Bluegrass Cafe

Sunday, December 27, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/27/2009

For our last BG Cafe of 2009, our goal was to play a whole lot of the great BG music that was released in 2009. Approximately 110 new BG CDs were received and added to our collection at WHUS over the past year. Time constraints (even with 5 broadcast hours for the show) didn't allow us to play a song from each new CD, but we did manage to make more than half of the tunes we played new releases from 2009. It has been a mighty fine year for BG music, and we're happy to have been able to bring you so much great music each week.

While the focus was on the 2009 releases, we still put two more classic country singers in the spotlight, and played a combination of them singing their own songs along with several BG remakes of tunes from their respective song catalogs. This time around, we featured two gentlemen who first found great success on the country charts in the 1950s, who are both members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, and who both were married to June Carter at one point in their lives. The singers: Carl Smith and Johnny Cash. For me, it's always enjoyable to combine the original country singers with BG covers of some of their tunes -- hope you liked it, too.

Jim & Marti will be with you to welcome in 2010 on the BG Cafe next Sunday. Start your year off right with some great BG music.

Happy New Year!!

Amy

Selections in BOLD BLUE are from 2009 releases.

Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
My Brown Eyed Darling / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
The Old Home Place / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
Pain In My Heart / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Curly Seckler with Mac Wiseman / 60 Years Of Bluegrass With My Friends / Copper Creek
Stop The World (And Let Me Off) / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
New Camptown Races / Frank Wakefield / Ownself Blues / Patuxent Music
Best Of Her (Cooper's Song) / Acoustic Blue / This Is Now / Self-Produced
Let's Live A Little / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
Are You Teasin' Me? / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
Satisfaction Guaranteed / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
I Overlooked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
Loose Talk / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
(When You Feel Like You're In Love) Don't Just Stand There / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia
Look For Me / Angelica Grim / Look For Me / Patuxent Music
Flat Creek / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM Records
Johnson Mountain Chimes / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
Detour / Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues / New Time Records
Mama Tried / Herman McGee / Family And Friends / WMB Records
Try To Be / NewFound Road / Same Old Place / Rounder
Tears On My Tracks / Billy Boone Smith / Live From The Moose Lodge / Self-Produced
My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Whatcha Gonna Do / Rounder
Cry, Cry, Cry / Johnny Cash / The Essential Johnny Cash / Columbia
Hey Porter / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
Get Rhythm / Johnny Cash / The Essential Johnny Cash / Columbia
I Still Miss Someone / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia
There You Go / Jimmy Gaudreau / Classic J.A.G. / Webco
Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
Ring Of Fire / Johnny Cash / The Essential Johnny Cash / Columbia
The Crow / Steve Martin / The Crow / Rounder
Why Don't You Tell Me So / Richard Bennett / Flatpicking Bluegrass / GSM Records
Turn Up The Bottle / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
Comin' On Strong / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Self-Produced
Farm Of Yesterday / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
Calloway / Ricky Skaggs / Solo : Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger? / Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling / Rounder
In Despair / Spring Creek / Way Up On The Mountain / Rebel
I've Been All Around This World / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes & A Nickel / Rebel
In Memory / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
Foggy River / Ricky Skaggs / Solo : Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family
Jerusalem Ridge / Bill Monroe & Kenny Baker / High Lonesome / CMH Records
Gotta Travel On / Don Reno & Bill Harrell / Best Of Bluegrass, v.1 / Rural Rhythm
Roll On Buddy / Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups / Best Of Bluegrass, v.1 / Rural Rhythm
To Warm And Comfort You / Gail & Gordon Pike & Mainly Grass / Hard Words / Self-Produced
Downhearted / High Country / Perfect Companions / Squirty Records
Cold And Lowdown Lonesome Blues / Blue Highway / Some Day : The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
To Warm And Comfort You / Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel
Julie's Train / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
Prisoner Of The Highway / Southern Rail / On The Road From Appomattox / Self-Produced
Riverhead Polka / Buddy Merriam / Back Roads Mandolin / Lily Pad Records
Bramble And The Rose / Patty Loveless / Mountain Soul II / Saguaro Records
Let Me Fall / Adam Steffey with Dan Tyminski / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
Winter's Come And Gone / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
Wreckin' The Train / Alecia Nugent / Hillbilly Goddess / Rounder
Roll On Buddy, Roll On / Sam Bush with Del McCoury / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
The Memory Of Your Smile / Dede Wyland / Keep The Light On / Patuxent Music
Goin' To The Dance / Chris Warner / Goin' To The Dance / Patuxent Music
I Want To Be Wanted / Lost & Found / Love, Lost & Found / Rebel
Mountain Girl / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Self-Produced
I Never See Maggie Alone / Sky Blue Boys / Music In The Air / Self-Produced
Lonely Street / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Lonely River / Rounder
I'm Leaving Town / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
Ride Of Your Life / GoldHeart / My Sisters And Me / Rural Rhythm
Picture Me There / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
She's More To Be Pitied / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
Signs / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
Down The Road / Phil Rosenthal / A Treasury Of Bluegrass & Country Songs / American Melody
When The Time Had Fully Come / Northern Lights / Can't Buy Your Way / Flying Fish
Heaven / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass Records
Oh What A Day / Barry Scott & Second Wind / In God's Time / Rebel
Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / / Self-Produced
Meet Me Over On The Other Side / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute, v.2 / MasterShield Records
Little White Frame Church / Larry Sparks / I Just Want To Thank You Lord / Rural Rhythm
Who'll Sing For Me? / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
Some Day / Blue Highway / Some Day : The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder
Auld Lang Syne / Bill Keith / O Christmas Tree / Rounder

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 12/20/2009 Christmas Show

Hi Folks,

We split the extended four hours we had for this show into two distinct parts -- the first two hours were programme

d by longtime Bluegrass Cafe listeners and occasional DJs James Ward and Cathy Ward; the last two hours were my Christmas program for 2009.

We were saddened at the recent news of the passing of Phyllis Boyens, one of the most soulful bluegrass and folk singers we've ever heard. Many bluegrass fans are familiar with the electrifying "Last Old Shovel" that has appeared on sev

eral Rounder Records compilations, so we played a set of four Phyllis Boyens songs in tribute, ending with that song.

The real time response to the Christmas Show was very positive. I know many folks could have been using their time to shovel out from the big snow dump we had the night before Bluegrass Cafe, so we are especially grateful for everyone who listened.

Amy will be back next Sunday for the last Bluegrass Cafe of 2009. Be sure to tune in to hear the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim Beaver

James & Cathy Ward selections in blue

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

Christmas Time's A Coming / Rhonda Vincent / O Christmas Tree (Collection) / Rounder
Long List Of Heartaches / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
The Room Over Mine / Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
I Like The Old Time Way / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Why Don't You Give Jesus A Try / Blue Circle
God Bless Mommy / Grasstowne / The Other Side Of Towne / Pinecastle
Sledd Ride / Seth Taylor / Movin' On / Self-released
Don't Lie To Me / Adam Steffey / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger / The Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew / John Hartford / Good'le Days / Rounder
My Old Kentucky & You / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / A Stop In Southport Towne / Blue Circle
Traveling The Highway Home / Various Artists / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea
Rain And Snow / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Long Journey / Rounder
Here Today, We're Gone Tomorrow / Rhonda Vincent & The Sally Mountain Show / Bound For Gloryland / Rebel
Come Early Morning / The Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
Proud To Be A Daughter Of Bluegrass / The Daughters of Bluegrass (Various Artists) / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
I Can Go Back Anytime / Carrie Hassler / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
I Wouldn't Change You If I Could / Ricky Skaggs / The High Notes / Cracker Barrel
Keep On Walkin' / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
Hillbilly Goddess / Alecia Nugent / Hillbilly Goddess / Rounder
Heart Wrenching Lovesick Memories / Rhonda Vincent / Destination Life / Rounder
Rusty Old Halo / Dale Ann Bradley / Don't Turn Your Back / Compass
Ring The Bell / The Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
My Blue Eyed Darling / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
Always Thinkin' You / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco
Where His Wheels Left The Road / Alecia Nugent / A Little Girl, A Big Four Lane / Rounder
Move On In And Stay / Mickey Harris / Dog House Blues / MJH
Purple Robe / Ralph Stanley and Joe Isaacs / A Gospel Gathering / Freeland
Apple Jack / Pam Gadd with Dolly Parton / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
Meadow On The Mountain / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Three Silver Dollars / Pinecastle
Hard Times / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live At Last / Rounder
Black Eyed Susie / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
Jesus Is Coming Soon / Dailey & Vincent / Singing From The Heart / Rounder

Old Fashioned Christmas / Jimmy Martin / Christmas Jamboree / Hollywood
New Born King / Doc & Merle Watson / Lonesome Road & Look Away! / EMI
Red Checkered Shirt / Mike Jackson / When We Goin' Back / Red Oak
Winter On The Great Divide / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter On The Great Divide / Self-released
I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley / Freeland
Christmas Time's A-Coming / Bill Monroe / 1950-1958 / Bear Family
Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe / 1950-1958 / Bear Family
Christmas Time On Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Christmas On The Mountain / Universal South
Train Songs / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is II / Lonesome Day
Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / John Starling / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
The Carpenter Shop / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
Christmas Doll / Reno And Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
Making Plans / Tim O'Brien / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
We Wish You A Merry Christmas / Raymond Fairchild / Smoky Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm
The Mountain's Gonna Sing / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
This Christmas Morning / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / The Christmas Album / Rising Tide
The Christmas Guest / Andy Griffith / The Christmas Guest / Sparrow
Dream Of a Miner's Child / Phyllis Boyens & Hazel Dickens / O Sister 2 / Rounder
Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Phyllis Boyens / I Really Care / Rounder (LP)
Hewed Out of the Mountain / Phyllis Boyens / I Really Care / Rounder (LP)
Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens with Hazel Dickens / O Sister / Rounder
Christmas In Carolina / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
Favorite Christmas Memories / The Grass Cats / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
Jesus On The Mainline / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live at Newburyport Fire House / Rounder
The King As A Babe Comes Down / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III - Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Anne & Pete Sibley / Winter On The Great Divide / Self-released
There's A Light / Emmylou Harris / Light of the Stable / WB-Rhino
Standing In The Need Of Prayer / The Stanley Brothers / Little Country Church / Wango
Angels We Have Heard On High / Emory Lester / Christmas Carols / Quiet Fire
I Can Hear The Angels Singing / Reno & Smiley / Christmas Jamboree / Hollywood
Just A Moment Now To Pray / Ralph Stanley / Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley / Freeland
Silent Night / Raymond Fairchild / Smoky Mountain Christmas / Rural Rhythm
The Coventry Carol / Emory Lester / Christmas Carols / Quiet Fire

Sunday, December 13, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 12/13/2009

Things are winding down for the semester for UCONN students, so that generally means slight modifications to the WHUS air schedule for a few weeks. In the case of BG Cafe, we'd like to think that things have gotten better, as we can now offer you FIVE hours of BG programming every Sunday (basketball preemptions notwithstanding, of course). Until sometime in the middle of January, we'll begin broadcasting BG Cafe at 2PM on Sunday afternoons. Join us!

Today's show was my last BG Cafe before Christmas, so I played a good bit of Christmas music. During the "bonus hours" from 2-4PM, I didn't feel quite as "obligated" to play strictly BG tunes, although I pretty much did today. It's no secret that I am a great admirer of many of the classic country singers of the 1950s and 1960s: Hank Snow, Carl Smith, Ray Price, Buck Owens, Johnnie & Jack, just to name a few. We know that many a BG performer has recorded tunes originally made famous by at least one of these performers through the years, so I thought it might be fun to put a bit of the spotlight on the performers themselves, as well as some of the BG remakes of their song catalogs. Today, I focused on The Singing Ranger, Hank Snow, by playing 4 of his original tunes (including the fabulous "Reindeer Boogie"), as well as 7 BG remakes of Snow tunes. Next time, we'll shine our "spotlight" on someone else...

If you like banjo music, today was a banner day, as well. Patuxent Music has recently shipped us 2 great new recordings featuring a whole lot of banjo: "Yessir!" by 18-year-old Jessie Baker (currently working with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper), as well as former Sunny Mountain Boy, Chris Warner, whose new CD is called "Goin' To The Dance." Both CDs are mighty fine, and you can bet you'll be hearing plenty more from them in future weeks.

As I mentioned on the show today, legendary BG performer Curly Seckler will celebrate his 90th birthday on Christmas Day. Curly's manager, Penny Parsons, is encouraging everyone to send Curly a birthday greeting to help him celebrate a BG career that began in 1935. If you'd like to drop Curly a note, please do so in one of these two ways -- via an email sent to curly@curlyseckler.net, or through the U.S. mail: Curly Seckler, c/o Penny Parsons Co., PO Box 51605, Durham NC 27717. Please take a few moments and send Curly a card or note, won't you?

Be sure to join Jim & Marti (and maybe even James & Cathy Ward) next Sunday for at least four big hours of BG. I believe there MAY be a basketball game on the WHUS schedule for next Sunday, but we'll let you know later in the week...

Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!

Amy

REQUESTS ARE RED.

Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / Rocky Grass / Blue Planet
Sold Down The River / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin’ Town / Rounder
I Believed In You Darling / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill
Bitter Green / Tony Rice / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
Come Back Darling / Lester Flatt / Lester Raymond Flatt / Flying Fish
That’s Christmas Time To Me / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Christmas Time’s A-Comin’ / Time Life
A Daisy A Day / Lost & Found / Love, Lost & Found / Rebel
Reno Bound / Bill Harrell / Drive-Time Bluegrass / Rebel
Eating Out Of Your Hand / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
Nobody’s Darlin’ But Mine / Osborne Brothers / Once More, Volumes I & II / Sugar Hill
Living In These Troubled Times / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-Produced
Big Train From Memphis / Seldom Scene / 15th Anniversary Celebration / Sugar Hill
Forever Yours / Hagar's Mountain Boys / Forever Yours / Self-Produced
Chicken Reel / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / In The Tradition / Rounder
Here We Go A-Goin’ / Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset / Good Home Grown Sampler, 2009 / Blue Circle
I’m Movin’ On / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA
(Now And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I / ASH & W / ASH & W / Rebel
The Goldrush Is Over / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
Honeymoon On A Rocketship / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
Miller’s Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let ‘Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
Would You Mind / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA
One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
Reindeer Boogie / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
Hank Snow Medley / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
John Hardy / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
Don’t Give Your Heart To A Rambler / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
Devil On A Plow / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
Jingle Bells / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto
My Little Silver Bells / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / O Christmas Tree / Ro / under
Christmas At The Old Homeplace / David Parmley & Continental Divide / A Pinecastle Christmas Gatherin’ / Pinecastle
Christmas Is Near / Stanley Brothers / Christmas Time’s A-Comin’ / Time Life
Christmas Lullaby / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House / SSK
I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
Sharecropper’s Son / Ernie Thacker / The Stanley Tradition / Doobie Shea
Willy Roy The Cripple Boy / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / WMB Records
Bad Moon Rising / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
Big, Big Heartaches / Grasstowne / The Other Side Of Towne / Pinecastle
Foot Hill Hop / Derek Easter et al. / Born Into Bluegrass : The Songs Of Cullen Galyean / Mountain Roads Recordings
Walk The Way The Wind Blows / Hot Rize / So Long Of A Journey / Sugar Hill
That White Christmas Song / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Sugar Plums / Sugar Hill
Dear Old Dixie / Red Smiley & the Tennessee Cut-Ups / The Best Of Red Smiley / Rural Rhythm
Salt Creek / Clay Jones / Mountain Tradition / Rural Rhythm
The Letter Edged In Black / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
I’m Not Living Life (It’s Living Me) / Bo Isaac / I’m Not Living Life (It’s Living Me) / GoodTyme Records
The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / Hand-Picked : 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records / Rounder
We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
I Don’t Care Anymore / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Class Of 2009 Sampler / Rural Rhythm
An Old Christmas Card / Carolina Sonshine / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
Follow The Leader / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
Johnson Mountain Chimes / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
Yessir! / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
Saturday Night Company / The Grass Cats / A Good Way To Get The Blues / New Time Records
Say You Lied / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
Lickity Split / Chris Warner / Goin’ To The Dance / Patuxent Music
Almost Hear The Blues / James Reams & the Barnstormers / / Self-Produced
Goin’ To The Dance / Chris Warner / Goin’ To The Dance / Patuxent Music
Christmas Medley / Southern Rail / / Self-Produced
Christmas In Carolina / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Christmas In Carolina / Blue Circle
All That’s Left (For You To Do Is Leave) / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business /
Mountain Roads Recordings
China Grove, My Hometown / Curly Seckler / Cabin In Caroline / Copper Creek
Your Love Is Like A Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
We’ll Stay Here / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
Christmas Time Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Christmas In The Mountains / Rebel
Don’t Lie To Me / Adam Steffey / One More For The Road / Sugar Hill
Pitkin County Turnaround / Steve Martin / The Crow / Rounder
Christmas Story / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Tinsel Tunes / Sugar Hill
This World Is Not My Home / Ricky Skaggs / Ricky Skaggs Solo : Songs My Dad Loved / Skaggs Family
The Friendly Beasts / Johnson Mountain Boys / O Christmas Tree / Rounder
Country Church / Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
The First Noel / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass & White Snow / Epic
Bubbling In My Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem / Jamie Dailey & Darren Vincent / Christmas Grass / Koch
I Feel The Christmas Spirit / The Isaacs / Christmas Time’s A-Comin’ / Time Life
Joy To The World / Reno & Smiley / The True Meaning Of Christmas / Gusto

Sunday, December 06, 2009

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 12/6/2009

Hi Folks,

This version of Bluegrass Cafe had plenty of specials, including a birthday set, a train set, a Hylo Brown tribute, and a tribute and remembrance of Jack Cooke who passed away December 1st.

I recall a conv

ersation I had with Jack Cooke during his last appearance in East Hartford July 6, 2007, where he was very interested in how I liked his first and only solo album: "Sittin' On Top Of the World." Jack confided that he had thought about his inevitable mortality and it had occurred to him that he should leave something to represent his legacy. The solo album was the result. We played several tracks from that album including the two bonus tracks recorded in 1963. It is clear that Jack was much more than Ralph's bass player.

Our birthday set included songs from Jim Eanes (12/6/1923), the Gillis Brothers (John Gillis, 12/6/1966), and ironically, Jack Cooke (12/6/1936).

A caller on a previous show requested something from Hylo Brown, so I created a whole set to pay tribute to Hylo including tracks from his Starday, Rural Rhythm, and Jessup periods. I also played Jimmy Martin's version of "Grand Ole Opry Song" that Hylo wrote.

Other new music included tracks from Missy Werner, Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac, Sam Bush, Adam Steffey, and the hot 16-year-old North Carolina banjo and guitar picker Seth Taylor who currently holds down the banjo position with Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad.

I mined the Heritage Corner vaults for classic tracks from Joe Val, Jimmy Martin, and a hair curling song from Buzz Busby.

The upcoming exam and holiday season at UCONN will be opening up the 2-4pm slot, so Amy and I will be happily stepping in to provide up to five hours of Sunday afternoon bluegrass music beginning next Sunday, December 13th. So don't forget to tune in early at 2pm EST to get a really good dose of the best in bluegrass.

We'll see you out and about...

Jim Beaver

requests in blue, Jack Cooke tribute in red