"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/28/2021

Homemade edition #48 of our Bluegrass Cafe featured a whole lot of fine Bluegrass music -- as you would expect, right?  Hope were you able to join us for this last Sunday edition for the month of March 2021.

As we often do, we had a couple of birthdays to celebrate this week.  In addition to those of Bluegrassers Phil Leadbetter and Dale Perry, we celebrated Bluegrass Hall of Famer Paul Williams (born March 30, 1935), and several Bluegrass-style versions of songs from the late Country Music Hall of Famer, William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 - July 19, 1975).

If you weren't able to listen to the show today, we sure hope you'll be able to tune in next Sunday afternoon -- Easter Sunday, already! -- for a very special Bluegrass Gospel Hour.

Have a wonderful week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Airmail Special / Jim & Jesse / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Forty Years / Strictly Country
• When The Grass Grows Over Me / Rhonda Vincent / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage with Bluegrass Legends Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music
• Out In The Cold World / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Blue Records
• Old, Old House / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics:  The Bluegrass Collection / Opry Music
• Night / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Wildwood Flower Blues / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced
• Salty Dog Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics:  The Bluegrass Collection / Opry Music
• Monroebilia / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics:  The Bluegrass Collection / Opry Music
• Tears Of Regret / High Fidelity with Jesse McReynolds / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Everyone Knew It But Me / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• They Call It Bluegrass / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin / Pinecastle
• One Leg At A Time / Barry Abernathy with Steve Gulley / Barry Abernathy & Friends / Billy Blue Records
• My Used To Be Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Amanda Cook / Narrowing The Gap / Mountain Fever Records
• Whispering Waters / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Why Did You Wander / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay
• Sick, Sober, And Sorry / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay
• Lost John / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay
• I Love You A Thousand Ways / Lefty Frizzell / Your Cheatin' Heart / [Remembering Lefty Frizzell:  3/31/1928 - 7/19/1975]
• If You've Got The Money Honey / Del McCoury / High Lonesome And Blue / Rounder [Remembering Lefty Frizzell:  3/31/1928 - 7/19/1975]
• The Long Black Veil / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways [Remembering Lefty Frizzell:  3/31/1928 - 7/19/1975]
• Always Late / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Hot Rize Presents Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Flying Fish [Remembering Lefty Frizzell:  3/31/1928 - 7/19/1975]
• I Never Go Around Mirrors / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records [Remembering Lefty Frizzell:  3/31/1928 - 7/19/1975]
• She's Gone, Gone, Gone / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder [Remembering Lefty Frizzell:  3/31/1928 - 7/19/1975]
• Mom & Dad's Waltz / Bobby Osborne / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage with Bluegrass Legends Live at the Ryman / Upper Management Music [Remembering Lefty Frizzell:  3/31/1928 - 7/19/1975]
• Saginaw, Michigan / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder [Remembering Lefty Frizzell:  3/31/1928 - 7/19/1975]
• Lefty's Old Guitar / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder [Remembering Lefty Frizzell:  3/31/1928 - 7/19/1975]
• Lonesome Is The Price I Pay / Darren Nicholson, Kristin Scott Benson, Kevin Kehrberg, Jeremy Garrett, Skip Cherryholmes, Travis Book / Bluegrass At The Crossroads / Mountain Home
• I'm Gonna Make It After All / Phil Leadbetter & the All-Stars Of Bluegrass / Swing For The Fences / Pinecastle [Phil Leadbetter birthday, 3/31/1962]
• Old, New, Borrowed And Blue / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears, And Trouble / Rounder
• One Dime At A Time / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Miss Molly / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• What A Ways We've Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• My Friend Clyde / Spinney Brothers / If I Were Your Brother / Self-Produced
• Happy After All / Front Range / The New Frontier / Sugar Hill
• Soppin' The Gravy / The Dillards / Pickin' & Fiddlin'/Back Porch Bluegrass / Collector's Choice Music
• Stormy Waters / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / MME [Paul Williams birthday, 3/30/1935]
• God Guide Our Leader's Hand / Audie Blaylock & Paul Williams / A Tribute To The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records [Paul Williams birthday, 3/30/1935]
• When The Savior Reached Down For Me / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home [Paul Williams birthday, 3/30/1935] 
• Beyond The Sunset For Me / Jason Barie with Paul Williams / Pieces / Billy Blue Records [Paul Williams birthday, 3/30/1935]
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Paul Williams / A Tribute To The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records [Paul Williams birthday, 3/30/1935]
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / The Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records
• Walking In The Spirit / Williamson Branch with the Marshall Family / Heritage And Hope / Pinecastle
• You Better Wake Up / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Lazarus / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• Prodigal Son / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Rounder
• Prayer Bell Of Heaven / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / This World Is Not My Home / MME [Paul Williams birthday, 3/30/1935]
• Palms Of Victory / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• The Touch Of God's Hand / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Jesus Will Save Your Soul / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Green Pastures / Emmylou Harris / Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of The Century / New Haven Records
• My Mother Prays So Loud In Her Sleep / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder
• Walk The Streets Of Glory / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Live! At Last / Rounder
• Come On Down / Fast Track / Fast Track / Engelhardt Music Group [Dale Perry birthday, 4/2/1962]
• It Won't Be Long / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/21/2021

Songs of Spring -- that's how we started this Sunday's edition of our Bluegrass Cafe!  Hope you were able to tune in, as for the first time in two weeks, we could be heard during our "normal" time of 4-7PM on Sunday afternoon.  Yay!

In addition to songs about Spring, we also heard a whole bunch of newer Bluegrass during this Sunday's broadcast, with selections from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band, Missy Armstrong, Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford, and a band called Magnolia Drive.  

And there were a couple more birthdays to celebrate, as well, including those of

David Grisman and the late John Starling, as well as Country Music Hall of Famer, Carl Smith (who was celebrated by playing several Bluegrass versions of his 1950s hits).  We also remembered the late Peg Chase, who was a fixture on the New England Bluegrass festival scene for many years before relocating to Idaho several years ago.

Hope you were able to join us, but if not, please try to tune in next Sunday afternoon - 4-7PM.

Until then, have a great week -- and stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When Springtime Comes Again / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
• Blue Ridge Mountains Turning Green / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Virginia In The Springtime / Flashback / Blues Around My Cabin / Pinecastle
• When It's Springtime In The Rockies / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
• Winter's Come And Gone / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• You Broke Your Promise / Appalachian Express / Walking The Blues / Rebel
• Willow Creek Dam / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm
• Wonderbat / Nate Lee / Wings Of A Jetliner / Self-Produced
• Here Today And Gone Tomorrow / Professor Dan Boner with Rhonda Vincent / West Of West Virginia / Self-Produced
• The Barber's Fiddle / Becky Buller / Distance And Time / Dark Shadow Recording
• Spring Will Bring Flowers / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• Straight Drive / Terry McGill / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
• Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood Music
• The Angry Wife / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Banjo Am The Instrument For Me / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• It Don't Bring You Back To Me / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Hard Pressed / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Eddie To The Rescue / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• Lonely Violet / Peg & Ed / Lonely Violet / Self-Produced
• Women Of Sorrow / Bear Bridge Band / Bear Essentials / Open Road
• Between The Lines / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / single / Billy Blue Records
• When The Water Goes Down / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Self-Produced
• Unwanted Love / Barry Abernathy with Dan Tyminski / Barry Abernathy & Friends / Billy Blue Records
• Creeping Round My Cabin / Missy Armstrong / My Remedy / Melton & Miller Music
• Living Shouldn't Be This Hard / Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford / Still Here / Mountain Home
• I Won't Call You / Magnolia Drive / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder [David Grisman birthday, 3/23/1945]
• Old Train / Seldom Scene / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Starling:  3/26/1940 - 5/2/2019]
• Grandpa Get Your Guitar / Seldom Scene / Like We Used To Be / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Starling:  3/26/1940 - 5/2/2019]
• I'm My Own Grandpa / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder [David Grisman birthday, 3/23/1945]
• Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle [Remembering Carl Smith:  3/15/1927 - 1/16/2010]
• You Are The One / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder [Remembering Carl Smith:  3/15/1927 - 1/16/2010]
• Kisses Don't Lie / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder [Remembering Carl Smith:  3/15/1927 - 1/16/2010]
• Loose Talk / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler [Remembering Carl Smith:  3/15/1927 - 1/16/2010]
• (When You Feel Like You're In Love) Don't Just Stand There / Carl Smith / The Essential Carl Smith / Columbia [Remembering Carl Smith:  3/15/1927 - 1/16/2010]
• Watermelon On The Vine / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories:  The Songs Of Bill Monroe / Patuxent Music
• Hear Jerusalem Calling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / single / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Open Up Your Heart (And Let Jesus In) / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• When I've Travelled My Last Mile / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder
• Take Me Home, Lord / Carolyn Eyerly / Sunny Side Of Life / Patuxent Music
• (I'd Rather Live) By The Side Of The Road / Mac Wiseman / 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Bear Family
• Down The Road To Gloryland / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Sugar Hill
• Green Pastures In The Sky / Larry Sparks / Live! At McClure! / Rebel
• Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Broadminded / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Satan's Jeweled Crown / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• The Old Account / Mac Wiseman, Del McCoury, Doc Watson / Mac, Doc & Del / Sugar Hill
• Stacking Up The Rocks / Balsam Range / Five / Mountain Home
• Inside The Gate / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• Springtime In Glory / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• I Saw The Light / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/14/2021

Another March Sunday -- more extra innings for UConn Baseball!  Our Bluegrass Cafe began four hours later than the normal 4PM start time on Sunday afternoon, but still, we were happy to present some really excellent Bluegrass music, including several of my favorite tunes, of course!

As March 14th happens to be my birthday, I (naturally) included lots of music from some of my Bluegrass favorites -- big surprise there, huh?  :)  We also included birthday tunes from the late Bob Paisley and the former IBMA Banjo Player of the Year, Kristin Scott Benson, as well as the late Raymond Fairchild, Tim O'Brien, and Ronnie
McCoury.

There was a set of music from some women of Bluegrass, as we celebrated International Women's Day on March 8th, and we included a few newer songs from recently released or forthcoming projects from several acts, including Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Matt Dudman, Rock Hearts, Greg Blake, Carolyn Eyerly, and Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.

The hope is that next Sunday's show will air from 4-7PM, but we shall see what happens.  Check out our Bluegrass Cafe Facebook page (www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe) for the latest info.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill  / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Margie / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country [Remembering Bob Paisley:  3/14/1931 - 11/29/2004]
• Great Waterton / Kristin Scott Benson / Stringworks / Mountain Home [Kristin Scott Benson birthday, 3/14/1976]
• I Over Looked An Orchid / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine [Remembering Bob Paisley:  3/14/1931 - 11/29/2004]
• I Can't Stand To Ramble / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'N' Live / Sugar Hill
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky / Rounder
• Feeling Blue / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Scraps From Your Table / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• Tell Me How To Mend A Broken Heart / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Whither You Roam / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• One Short Year / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• Fine Time To Get The Blues / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / First Time To Get The Blues / Driving Duke Records
• Whispering Waters / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• People, Places, And Songs / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records
• Where Are You Darlin' / Amanda Cook / Narrowing The Gap / Mountain Fever Records
• Destination Love / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• Farewell Blues / Kristin Scott Benson / Stringworks / Mountain Home
• Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• The Last Log Drive / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah Records
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Pikearoo / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• The Convict And The Rose / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Darling Do You Know Who Loves You / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Making Up Stories / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Whoa Mule / Raymond Fairchild / Live! In McClure! / Rebel [Remembering Raymond Fairchild:  3/15/1939 - 10/13/2019]
• Nellie Kane / Hot Rize / Hot Rize / Flying Fish [Tim O'Brien birthday, 3/16/1954]
• Quicksburg Rondezvous / Del McCoury / A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Rounder [Ronnie McCoury birthday, 3/16/1967]
• I'll Pretend It's Raining / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Poet With Wings / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill
• Sad Situation / Bill Grant & Delia Bell / Dreaming / Rounder
• No Other Man / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• 'Til The End Of The World Rolls 'Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 
• Remembering / Mac Wiseman / 
• I'll Never Do Better Than You / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Will I Be That Lucky Man? / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Durham Reel / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Live At Carnegie Hall / Koch Records
• Hear Jerusalem Calling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / single / Billy Blue Records
• Singing As We Rise / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Louvin Brothers / 
• Over In The Glory Land / Carolyn Eyerly / The Sunny Side Of Life / Patuxent Music
• When The Savior Reached Down For Me / Jimmy Martin / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / MME
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Some Day / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rebel
• I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Walk Through The Shadows / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Angel Band / Stanley Brothers / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• You Must Be Born Again / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• I Wouldn't Take Nothin' For My Journey Now / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Still Waters / Osborne Brothers / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Shield Of Faith / Alison Krauss & Union Station / Every Time You Say Goodbye / Rounder
• I'm Rollin' Through This Unfriendly World / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• I'm Going There / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• One Wide River / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971
• I Want To Live Like Christ My Savior / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 3/7/2021

Though our Bluegrass Cafe aired at a slightly different time this week, we were still able to get three hours of top-notch Bluegrass music on to our WHUS airwaves.  While the show on March 7th was supposed to air from 6-9PM, there were extra innings for UConn Baseball that day, so our show didn't start until 8PM.  We apologize for the inconvenience, but in a way, it's nice to know that UConn sports have returned a bit  -- it almost makes the world somewhat "normal."  Our March 14th show will also be impacted by a UConn Baseball broadcast, and is scheduled to air from 6-9PM instead of our usual 4-7PM.  Sure hope you can join us!

Whether or not you got to listen to the March 7th show, it included a bit of newer music from performers such as Greg Blake, Nothin' Fancy, Colebrook Road, the Wilson Banjo Co., and Carolyn Eyerly.  There was still room for some classic music, too, of course!  

We had a couple of mid-March birthdays to celebrate, too, so there was music from Norman Blake, Rickie Simpkins (via the Virginia Squires), and Cia Cherryholmes.  We also included several songs from IBMA Award-winning bassist, Marshall Wilborn, who happens to be an excellent songwriter, as well.  

Be sure to tune in once again next Sunday, again at the (sports-induced) later time of 6-9PM.

Until then, have a great week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Sun's Gonna Shine In My Backdoor Someday / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• The Howling Blue Winds / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• Blow, Big Wind / Laurie Lewis / O Sister! / Rounder
• Cold Wind A Blowing / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Girl From The North Country / Steve Gulley / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• Row Number Two, Seat Number Three / Laura Orshaw / Songs Of Lost Yesterdays / Self-Produced
• That's Just Lonesome / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Lonesome Road Blues / Don Reno & Eddie Adcock / The Sensational Twin Banjos Of Eddie Adcock & Don Reno / Rebel
• Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-Produced
• Some Old Day / John Cowan / Epilogue:  A Tribute To John Duffey / Smithsonian Folkways
• People, Places, And Songs / Greg Blake / People, Places, And Songs / Turnberry Records
• Back To Where We've Been / Colebrook Road / 2021 Singles, Volume 1 / Mountain Fever Records
• Midnight On The Highway / Wilson Banjo Co. / single / Pinecastle
• Digging Coal / Nothin' Fancy / 2021 Singles, Volume 1 / Mountain Fever Records
• Blink Of An Eye / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• If The Kansas River Can / Rick Faris / Breaking In Lonesome / Dark Shadow Recording
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• You Are My Sunshine / Norman Blake / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Lost Highway/Mercury [Norman Blake birthday, 3/10/1938]
• Only A Memory Away / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel [Rickie Simpkins birthday, 3/10/1955]
• Fiddler's Dram/Whiskey Before Breakfast / Norman Blake & Tony Rice / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder [Norman Blake birthday, 3/10/1938]
• How Long? / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records [Cia Cherryholmes birthday, 3/11/1984]
• Heart Of A Little Mountain Girl / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• Wishing Well Blues / Rhonda Vincent / A Dream Come True / Rebel [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• If Lonely Was The Wind / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• That Was Then And This Is Now / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• Goodbye To The Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• Tell Me How To Mend A Broken Heart / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder [Marshall Wilborn birthday, 3/12/1952]
• Wither You Roam / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• Wake Up And Smell The Coffee / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Hang Me High At Midnight / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / Fine Time To Get The Blues / Driving Duke Records
• New Beginnings / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Help My Brother / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Shucking The Corn / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Listen To The Word Of God / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Take Me Home, Lord / Carolyn Eyerly / The Sunny Side Of Life / Patuxent Music
• Bubbling In My Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• When The Sun Of Life Goes Down / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / 
• Hiding From The Storm Outside / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Gospel Collection, Volume 1 / Sugar Hill
• Valley Of Peace / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• I Love God's Way Of Living / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• The River Of Jordan / Jim & Jesse / Y'all Come:  The Essential Jim & Jesse / Sony Legacy
• Voice From On High / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Come On, Dear Lord, And Get Me / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• You Must Come In At The Door / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Somebody Touched Me / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• It's A Lonesome Road / IIIrd Tyme Out / Live At The MAC / Rounder
• Won't You Come And Sing For Me / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill
• Crying Holy Unto The Lord / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Cracker Barrel
• My Lord's Been A Walkin' / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Jordan / Stanley Brothers / All Gospel All Bluegrass / Federal
• Light At The River / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• Hold To God's Unchanging Hand / Dale Ann Bradley & Tina Adair / Oh Darlin' / Pinecastle
• Walking In The Spirit / Williamson Branch / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• I Believe / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Live Bluegrass on the Internet!

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe (airing at a special time on both Sunday, March 7th and Sunday, March 14th -- 6-9PM instead of 4-7PM), we mentioned a few Bluegrass shows/events that are coming up and will be available for you to view online.  Does this replace going to an in-person event?  Nope.  Is a livesteam show a very excellent substitute as we continue to work our way through these COVID days?  Absolutely!  Here's what you should know:

• Sunday, March 7th -- 8PM Eastern -- Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers
  Free performance streamed at Southern Door Community Auditorium or via the band's Facebook page.  
  
  
• Saturday, March 27th - 4-9PM -- Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass (plus the Blades Of Grass, Acoustic Turnpike, Homestead, and Free Range)
  Free show sponsored by Wilmington (Delaware) Bluegrass.  Join them directly online (www.wilmingtonwintergrass.org) or via Facebook.
  
  
• Saturday, March 27th - 1PM -- "Industrial Strength Bluegrass" CD release livestream event featuring four bands:  Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, the Isaacs, and the Caleb Daugherty Band.  The CD being released supports a new book of the same title edited by Fred Bartenstein and Curtis Ellison, and published in January 2021 by the University of Illinois Press.  Ticket price is $14 (watchpulling.tv) or via Facebook.
  
  
  

In addition to these free shows, the always-popular Gibson Brothers are appearing at two ticketed events over the next few weeks.

• Friday, March 12th -- 8PM -- Emelin Theatre
  Ticket and streaming info are here.  Per the Gibsons' Facebook page, this will be a live concert from Leigh's house featuring Eric, Leigh, and Mike Barber 
  
  

Looks like there will be another Gibson Brothers show (Gibson trio?) for Caffe Lena on April 11th.  More info will follow.

In all likelihood, you will continue to see a lot of these virtual shows made available until things really open up again, so be sure to check out the shows when you can.

As a bonus, here's a link to a February 21st live Spinney Brothers show broadcast on Facebook:  https://fb.watch/44OLe20t4j/

Enjoy!  

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/28/2021

Howdy!  Here we are, already -- the last Sunday of February!  Hope you're doing well, and that you were able to join us for the 45th "home-made" edition of our Bluegrass Cafe.

During Sunday's show, as always, we shared a few songs from folks who would have celebrated (or, who still celebrate) birthdays during this week.  Four of these birthday celebrants are members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, including Doug Dillard, John Duffey, Don Stover, and Doc Watson.  We also remembered the King of Western Swing, Bob Wills, with a Bluegrass medley of his songs.

We also shared a few songs from two important albums in the history of Bluegrass music:  the Lonesome River Band's "Carrying The Tradition" (released 30 years ago this year), and the first "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" collection from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band who were joined by a whole bunch of their musical heroes (3-LP set released March 1, 1972).  

Hope you enjoyed something you heard during today's broadcast, but here's a program note for the next two Sundays:  due to UConn Baseball broadcasts, our Bluegrass Cafe will air from 6-9PM on both March 7th and March 14th.  Hope you can still join us...just a bit later than "normal."  

Stay healthy, and have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Break My Heart / Rhonda Vincent / A Dream Come True / Rebel
• Back To Hancock County / Traditional Grass / 10th Anniversary Collection / Rebel
• Hey! Hey! Hey! / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Skip, Hop & Wobble / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss When I'm Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• Cardboard Mansion / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Happy Hollow / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / Fiddler's Pastime / Self-Produced
• Ice Covered Birches / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Someone Play Dixie For Me / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Hobo Blues / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Thank God For The Highways / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Johnson Mountain Chimes / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Grand Ole Opry Song / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Mother Maybelle Carter / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Tennessee Stud / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Doc Watson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• My Dear Old Southern Home / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / A Long Time Ago / [Remembering Doug Dillard:  3/6/1937 - 5/16/2012]
• Bob Wills Medley / Bluegrass Cardinals / Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival / CMH [Remembering Bob Wills:  3/6/1905 - 5/13/1975]
• Idle Time / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder [Mike Compton birthday, 2/29/1956]
• Your Lone Journey / Doc Watson / Best Of The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill [Remembering Doc Watson:  3/3/1923 - 5/29/2012]
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• Walk Through This World With Me / Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• Bringing Mary Home / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• The Boatman / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill [Remembering John Duffey:  3/4/1934 - 12/9/1997]
• Won't Be Crying Over You / Tina Adair / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Darby's Castle / Professor Dan Boner / West Of West Virginia / Self-Produced
• Swinging A Nine Pound Hammer / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• Flint Hill Special / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Earl Scruggs / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Things In Life / Don Stover / The Stained Glass Hour / Rounder [Remembering Don Stover:  3/6/1928 - 11/11/1996]
• Satisfied / Sullivan Family / Live! At McClure / Rebel
• Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / The Grascals / Dance 'Til Your Stockings Are Hot And Ravelin' / Time Life
• Praying / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• The Church Back Home / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Starday
• Going Home / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler
• I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages / Larry Sparks / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Mr. Jesus / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Dust On The Bible / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• Jesus Made The Wine / Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• My Lord Delivered Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Gospel Collection, Volume One / Sugar Hill
• Living On The Hallelujah Side / Donna & Roni Stoneman / The Legend Continues / Patuxent Music
• Jesus Is Standing At My Right Hand / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• On The Wings Of A Dove / Gopher Broke Bluegrass / The Wayworn Traveler / Self-Produced
• Get On That Road To Glory / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / MME
• It's So Hard To Stumble (When You're Down On Your Knees) / Lou Reid & Carolina / Sounds Like Heaven To Me / Rural Rhythm
• Something That The World Didn't Give Me / Marshall Family / Live! At McClure / Rebel
• When We All Get To Heaven / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Glory Bound Train / Carolina Blue / I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me / Pinecastle
• I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/21/2021

Happy Sunday!  Hope you were able to listen to our program this week, as it aired a bit later than our normal 4-7PM timeframe.  For the first time in nearly a year, our broadcast has been impacted by a UConn Sports event.  We will take that as a positive sign that COVID restrictions are easing back a bit, perhaps?  Either way, we'll keep you informed about changing times as much as we can during this Spring.

The show started with several selections from the late Joe Val, whose namesake festival sponsored by the Boston Bluegrass Union didn't get to happen over Presidents Day weekend.  We will keep our fingers crossed that there will definitely be a Joe Val Festival in 2022, but for now, it's always good to listen to his music.

There was a tiny bit of newer music to share this week, as well, and so, we heard a couple of tunes from California Bluegrasser Matt Dudman and his new CD called, "Poa," as well as newer songs from Larry Cordle, the Lonesome River Band, and Merle Monroe.  

Several more Bluegrass birthdays were celebrated, too, included those of Don Reno, Little Roy Lewis, Ralph Stanley, and Pete Wernick.  We also remembered two Country Music Hall of Famers born one day apart in 1932:  Faron Young and Johnny Cash.  Both of these country legends have had their songs recorded by Bluegrass performers over the years, so we shared some of those renditions.

A good portion of our show was devoted to remembering guitar picker, Aaron "Frosty" Foster.  From the time he was a young boy, Aaron would spend summers travelling with his devoted grandparents, George and Etta Crawford, all over New York and New England attending Bluegrass festivals, and Aaron caught the "bug."  He learned to play the guitar (very well!) and then, attended East Tennessee State University to study in their music program.  In the blink of an eye (so it seemed), Aaron was picking with the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band, playing in his own band (called Dreamcatcher), making his own records, and most recently, performing with the Amanda Cook Band.  Every summer, though, Aaron would still work at his "home" festival -- Vermont's Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival -- and lead the Kids' Academy.  He was always smiling and friendly, and clearly, he loved Bluegrass music.  Sadly, Aaron died on February 10th at the age of 28.  It's difficult to understand why this had to happen, but Aaron will be fondly remembered by everyone he touched in his short lifetime.  Read more about the fundraising efforts on his family behalf here:  Friends and fans chip in to help Frosty’s family - Bluegrass Today

Thanks so much for listening this week, and we'll look forward to visiting with you again next week.

Have a good week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Wrong Road Again / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• The Prisoner's Song / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• Where The Red River Flows / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Poor Ellen Smith / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Every Lonesome Night / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• Love Songs / Lonesome River Band / single / Mountain Home
• Cherokee Fiddle / Larry Cordle / Where The Trees Know My Name / Mighty Cord Records
• I'm Leaving Town Tonight / Merle Monroe / single / Pinecastle 
• Everyone Knew It But Me / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• Looking For A Smile In A Heartache / Aaron "Frosty" Foster / Opening Doors / Self-Produced [Remembering Aaron "Frosty" Foster]
• County Fool / Boone & Foster / single / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Aaron "Frosty" Foster]
• Girl With The Sparkling Eyes / Dreamcatcher / Dreamcatcher / Self-Produced [Remembering Aaron "Frosty" Foster]
• West Virginia Coal / Amanda Cook Band / Summer Singles 2020 / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Aaron "Frosty" Foster]
• Did You Hear Me Say Goodbye / ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band / single / Now And Then Records [Remembering Aaron "Frosty" Foster]
• Temperance Reel / Aaron "Frosty" Foster / Opening Doors / Self-Produced [Remembering Aaron "Frosty" Foster]
• Songbird / Aaron "Frosty" Foster / Opening Doors / Self-Produced [Remembering Aaron "Frosty" Foster]
• Pike County Breakdown / Aaron "Frosty" Foster / Self-Produced [Remembering Aaron "Frosty" Foster]
• Choking The Strings / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto [Remembering Don Reno:   2/21/1927 - 10/16/1984]
• Crazy Finger Blues / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto [Remembering Don Reno:  2/21/1927 - 10/16/1984]
• You Can't Be A Beacon / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Lord In The Morning / Crossroads [Little Roy Lewis birthday, 2/24/1942]
• Old-Time Pickin' / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Your Light Leads Me On / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish [Pete Wernick birthday, 2/25/1946]
• Man Of Constant Sorrow / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• Wild Ride / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill [Pete Wernick birthday, 2/25/1946]
• Goin' Steady / Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers / Shades Of The Past / Sugar Hill [Remembering Faron Young:  2/25/1932 - 12/10/1996]
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Alone With You / White Mountain Bluegrass / Oh So Many Years / Self-Produced [Remembering Faron Young:  2/25/1932 - 12/10/1996]
• Give My Love To Rose / Sally Love Connell with Dudley Connell / Life Goes On / Rural Rhythm  [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Go Back You Fool / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Faron Young:  2/25/1932 - 12/10/1996]
• Hey Porter / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder [Remembering Johnny Cash:  2/26/1932 - 9/12/2003]
• Together Till The End / Beartracks / Together Till The End / AMT Records
• Sweetest Love / Greg Blake / Songs Of Heart & Home / Self-Produced
• The Lonesome Wind / Fast Track / Fast Track / Engelhardt Music Group
• Hickory, Walnut & Pine / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Clinch Mountain Blues / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records [Remembering Ralph Stanley:  2/25/1927 - 6/23/2016]
• What Would You Give In Exchange / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records [recorded 2/17/1936]
• Joy Of Revelation / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• One More Time (I Must Rise) / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• I Know I'm Saved / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• You'd Better Wake Up / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Are You Lost In Sin / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Preach The Gospel / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family
• Still Waters / Osborne Brothers / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Drifting Too Far From The Shore / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records [recorded 2/17/1936]
• When I Wake Up To Sleep No More / Aaron "Frosty" Foster / single / Bee Hive Records [Remembering Aaron "Frosty" Foster]
• Dear God / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Take Me In A Lifeboat / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1961-1972 / Rebel
• Will You Meet Me Over There / Josh Williams / Lonesome HIghway / Pinecastle
• I Am Just A Pilgrim / Appalachian Road Show / Barry Abernathy & Darrell Webb Present Appalachian Road Show / Billy Blue Records
• There's A Highway To Heaven / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I'm Going To Make Heaven My Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Gonna Be Movin' / Balsam Range / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/14/2021

 

It's February 14th, so I guess that means it's time to say Happy Valentine's Day!  Hope you've had a nice day surrounded by the things (or people!) you love.  

Our radio show for today included lots of songs concerning matters of the heart -- and so, there were songs both of broken hearts and songs filled with positive love stories.  We may share a few more from both categories in next week's show, so hope you can join us.

February may be a short month, but it is one filled with lots of birthdays to be celebrated.  This week, we shared songs from several birthday celebrants, including Dudley Connell, David Davis, Claire Lynch, Mark Newton, and Don Rigsby.

We also remembered another Country Music Hall of Famer whose birthday would have been celebrated on the day this show was recorded (February 9th) -- Ernest Tubb (February 9, 1914 - September 6, 1984).  E.T.'s songs have been covered by lots of Bluegrass performers over the years, and we shared a few of those in tribute to the Texas Troubadour.

This show was completed and submitted for airplay to WHUS before the sad news came on Thursday of the death of a fine Bluegrass guitar player, and all-around nice young man, Aaron Foster.  If you have ever attended a Bluegrass festival in the northeast over the past 10+ years, you have likely seen Aaron jamming, playing on a stage, or directing a Kids' Academy.  Read this fine remembrance of Aaron (also known as "Frosty") that was published in Bluegrass Today on Thursday, February 11th:  Aaron "Frosty" Foster, gone way too soon at 28 - Bluegrass Today  Sincere condolences to Aaron's family and many friends, and we'll be sure to share some of his music during our broadcast on February 21st.

Enjoy your week, and stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Ace Of Hearts / Mile Twelve / Onwards / Delores The Taurus Records
• Blackmail Your Heart / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Blue Love (In My Heart) / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records
• Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin' / Traditional Grass / Songs Of Love And Life / Rebel
• Crazy Heart / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Brand New Heartache / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes / Skaggs Family Records
• Hard Hearted / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Cross My Broken Heart / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Heartaches / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• Heartache Looking For A Home / Charlie Sizemore Band / Heartache Looking For A Home / Rounder
• Crying My Heart Out Over You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• Evil Hearted Woman / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
• Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Driftwood On The River / Osborne Brothers / The Ernest Tubb Song Folio / Pinecastle [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Waltz Across Texas / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Sweet Thang / Donna & Roni Stoneman with Tom Mindte / The Legend Continues / Patuxent Music [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Letters Have No Arms / Flatt Lonesome / Too / Mountain Home [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Walkin' The Floor Over You / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA [Remembering Ernest Tubb:  2/9/1914 - 9/6/1984]
• Watermelon On The Vine / Del McCoury Band / Old Memories / McCoury Music
• Readin', Rightin' [sic], Route 23 / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• All In My Love For You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / My Heart Is Yours / Sugar Hill
• You're That Certain Someone / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• My Heart Skips A Beat / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• The Sweetest Song I Sing / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• Rose Of My Heart / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• What A Wonderful Life / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Love At Last / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• A Daisy A Day / Wilma Lee Cooper / A Daisy A Day / Rebel
• Prettier All The Time / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Just Lovin' You / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records
• Love Bug / Lost & Found / January Rain / Rebel
• He Rambled / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Didn't He Ramble:  Songs Of Charlie Poole / Rounder [David Davis birthday, 2/16/1961]
• It Don't Bring You Back To Me / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder [Dudley Connell birthday, 2/18/1956]
• Tennessee Truck Drivin' Man / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel [Don Rigsby birthday, 2/18/1968]
• My Florida Sunshine / Claire Lynch / Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration / Rounder [Claire Lynch birthday, 2/20/1954]
• Hard Times In Kentucky / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel [Mark Newton birthday, 2/20/1957]
• Darling Nelly Bly / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel [Mark Newton birthday, 2/20/1957]
• God Sees Me / Flashback / Blues Around My Corner / Pinecastle [Don Rigsby birthday, 2/18/1968]
• Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Claire Lynch / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records [Claire Lynch birthday, 2/20/1954]
• In The Garden / Warrior River Boys / Retrospective:  1984-2014 / Self-Produced [David Davis birthday, 2/16/1961]
• Call His Name / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder [Dudley Connell birthday, 2/18/1956]
• Going Up On The Mountain / Seldom Scene / DreamScene / Sugar Hill [Dudley Connell birthday, 2/18/1956]
• Way Down Deep In My Soul / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [David Davis birthday, 2/16/1961]
• Voice Of My Savior / Mark Newton with Claire Lynch / Follow Me To The Fold / Rebel [Claire Lynch birthday, 2/20/1954; Mark Newton birthday, 2/20/1957]
• Traveling The Highway Home / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel [Don Rigsby birthday, 2/18/1968]
• I'll Answer The Call / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS Music
• Calling The Prodigal / Corrina Rose Logston & Jeremy Stephens / Songs Of Home And Inspiration / Self-Produced
• Just Rehearsing / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family
• Let My Life Be A Light / Balsam Range / Aeonic / Mountain Home
• Kneel At The Cross / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Feel Like My Time Ain't Long / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass:  World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill
• Pray The Clouds Away / Doyle Lawson, J.D. Crowe, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• When The Angels Sing / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Won't It Be Wonderful There / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers Of The Highway / Rounder
• Shine, Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/7/2021

Sunday turned out to be a snowy day in eastern Connecticut, so it was fortunate that our show was recorded earlier in the week, and there was no need for a trip to the WHUS studio.

It was another super week for Bluegrass (and Bluegrass-friendly) birthdays.  We paid tribute to several folks with February birthdays, including the late Wilma Lee Cooper (who would have turned 100 years old on February 7th), Donna Stoneman, Red Allen, Charlie Moore, Jim McReynolds, and David McLaughlin.  

We also remembered the birthday of a multiple-Hall of Fame songwriter, Boudleaux Bryant.  Neither Bryant nor his wife, Felice, were Bluegrass performers, but if for no other reason, they will always be important to Bluegrass, as they were the songwriters of an Osborne Brothers' standard, "Rocky Top."

Hope you enjoyed the show today, and that you'll consider joining us once again next Sunday from 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week ~ stay healthy!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Ground Hog / The Dillards / Pickin' & Fiddlin' & Back Porch Bluegrass / Collector's Choice Music
• At The First Fall Of Snow / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Roses In The Snow / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Time Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life
• Chicago Barn Dance / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• Long Forgotten Dream / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Looking For A Smile In A Heartache / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky / Rounder
• Open Water / Bronwyn Keith-Hynes / Fiddler's Pasttime / Self-Produced
• City Of New Orleans / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• Big Midnight Special / Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper & the Clinch Mountain Clan / At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight / Bear Family [Remembering Wilma Lee Cooper:  2/7/1921 - 9/13/2011]
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Wilma Lee Cooper / A Daisy A Day / Rebel [Remembering Wilma Lee Cooper:  2/7/1921 - 9/13/2011]
• I Closed My Heart's Door / Wilma Lee Cooper / A Daisy A Day / Rebel [Remembering Wilma Lee Cooper:  2/7/1921 - 9/13/2011]
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder [Remembering Wilma Lee Cooper:  2/7/1921 - 9/13/2011]
• This World Can't Stand Long / Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper / Bluegrass-Early Cuts:  1931-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Wilma Lee Cooper:  2/7/1921 - 9/13/2011]
• Classical Vibrations / Donna & Roni Stoneman / The Legend Continues / Patuxent Music [Donna Stoneman birthday, 2/7/1934]
• Blue Grass Breakdown / Donna & Roni Stoneman / The Legend Continues / Patuxent Music [Donna Stoneman birthday, 2/7/1934]
• Blink Of An Eye / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• L.A. International Airport / Dale Ann Bradley / Things She Couldn't Get Over / Pinecastle
• Bye Bye Love / Everly Brothers / 36 All-Time Favorites / GSC Music [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• Brand New Heartache / Larry Stephenson / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• Out Behind The Barn / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go / Smokey Green / The Friendly Voice Of Smokey Greene / Pinecastle [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• Poor Old Cora / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• All I Have To Do Is Dream / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Boudleaux Bryant:  2/13/1920 - 6/25/1987]
• Don't Lie To Me / Red Allen / Keep On Going / Rebel [Remembering Red Allen:  2/12/1930 - 4/3/1993]
• Rebel Soldier / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again / Wango [Remembering Charlie Moore:  2/13/1935 - 12/24/1979]
• Dear Old Mother / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder [Remembering Jim McReynolds:  2/13/1927 - 12/31/2002]
• Maury River Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder [David McLaughlin birthday, 2/13/1958]
• Lonesome Weary Heart / Red Allen / Keep On Going / Rebel [Remembering Red Allen:  2/12/1930 - 4/3/1993]
• Old Love Letters / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again / Wango [Remembering Charlie Moore:  2/13/1935 - 12/24/1979]
• She Left Me Standing Me On The Mountain / Jim & Jesse / Y'All Come [Remembering Jim McReynolds:  2/13/1927 - 12/31/2002]
• Georgia Stomp / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder [David McLaughlin birthday, 2/13/1958]
• Honey In The Rock / Lewis Family / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS [Janis Lewis Phillips birthday, 2/13/1939]
• Granite Hill / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder [David McLaughlin birthday, 2/13/1958]
• I Plan To Meet You There / Lewis Family / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume Two / GGS [Janis Lewis Phillips birthday, 2/13/1939]
• I Hear My Savior Calling / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• I Hope We Walk The Last Mile Together / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers with Rhonda Vincent / Sacred Memories / Rebel
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Paul Williams / Tribute To The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• I Am Near The Gate / Blue Highway / Blue Highway / Rounder
• When The Angels Carry Me Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Climb The Ladder / Hot Rize / Take It Home / Sugar Hill
• There's A Higher Power / Eddie Sanders / Wait For The Light To Shine / Engelhardt Music Group
• Henry Clayton Parker / Junior Sisk / Brand New Shade Of Blue / Mountain Fever Records
• Open Up Your Heart / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle
• He's Coming Back To Earth Again / Feller & Hill / Here Come Feller & Hill...Again! / 
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• I'm Using The Bible For A Roadmap / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Since I've Used My Bible For A Roadmap / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Walk Through The Shadows / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Just A Few More Days / South Carolina Broadcasters / Home To Stay / Patuxent Music
• Stormy Waters / Jimmy Martin / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / MME
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder