Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass -- Saturday, February 3rd

Fans of traditional, hard-driving Bluegrass will be pleased to know that Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass will be returning to CT on Saturday, February 3rd. The band will be performing at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center in East Hartford. Doors open at 6PM; showtime is 7:30PM. If you've not seen this band, you owe it to yourself to get there and hear the sounds of "real" Bluegrass music. For more information, call (860)528-1458 or visit the EHCCC website.

FYI, it seems the band now has a MySpace page, as well. To get there, click here.

Shady Creek & Spirit Fiddle -- Saturday, January 27th

On Saturday, January 27th, Bluegrass and traditional music return to the Killingly Grange (located on the corner of Route 101 and Dog Hill Road in East Killingly, CT) when there will be a show featuring Connecticut mainstay, Shady Creek and a guitar and fiddle duet, Spirit Fiddle. Showtime is 7PM. For more information, call (860)564-1018.

A full three hours of BG this Sunday, 1/20...

We recently got this update from the WHUS Sports Department....

There will be NO preemption of the Bluegrass Cafe this Sunday, January 20th. Join Jim & Marti from 4-7PM ET as they play lots of great tunes! Of course, you're encouraged to tune in starting at 2PM when J & M host their own Red Rooster Party with lots of terrific old-time American music. Please join them at 91.7 on your FM dial (in southern New England) or online at www.whus.org.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/14/2007

Sunday's show featured some brand new music from a young fiddler from Maryland, Patrick McAvinue. He has a new solo project on Patuxent Music that features, in addition to Patrick's great fiddling, some pretty high-profile guests: Marshall Wilborn, Dudley Connell, David McLaughlin, Sammy Shelor, and Patrick's boss in Redline, Audie Blaylock. Great stuff. We also included a mini-salute to one of the country music greats, Hall of Famer Ray Price, who celebrated his 81st birthday on January 12th. No, Ray Price is definitely NOT a BG performer, but some of his great songs from the 1950s have been covered many times in the BG world by various performers, so it seems only fitting to pay tribute to him on a BG show.

We think this Sunday's show may be preempted for UCONN basketball, but Jim & Marti will join you for whatever portion of the BG Cafe that airs....

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Let's Live For Tonight / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• You Better Hold On To Your Heart / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Kisses Don't Lie / Lynn Morris Band / Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Prisoner Song / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Home To Carolina / Grass Cats / Home To Carolina / New Time Records
• I'll Go Stepping Too / R.C. Harris / Comin' Back To Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Scatterbrain Mama / Hunger Mountain Boys / Three / Old-Fi Records
• Selfish Tears / Frank Solivan II / Selfish Tears / Self-Produced
• Road To Columbus / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• Pick Me Up On Your Way Down / Patrick McAvinue with Marshall Wilborn / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• New Five Cents / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Patrick McAvinue with Audie Blaylock / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• Shadows In My Room / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill
• I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail / Blue Sky Boys / There'll Come A Time / Blue Tone Records
• Cold Virginia Night / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel
• Crazy Blues / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When / Curly Seckler / 60 Years Of Bluegrass With My Friends / Copper Creek
• I Worship You / Stanley Brothers / Best Of Stanley Brothers / Mercury
• Standing Room Only / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Cold Blue Day / NewFound Road / Life In A Song / Rounder
• The Hills And Home / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• How Many Times / Vern & Ray / San Francisco, 1968 / Arhoolie
• Festival Time Again / Joe Ross / Festival Time Again / Zephyr
• Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Gray Sky Girls / Gray Sky Girls / Self-Produced
• The Old Home Town / Bluegrass Album Band / Bluegrass Album Band / Rounder
• Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• Bury Me In Bluegrass / Laurie Lewis & The Hired Hands / The Golden West / Hightone Records
• The Grey Ghost / Bill Emerson / Banjo Man / Webco
• Mighty Mississippi / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Sugar Hill
• The Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• You Done Me Wrong / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Crazy Arms / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel
• Falling, Falling, Falling / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill
• I'll Be There / Ray Price / I'll Be There: The Legend Begins / Country Stars
• Sleep With One Eye Open / Acoustic Blue / Workin' Man / Self-Produced
• Sold Down The River / Bob Paisley & The Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Crooked Creek / Good Home Grown Music Sampler, 2006 / Blue Circle
• Flint Hill Special / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
• It's Amazing What Sunshine Can Do / Pete Goble / When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / FireHeart Pro
• I'm Waiting To Hear You Call My Name / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• When I Receive My Crown / Big Country Bluegrass / On Fire / Hay Holler
• Kneel And Pray / Mickey Harris / Kneel And Pray / Self-Produced
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & The New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Prayin' Shoes / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• There's A Higher Power / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• So Happy I'll Be / Bluegrass Album Band / Bluegrass Compact Disc, Vol. 2 / Rounder
• Lead Us Safely / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel
• Cabin On The Hill / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Bubbling In My Soul / Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Acoustic Blue -- Saturday, January 20th

The January edition of the Country Corner Coffee House series will feature a Massachusetts band, Acoustic Blue. Showtime is 8PM. The Country Corner Coffee House (a/k/a Fellowship Hall at the South Hadley Falls Congregational Church) can be found at 11 North Main Street, South Hadley, MA. Call (413) 467-9394 for more information.

Steep Canyon Rangers -- Friday, January 19th

On Friday, January 19th, the 2006 IBMA "Emerging Artists of the Year" -- the Steep Canyon Rangers -- will be performing at the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center Street, Northampton, MA. Showtime is 10PM. For what it's worth, I saw these guys at Andy Alexander's Pickin' In The Pasture festival last August, and they were terrific. They're not ultra-traditional, but they definitely can play that "hardcore" BG, if they're so inclined. If you'd like more information on their Iron Horse show, call (413)584-0610.

Bristol Boys -- Saturday, January 13th

The Bristol Boys are a relatively new (formed within the last year) trio of veteran CT musicians who get together from time-to-time to play country and Bluegrass music dating from the 1920s through the early 1950s. If you've been around the southern New England BG scene for awhile, no doubt, these guys look a bit familiar to you, as they've had years of playing experience with bands such as Charter Oak Bluegrass, Traver Hollow, and the Bear Bridge Band. For the record, the Bristol Boys are (L-R), Dave Orlomoski on guitar, Matt Nozzolio on Dobro, and Dave Aston on bass (and yes, the first Dave is Amy's brother). If you'd like to see this trio play and sing, join them this Saturday, January 13th at 9PM at Jitters Coffee House, 1273 Queen Street (Route 10), Southington, CT. For more information, call (860)747-1100.

"Bluegrass Cafe" Play List, 7 January 2007

Our first show of the year featured a live interview with David Davis of The Warrior River Boys. David disussed his influences, what has been happening with his band in recent years, and his new CD on Rebel, "Troubled Times." We also celebrated Earl Scruggs' 83rd birthday by playing several canons of the Bluegrass genre from Lester & Earl. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed serving it up.

Amy will be with you next week.

Jim

• Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Old Salty Dog Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Cora Is Gone / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Sittin’ On Top Of The World / Jack Cooke / Sittin’ On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Jealous Heart / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Old Love Letters / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites Rounder
• My Old Kentucky Home / Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Holding On To Nothing / Dale Ann Bradley with Marty Raybon / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Time’s A Looking Glass / Jim Lauderdale / Bluegrass / Yep Roc
• The Moonshiner / IIIrd Tyme Out / Round III At The MAC / CMG
• Two Little Boys / Nothin’ Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
• Dreaming Of A Little Cabin / James Reams/Walter Hensley / Wild Card / Mountain Redbird
• Homefolks / The Mark Newton Band / Hillbilly Hemingway / Rebel
• Won’t Be Over You / Lonesome River Band / The Road With No End / Mountain Home
• City On A Hill / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self
• John Henry, Jr. / David Davis & The Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Pretty Green Hills / Dave Evans / Pretty Green Hills / Rebel
• My Night To Howl / The Grascals / Long List of Heartaches / Rounder
• Mississippi River Raft / J. D. Crowe & The New South / Lefty’s Old Guitar / Rounder
• Born A Rambler / No Speed Limit / Sweet Virginia / Arhoolie
• Long Black Train / Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• Gonna Have A Time / Cedar Hill / Portrait Of A Song / Hay Holler
• The Lonesome Cry (of the Whippoorwill) / David Davis & The Warrior River Boys / David Davis & The Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• I Heard That Lonesome River / David Davis & The Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Chancellorsville / Davis & The Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• The River Ran Black / David Davis & The Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel

Interview with David Davis

• The Ballad of Sarah Malone / David Davis & The Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Take Me In The Lifeboat / The Bluegrass Gospel Project / Makes You Strong / Self-Produced
• Black Mountain Rag / Doc & Merle Watson / Black Mountain Rag / Rounder
• Let Her Go, God Bless Her / Big Country Bluegrass / On Fire / Hay Holler
• Poor Old Cora / Larry Stephenson / True Stories / Pinecastle
• Are You Afraid To Die / Ralph Stanley / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• Dance Around Molly / Cia Cherryholmes / Cuppa ‘Jo / Huber
• West Virginia Ground / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / F-5
• Hillbilly Heartache / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / Hillbilly Heartache / Rebel
• Frankie & Johnny / Hunger Mountain Boys / Three / Old-Fi
• Preachin’, Prayin’, Singin’ / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• I Am The Man, Thomas / Ralph Stanley & Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• I’ve Found A Hiding Place / Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / 1950-1958 / Bear Family
• My Mother’s Bible / The Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• The Far Side Banks of Jordan / Monroe Crossing / Into The Fire / Self
• Victory In Jesus / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self
• Ohoopee / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

Another year -- another guest at this Sunday's BG Cafe!

Folks -

Just wanted to let you know that David Davis (of the Warrior River Boys) will be joining Jim via telephone on this Sunday's BG Cafe. At this point, I'm not sure of what time that interview will be happening, but you'll want to tune in for the whole show, I'm sure, beginning at 4PM EST. David Davis has long been a favorite of New England's ultra-traditional BG fans, and his very excellent and successful 2006 Rebel release, "Troubled Times" does not disappoint. Folks in New England will have a couple of opportunities to see David and the WRB in person in 2007. Here are just a couple of dates:

• Sunday, February 18 -- Joe Val BG Festival, Framingham, MA
• Saturday, June 23 -- Jenny Brook Family BG Festival, Weston, VT
• Saturday, September 15 - Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park, East Wareham, MA

If you don't live in or near New England, click here for a more complete listing of WRB gigs.

Join David with Jim this Sunday, January 7th, won't you? I know I'll be listening....

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/31/2006

In the last BG Cafe for 2006, we included lots of new and/or reissued music released during the year (and a couple of tunes from projects that were received at the tail end of 2005, if you want to be technical). We've marked these "new" tunes on this list in red. We also played very brand-new music from the likes of the Bluegrass Gospel Project, Monroe Crossing, Dwight McCall, and a young guitar player named Mo Canada. In 2007, we look forward to playing lots more great BG music for you at WHUS -- thanks for supporting the show this year!

Happy New Year!
Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass /Blue Planet
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mt. Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Cold Wind / Joe Val & the New England BG Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• My Brown Eyed Darling / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• I Beg To You / Cedar Hill / Portrait Of A Song : The Drasco Sessions / Hay Holler
• The Eighth Of January / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
• Holding On When You've Let Go / Josh Crowe / Good Home Grown Music Sampler, 2006 / Blue Circle
• John Hardy / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
• Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Curly Seckler with Larry Cordle / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, Vol. 84 / KBC
• Those Eyes / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Golden West / Hightone
• Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• Love Please Come Home / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / In Concert / Shell Point
• How's It Feel / Daughters Of Bluegrass with Jeanette Williams / Back To The Well / Blue Circle
• Old, Old House / Bo Isaac / I'm Not Living Life (It's Living Me) / GoodTyme
• Stallin' / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• I've Got That Old Feeling / Alison Krauss / I've Got That Old Feeling / Rounder
• The Touch Of God's Hand / Monroe Crossing / Into The Fire / Self-Produced
• Spring Has Sprung / Mo Canada / Grassoline /Self-Produced
• The Story Of The Pharisees / Bluegrass Gospel Project / Makes You Strong / Self-Produced
• Never Say Never Again / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / Self-Produced
• I'm A Hobo / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Trail Of The Lonesome Pine / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
• Leavin' You And Mobile, Too / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer / Bill Emerson & Pete Goble / Webco Classics, Vol. 1 / Pinecastle
• Julia Belle /Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• That's How The Cookie Crumbles / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Walking With Joanna / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Good Time Blues / Boys From Indiana / Good Time Blues / Rebel
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Lost Highway
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• John Henry, Jr. / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• My Friend Clyde / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is…The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Country Boy Rock 'N Roll / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Hard Hearted / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Roll Muddy River / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• City On A Hill / Bluegrass Gospel Project / Makes You Strong / Self-Produced
• Hereafter / Lonesome River Band / The Road With No End / Mountain Home
• No End To Heaven / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel
• Up Above My Head / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / Del McCoury Band / The Promised Land / McCoury Music
• You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• We Shall Inherit / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / He Lives In Me / Horizon
• I'm Goin' Up When He Starts Down / BlueRidge / Gettin' Ready / Pinecastle
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/24/2006

As you might expect on Christmas Eve, we played mostly Christmas music on this week's BG Cafe. We did, however, sneak in a few non-Christmas tunes, just to break things up a little bit. Included was a mini-tribute to the late Dempsey Young of the Lost & Found. Hope you all had a very merry Christmas, and please make plans to join me again this Sunday -- New Year's Eve -- from 4-7PM for another BG Cafe. (If you're a fan of the classic country music -- think 1940s and 1950s -- join me, too, as I sit in once more for Jim & Marti's Red Rooster Party on Sunday from 2-4PM).

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Christmas Is Near / Stanley Brothers / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• Christmas Day At My House / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass & White Snow / Epic
• We Three Kings / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Christmas Time's A- Comin' / Rounder
• I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley / Freeland
• If We Make It Through December / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / Winter's Grace / Dog Boy Records
• A Holly Jolly Christmas / Bob Dick / Tidings Of Comfort And Joy / Appleland
• A Shut-In At Christmas/Shut-In's Prayer / Louvin Brothers / Must Be Santa! / Rounder
• When It's Snowin' In The Mountains / Wildwood Valley Boys / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• The Waves On The Sea / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
• Milwaukee Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• I'll Go Steppin', Too / Country Current / Live / Department Of Defense
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Sony
• Christmas Lullaby / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House / SSK
• Christmas Reunion / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• White House Christmas / WhiteHouse / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin' / Pinecastle
• The Friendly Beasts / Johnson Mountain Boys / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Christmas Story / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• I Can't Go Home This Christmas / Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Endicott Run / Lost & Found / Just Pickin' / Copper Creek
• Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Buckaroo / Lost & Found / Just Pickin' / Copper Creek
• Harvest Time / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Christmas In Virginia / Lost & Found / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• The Season Of My Heart / Rick Lang & Friends / The Season Of My Heart / Haley Anna
• All I Want Is Mary For Christmas / Lonesome River Band / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
• God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen/Joy To The World / Dan Crary / Holiday Guitar / Sugar Hill
• O Christmas Tree / Rhonda Vincent / Beautiful Star / Rounder
• O Christmas Candle / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Christmas Grass, Vol. 2 / Koch
• Mary, Merry Christmas / Ralph Stanley II / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
• Precious Child / Tony Trischka with Dudley Connell & James King / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
• Christmas At The Old Homeplace / David Parmley & Continental Divide / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin' / Pinecastle
• There's A Song In The Air / Rick Lang & Friends / The Season Of My Heart / Haley Anna
• Old Hickory Cane / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Windy Mountain / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Tolland Deserted / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Some Of These Days (You're Gonna Be Sad) / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Winter Wonderland / Rhonda Vincent / Beautiful Star / Rounder
• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• It's Christmas Time / Larry Sparks / Christmas Time Back Home / Rebel
• That White Christmas Song / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• That's Christmas Time To Me / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Christmas Time's A- Comin' / Time Life
• Joy To The World / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
• Mary's Christmas / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House / SSK
• My Christmas Dream / Josh Williams / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin' / Pinecastle
• New Star Shining / 5 For The Gospel / Christmas Time In Eastern Kentucky / Hay Holler
• Silent Night / Seldom Scene / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
• Jingle Bells / Reno & Smiley / Christmas Time's A-Comin' / Time Life

Christmas Eve on the ol' radio....

As Jim mentioned in his last post, I get to host both BG Cafe and Jim & Marti's Red Rooster Party this Sunday, December 24th. Honestly, I'm not sure at this point if the music I play will be 100% Christmas -- we may "escape" back to the "regular" BG and country tunes every now and then. I can tell you, though, that for RRP from 2-4PM, you'll be hearing Christmas selections from the likes of Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow, the Louvin Brothers, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Riders In The Sky, Loretta Lynn, the Statler Brothers, and, of course, Buck Owens, among others.

As far as BG Christmas music goes, well....there's a whole lot of it. When I hosted a BG radio show at WECS in 1988 (can it really be that long ago?), when it got to be Christmastime, there was exactly one album available to me from which I could play BG Christmas tunes. Today, there are dozens of CDs filled with Christmas music from all kinds of BG performers. If you have a particular favorite you might like to hear, feel free to send along an email to bgcaferequests@yahoo.com.

If you're so inclined, please join me on Sunday from 2-7PM, or anytime in between. Remember, you can listen to the show at 91.7 on your FM dial (in southern New England), or listen online from anywhere at www.WHUS.org.

Merry Christmas to all, and best wishes for good health and happiness in 2007!

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" Play List 12/17/06

This was the last BG Cafe Marti and I will host for the year. Unfortunately, UCONN mens hockey (or was it varsity checkers?) preempted half of the show, so we were not able to bring you all the music we desired. With the time remaining we concentrated on classic bluegrass -- emphasis on less-familiar songs -- with several new songs and Christmas songs added to the mix. I had a GREAT time doing this show, and I hope you enjoyed it, too.

Amy will wrap up the year on the Cafe over the next two Sundays. (Where did 2006 go???!)

Take care, and Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah.

Jim

• Big Tilda / The Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler
• Let Me Love You One More Time / The Infamous Stringdusters / The Infamous Stringdusters / Sugar Hill
• I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time with Ralph / CRFreeland
• Christmas Time's A Comin' / Rhonda Vincent / Beautiful Star / Rounder
• Do You Still Love Me / Emerson & Taylor / Appaloosa / Pinecastle
• Golden Hair / Country Current / Live / Dept of Defense
• Molly and Tenbrooks / Country Current / Live / Dept of Defense
• I Don't Mind / Buzz Busby / Going Home / King
• Banjo Whiz / Buzz Busby / Going Home / King
• I Stood On The Bridge At Midnight / Buzz Busby and Leon Morris / Honkytonk Bluegrass / Patuxent
• Thank You For Caring / Jeanette Williams with George Jones / A Blue Circle Sampler 2006 / Blue Circle
• Misery Loves Company / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Wild Bill Hickok / The Stoneman Family / 28 Big Ones / King
• Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Uncle Pen / California / Traveler / Sugar Hill
• One Way Track / Boone Creek / One Way Track / Sugar Hill
• Be Proud of the Gray In You Hair / Dave Evans / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Blackberry Blossom / Michael Johnathon with Homer Ledford / Woodsongs
• Heaven / Flatt & Scruggs / Songs To Cherish / Columbia
• My Time Will Come Someday / Carl Story / Mighty Close To Heaven / King
• Turn Your Radio On / Hee Haw Gospel Quartet / Hee Haw Gospel Quartet / Time-Life
• Bluegrass Christmas / The Del McCoury Band feat. Ronnie McCoury / Christmas on the Mountain / Universal
• Prayer Bells of Heaven / Red Smiley & The Bluegrass Cut-Ups / Down Home Gospel / Rural Rhythm
• When My Time Comes To Go / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• Old Fashioned Christmas / Jimmy Martin / Christmas Jamboree / Hollywood
• Beulah Land / Paul Williams / Gloryland / Time-Life
• The Lonesome Traveler / The Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler

The Grascals (and Bradley Walker) are coming!

Okay, so this subject line doesn't carry quite the same urgency as those words from Mr. Revere, but fans of the the 2006 IBMA Entertainers of the Year -- the Grascals -- will be delighted to know that they have something to which they can look forward coming up very quickly in the new year. The Reader's Digest condensed version is this: The Grascals & Bradley Walker will be playing at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA on Saturday, January 13th at 7:30PM. Tickets are available now through the BBU website: www.bbu.org. If you'd like more-detailed information about the performers or the show itself, here's the announcement email from BBU's Gerry Katz. Read on:

Holiday greetings from the BBU -

We continue our 31st concert season on Saturday, January 13 with the Grascals plus special guest Bradley Walker at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA. I'm a huge fan of these guys and believe this will be the hottest show that the BBU has presented in in a long, long time. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased on line or via mail. I encourage you to get your tickets early for this performance.

The Grascals exploded onto the bluegrass scene in 2005, and it only took them a few months to be named IBMA 2005 Emerging Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for "Me And John And Paul." In 2006 they vaulted right to the top, winning the 2006 Entertainer of the Year, one of the most coveted awards in bluegrass. With their latest Rounder release, Long List of Heartaches they now have two best-selling CD’s, a recent Grammy nomination, and a huge legion of fans. Dolly Parton, who hired the Grascals not long after they formed as both her opening act and her backing band, called their debut "one of the greatest albums I’ve ever listened to."

The Grascals have new member with the addition of banjo player and vocalist Aaron McDaris. McDaris replaces David Talbot, who recently resigned from the band in order to pursue other opportunities. McDaris has played bluegrass music professionally for twelve years. He started out with Second Exit for three years, followed that with a three-year stint with New Tradition, and for the last six years has played with the Larry Stephenson Band."We're delighted that Aaron is ready to join us on this incredible journey," said Grascals vocalist/guitarist Jamie Johnson. "He's an incredible player and singer, and he's eager to be a part of our team." Visit the Grascals at www.grascals.com and visit their music page to hear what's in store for January 13th.

Rising country/bluegrass vocalist Bradley Walker is making serious inroads with his debut CD, Highway of Dreams. Entertainment Weekly's editor-at-large Ken Tucker said that Bradley Walker is "One of the most striking debuts of the year...”. It is an astonishingly accomplished debut album, featuring Walker's rich, soulful baritone across a selection of new and classic songs, supported by an illustrious cast of instrumentalists and vocalists. Produced by Grammy Award-winning musician and songwriter Carl Jackson, Highway of Dreams winds skillfully between bluegrass, honky-tonk, and acoustic country music, introducing a new sound spun from classic cloth, and is an essential showcase for one of the finest new roots music vocalists to emerge in the past decade. Brian Mansfield echoed this sentiment in a 3 ½ star record review in USA Today, calling Highway of Dreams "a marvelous piece of work, by turns inspirational and heartbreaking, showcasing a voice that would make Lefty Frizzell proud." Have a listen to Bradley at www.bradleywalker.com.

Advance Tickets are $21 (BBU Members $20), or $23 at the door, and can be purchased online at www.bbu.org or by mailing a check (payable to the BBU) and self-addressed stamped envelope to Boston Bluegrass Union, PO Box 650061, West Newton, MA 02465.More info can be found at www.bbu.org. The National Heritage Museum is located at 33 Marrett Rd. (Route 2A), Lexington, MA 02421.Doors open at 6:30pm and concert begins at 7:30pm. Directions can be found at www.monh.org or call (781) 861-6559.

BBU tickets and memberships make great holiday gifts. Both can be purchased online at www.bbu.org

All the best for the Holidays,
Gerry Katz
Boston Bluegrass Union

"Bluegrass Cafe" Play List 12/10/2006

No preemptions, and a live interview with Tony Trischka in anticipation of his Christmas show at the University of Hartford this coming Friday, 15 December, made the show lots of fun. We played a few Christmas songs to get a start on the season.

Thanks for listening!

Jim

• Wild Turkey / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Down In Caroline / Curly Seckler / Down In Caroline / Copper Creek
• Precious Child / Tony Trischka / Glory Shone Around / Rounder
• Old Kentucky Hills / Larry Stephenson / Life Stories / Pinecastle
• Let The Big Dog Eat / Jim Van Cleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• The Buckin' Mule / Vern & Ray / San Francisco 1968 / Arhoolie
• In My Younger Days / The Country Gentlemen / Joe's Last Train / Rebel
• The Moonshiner / IIIrd Tyme Out / Round III at the MAC / CMG
• Don't Tell Mama / The Grascals / Long List of Heartaches / Rounder
• The Whiskey Ain't Workin' Anymore / Mary Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives / Live At The Ryman / Superlatone
• Keep On The Firing Line / Ralph Stanley / A Distant Land To Roam / Columbia/DMZ
• Appaloosa / Country Current / Live / DoD
• Mighty Lonesome / Jim Lauderdale / Bluegrass / Rep Roc
• The River Ran Black / David Davis and the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Mississippi River Raft / J. D. Crowe & The New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Our Last Goodbye / Dave Evans / Pretty Green Hills / Rebel
• Beautiful Star of Bethlehem / Rhonda Vincent / Beautiful Star / Rounder
• Angels We Have Heard On High Tony Trischka / Glory Shone Around / Rounder
• Montana Cowboy / Michael Cleveland w/ Del McCoury / Let 'Er Go, Boys / Rounder
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential / Columbia
• Rita Mae / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Over The Hill To The Poorhouse / Flatt & Scruggs / The Golden Years / County
• Working Man Blues / The Carter Family / The Carter Family / Sphere
• Train 45 / Jim Van Cleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• Another Tear / Cedar Hill / Portrait of a Song / Hay Holler
• Blue Ridge Mountain Girl / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Cold Rain / Big Country Bluegrass / On Fire / Hay Holler
• Tupelo County Jail / Nothin' Fancy / #7 / Pinecastle
• Are You Lonesome Tonight / Mark Newton Band / Hillbilly Hemingway / Rebel
• I Cried All The Way To Kentucky / Alecia Nugent / A Little Girl… A Big Four-Lane / Rounder
• Highway 52 / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• They're At Rest Together / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Boots of Spanish Leather / Seldom Scene / Scene It All / Sugar Hill
• O Come All Ye Faithful / Tony Trischka / Glory Shone Around / Rounder
• Sleigh Ride / Tony Trischka / Glory Shone Around / Rounder
• Nothin' Special / Del McCoury Band / The Company We Keep / McCoury
• Never Grow Up Boy / Del McCoury Band / The Company We Keep / McCoury
• Have I Stayed Away Too Long / Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
• Ridin' That Midnight Train / Ralph Stanley & Iris DeMent / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel
• I'm Ready To Go / Ralph Stanley & Jeannie Seely / Clinch Mountain Sweethearts / Rebel
• I Got Tired Of Being Poor / The Scenic Route / The Scenic Route / RCH
• It's Too Late Now / The Osborne Brothers / Dayton to Knoxville / Pinecastle
• He Lives In Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / He Lives In Me / Horizon
• A Beautiful River of Life / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Stop In South Port Towne / Blue Circle
• What Will The Coming of the Lord Mean To You / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler
• Let's All Go Down To The River / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self
• Pass Me Not / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• I'm Bound For The Land of Canaan / Del McCoury Band / The Promised Land / McCoury
• Ohoopee / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

An untimely passing...

The bluegrass community suffered a major loss this weekend when Dempsey Young, longtime mandolin player of the Lost & Found, took his own life on Saturday, December 9, 2006. If you've heard any of the great L&F tunes, such as "Love Of The Mountains" or "Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary," you've, no doubt, noticed the distinctive mandolin picking of Dempsey Young. Honestly, as a non-musician, sometimes it's hard for me to pick out who's playing a particular instrument. Not so with Dempsey Young -- his playing could easily be identified within a few notes. A memorial fund has been established for the family of Dempsey Young; you can read about it in the piece I've included here from the Bluegrass Blog. Sincere condolences to the fans, friends, and family of Dempsey Young.....

Dempsey Young Memorial Fund

In our earlier post about the untimely passing of Dempsey Young, I made reference to a fund being established for the benefit of his family. That fund is now in place, and contributions can be sent to:

Dempsey Young Memorial Fund c/o Franklin Community Bank
400 Old Franklin Turnpike, Suite 100
Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151

Dempsey is survived by his wife Lynette, daughters Stephanie and Demetra living at home, and son Christopher (USAF), stationed in Qatar. The memorial fund is to assist Lynette and the children, particularly with education expenses.

He also leaves 3 brothers, Steve, Randy and Scott all of Wirtz, VA and several extended family members. His band family consists of Allen Mills, business partner for over 33 years, Scottie Sparks and Ronald Smith.

Condolences can be sent to:

Lynette Young
3467 Bonbrook Mill Road
Boones Mill, VA 24065
OR
Lost & Found
7915 Charity Highway
Ferrum, VA 24088

The Scene & Amy Gallatin in East Hartford...

Amid the hustle and bustle that is the month of December, the Podunk Bluegrass Committee sponsored a terrific show last Friday, December 8th at the Community Cultural Center in East Hartford. First to take the stage was Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters, featuring Roger Williams on the dobro, John Urbanik on the bass, and special guest, Dave Dick, on the mandolin and banjo. This was a fine-sounding configuration, for sure, and they received a very nice response from those in attendance.

After a fine set from Amy & Co. and an intermission break, the Seldom Scene came on for one energetic (and fairly lengthy) set. Without the larger-than-life presence of John Duffey, it's almost difficult to call this band the Seldom Scene, but that is not to discredit this fine group in any way, shape, or form. All of these guys, including original Scene-r Ben Eldridge, worked with Duffey long enough to learn a few of his showmanship "tricks," and they did not disappoint at all. While Dudley Connell joked that the audience must have "all come in one car," really, the crowd wasn't terribly small. It's always fun to see Dudley and Lou Reid sing together, and Fred Travers has to be one of the most under-rated tenors in bluegrass. Their trios are terrific, and when Ronnie Simpkins adds a bass vocal to the mix....I can't think of too many quartets in bluegrass who are better today. If you missed the East Hartford show, perhaps you got a chance to catch the Scene in their BBU show at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA on Saturday night. From what I understand, that 400-seat theater was nearly sold out, so I guess it's safe to say that folks in the northeast definitely are fond of the Seldom Scene.

There will be more bluegrass at the EHCCC in the new year, too: a sort of progressive group called Cadillac Sky is playing there on Friday, January 12th and ultra-traditional Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass takes the EHCCC stage on Saturday, February 3rd. If you'd like more information on either of these shows, visit the EHCCC website.

Amy

Tony Trischka's "Glory Shone Around" holiday show comes to West Hartford...

On Friday, December 15, 2006, Tony Trischka’s Glory Shone Around (Holiday Show) will be appearing at the University of Hartford in a concert to benefit FoodShare. This show will be held at the Wilde Auditorium, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The doors open at 6:30PM -- the show starts at 7:30PM. For ticket information, call (860)768-4228 or 1-800-274-8587. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.hartford.edu/tickets or www.musicforachange.com, or in person at the University of Hartford box office at Lincoln Theater, 200 Bloomfield Avenue. Proceeds to benefit FoodShare. Concert attendees are encouraged to bring a donation of non-perishable food to help feed those in need this holiday season.

Rumor has it, too, that Jim may be talking with Tony Trischka on the air during this Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe. Please tune in from 4-7PM for the show (and 2-4PM for the Red Rooster Party, if you're so inclined).

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/3/2006

Sunday's BG Cafe was a mostly not-preempted show (we missed about 5 minutes to UCONN Men's Basketball). We listened to a bit of new music from the new Circuit Riders CD, as well as a "missing" project from Helen, June, & Anita Carter that was recorded in 1991, but never released until recently. We included about 30 minutes of bluegrass standards from the pen of the late Carter Stanley (who died on December 1, 1966) -- lots of tunes from both Carter & Ralph, as well as other folks who've recorded Carter's songs through the years. Believe me, this was just a very small sampling, as we could easily fill several shows with various performers' versions of Carter Stanley tunes. In addition, we gave away copies of the last two CDs by David Peterson & 1946 (The Howling Blue Winds & In The Mountaintops To Roam), and heard lots of nice comments from listeners about Dave's in-studio visit with Jim and I on November 26th. All in all, 'twas a busy show. Jim and Marti will be in the BG Cafe for the next two Sundays -- I'll be back on Christmas Eve playing lots of those bluegrass Christmas tunes. (If memory serves, I may be filling in for the Red Rooster Party on December 24th, as well -- I'll get my Buck Owens Christmas CDs ready....)

Amy

Playlist note: requests are in green

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rockygrass / Blue Planet
• Bluegrass Blues / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• China Grove, My Hometown / Curly Seckler / Down In Caroline / Copper Creek
• Losing You / Audie Blaylock / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
• Your Love Is Like A Flower / Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Red Letter Day / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• God Must Be A Cowboy / The Grass Cats / Home To Carolina / New Time Records
• Christmas Time's A Comin' / Rhonda Vincent / Beautiful Star / Rounder
• Take Me Back To Old Kentucky / Circuit Riders / Let The Ride Begin / Pinecastle
• My Brother Paul And Me / New River Line / Chasing My Dreams / Kindred Records
• My Clinch Mountain Home / Carter Family / Carter Family / Sphere Records
• Cold Wind / Circuit Riders / Let The Ride Begin / Pinecastle
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• I Wish You Knew / Nothin' Fancy / #7 / Pinecastle
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• The Old Home / Stanley Brothers / Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mt. Boys, 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• Say Won't You Be Mine / Ralph Stanley / Sixteen Years / Copper Creek
• A Vision Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mt. Boys, 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• Our Last Goodbye / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Legacy / Sugar Hill
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Stanley Brothers / Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mt. Boys, 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• Let Me Be Your Friend / John Duffey / Always In Style / Sugar Hill
• Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home / Stanley Brothers / Earliest Recordings / Rich-R-Tone
• The Drunkard's Hell / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• Hey! Hey! Hey! / Stanley Brothers / Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mt. Boys, 1949-1952 / Bear Family
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• Are You Afraid To Die / Ralph Stanley with Sonya & Becky Isaacs / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• Nobody Cares (Not Even You) / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Just Loving You / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Cumberland Gap / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Crooked Creek / Good Home Grown Music Sampler, 2006 / Blue Circle
• Sophronie / Jimmy Martin & Sunny Mt. Boys / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Hard Times / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Blue And Lonesome / Seldom Scene / Scene It All / Sugar Hill
• Name On Your Heart / Acoustic Blue / Workin' Man / Self-Produced
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister / Rounder
• Paper And Pen / Alecia Nugent / Alecia Nugent / Rounder
• Blue Tears Are Falling / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Banjo Boy Chimes / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Wildwood Flower / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH
• Shouting On The Hills Of Glory / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / Del McCoury Band / The Promised Land / McCoury Music
• Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Phoenix / Tailor Made / Self-Produced
• A Voice From On High / Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys / High Lonesome / CMH
• One Wide River / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Higher Ground / Paul Williams & Cliff Waldron / Higher Ground / Rebel
• Little White Church / Jim & Jesse with Mac Wiseman / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

A bit of live BG in December....

Can you believe it's December 1st? How the heck did that happen?

Anyhow, if you're not too bogged down with preparing for Christmas events (i.e. parties, shopping, etc.), why not make some time to take in some live bluegrass music in the area?

Tomorrow, December 2nd, there will be a show at the Killingly Grange (located on the corner of Route 101 and Dog Hill Road in East Killingly, CT) featuring the Pulpit Rock Rounders and Nick Anderson & Tall Grass. The Pulpit Rock Rounders are a old-time duo from the western part of CT, who, as far as I know, have not performed often (if ever) in eastern CT. Nick Anderson's Tall Grass group is one I know next-to-nothing about, but I'm sure they'll have a very good sound. If you're interested in checking out this show, it all starts at 7:00PM. For more information, call (860)564-1018.

Next Friday night, December 8th, the Seldom Scene makes another New England appearance for 2006, this time at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center, 50 Chapman Place, East Hartford. This show is sponsored by the folks who put on the Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival, and EHCCC is just a splendid place to see and hear live music. If you'd like more information, check out the EHCCC website, or call (860)528-1458. Showtime is 7:30PM, but the doors will open at 6:00PM for jamming.

(Should you happen to miss the Scene in East Hartford on the 8th, you might be able to catch them the next night at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA. This show is sponsored by the Boston Bluegrass Union, and rumor has it, the tickets are going pretty quickly. If you know you can't make it to East Hartford, but need to see the Scene on December 9th, visit the BBU online ASAP.)

See you Sunday in the Bluegrass Cafe. We'll have a mini-tribute to the songwriting legacy of Carter Stanley, some new music from the Circuit Riders and Jack Cooke (two separate CDs, of course), "new" music from Helen, June, and Anita Carter, and a CD or two to give away featuring last week's in-studio guest, David Peterson. Please join us at 4PM (start time depending on when the sports broadcast ends).

Amy