The Goldrush Is Over / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Hank Snow Medley / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• I'm Movin' On / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• She'll Change / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & HIs Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Long Journey Home / Boone & Foster / Smoky Mountain Favorites / Mountain Fever Records
• Rocky Top / Boone & Foster / Smoky Mountain Favorites / Mountain Fever Records
• Green Mountain Girl / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced [Happy Birthday, Candi Sawyer!]
• Leslie County Blues / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records
• Sparkling Brown Eyes / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Long Gone / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Helen / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• A Little Bit Of Bluegrass / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / single / Pinecastle
• Looking At The World Through A Windshield / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• Back Home / Troy Engle / single / Pinecastle
• Station Blues / Patrick McAvinue / Fortis / Self-Produced
• Put It Off Until Tomorrow / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• Tried To Ruin My Name / Cory Walker / single / Mountain Fever Records
• What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think You're Foolin') / Jerry Salley / single / Very Jerry Records
• Near Mrs. / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen / Songs Of The American Spirit / Pinecastle
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records
• Robe Of White / Charlie Louvin / The Battles Rage On / True North Records
• Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• Bottom Of The Ninth / Jason Barie / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Making Hay / Mike Mitchell / single / Turnberry Records
• Maybelle / The Grascals / Up All Night / Mountain Home
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / Darkest Hour / Bull Run Records
• Who'll Be The Lucky Man / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Wild, Wild Rose / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Counting The Miles / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Wait For The Light To Shine / Eddie Sanders / Wait For The Light To Shine / Engelhardt Music Group
• The Glory Road / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
• Lord Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass
• Get On The Main Highway / Price Sisters /  A Heart Never Knows / Rebel
• Heaven / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Satan's Jeweled Crown / Cliff Waldron & the New Shades Of Grass / The Best Of Cliff Waldron / Rebel
• You Can Go To Heaven / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Songs From The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Kaleidoscope
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/14/2023

 My mother, Eleanor Orlomoski, with her 
youngest child (and only girl).

Happy Mother's Day!  It was a gorgeous Spring day in eastern Connecticut on this second Sunday of May -- a perfect day for Mom!  During our Bluegrass Cafe, we honored mother with all sorts of songs about her -- nearly three full hours' worth.  Hope you were able to join us.

We also remembered the late Gloria Belle (June 9, 1939 - May 5, 2023), who happened to be one of the pioneering female band leaders and singers in Bluegrass history.  If you'd like to know more about the life of this remarkable woman (as well as hear/see a lot of excellent sound clips of her music), visit the Bluegrass Today obituary that was recently published.  

We still found a tiny bit of time to enjoy some brand new (older) music from a wonderful Bluegrass band that would celebrate 50 years as a band in 2023:  Virginia's Lost & Found.  They have a new-yet-old record soon-to-be released later this month on Mountain Fever Records, so we shared a trio of tunes from that record.  We also shared newer music from Dan Tyminski, Songs From The Road Band, Stephen Wade, Special Consensus, and Larry Sparks.

Hope everyone has a fine week!  We'll be looking for you again on May 21st.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• God Bless Her, 'Cause She Is My Mother / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Sweetest Mother / Blue Sky Boys / Farm & Fun Time Favorites, Volume Two / Copper Creek
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• Every Day Is Mother's Day To Me / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Bear Family Records
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
• Mama's Roses / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• Mama's Opry / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Mother Knows Best / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Mama's Rocking Chair / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
• Memories Of Mother / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Mama Tried / Seldom Scene / SCENEChronized / Sugar Hill
• Always Be Kind To Your Mother / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Mama's Apron Strings / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Put It Off Until Tomorrow / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• Dreamer's Hill / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• Your Old Standby / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• Snowbird / Special Consensus feat. Claire Lynch / Great Blue North / Compass Records
• You Left Your Lonely / Songs From The Road Band / Pay Your Dues / Lucks Dumpy Toad Records
• Sourwood Mountain / Stephen Wade / Hands On The Tune / Patuxent Music
• Occam's Razor / Dan Tyminski / God Fearing Heathen / 8 Track Entertainment
• How Blue / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Billy Blue Records
• Banjo Picking Girl / Gloria Belle / Gloria / Rebel [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
• Traveling The Highway Home / Gloria Belle / A Good Hearted Woman / Southern Belle [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
• Milwaukee Here I Come / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / The King Of Bluegrass / Audium [Remembering Gloria Belle:  6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
• One Step Ahead Of The Blues / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder
• Workin' Girl Blues / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• From The Hollow / Bear Tracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• I Haven't Seen Mama In Years / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Every Day Is Mother's Day / Larry Stephenson / Thankful / Pinecastle
• The Beautiful Picture / Case Brothers / Radio Album / Self-Produced
• Hand That Rocks The Cradle / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Mama Don't Allow / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• I Saw Mother With God Last Night / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross:  Songs Of Faith And Inspiration / Red Feather
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• My Mother Prays So Loud In Her Sleep / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah
• Shake Hands With Mother Again / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Mother, Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
• Mother's Footsteps Guide Me / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto
• My Mother's Bible / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
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"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/7/2023

Before Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we were actually wondering if it was going to be possible to have a live radio program today.  You see, this is Commencement Weekend at the University of Connecticut and there were THREE separate graduation ceremonies that took place just today -- two of them during our show's airtime.  That means that parking on campus is kind of haywire and also, there was a possibility that the building in which the WHUS studios are located would be locked.  Turmoil!  Still, we found out last-minute that all was fine for our access, so we were able to provide three big hours of Bluegrass music today.  Phew!  :)  Congratulations to all 2023 graduates!

We devoted 17 songs -- a full hour's worth of airtime -- to Bluegrass covers of songs written by the legendary Canadian songwriter/performer who died at the age of 84 on May 1st:  Gordon Lightfoot.  It's no secret that the late Tony Rice was a major fan of Mr. Lightfoot, as over his own recording career, Mr. Rice recorded nearly a dozen and half songs from the pen of Gordon Lightfoot.  There have been loads of other Lightfoot Bluegrass covers over the years, though, and the ones we shared were from performers as varied as Mac Wiseman, Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band, the Front Porch String Band, Sideline, the Gibson Brothers, the Country Gentlemen, Bubba Chandler, Robert Hale, Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron, Special Consensus, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, J.D. Crowe & the New South, and, of course, the aforementioned Tony Rice.  Rest in peace, Gordon Lightfoot, and thank you for sharing your music with millions.

(If you'd like to read more about Gordon Lightfoot's impact on many Bluegrass performers over the years, check out this fine recent piece from Bluegrass Today.)

There was also a bit of new or recent music with brand-new tunes from Jana Mougin, Alison Brown (with Steve Martin), and the Dan Tyminski Band, and recent selections from the Little Roy & Lizzy Show, Special Consensus, Rock Hearts, Jason Carter, Larry Sparks, Starlett & Big John, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.

My apologies for those who may have tuned in last week to discover there was no Bluegrass music airing during our regular timeslot.  I was at the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance Hall of Fame event (read more about that here), and while I had submitted an older show to be aired in the regular 4-7PM time frame, for whatever reason, it just didn't happen.  

We'll plan to be with you once again with a brand-new Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.  Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• Phone Call Away / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• Frog On A Lily Pad / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• One Day Late And A Dollar Short / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• This Weary Heart You Stole Away / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Lonesome River Band / Chronology, Volume One / Rural Rhythm
• Rainbow Stew / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Welcome To The Show / Mountain Home
• Close By / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1954-1957 / JSP Records
• Honeycat Hornpipe / Corrina Rose Logston / Bluegrass Fiddler / Patuxent Music
• Milwaukee Here I Come / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / The King Of Bluegrass / Audium
• You Are What I Am / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Rounder [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Long Way Back Home / Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Sit Down Young Stranger / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Steel Rail Blues / Mac Wiseman / Mac Wiseman Sings Gordon Lightfoot / CMH [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Go My Way / Front Porch String Band / Front Porch String Band / Rebel [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Did She Mention My Name / Robert Hale / Pure & Simple / Pinecastle [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Early Morning Rain / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Alberta Bound / Special Consensus  with the Jaybird Trio, Pharis & Jason Romero, Ray Legere, & Claire Lynch / Great Blue North / Compass Records [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Cold On The Shoulder / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot / Rounder [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Ribbon Of Darkness / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Lost Souls & Free Spirits / Rebel [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Don Quixote / Country Gentlemen / Complete Vanguard Recordings / Vanguard [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• If You Could Read My Mind / Bubba Chandler / Somebody To Sing To / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Girl From The Canyon / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / How Many Roads / Rebel [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Song For A Winter's Night / Sideline / Front & Center / Mountain Home [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Brave Mountaineers / Special Consensus / Great Blue North / Compass Records [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot / Rounder [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Redwood Hill / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Remembering Gordon Lightfoot:  11/17/1938 - 5/1/2023]
• Ode To Jimmy Martin / Dan Tyminski Band / God Fearing Heathen / 8 Track Entertainment
• Foggy Morning Breaking / Alison Brown with Steve Martin / On Banjo / Compass Records
• If I Didn't Love You / Jana Mougin / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Keep Your Eye On Kentucky / Dan Tyminski Band / God Fearing Heathen / 8 Track Entertainment
• Pain Of Loving You / Mark Newton with Gloria Belle / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• Last Log Drive / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
• The Likes Of Me / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• Blink Of An Eye / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Prettier All The Time / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Bring 'Em On Back / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Like A Bird In A Cage / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Back Away Little Heart / Starlett & Big John / Living In The South / Rebel
• Before You Miss Me / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Go Stepping Too / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Angels Watching Me / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records
• Do You Live What You Preach? / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• God On The Mountain / Jesse Brock with Greg Blake / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit
• Standing In The Need Of Prayer / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Give Me The Roses / Traver Hollow / Angels Rejoice / Strictly Country Records
• It's A Grand And A Glorious Feeling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
• Martha And Mary / Nu-Blu / Nail By Nail / Pinecastle
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/23/2023

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we shared lots of wonderful music, including a tune or two in honor Earth Day.  Hope you were able to join us!

Our main focus on Sunday was sharing music from several members of the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance (RIBA) Hall of Fame.  Of the seventeen members who have been inducted since this honor was established in 2016, we heard music from nine of them during our program.  This coming Sunday -- April 30th -- the RIBA folks will be holding their 2023 induction ceremonies, during which four pioneers (Gert Hall, Al Hawkes, Randy Hawkins, and the Lilly Brothers) will be honored.  The inductees for 2023 include the delightful Neon Valley Boys -- one of my favorite local bands of the 1980s -- and, as you likely have heard by now, me.  How do I fit in with the likes of Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell, and Jimmy Gaudreau?  Honestly, I'm not sure, but I'm delighted to be there!  😁 If you'd like to know more about the RIBA event this coming Sunday, click here for more information or visit RIBluegrass.org

Oh, and if everything goes as planned, you'll get to hear an archived Bluegrass Cafe from May 2021 during our 4-7PM timeslot on April 30th.  That's the plan, anyway. 

We also included some newer music, this week from Tina Adair, Marty Raybon, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, (Wayne & Kristin Scott) Benson, and the Special Consensus, as well as 2023 releases from Boone & Foster, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Jason Barie, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, and Larry Sparks.

We'll be back on the air with you with a live program on May 7th.  

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• What A Ways We've Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Where The Wild River Rolls / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill
• Deep River / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Come And Sit By The River / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Do You Remember? / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Rose Maddox / This Is Rose Maddox / Arhoolie
• Country Pride / Lost & Found / It's About Time / Rebel
• Fourteen Carat Mind / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Your Eyes / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Golden West / Hightone
• Out In The Cold World / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Highway Of Sorrow / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Think Of What You've Done / Boone & Foster / Smoky Mountain Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Sparkling Brown Eyes / Rounder
• Fickle Wind / Bluegrass Cardinals / My Kinda Grass / BGC Records
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Bending The Strings / Allen Shelton / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
• Ace Of Hearts / Del McCoury Band / Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass / McCoury Music
• Cry Of The Loon / Stan Keach & Friends / Cry Of The Loon & Other Original Songs About Maine / Ayuh Records
• Lonesome Wind / Buzz Busby / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
• Skip, Hop & Wobble / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Me Oh My / Marty Raybon / single / Billy Blue Records
• Icy Cold / Benson / Pick Your Poison / Mountain Home
• Some Things You Can't Undo / Tina Adair / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Snowbird / Special Consensus with Claire Lynch / Great Blue North / Compass Records
• Blow Whistle / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• The Lovin' Of The Game / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Lovin' Of The Game / Compass Records
• Cowboys Dig Them High-Heeled Shoes / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records [RIBA Hall of Fame, 2023]
• That's When I Miss Her Most Of All / Bill Hall & Northwind Bluegrass / In The Shadow Of The Pines / Old Homestead Records [Bill Hall - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2017]
• Friend Of Steel / Southern Rail / Roadwork / Turquoise [Jim Muller & Sharon Horovitch - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2019]
• Adrienne's Reel / Jimmy Gaudreau / Classic J.A.G. / Webco [RIBA Hall of Fame, 2017]
• The Sun Also Rises / Shady Creek / The Old House / Self-Produced [Nick Anderson - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2021]
• Jubilation / Northern Lights / Can't Buy Your Way / Flying Fish [Mike Kropp - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2016]
• Headed Home For Maine / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah Records [Sam Tidwell - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2018]
• Pikearoo / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel [Fred & Earl Pike - RIBA Hall of Fame, 2020]
• I'll Go Steppin' Too / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Keep A Memory / Jason Barie with Doyle Lawson & Russell Moore / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• East Bound And Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys with Jason Carter & Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / single / Sound Biscuit
• Long Way To Denver / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Long Haul Truckin' / Chris Warner with Audie Blaylock / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Maple On The Hill / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Sundown And Sorrow / Jimmy Martin / Classic J.A.G. / Webco
• Let Time Ride / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
• On The Jericho Road / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 2 / Hay Holler
  
• Dust On The Bible / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• When Jesus Comes Down / Chris Warner with Dudley Connell / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco
• Don't Tune Him Out / The Whites / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• Little Eyes / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
• Speakin ' To That Mountain / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow 
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/16/2023

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was one with no particular direction, so we turned it into a "Spotlight Letter" Day.  This time around, the letter was "S," and to that end, we found recordings from 30+ "S" performers to share.  To qualify, either the performer's surname or their band name had to start with an "S."  Among the featured performers were the Stanley Brothers (of course!), Herschel Sizemore, Larry Stephenson, the Spinney Brothers, Special Consensus, Billy Strings, Straight Drive, Larry Sparks, Sister Sadie, and several others.  We stretched things a bit, too, and included two fine Bluegrass Hall of Fame sets of partners:  Earl Scruggs & Lester Flatt, as well as Red Smiley & Don Reno.

We included a bit of newer and recent music, as well, with newer recordings from Rick Faris, Cedar Hill, the Goodwin Brothers, and Boone & Foster, and recent selections from Greg Blake & Hometown, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, and Still Pickin'.

And we couldn't forget the upcoming birthday of the great Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944), either, so we played a couple of songs from the original Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.

Hope you enjoyed the show, and that
you'll consider joining us once again on Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Lost And I'll Never Find The Way / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Joyce's Waltz / Herschel Sizemore / My Style / Hay Holler Records
• Wasted On The Way / Shelton & Williams / So Much Time, So Much Love / Grass Tank Music
• I'm In Love All Over / Larry Stephenson / Everytime I Sing A Love Song / Webco
• Restless Blue Eyed Lover / Larry Stephenson / Everytime I Sing A Love Song / Webco
• There Ain't No Easy Street / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Could I Knock On Your Door / Jeremy Stephens / How I Hear It / Rebel
• The Letter / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / On The Edge / Compass Records
• Randy Lynn Rag / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Moonlight On My Cabin / Curly Seckler / 60 Years Of Bluegrass With My Friends / Copper Creek
• Memories / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Blue In The Blue Ridge / James Alan Shelton & Friends / Blue In The Blue Ridge / Freeland Recording Company
• Dusty Miller / Rickie Simpkins / Dancing On The Fingerboard / Pinecastle
• Makin' Tracks To Macon / Starlett & Big John / Living In The South / Rebel
• I Didn't Ask / Southern Rail / Drive By Night / Turquoise
• Well / Sister Sadie / single / Mountain Home
• Blue Eyed Blonde / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Steeltown Records
• I Know You're Married / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King
• Too Lonely, Way Too Long / Rick Faris / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• I'm Head Over Heels In Love With You / Boone & Foster / Smoky Mountain Favorites / Mountain Fever Records
• Everyday Thing / Goodwin Brothers / single / Self-Produced
• I've Never Been So Lonesome / Boone & Foster / Smoky Mountain Favorites / Mountain Fever Records
• Window Of A Train / Cedar Hill / single / Self-Produced
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Missing Her Has Never Slowed Me Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
• Home Run Man / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records
• That's Just Lonesome / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Picture Of Me Without You / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / In Dreams I Go Back / Mountain Fever Records
• Black And White / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
• Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes / Still Pickin' / Southbound / Self-Produced
• Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Billy Strings / Me/And/Dad / Rounder
• Unwanted Love / Sideline with Dudley Connell / Colors And Crossroads / Mountain Fever Records
• I Won't Be Far From Here / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• The Boatman / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Cotton Patch Rag / Orrin Star / No Frets Barred / Self-Produced
• Poverty Row / Springfield Exit / Springfield Exit / Cracker Barrel
• No Rhyme, No Reason / Sand Mountain Boys / No Rhyme, No Reason / Hay Holler Records
• She Thinks I Still Care / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Smith Ridge / Steve Sparkman / Smith Ridge / Copper Creek
• The Rock Island Line / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood Music
• What Will Become Of Me / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle
• Rocking On The Waves / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• The Other Side Of Heaven / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• River Of Jordan / Shannon Slaughter / Hold On To Your Heart / Self-Produced
• Open Up Your Heart (And Let Jesus In) / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• I'm Going There / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• When I Wake Up (To Sleep No More) / The Soul Pickers / The Beautiful River Of Life / Blue Circle Records
• His Record Is On High / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Rock My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/9/2023

Happy Easter!  Appropriately, approximately one-third of our Bluegrass Cafe was filled with songs all about the Easter Story, from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection.  Hope you all had a pleasant day.

Our brand-new music this week was a little bittersweet, as we received a new CD from the Connecticut trio, Still Pickin'.  This group included Jim Sharpley, a fine musician who died suddenly in March.  Jim was a good friend who wintered in Florida, but every Spring, he would return to Connecticut and come to visit me at my library.  We would talk about the Podunk Bluegrass Festival in August (where Jim was the Stage Manager, and I helped with the MC work), and Jim would generally bring me the latest CD from Still Pickin'.  Unfortunately, that visit won't happen this Spring, but I'm very grateful to Jim's bandmate, Dennis Sheridan, as he sent WHUS a copy of the newest CD.  Thanks to him.

Other newer music we enjoyed this week came from Larry Sparks, the Gibson Brothers, Jason Barie, Rock Hearts, Greg Blake, Billy Strings, and the Kody Norris Show.

We'll be back on the air with you again this coming Sunday, 4-7PM.  Hope you can join us...

Until then, have a great week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Search Inside An Empty Tomb / Rarely Herd / What About Him / Pinecastle
• The Empty Grave / Gary Ferguson / Without You / Turquoise Records
• Stone Was Rolled Away / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Broken Stone / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Remember The Cross / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Gonna Rise And Shine / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Gonna Rise And Shine / Mountain Fever Records
• Were You There / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• He's Passing This Way / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• The Cry From The Cross / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• Purple Robe / Junior Sisk / The Stanley Gospel Tradition:  Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Sea
• The Man In The Middle / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• Old Rugged Cross / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• I Am The Man, Thomas / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Garden Tomb / The Isaacs & the Oak Ridge Boys / Industrial Strength Bluegrass:  Southwestern Ohio's Bluegrass Legacy / Smithsonian Folkways
• Here At The Cross / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Six Hours On The Cross / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross:  Songs Of Faith And Inspiration / Red Feather
• Because He Lives / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• Diggin' Up Bones / Still Pickin' / Southbound / Self-Produced
• The Death Of Stonewall Jackson / Still Pickin' / Southbound / Self-Produced
• May You Never Be Alone / Still Pickin' / Southbound / Self-Produced
• Other Side Of The World / Greg Blake / People, Places, And Songs / Turnberry Records
• Don't Neglect The Rose / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Way Downtown / Billy Strings / Me/And/Dad / Rounder
• Mountain Rosalie / The Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• That's Why You Left Me So Blue / Jason Barie with Bobby Osborne & Doyle Lawson / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Never Grow Tired Of You / Patty Loveless / Honky Tonk Angel / MCA [Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, 2023 -- Patty Loveless]
• Pretty Polly / Ralph Stanley with Patty Loveless / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, 2023 -- Patty Loveless]
• Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold) / Dede Wyland / Keep The Light On / Patuxent Music [Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, 2023 -- Bob McDill]
• Come Early Morning / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder [Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, 2023 -- Bob McDill]
• Making Up Stories / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Ocean Of Teardrops / Ron Spears & Within Tradition / Carolina Rain / Copper Creek
• Pages Of Time / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats & Ties / Rebel
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / Darkest Hour / Bull Run Records
• Six Feet Of Snow / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Copper Kettle / Country Gentlemen / 25 Years / Rebel
• Lonesome Riverboat Blues / Edgar Loudermilk Band feat. Jeff Autry / Lonesome Riverboat Blues / Pinecastle
• The Last Log Drive / Rock Hearts / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• Roanoke / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Album, Volume 6:  Bluegrass Instrumentals / Rounder
• Lonesome Wind Blues / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King
• Slow Down (You'll Hit A Moose) / Sandy River Ramblers / Cry Of The Loon & Other Original Songs Of Maine / Ayuh Records
• Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / Mountain Soul / Epic [Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, 2023 -- Patty Loveless]
• Back To The Cross / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• Blue Moon Rising / He Arose / On The Rise / Lonesome Day Records
• It's A Grand And A Glorious Feeling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Recofrds
• Angels Watching Me / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / The Future Of The Past / Billy Blue Records
• Born Again / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass:  Southwestern Ohio's Musical Legacy / Smithsonian Folkways
• By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/2/2023

Before it's Sunday, again, it's time to share the playlist from our Bluegrass Cafe from last Sunday, April 2nd!

The Hag & Emmylou with Willie Nelson, too. 
 

Included in our lineup for last Sunday were a couple of tunes in celebration of the birthday of Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947), as well as a Bluegrass remembrance of the great Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016).  We also shared newer music from several folks, including Michael Cleveland, the Kody Norris Show, David Parmley, Greg Blake, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Mile Twelve, Lindley Creek, Danny Paisley with Sage Palser, Jason Barie, Larry Sparks, and Jason Carter.

Hope you've got plans to join us for a live Bluegrass Cafe on Easter Sunday, as we'll be there!  

Happy Easter!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Had It Not Been For The Train / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / It's About Tyme / Break A String
• The Passing Of The Train / Special Consensus / Roads & Rails / Shy Town Records
• The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore / New Coon Creek Girls / The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore / Pinecastle
• I Hear A Choo Choo Coming / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Live! At McClure! / Rebel
• With Body And Soul / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Big Black Train / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Greenlight On The Southern / Tony Rice / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Blue Train / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Home Of The Blues / Sugar Hill
• Here Comes The Train / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• Airmail Special / Jim & Jesse / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Fireball Mail / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Sunny Days (Are Comin' Once Again) / Michael Cleveland feat. Dan Tyminski & Jeff White / Lovin' Of The Game / Compass Records
• The Hills And Home / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Cabin On A Mountain / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Laurie & Kathy Sing Songs Of Vern & Ray / Spruce And Maple Music
• New Moon Over My Shoulder / Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Del McCoury / Mac, Doc & Del / Sugar Hill
• Stone Cold Loneliness / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC Records
• I Call Her Sunshine / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Bluegrass Breakdown / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Poor Ellen Smith / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Goodbye To The Blues / David Parmley / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• Cold, Wyoming Morning / Greg Blake / People, Places & Songs / Turnberry Records
• Just An Old Penny / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Little Bit Of Bluegrass / Pinecastle
• Johnny Oklahoma / Mile Twelve / single / Self-Produced
• Fare Thee Well / Lindley Creek / single / Pinecastle
• Walls Of Time / Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers / At The Ryman / Reprise Records [Emmylou Harris birthday, 4/2/1947]
• My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers / Merle Haggard / Down Every Road, 1962-1994 / Capitol [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Back To The Barrooms / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Silver Wings / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Daddy Frank / Jim Mills with Paul Brewster / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Today I Started Loving You Again / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Slowly But Surely / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Happy Appy Records [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• The Old Man From The Mountain / Bear Tracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Big City / Merle Haggard / The Bluegrass Sessions / McCoury Music [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• What Cross Your Mind / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass with Sage Palser / single / Pinecastle
• Fare Thee Well Cisco / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Bottom Of The Ninth / Jason Barie / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• Mom And Dad's Waltz / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• You'll Never Get A Better Chance / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Midnight Flyer / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddle Man Records
• Palms Of Victory / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• Free Salvation / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Man On The Mule / The Isaacs / Bridges / Horizon Records
• Calling My Children Home / Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers / Live At The Ryman / Reprise Records [Emmylou Harris birthday, 4/2/1947]
• I'll Be No Stranger There / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways
• God Told Nicodemus / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
• They're Holding Up The Ladder / Virginia Ramblers / They're Holding Up The Ladder / Self-Produced
• The Old Account / Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Del McCoury / Mac, Doc & Del / Sugar Hill
• On The Wings Of Angels / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder