"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/23/2021

On this gorgeous May 23rd, we celebrated what would have been the 95th birthday of Country and Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Mac Wiseman (May 23, 1925 - February 24, 2019) with a whole lot of his music.  What better way to remember "The Voice With A Heart?"  

We also celebrated the birthdays of husband-and-wife Bluegrass Hall of Fame members, Tom T. Hall (born May 25, 1936) and Miss Dixie Hall (May 26, 1934 - January 16, 2015) with a full hour's worth of music from their creative minds.  Of course, we could have filled several shows with the music of these two amazingly talented folks, but we limited ourselves to just one hour's worth on Sunday.

There was a tiny bit of newer music to share, as well, with selections from Balsam Range, Lou Reid, Eddie Sanders, Linda Lay, Nick Chandler & Delivered, Deanie Richardson, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, and the "Industrial Strength Bluegrass" collection.

Hope you had a lovely Sunday!  We hope you'll join us once more next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Remembering / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Can't You Hear Me Calling / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / JSP Records [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• The Guitar / Sierra Hull & Justin Moses / I Sang The Song / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Crimora Church Of The Brethren / Junior Sisk & Ronnie Bowman / I Sang The Song / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Going Back To Bristol / Shawn Camp / I Sang The Song / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Mac Wiseman with Alison Krauss / I Sang The Song / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Santa Barbara / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Amos Moses / Lou Reid / single / Self-Produced
• Fancy Gap Runaway / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• The Jingling Hole / Linda Lay / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Farm To Market Road / Eddie Sanders / That Kind Of Lonesome / Engelhardt Music Group
• Hello / Nick Chandler & Delivered / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• Walking In My Sleep / Deanie Richardson / Circle Up / Engelhardt Music Group
• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died / Tom T. Hall / The Essential Tom T. Hall / Mercury [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• The Engineers Don't Wave From The Trains Anymore / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• Don't Forget The Coffee, Billy Joe / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• Harper Valley P.T.A. / Jeannie C. Riley / Country USA 1968 / Time Life [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• It Was Only The Wind / Lester Flatt / Lester Raymond Flatt / Flying Fish [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• Guitar Picking President / Jimmy Martin / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1963-1965 / Kipepeo Publishing [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• Ballad Of Forty Dollars / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• Old Dogs, Children, And Watermelon Wine / Tom T. Hall / The Essential Tom T. Hall / Mercury [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• Let Me Fly Low / Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen / Songs Of The American Spirit / Pinecastle [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Can You Hear Me Now / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Poverty Row / Springfield Exit / Springfield Exit / Cracker Barrel [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• The Grave Robber / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Heart Of A Song / Rebel [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Holdin' On When You've Let Go / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Song / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Walk Slow / Heather Berry & Tony Mabe / The Heather Berry & Tony Mabe Show / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• I'm Putting On My Leaving Shoes / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel [Remembering Dixie Hall:  5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015]
• Dine-E-O / Terry McGill / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music
• Lost Soul / Amanda Cook / single / Morning Glory Music
• When He Calls My Name / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Hitchhiking To California / Billy Blue Records
• Joy Bells / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• The Great Reaping Day / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
• Give The Devil An Inch / Lonesome River Band / Window Of Time / Doobie Shea Records
• Is There Room For Me / Loafers' Glory / Loafers' Glory / Arhoolie Records
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / Virginia Squires / The Best Of The Virginia Squires / Rebel
• I've Made A Covenant / Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• Me And Jesus / Charlie Sizemore with the Oak Ridge Boys / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel [Tom T. Hall birthday, 5/25/1936]
• I'm A Stranger / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• I've Read The Book / Marty Raybon / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / Stanley Brothers / All Bluegrass, All Gospel / Federal
• Waiting For The Boys / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• John In The Jordan / Lou Reid & Carolina / My Own Set Of Rules / Rural Rhythm
• Open Up The Window, Noah / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• (I'd Rather Live) By The Side Of The Road / Mac Wiseman / 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Bear Family [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/16/2021

For Sunday's radio show, we remembered the music of a fine country music duo of the 1950s, celebrated the shared birthday of three members of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, and included new music from two fine Bluegrass gospel recordings.  Hope you were able to join us!

Brothers-in-law Johnnie Wright (May 13, 1914 - September 27, 2011) and Jack Anglin (May 13, 1916 - March 8, 1963) performed together as a duo called Johnnie & Jack.  Their music was fun, and several of their songs have been covered in the world of Bluegrass over the years.  

There were selections from several Bluegrass birthday celebrants, including from three Bluegrass Hall of Famers who were all born on May 17th:  fiddler Paul Warren (with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys), Red Smiley (of Reno & Smiley), and Rodney Dillard of the Dillards. 
 

And there were two new Bluegrass gospel recordings added to the mix this week with selections from both Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers ("Somewhere Beyond The Blue" on Billy Blue Records) and Larry Sparks ("Ministry In Song" on Rebel Records).  Other 2021 music on the show came from Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Deanie Richardson, Jesse Brock, and the "Industrial Strength Bluegrass" collection.

Have a fine week, and we hope you'll consider tuning in once more next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Take care - 
Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Doghouse Blues / Nashville Bluegrass Band / My Native Home / Rounder
• You Let The Dog Off The Chain / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• I'm Walking The Dog / Charles Sawtelle & the Whippets / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• El Doggo / Eddie Adcock, Jimmy Gaudreau, Tom Gray, Randy Waller / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy Records
• Salty Dog Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall / Koch Records
• Billy The Bluegrass Beagle / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
• Lovesick And Sorrow / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• I've Got That Old Feeling / Alison Krauss / I've Got That Old Feeling / Rounder
• Nobody Cares / Appalachian Express / Walking The Blues / Rebel
• Got No Reason / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
• Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Johnnie & Jack / On The Louisiana Hayride Tonight / Bear Family [Remembering Johnnie Wright (May 13, 1914 - September 27, 2011) & Jack Anglin (May 13, 1916 - March 8, 1963)]
• Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records [Remembering Johnnie Wright (May 13, 1914 - September 27, 2011) & Jack Anglin (May 13, 1916 - March 8, 1963)]
• Ashes Of Love / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle [Remembering Johnnie Wright (May 13, 1914 - September 27, 2011) & Jack Anglin (May 13, 1916 - March 8, 1963)]
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder [Remembering Johnnie Wright (May 13, 1914 - September 27, 2011) & Jack Anglin (May 13, 1916 - March 8, 1963)]
• Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me / Bill Harrell with Jim McReynolds / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel [Remembering Johnnie Wright (May 13, 1914 - September 27, 2011) & Jack Anglin (May 13, 1916 - March 8, 1963)]
• I'm Gonna Love You One More Time / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle [Remembering Johnnie Wright (May 13, 1914 - September 27, 2011) & Jack Anglin (May 13, 1916 - March 8, 1963)]
• Johnny & Jack Medley / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Johnnie Wright (May 13, 1914 - September 27, 2011) & Jack Anglin (May 13, 1916 - March 8, 1963)]
• Beware Of It / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family [Remembering Johnnie Wright (May 13, 1914 - September 27, 2011) & Jack Anglin (May 13, 1916 - March 8, 1963)]
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family [Remembering Johnnie Wright (May 13, 1914 - September 27, 2011) & Jack Anglin (May 13, 1916 - March 8, 1963)]
• Waiting On Isaac / Jason Barie / Pieces / Billy Blue Records
• Lonesomeville / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Hitchhiking To California / Billy Blue Records
• I Never Was Too Much / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Fisher's Hornpipe / Deanie Richardson / Circle Up / Engelhardt
• Kiss On A Cold, Cold Stone / Jesse Brock with Greg Blake / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Farmin' Man / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• Stone Walls And Steel Bars / Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby, Kenny Smith / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Listen To The Mockingbird / Johnnie & Jack with Paul Warren / At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight / Bear Family [Remembering Paul Warren:  May 17, 1918 - January 12, 1978)
• Drifting With The Tide / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto [Remembering Red Smiley:  May 17, 1924 - January 2, 1972]
• Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Rodney Dillard birthday, 5/17/1942)
• Never See My Home Again / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Rodney Dillard birthday, 5/17/1942]
• I Wouldn't Change You If I Could / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto [Remembering Red Smiley:  May 17, 1924 - January 2, 1972]
• Durham's Reel / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall / Koch Records [Remembering Paul Warren:  May 17, 1918 - January 12, 1978]
• The Day That Lester Died / Mark Newton with Claire Lynch / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel [Lester Flatt died, 5/11/1979]
• Hold To A Dream / Laurie Lewis / Restless Rambling Heart / Flying Fish
• Shadows In My Room / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill [Nick Forster birthday, 5/16/1955]
• Jackson / Donna & Roni Stoneman with Tom Mindte / The Legend Continues / Patuxent Music
• Streets Of Baltimore / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Goodbye To The Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Wow Baby / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Upper Management Music
• I'm Never Alone / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Somewhere Beyond The Blue / Billy Blue Records
• God Guide Our Leader's Hand / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys, 1961-1962 / Kipepeo Publishing
• I'm S-A-V-E-D / South Carolina Broadcasters / Home To Stay / Patuxent Music
• I Believe / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Angel Band / Carolyn Eyerly / The Sunny Side Of Life / Patuxent Music
• Somebody Touched Me / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Rodney Dillard birthday, 5/17/1942]
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• He Will Take You In / Bluegrass Cardinals / My Kinda Grass / BGC Records
• You Gotta Get Down / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Somewhere Beyond The Blue / Billy Blue Records
• Don't Take Your Eyes Off Of Jesus / Larry Sparks / Ministry In Song / Rebel
• I Want To Know / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto [Remembering Red Smiley:  May 17, 1924 - January 2, 1972]
• Walk Your Way To Heaven / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• In The Garden / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Let The Church Roll On / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall / Koch Records [Remembering Paul Warren:  May 17, 1918 - January 12, 1978]
• I Found A Church Today / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Jesus Won't You Guide Me / Larry Sparks / Ministry In Song / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/9/2021

Mother & Daughter at Opryland, 1985

Hello, and Happy Mother's Day!  On this day devoted to Mom, hope you were able to enjoy some kind of celebration with your mother, if that is something you like and are able to do.  :)  During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we celebrated both living mothers and mothers who live on in memory with twenty-seven tunes, so hope you heard something you enjoyed among those tunes.

Today also happens to be the birth anniversary of Clarence Eugene Snow -- better known to the Country Music World

Hank Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999)

as Hank Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999).  Though he had a pretty wretched childhood while growing up with an abusive stepfather in Nova Scotia, Canada, Hank Snow certainly made his mark in the world of Country Music with a nearly 50-year-membership at the Grand Ole Opry, enshrinement in the Country Music Hall of Fame, and dozens of hit records which have become classics.  Hank Snow songs are still often covered by Bluegrass performers, too, so we heard a whole bunch of them in our extended Hank Snow set.

There was a tiny bit of newer music to share, as well, with selections from Matt Dudman, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass.

Thanks for listening!  Hope you'll consider joining us once more next Sunday afternoon - 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• God Bless Her 'Cause She Is My Mother / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Dreams Of Mother And Home / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1953-1955 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Mom's Old Picture Book / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Lonesome Standard Time / Lonesome As It Gets / Sugar Hill
• Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) / Kathy Kallick / Mother, The Queen Of My Heart / Sugar Hill
• Thank God For A Mama / Lonesome River Band / One Step Forward / Sugar Hill
• Coat Of Many Colors / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• Dear Mom / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
• Every Day Is Mother's Day To Me / Allerton & Alton / Black, White, And Bluegrass / Bear Family Records
• Listen To Me Mother / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Mother's Voice Is In The Wind / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Dear Old Mother / Jim & Jesse / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Memories Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Always Be Kind To Your Mother / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Mama's Hand / Lynn Morris / Mama's Hand / Rounder
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Scott Vestal et al / Bluegrass 2020 / Pinecastle
• Lonesome Blue Yodel / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Nobody's Child / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• A Fool Such As I / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• The Goldrush Is Over / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Compass Records [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999] 
• Hello Love / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Music Makin' Mama From Memphis / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Miller's Cave / Michael Cleveland with Audie Blaylock / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]  
• One More Ride / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• Hank Snow Medley / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• I'm Movin' On / Hank Snow / The Essential Hank Snow / RCA [Remembering Hank Snow:  5/9/1914 - 12/20/1999]
• High Lonesome Sound / Michael Cleveland with the Travelin' McCourys / Tall Fiddler / Compass Records
• My Louisiana Home / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister? / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Between The Lines / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / single / Billy Blue Records
• From The Hollow / BearTracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• The Sweetest Gift / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Warm And Windy / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine, Volume 1 / Hay Holler Harvest
• Mother's Only Sleeping / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1937-1949 / JSP Records
• Gonna Shake Hands With Mother Over There / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family Records
• A Vision Of Mother / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• My Mother's Bible / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• My Mother's White Rose / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Mother Prayed Loud In Her Sleep / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Give Mother My Crown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Claire Lynch / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• Power In The Blood / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• I Love God's Way Of Living / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Stonewall Bluegrass / I Won't Be Troubled Anymore / Self-Produced
• Shadow Of The Son / Still Pickin' Trio / Reuben's Train / Self-Produced
• Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There / IIIrd Tyme Out / Living On The Other Side / Rounder
• Hear Jerusalem Calling / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Somewhere Beyond The Blue / Billy Blue Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/2/2021

Here it is:  "home-made" show #54 of our Bluegrass Cafe!  It seems I was off by one number when I recorded this show, but who's really counting anyway, right?  :)  Sunday's show featured the usual mix of classic and newer Bluegrass, and we even showcased a few songs for blue-eyed listeners.  

There wasn't too much brand-new music to share this week, but we did include a couple more selections from the hot-off-the-presses Pinecastle debut release for the ever-popular Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass:  "Bluegrass Troubadour."  In addition, there was a track from a new fiddle recording by Deanie Richardson, and recent music from the "Industrial Strength Bluegrass" recording (from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and Mo Pitney with Merle Monroe), the Kody Norris Show, and Marty Raybon.

There's a slight possibility our show will air slightly later on Mother's Day (May 9th), but we'll be sure to let you know.  Until then, enjoy the week, and thanks for listening!

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
• When It's Springtime In The Rockies / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Copper Creek
• Virginia In The Springtime / Flashback / Blues Around My Cabin / Pinecastle
• One Morning In May / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Band / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Home Run Man / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / single / Decca
• How Will The Flowers Bloom / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• Smokey Mountain Memories / Larry Sparks / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life
• The Cotton Farmer / Laura Orshaw / Songs Of Lost Yesterdays / Self-Produced
• Southbound / Lost & Found / The Deal / Rebel
• Angeline The Baker / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Idle Time / Rounder
• Hi Dee Diddle / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Virginia Bound / Kody Norris Band / All Suited Up / Rebel
• Suzanne / Mo Pitney & Merle Monroe / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Durham's Bull / Deanie Richardson / Circle Up / Engelhardt Music Group
• Forty Years Of Trouble / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Too Late To Say Goodbye / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• It Don't Bring You Back To Me / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Blue Eyed Darling / Bob Osborne with Jimmy Martin / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing
• An Angel With Blue Eyes / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Baby Blue Eyes / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin:  The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• Those Two Blue Eyes / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records
• Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Jim & Jesse / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Lost And I'll Never Find The Way / Ricky Skaggs / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder
• Silver Tongue And Gold Plated Lies / Suzanne Thomas / O Sister! / Rounder
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1955-1956 / JSP Records
• Every Tear (Has It's Own Story) / Lou Reid / Tracks & Trains / Self-Produced
• The Likes Of You / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• The Likes Of You / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Hitchhiking To California / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Billy Blue Records
• Just Load The Wagon / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Feudin' Banjos / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Walking The Floor / Marty Raybon / single / Billy Blue Records
• I Know You're Married / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Run Little Rabbit Run / Jeff White / Right Beside You / Self-Produced
• Shelbyville Turnaround / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Camping In Canaan's Land / Dailey & Vincent / Country Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS Music
• I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• I Feel Closer To Heaven Everyday / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• Will You Be Ready To Go Home / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• I Can't Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rounder
• Good News When I Die / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• High, Low, & Wide / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• Where Dear Friends Will Never Part / Special Consensus / Roads & Rails / Shy Town Records
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Country / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Before The Fire Comes Down / Del McCoury / Bluegrass Spirits / Rounder
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• He'll Take You In / IIIrd Tyme Out / Living On The Other Side / Rounder
• Go Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• Comin' Down From God / Carol Elizabeth Jones / O Sister! / Rounder
• Stacking Up The Rocks / Balsam Range / Five / Mountain Home
• On The Jericho Road / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Retrospective:  Live, 1984-2004 / Davis Music
• The Power Up Above / Edgar Loudermilk / Roads Travelled / Mountain Fever Records
• Preaching, Praying, Singing / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• I'm Working On A Building / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1958 / JSP Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Request / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/25/2021

Our 52nd "homemade" Bluegrass Cafe featured a whole lot of fine Bluegrass music of both the classic and newer variety.  Hope you were able to join us!

"Norman Otto Namron" -- a mandolin
picker well-known to Phil Zimmerman

We shared several songs featuring the late Phil Zimmerman -- a Connecticut musician who passed on April 23rd.  Phil was an enthusiastic performer with several bands over the years (including Traver Hollow, from whom we heard several selections), and was also a top-notch photographer who travelled to many of the first Bluegrass festivals in the 1960s.  Phil recently made a generous donation of his Bluegrass photographs and ephemera to the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame so that future generations will be able to enjoy his works.  Click on this link to read a fine remembrance of Phil Zimmerman and his works.  

There was some good newer music to be heard during Sunday's broadcast, too, including selections from the Industrial Strength Bluegrass recording, Eddie Sanders, Matt Dudman, Dale Ann Bradley, Amanda Cook, Lakeside, Greg Blake, Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford, the Po' Ramblin' Boys, and a couple of tracks from the brand new recording from Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass.

Thanks for listening, and please consider joining me once more next Sunday, won't you?  4-7PM is the time and WHUS is the place.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family
• Will You Be Lonesome, Too? / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel
• Freight Train Boogie / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Singin' My Troubles Away / Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / Singin' My Troubles Away / Flying Fish
• One Day At A Time / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Rockwood Deer Chase / Jim Mills / Bound To Ride / Sugar Hill
• Teardrops In My Eyes / Osborne Brothers & Red Allen / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Are You Coming Back To Me / Bill Harrell with Mac Wiseman / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
• Pardon Me / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
• Best Female Actress Of The Year / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Travelin' Down This Lonesome Road / Traver Hollow / Lonesome Without You / Self-Produced [Remembering Phil Zimmerman]
• I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name / Traver Hollow / Lonesome Without You / Self-Produced [Remembering Phil Zimmerman]
• True Life Blues / Traver Hollow / Lonesome Without You / Self-Produced [Remembering Phil Zimmerman]
• That Kind Of Lonesome / Eddie Sanders / That Kind Of Lonesome / Engelhardt Music Group
• Once More / The Grascals / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Barefoot Nellie / Jim Lauderdale with High Fidelity / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Downtown Boogie / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• Swinging A Nine Pound Hammer / Matt Dudman / Poa / Pleasant Valley Music
• Pretty Polly / Ralph Stanley with Patty Loveless / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• Your Light Leads Me On / Hot Rize / Hot Rize's 40th Anniversary Bash / Ten In Hand Records
• The Old Leather Bag / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• Living On The Edge / Dale Ann Bradley / Things She Couldn't Get Over / Pinecastle
• People, Places, And Songs / Greg Blake / People, Places, And Songs / Turnberry Records
• Walking With Joanna / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• There Ain't No Good Way To Go / Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford / Still Here / Mountain Home
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Missing Her Has Never Slowed Me Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys / single / Self-Produced
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / JSP Records
• Kentucky Gold / Reno Brothers / Kentucky Gold / Webco
• Going To The Races / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Get In Line Buddy / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel [Remembering Bill Yates:  4/30/1935 - 1/26/2015]
• Cheaters In The Soup / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder [Rob McCoury birthday, 4/30/1971]
• Wait A Minute / Laurel Canyon Ramblers / Blue Rambler 2 / Sugar Hill [Herb Pedersen birthday, 4/27/1944]
• I'll Go Steppin' Too / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Shuckin' The Corn / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia Legacy
• Eat At The Welcome Table / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Lonesome Soul / Amanda Cook / Morning Glory Music 2021 Singles, Volume 1 / Mountain Fever Records
• Shouting On The Hills Of Glory / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / Federal
• Won't That Be A Happy Time / Special Consensus / Chicago Barn Dance / Compass Records
• So Happy I'll Be / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc, Volume 2 / Rounder
• I Wanna Walk With Jesus / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Dear God / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Springtime In Heaven / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Satan And The Saint / Malpass Brothers / The Malpass Brothers / Organic Records
• You'll Be Rewarded Over There / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Vision Of Jesus / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Feel Like My Time Ain't Long / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass:  The World's Greatest Show / Sugar Hill [Remembering Bill Yates:  4/30/1935 - 1/26/2015]
• Sing Praises To The King / Front Range / One Beautiful Day / Sugar Hill
• The Future Remains / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Moving On / Lakeside / Moving On / Mountain Fever Records
• I'm Going To Heaven / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Live In Prague, Czech Republic / Billy Blue Records
• He Took Your Place / Traver Hollow / Lonesome Without You / Self-Produced [Remembering Phil Zimmerman]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/18/2021

If you are a fan of the music of the Louvin Brothers, today would have been a fine day to check our Bluegrass Cafe!  We played loads of Louvin tunes (covers and the Louvins, themselves) in honor of the birth anniversary of elder brother, Ira Louvin (April 21, 1924 - June 20, 1965).  We also celebrated the upcoming birthday of Bluegrass Hall of Famer Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944), and enjoyed lots more music, classic and new.  Hope you were able to join us!

Friendly reminder:  if you are a songwriter, the deadline for the 2021 Podunk Songwriters Contest is rapidly approaching.  Look for everything you need to know by clicking here.

While there wasn't quite as much brand-new music to showcase during this week's program, we still shared a few new (and new-to-us) tunes from the Industrial Strength Bluegrass compilation on Smithsonian Folkways, Nick Chandler & Delivered, Nu-Blu, Unspoken Tradition, Jason Davis (with Dan Tyminski), the Kody Norris Show, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, and Alan Bibey & Grasstowne.

Thanks so much for joining us for this session in our Bluegrass Cafe, and we will look forward to seeing you again next week, 4-7PM.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Come And Sit By The River / Country Gentlemen / The Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill
• Blue Tears Are Falling / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Second Wind / Claire Lynch / Moonlighter / Rounder
• Seen It All / Bob Amos / Borrowed Time / Bristlecone
• Pines Of Caroline / Boyd Timothy / demo / Self-Produced
• Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-Produced
• Polka On A Banjo / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• Borrowed Diamonds / Straight Drive / I'll Take A Page From Your Book / Cabinwood
• Fourteen Carat Mind / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• Before The Sun Goes Down / Jimmy Martin / Good 'n' Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Hello / Nick Chandler & Delivered / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• Time (On Your Side) / Nu-Blu / Where You've Been / Self-Produced
• Back On The Crooked Road / Unspoken Tradition / single / Mountain Home
• Modern Day Jezebel / Jason Davis with Dan Tyminski / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Brand New Hit In Nashville / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• Larry Sparks Medley (Dark Hollow/A Face In The Crowd/These Old Blues) / Josh Williams-Bradley Walker-Russell Moore / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Shenandoah Breakdown / Rick Spinney / Off The Cuff / Self-Produced
• Cash On The Barrelhead / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• When I Stop Dreaming / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• I Wish You Knew / Jim & Jesse / Bean Blossom / MCA [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• My Baby's Gone / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• My Baby Came Back / Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum / The Oak And The Laurel / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• If I Could Only Win Your Love / Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen / At Edwards Barn / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• You're Running Wild / Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• I Can't Keep You In Love With Me / Expedition Show / The Expedition Show / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Seven Year Blues / Longview / Longview / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Tiny Broken Heart / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Love And Wealth / Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass / Down Memory Lane / Rebel [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Pitfall / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Thinking About You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / The Original Band / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Walkin' Down The Line / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Happy Go Lucky / Doyle Lawson & Alan Bibey / single / Billy Blue Records [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Between The Lines / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / single / Billy Blue Records [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Blink Of An Eye / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Sweet Potato Rag / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Just Rehearsing / Louvin Brothers / Live At New River Ranch / Copper Creek [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• River Of Jordan / Ricky Skaggs & the Whites / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Are You Afraid To Die? / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Born Again / Larry Stephenson Band / Pull Your Savior In / Whysper Dream [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• The Angels Rejoiced / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Make Him A Soldier / Whitstein Brothers / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Satan Is Real / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• There's A Higher Power / Eddie Sanders / Wait For The Light To Shine / Engelhardt Music Group [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• The Family Who Prays / Red Allen / Keep On Going / Rebel [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1944 - 6/20/1965]
• Let Us Travel, Travel On / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / I'll Wander Back Someday / Sugar Hill [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• Weapon Of Prayer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• I'll Live With God (To Die No More) / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family [Remembering Ira Louvin:  4/21/1924 - 6/20/1965]
• I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Family / MME
• Jesus Is Waiting / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• I Want To Know More About My Lord / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• When He Calls My Name / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Hitchhiking To California / Billy Blue Records
• Henry Clayton Parker / Junior Sisk / Brand New Shade Of Blue / Mountain Fever Records
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Jesus I'll Never Forget / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill [Doyle Lawson birthday, 4/20/1944]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/11/2021

During our 50th (!) "homemade" edition of our Bluegrass Cafe, we shared a whole bunch of brand-new music for 2021, as well as a few classic favorites, and a dozen-song tribute to the "Poet of the Common Man" - Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016).  Hope you were able to join us!

It seems that many Bluegrass performers have been recording while they haven't been able to play to live audiences, so that means we have a whole lot of new music to enjoy.  To that end, we shared selections from the brand new "Industrial Strength Bluegrass" collection from Smithsonian Folkways, as well as songs from forthcoming or recently-released recordings by the Po' Ramblin' Boys, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Marty Raybon, Audie Blaylock & Redline, the Kody Norris Show, Merle Monroe, Lou Reid, Bobby Osborne, Rick Faris, Barry Abernathy, Carolyn Eyerly, and the Grascals.  Phew!  

We couldn't let the birth anniversary of the great Merle Haggard pass without remembering his wonderful music, so we did that, mostly in a Bluegrass style.  Many performers over the years have recorded music from the Hag Songbook, but we chose tunes from Lost & Found, Jim Mills, Linda Lay, the Gibson Brothers, Beartracks, the Spinney Brothers, the Big Dogs with Tony Trischka, Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams, Rickey Wasson & J.D. Crowe, and the Ernie Thacker-Junior Blankenship Band.

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

Take good care - 
Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Another Day / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Lonesome Road Blues / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Crazy Blues / Jimmy Gaudreau / In Good Company / CMH
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Missing Her Has Never Slowed Me Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys / single / Self-Produced
• Blue Baby Now / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / single / Billy Blue Records
• Walking The Floor / Marty Raybon / single / Billy Blue Records
• Love's Fleeting Fire / Audie Blaylock & Redline / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• I'm Going Back To The Mountains / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• I'm Leaving Town Tonight / Merle Monroe / single / Pinecastle
• Smokey Mountain Rain / Lou Reid / single / Self-Produced
• White Line Fever / Bobby Osborne / single / Compass Records
• Deep River / Rick Faris / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• 20/20 Vision / Dan Tyminski / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Flame In My Heart / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
• Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• That's Why I'm Lonesome / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• Stanley Brothers / Hard Times / 
• Mama Tried / Merle Haggard / Timeless / Cracker Barrel [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Swinging Doors / Lost & Found / A Ride Through The Country / Rebel [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Daddy Frank / Jim Mills / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Today I Started Loving You Again / Linda Lay / Linda's Mercantile / Cracker Barrell [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Kentucky Gambler / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Old Man From The Mountain / Beartracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Silver Wings / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Always On A Mountain / The Big Dogs with Tony Trischka / Live At The Birchmere / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Slowly But Surely / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Happy Appy Records [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Big City / Rickey Wasson & J.D. Crowe / Hats Off To Haggard / Truegrass Entertainment [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Sing Me Back Home / Ernie Thacker-Junior Blankenship Band / Tennessee Blues / Copper Creek [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• The Fightin' Side Of Me / Merle Haggard / The Original Outlaw / Time Life [Remembering Merle Haggard:  4/6/1937 - 4/6/2016]
• Birmingham Jail / Barry Abernathy with Vince Gill / Barry Abernathy & Friends / Billy Blue Records
• Best Female Actress Of The Year / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Banjo Player's Blues / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Nobody's Darlin' But Mine / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Billy The Bluegrass Beagle / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
• The Rapido Kid / Jason Barie / Pieces / Billy Blue Records
• Traveling The Highway Home / The Grascals / single / Mountain Home
• Wings Of Angels / Don Rigsby / A Vision / Rebel
• If You Want To Live Forever / Larry Stephenson / Pull Your Savior In / Whysper Dream
• Lord Take Me Home / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Raincoe Music
• Giving My Soul Back To Him / IIIrd Tyme Out / Living On The Other Side / Rounder
• Keep On The Sunny Side / Carolyn Eyerly / The Sunny Side Of Life / Patuxent Music
• Whither Thou Go / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rebel
• Jesus Savior Pilot Me / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia Legacy
• Paul And Silas / Stony Point Quartet / Band Of Angels / Cracker Barrel
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• I'll Live Again / Baucom, Bibey, Graham, Haley / Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley / Rebel
• We Shall Rise / Southern Rail / Glory Train / Pinecastle
• Because He Lives / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• Cry Out / Bluegrass Cardinals / Mountain Girl / BGC Records
• Model Church / Bluegrass Album Band / The Bluegrass Compact Disc / Rounder
• I Can Hear The Angels Singing / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• Born Again / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• You'll Be Rewarded Over There / Louvin Brothers / Close Harmony / Bear Family 
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 4/4/2021

Happy Easter!  Hope you are enjoying a safe, socially-distanced holiday with family and friends!  

Our Bluegrass Cafe for this day included (of course) a full hour's worth of Easter-themed Bluegrass music.  There have been a good number of songs recorded with an Easter theme, so hope we were able to play one of your favorites.

We remembered a wonderful Bluegrass performer in song -- Hazel McGee of White Mountain Bluegrass -- as she was born on April 2, 1941.  Sadly, Hazel died on October 27, 2014 after a long battle with cancer, but anyone who ever heard White Mountain Bluegrass perform live knows that this band was incredibly important in the history of Bluegrass, especially here in New England.  We shared several songs featuring her strong lead vocals.  

There was a bit of newer Bluegrass to share, too, including several selections from
the brand-new "Industrial Strength Bluegrass" CD on Smithsonian Folkways, as well as single tunes from Jesse Brock, Doyle Lawson & Alan Bibey, Rick Lang with James Kee, and Rick Faris.  We also heard recent music from Barry Abernathy and Dale Ann Bradley.

Thanks for joining us for this week's show!  We'll look forward to seeing you again next Sunday, 4-7PM.  In the meantime, if you'd like to check-in with a question, comment, or question, please do:  send email to bgcafe@gmail.com, or check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/WHUS.BluegrassCafe.

Have a good week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Cry From The Cross / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• The Stone Was Rolled Away / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Search Inside An Empty Tomb / Rarely Herd / What About Him / Pinecastle
• Kiss On A Cold, Cold Stone / Jesse Brock / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit Productions
• Happy Go Lucky / Doyle Lawson & Alan Bibey / single / Billy Blue Records
• Lost Town / Rick Lang with James Kee / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Deep River / Rick Faris / single / Dark Shadow Recording
• Barefoot Nellie / Jim Lauderdale with High Fidelity / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Are You Missing Me / Dailey & Vincent / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Stone Walls And Steel Bars / Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby, Kenny Smith / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Baby Blue Eyes / Vince Gill / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin / The King Of Bluegrass / Audium
• Party For One / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music
• Yellow Creek / Dale Ann Bradley / Things She Couldn't Get Over / Pinecastle
• Rainbow Of My Dreams / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass with Dudley Connell / That's Why I'm Lonesome / Patuxent Music
• Silence Or Tears / Country Gentlemen / Bluegrass At Carnegie Hall / Gusto
• Slo-Foot [sic] / Tiny Martin & the Countrysiders / single / Cherokee [Remembering Hazel McGee:  4/2/1941 - 10/27/2014]
• I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Hazel McGee:  4/2/1941 - 10/27/2014]
• Tennessee Rose / White Mountain Bluegrass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Hazel McGee:  4/2/1941 - 10/27/2014]
• You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Hazel McGee:  4/2/1941 - 10/27/2014]
• Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On / Herman McGee with Hazel McGee / Family & Friends / Self-Produced [Remembering Hazel McGee:  4/2/1941 - 10/27/2014]
• I Closed My Heart's Door / White Mountain Bluegrass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Remembering Hazel McGee:  4/2/1941 - 10/27/2014]
• Early Morning Rain / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel [Cliff Waldron birthday, 4/4/1941]
• Memories Cover Everything I Own / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• I'm Lonesome And Blue / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Golden Slippers / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Do You Remember? / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Fox On The Run / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel [Cliff Waldron birthday, 4/4/1941]
• Back In '29 / Barry Abernathy with Steve Gulley / Barry Abernathy & Friends / Billy Blue Records
• Richest Man / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• The Bramble And The Rose / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Ain't It Funny / Lou Reid / When It Rains / Sugar Hill
• It's Goodbye And So Long To You / Mac Wiseman / The Ultimate Collection, 1951-1960 /
• Nine Pound Hammer / Rick Spinney / Off The Cuff / Self-Produced
• Cry From The Cross / Charlie Sizemore / The Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea Records
• Thinkin' Outside The Box / Dave Adkins / Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout / Billy Blue Records
• Old Rugged Cross / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management Music
• Gonna Rise And Shine / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Gonna Rise And Shine / Mountain Fever Records
• He Is Risen / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Parade / Sugar Hill
• From The Manger To The Cross / Don Reno & Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends Together / Wango
• Six Hours On The Cross / Bluegrass Patriots / Kneel At The Cross / Red Feather
• The Empty Tomb / Gary Ferguson / Without You / Turquoise Records
• Were You There When They Crucified My Lord / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill
• Remember The Cross / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1940-1946 / JSP Records
• Garden Tomb / The Isaacs & the Oak Ridge Boys / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways
• I Wasn't There / Larry Sparks / New Highway / Mountain Home
• The Man In The Middle / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• He's Passing This Way / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• Purple Robe / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Broken Stone / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• Search Inside An Empty Tomb / Rarely Tomb / What About Him / Pinecastle
• Old Rugged Cross / Tom Adams / Right Hand Man / Rounder