"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/25/2020

During our Bluegrass Cafe on this last Sunday of October, we celebrated several Bluegrass (and Bluegrass-friendly) birthdays.  As Halloween is less than one week away, we also shared a whole bunch of Bluegrass ghost stories.  Boo!

The birthdays celebrated included those of Bluegrassers Eric Gibson, Larry Stephenson, and Bob Amos, and country singer Dwight Yoakam.  In addition, we remembered "everybody's favorite Grandpa," Grandpa Jones (born Lewis Marshall Jones:  October 20, 1913 - February 19, 1998).

Lots of folks always enjoy hearing ghost and spooky stories, especially this time of year.  In the world of Bluegrass, there have been many spooky songs recorded over the years, and for this show, we pulled together nearly a dozen of them.  Hope you weren't too scared to listen.  :)

During these COVID-19 days of home-produced shows, don't forget you can still get in touch with me with requests and such.  All you have to do is send email to bgcafe@gmail.com or check out our Bluegrass Cafe Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe

Hope you have a wonderful week, and that you'll consider joining me once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Have a good week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.  

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Stone Cold Loneliness / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC
• Love Grown Cold / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Love Gone Cold / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
• Cold Wind A Blowin' / Ronnie Bowman & Lou Reid / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Gone Cold / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• They Call It Bluegrass / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
• Let Me Borrow Your Heart For Just Tonight / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• The One You Slip Around With / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Mississippi Sawyer / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder
• Cold Hard Truth / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Frozen In Time / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records [Eric Gibson birthday, 10/23/1970]
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / Ralph Stanley with Dwight Yoakam / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Dwight Yoakam birthday, 10/23/1956]
• Wash My Blues Away / Larry Stephenson / Wash My Blues Away / Pinecastle [Larry Stephenson birthday, 10/24/1956]
• Cry Of The Catamount / Bob Amos / Sunrise Blues / Bristlecone [Bob Amos birthday, 10/24/1957]
• Farm Of Yesterday / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records [Eric Gibson birthday, 10/23/1970]
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I've Come To Take You Home / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill
• Down In The Cold Ground / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• The Lantern / Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley / Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley / Rebel
• Footsteps So Near / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• The Ghost Of Norma Jean / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Sam Jocelyn's Ghost / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Self-Produced
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
• Old Rattler / Grandpa Jones / 28 Greatest Hits / Gusto [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• It's Raining Here This Morning / Norman Blake & Tony Rice / Blake & Rice 2 / Rounder [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Mountain Dew / Grandpa Jones / 28 Greatest Hits / Gusto [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses / Tina Adair / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Speeding West / Don Reno & Eddie Adcock / Sensational Twin Banjos / Rebel
• Get Back On The Glory Road / Grandpa Jones / 28 Greatest Hits / Gusto [Remembering Grandpa Jones:  10/20/1913 - 2/19/1998]
• God Has A Place / Mark Newton with Russell Moore / Living A Dream / Rebel
• Every Humble Knee Must Bow / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Oh What A Day / Barry Scott & Second Wind / In God's Time / Rebel
• Rock Of Ages, Hide Thou Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I Heard The Angels Singing / Sugar Hill
• Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• I Am Near The Gate / Blue Highway / Blue Highway / Rounder
• Good News When I Die / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rebel
• Paul And Silas / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Lord Build Me A Cabin In Gloryland / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler
• I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again / Wango
• I Am The Road / Hot Rize / Hot Rize's 40th Anniversary Bash / Ten In Hand Records
• I'm Gonna Be Movin' / Gloria Belle / The Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• That's The Way I Want To Go / Bluegrass Cardinals / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine 
• Got A Little Light / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Gone Home / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill [Eric Gibson birthday, 10/23/1970]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/18/2020

The theme for Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe?  There wasn't one this week, but we still shared a whole lot of fine Bluegrass music.  Hope you were able to join us.

After a leaf-centered opening, we chose songs from all over the Bluegrass spectrum, traditional tunes from classic performers to more recent offerings for 2020.  Among the newer music, we heard selections from Junior Sisk, RockHearts, High Fidelity, Linda Lay, Fast Track, Phil Leadbetter & the the All-Stars of Bluegrass, Laurie Lewis, Glen Duncan, the Edgar Loudermilk Band, the Feinberg Brothers, and J.B. & Jamie Dailey.  

