Cherryholmes & Kruger Brothers at UCONN this weekend!

Big-time Bluegrass comes to UCONN this weekend with

2005 IBMA Entertainers of the Year

CHERRYHOLMES

and the fabuously-talented

KRUGER BROTHERS

Both bands will be performing in a Bluegrass Cabaret at the

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

Hillside Road

Storrs, CT

tonight, March 23rd &

tomorrow night, March 24th.

Showtime is 8PM both evenings; doors open at 7PM.

For more information, call (860)486-4226 or click here.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/18/2007 & THANKS!!!

Well, I'm still a little in a state of disbelief, but thanks to all of our fabulous listeners, WE MADE IT!!! Last week, we told you that our two-week Radiothon show goal was $2,500, but after the first week, we had raised only $940. The confidence level was not high at the beginning of yesterday's show, I must confess. However, thanks to the eternal optimism (and enthusiasm!) of Marti, and some terrific last-minute callers, we ended up with a two-week show total of $2,530. Our listeners are definitely THE BEST, and we can't thank you enough. As we did last week, everything played on Sunday's show was available as a show premium (except the three songs marked in blue, which were requests). Jim & Marti are doing the show (with a special guest DJ during one hour) this Sunday, March 25th. Expect to hear plenty of requests and a whole lot less talk. On April 1st, I'll join you again, and as promised, I will be taking a vow of (almost) silence and playing plenty of music. We appreciate your patience with us over the last two weeks, and thanks again to everyone who helped us reach the big goal!!!!

Amy, Jim, & Marti

• Waiting To Hear You Call My Name / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Sugar In The Gourd / Blinky Moon Boys / Moonlite Theatre / Hay Holler
• Sadie's Got Her New Dress On / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• Can You Hear Me Now / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• Red Rockin' Chair / Darren Beachley / I Love You To The Moon And Back / Blue Circle
• Down In Caroline / Doug Bartlett / Mama Will You Call My Daddy / MasterShield
• The Touch Of Your Hand / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
• Think Of What You've Done / IIIrd Tyme Out / Round III At The MAC / CMG
• Down By The River / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Roll Muddy River / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka with Dudley Connell / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• The Crow / Tony Trischka with Steve Martin / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• How Long? / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• Heartbreaker's Alibi / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Marry Me / Dolly Parton / Little Sparrow / Sugar Hill
• Look Down That Lonesome Road / Tim O'Brien / Fiddler's Green / Sugar Hill
• Runnin' Out Of Memory / Tim O'Brien / Cornbread Nation / Sugar Hill
• The Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Peter Rowan & Tony Rice / Quartet / Rounder
• Montana Slim / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Instrumentals / Skaggs Family
• The Walls Of Time / Peter Rowan & Tony Rice / Quartet / Rounder
• Shoulda Took That Train / Bradley Walker / Highway Of Dreams / Rounder
• Scotland / Abrams Brothers / Carrying On / MasterShield
• Your Eyes / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Golden West / Hightone Records
• Come On Down The Mountain / Daughters Of Bluegrass / Back To The Well / Skaggs Family
• Goodbye Old Pal / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Classic Recordings, Vol. 1 / County
• Dixieland / Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band / The Mountain / Legacy
• Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Yodellin' Crazy / Delta Music
• Train 45 / Ben Greene / On Watson's Cove / Self-Produced
• Big Mon / Clay Jones / Mountain Tradition / Rural Rhythm
• I Just Think I'll Go Away / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Stop In Southport Towne / Blue Circle

Good news, bad news...

The good news: Radiothon will continue for the 3 hours of BG Cafe this week.
The bad news: Same thing.

For those of you who made a pledge last week to support WHUS during this year's Radiothon, thanks!! To those who haven't yet pledged, you've still got 3 more hours to call on Sunday from 4-7PM, and let us know you appreciate the music we play at BG Cafe.

To entice you a bit to make that call on Sunday -- toll free: 1-800-599-9487 -- we've secured a couple new CDs this week that may be quite appealing to you. At least one of these CDs hasn't even been released to the public yet, nor have we played it on the air at WHUS. You're going to like it, I assure you.....

Also, we'll have a couple pair of tickets to an upcoming show at UCONN featuring Cherryholmes and the Kruger Brothers. This show will be happening on Friday, March 23rd at 8PM at UCONN's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts.

And here's one more reason for you to make a pledge this Sunday....we're going to offer our "Pledge for 1, Get 2" promotion for every pledge made (at least up to the first 50 calls we get, that is). The second CD you receive will be our choice, but it will be of the Bluegrass variety.

As mentioned earlier, the WHUS higher-ups set an ambitious show goal for us in 2007 of $2,500. We've got quite a long way to go on Sunday to reach that goal, but with your help......we might just get there (or, at least get a whole lot closer).....

THANKS!

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/11/2007

Well, we survived the first week of Radiothon at WHUS. Many thanks to each of you who took the time to call in and make a pledge (and get your choice of some pretty terrific BG CDs). We know it's not particularly enjoyable to tune in to listen to a show that's supposed to play music for 3 hours, and find that the radio folks are looking to you for some funds. The truth is that at WHUS, our engineers and operations board are always looking for ways to upgrade our equipment and our sound, and our studios are moving this summer into our new home in the Student Union at UCONN. All of this costs money, and we hope you value our BG programming enough to call in and make a pledge of support. For the past several years, the BG Cafe has been able to bring in a lot of money during Radiothon -- hence, our station-set "show goal" is pretty high this year. We have been asked to bring in $2,500 for 2 weeks of Radiothon. Our hope was to hit the halfway mark yesterday, but that just didn't happen. Did we come close? Yes, as I believe we nearly made it to $1,000. That is an awesome amount of money -- THANK YOU to everyone who pledged! Obviously, we'd like to get a bit closer to our ambitious goal of $2,500 next Sunday, but at this writing, there's still a chance that the show will be preempted for Women's NCAA Basketball action. We'll keep you posted. We appreciate your patience during Radiothon, and, of course, say thanks once again for supporting us in whatever way you can!

Our playlist for Sunday's show was drawn mostly from CDs available as premiums for Radiothon. The exception was the Stanley tune (a request promised to a loyal listener) and the opening "Katy Hill."

Amy, Jim, & Marti

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rockygrass / Blue Planet
• Old Swinging Bridge / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• John Henry, Jr. / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Hillbilly Heartache / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / Hillbilly Heartache / Rebel
• Long List Of Heartaches / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Tupelo County Jail / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Stop In Southport Towne / Blue Circle
• How's It Feel / Daughters Of Bluegrass / Back To The Well / Blue Circle
• Slippin' Away / Michelle Nixon & Drive / What More Should I Say? / Pinecastle
• Mississippi River Raft / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Red Rockin' Chair / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• You're My Darling / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Under A Lonesome Moon / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Swinging A Nine Pound Hammer / IIIrd Tyme Out / Round III At The MAC / CMG
• I Cried All The Way To Kentucky / Alecia Nugent / A Little Girl…A Big Four-Lane / Rounder
• Clinch Mountain Backstep / Clay Jones / Mountain Tradition / Rural Rhythm
• I've Lived A Lot / Blinky Moon Boys / Moonlite Theatre / Hay Holler
• He Lives In Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / He Lives In Me / Horizon
• Rank Stranger / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Golden West / Hightone Records
• I Can't Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• How Long? / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• Midnight Angel / Rhonda Vincent with Bobby Osborne / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Wall Around Your Heart / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• Jake Satterfield / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Shoutin' Time / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Tell Someone / Rebel
• I Wish You Knew / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
• The Old Brown County Barn / Michael Cleveland / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Sea Of Regret / Dave Evans / Pretty Green Hills / Rebel
• John 3:16 / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / Federal
• Listenin' To The Rain / Osborne Brothers / Cool, Blue & Lonesome / Sugar Hill
• I'll Go Stepping, Too / Frank Solivan II / Selfish Tears / Self-Produced
• Grapes On The Vine / Wildfire / Rattle Of The Chains / Pinecastle
• Be Good To My Little Baby Girl / Aaron McDaris / First Time Around / Pinecastle
• We Can't Be Darlings Anymore / Jim VanCleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• Close By / Alan Bibey with Dan Tyminski / Cool, Blue & Lonesome / Sugar Hill

Our CD "thank you gifts" for Radiothon....

As we've mentioned on the air for the last couple of weeks, Radiothon begins at WHUS this Saturday, March 10th at 5AM and runs through Sunday, March 18th at 10PM. That means that for two Sundays -- any sports preemptions, notwithstanding -- we'll be conducting our own portion of Radiothon at Bluegrass Cafe. When we sent the word out to the various record labels and performers, we received many, many excellent CDs to offer you as "thank you gifts" when you make your pledge to Bluegrass Cafe. At this point, I'm not 100% sure of the pledge amount you will need to make to pick up one of the CD premiums, but as soon as I can confirm it, I'll let you know. Many thanks to all of our supporters!

To give you a clue about what we have to offer, here are a few titles:

• 3 Fox Drive - "Listen To The Music" (Koch)
• IIIrd Tyme Out - "Round III At The MAC" (CMG)
• The Abrams Brothers - "Carrying On" (MasterShield)
• Darren Beachley [of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver] - "I Love You To The Moon And Back" (Blue Circle)
• The Blinky Moon Boys - "Moonlite Theatre" (Hay Holler)
• Justin Carbone [of Special Consensus] - "Take Some Time" (Pinecastle)
• Carolina Road - "The Road That Took You There" (CMH)
• Cherryholmes - "Cherryholmes" (Skaggs Family)
• Michael Cleveland - "Let 'Er Go, Boys!" (Rounder)
• J.D. Crowe & the New South - "Lefty's Old Guitar" (Rounder)
• Daughters Of Bluegrass - "Back To The Well" (Blue Circle)
• David Davis & the Warrior River Boys - "Troubled Times" (Rebel)
• Jerry Douglas - "The Best Kept Secret (Koch)
• Dave Evans - "Pretty Green Hills" (Rebel)
• The Gibson Brothers - "Red Letter Day" (Sugar Hill)
• The Grascals - "Long List Of Heartaches" (Rounder)
• Jim & Jesse - "Our Kind Of Country" (Pinecastle)
• Mark Johnson & Emory Lester - "Acoustic Rising" (Mountain Home)
• Clay Jones [of Mountain Heart] - "Mountain Tradition" (Rural Rhythm)
• Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road - "A Stop In Southport Towne" (Blue Circle)
• Jim Lauderdale - "Bluegrass" (Yep Roc)
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - "He Lives In Me" (Horizon)
• Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands - "The Golden West" (Hightone)
• Lonesome River Band - "The Road With No End" (Mountain Home)
• Claire Lynch - "New Day" (Rounder)
• Aaron McDaris [of the Grascals] - "First Time Around" (Pinecastle)
• Monroe Crossing - "Into The Fire" (Self-Produced)
• NewFound Road - "Life In A Song" (Rounder)
• Michelle Nixon - "What More Should I Say?" (Pinecastle)
• Nothin' Fancy - "Album #7" (Pinecastle)
• Alecia Nugent - "A Little Girl...A Big Four-Lane" (Rounder)
• Tim O'Brien - "Cornbread Nation" (Sugar Hill)
• Tim O'Brien - "Fiddler's Green" (Sugar Hill)
• The Old Time Bluegrass Singers - "Threads" (Open Road)
• Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass - "Back To The Blue Ridge" (Brandywine)
• Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass - "The Tradition Continues" (Brandywine)
• David Peterson & 1946 - "In The Mountaintops To Roam" (Self-Produced)
• Gary Pomerleau [of White Mountain Bluegrass] - "Eye To Eye" (Self-Produced)
• Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition - "Portfolio" (Shell Point)
• Don Rigsby & Midnight Call - "Hillbilly Heartache" (Rebel)
• Jerry Salley - "New Songs, Old Friends" (Mountain Home)
• Chris Sexton [of Nothin' Fancy] - "Coffee At Midnight" (Pinecastle)
• Kenny & Amanda Smith Band - "Always Never Enough" (Rebel)
• Kenny & Amanda Smith Band - "Tell Someone" (Rebel)
• Frank Solivan II - "I Am A Rambler" (Self-Produced)
• Frank Solivan II - "Selfish Tears" (Self-Produced)
• Spinney Brothers - "Here At The Cross" (Self-Produced)
• Steep Canyon Rangers - "One Dime At A Time" (Rebel)
• Uncle Earl - "She Waits For Night" (Rounder)
• Jim VanCleve [of Mountain Heart] - "No Apologies" (Rural Rhythm)

This is not a complete list of the CDs we'll have to offer, and you should know that we do have multiple copies of some of the above titles. If you see something in the list that's a "must have," please call early in the show to make your pledge this Sunday. While we really don't like "begging" our listeners for money, in another way, we do enjoy Radiothon, as it allows us to prove to WHUS that there are folks out there who faithfully listen to (and, we hope, appreciate) the Bluegrass Cafe. Thanks!!

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/4/2007

Sunday's show got a delayed start, as the UCONN Women's Basketball team defeated the Univ. of South Florida in their 1st round of Big East tournament action. We got a few nice requests to play (noted in blue on the list), and we listened to a bit of music from the new CD called "Iron Shapens Iron" by some young Canadians, the Abrams Brothers. For the next two Sundays, WHUS and BG Cafe will be "celebrating" Radiothon -- the one time during the year where we ask you for a bit of financial support for the station. In the past couple of years, we've done extremely well; in fact, generally, our show brings in the second highest amount of pledge dollars of any music show that airs on WHUS (the polka show is #1). We've been accumulating a good number of great CDs to offer you as premiums -- we'll post a list of them later in the week, I promise. Please join Jim, Marti, and I on Sunday. If you choose to pledge or not, that decision is yours.....

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Leavin' Me / Larry Sparks / The Coldest Part Of Winter / Rebel
• Rock Hearts / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mt. Boys / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• I Worship You / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Stanley Brothers / Mercury
• Hello City Limits / Michael Cleveland with Jeff White / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Long Way Back / Grass Cats / Home To Carolina / New Time Records
• New Camptown Races / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Healing Hills / Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / That's What Love Can Do / Bell Buckle
• Wide Open / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Stepping On The Clouds / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Tell Someone / Rebel
• Put Me On The Trail To Carolina / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam /Self-Produced
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky / Rounder
• Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / Steel Town Records
• You Can't Do Wrong And Get By / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time /Sugar Hill
• Prisoner Of The Highway / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / Hillbilly Heartache / Rebel
• Keeper Of The Flame / Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen / Keeper Of The Flame / Lendel Records
• Is It True / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Weary Hobo / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Ballad Of Springhill / Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield Records
• The Indians Are Coming / Chris Henry / Monroe Approved / Arrandem Records
• Doin' My Job / Dappled Grays / Doin' My Job / BandRanch Records
• Soldiers Joy Medley / Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield Records
• Blue Bonnet Lane / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Redwood Hill / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• Brand New Heartache / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• Hey, Hey, Hey / Virginia Ramblers / Virginia Ramblers / Hay Holler
• Sourwood Mountain / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
• Coldest Day Of Winter / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Alone With You / Marty Raybon & Full Circle / The Grass I Grew Up On / Synchoro Records
• Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Here Today / Here Today / Rounder
• I'm Not Living Life (It's Living Me) / Bo Isaac / I'm Not Living Life (It's Living Me) / GoodTyme
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• I Hear My Savior Calling / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Demo Recording / Self-Produced
• I Am Resolved / Roger Helton / Bare Hands / Self-Produced
• When I Receive My Crown / Big Country Bluegrass / On Fire / Hay Holler
• Lift Your Voice In Prayer / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Get Behind Me Satan / Tim Graves / Walking On New Grass / Pinecastle
• 'Til I See You Face To Face / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / He Lives In Me / Horizon
• Call His Name / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• A Beautfiul Life / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/25/2007

Sunday's show featured a lot of brand new BG music that has arrived at WHUS over the past couple of weeks, including tunes from projects by the Special Consensus, Casey & Chris & the Two-Stringers, Donna Hughes, Joe Ross, John Starling & Carolina Star, Ben Greene, and Pine Mountain Railroad. We also took a few minutes to play some "vintage" BG from Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys, circa 1971, as well as the Gibson Brothers' seldom-heard 1994 recording, "Underneath A Harvest Moon," and some great Dobro/resonator guitar work from New England's own Roger Williams. Hope you enjoyed something you heard somewhere along the way....

Basketball Big East tournament schedule permitting, we'll see you in the Cafe next Sunday from 4-7PM.

Amy


Requests are noted in blue:

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rocky Grass / Blue Planet
• Say You'll Take Me Back /Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Another Day / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Nobody's Business / Don Reno & Bill Harrell / Best Of Bluegrass, Vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm
• (This Weary Heart) You Stole Away / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys / Sixteen Years /
  Copper Creek
• I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• One More Dollar / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Unleashed / Sugar Hill
• Tennessee Cut-Up Breakdown / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
• No Mother Or Dad / Flatt & Scruggs / Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• This Morning At Nine / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• Red Rocking Chair / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics / Cattle Records
• Trials, Troubles, Tribulations / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Waitin' For A Train / John Starling & Carolina Star / Slidin' Home / Rebel
• Watson's Cove / Ben Greene / Watson's Cove / Self-Produced
• Awful Lonesome Train / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / Steel Town Records
• Walkin' West To Memphis / Casey & Chris & the Two-Stringers / Get Along Girl / Arrandem Records
• The Spirit Of St. Louis / Joe Ross / The Spirit Of St. Louis / Zephyr Records
• Bottom Of A Glass / Donna Hughes / Gaining Wisdom / Rounder
• I'm Gonna Love You One More Time / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Keep My Love With You / Ralph Stanley II / Stanley Blues / Rebel
• Dobro Chimes / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Follow The Leader / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• Old Memory / Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm
• I Can't Like Myself / Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm
• Little Annie / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
• Fireball / Roger Williams / Fireball / Self-Produced
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Mississippi River Raft / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Big Country / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
• Lonesome Road Blues / Stanley Brothers / Shadows Of The Past / Copper Creek
• Sugar Coated Love / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• My Old Kentucky Home / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Jake Satterfield / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• O'er The Road I'm Bound To Go / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Demo Recording / Self-Produced
• How Long? / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• Back Up And Push / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• Little Bessie / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / Mastershield
• She's Left Me Again / Audie Blaylock with Paul Williams / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch Records
• Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Local Flowers / Josh Crowe / Sincerely / Pinecastle
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Classic Bluegrass Recordings, Vol. 2 /
  County
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• His Record Is On High / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Joy Of Revelation / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• You'll Be Rewarded Over There / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / Stanley Brothers / The Best Of the Stanley Brothers / Mercury
• The Wrath Of God / Seldom Scene / Scenic Roots / Sugar Hill
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Bear Bridge Band at Country Corner -- Saturday, February 24th

The Bear Bridge Band* (a/k/a "The Band Who Won't Go Away") makes another stop on their 2007 "tour" on Saturday, February 24th at the Country Corner Coffee House, 11 North Main Street, South Hadley, MA. Showtime is 8PM. For more information, call (413)467-9394 or visit Dave Helman's Country Corner website.


*While I have no financial interest in this band, I should mention that my brother, Dave, has been a member of Bear Bridge for several years. While they don't play nearly as many shows as they did in the past, they do continue to get a very good reception whenever they do emerge from "retirement." Please get out and see them, if you're so inclined.


Another show happening tomorrow night is taking place in eastern CT. For those who may not wish to travel to South Hadley, why not check out the show being presented at the Killingly Grange, located at the corner of Dog Hill Road and Route 101 in East Killingly, CT. Bands on the bill include Charter Oak and Sugar Creek. Doors open at 6PM; showtime is 7PM. For more information, call (860)564-1018.

'Tis always good to support live BG whenever you can....please get out there.

Amy

Jerry Salley in the Songwriter Chat Room - Tuesday, February 20th

For the February installment of her Songwriter Chat Room, Candi Sawyer has recruited someone who has had great success writing country, gospel, and plenty of bluegrass tunes: Jerry Salley. Jerry will be in the chat room tonight - Tuesday, February 20th - starting at 8PM to offer tips and advice to all aspiring songwriters. To visit the chat room, go to www.bluegrassguide.com, and follow the links from there. You can read Candi's email below about Jerry and the chat, but suffice it to say, Jerry Salley has written or co-written plenty of great BG tunes that have been recorded by the likes of the Seldom Scene (one of my favorites, "Breaking New Ground"), Rhonda Vincent, Alecia Nugent, the Del McCoury Band, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and many others. Jerry's got a new CD of his own called "New Songs, Old Friends" that we've been playing a bit on the BG Cafe of late. Of course, I'd be remiss not to mention that Jerry is also a co-writer of one of my favorite BG tunes from 2006: the excellent "1946" from David Peterson & 1946. If you can't make it to the chat room tonight, I'm sure Candi will be posting the chat transcript sometime in the future. Visit the BG Guide website for more information, or see Candi's note following this message.

Amy

Here's Candi's message:

Mountain High Bluegrass Associates
is proud to announce that
Jerry Salley
will be our Guest Songwriter on
Tuesday February 20, 2007 at 8PM EST.
Join us at http://www.bluegrassguide.com/.

Award winning songwriter, Jerry Salley has been writing and singing in Nashville since 1982. To date, he has had 300 songs recorded in his career, including; "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" - Reba McEntire, "Breaking New Ground" - Wild Rose/Universal Records, "I Fell in the Water" - John Anderson/BNA Records, "How Do You Sleep at Night" - Wade Hayes/DCK/Columbia Records, and ten (10) top twenty gospel songs.

Check out his website at http://www.jerrysalley.com/.

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 2/18/2007

The entire Bluegrass Cafe crew was firmly encamped at the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival this weekend and having a grand time experiencing all things bluegrass. The event won the award for IBMA event of the year in 2006, and 2007 should be no different.

Jim & Marti gave up the Sunday activities at Joe Val (although Jim did jam past 3:00 am Sunday morning) to bring you some good music to tune in on your drive back from the festival. Hope you enjoyed!

Jim & Marti

(Requests are in blue)

• Wild Turkey / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• I Couldn't Believe It Was True / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Bluegrass Cardinals / Copper Creek
• Mountain Girl / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / Self
• Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Tommy Brown & County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Under a Lonesome Moon / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Curly Seckler / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass #84 / KBC
• How's It Feel / Daughters of Bluegrass / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass #85 / KBC
• 99 Year Blues / Laurie Lewis / The Golden West / Hightone Records
• A Road to Anywhere / The Linville Ridge Band / A Road to Anywhere / self
• Prisoner's Lament / Lonesome River Band / The Road With No End / Mountain Home
• Where Is My Sailor Boy? / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At the Roots 1961 / Smithsonian
• You Can't Do Wrong and Get By / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & LST / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & LST / Sugar Hill
• Long Journey Home / Jim & Jesse / Long Journey Home / Rounder
• Waiting for the Sun to Shine / Larry Stephenson / Life Stories / Pinecastle
• Say, Won't You Be Mine / Ricky Skaggs / Long Journey Home / Rounder
• Man of Constant Sorrow / Tony Furtado with Tim O' Brien / Long Journey Home / Rounder
• No Hard Times Blues / Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives / Live at the Ryman / Self
• (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Holding On To Nothing / Dale Ann Bradley with Marty Raybon / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Knocking At Your Door / Red Allen / The Folkway Years 1964-83 / Smithsonian
• Mountain Song / The Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
• Church Street Blues / Tony Rice / A Retrospective / Sugar Hill
• House Of Tom Bombadil / Nickel Creek / A Retrospective / Sugar Hill
• Dixieland / Steve Earle & Del McCoury Band / The Mountain / E-Squared
• Bright Sunny South / Alison Krauss & Union Station / New Favorite / Rounder
• When I Was Young / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self
• My Blue Ridge Memories / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Blue and Lonesome / Charter Oak Bluegrass / The Boy From the Country / Self
• Darcy Farrow / The Rice Brothers / Rice Brothers 2 / Rounder
• How Can I Lose / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
• Hillbilly Hemingway / Mark Newton Band / Hillbilly Hemingway / Rebel
• Grayson County Blues / No Speed Limit / Sweet Virginia / Arhoolie
• Somebody's Missing You / Frank Solivan, II / Prime Cuts in Bluegrass #84 / KBC
• Springhill Disaster / The Abrams Brothers / Prime Cuts in Bluegrass #84 / KBC
• Wayfaring Stranger / Butch Baldassari / Prime Cuts in Bluegrass #84 / KBC
• Big Payday Blues / Shiloh Ridge / Prime Cuts in Bluegrass #84 / KBC
• Big Ball In Boston / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / House Down the Block / Rebel
• Little Georgia Rose / Vern & Ray with Herb Pederson / San Francisco 1968 / Arhoolie
• Train 45 / Jim VanCleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• You Better Get / Blueridge / Side by Side / Sugar Hill
• Old Old House / Big Country Bluegrass / On Fire / Hay Holler
• Shoutin' Time / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Tell Someone / Rebel
• Just As The Sun Went Down / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Talk About Suffering / Pine Mountain Railroad / The Old Railroad / CMH
• Riding On My Savior's Train / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• The Old Fashioned Preacher / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Sunday Mornin' Singin' / CMH
• John In The Jordan / Jerry Salley with The Oak Ridge Boys / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Shine Hallelujah, Shine / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Shouting on the Hills of Glory / The Spinney Brothers / Here At the Cross / Self
• Cry From the Cross / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Ohoopee / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

Playlist for "Bluegrass Cafe" 2/11/2007

Amy was taking a day off and Jim was on an airplane to the midwest, so Red Rooster Party co-host Marti brought the Bluegrass Music to you Sunday. A side benefit was the different songs she brought to the show. Hope you enjoyed.

Marti will be back on Sunday, 18 February, for sure. If I can be dragged away from the Joe Val Festival early, I may join her. If you are at the festival, we hope to see you there.

Jim

Requests are in blue...

• Home to Carolina / The Grass Cats / Home to Carolina / New Time Records
• Cumberland Mountain Home / Cumberland Highlanders / The Cumberland Highlanders / Rural Rhythm
• Being Me / The Grascals / Long List of Heartaches / Rounder
• Confederate Soldier / Chatham County Line / Speed of the Whipporwill / Yep Roc
• The Country Gentlemen / Carolina Sonshine / The Country Gentlemen / Mastershield
• Lonesome Pines / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Down in Caroline / Big Country Bluegrass / On Fire / Hay Holler
• No Mother or Dad / Beartracks / From the Hollow / Self
• Don't You Want to Go There / Blueridge / Getting Ready / Pinecastle
• Hobo Blues / Lonesome River Band / Carrying the Tradition / Rebel
• Life In a Song / New Found Road / Life in a Song / Rounder
• I'm Bound for the Land of Canaan / The Del McCoury Band / The Promised Land / McCoury Music
• Road to Columbus / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• A Dime Looks Like a Wagon Wheel / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• He Lives in Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / He Lives in Me / Horizon
• Mighty Lonesome / Jim Lauderdale / Bluegrass / Yep Roc
• Six Wild Roses / Shoregrass / In CT / Self
• Blue Train / Crabgrass / Crabgrass / Self
• Twilight Time / Northern Bound / Time Goes So Fast / Self
• Old Cane Press / James Reams, Walter Hensley / Wild Card / Mountain Redbird
• Mr. John Henry, The Steel Driving Man / Marty Stuart & the Superlatives / Live At The Ryman / Superlatone
• Forked Deer / Bryan Sutton / Not Too Far From The Tree / Sugar Hill
• Iron Mountain Line / Larry Stephenson / Life Stories / Pinecastle
• We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven / Ralph Stanley II / Stanley Blues / Rebel
• The Rain / Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / Wash Away Your Troubles / Bell Buckle
• Texas Pretty / The Overall Brothers / The Overall Brothers / Self
• Long Black Train / Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top Xpress / Try a Little Kindness / Rounder
• Too Good to Be True / Alecia Nugent / A Little Girl… A Big Four Lane / Rounder
• Raisin' the Dickens / Country Current / Live / DoD
• Six Days on the Road / Country Current / Live / DoD
• Pass Me By / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
• Blue Ridge Mountain Home / No Speed Limit / Sweet Virginia / Arhoolie
• Homefolks / The Mark Newton Band / Hillbilly Hemingway / Rebel
• Run Rufus Run / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Old, Old House / Bo Isaacs / I'm Not Living Life / Goodtyme
• Just Loving You / J. D. Crowe & The New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Tragic Life / The Infamous Stringdusters / Fork in the Road / Sugar Hill
• Poor Old Man / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / F5 Music
• The Old Brown County Barn / Michael Cleveland / Let Er Go Boys / Rounder
• The Sad Wind Sighs / The Boys From Indiana / Good Time Blues / Rebel
• Better Get in that Number / The Spinney Brothers / Here At the Cross / Self
• Engine 143 / Ralph Stanley / A Distant Land to Roam / Columbia
• Poor Orphan Child / Ralph Stanley / A Distant Land to Roam / Columbia
• Misery & Happiness / Keith Sewell / Love is a Journey / Skaggs
• Worried Man Blues / The Carter Family / The Carter Family / Sphere
• Sweet Sunny South / The Osborne Brothers / When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland / Pinecastle
• I'm Walking the Dog / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top of the World / Pinecastle
• Highway Headed South / Marty Raybon / The Grass I Grew Up On / Self
• God Bless the Soldier / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• In the Mountaintops To Roam / David Peterson & 1946 / In the Mountaintops to Roam / Self

A note from Gerry Katz about the Joe Val Festival....

Folks -

The Joe Val Bluegrass Festival is rapidly approaching, and there have been questions as to whether or not single-day tickets are available. BBU President Gerry Katz sent out an email this AM about this very subject. I'm including his email message below, but here's a quick synopsis: weekend festival tickets are SOLD OUT, but there are a few day-only festival tickets remaining for both Friday and Sunday. In addition, it seems the Gibson Brothers have been added to the Friday night lineup. For more details on the Joe Val Festival lineup, click here. Read on for Gerry's note:

Greetings from the Boston Bluegrass Union -

Tickets for next week's Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, February 16-18 at the Sheraton Framingham are now in short supply. We are sold out of weekend tickets and have a small quantity of Friday-only and Sunday-only tickets available. Best bet would be to purchase your tickets online now as these will likely be gone by the start of the festival. Both days feature great Main Stage lineups including Chris Thile and the Gibson Brothers headlining on Friday, and Doyle Lawson and David Davis headlining on Sunday. Plus, we've added some workshops to Friday night.

Performance schedules for Main Stage, Workshop, Film Fest and Vendor Showcase are now online, too. We have some slots remaining in the Master Classes scheduled for Friday prior to the start of the festival. Check out all the details at http://www.bbu.org/

See you next week,

Gerry

WHUS Spring Schedule....

The WHUS Spring Schedule has been announced, and we're happy to tell you that both Red Rooster Party and Bluegrass Cafe will continue to be heard at their normal times:

Red Rooster Party - Sundays, 2-4PM

Bluegrass Cafe - Sundays, 4-7PM

Marti joins you in the Cafe this Sunday. Thanks for listening!

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/4/2007

On Super Bowl Sunday, we provided an alternative to all of the football hoopla. The phones were very busy -- it's always good to know that someone is listening! The requested tunes are noted below in blue. We think there may be some show preemptions with Red Rooster and BG Cafe next week -- Marti will be on the air with you for whatever portion of BG Cafe airs (assuming the station schedule doesn't change us to a new day -- we'll keep you posted).

Amy

• Fiddler's Dream / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
• Sweethearts In Heaven / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• I Beg You Little Darling Not To Cry / Darrell Webb / Behind The Scenes / Lonesome Day
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• John Henry, Jr. / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Flower Blooming In The Wildwood / Michael Cleveland with Tim O'Brien / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• I Just Think I'll Go Away / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Stop In Southport Towne / Blue Circle
• Big Country / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
• Trail Of Tears / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• Roll Muddy River / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Deep River / Buddy Merriam & Back Roads / Live At The Vail-Leavitt Music Hall / Lilypad Records
• The Undelivered Message / Larry Sparks / Special Delivery / Rebel
• I'll Go Steppin', Too / Country Current / Live / U.S. Dept. of Defense
• The Leaves That Are Green / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• That's How I Got To Memphis / Charlie Sizemore Band / In My View / Rebel
• Prisoner Of The Past / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco
• In The Jailhouse Now / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother Where Art Thou / Lost Highway
• Poor Ellen Smith / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Cuttin' Loose / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Lester Flatt & Mac Wiseman / Over The Hills To The Poorhouse / RCA
• You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper / Rounder
• I Don't Want Your Nine Pound Hammer / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
• Rose Of My Heart / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• Where Did Our Young Years Go / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• I'll Pretend It's Raining / McCoury Brothers / High, Lonesome, And Blue / Rounder
• There Will Always Be A Rocking Chair / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Brown Mountain Light / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• Carter Country / Jason Carter / On The Move / Rounder
• You Left Me Alone / Longview / Lessons In Stone / Rebel
• Pill Or Potion / Grass Cats / Home To Carolina / New Time Records
• Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Wall Around Your Heart / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• Shackles And Chains / Mac Wiseman with Osborne Brothers / Most Requested / CMH
• Cardboard Mansion / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Lost River / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / Self-Produced
• Walking Down The Line / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• Let Me Let Me Love You One More Time / Infamous Stringdusters / Infamous Stringdusters / Sugar Hill
• Brand New Heartache / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• What Will Become Of Me / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle
• Don't This Road Look Rough & Rocky / Bluegrass Album Band / Bluegrass Compact Disc, Vol. 2 / Rounder
• When The Angels Carry Me Home / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics, 1946-1950 / Cattle Records
• Just As The Sun Went Down / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Lord, Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Heaven / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• Take Me In Your Lifeboat / Bluegrass Gospel Project / Makes You Strong / Vital Records
• Angel Band / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Stanley Brothers / Mercury
• Who Will Go? / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self-Produced
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Get In Line Brother / Flatt & Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Weston (VT) Playhouse Winter Show -- Saturday, February 24th

Bluegrass and Old-Time Country Music

at the

Weston Playhouse

Weston, VT

Saturday, February 24, 2007

1 show only: 12PM

3 bands:

PINE HILL RAMBLERS

BLISTERED FINGERS

WESTERNAIRES

For more information, call (802)824-6674

A friendly reminder about Dan Paisley....

Don't forget -- Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass will be taking the stage tomorrow night at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center in East Hartford. Showtime is 7:30PM -- the doors open at 6PM. Call (860)528-1458 for details, or visit the EHCCC website. You may also read our earlier posting about this show, if you like.

Join me at BG Cafe this Sunday, too.....4-7PM at 91.7 on your FM dial or streaming online at www.whus.org.

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/28/2007

Sunday's show started a bit late, as the UCONN Women's Hockey game lasted 'til a bit past 4PM. No matter, though, as we still squeezed in plenty of great Bluegrass. The new year has brought us lots of new music so far, and we featured a good bit of it from the likes of Nashville songwriter Jerry Salley, banjo player Daniel Grindstaff, a new gospel project from the Kenny & Amanda Smith Band, something from the Greencards, a song from the forthcoming solo project by Steve Gulley, a couple of tunes from the latest edition of Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, and a new CD tribute to the Country Gentlemen from their longest-tenured bass player, Bill Yates. We also inadvertently featured at least three tunes from the country music songbook of Carl Smith, but that's not such a bad thing, is it? There were a few requests, too: those are noted below in blue. Not sure who's in the Cafe next week -- Jim or I -- but we'll keep you posted, and hopefully, entertained with some great Bluegrass music.

Have a good week -
Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• You Are The One / Jim & Jesse / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• Dark As The Night / Boone Creek / True Bluegrass / Rounder
• Old Devil's Dream / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• Ocean Of Diamonds / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Cabin On A Mountain / Vern Williams Band / True Bluegrass / Rounder
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Tennessee Wagoner / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• The Prisoner's Song / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Wide Open / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Bending The Strings / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
• His Record Is On High / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Too Old To Die Young / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
• Where The Old Red River Flows / King Wilkie / Broke / Rebel
• Sparkling Brown Eyes / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Long Forgotten Dream / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain / Ralph Stanley II / Listen To My Hammer Ring / Rebel
• Don't Wake Me / Bill Emerson with Red Allen / Reunion / Webco
• Lefty's Old Guitar / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• How Will I Explain About You? / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe…., 1945- 1949 / Columbia
• Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• I'd Rather Be A Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rebel
• Livin' It Down / Steve Gulley / CD single / Lonesome Day
• Redwood Hill / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• I'll Break Out Tonight / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• Young Fisherwoman / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• Copper Kettle / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• Rockwell's Gold / Randy Kohrs & the Lites / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, Vol. 85 / KBC
• Lonesome Side Of Town / The Greencards / Viridian / Dualtone
• Wow Baby / Hunter Berry / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, Vol. 85 / KBC
• Factory Floor / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• You'll Find Her Name Written There / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Home / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Taking The Crooked Road Home / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Good Home Grown Music Sampler, 2006 / Blue Circle
• You Can Run / Williams & Clark Expedition / Williams & Clark Expedition / Self-Produced
• If I Were Your Brother / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Yours Forever Blue / Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band / The Mountain / E-Squared
• Shoutin' Time / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Tell Someone / Rebel
• Little White Church / America's Bluegrass Band / America's Favorite Hymns / OBR
• You've Gotta Righten That Wrong / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• On The Jericho Road / Bass Mountain Boys / A Beautiful Life / CMH
• Talking About That Old-Time Religion / Whetstone Run / Angels Rejoiced / Strictly Country
• Stormy Waters / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mt. Boys / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / MME
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Play List 1/21/2007

We played a mix of very old Bluegrass music from some obscure labels and some very new music from today's stars of Bluegrass and also from artists on smaller independent or self-produced labels. We played several local and New England artists as well. We found there was some very good music out there that is not very well-known -- all you need to do is look for it. We will do our best to keep bringing you a good cross-section of Bluegrass every Sunday, so keep us tuned in to keep abreast of the full range of Bluegrass, including some rare items you will find nowhere else. Amy will be back next Sunday, 1/28/07.

Jim

Requests are blue.

• Wild Turkey / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Kentucky Is Only A Dream / Red Belcher and the Kentucky Ridgerunners / The Early Days of Bluegrass Vol 1 / Rounder LP
• Katy Daly / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Soldiers Joy / Flatt & Scruggs / 1959-1963 / Bear Family
• Cold Rain / Big Country Bluegrass / On Fire / Hay Holler
• Hard Times / The Grascals / Long List of Heartaches / Rounder
• Rita Mae / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Jolene / Rhonda Vincent / Back Home Again / Rounder
• If I Lose / Acoustic Blue / Workin' Man / Self
• Last Dollar Blues / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Who Am I / Cedar Hill / Portrait of a Song / Hay Holler
• That's How The Cookie Crumbles / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top of the World / Pinecastle
• Georgia Bound / Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe / Stone Fences / Santa Fe
• Rovin' Gambler / J. D. Crowe & The New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• I Will Never Marry / The Carter Family / The Carter Family / Sphere
• Chancellorsville / David Davis and the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• I Know My Lord's Gonna Help Me On / The Fritts Family / One More Mountain / Self
• Tennessee Wagoner / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent
• Cora Is Gone / Dave Evans / Pretty Green Hills / Rebel
• Dixieland / Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band / The Mountain / E Squared
• Bright Sunny South / Alison Krauss + Union Station / New Favorite / Rounder
• White Freightliner Blues / Crossover / Friends Having Fun / Self
• Oh Susannah / Gray Sky Girls / Gray Sky Girls / American Melody
• My Blue Ridge Memories / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Let Me Love You One More Time / The Infamous Stringdusters / The Infamous Stringdusters / Sugar Hill
• God Must Be A Cowboy / The Grass Cats / Home To Carolina / New Time
• Take Me Back To Kentucky / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Stop In South Port Towne / Blue Circle Records
• Hello City Limits / Michael Cleveland / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Lizzie Lou / Hickory Ridge / Carolina Callin Me / Back Creek
• Blind Man Walking / Cadillac Sky / Blind Man Walking / Skaggs Family
• George, I Need That Rocking Chair / Cecil Hall and the Dominion Bluegrass Boys / Mother's Beautiful Rose / Weslyn
• Who's Leaving Who / Jim Lauderdale / Bluegrass / Yep Roc
• Lonesome Won't Get The Best Of Me / Lonesome River Band / The Road With No End / Mountain Home
• City On A Hill / The Bluegrass Gospel Project / Makes You Strong / Vital
• Before The Sun Goes Down / Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands / The Golden West / HighTone
• Sally Ann / Nate Leath / I've Always Been a Rambler / Patuxent
• Gonna Start a Bluegrass Band In Asheville / Charles R. Humphrey III / Songs From The Road / Lucks Dumpy Toad
• I Could Love You All The Time / Estil Stewart 7 Flat Mountain Boys / The Early Days of Bluegrass Vol 2 / Rounder LP
• Traveling The Highway Home / Francine Michaels / Remembrance of You / MTM Records
• Smoke That Cigarette / Buddy Merriam and Back Roads / Live at the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall / Lilypad
• Brown Mountain Light / Carolina Sonshine / Remembers The Country Gentlemen / MasterShield
• Blue Eyed Boston Boy / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / Self
• I'll Be Happy In My Home / The Brewster Brothers and Four Brothers Quartet / The Early Days of Bluegrass Vol 2 / Rounder LP
• If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Shannon Grayson and his Golden Valley Boys / The Early Days of Bluegrass Vol 1 / Rounder LP
• The Key To Heaven / The Lewis Family / Flyin' High / Mountain Home
• Will You Meet Me Over Yonder / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / He Lives In Me / Horizon
• He Did Rise / Monroe Crossing / Into The Fire / Self
• Great Speckled Bird / The Morris Brothers / Blue Ribbon Bluegrass Gospel / Self
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler