Bad weather does not mean bad festival....

Well, the weather was decidedly NOT perfect at last weekend's Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in Weston, VT, but when all is said and done, that just didn't matter all that much. Hosts Candi & Seth Sawyer still put together a very good lineup, and the crowd always seemed pretty large and enthusiastic, so who can complain?

Of course, the performers were top-notch, from the two big days of unofficial "host band," the Gibson Brothers to the super-traditional sounds of road demons, David Davis & the Warrior River Boys, as well as Long Island's Buddy Merriam & Back Roads, and the inspiring Lynn Morris Band. In the not-quite-Bluegrass category, there were great performances from Northeast favorite, Smokey Greene, as well as Beartracks -- a group from the Plattsburgh, NY area featuring Dobro master Junior Barber, and his very talented cousins, Tom Venne and Julie Venne Hogan. And let's not forget the real hosts, the Seth Sawyer Band. Another big highlight was Saturday afternoon's set featuring the Gibsons' younger sister, Erin Gibson LaClair, in her very own front-and-center set of music (backed by a pretty fine band consisting of her brothers & longtime Gibson bass player, Mike Barber). Top notch.

You may recall that Lynn Morris suffered a stroke four years ago, and has had a difficult time getting back into the music. Lynn seems to have a hard time remembering lyrics, and while her voice isn't quite as strong as it once was, you've got to be impressed and inspired to see her performance. May she continue on her road to recovery.

If you didn't get a chance to make it to this year's festival, you missed a good one. I did see a good number of folks from Connecticut there -- maybe you can make it next year....

Festival volunteer Ted Lehmann has posted a very nice write-up of the weekend's activities on his own blog. If you'd like to read it, click here.

Be sure to drop Candi a note if you made it to Jenny Brook. I'm sure she'd love to hear from you.

Amy

Another stop on the Bear Bridge "Tour 2007"...

Folks -

I'd be remiss if I didn't make mention of a show happening this Saturday, June 30th at the Peru Community Center, Route 143, Peru, MA. The Bear Bridge Band makes their third appearance for 2007, starting off at 5:30PM. Peru is one of those teeny western Massachusetts towns -- and I do mean teeny -- but seeing and hearing this band who doesn't play out too often just might be worth your trip. If you'd like to learn more about the show, call (413)499-9968 or send email to davjengab@metrocast.net. There is also a chicken BBQ happening prior to the show, so check that out, as well, if you can.

Also be aware that earlier in the day, one-half of Bear Bridge -- specifically, Dave Shaw & my brother, Dave "Tex" Orlomoski (seen here playing with the Seth Sawyer Band at the Jenny Brook BG Festival on 6/23/2007) -- will be live in the studio at Dave Helman's Country Corner radio show on WTCC, 90.7FM. Unfortuntely, the other half of Bear Bridge -- Robert & Lillian Fraker -- can't make the radio show, but the Daves can be quite entertaining, I'm sure. Check 'em out, if you can. WTCC broadcasts from the campus of Springfield Community Technical College in Springfield, MA, and also streams its audio online at http://www.wtccfm.org/. Dave Helman's show begins at 1PM -- the other Daves should join him for a few tunes beginning about 1:30PM.

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist 6/24/2007

Greetings Folks!

Marti and I certainly enjoyed serving up the bluegrass music this past Sunday! We again mixed the old with the new, and had a mini-feature recognizing the music of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant as performed by the Osborne Brothers (Monday, 25 June, marks the 20th year since Boudleaux's passing). We also introduced a local group called "Pine Creek Bluegrass" with a song recorded live at Sterling Park a couple of weeks earlier. Other new music came from Cherryholmes, Honi Deaton, Grasstowne, Larry Sparks, Randy Kohrs, Steep Canyon Rangers, Lorraine Jordan, Hunter Berry, and the fine Scott Family Band.

Marti and I are off to collect more music, interviews, and stories from North Carolina next week. Amy will take care of the Bluegrass Cafe as well as the Red Rooster Party where she is known to spin some great classic country music when she makes an appearance. Tune in!

Jim

requests are in blue

• Wild Turkey / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Muleskinner Blues / Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys / Live Volume One / Rural Rhythm
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys / Live Volume One / Rural Rhythm
• Love Don't You Know / Grasstowne / The Road Headin' Home / Pinecastle
• Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Appalachian Stomp / Rhino
• Georgia Mules and Country Boys / The Osborne Brothers / From Rocky Top To Muddy Bottom / CMH
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• Country Boy / The Osborne Brothers / From Rocky Top To Muddy Bottom / CMH
• Muddy Bottom / The Osborne Brothers / From Rocky Top To Muddy Bottom / CMH
• You Don't Know What Love Is / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II Black and White / Skaggs Family
• Goodbye Old Pal / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• If All Those Trains Were Still Around (I'd Be An Ol' Hobo) / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Pine Creek Bluegrass / Live at Sterling Park / Self
• Why Do You Weep Dear Willow / Hylo Brown & The Timberliners / As Good AS It Gets Bluegrass / Disky
• Soldiers Joy / Marty Stuart / Busy Bee Café / Sugar Hill
• Soldiers Joy Hop / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• Handsome Molly / The Stanley Brothers / An Evening Long Ago / Columbia
• I Love You Until I'm Dizzy / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Loving Pretty Women / Steep Canyon Rangers / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 87 / KBC
• I Am A Pilgrim / The Country Gentlemen / On The Road (and More) / Smithsonian Folkways
• Clementine / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Got It Made In The Shade, "If A Tree Don't Fall" / Jimmy Martin / Got It Made In The Shade If A Tree Don't Fall / Self
• Goodbye Little Darlin' / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Nothin' Special / The Del McCoury Band / The Company We Keep / McCoury Music
• Wish I Could Say I Was Drinking / Cadillac Sky / Blind Man Walking / Skaggs Family
• Two Little Boys / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
• Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Honi Deaton & Dream / Chasin' Dreams / Lamon
• Mystery Train / Honi Deaton & Dream / Chasin' Dreams / Lamon
• Dreams That End Like This / The Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
• Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / The Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records
• Run Little Fox / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• A Memory Of You / Jim & Jesse / As Good As It Gets Bluegrass / Disky
• The Ramblers Blues / The Stanley Brothers / As Good As It Gets Bluegrass / Disky
• Hillbilly Hemingway / The Mark Newton Band / Hillbilly Hemingway / Rebel
• Don't Wake Me Up / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Sixteen Years / Copper Creek
• Little Willie / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Sixteen Years / Copper Creek
• I'm Leaving Detroit / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Charlie Moore / The Vetco Sessions / Vetco
• Black Sheep / Charlie Monroe's Boys / Charlie Monroe's Boys / Old Homestead
• Hard Living / Hunter Berry w / R. Vincent & Sonya Isaacs / Wow Baby / Upper Management
• Old Time Religion / Carl Story / The Late and Great / Kingdom Music
• You Go To Your Church / J. D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• God's Not Dead / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Riding On My Savior's Train / Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Cry From The Cross / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Preserved / Horizon
• Take Me In A Lifeboat / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Preachin' Prayin' and Singin' / Mercury
• Heaven's Green Fields / The Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Joe Val and the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Gloryland / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Feel Like My Time Ain't Long / Rebel
• Anchored In Love / The Scott Family Band / The Great Divide / Patuxent Music
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/17/2007

The Father's Day edition of Bluegrass Cafe started off with some tunes from the Father of Bluegrass (naturally). We also included a number of tunes by groups which featured fathers and sons as members -- those families included such names as McCoury, Parmley, Mullins, Osborne, Sparks, and Paisley, but could have easily included many, many more. We'll save those for another show. Of course, we also were able to sneak in a few tunes with fatherly themes, as well. Hope all the fathers out there had a terrific day....

In addition, new music from the projects by Hunter Berry ("Wow Baby") and Grasstowne ("The Road Headin' Home) was included, as were several requests. Those are noted in red.

Our celebration of 25 Bluegrass-filled years at WHUS continued, too, with us giving away 3 more CDs. If you didn't win, don't despair -- Jim & Marti have 3 more copies to give away next week.

I'm off to Weston, Vermont's Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival on June 22nd -- hope to see you there! If you can't be there, I'll see you back at the Cafe on July 1st.

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, Disc 2 / Columbia
• Rocky Road Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, Disc 1 / Columbia
• Bluegrass Breakdown / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Cracker Barrel
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life
• Smoke Along The Track / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
• The Blues Are Still The Blues / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• Try A Little Kindness / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• The Old Coal Mine / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Behind These Prison Walls Of Love / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• 1952 Vincent Black Lightning / Del McCoury Band / Del & The Boys / Ceili
• Cumberland Gap / Charlie Cushman / Five String Time / Self-Produced
• The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• If All Those Trains Were Still Around (I'd Be An Ol' Hobo) / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• Daddy Did His Best / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Mountain Home
• Blue Kentucky Wind / Lou Reid & Carolina / Lou Reid & Carolina / Rebel
• Sophronie / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Looking For A Smile In A Heartache / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Wrong Road Again / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Green Mountain Hop / Avery County / Me And The Jukebox / Self-Produced
• My Father's Son / Ricky Skaggs / Brand New Strings / Skaggs Family
• Johnnie & Jack Medley / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• We Live In Two Different Worlds / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / Bear Bridge Band / Bear Essentials / Open Road
• The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Maybe You Will Change Your Mind / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• Wow Baby / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Self-Produced
• Devil's Road / Grasstowne / The Road Headin' Home / Pinecastle
• Way It Always Seems To Go / Jim Van Cleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Kentucky Girl / Hunter Berry with Sally Sandker / Wow Baby / Self-Produced
• Methodist Preacher / Tim Stafford / Endless Line / FGM Records
• That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• Old Hickory Cane / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• What Was I Supposed To Do / Lynn Morris Band / Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Lovesick And Sorrow / Hylo Brown / Lovesick And Sorrow / Starday
• Daddy Frank / Jim Mills with Paul Brewster / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill
• You Are My Sunshine / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Clay Jones / Mountain Tradition / Rural Rhythm
• (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Milwaukee Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• John Henry, Jr. / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• I'll Be Rested / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Working On A Building / Johnson Mountain Boys / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Lazarus And The Rich Man / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• A Passion For Souls / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self-Produced
• Brother I'm Getting Ready To Go / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / Radio Gems
• Born Again / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• Before The Fire Comes Down / Del McCoury Band / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 6/10/07

Hi Folks!

Marti and I featured Steep Canyon Rangers this week following their performance at Strawberry Park a week earlier. We also featured The Gibson Brothers by popular demand. They too performed at Strawberry Park. (I have never received so many requests for a single group during one show, and I didn't even get to all the requests for the Gibsons). As usual, I featured a good bit of new music (including the new Cherryholmes) along with a good dose of the old.

We also continued the June celebration of 25 Years of Bluegrass Music on WHUS Radio by giving away a CD every hour of the show. CDs won by listeners this week were by Randy Kohrs, Dwight McCall, and Larry Sparks -- all their latest efforts. Hope you enjoyed.

Amy will be with you next Sunday.

Jim

requests are in red
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• Wild Turkey / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• I'll Be Long Gone / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• You Don't Know What Love Is / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II Black and White / Skaggs Family
• Can't Trust The Weatherman / Cadillac Sky / Blind Man Walking / Skaggs Family
• My Night To Howl / The Grascals / Long List of Heartaches / Rounder
• One Raindrop / The Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Sourwood Mountain / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self produced
• Poor Boy's Delight / The Infamous Stringdusters / Fork In The Road / Sugar Hill
• Breakthrough / The Gibson Brothers / Another Night of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Over The Hill To The Poorhouse / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / Hard Travelin' / Columbia
• She's Just A Little Cute Thing / J. D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• Stanley Tone March / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• God Bless The Soldier / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Rockwell's Gold / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• Born With A Hammer In My Hand / Blue Highway / Blue Highway / Ceili Music
• I Only Wish You Knew / J. D. Crowe & The New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Run Mountain / Tony Trischka / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Train 45 / Jim VanCleve / No Apologies / Rural Rhythm
• Uncle Woody / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• Long Journey Home / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Down The Road To Home / Connie & Babe and the Backwoods Boys / Down The Road To Home / Rounder
• Carolina Hurricane / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• Blue Eyed Boston Boy / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / F5 Music
• Big Cypoophus / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• My Little Georgia Rose / Jack Cooke / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Mountain Dew / Oswald / Carry Me Back / RME
• Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Bullet Man / Tony Rice / California Autumn / Rebel
• I'm Going Back Where Time Stands Still / The Hunger Mountain Boys / Blue Ribbon Waltz / Old Fi
• Weary Hobo / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Please Come Back / Mitch Harrell / Oh Heart / SoLong Records
• I Don't Know / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II Black and White / Skaggs Family
• Wandering Boy / The Isaacs / Bluegrass Preserved / Horizon
• Careless Love / David Peterson and 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self produced
• Livin' It Down / Steve Gulley / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, Volume 86 / KBC
• Mountain Song / The Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
• I Still Got 99 / Bob Paisley & The Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
• Philibuster / Phil Leadbetter / Philibuster / Mid-Knight
• New Camptown Races / Phil Leadbetter / Philibuster / Mid-Knight
• Little Maggie / The Stanley Brothers / All-Time Greatest Hits / King
• Pretty Girls / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury
• The Last Suit You Wear / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury
• Goodbye Bottle of Whiskey / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• 454 / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Charlotte Breakdown / Don Reno & Red Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• The Foggy Mountain Top / The Carter Family / My Clinch Mountain Home 1928-1929 / Rounder
• Live Forever / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• Watson's Cove / Ben Greene / On Watson's Cove / Self produced
• I Can't Sit Down / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Tell Someone / Rebel
• Over In The Glory Land / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• A House Of Gold / The Bluegrass Gospel Project / Makes You Strong / Vital
• Tramp On The Street / Carl Story / The Late And Great / Kingdom Music
• The Man In The Middle / The Gary Waldrep Band / The Man In The Middle / Self produced
• What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? / Bill Monroe and Doc Watson / Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 / Smithsonian Folkways
• I Hear My Savior Calling / The Stanley Brothers / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Ohoopee / The Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

"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