There were also a few more songs from the pen of Robert Fraker (October 1, 1947 - May 2, 2017), a birthday song or two for fiddler Jason Barie (born October 14, 1979), and memorial tunes for big events in the lives of Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs.

Hope you are doing well, and that you'll continue to listen for our Bluegrass Cafe each Sunday:  4-7PM.

Enjoy the week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Falling Leaves / Cliff Waldron / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Wild Geese Cry Again / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Golden Leaves / Thunder Mountain Bluegrass / Another Season / Self-Produced
• The Leaves Musn't Fall / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• The Old Home Place / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
• Rollin' / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Rollin' / Rebel
• Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Oklahoma Bound / Alan Munde & Billy Bright / Es Mi Suerte / Munde's Child Records
• The Last Log Drive / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah Records
• Whispering Waters / RockHearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Ohio / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Tennessee / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / MCA
• The Happiness Of Having You / Linda Lay / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Rockwood Deer Chase / Jim Mills / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill
• Hillbilly Fever / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Ramblin' Pickin' / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
• No Other Man / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I Got A Letter / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Cross My Broken Heart / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• The Wolf Is At The Door / Benny & Vallie Cain / Benny & Vallie Cain & the Country Clan / Rebel
• Me And The Jukebox / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Starday
• I Am Weary, Let Me Rest / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Raised By The Railroad Line / Seldom Scene / Raised By The Railroad Line / Rebel
• My Grandfather's Clock / Benny & Vallie Cain / Benny & Vallie Cain & the Country Clan / Rebel
• Life's Highway / Fast Track / Fast Track / Engelhardt Music Group
• One Way Rider / Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars Of Bluegrass / Swing For The Fences / Pinecastle
• Old Friend / Laurie Lewis with Kathy Kallick / And Laurie Lewis / Spruce And Maple Music
• Six Feet Under The Ground / Glen Duncan / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME [recorded 10/15/1950]
• Midnight On The Highway / Hot Rize / Hot Rize / Flying Fish
• The Rapido Kid / Jason Barie / Pieces / Billy Blue Records [Jason Barie birthday, 10/14/1979]
• The Dark Side Of Lonesome / Edgar Loudermilk Band / single / Rural Rhythm
• Toil, Tears & Trouble / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Don't Get Above Your Raisin' / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records [F & S inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame, 10/14/1985]
• Scissor Jack / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records [F & S inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame, 10/14/1985]
• Happy I'll Be / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Back On The Street Again / Sugar Hill
• You Can't Stand Up Alone / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• There Will Be Singing / Cox Family / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / The Cat Came Back / Rebel
• When I Safely Reach The Other Shore / Reno & Smiley / The Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• See God's Ark A Movin' / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Voice Of My Savior / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced
• I Am Just A Pilgrim / Appalachian Road Show / Barry Abernathy & Darrell Webb Present Appalachian Road Show / Billy Blue Records
• Mother Prayed Loud In Her Sleep / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Beyond The Sunset For Me / Jason Barie with Paul Williams / Pieces / Billy Blue Records [Jason Barie birthday, 10/14/1979]
• Just Over In Heaven / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS Music
• Shield Of Faith / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Every Time You Say Goodbye / Rounder
• Calling From Heaven / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage with Bill Gaither / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming / GGS
• When The Angels Carry Me Home / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Rebel
• The River Of Jordan / Jim & Jesse / Y'all Come:  The Essential Jim & Jesse / Epic Legacy
• I Know My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Sins Of Your Past / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/11/2020

Our 25th (!) pre-recorded Bluegrass Cafe hit the WHUS airwaves today.  Whoa!  Back in April when WHUS said we could start recording shows at home, I figured I'd record them until school started again in the fall, and then, we'd be allowed to come back to the studio in Storrs.  Clearly, 2020 had something else in store, as we now have 25 shows "in the can," and who knows how many more recorded shows there will be?  Time will tell...

Anyhow, today's show included songs from some of the big winners of the 2020 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, which were presented in virtual ceremonies on October 1st.  Congratulations to all of the winners!  If you'd like to read the full list of award winners, click here.  

We also shared music from two of the three 2020 inductees into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame:  the Johnson Mountain Boys and New Grass Revival.  These two bands -- both outstanding and with legions of fans -- presented two completely different forms of music, and we shared some from each of them on Sunday.  

And, of course, there were a few birthdays to celebrate and remember.  Today's birthday boy is Leigh Gibson (born October 11, 1970), so we shared two songs of the Gibson Brothers written by Leigh.  Another wonderful songwriter and performer is one who left us too soon:  Robert Fraker (October 1, 1946 - May 2, 2017).  Robert was a friend to all and a gifted songwriter and performer with the Bear Bridge Band, so we shared two songs from his creative brain during our gospel set.  And then, there's John Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980), who was NOT a Bluegrass performer, but who will always be remembered as one of the Beatles -- a band whose music
continues to inspire performers of all types of music.

Hope you were able to tune in this week, but if not, there's always next Sunday.  :)  See you then.

Enjoy the week, and stay healthy!

Amy O. 

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Out In The Cold World / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Boy Records [IBMA Album Of The Year, 2020]
• City That Drowned / Mile Twelve / Onwards / Delores The Taurus Records [IBMA New Artist Of The Year, 2020]
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording [IBMA Collaborative Recording Of The Year, 2020]
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records [IBMA Song Of The Year, 2020]
• Something To Lose / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle [IBMA Entertainer & Vocal Group Of The Year, 2020]
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music [IBMA Male Vocalist Of The Year, 2020]
• Raleigh Ride / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder [Bluegrass Hall Of Fame Inductee, 2020]
• Weathered Gray Stone / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Five Speed / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder 
• Dry Run Creek / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Going Back To Old Virginia / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• The Nights Are So Long / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Fired Up / Rounder
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Hold To A Dream / New Grass Revival / Best Of New Grass Revival / Liberty [Bluegrass Hall Of Fame Inductee, 2020]
• Sunrise / Sam Bush with Bela Fleck / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Some Old Day / John Cowan / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Callin' Baton Rouge / New Grass Revival / Best Of New Grass Revival / Liberty
• Your Love Is Like A Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Tennessee 1949 / Larry Sparks / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Baby Girl / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / The Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• Life Gets Up And Gets Gone / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• How Deep Is The Lonesome / Cedar Hill / Fall Singles 2020 / Mountain Fever Records
• A Place For A Fool / Stephen Mougin with the Gibson Brothers / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Sam Smith / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1970]
• Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records [Leigh Gibson birthday, 10/11/1970]
• I Feel Fine / Charles River Valley Boys / Beatle Country / Rounder [Remembering John Lennon:  10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980]
• Yesterday / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Lennon:  10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980]
• What Goes On / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Lennon:  10/9/1940 - 12/8/1980]
• Watermelon On The Vine / Del McCoury / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• You'd Better Wake Up / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• The Eastern Gate / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• I'm A Stranger / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Hold Fast To The Right / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Cast Aside / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• When God Dips His Pen Of Love In My Heart / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
• We'll Still Sing On / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Mansion In The Grave / Bear Bridge Band / A Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Robert Fraker:  10/1/1946 - 5/2/2017]
• Gonna Rise And Shine / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Gonna Rise And Shine / Mountain Fever Records [IBMA Gospel Recording Of The Year, 2020]
• Life Song / Blue Highway / Somewhere Far Away / Rounder
• God's Record Book Of Life / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King
• Daniel Prayed / Patty Loveless / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• Traveling The Highway Home / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• Heavenward Bound / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• On The Sea Of Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Bill Boy Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/4/2020

The first-ever virtual conference of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) took place this past week, and by all accounts, it was a big success.  The "marquee" event of World of Bluegrass each year is the annual IBMA Awards.  This year's winners were announced in a virtual ceremony on Thursday evening, one night before we recorded this week's edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.  So, we didn't talk at all about 2020 award winners during this week's program, but we found lots of other fine songs to play.  Hope you were able to join us.

We looked back a bit during our first hour, sharing selections from some of the performers who have been named "Emerging Artist of the Year" from 1994 through 2018.  While some of the bands/performers who have received this award over the years are no longer working in Bluegrass (or in some case, even performing at all), there was still plenty of good music to share.

The 2020 Podunk Songwriting Contest winning songs were shared during the first hour, as well.  Though the Podunk Bluegrass Festival was a casualty of COVID-19 for this year, the songwriting contest entries were still judged and ranked, and the songs of the winners in 2020 will be presented at the 2021 Podunk Bluegrass Festival.  In addition, there will also be a 2021 Podunk Songwriting Contest.  If you are a songwriter, consider entering the contest.  Entries will be accepted beginning November 1, 2021.  Need more information?  Find it here.

For the record, the 2020 Podunk Songwriting Contest winners were:

1. "Pines Of Caroline" - Boyd Timothy of Highland, UT
   
2. "Bluebonnet Blue" - Jerry Johnston of Ft. Worth, TX
   
3. "Word Of Mouth" - Paul Kelly of Santa Fe, NM & Buddy Guido of Mohawk, NY
   

Congratulations to the winners!

Our second hour celebrated birthdays of two more Country Music Hall of Famers --

both named Marty, and one definitely more Bluegrass than the other.  To celebrate 2020 Hall of Fame electee, Marty Stuart (born September 30, 1958), we included music he has recorded with Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass, Carl Jackson, Curly Seckler, Ralph Stanley, and others.  The second Marty is the late Marty Robbins (September 26, 1925 - December 8, 1982), who definitely was NOT a Bluegrass performer, but like many country music folks of his era, has had a whole lot of Bluegrass performers cover his material.  

Hope you enjoyed the program, and will consider joining us once again next Sunday, 4-7PM.  If you'd like to check our Facebook page, please do, and don't forget that you are always welcome to send us an email to bgcafe@gmail.com.

Have a great week ~ stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Destination Love / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• All In My Love For You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill
• Hit Parade Of Love / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / Audium
• I Went Back Home Today / The Boxcars / The Boxcars / Mountain Home [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 2011]
• Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / It's A Long, Long Road / Rebel [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 1996]
• Looking For A Smile In A Heartache / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 1998]
• I Know Where Love Lives / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family Records [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 2003]
• Leavin's Heavy On My Mind / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 2005]
• Rambler's Call / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 2012]
• Old, New, Borrowed, And Blue / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Trials & Trouble / Rounder [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 2018]
• Word Of Mouth / Ernie Thacker [Paul Kelly & Buddy Guido, songwriters] / The Hangman / Pinecastle [3rd Place, 2020 Podunk Songwriters Competition]
• Bluebonnet Blue / Jerry Johnston, songwriter / 2nd Place, 2020 Podunk Songwriters Competition
• Pines Of Caroline / Boyd Timothy, songwriter / 1st Place, 2020 Podunk Songwriters Competition
• John D. Champion / Becky Buller / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• My Smoky Mountain Home / Bill Emerson with Wayne Taylor / Reunion / Webco
• Flint Hill Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
• Roanoke / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Hats Off! / CMH [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
• No Doubt About It / Curly Seckler & the Nashville Grass / No Doubt About It / Revonah Records [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
• She's More To Be Pitied / Ralph Stanley with Marty Stuart / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
• Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Larry Stephenson with Connie Smith & Marty Stuart / 20th Anniversary / Whysper Dream Music [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
• One More Ride / Riders In The Sky with Marty Stuart / A Great Big Western Howdy! From Riders In The Sky / Rounder [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
• The Ballad Of Jed Clampett / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Bean Blossom / MCA [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
• I'll Go On Alone / Marty Robbins / The Story Of My Life:  The Best Of Marty Robbins / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Don't Worry / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• I Can't Quit / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Devil Woman / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Begging To You / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Dreaming / Rounder [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Ribbon Of Darkness / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / No One But You / Rebel [Remembering Marty Robbins:  9/26/1925 - 12/8/1982]
• Bitter Green / Tony Rice / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Rambling Boy / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Tears Of Regret / High Fidelity with Jesse McReynolds / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• I Been Walkin' / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• Buzzin' With Buzz / Tom Mindte / Something I've Been Working On / Patuxent Music
• I'm A Stranger Here / Carl Jackson with Marty Stuart / Mississippi Homecoming / Rebel [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
• The Wrath Of God / Seldom Scene / Scenic Roots / Sugar Hill
• The Gospel Plow / Nashville Bluegrass Band / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS Music
• Because Of Him / Rhonda Vincent & the Sally Mountain Show / Bound For Gloryland / Rebel
• You Can Go To Heaven / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Songs From The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• The Old Cross Road / Osborne Brothers / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• You Don't Knock / New Grass Revival / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill
• Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Claire Lynch / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• They Can't Love Jesus More Than Me / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass / Rebel
• Get In Line Brother / Marty Stuart with Johnny Cash & Alan O'Bryant / Busy Bee Cafe / Sugar Hill [Marty Stuart birthday, 9/30/1958]
• Open Up The Window, Noah / Seldom Scene / Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Sugar Hill[Phil Rosenthal birthday, 9/30/1948]
• Standing In The Need Of Prayer / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• You'll Be Rewarded Over There / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Voice Of My Savior / Longview / High Lonesome / Rounder
• Waiting For The Boys To Come Home / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• The New Jerusalem / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Gusto
• Gathering In The Sky / Ricochet / Carolina Memories / Rebel
• Won't That Be A Happy Time / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• I'm Gonna Hold To His Hand / Lou Reid, Terry Baucom & Carolina / Carolina Blue / Webco [IBMA Emerging Artist Of The Year, 1994]
• Walking In Jerusalem / Bill Monroe & Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/27/2020

Happy Fall!  It's the last Sunday of September -- hope you enjoyed it!  

As this is the time of year when the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) holds their big World Of Bluegrass events in Raleigh, North Carolina, we geared the first hour of our program toward some IBMA things:  music from some of the nominees in two categories, and a look back at some of the "Song of the Year" award winners since the awards began in 1990.  This year's conference and various awards programs and musical presentations have all moved online in this COVID-19 year of 2020, so if you've always thought you might like to check out IBMA, but could not get to the conference, this year is your chance.  For more information, visit this link to World of Bluegrass.  Do it soon, though, as the IBMA festivities begin September 28th and run through October 3rd!  [The photos included here were taken during WoB events in 2019 in Raleigh].

Our second hour included a whole lot of Bluegrass classics, as well as a few newer selections from several bands, including the Edgar Loudermilk Band, Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars of Bluegrass, Alan Bibey & Grasstowne, Merle Monroe, and the Grascals.  Other 2020 releases from which we heard included songs from Balsam Range, Laurie Lewis, Special Consensus, Becky Buller, Stephen Mougin, RockHearts, J.B. & Jamie Dailey, High Fidelity, Junior Sisk, and the Feinberg Brothers.

As you know, these shows are now pre-recorded, and sometimes, things get overlooked.  To that end, we will definitely be hearing the Podunk Bluegrass Festival Songwriter winners very soon, as early possibly as next week.  Stay tuned... 

Thanks so much for listening, and we'll look forward to visiting with you once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.  

Have a great week ~ stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Richest Man / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Losing You Blues / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle
• Leavin' On Her Mind / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Mountain Home
• I Feel The Blues Moving In / Del McCoury Band / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder
• Hickory, Walnut & Pine / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Haggard / The Grascals / Straighten The Curves / Mountain Home
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• Little Mountain Church House / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I Heard The Angels Singing / Sugar Hill [IBMA Song Of The Year 1990]
• Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill [IBMA Song Of The Year 1993]
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder [IBMA Song Of The Year 1996]
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder [IBMA Song Of The Year 2009]
• Ring The Bell / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records [IBMA Song Of The Year 2010]
• A Far Cry From Lester And Earl / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel [IBMA Song Of The Year 2012]
• Thunder Dan / Sideline / Front And Center / Mountain Home [IBMA Song Of The Year 2019]
• 5-String Swing / Michael Cleveland / Tall Fiddler / Compass Records
• No Doubt About It / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Starday King
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Osborne Brothers / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Are You Missing Me / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Let's Live For Tonight / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / Audium
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• I'll Put The Blame On You / Edgar Loudermilk Band / single / Rural Rhythm Records
• There Ain't No End To This Road / Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars Of Bluegrass / Swing For The Fences / Pinecastle
• Hitchhiking To California / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / single / Billy Blue Records
• Sleepy Little Town / The Grascals / single / Mountain Home
• Hello Sunshine / Merle Monroe / single / Pinecastle
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• Don't You Know I Love You, Charlie Brown / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• On Whiskey Mountain / Bill Emerson with Bill Harrell / Reunion / Webco [Bill Harrell birthday, 9/14/1936]
• New Beginnings / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood Music
• Wake Up And Smell The Coffee / RockHearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• You Are My Flower / Laurie Lewis with Molly Tuttle / And Laurie Lewis / Spruce And Maple Music
• Devil On The Stump / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood Music
• Summer's Gone / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
• It's Just Like Heaven / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Waiting For The King / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Listen To The Word Of God / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Will You Meet Me Over Yonder / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel 
• Over In The Gloryland / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill
• Shadow Of The Son / Still Pickin' / Reuben's Train / Self-Produced
• Walkin', Runnin', Flyin' / IIIrd Tyme Out / Grandpa's Mandolin / Rebel
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Blue Highway / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Wings Of Gold / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• I'll Never Go Back / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• I'm Going There / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• I'll Be No Stranger There / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill
• Goin' Up / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Vision Of Jesus / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• He Said If I Be Lifted Up / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/20/2020

 The twenty-second pre-recorded edition of our Bluegrass Cafe paid tribute in a Bluegrass style to three of the most influential country music singers of the 20th century, all of whom were born in month of September:  Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992), Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953), and George Jones (September 12, 1931 - April 26, 2013).  While the main focus of our program is Bluegrass music, it would be silly to think that no Bluegrass performers have ever been influenced by the music of any of these Country Music Hall of Famers.  In fact, the opposite is true.  Therefore, we gathered as many Bluegrass covers of songs performed and/or written by these three as time would allow, and we celebrated some birthdays in a musical way.  

During the program, I promised to share some book titles for those of you who might like to read biographies or autobiographies.  This is not an exhaustive bibliography of works about these musicians, but here are a few titles to get you started:  

    ROY ACUFF:

    Schlappi, Elizabeth.  Roy Acuff:  The Smoky Mountain Boy.  (Pelican Publishing     Company, 1983)

    GEORGE JONES:

    Isenhour, Jack.  He Stopped Loving Her Today:  George Jones, Billy Sherrill,
    And The Pretty-Much Totally True Story Of The Making Of The Greatest Country
    Record Of All Time.  (University of Mississippi Press, 2011)

    Jones, George with Tom Carter.  I Lived To Tell It All.  (Dell, 1997)

    Kienzle, Rich.  The Grand Tour:  The Life And Music Of George Jones.  (Dey        Street, 2016)

    HANK WILLIAMS:  
    
    Escott, Colin.  Hank Williams:  The Biography.  (Little, Brown & Co., 1994)
   
    Hemphill, Paul.  Lovesick Blues:  The Life Of Hank Williams.  (Viking, 2005)

    Ribowsky, Mark.  Hank:  The Short Life And Long Country Road Of Hank                Williams.  (Liveright, 2017)

Newer Bluegrass music also was shared during the program, including 2020 selections from Rock Hearts, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, High Fidelity, Balsam Range, the Kody Norris Show, Carolina Blue, and J.B. & Jamie Dailey.

Have a wonderful week, and thanks for listening!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hometown Blues / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Home / Jim & Jesse / The Old Home Place / Rounder
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• The Window Up Above / Ralph Stanley with George Jones / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Don't Stop The Music / Del McCoury / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Color Of The Blues / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Color Of The Blues / Strictly Country Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Why Baby Why / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Flame In My Heart / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• When The Grass Grows Over Me / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Bluegrass Legends--Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Choices / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• He Stopped Loving Her Today / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic Legacy [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Leave It At The Gate / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• Next Train South / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rounder
• Eddie To The Rescue / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• The Precious Jewel / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Pressing On Regardless / Brentwood Music [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wabash Cannonball / Roy Acuff /  The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Move In On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Mansion On The Hill / Whitstein Brothers / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder[Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Honky Tonk Blues / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Singing Waterfall / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Six More Miles / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Live At The Opry / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Grit And Grace / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Too Wet To Plow / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Love Pains / Osborne Brothers with Red Allen / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing
• I Couldn't Believe It Was True / Wilma Lee Cooper & the Clinch Mountain Clan / A Daisy A Day / Leather Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• Darling Nelly Bly / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Do You Call That Religion / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Jesus Is Waiting For Me / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• The Lord's Last Supper / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / King
• Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Great Speckled Bird / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin' Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Born Again / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• When The Savior Reached Down For Me / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• This World Can't Stand Long / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• I Saw The Light / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• House Of Gold / Steve Gulley with Don Gulley / Family, Friends, & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics, 1946-1950 / Cattle [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Will You Be Ready To Go Home / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• I'll Have A New Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Dust On The Bible / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• From Jerusalem To Jericho / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/13/2020

As this week's Bluegrass Cafe happens to fall on the 109th birth anniversary of William Smith Monroe -- the Father of Bluegrass Music -- it seemed like the proverbial "no-brainer" to make the music of Bill Monroe the one-and-only focus of today's Bluegrass Cafe.  And so we did.  :)  The full three hours of our 
program were filled with songs about Bill Monroe, songs performed by Bill Monroe (and some covers of his music, of course), and songs written by Bill Monroe.  Hope you enjoyed what we shared!

We always like to inform you about things you can read to learn more about particular subjects, and Bill Monroe has been the subject of a couple of different biographies (two written for adults; one an illustrated picture book biography for kids).  Seek out these books if you are interested in knowing more about the man and his music:  

Can't You Hear Me Callin':  The Life Of Bill Monroe, Father Of Bluegrass Music by Richard D. Smith (Little, Brown & Co., 2000)

Bill Monroe:  The Life And Music Of The Blue Grass Man by Tom Ewing (University of Illinois Press, 2018)

Blue Grass Boy:  The Story Of Bill Monroe, Father Of Bluegrass Music by Barb Rosenstock with illustrations by Edwin Fotheringham (Calkins Creek, 2018) 

Special mention:  we included a birthday celebration within a birthday celebration, as today also happens to be the birthdate of Lou Reid (born September 13, 1954).  To that end, we shared Monroe songs that Lou Reid has recorded over the years with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, as a guest on a recording by Mark Newton & Larry Stephenson, and with his own band, Lou Reid & Carolina.  

Hope you enjoyed today's Monroe-centric broadcast.  If you have any questions or comments during our pre-recorded programs, please don't hesitate to send an email to bgcafe@gmail.com or give our Facebook page a like (www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe)

Have a great week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.          

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• My Music Comes From Bill / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Kentucky King / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
• From Rock & Roll To Bill Monroe / Tommy Webb / From Rock & Roll To Bill Monroe / Kindred Records
• Is The Grass Any Bluer (On The Other Side) / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / All The Rage, Volume One / Upper Management Music
• Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• What Is Home Without Love? / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• Have A Feast Here Tonight / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1937-1938 / JSP Records
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• True Life Blues / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / O Sister! / Rounder
• Highway Of Sorrow / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Frog On A Lily Pad / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• Close By / Dailey & Vincent / Bill Monroe's Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• I'm On My Way To The Old Home / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• My Little Georgia Rose / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• Tall Timber / Bluegrass Album Band / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Doghouse Blues / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Heavy Traffic Ahead / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Panhandle Country / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Used To Be / Gibson Brothers Bluegrass Band / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records
• I Was Left On The Street / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill
• Wheel Hoss / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• I'm Lonesome I'm Blue / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music
• I Hope You Have Learned / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller, Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy Records
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• In Despair / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Larry Stephenson & Mark Newton with Lou Reid / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records
• Toy Heart / Ricky Skaggs / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Come Back To Me In My Dreams / Balsam Range with Joe Diffie / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Rawhide / Ronnie McCoury / True Life Blues:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / Sugar Hill
• Six Feet Under The Ground / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Bill Monroe--100th Year Celebration / Rural Rhythm
• Out In The Cold World / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Blue Records
• Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records
• Old Brown County Barn / Michael Cleveland / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• What Would You Give In Exchange? / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• River Of Death / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• The Old Crossroads / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Skaggs & Rice / Sugar Hill
• Lord Protect My Soul / IIIrd Tyme Out / Live At The MAC / Rounder
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 2 / Hay Holler
• I'm Working On A Building / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• You're Drifting Away / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Let The Light Shine Down / Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice / Heartaches And Dreams / Rebel
• The Boat Of Love / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Drifting Too Far From The Shore / Boone Creek / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• I'm Travelin' On And On / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• The Little Community Church / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads
• A Voice From On High / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Cryin' Holy / J.D. Crowe & the New South / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder
• I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Blue Highway / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / Alan O'Bryant, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Roland White / True Life Blues:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / Sugar Hill
• Mansions For Me / Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder
• Beautiful Life / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Watermelon On The Vine / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / McCoury Music

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/6/2020

And just like that, we've reached Labor Day weekend!  Hope you are enjoying your holiday weekend with some relaxation and maybe even enjoying some Bluegrass music!

Sunday's show began with some "working" songs, and our gospel hours included some songs loosely associated with working, too. 

We belatedly celebrated the birthday of 
the Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells (born August 30, 1919) with a few Bluegrass covers, and we couldn't forget the birthday of Buzz Busby-- the "Father Of Washington DC Bluegrass" -- who was born on September 6, 1933.

There was a smattering of new music to share this Labor Day weekend, as well, as we heard new music from J.B. & Jamie Dailey, Stephen Mougin, the Feinberg Brothers, Linda Lay, Hammertowne, Junior Sisk, and High Fidelity.

Enjoy the week ~ and thanks for listening!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• Working Girl Blues / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
• Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Factory Floor / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Behind These Prison Walls Of Love / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Just Like Rain / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Rounder
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka & Tom Adams with Dudley Connell, Lou Reid, Sally Love Connell / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• What A Wonderful Life / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On / IIIrd Tyme Out / Puttin' New Roots Down / Rebel [Remembering Kitty Wells:  8/30/1919 - 7/16/2012]
• Stranger In My Home / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Kitty Wells:  8/30/1919 - 7/16/2012]
• I've Kissed You My Last Time / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Rounder [Remembering Kitty Wells:  8/30/1919 - 7/16/2012]
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Every Time You Say Goodbye / Rounder
• I'm Gonna Ride / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Like A Bird In A Cage / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Another Day, Another Dollar / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Rambler's Call / Rebel
• Waiting On Isaac / Jason Barie / Pieces / Billy Blue Records
• The Waves On The Sea / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Digging In The Ground / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
• Get In Line Buddy / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• I Know You're Married / Reno & Smiley / Bluegrass 1963 / Rural Rhythm
• Just Ain't / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• The Happiness Of Having You / Linda Lay / single / Mountain Fever Records
• I Can Tell By The Way You Dance / Hammertowne / single / Mountain Fever Records
• West Virginia Coal / Amanda Cook / single / Mountain Fever Records
• White House Blues / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater At The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Me And The Jukebox / Buzz Busby / Going Home / Gusto [Remembering Buzz Busby:  9/6/1933 - 1/5/2003]
• Mandolin Twist / Buzz Busby / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel  [Remembering Buzz Busby:  9/6/1933 - 1/5/2003]
• Two Little Boys / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Gusto
• Helen / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Sad And Lonesome Day / Randy Waller & Lou Reid / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• I'll Have To Make Some Changes / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• Country Gentleman / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• Go Slow Greyhound / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• I'm Really Leaving / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Skip, Hop & Wobble / Jimmy Martin / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Kentucky Banjo / Ernie Thacker-Junior Blankenship Band / Tennessee Blues / Copper Creek
• I'm Working On A Road To Gloryland / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 2 / Hay Holler
• I'm Working My Way / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• Rest For His Workers / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• Lord, I've Been A Hard Working Pilgrim / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Heaven's Joy Awaits / Sugar Hill
• I'm Working On A Building / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Where We'll Never Say Farewell / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• A Voice From On High / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• God Has Been So Good To Me / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures / David Grisman-Herb Pedersen-Vince Gill-Jim Buchanan-Emory Gordy, Jr / Here Today / Rounder
• On The Jericho Road / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective:  Live 1984-2014 / Davis Music
• I Know His Voice / Del McCoury / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder
• John / Mountain Heart / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume Two / GGS Music
• The First Time I Heard About Heaven / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition / DP&CD Records
• The Little White Church / Jim & Jesse with Mac Wiseman / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Don't Tune Him Out / The Whites / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• Get In Line Brother / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• Wither Thou Go / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rounder
• When They Ring Those Golden Bells / Jim Eanes / In His Arms / Rebel
• New Born Soul / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder