"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/3/2007

Over the past couple of weeks, we've received quite a few new CDs from all kinds of Bluegrass performers. Sunday's show featured quite a few of those new tunes -- hope you liked them. Some of the performers with new music included veterans like Dry Branch Fire Squad, Honi Deaton & Dream, Curly Seckler, the Steep Canyon Rangers, John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Red Henry, Ron Block, and new performers Tommy Webb, and a group called Avery County. We also included a tune from the new project called "Lifetimes" by Little Roy Lewis, Earl Scruggs, & Lizzy Long.

In addition, we gave away copies of the new CDs from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina ("Carolina Road"), Randy Kohrs ("Old Photograph"), and Larry Sparks ("The Last Suit You Wear"). We've sort of designated this month as a "Giveaway Month," as Jim and I will have at least 3 more CDs to give away during each show in June. Listen, call in, and (maybe) win. Of course, you've heard us say that 2007 marks 25 years of BG broadcasting at WHUS, so throughout the year, we'll try to do a few special things to celebrate.

Jim's back next week from his MC duties at Strawberry Park. Join him and Marti on Sunday.

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Rose Of Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass / Columbia
• There's More Pretty Girls Than One / Jesse McReynolds & the Virginia Boys / New Horizons / Pinecastle
• Shuckin' The Corn / Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Legacy
• Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Will I Be The Winner? / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• Your Selfish Heart / Darrell Webb / Behind The Scenes / Lonesome Day
• Daylight's Burnin' / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Daylight's Burnin' / Rebel
• Josie's Reel / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Don't Hold Your Breath / White House / White House / Pinecastle
• Rockwell's Gold / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• Upstairs In The Bedroom / Avery County / Me And The Jukebox / Self-Produced
• The Jaybird Song / John Reischman & the Jaybirds / Stellar Jays / Corvus Records
• All The Good Times Are Past And Gone / Lewis, Scruggs & Long / Lifetimes / Mountain Home
• Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary Special / Rounder
• Me And The Jukebox / Avery County / Me And The Jukebox / Self-Produced
• Meadow Green / Old And In The Gray / Old And In The Gray / Acoustic Disc
• I'm Lonely For My Only / Del McCoury Band / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder
• New Five Cents / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• Holding On When You've Let Go / Josh Crowe / Good Home Grown Sampler, 2006 / Blue Circle
• Poor Ellen Smith / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Red Letter Day / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Old Train / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• Can You Hear Me Now / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall /
  Rounder
• Roanoke / Gary Pomerleau / Eye To Eye / Self-Produced
• One More Dollar / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Unleashed / Sugar Hill
• If It Weren't For Bluegrass Music I'd Go Crazy / Tommy Webb / Eastern Kentucky / Kindred Records
• Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Honi Deaton & Dream / Chasin' Dreams / Lamon Records
• Lockwood / Red Henry / Helton Creek / Arrandem
• The Way It Was / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Lovin' Pretty Women / Steep Canyon Rangers / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, Vol. 87 / KBC
• Run Little Fox / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• Deep River / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways
• Pages Of Time / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced
• Just Loving You / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Cluck Old Hen / James Alan Shelton / Clinch Mountain Guitar / Self-Produced
• I've Always Been A Rambler / Ralph Stanley / Great High Mountain / Rebel
• In Despair / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Redwood Hill / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• Home / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• The Old Coal Mine / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Goodnight, The Lord's Coming / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• God's Not Dead / Soul Pickers / The Beautiful River Of Life / Blue Circle
• The Touch Of God's Hand / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Kaleidoscope
• Be Assured / Ron Block / Door Way / Rounder
• Hereafter / Lonesome River Band / The Road With No End / Mountain Home
• Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Mickey Harris / Kneel And Pray / Self-Produced
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Paul Williams / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/27/2007

It seemed, at least to me, that Sunday's show went by in a whirlwind. Our special feature around the 5PM timeframe was a brief conversation with one of the busiest people in Bluegrass music, Rhonda Vincent. Rhonda & the Rage will be appearing this coming Friday, June 1st at the Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival in Preston, CT. For more info on Strawberry Park, click here.

Sunday's show also featured a musical tribute to yet another notable member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Hank Snow. Hank would have celebrated his birthday on May 9th, so it seemed fitting to put together a few of his terrific tunes that have been covered by some Bluegrass performers over the years. As with many of those great country singers of the 1940s and 1950s, the Hank Snow Songbook has been mined by Bluegrass folks many times, perhaps most notably by Charlie Waller when he'd perform his medley of Hank tunes at just about every show. Great stuff. Other features included a couple of new tunes from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Paul Williams & the Victory Trio, and a Bluegrass gospel group called the Soul Pickers, as well as a trio of appropriate tunes in honor of Memorial Day.

If you're heading to Strawberry Park, tune us in on your way home next Sunday. While Jim will be at Strawberry Park doing some MC work, I'll be minding the radio show. As we mark the 25th year of Bluegrass broadcasting at WHUS, Jim and I will each have several CDs to give away over the next few weeks. Tune us in when you can.....

Have a good week -
Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Little Mountain Road / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Don't Know Why / Cliff Waldron / Seasons Past / Rebel
• Hot Night In August / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Pain In My Heart / Flatt & Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Baby Girl / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Stanley Brothers / Mercury
• I Heard The Bluebirds Sing / White Mountain Bluegrass / January Weekend / R Own
• Til The Day I Die / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
• Sawing On The Strings / Alison Krauss / A Hundred Miles Or More / Rounder
• Diamond Joe / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• Here Rattler Here / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Carolina Road / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• If Lonely Was The Wind / Lynn Morris Band / Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Won't You Think Of Me / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Walls Of Time / Rounder
• One Teardrop And One Step Away / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• Leavin' You And Mobile Too / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Maybe You Will Change Your Mind / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• One Step Ahead Of The Blues / Rhonda Vincent / Ragin' Live / Rounder
• Midnight Angel / Rhonda Vincent with Bobby Osborne / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Wishing Well Blues / Rhonda Vincent / A Dream Come True / Rebel
• Is The Grass Any Bluer / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Just For Old Times Sake / Rhonda Vincent with Jim Ed Brown / A Dream Come True / Rebel
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• A Purple Heart / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• God Bless The Soldier / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• The Goldrush Is Over / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• Ben Dewberry's Final Run / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Saturday Night At The Opry / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass: The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• I'm Movin' On / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• What A Ways We've Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Let Me Love You One More Time / Infamous Stringdusters / Infamous Stringdusters / Sugar Hill
• Long List Of Heartaches / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Blame It On The Pain / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• I Can't Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / True Bluegrass / Rounder
• When I Wake Up (To Sleep No More) / Soul Pickers / Beautiful River Of Life / Blue Circle
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Heaven / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• Where No One Stands Alone / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Where No One Stands Alone / Rebel
• The Gloryland Way / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns / Self-Produced
• God Moves In A Windstorm / Blue Highway / True Bluegrass Gospel / Rebel
• I'm Travelling On And On / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Classic Bluegrass Recordings, Volume 1 / County
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist 5/20/2007

Hi Folks.

We got back to "normal" at the Cafe after the big Mother's Day show last week, and spiced it up with some classic and perhaps obscure recordings mixed in with the new.

We observed the 80th anniversary of Lindbergh's great flight by playing a song written by Joe Ross about the event, and I pointed out the connection to Connecticut (the developers of the engine for the Spirit of St. Louis were the same folks who founded Pratt & Whitney Aircraft.)

We also threw in some songs from Buzz Busby, Charlie Moore, and Dave Evans to curl your hair; and then some songs from Jim Eanes, Jimmy Gaudreau, and Bill Clifton to mellow you out.

As usual, we brought some new music such as a cut from the new Grasstowne CD, and a cut from the new Steve Gulley CD.

Hope you enjoyed.

Amy will be with you next Sunday.

Jim & Marti

• Wild Turkey / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Rita Mae / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Julia Belle / Janet Beazley / 5 South / Backcountry
• Let The Big Dog Eat / Jim VanCleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• The Spirit Of St. Louis / Joe Ross / The Spirit Of St. Louis / Zephyr
• Wish I Could Say I Was Drinking / Cadillac Sky / Blind Man Walking / Skaggs Family
• Moonshiner / Peter Rowan / The Walls Of Time / Sugar Hill
• I'm Leaving Detroit / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel
• When John Henry Was A Little Boy / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Your Old Standby / Jim Eanes / Your Old Standby / Starday
• Devil's Road / Grasstowne / The Road Headin' Home / Pinecastle
• Philadelphia Lawyer / J. D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• Streets Of Chicago / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Nowhere, Caroline / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
• Cowboys And Indians / Bill Emerson / Home Of The Red Fox / Rebel
• I'm Walking The Dog / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Two Coats / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• If I Lose/Kitten And The Cat / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Live At The Smithsonian / King
• Bye Bye Blues / Justin Carbone / Take Some Time / Pinecastle
• There's More Pretty Girls Than One / Don Reno & Red Smiley / On The Air / Copper Creek
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Whose Red Wagon / Buzz Busby / Goining Home / Starday
• Carter Family Medley / George Shuffler / James Alan Shelton / The Legacy Continues / Copper Creek
• The Old Home Place / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
• The Old Coal Mine / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury
• Sugar Coated Love / Mark Newton / Living A Dream / Rebel
• Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Road To Columbus / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• Fireball Mail / The New Coon Creek Girls / The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore / Pinecastle
• Sadie's Got Her New Dress On / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• Livin' It Down / Steve Gulley / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume 86 / KBC
• Charlotte Breakdown / The Reno Brothers / Drawing From The Well / Webco
• Gold Watch And Change / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / 24 Bluegrass Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Whitehouse Blues / Dave Evans & Riverbend / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Down The Road / The Sauceman Brothers / On WCYB Bristol / Rounder
• The Lonesome River / Ralph Stanley II & John Rigsby / Clinch Mountain Echoes / Copper Creek
• Stone Coal / Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys / Southern Flavor / MCA
• Rollin' On / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / The Prestige / Folklore Years volume five / Prestige / Folklore
• Sophronie / Blaylock, Cleveland, Crowe, Williams, etc / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
• Coal Tattoo / Southern Rail / Coal Tattoo / Railway Records
• Late Night Cry of the Whippoorwill / Virginia Squires / The Best of the Virginia Squires / Rebel
• The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Charlie Moore & The Dixie Partners / The Fiddler / Old Homestead
• Blue Violet Waltz / Michael Cleveland / Flame Keeper / Rounder
• The Wreck Of The Number Nine / The Stoneman Family / 28 Big Ones / King
• Blue Yodel No. 3 / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self
• Me And The Jukebox / Buzz Busby and Leon Morris / Honkytonk Bluegrass / World Records
• Sourwood Mountain / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Carl Story Quartet / 1951-1952 XERA Live Transcriptions Vol. II / Old Homestead
• When The Trumpet Sounds / The Mark Newton Band / Hillbilly Hemingway / Rebel
• Voice Of My Saviour / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Mountain Bluegrass / Hay Holler
• When They Ring Those Golden Bells / Jim Eanes / In His Arms / Rebel
• Church In The Wildwood / Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau / River Of Memories / Elf Records
• Home In The Rock / Charlie Moore and Bill Napier / Country Hymnal / King
• Are You Lost In Sin / Jim & Jesse / As Good As It Gets / Disky
• Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb / Lowell Blanchard / Best Of Bluegrass Preachin' Prayin' and Singin' / Mercury
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist for Mother's Day - 5/13/07

Marti and I scoured our collection and came up with a whole show of Mother's Day songs to fit the occasion. The only down side was the fact that so many of the songs were about deceased mothers, but we did find a few upbeat or funny mother songs to include. We hope we didn't depress you too much, and we hope you enjoyed some of the rarer songs we pulled out of our hat.

We managed to fit a couple of non-mother songs into the show, including a new one from the not-yet-released new album from the "new" group, Grasstowne. You may recall Grasstowne as the group assembled by Alan Bibey, Steve Gulley, Phil Leadbetter, Jason Davis, and Lee Sawyer around the end of 2006 (Jamey Booher has since replaced Lee). This group has taken off like a rocket and has already recorded a new album. Although the CD release date is August 7, you can get it from their web site or at one of their concerts. WHUS listeners again got to hear an exclusive.

Marti and I will be back next week. Tune in at 91.7 FM in Southern New England or on the web at whus.org!

Jim

• Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Charlie Monroe / Sacred Songs / Old Homestead
• Thank God For Mama / The Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
• Mother's Last Years / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• Mama Blues / Flatt & Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs at Carnegie Hall! / Koch
• Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / The Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Hay Holler
• Mother Prays Loud In Her Sleep / Flatt & Scruggs / Blazing Bluegrass / Proper
• A Mothers Hand / Frank Solivan II / I Am A Rambler / Self
• A Mothers Love / Phoenix / A Place Called Home / Virginia Arts
• Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self
• Pistol Packin' Mama / The Good Old Boys / Pistol Packin' Mama / GDM, Inc.
• Mother's Footsteps Guide Me On / Stanley Brothers / On Radio / Rebel
• We'd Always Ask Mama To Pray / Ralph Stanley & Joe Isaacs / A Gospel Gathering / Freeland
• No Mother or Dad / Lily Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio 1952-1953 / Mountain Home
• Callin' Your Name / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Mama's Faded Bible / Jimmie Williams
• Mom's Old Picture Book / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Mother Of A Miner's Child / Country Gentlemen / Souvenirs / Rebel
• Bouquet In Heaven / J. D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel
• Grandma's Gift / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Pretty Wreath For Mother's Grave / The Reno Brothers / Drawing From The Well / Webco
• We Don't Care What Mama Allow / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands / CMH
• Mama Likes Bluegrass Music / The Frosty Mountain Boys (with Raymond Fairchild) / The Best of Mountain Bluegrass / Rural Rhythm
• Wandering Boy / The Isaacs / Bridges / Horizon
• When Mother Played The Organ / Lee Moore / 20 Early Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / O Sister! / Rounder
• Dream of a Miner's Child / Phyllis Boyens & Hazel Dickens with the Dreadful Snakes / Songs Of The Stanley Brothers / EasyDisc
• Mother Is Gone / White House / White House / Pinecastle
• Vision of Mother / Joe Val and the New England Bluegrass Boys / Songs Of The Stanley Brothers / EasyDisc
• The Master's Bouquet / The Stanley Brothers / Sacred Songs From The Hills / Starday
• My Mother's Bible / The Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• I Heard My Mother Weeping / Charlie Moore & The Dixie Partners / The Fiddler / Old Homestead
• Don't Tell Mama / The Grascals / Long List of Heartaches / Rounder
• Mama's Opry / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Iris DeMent / Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III / Capitol
• Black Diamond (bed for the calendar) / Don Stover / Things In Life / Rounder
• The Sweetest Gift, A Mother's Smile / Snuffy Jenkins / Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo / Arhoolie
• Sunbonnet Mother / Don Stover / Things In Life / Rounder
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Mother Knows Best / Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
• Dixie Flyer / Grasstowne / Grasstowne / Pinecastle
• Grandma's Feather Bed / Jerusalem Ridge & Leroy Mack / Together / Self
• Oh Mama Please Don't Cry / The McPeak Brothers / Acoustic Masterpiece / Major Bluegrass
• Momma Loved The Dogwood / Mitch Harrell / Shoes Too Big To Fill / So Long
• A Mother's Last Words To Her Daughter / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Gonna Shake Hands With Mother Over There / Crowe Brothers / The Gospel Way / Copper Creek
• Mother's Not Dead / The Stanley Brothers / Volume 3, Number 4 / Copper Creek
• I Saw Mother With God Last Night / Flatt & Scruggs / Essential Gospel Masters / Columbia
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / The Abrams Brothers / Carrying On / MasterShield
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
  

Looking for your response....

Folks -

As you may have heard Jim or Marti or I mention on the air from time-to-time, 2007 marks 25 years of BG broadcasting at WHUS. We've been trying to think of some ways to celebrate this occasion, and in typical BG fashion (no pun intended), we've decided a t-shirt might fit the bill nicely. Now, we have no t-shirts available YET, but we hope to have them sometime this summer. At this point, we're just wondering how many (if any) of you would be interested in owning such an item. The shirt we've envisioned will have a design of some sort on the front, and on the back, will list the names of those who've been behind the mic during those 25 years, both from "The Magic Of Bluegrass" and the "Bluegrass Cafe."

At this point, we're not looking for money or taking orders for shirts. We just would like to know if you'd be interested in purchasing such an item when it becomes available. If you are, please call the show next week (Sunday, 4-7PM, ET), or drop us an email (bgcafe@gmail.com) to let us know you're interested. We'll be in touch as soon as the shirts are available.

Thanks for your interest, and thanks for supporting the show all these years.....

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/6/2007

When I was an intern at a local country station many, many years ago, the DJ I "shadowed" often would say -- sometimes jokingly -- that in radio, there was "never a dull moment." In the waning seconds of yesterday's BG Cafe, we experienced a moment that definitely wasn't dull, and had the potential of being downright inconvenient. I keep track of my playlist by using a simple Excel worksheet that I save on a thumb drive. Moments before the last gospel song ended yesterday, the computer on which the playlist was residing DIED. By that, I mean, there was no power source, no signal, no Internet, nothing. Quite fun. Our mentee, Maiga, was back for week #2 of her training, so it was good she got to see what kinds of "excitement" can really occur in radio. Fortunately, our long-time WHUS Training Director (and newly-elected Program Director) stopped by the station a few minutes after the computer died and was able to get it going again. My playlist only "lost" the gospel set, so the list that follows here is not in perfect order towards the end. Requests are noted in red. Maiga, by the way, did a very fine job on the air once again, and is set to host (or co-host) her own show beginning later on this week.

Jim & Marti join you in the Cafe for the next couple of Sundays. I'll be with you again on Memorial Day weekend.

Have a lovely May!

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Timber I'm Falling / White Mountain Bluegrass / January Weekend / R Own
• My Cabin In Caroline / Flatt & Scruggs / Complete Mercury Sessions / Mercury
• Send Me Your Address In Heaven / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• You Didn't Say Goodbye / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• J's Tune / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Come On Down To My World / Rounder
• Don't Let Your Wounded Heart Come Between Us / Randy Kohrs with Rhonda Vincent / Old Photograph/ Rural Rhythm
• Lovesick And Sorrow / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Long Journey / Rounder
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Alone With You / Marty Raybon & Full Circle / The Grass I Grew Up On / Synchoro Records
• Don't Make Go To Bed And I'll Be Good / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Tennessee Cut-Up Breakdown / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
• We Could / Terry Eldredge & Andrea Zonn / Making The Rounds / Pinecastle
• Bluegrass Blues / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Why Don't You Tell Me So / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Ocean Of Teardrops / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• Wind To The West / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
• Is It True / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Blame It On The Pain / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Linda Lay and Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Folk Life
• Cold Blue Day / NewFound Road / Life In A Song / Rounder
• Close By / Vern Williams Band / Traditional Bluegrass / Arhoolie
• The Crow / Tony Trischka & Steve Martin / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Another Tear / Cedar Hill / Portrait Of A Song / Hay Holler
• Weary Hobo / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Old Old House / Big Country Bluegrass / On Fire / Hay Holler
• Walkin' West To Memphis / Casey & Chris & the Two-Stringers / Get Along Girl / Arrandem
• Red Letter Day / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Poor Ellen Smith / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• Orange Blossom Special / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Wall Around Your Heart / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King
• Reno Bound / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Wrecking Ball / King Wilkie / Fresh Cut Bluegrass / Rounder
• Waiting For The Real Thing / Front Range / The New Frontier / Sugar Hill
• Many A Mile / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• Sourwood Mountain / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
• You'll Find Her Name Written There / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Lost River / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / Rural Rhythm
• Gonna Paint The Town / James King / Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea
• I'm Goin' Up When He Starts Down / BlueRidge / Gettin' Ready / Pinecastle
• Lazarus And The Rich Man / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Will You Meet Me Over There / Josh Williams / Lonesome Highway / Pinecastle
• Living On The Hallelujah Side / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Living On The Hallelujah Side / Rebel
• Shining Path / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Climb The Ladder / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill
• Won't It Be Wonderful There / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns / Self-Produced
• Have Mercy On My Soul / Seldom Scene / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• That Home Far Away / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / Federal
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

Introducing the umpteenth member of Quicksilver....

In the "Is anybody really surprised by this?" BG news category, I read this week that Ron Spears (currently playing the mandolin and singing a lot of lead and tenor vocals with the Special Consensus) is going to be the new bass player/high tenor vocalist with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. It was announced a few months back that Jamie Dailey -- Doyle's current guitar player/high tenor guy, and a former guest at the Cafe -- would be leaving Doyle at the end of 2007 to form a new band with Darrin Vincent (Rhonda's brother, and a guitar player/harmony singer with Ricky Skaggs' Kentucky Thunder). Apparently, Doyle's been audtioning some singers to fill Jamie's part, and the decision to hire Ron Spears was revealed this week. Since I'm one of those people who've thought for a while now that Ron Spears sounds an awful lot like one of the members of the original Quicksilver band, Lou Reid, this seems like a fabulous addition to Quicksilver. This band is always terrific, and I will look forward to hearing the "new" group.

There's been no official word of when, exactly, Ron will be making his Quicksilver debut, but don't forget...you'll be able to see Doyle & Quicksilver at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival in East Hartford this August. The festival dates are August 2-5, and Quicksilver will be appearing on Saturday, August 4th. For more information, visit the Podunk website.

If you want to read more about Ron joining Quicksilver, check out the Bluegrass Blog entry on this subject. The BG Blog is always a great source of daily info on all things Bluegrass --- check it out, if you're so inclined....

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/29/2007

"Back to basics" seems an apt description for the content of Sunday's show. We made a slight break from the "normal" (if such a thing exists), as Jim and I were in the studio together -- and we weren't asking you for money! Instead, we were working with a member of the current WHUS training class, Maiga, who got to make her debut on the airwaves. Maiga doesn't plan to play Bluegrass when she has her own show at WHUS, but she didn't seem to mind the tunes we asked her to play. There were a couple requests thrown in the mix -- those are in blue. Maiga will be back with us next week -- hope you'll be there, too.

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Age / Bluegrass Album Band / Bluegrass Album, Volume 4 / Rounder
• Some Old Day / Lester Flatt / Lester Raymond Flatt / Flying Fish
• Helen / J.D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• We Can't Be Darlings Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Pretty Girls / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Josie's Reel / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• My Brother Paul And Me / New River Line / Chasing My Dreams / Kindred Records
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Hand In Hand / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Gotta Travel On / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Night / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• My Native Home / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Old Home Place / Rounder
• I'm A Fool / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Durham's Reel / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch
• Blue Train / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Home Of The Blues / Sugar Hill
• Julia Belle / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Foggy Mountain Special / Circuit Riders / Let The Ride Begin / Pinecastle
• What A Ways We've Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Soldiers Joy Medley / Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield
• Chancellorsville / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Fox On The Run / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• Sawing On The Strings / Alison Krauss / A Hundred Miles Or More / Rounder
• Cut Your Wheels / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Awful Lonesome Train / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / Steeltown Records
• Red Rockin' Chair / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Live And Let Live / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Makin' Time / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• When You Go Walking After Midnight / Ralph Stanley / Sixteen Years / Copper Creek
• A Dime Looks Like A Wagon Wheel / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Sugar Coated Love / Bradley Walker / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Don't Wake Me Up / Ralph Stanley / Sixteen Years / Copper Creek
• Country Boy / Lost & Found / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• This Old Martin Box / Blue Moon Rising / On The Rise / Lonesome Day
• One Dime At A Time / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Room Over Mine / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Steeped In Tradition / Brandywine
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• Workin' Man Blues / Acoustic Blue / Workin' Man / Self-Produced
• Redwood Hill / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / Mastershield
• I Am Weary, Let Me Rest / Virginia Ramblers / Virginia Ramblers / Hay Holler
• Raised By The Railroad Line / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
• There's More Pretty Girls Than One / Hylo Brown / In Concert / Copper Creek
• Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• It's Raining Here This Morning / Red Smiley / The Best Of Red Smiley / Rural Rhythm
• Coal Tattoo / Acoustic Blue / Workin' Man / Self-Produced
• Get Behind Me Satan / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
• Brother, I'm Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / Sony
• Just Over In Heaven / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Vol. 1 / GGS
• There Is A Fountain / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns / Self-Produced
• Shouting On The Hills Of Glory / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / Federal
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Standing In The Need Of Prayer / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Kneel And Pray / Mickey Harris / Kneel And Pray / MJH
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

RIBGMA 2nd Annual Mini-Fest THIS Sunday, 4/29....

If you're looking for something to do this weekend, and you're located anywhere near Pascoag, RI, do yourself a favor and check out the 2nd Annual Mini-Fest sponsored by the Rhode Island Bluegrass Music Association (or, RIBGMA). It all happens on Sunday, April 29th from noon-6PM at the Columbus Club, 100 Roosevelt Ave., Pascoag, RI.

This festival has sort of slipped in under the radar, but the band line-up looks pretty good. Taking the stage will be not one, but TWO Rhode Island-based bands: Southern Rhode and Rocky Hollow, as well as a band from neighboring Connecticut, Second Circle.

Tickets are available at the door only. Click here to see a flyer for this event.

If you need more information or directions, call RIBGMA President, Rich Guilbault: (401)568-8238. Help him make this event (and the organization) a terrific success!

James Ward at the Cafe, 4/22/2007

Here are a couple of pictures of James doing the ol' radio show this past Sunday. His mom, Cathy, also got to sit in on the festivities.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/22/2007

The middle hour of Sunday's show featured a long-time friend of Bluegrass Cafe as a Guest DJ. James Ward had pledged $50 during our recent Radiothon campaign, and in return, he received one hour of time on the radio at Bluegrass Cafe to play all songs of his own choosing. For the past several years, James has made this pledge, and we really enjoy having in the studio and seeing what he's going to play. For something a bit different this year, the songs he chose to play were pretty much from all female BG singers -- James's picks are noted on this list in red. Later on this week, I'll post a picture of James behind the mic.

We also included a teeny bit of new music from the new projects of Larry Sparks ("The Last Suit You Wear" on McCoury Music) and David Parmley & Continental Divide ("Church House Hymns" released on the band's own label). We didn't get to play quite as many tunes from these new projects as we'd have liked, but you'll be hearing a whole lot more from them in future editions of Bluegrass Cafe. Jim & Marti join you on the air next week, I do believe.....

Thanks for listening -
Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Duncan & Brady (He's Been On The Job Too Long) / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Polka On A Banjo / Flatt & Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia
• Tupelo County Jail / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Stop In South Port Towne / Blue Circle
• Another Day / McCoury Brothers / McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• John Henry, Jr. / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Captain / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / Steel Town Records
• You Are My Sunshine / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• Forever By My Side / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Live And Let Live / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• I Want To Be Loved / Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield
• This Weary Heart You Stole Away / Dan Tyminski / Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea
• I'm Gonna Love You One More Time / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Crazy Blues / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• Hickory Hollow / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Genuine Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• The Barn Song / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day /Sugar Hill
• Walkin' Shoes / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Genuine Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Old Hickory Cane / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Back To The Well / Daughters Of Bluegrass / Back To The Well / Blue Circle
• We Can't Go Wrong / Mark Newton with Rhonda Vincent / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• When Forever Rolls Around / Lovell Sisters / When Forever Rolls Around / Self-Produced
• Jolene / Rhonda Vincent / Back Home Again / Rounder
• Sally Ann / Schankman Twins / Duality / City West
• Tall Pines / Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals / Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals / Rounder
• AppleJack / Schankman Twins / Duality / City West
• Coat Of Many Colors / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• My Tennessee Mountain Home / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Come Early Morning / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Blossoms On The Almond Tree / Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / Wash Away Your Troubles / Bell Buckle
• Angels Calling At My Door / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Tell Someone / Rebel
• Holding On To Nothing / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Marry Me / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• The Day That Lester Died / Mark Newton with Claire Lynch / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• Make Him A Soldier / Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / Wash Away Your Troubles / Bell Buckle
• I'm Watching The Train Passing By / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• How Many Times / Vern & Ray / San Francisco, 1968 / Arhoolie
• I've Had A Time / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• I'll Never See My Home Again / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• The Old Coal Mine / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Young Fisherwoman / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• This Morning At Nine / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• Angeline The Baker / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virgnia Folk Arts
• Will You Meet Me Over Yonder / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Church House Hymns / Self-Produced
• Every Humble Knee Must Bow / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Prayin' Shoes / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Stormy Waters / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mt. Boys / Singing All Day And Dinner At The Ground /
  Universal
• Old Daniel Prayed / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / Federal
• What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul / Bill & Charlie Monroe / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel /
  New Haven Records
• The Old Gospel Ship / Red Smiley / Best Of Red Smiley / Rural Rhythm
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder

Bluegrass Cafe Playlist 4/15/07

The Sunday weather was rainy and cold, but the airwaves were cooking in Southern New England with an eclectic program of old, new, traditional, and not-so-traditional Bluegrass music on WHUS. We had a good number of requests and played most of them (the requests are in blue below).

Amy will be with you next Sunday, 22 April.

Jim

• Wild Turkey / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Highway Paved With Pain / Lonesome River Band / Old Country Town / Sugar Hill
• Cold Wind / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self
• Water In The Sky / Brent Truitt, Rob Ikes, Richard Bailey, Byron House, Tim Crouch / Gone Phishin' / CMH
• Be Proud Of The Gray In Your Hair / Dave Evans / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Katy Cline / The Dillards / Early Recordings - 1959 / Varese Sarabande
• Wheels / Emerson & Newton / A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future / Pinecastle
• Whoa Mule / Clint Howard - Doc Watson / Favorites of Clint Howard - Doc Watson / Old Homestead
• The Storms Are On The Ocean / Larry Perkins & Friends / A Touch Of The Past / Pinecastle
• Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Red Satin Dress / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• T Model Ford / Tony Ellis / Farewell My Home / Flying Fish
• John In The Jordan / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Sally Goodin / Byron Berline / Fiddle & A Song / Sugar Hill
• Are You Waiting Just For Me / Mike Auldridge / Treasures Untold / Sugar Hill
• All I Ever Loved Was You / Keith Whitley, Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill
• Old Cane Pole / Tony Trischka w/ Bill Emerson / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Live and Let Live / Tony Trischka w/ Tom Adams / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Make Him A Soldier / Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / Wash Away Your Troubles / Bell Buckle Records
• Cold Rain and Snow / Peter Rowan and Tony Rice / Quartet / Rounder
• Born With a Hammer In My Hand / The Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / MasterShield
• Going Back To Old Virginia / Linda Lay and Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
• Gold Watch And Chain / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / 24 Bluegrass Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Poor Boy's Delight / The Infamous Stringdusters / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 85 / KBC Music
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys / Blue Grass 1950 - 1958 / Bear Family
• Boots of Spanish Leather / Seldom Scene / Scene It All / Sugar Hill
• Watson Blues / Bill Monroe and Doc Watson / Live Duet Recordings 1963 - 1980 / Smithsonian Folkways
• My Dying Bed / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Bury Me In Bluegrass / Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands / The Golden West / Hightone Records
• Freight Train Boogie / Bill Harrell & The Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Tennessee 1949 / Larry Sparks / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• She's No Angel / The Shaw Brothers & Pete Milano Bluegrass Band / Margie "She's No Angel" / Rhinestone Rooster
• Liberty / Carroll Best / Say Old Man, Can You Play the Banjo? / Copper Creek
• Wild Mountain Honey / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Tried & True / Rounder
• My Dixie Home / David Davis and the Warrior River Boys / My Dixie Home / Wango
• Alone And Broken Hearted / Herschel Sizemore / Back In Business / Hay Holler
• Rebecca / Herschel Sizemore / Back In Business / Hay Holler
• Whispering Hope / Blue Sky Boys / Farm & Fun Time Favorites Vol. Two / Copper Creek
• Mighty Close To Heaven / Carl Story and his Rambling Mountaineers / Mighty Close To Heaven / Starday
• Weeds In The Wheat / Front Range / One Beautiful Day / Sugar Hill
• When I Receive My Crown / Big Country Bluegrass / On Fire / Hay Holler
• Train That's Comin" / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• How Far Is Heaven / Scott Brannon / Faded Love And Winter Roses / Wango
• Take Me In The Lifeboat / Rose Maddox with the Vern Williams Band / Beautiful Bouquet / Arhoolie
• I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap / The Reno Brothers / Drawing From The Well / Webco
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/8/2007

Sunday's Easter edition of the BG Cafe featured (as one might expect) a host of Easter-themed tunes. We also took a few minutes to pay tribute to a Country Music Hall of Famer who celebrated his 80th birthday on March 15th - Carl Smith. No, Carl isn't a BG performer, by any means, but like a good many of his country compadres from the 1950s, his tunes have been covered in the bluegrass world plenty of times. Why not celebrate his birthday? We've marked his tribute tunes in orange. And since I've been watching those recently released DVDs from the old "Flatt & Scruggs Grand Ole Opry Show" quite a bit, we just had to listen to some of their classic bluegrass. (By the way, if you've not yet seen these DVDs, you really must). While the phone lines were relatively quiet -- folks must have been busy visiting the relatives or eating those great hams and jelly beans and all -- we did receive a few requests (noted in blue). Jim and Marti have Cafe duties next Sunday, 4/15 -- do join them. Hope you all had a most joyous Easter.

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rockygrass / Blue Planet
• Here Comes The Train / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• Watson's Cove / Ben Greene / On Watson's Cove / Self-Produced
• A Heart Never Knows / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Roll On Buddy / Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups / Best Of Bluegrass, Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• The Lonely Years Belong To Me / Connie & Babe / Early Days Of Bluegrass, Volume 10 / Rounder
• Sadie's Got Her New Dress On / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• Old, Old House / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Cracker Barrel
• Harvest Time / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• On Whiskey Mountain / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Roll On Blues / Connie & Babe / Early Days Of Bluegrass, Volume 10 / Rounder
• Cannonball Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Recorded Live At Vanderbilt University / Columbia
• You Are My Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Recorded Live At Vanderbilt University / Columbia
• Old Leather Britches / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Recorded Live At Vanderbilt University / Columbia
• Moonlight On My Cabin / Curly Seckler / 60 Years Of Bluegrass With My Friends / Vine Street Records
• Some Old Day / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / Radio Gems
• Long Haul Truckin' / Chris Warner with Audie Blaylock / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• Taking The Crooked Road Home / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Folklife
• Ballad Of Springhill / Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / Mastershield
• Pages Of Time / Chris Warner with Dudley Connell / Chris Warner & Friends / Webco
• The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Back Up And Push / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• A Crown He Wore / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Never Say Never Again / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / Self-Produced
• Paper Heart / Eric Uglam, Christian Ward & Austin Ward / The Old Road To Jerusalem / Backcountry
• You Are The One / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Are You Teasing Me / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Kisses Don't Lie / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• It's A Lovely Lovely World / Carl Smith / Essential Carl Smith, 1950-1956 / Columbia
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• A Living Prayer / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Lonely Runs Both Ways / Rounder
• Lonesome Side Of Town / Greencards / Viridian / Dualtone
• Dreams About The Hills And Home / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Milwaukee Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Old New Hampshire Home / Smokey Greene / The Friendly Voice Of Smokey Greene / Pinecastle
• Moonlight On Kentucky / Misty Valley Boys / Bluegrass Piedmont Style / Mastershield
• The Bluebirds Are Singing / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• If Wishes Were Horses / Claire Lynch / Silver And Gold / Rounder
• Cry From The Cross / Charlie Sizemore / Stanley Tradition: Songs About Our Savior / Doobie Shea
• Just As The Sun Went Down / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill / Rhonda Vincent / One Step Ahead / Rounder
• Blood Stains On The Cross / Larry Sparks / New Highway / Mountain Home
• Search Inside An Empty Tomb / Rarely Herd / What About Him / Pinecastle
• The Man In The Middle / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• Broken Stone / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• I Am The Man, Thomas / Ralph Stanley / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/1/2007

After two weeks of Radiothon non-stop talking (or so it seemed to me), the promise when I returned to the air was to play as much music as possible. I think I did okay on that score -- just over 50 tunes in 3 hours isn't too shabby. We even included new music from the excellent Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor project for Virginia Folklife, as well as Randy Kohrs' latest, "Old Photograph." There are also some great "new" compilations or reissues of older projects from the Seldom Scene, Ralph Stanley, J.D. Crowe, and an all-gospel collection from Rose Maddox with the Vern Williams Band. Some requests were thrown into the mix, as well -- those are noted in blue. Thanks for listening -- join us again on Easter Sunday, if you can.

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rockygrass / Blue Planet
• Pain In My Heart / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Big Wheels Turnin' / Blue Moon Rising / On The Rise / Lonesome Day
• Windy Mountain / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• Blue Yodel #4 / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia
• Carolina Mountain Home / Johnson Mountain Boys / Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val & the New England BG Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• North To Alaska / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Angeline The Baker / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Lonesome Day, Lonesome Night / Johnson Mountain Boys / Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• It's Amazing What Sunshine Can Do / Pete Goble / When I'm Knee Deep In Bluegrass / FireHeart Pro
• Trail Of Tears / Peter Rowan & Nashville BG Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Ralph Stanley / While The Ages Roll On / Rebel
• Slowly Getting You Out Of The Way / Bluegrass Cardinals / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Sugar Hill
• Honky-Tonk Blues / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Little Maggie / Stanley Brothers / Earliest Recordings / Rounder
• Head Of The Holler / James Reams & the Barnstormers / Troubled Times / Mountain Redbird
• Little Joe / Jeff White / The White Album / Rounder
• Ol' Joe Clark / Sam Bush / Glamour & Grits / Sugar Hill
• A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin' / Traditional Grass / Songs Of Love And Life / Rebel
• Love You In Vain / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Two Highways / Rounder
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Jim & Jesse McReynolds / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Home Run Man / Audie Blaylock / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch Records
• Brambles, Briars, And Me / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home /
  VA Foundation for Humanities
• The Trouble With The Truth / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• Carolina Road / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume 86 / KBC
• Helen / J.D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder / Rose Maddox with Vern Williams Band / Beautiful Bouquet / Arhoolie
• Livin' It Down / Steve Gulley / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, Volume 86 / KBC
• Old Train / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / VA Foundation for Humanities
• More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / Steeltown Records
• Foggy Mountain Special / Flatt & Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Legacy
• I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• One Teardrop And One Step Away / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• Lefty's Old Guitar / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Walls Of Time / Ricky Skaggs / Ancient Tones / Skaggs Family
• Makin' Time / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family
• Palms Of Victory / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• Prayer Bell Of Heaven / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Lord, Lift Me Up / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• My Lord's Been A Walkin' / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• I'll Wear A White Robe / Ralph Stanley / Mountain Preacher's Child / Rebel
• So Happy I'll Be / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Ragin' Live / Rounder
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Walls Of Time / Rounder
• The Place Prepared For Me / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder