"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/11/2024

For the Sunday before Valentine's Day, our Bluegrass Cafe was (mostly) filled with love songs -- and most of them were of the positive variety.   

In addition, we celebrated birthdays for three members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame -- Red Allen, David McLaughlin, and Jim McReynolds -- as well as the birthday of the late Charlie Moore.  We also remembered the great songwriter, Boudleaux Bryant (February 13, 1920 - June 25, 1987), who, while not a Bluegrass songwriter, has definitely had a good many of his songs recorded in the Bluegrass style over the years.

There was a tiny bit of new music to share, too, with newer recordings from the Larry Stephenson Band, Sister Sadie, Authentic Unlimited, Jerry Salley, and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes.

Thanks for tuning on Sunday.  We'll hope to have you join us next Sunday from 4-7PM for another edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.  

Happy Valentine's Day!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Out Behind The Barn / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• Bye Bye Love / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• All I Have To Do Is Dream / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• A Brand New Heartache Comin' On / Larry Stephenson with Dudley Connell / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go / Smokey Greene / The Friendly Voice Of Smokey Greene / Pinecastle [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Smokey Greene:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• Green Mountain Girl / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Panhandle Country / Mark Newton / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / High Lonesome / CH
• Somewhere Forgotten / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Eating Out Of Your Hand / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• It's Grand To Have Someone To Love You / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Six Feet Of Snow / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Weathered Gray Stone / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• Please Come Back Little Pal / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• I'll Love Nobody But You / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Well / Sister Sadie / No Fear / Mountain Home
• Colorado Winter / Jerry Salley / single / Very Jerry Records
• Sonny Weather / Larry Stephenson Band / Cast A Lonesome Shadow / Whysper Dream Music
• Big Wheels / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• If You're Ever Gonna Leave Me / Larry Stephenson Band / Cast A Lonesome Shadow / Whysper Dream Music
• Will You Ever Be Mine / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Dudley Connell / single / Sugar Petunia Records
• Midnight Flyer / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• San Joaquin / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Golden West / Nonesuch Records
• Love Bug / Lost & Found / January Rain / Rebel
• All In My Love For You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill
• If I Needed You / Seldom Scene with Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White Skaggs / Scene 20 / Sugar HIll
• The Court Of Love / Rhonda Vincent / Taken / Upper Management Music
• Love At Last / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• I Wouldn't Change You If I Could / Jim Eanes / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
• A Good Woman's Love / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Prettier All The Time / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Love Bug / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• Are You Waiting Just For Me / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel [Remembering Red Allen:  2/12/1930 - 4/3/1993]
• Georgia Stomp / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder [David McLaughlin birthday, 2/13/1958]
• Old Love Letters / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again / Wango [Remembering Charlie Moore:  2/13/1935 - 12/31/2002]
• Hard Hearted / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder [Remembering Jim McReynolds:  2/13/1927 - 12/31/2002]
• You're That Certain Someone / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [David Davis birthday, 2/16/1961]
• Before I Met You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Rose Of My Heart / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• My Heart Skips A Beat / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• What A Wonderful Life / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Move To The Top Of The Mountain / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill
• I'll Never Go Back / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• God Knows / Balsam Range / Kinetic Tone / Mountain Home
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• The River Of Death / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• Light At The River / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• I'm Ready To Go Home / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• See God's Ark A Movin' / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/4/2024

In the days before COVID, WHUS used to air many UConn Basketball games during the season.  Many times, portions of our Bluegrass Cafe was preempted for these basketball broadcasts.  While UConn still plays basketball (obviously!). the games are not often broadcast on WHUS these days.  Sunday afternoon, there was supposed to be a preemption with our show scheduled to have a delayed start.  However...a last-minute change cancelled the preemption.  Though parking at UConn on a game day is next to impossible, we still managed to get a nearly 3-hour show on the air.  Phew.

We didn't have a particular direction for Sunday's show, but we did share a bit of newer music, including songs from the Price Sisters, Wyatt Ellis, the Bluegrass Express, and Greg Blake.  The rest of the music played was an eclectic mix of classic favorites and other good Bluegrass.  

Hope you'll consider joining me once more this coming Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.  Until then, have a wonderful week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• True Life Blues / David Grisman with Del McCoury & Ricky Skaggs / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records
• So Blue / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• I'm Comin' Back, But I Don't Know When / David Grisman with Del McCoury / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• I'm Walkin' / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• Walking With Joanna / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Walkin' West To Memphis / Casey & Chris & the Two-Stringers / Get Along Girl / Arrandem Records
• I'm Walking The Dog / Charles Sawtelle & the Whippets / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Crazy Blues / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• There's Another Baby Waiting For Me Down The Line / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Another Town / Wyatt Rice & Danny Menzone Alliance / Something Out Of The Blue / Mountain Fever Records
• I'm Gonna Love You (Like There's No Tomorrow) / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• Hard Hearted / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Beaumont Rag / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• I Take The Chance / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Homespun / Happy Appy Records
• Slidin' Delta / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Some Old Day / John Cowan / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Nine Pound Hammer / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• I Can Read Between The Lines In Your Letters / Price Sisters / Between The Lines / McCoury Music
• Johnson Mountain Blues / Wyatt Ellis with David McLaughlin / Happy Valley / Knee High Records
• Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me / Bluegrass Express / A Tribute To Jim & Jesse / Plum River Records
• Happy Valley / Wyatt Ellis with Dominick Leslie / Happy Valley / Knee High Records
• It Ain't Their Heart That's Breaking / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records
• Home Again / Wildfire / Rented Room On Broadway / Pinecastle
• Spring Break / Pete Wernick / On A Roll / Sugar Hill
• You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming / Marshall Wilborn / Root 5 / Pinecastle
• Goodbye To The Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• What Was I Supposed To Do? / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Heart Of A Little Mountain Girl / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Black And White / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
• I've Been All Around This World / Marshall Wilborn / Root 5 / Pinecastle
• I Don't Care Anymore / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Like A Bird In A Cage / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Memories Cover Everything I Own / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Long Journey Home / Billy Strings / Me/And/Dad / Rounder
• Party For One / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Milwaukee Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• Thousand Dollar Holler / Michael Cleveland / Lovin' Of The Game / Compass Records
• El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch
• Take My Ashes To The River / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass:  Southwestern Ohio's Bluegrass Legacy / Smithsonian Folkways
• I'm Ready To Go / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• I've Read The Book / Marty Raybon / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout:  Bluegrass Gospel From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Billy Blue Records
• Standing On The Banks / Lonesome River Band / Singing Up There:  A Tribute To The Easter Brothers / Mountain Home
• Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Take Me In A Lifeboat / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again / Wango
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/27/2024

The last Sunday of January was a dreary, chilly day featuring a wintry mix throughout Connecticut.  Therefore, we thought that a perfect "excuse" for making "W" (for Winter!) our Spotlight Letter of the Week during this day's Bluegrass Cafe.  Surprisingly, there were far more recordings from "W" performers than we had time to play, so it's always possible you may hear more "W" folks again very soon.  For today, we enjoyed music from Roland White to Mac Wiseman, the Warrior River Boys to White Mountain Bluegrass to Jeanette Williams, and more.  

While that wasn't really any new music to share this week, we couldn't forget the late January/early February birthdays of a whole bunch of Bluegrass performers, including Lynwood Lunsford, Becky Buller, Del McCoury, Tom Gray, David Parmley, and Jason Carter.  

Hope you enjoyed the program today.  There is a possibility that we might get a delayed start next Sunday due to a UConn sports broadcast, but we'll keep you posted on our Facebook page.  Have a wonderful week, and thanks for listening...as always.  :)

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When I Get The Money Made / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• The Eighth Of January / Chubby Wise / An American Original / Pinecastle
• The Cowboy Lives Forever / The Whites / A Lifetime In The Making / Skaggs Family Records
• Trying To Get To You / Roland White / Trying To Get To You / Sugar Hill
• Leavin' / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
• Chilly Winds / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Sawing On The Strings / Alison Krauss / A Hundred Miles Or More:  A Collection / Rounder
• I Want To Be Loved / Bill Harrell with Del McCoury / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
• Lonely River / James King / These Old Pictures / Rounder
• Timber I'm Falling / White Mountain Bluegrass / January Weekend / Self-Produced
• This Old Town / Darrell Webb Band / Breaking Down The Barriers / Rural Rhythm
• Old Man Winter / Matt Wallace / For A Season / Pinecastle
• Blue Skies And Teardrops / Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds Of Lonesome / Self-Produced
• New Camptown Races / Frank Wakefield / That Was Now...This Is Then / Rosewood Records
• Early / Joe Walsh with the Gibson Brothers / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant Music
• Midnight On The Highway / Wilson Banjo Co. / Six Degrees Of Separation / Pinecastle
• Enough Of You / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle Records
• A Man Like Me / Roger Miller / A Man Like Me:  The Early Years Of Roger Miller / Bear Family
• A Man Like Me / Junior Sisk with Dan Tyminski / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Do I Ever Cross Your Mind / Serene Green / If It Wasn't For Longing / Patuxent Music
• Will You Ever Be Mind / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Dudley Connell / single / Sugar Petunia Records
• I Call Her Sunshine / The Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• Looking At The World Through A Windshield / The Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• The Eddie Swing / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent [Lynwood Lunsford birthday, 1/31/1962]
• John D. Champion / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording [Becky Buller birthday, 1/31/1979]
• Grandfather's Clock / Seldom Scene / Recorded Live At The Cellar Door / Rebel [Tom Gray birthday, 2/1/1941]
• Wing And A Prayer / David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide / David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide / Pinecastle [David Parmley birthday, 2/1/1959]
• The Likes Of Me / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Self-Produced [Jason Carter birthday, 2/1/1973]
• A Good Man Like Me / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Who Will Calm The Storm / Strictly Country Records [Del McCoury birthday, 2/1/1939]
• Evil Hearted Woman / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records [Del McCoury birthday, 2/1/1939; David Parmley birthday, 2/1/1959]
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• A Little Ways Down The Road / Cliff Waldron & the New Shades Of Grass / A Little Ways Down The Road / Rebel
• Goin' To The Dance / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent Music
• Black Mountain Rag / Doc & Merle Watson / Black Mountain Rag / Rounder
• The Goldrush Is Over / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• She's Crazy For Leaving / Wildfire / Quiet Country Town / Pinecastle
• Medley For Dobro And Double Bass / Roger Williams / I Know This Road / Happy Appy Records
• I Can't Believe That That's Bluegrass / Wide Open Spaces / Fiddletown / Self-Produced
• Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• I Can't Say No / Whitstein Brothers / The Whitstein Brothers / Sing Gospel Songs Of The Louvins / Rounder
• Waiting For The King / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Walking In The Spirit / Williamson Branch with the Marshall Family / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• All Prayed Up / Jeff White / The White Album / Rounder
• Get In Line Brother / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• There's Always A Light (In The Church) / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / I'll Be No Stranger There / Rebel
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Bubbling In My Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• 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 - 1/21/2023

Mid-January is prime time to celebrate some important Bluegrass birthdays, so that was our primary focus during this day's Bluegrass Cafe.  

We remembered the January 19th birthdays of several folks, most notably those of Bluegrass Hall of Famer Charlie Waller (January 19, 1935 - August 8, 2004) and Queen of the World Dolly Parton (born January 19, 1946).  Charlie's nearly 50 years as the lead singer/guitarist of the Country Gentlemen were filled with songs that have become Bluegrass standards.  And while Dolly has recorded a couple of what she marketed as "Bluegrass" albums, the fact remains that Dolly is a top-notch songwriter and many of her songs have been covered in the world of Bluegrass.  We also shared many songs in honor of Bluegrass Hall of Fame banjo picker, Bill Emerson (January 22, 1938 - August 21, 2021), whose career included being a founding member of the Country Gentlemen, a stint with Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, partnerships with Cliff Waldron and Pete Goble, and as a bandleader with his own Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie.  Great music.

There were quite a few new songs to share today from performers like Authentic Unlimited, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Jerry Salley, Missy Raines, and a new band called Wood Box Heroes.  

Thanks for listening!  Hope you will be sure to join us next Sunday afternoon for our Bluegrass Cafe -- 4-7PM.  

Have a great week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Request is RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Early Morning Rain / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• All I Have To Do Is Dream / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder [Remembering Phil Everly:  1/19/1939 - 1/3/2014]
• Pain Of Loving You / The Grascals with Dolly Parton / The Grascals & Friends / BluGrascal Records [Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• Come And Sit By The River / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Empty Pocket Blues / Michael Cleveland with Flamekeeper feat. Bryan Sutton / Lovin' Of The Game / Compass Records
• Out In The Cold World / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Dixie In My Eye / Bill Emerson & Pete Goble / Webco Classics, Volume One / Pinecastle [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Pick Your Own / Bill Emerson / Banjo Man / Pinecastle [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Home Run Man / Bill Emerson & Mark Newton / A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future / Pinecastle [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Prayer Bell Of Heaven / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / This World Is Not My Home / MME [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• State Line Ride / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Dancin' Annie / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Seeing Nellie Home / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Fox On The Run / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• Little White Washed Chimney / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
• Wasted Words / Feller & Hill / Feller & Hill & the Bluegrass Buckaroos / Self-Produced
• Maple Sugar / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Big Wheels / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• Listen To The Lonesome Wind / Missy Raines / Highlander / Compass Records
• Will You Ever Be Mine / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Dudley Connell / single / Self-Produced
• Colorado Winter / Jerry Salley / single / Very Jerry Records
• These Old Blues / Missy Raines with Danny Paisley / Highlander / Compass Records
• Cross The Line / Wood Box Heroes / single / Self-Produced
• The Sunny Side Of Life / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Slippers With Wings / Charlie Waller & Randall Hylton / The Singer & the Songster / Rebel [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Fare Thee Well / Duffey, Waller, Adcock & Gray / Classic Country Gents Reunion / Sugar Hill [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• High Lonesome / Bill Emerson with Charlie Waller / Reunion / Webco [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Honey Don't / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Fox On The Run / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/18/2004]
• Mighty Mississippi / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Jimmy Haley birthday, 1/19/1955]
• Viva Las Vegas / The Grascals with Dolly Parton / The Grascals / Rounder [Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• Kentucky Gambler / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• Gypsy, Joe, And Me / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced [Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• Coat Of Many Colors / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder [Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• Orange Blossom Special / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• You're In My Heart / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• God's Coloring Book / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/8/2004; Dolly Parton birthday, 1/19/1946]
• I Believe In The Old-Time Way / Traditional Grass / I Believe In The Old-Time Way / Rebel
• Kneel Down And Pray Up / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Moon / Rebel
• When We Look On His Face / Bill Emerson with Cliff Waldron / Reunion / Webco [Remembering Bill Emerson:  1/22/1938 - 8/21/2021]
• I Am The Road / Hot Rize / When I'm Free / Ten In Hand Records
• Brighter Mansion Over There / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King Records
• Music In My Soul / HIgh Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• I'm Working On A Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Gone Home / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Charlie Waller:  1/19/1935 - 8/8/2004]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/14/2024

Since the first Sunday of 2024 turned out to be a snow day for us here in eastern Connecticut, we spent a good deal of the January 13th edition of our Bluegrass Cafe tying up loose ends from that missed week.  We played a few more songs from recordings issued in 2023, belatedly celebrated the 100th birth anniversary of the one and only Earl Scruggs, and paid tribute to a fine musician and singer who left us too early, Audie Blaylock.

So many tributes have been made since January 6th -- the centennial anniversary of the birthday of one super legend named Earl Eugene Scruggs.  It's difficult to overstate how important this young banjo picker from North Carolina would become in the world of Bluegrass music, and music, in general.  We shared lots of Earl's music on Sunday -- his earliest days with Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, as well as his many years of partnership with Lester Flatt.  We also shared music that Earl made on his own, and where he served as a guest musician with performers such as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tom T. Hall, IIIrd Tyme Out, and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder.  Many hours could be filled with the music of Earl Scruggs, and we will absolutely continue to share his music and his influence during our program.

We also learned this week of the passing of Audie Blaylock.  In addition to being a bandleader of Audie Blaylock & Redline for the last couple of decades, Audie was also a 9-year member of Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, and worked for a bit with both Rhonda Vincent & the Rage and Michael Cleveland.  We included lots of Audie's music during Sunday's show and enjoyed all of it, as we will for years to come.  Rest in peace.

There wasn't really any brand-new music for us to share this week; instead, we included selections from 2023 releases that we didn't get to play during our December 31st broadcast.  To that end, we heard 2023 music from Sam Bush, Michael Cleveland, Bob & Sarah Amos, the Tim Raybon Band, Jason Carter, the Kody Norris Show, the Dan Tyminski Band, Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve, Rick Faris, East Nash Grass, and the Tennessee Bluegrass Band.

Hope you enjoyed the program, and please be sure to join us for another brand-new Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Have a fine week.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder with Earl Scruggs / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  Tribute To 1946 And 1947 / Skaggs Family Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Radio John / Sam Bush / Radio John:  Songs Of John Hartford / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Sunny Days (Are Comin' Once Again) / Michael Cleveland with Jeff White / Lovin' Of The Game / Compass Records
• The Hills That I Call Home / Bob & Sarah Amos / EverOnward / Bristlecone 
• Leaving Cleveland / Tim Raybon Band / I Could Get Used To This / Pinecastle
• Long Haul Truckin' / Chris Warner with Audie Blaylock / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Don't Wake Me / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• I Remember / Chris Warner with Audie Blaylock / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Matches / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Love Is An Awful Thing / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Originalist / 615 Hideaway Records [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Sophronie / Audie Blaylock / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Roll On Blues / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• Kissimmee Kid / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• Mountain Rosalie / Kody Norris Show / Rhinestone Revival / Rebel
• When The Wind Comes Up / Jody Stecher with Mile Twelve / Mile 77 / Don Giovanni Records
• Never Met A Stranger / Dan Tyminski Band / God Fearing Heathen / 8 Track Entertainment
• Too Lonely, Way Too Long / Rick Faris / Uncommon Sky / Dark Shadow Recording
• I Almost Told Her / East Nash Grass / Last Chance To Win / Mountain Fever Records
• Coming Down The Line / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Paper Angel / Jason Carter / Lowdown Hoedown / Fiddleman Records
• The Boys In Hats And Ties / Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys In Hats And Ties / Rebel
• Old Salty Dog Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Flint Hill Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Wildwood Flower / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Mother Maybelle Carter & Earl Scruggs / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Sittin' On Top Of The World / Earl Scruggs with Rodney Dillard / Top Of The World / Columbia [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Song Of The South / Earl Scruggs & Tom T. Hall / The Storyteller And The Banjo Man / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• You Are My Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Songs Of The Famous Carter Family / Columbia [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Mama Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall!:  The Complete Concert / Koch Records [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• Don't Stop The Music / Del McCoury / High Lonesome And Blue / Rounder
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• You Better Hold On To Your Heart / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• I Will Always Be Waiting For You / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Redwood Hill / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Harbor Of Love / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• I'm Working On The Road To Gloryland / IIIrd Tyme Out with Earl Scruggs / Living On The Other Side / Rounder [Remembering Earl Scruggs:  1/6/1924 - 3/28/2012]
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage with Bill Gaither / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming / GGS Music [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• The Heavenly Parade / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Parade / Sugar Hill
• Goodbye / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Audie Blaylock]
• I Have Found The Way / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/31/2023

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our very last for 2023.  Our spotlight for the show was -- naturally -- on songs from many of the wonderful recordings released during the year.  We also paid tribute to some of the many Bluegrass performers who passed in 2023.  And if all of that wasn't enough to squeeze into a show, we also remembered the late Hank Williams, who died in the back of a car enroute to playing a show in Canton, Ohio on New Year's Day 1953.  

Nearly thirty of the fifty-one songs that were played during our broadcast were taken from 2023 recordings.  We still had several more 2023 recordings from which to share music on Sunday, but we just ran out of time.  That music will need to be shared when next we meet.  For Sunday, though, we played music from performers ranging from 2023 award winners, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Greg Blake, and Special Consensus to perennial favorites like Larry Sparks, the Gibson Brothers, Dale Ann Bradley, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, and Rhonda Vincent.  In addition, there were newer (or, new-to-us) bands like the Henhouse Prowlers, Full Cord, Retro 78, and Starlett & Big John.  And there was music from my personal favorite recording for 2023:  "Music In My Soul" from High Fidelity.  It was a fine year for Bluegrass music, and we were happy to share it!

Those we lost in 2023 will never be forgotten.  We couldn't do a year-end show without remembering and honoring the great Jesse McReynolds and Bobby Osborne -- two first-generation members of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and mandolin legends.  We also remembered Terry Baucom, Gloria Belle, Bill Castle, Smokey Greene, Mark Kuykendall, John Miller, Ron Spears, and regional Bluegrass favorites Jack Jolie, Mark Wayne Kitchin, and Jim Sharpley.  Rest in peace.

There would be no Bluegrass Cafe without the support of our wonderful listeners.  Thanks very much to all of you for a fine 2023.  May we all enjoy good health, happiness, and lots more fine Bluegrass in 2024!  

Happy New Year!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Recordings from 2023 are in RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Carolina Smokey Mountain Home / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle [Remembering Ron Spears:  7/28/1953 - 3/22/2023]
• Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family Records [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Ruby (Are You Mad) / Osborne Brothers / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Yellow River / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom:  10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• Auld Lang Syne / Tony Trischka / Glory Shone Around:  A Christmas Collection / Rounder
• El Dorado / Molly Tuttle & Golden HIghway / City Of Gold / Nonesuch Records
• Mayberry State Of Mind / Daryl Mosley / A Life Well Lived / Pinecastle
• Calaveras County / Jason Barie with Michael Cleveland / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• That's Why You Left Me So Blue / Jason Barie with Bobby Osborne & Doyle Lawson / Radioactive / Billy Blue Records
• A Little Bit Of Bluegrass / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Little Bit Of Bluegrass / Pinecastle
• With A Pain In My Heart / Tim Graves & the Farmhands / Bluegrass DNA / Pinecastle 
• Quit Quittin' You / Starlett & Big John / Living In The South / Rebel
• Making Hay / Mike Mitchell / Fathers & Sons / Turnberry Records
• The Last Log Drive / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
• Subscription To Loneliness / Henhouse Prowlers / Lead And Iron / Dark Shadow Recording
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / Darkest Hour / Bull Run Records
• Dreamer's Hill / Lost & Found / Final Chapter / Mountain Fever Records
• A Man Like Me / Junior Sisk feat. Dan Tyminski / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Fall In Tennessee / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• There's A Song In There Somewhere / Price Sisters / single / McCoury Music
• You'll Never Find Another Love So True / Fast Track / Heartache And Trouble / Engelhardt Music Group
• Cold Cold Heart / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Hey Good Lookin' / Hank Williams / Live At The Grand Ole Opry / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Collection / MCA [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Banjo Pickin' Girl / Gloria Belle / Sings Bluegrass In The Country / Rebel [Remembering Gloria Belle: 6/9/1939 - 5/5/2023]
• RV Blues / Smokey Greene / The Friendly Voice Of Smokey Greene / Pinecastle [Remembering Walter "Smokey" Greene:  3/10/1930 - 10/19/2023]
• I Don't Have The Want To Anymore / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Forever And A Day / Rebel [Remembering Mark Kuykendall:  10/17/1962 - 6/19/2023]
• Hickory Hollow / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage [Remembering Mark Wayne Kitchin:  died 9/29/2023]
• My Music Comes From Bill / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Bill Castle:  1/6/1934 - 2/27/2023]
• Something New / Grass Routes / Something New / Self-Produced [Remembering Jack Jolie:  died 8/12/2023]
• Girl From West Virginia / Still Pickin' / Southbound / Self-Produced [Remembering Jim Sharpley:  4/15/1949 - 3/9/2023]
• Hillbilly Fever / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH [Remembering Bobby Osborne:  12/7/1931 - 6/27/2023]
• Airmail Special On The Fly / Jim & Jesse / RockyGrass / Blue Planet [Remembering Jesse McReynolds:  7/9/1929 - 6/23/2023]
• Alberta Bound / Special Consensus / Great Blue North / Compass Records
• Slowly / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Homespun / Happy Appy Records
• This Is The Girl I Love / Retro 78 / EP / Ram Cat Records
• One By One / Dale Ann Bradley with Danny Paisley / Kentucky For Me / Pinecastle
• I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You / Full Cord / Cambium / Dark Shadow Recording
• The City Of New Orleans / Rhonda Vincent / single / Upper Management Music
• Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Jim Lauderdale & the Po' Ramblin' Boys with Del McCoury / The Long And Lonesome Letting Go / Sky Crunch Records
• I'm Ready To Go / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• God's Coloring Book / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent Music
• A Beautiful Life / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• It's A Grand And A Glorious Feeling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Let Time Ride / Billy Blue Records
• The Other Side Of Heaven / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• The Scarlet Red Lines / Larry Sparks / It's Just Me / Rebel
• Rocking On The Waves / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom:  10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• Look To The Light / John Miller / Look To The Light;  Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang / Rural Rhythm Christian [Remembering John Miller:  2/18/1974 - 6/22/2023]
• Are You Lost In Sin? / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel 
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/10/2023

Our Bluegrass Cafe on this rainy, warmish December Sunday afternoon featured some Christmas music, as well as selections from a couple of newer CDs, and a lengthy tribute to a great banjo stylist who died this week, Terry Baucom.

The new music came to us from two new recordings on the Patuxent Music label:  "If It Wasn't For Longing" from Pennsylvania band Serene Green, as well as "Yesterday And Tomorrow" by the Country Gentlemen Tribute Band.  We heard three selections from each CD on Sunday, and will hear more in future weeks.  There was even a new Christmas song to share from the Po' Ramblin' Boys.

We also shared a whole lot of fine music from the super-talented banjo picker and performer, Terry Baucom.  Bauc died on December 7th at the age of 71.  Over the years, he was an original part of many influential bands in the world of Bluegrass, including Boone Creek, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and IIIrd Tyme Out.  He also released several solo recordings, and in his later years, Baucom fronted his own successful band, Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive.  We included music in our tribute set from all of these bands, plus Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina and Baucom, Bibey, & Blueridge.  He also received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association this past September.  Rest in peace, Terry Baucom.

Hope you all enjoyed the program today.  Please be sure to join us next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM for another Bluegrass Cafe.  

Have a great week.

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Feel The Christmas Spirit / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House / SSK
• O Christmas Candle / Stony Point Quartet / Christmas Time Back Home / Cracker Barrel
• Christmas Swing / Chesapeake / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• Two Step 'Round The Christmas Tree / Amy Gallatin / 'Tis The Season / Happy Appy Records
• Santa Train / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass & White Snow / Epic
• Tears Of Regret / High Fidelity with Jesse McReynolds / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• The Cold Hard Facts / Jeff White / Right Beside You / Self-Produced
• Wall Around Your Heart / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone / Scottie Sparks / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea Records
• Are You Missing Me? / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• One Way Track / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• Yellow River / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• Lower On The Hog / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• A Lover Of The Lord / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Once And For Always/The News Is Out / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• Prisoner Of The Past / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• Gonna Travel On / Baucom, Bibey, & Blueridge / Come Along With Me / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• In A Groove / Terry Baucom / In A Groove / John Boy & Billy, Inc. [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/8/2023]
• Charlie Cotton / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / 4th & Goal / JohnBoy & Billy, Inc. [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/8/2023]
• When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper / Rounder [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/8/2023]
• Back To Appalachia / Serene Green / If It Wasn't For Longing / Patuxent Music
• If It Wasn't For Longing / Serene Green / If It Wasn't For Longing / Patuxent Music
• Doin' My Time / Serene Green / If It Wasn't For Longing / Patuxent Music
• Miner's Child / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent Music
• The Eddie Swing / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday and Tomorrow / Patuxent Music
• Mountains And Memories / Country Gentlemen Tribute Band / Yesterday And Tomorrow / Patuxent Music
• I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time / Po' Ramblin' Boys / single / Sound Biscuit
• Pretty Paper / Heather Berry / Have A Merry Berry Christmas / Mountain Fever Records
• Because It's Christmas Time / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Because It's Christmas Time / Billy Blue Records
• Call Collect On Christmas / James King Band / O Chrismtas Tree / Rounder
• That's Christmas Time To Me / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Christmas Time's A Comin' / Time Life
• The Beans Should Be Blossomed / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Gary Dalrymple birthday, 12/10/1969]
• Butter In The Mustache / Rock Hearts / Wanderlust / 615 Hideaway Records
• Gardens And Memories / Greg Blake & Hometown / The View From Home / Get It Played
• I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You / Full Cord / Cambium / Dark Shadow Recording
• Going Down To Charleston / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Gary Dalrymple birthday, 12/10/1969]
• Sick, Sober, And Sorry / Audrey Mae / Bad Fret / Self-Produced
• (Is This) My Destiny / Osborne Brothers / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing
• It's Lonesome Everywhere I Go / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Why Don't You Tell Me So / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• Ode To Jimmy Martin / Dan Tyminski Band / God Fearing Heathen / 8 Track Entertainment
• She's Gone, Gone, Gone / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• No Other Man / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• I Almost Told Her / East Nash Grass / Last Chance To Win / Mountain Fever Records
• Many A Mile / Audrey Mae / Bad Fret / Self-Produced
• Calm The Storm / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• Home Of The Soul / Jimmy Gaudreau with Bill Clifton / In Good Company / CMH
• Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts And Better Times / Open Road
• There Is Power In The Blood / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Little Community Church / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill [Remembering Terry Baucom, 10/6/1952 - 12/7/2023]
• The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers with Erin Gibson Laclair / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• I'm Working On A Road / Country Gentlemen / John Duffey:  The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/3/2023

It's December!  That means it was time to feature some of the Christmas tunes on our Bluegrass Cafe this week!  We did just that, sharing seasonal classics from the Country Gentlemen and Stanley Brothers, as well as brand-new Christmas music from the Kody Norris Show, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, and Crandall Creek.  We'll continue to share Christmas music during each broadcast leading up to Christmas, so look forward to hearing it.

The month of December also inspired me to dig out some music from "D" performers -- those whose last names or band names begin with the letter "D."  Those from the "D" list included Dailey & Vincent, David Davis & the Warrior River Boys, Deeper Shade Of Blue, Detour, Diamond Creek, Bob Dick, Joe Diffie, the Dillards, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Matt Dudman, Stuart Duncan, and a few others.  

And if all of that wasn't enough, we also shared nine IBMA Songs of the Year from the very first one in 1991 ("Colleen Malone" by Hot Rize) to the most recent recipient (Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway with "Crooked Tree").  Great music, all of it.

Hope you enjoyed the show, and also, please join me once more this coming Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM for another Bluegrass Cafe!  

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Making Plans / Tim O'Brien / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• My Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell with the Johnson Mountain Boys / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Christmas Is Near / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years, 1958-1961 / Gusto
• If We Make It Through December / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / Winter's Grace / Signature Sounds
• Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Stranger In My Home / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Sitting On Top Of The World / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records [IBMA Song of the Year, 2020]
• They Called It Music / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records [IBMA Song of the Year, 2013]
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder [IBMA Song of the Year, 2009]
• Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder [IBMA Song of the Year, 2008]
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder [IBMA Song of the Year, 1996]
• 1952 Vincent Black Lightning / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music [IBMA Song of the Year, 2002]
• A Far Cry From Lester And Earl / Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel [IBMA Song of the Year, 2012]
• Colleen Malone / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill [IBMA Song of the Year, 1991]
• Crooked Tree / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch [IBMA Song of the Year, 2023]
• Mountain City Christmas / The Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Run Run Rudolph / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Because It's Christmas Time / Billy Blue Records
• No Place Like Home For The Holidays / Bob Dick / More Tidings Of Comfort And Joy / Appleland
• Little Saint Nick / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Hometown Holiday / Billy Blue Records
• Christmastime / Crandall Creek / single / Self-Produced
• Oh What Love / Kentucky Just Us / single / Mountain Of Home Music
• Two Lane Highway / Balsam Range / Kinetic Tone / Mountain Home
• Swinging A Nine Pound Hammer / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Records
• Now We All Know / Diamond Creek / Where I Go From Here / New Time Records
• Too Blue To Have The Blues / Detour / Going Nowhere Fast / Mountain Fever Records
• Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70] / Vanguard
• Put Some Bluegrass In My Ear / Deeper Shade Of Blue / Steam / Mountain Fever Records
• Paddy On The Turnpike / Chad Darou / Raising The Bar / Bell Buckle Records
• Blue Yodel #4 / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• Nobody's Darlin' But Mine / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• He Rambled / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder
• Silver Bells / Bob Dick / More Tidings Of Comfort And Joy / Appleland
• Somehow Tonight / Joe Diffie / Homecoming / Rounder
• Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Lee Highway Blues / Stuart Duncan / Stuart Duncan / Rounder
• Carolyn At The Broken Wheel Inn / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Small Exception Of Me / John Duffey [Seldom Scene] / John Duffey:  The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel
• I'm Working On A Road / John Duffey [Country Gentlemen] / John Duffey:  The Rebel Years, 1962-1977 / Rebel
• A Beautiful Life / Kathy Kallick Band / The Lonesome Chronicles / Live Oak Records
• Old Satan / Jim Eanes / Let Him Lead You / Rebel
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• God On A Mountain / Jesse Brock / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit
• So Happy I'll Be / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• I'll Be No Stranger There / High Fidelity / Music In My Soul / Rebel
• Place On Calvary / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Shouting In The Air / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/26/2023

For our Thanksgiving weekend edition of Bluegrass Cafe, we played several songs celebrating eating, turkeys, pilgrims, home, and gratitude.  In addition, we shared selections from two new Christmas releases from Billy Blue Records:  "Because It's Christmas Time" by Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers and Darin & Brooke Aldridge's "Hometown Holiday."  There was also new (or newish) music from the likes of Greg Blake, (Gary) Ferguson & (Colin) Henry, Full Cord, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, Marty Falle, Sister Sadie, Balsam Range, and David Peterson.  

Hope you enjoyed something you heard on Sunday.  Please consider joining me once more for another Bluegrass Cafe this coming Sunday from 4-7PM, won't you?

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Request is RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Eat At The Welcome Table / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
• Turkey In The Straw / Eddie Adcock & Don Reno / Sensational Twin Banjos / Rebel
• Feast Here Tonight / David Grisman with Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• Ride The Wild Turkey / Jerry Douglas / Slide Rule / Sugar Hill Records
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Kaleidoscope 
• Home / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Lonesome Old Home / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• I'm On My Way To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• The Old Home Town / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• Flame In My Heart / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Dreaming / Rounder
• Six Feet Under The Ground / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Dickson County Breakdown / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Old Rusty Gate / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Old Rusty Gate / Rebel
• Fraulein / Lost & Found / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Don't Tell Me Stories / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Girl From The North Country / Steve Gulley / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Long Gone / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Christmas At The Old Home Place / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Because It's Christmas Time / Billy Blue Records
• Who Do You Think? / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Hometown Holiday / Billy Blue Records
• The Christmas Cookies / Greg Blake / People, Places And Songs / Turnberry Records
• With Bells On / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Hometown Holiday / Billy Blue Records
• Old Fashioned Christmas / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers with Paul Williams / Because It's Christmas Time / Billy Blue Records
• Chasing A Dream / Ferguson & Henry / Distant Brothers / Self-Produced
• Maces Springs / Full Cord / Cambium / Dark Shadow Recording
• Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Carson Peters & Iron Mountain / Gotta Lotta Lonesome / Billy Blue Records
• Kentucky Proud / Marty Falle / My Farm, My Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• At The End Of A Long, Lonely Day / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
• Fourteen Carat Mind / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Where The Old Red River Rolls / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Willow / Sister Sadie / single / Mountain Home
• I'll Have To Make Some Changes / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• We'll All Drink Money / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Mountain Laurel / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals:  The Definite Collection / CMH
• Goodbye To The Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Will You Be Leavin' / Carley Arrowood / Goin' Home Comin' On / Mountain Fever Records
• Sam's Place / Nick Chandler & Delivered / Silver Bird / Pinecastle
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Coming Down The Line / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Queen Anne's Lace / Del McCoury Band / Blue Side Of Town / Rounder
• I've Been All Around This World / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish
• I'll Go Stepping Too / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Reno Ride / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Lord I've Been A Hard Working Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill
• God Has Been So Good To Me / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Zion's Hill / David Peterson / Sacred Requests / Self-Produced
• Shouting Time In Heaven / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm
• Press On O' Pilgrim / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm
• Gospel Medley:  Paul And Silas/Just A Little Talk With Jesus/Uncloudy Day / Bass Mountain Boys / Carolina Calling Me / Pinecastle
• I Am Just A Pilgrim / Appalachian Road Show / Barry Abernathy & Darrell Webb Present Appalachian Road Show / Billy Blue Records
• I'm A Weary Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / There's A Light Guiding Me / Sugar Hill
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder