"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/10/2022

Before it's time to post a playlist for tomorrow's Bluegrass Cafe, it's high time to share this playlist from last Sunday's jam-packed edition of our program.  We celebrated birthdays of two very important influences in the world of Bluegrass Music:  the late Charlie Louvin (July 7, 1927 - January 26, 2011) and mandolin legend and Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Jesse McReynolds (born July 9, 1929).  We also had a nice telephone chat with Melody Williamson Keyes of Williamson Branch, who will be performing for two days at the upcoming Podunk Bluegrass Festival.  It was a super-busy show!  

Hope you were able to join us on July 10th, and we sure hope to have you join us tomorrow afternoon -- Sunday, July 17th -- from 4-7PM.

See you tomorrow!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Thanks For The Trip To Paradise / Jim & Jesse McReynolds / Music Among Friends / Rounder [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
• Cash On The Barrelhead / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Bending The Rules / Jesse McReynolds / Bending The Rules / OMS Records [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
• I Can't Keep You In Love With Me / Louvin Brothers / My Baby's Gone, 1955-1964 / Raven Records [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• It's You Again / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Something You Didn't Count On / Jaelee Roberts / Something You Didn't Count On / Mountain Home
• I Ain't Taking You Back No More / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• Choo Choo Ch'boogie / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records
• Whispering Waters / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• The Banks Of The Ohio / Hot Mustard / Live At Mole Hill Theatre / Howling Cat Records
• My Silver Bells / Northernbound / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• Shame On You / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Sallie / Williamson Branch / United We Stand / Pinecastle
• Which Train / Williamson Branch / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• Conversation with Melody Williamson Keyes of Williamson Branch
• Walking In The Spirit / Williamson Branch with the Marshall Family / Heritage & Hope / Pinecastle
• If I'd Have Wrote That Song / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / The Story We Tell / Rebel
• Virginia Bound / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• When I Stop Dreaming / Louvin Brothers / My Baby's Gone, 1955-1964 / Raven Records [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• If I Could Only Win Your Love / Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Happy Appy Records [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Seven Year Blues / Longview / Longview / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Love And Wealth / Charlie Louvin & Charles Whitstein / Hoping That You're Hoping / Copper Creek [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• I'm Gonna Love You One More Time / Jim & Jesse / Songs Of The Louvin Brothers / Rounder [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
• Are You Missing Me? / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
• The Anniversary Song / Jesse McReynolds & the Virginia Boys / New Horizons / Pinecastle [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
• Sally Goodwin [sic] / Jesse McReynolds / Jesse McReynolds & Friends Play The Bull Mountain Moonshiners' Way / Pinecastle [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
• Diesel Train / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Pinecastle [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
• Highway Side / Balsam Range / Moxie And Mettle / Mountain Home
• I Still Carry You Around / Still Pickin' / Hope Valley / Self-Produced
• Home Run Man / Jimmy Martin / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1960-1961 / Kipepeo Publishing
• Hannah / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Missing Her Has Never Slowed Me Down / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways
• He Can Be Found / Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass Records [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Make Him A Soldier / Whitstein Brothers / Sweet Harmony / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Weapon Of Prayer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Just Rehearsing / Louvin Brothers / Live At The New River Ranch / Copper Creek [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Do You Live What You Preach / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Louvin:  7/7/1927 - 1/26/2011]
• Everybody Will Be Happy Over There / Rhonda Vincent / Music Is What I See / Upper Management Music
• I Am The Road / Hot Rize / When I'm Free / Ten In Hand Records
• Press On O'Pilgrim / Jim & Jesse / Radio Show / Pinecastle [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/3/2022

For our July 3rd Bluegrass Cafe broadcast, we included a full hour's worth+ of patriotic songs performed in a Bluegrass style.  What else could you possibly expect on the day before Independence Day?  

Not only did we share songs to celebrate the 246th birthday of the USA, but we also celebrated several Bluegrass birthdays, including those of Keith Whitley, Dempsey Young, Charlie Monroe, Everett Lilly, Jesse McReynolds, Peter Rowan, and Jimmy Gaudreau.  

And, as always, there was a bit of newer music to share, with new or recent recordings from Irene Kelley, JR Williams, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Pam Gadd, Appalachian Road Show, Shelton & Williams, the Lost & Found, Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge, Kathy Kallick, and Laura Orshaw.

Finally, we remembered in song two important historical events that took place in the early part of July:  the disappearance of the plane of Amelia Earhart (July 2, 1937) and the Battle of Gettyburg (July 1-3, 1863).

Hope you're all having a safe and happy 4th of July!  We'll look for you on the radio once again next Sunday afternoon from 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Star Spangled Banner / Lynwood Lunsford / Pick Along / Hay Holler
• This Land Is Your Land / Roe Family Singers / United We Stand / Pinecastle
• Double Eagle / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Stars And Stripes Forever / John McEuen / String Wizards / Vanguard
• Thank God For Kentucky / Billy & Terry Smith / Tribute To Bill Monroe / K-Tel Records
• America The Beautiful / Osborne Brothers / When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland / Pinecastle
• Me And Paul Revere / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / single / Rounder
• Americana / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / In Session / Mountain Home
• Country Pride / Lost & Found / It's About Time / Rebel
• God Bless America / IIIrd Tyme Out / Round III At The MAC / Chateau Music Group
• New Freedom Bell / Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Starday
• Ring The Bell / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Liberty! / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard
• God Bless America Again / Jim & Jesse / American Pride / Pinecastle
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• Military Songs Medley / Ben Greene / United We Stand / Pinecastle
• Amelia Earhart's Last Flight / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel
• 4th Of July In My Hometown / Irene Kelley / single / Self-Produced
• Lord I Hope This Day Is Good / JR Williams / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Goodbye Girl / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Crooked Tree / Nonesuch Records
• Bluegrass Survival / Pam Gadd / single / Self-Produced
• Blue Ridge Mountain Baby / Appalachian Road Show / single / Billy Blue Records
• Wasted On The Way / Shelton & Williams / So Much Time, So Much Love / Grass Tank Music
• Mountain Folks / Lost & Found / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Rose Colored Glasses / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rebel [Remembering Keith Whitley:  7/1/1954 - 5/9/1989]
• This Morning At Nine / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records [Jimmy Gaudreau birthday, 7/3/1946]
• New York Town / Peter Rowan / Calling You From My Mountain / Rebel [Peter Rowan birthday, 7/4/1942]
• Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [Remembering Dempsey Young:  7/1/1954 - 12/10/2006]
• The Bull Mountain Moonshiners / Jesse McReynolds / Jesse McReynolds & Friends Play The Blue Mountain Moonshiners' Way / Pinecastle [Jesse McReynolds birthday, 7/9/1929]
• Rawhide / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder [Remembering Everett Lilly, 7/1/1924 - 5/10/2012]
• Bringing In The Georgia Mail / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics, 1952-1953 / Cattle [Remembering Charlie Monroe:  7/4/1903 - 9/27/1975]
• Old John Burns / Rickey Wasson & Dwight McCall / God Didn't Choose Sides / Rural Rhythm
• The Legend Of Jennie Wade / Lonesome River Band / God Didn't Choose Sides / Rural Rhythm
• Last Day At Gettysburg / Gary Ferguson Band / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• Long Forgotten Dream / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Poor Rambler / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / 10 / Self-Produced
• Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Kathy Kallick with Jim Hurst / What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? / Live Oak Records
• I'll Be Hurtin' Either Way / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• One Day At A Time / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Memories Cover Everything I Own / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Say You'll Take Me Back / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Get In Line Brother / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Got A Little Light / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• I'll See You On The Other Side / Rick Faris / The Next Mountain / Dark Shadow Recording
• The Mill / Laurie Lewis & Grant Street / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Can Call Jesus / Lynn Morris Band / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• Where The Soul Never Dies / Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Take Your Shoes Off Moses / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
• River Of Jordan / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Starday King
• Calling My Children / The Hot Flashes / The Hot Flashes Live / Happy Appy Records
• The Old Crossroad / Monroe Brothers / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1936 / JSP Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/26/2022

As we do on occasion, for this past Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we chose to spend a little bit of time spotlighting performers whose surname or band name begins with a certain letter of the alphabet.  For no particular reason, this week's spotlight letter was an "S."  To that end, we included 20+ songs from several "S" performers, including Larry Sparks, Shannon Slaughter, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike, Special Consensus, Sister Sadie, the Larry Stephenson Band, Seldom Scene, the Spinney Brothers, and quite a few more.  

We also celebrated a couple of Bluegrass birthdays, including that of the late Hall of Fame fiddler Kenny Baker (June 26, 1926 - July 8, 2011).  We also belatedly celebrated the birthday of another super-innovative banjo picker and Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Eddie Adcock (born June 21, 1938).

And we remembered James Reams, a musician who was a wonderful ambassador for Bluegrass both in the northeast and the southwest.

Hope you were able to join us on Sunday, but if not, you've got another chance coming up this Sunday from 4-7PM.  See you then.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• I Didn't Ask / Southern Rail / Drive By Night / Turquoise
• Smith Ridge / Steve Sparkman / Smith Ridge / Copper Creek
• Six Pack To Go / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Sho Nuff Country! / Patuxent Music
• Hey! Hey! Hey! / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / Larry Stephenson Band / Retrospective (LSB Live) / Whysper Dream Music
• I Took Mama To The Opry / Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike / Small Town Heroes / Bell Buckle Records
• Ridin' Through The Country / Shannon Slaughter / Ridin' Through The Country / Self-Produced
• Blue And Lonesome Again / Ron Spears / My Time Has Come / Copper Creek
• Goin' Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass:  Tribute To 1946 And 1947 / Skaggs Family Records
• Whiskey Island / Tim Stafford / Just To Hear The Whistle Blow / Self-Produced
• Where Love Went Wrong / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / House Down The Block / Rebel
• Thank God For The Highways / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• The Boatman / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• I've Fallen And I Can't Get Up / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Losing You Blues / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle
• There Ain't No Easy Street / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• Green Mountain Girl / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Blackbird / Special Consensus / single / Compass Records
• Riding The Boston And Maine / Nick Dumas / single / Skyline Records
• Mary Jane Won't You Be Mine / Fast Track / Heartache And Trouble / Engelhardt Music Group
• Midnight Highway / Ashby Frank / single / Mountain Home
• What I Didn't Say / Volume Five / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Torn Love / Larry Efaw & the Bluegrass Mountaineers / single / Bell Buckle Records
• Cincinnati Southern / James Reams / Like A River Flowing / Self-Produced [Remembering James Reams, d. 6/17/2022]
• Kentucky River / James Reams / Like A River Flowing / Self-Produced [Remembering James Reams, d. 6/17/2022]
• Dance With Me Kenny / The Masters / Saturday Night Fish Fry / CMH Records [Remembering Kenny Baker:  6/26/1926 - 7/8/2011]
• Lonesome Moonlight Waltz / Kenny Baker / Spider Bit The Baby! / OMS Records [Remembering Kenny Baker:  6/26/1926 - 7/8/2011]
• Walls Of Time / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA [Remembering Kenny Baker:  6/26/1926 - 7/8/2011]
• Won't Be Crying Over You / Tina Adair / Tina Adair / Engelhardt Music Group [Tina Adair birthday, 6/29/1979]
• Nightwalk / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Mercury [Eddie Adcock birthday, 6/21/1938]
• Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin':  Early Classics, 1963-1969 / Rebel [Eddie Adcock birthday, 6/21/1938]
• Theme From Exodus / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music [Eddie Adcock birthday, 6/21/1938]
• Uncle Joe / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Eddie Adcock birthday, 6/21/1938]
• Blue Love (In My Heart) / The Hot Flashes / Eponymous / Self-Produced
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Happy Appy Records
• Where Grass Won't Grow / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / Connie & Babe / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
• No Other Man / Feinberg Brothers / Party For One / Cabinwood Music 
• Could I Knock On Your Door / Jeremy Stephens / How I Hear It / Rebel
• No Letter In The Mail / James Alan Shelton & Friends / Blue In The Blue Ridge / Freeland 
• Get In Line Buddy / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Get In Line, Brother / Marty Stuart / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Jesus Hold My Hand / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / I Can Go To Them / Pinecastle
• I Bowed On My Knees And Cried Holy / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin' Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Joy Bells / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Jesus On The Mainline / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Lord Help Me Find The Way / Stanley Family Records
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Little Eyes / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume I / Billy Blue Records
• He's Gettin' Me Ready / Darin & Brooke Aldridge with the Oak Ridge Boys / This Life We're Livin' / Billy Blue Records
• Let The Light Shine Down / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/19/2022

We had ourselves an overstuffed Bluegrass Cafe on this Father's Day!  As you might expect, we included a few songs about fathers (not half as many as we could have possibly played!), plus songs performed by Bluegrass fathers and their sons and daughters.  In addition, there was a little bit of new music, and for good measure, we also celebrated the 108th birth anniversary of the one and only Lester Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979).  Phew!  

There are lots of Bluegrass families, and we heard from several of them, including those with the last names of Amos, Armistead, Cox, Dailey, Emerson, Feinberg, Harrell, McCoury, McGee, Monroe, Mullins, Paisley, Parmley, Pike, Reno, and Stanley.  

There was new or recent music, too, from Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge, Blue Highway, Kathy Kallick, Junior Sisk, Unspoken Tradition, and the Gibson Brothers.

And we remembered a wonderful lady who was a steady presence and wonderful supporter of Bluegrass promoters and performers, alike:  Etta Crawford (August 20, 1942 - June 11, 2022).  

Hope you dads enjoyed your Father's Day.  Please consider joining me once again one week from today from 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Roll On Buddy / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Ashes Of Love / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle
• Feeling Blue / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Carolina Mountain Home / Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II / Side By Side / Rebel
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester & Mike Armistead / Jump Shout And Stomp / RME Records
• Cry Of The Catamount / Bob Amos / Sunrise Blues / Bristlecone
• Berggold's Farm / Feinberg Brothers / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• This Morning At Nine / Lester & Mike Armistead / Jump Shout And Stomp / RME Records
• Old Hickory Cane / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong / Bill Harrell with Mitch Harrell / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
• The One You Slip Around With / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country Records
• Why Baby Why / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Sho Nuff Country! / Patuxent Music
• The Blues Are Still The Blues / Traditional Grass / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Rebel
• Leaving California / Bill Emerson & Billy Emerson / Emerson 414 / Acoustigrass Records
• Love, O Love Please Come Home / Reno & Smiley / Legends Of Bluegrass 1963 / 615 Hideaway Records
• Little White Washed Chimney / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
• Travelin' This Lonesome Road / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records
• Show Me The Way To Go Home / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / 10 / Self-Produced
• On The Roof Of The World / Blue Highway / single / Rounder
• Footprints In The Snow / Kathy Kallick Band / What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? / Live Oak Records
• Up There On The Hillside / Junior Sisk / single / Mountain Fever Records
• The Old Swinging Bridge / Unspoken Tradition / Imaginary Lines / Mountain Home
• Songbird / Aaron "Frosty" Foster with the Gibson Brothers / Opening Doors / Self-Produced [In memory of Etta Crawford:  8/20/1942 - 6/11/2022]
• Little John, I Am / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• Daddy And Me / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Hitchhiking To California / Billy Blue Records
• Devil On A Plow / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Papa Wants To Go Back / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Daddy Frank / Jim Mills with Paul Brewster / Hide Head Blues / Sugar Hill
• My Daddy's Shoes / Rick Lang with Troy Engle / single / Self-Produced
• That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / Traver Hollow / By Request / Self-Produced
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia [Remembering Lester Flatt:  6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / single
• Old Home Place / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / Columbia [Remembering Lester Flatt:  6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [Remembering Lester Flatt:  6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
• Someone Took My Place With You / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records [Remembering Lester Flatt:  6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
• Remarks/My Cabin In Caroline / Lester Flatt / Lester Raymond Flatt / Flying Fish [Remembering Lester Flatt:  6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
• The Ballad Of Jed Clampett / Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass / Bean Blossom / MCA [Remembering Lester Flatt:  6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Daddy Did His Best / Dale Ann Bradley / Send The Angels / Compass Records
• I'll Owe To My Mother And Dad / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Living On The Hallelujah Side / Rebel
• Calling My Children Home / Country Gentlemen / Calling My Children Home / Rebel
• Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man / Volume Five with Rhonda Vincent / Voices / Mountain Fever Records
• I'm Justified / Del McCoury Band / Family Circle / McCoury Music
• Let The Church Roll On / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records [Remembering Lester Flatt:  6/19/1914 - 5/11/1979]
• Daddy Sang Bass / Dailey & Vincent / The Gospel Side Of Dailey & Vincent / Cracker Barrel
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/12/2022

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe playlist featured no particular plan, although we did play a good bit of newer music, along with a couple of songs about Flag Day, and four songs in honor of the 80th birthday of a true music legend, Sir Paul McCartney.

There was a whole bunch of new Bluegrass to share from long-time veterans and new performers, too.  To that end, there were new recordings from David Parmley, Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, Marty Raybon, the Tim Raybon Band, Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome, Casey Penn, and Audie Blaylock.  In addition, there was music from recent recordings by Laura Orshaw, Authentic Unlimited, and the Tennessee Bluegrass Band.

Hope you were able to join us on Sunday, but if not this week, we'll look forward to having you join us for another new show this Sunday.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Radio Boogie / Hot Rize / Radio Boogie / Flying Fish
• Comin' On Strong / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May / Rounder
• Connie And Buster / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Margie / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country Records
• I Can't Stand To Ramble / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill
• Rock Hearts / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Here Today, Gone Tomorrow / Hazel Dickens / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Julianne / Bill Emerson & Pete Goble / Webco Classics, Volume One / Pinecastle
• The Last Log Drive / Fred Pike, Sam Tidwell & the Kennebec Valley Boys / The Last Log Drive / Revonah
• Me And The Jukebox / Buzz Busby / Bluegrass Spectacular / Country Stars
• Teardrops In My Eyes / Osborne Brothers / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing
• New York Chimes / Russ Carson / Avenue Of The Giants / Patuxent Music
• Calamity Jane / Becky Buller with Rhonda Vincent / Crepe Paper Heart / Dark Shadow Recording
• Lazy Whippoorwill / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
• Don't Weep For Me / Blue Highway / Original Traditional / Rounder
• Country Gentleman / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• Richest Man / Balsam Range / Moxie And Mettle / Mountain Home
• All Dressed Up / David Parmley / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• My, My, My / Seth Mulder & Midnight Run / single / Mountain Fever Records
• A Little Bit Of Living / Marty Raybon / single / Billy Blue Records
• Old Kentucky Moon / Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome / single / Turnberry Records
• Sally Johnson / Tim Raybon Band / single / Pinecastle 
• Chasing Rainbows / Casey Penn / single / Mountain Fever Records
• Better Angels Fly Away / Audie Blaylock / single / 615 Hideaway Records
• I Feel Fine / Charles River Valley Boys / Beatle Country / Rounder [Paul McCartney birthday, 6/18/1942]
• What Goes On / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill [Paul McCartney birthday, 6/18/1942]
• Ticket To Ride / Charles River Valley Boys / Beatle Country / Rounder [Paul McCartney birthday, 6/18/1942]
• Yesterday / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel [Paul McCartney birthday, 6/18/1942]
• Wave On Old Glory / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Stanley Family Records
• Wrap My Body In Old Glory When I Go / Osborne Brothers / Dayton To Knoxville / Pinecastle
• The Hills And Home / Country Gentlemen / One More Ride / Open Road
• I Can't Settle Down / Laura Orshaw with Brittany Haas & Jenee Fleenor / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• I'm Warming Up To An Old Flame / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Live In Dixie / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Remembrance Is A Golden Chain / Price Sisters / A Heart Never Knows / Rebel
• Virginia Waltz / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Over And Over / Nothin' Fancy / It's A Good Feeling / Mountain Fever Records
• Laurel Of The Mountains / Rick Faris / The Next Mountain / Dark Shadow REcording
• Everybody Will Be Happy Over There / Rhonda Vincent / Music Is What I See / Upper Management Music
• Sweet Hour Of Prayer / Bluegrass Cardinals / The essential Bluegrass Cardinals:  The Definitive Collection / CMH Records
• I'm Traveling On And On / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• Satan's Choir / Seldom Scene / A Change Of Scenery / Sugar Hill
• Hold On / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume One / Billy Blue Records
• When He Calls My Name / Alan Bibey & Grasstowne / Hitchhiking To California / Billy Blue Records
• Before The Fire Comes Down / Del McCoury / Bluegrass Spirit / Rounder
• I'm Ready To Go / Melvin Goins & Friends / I Wouldn't Miss It / Rebel
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/5/2022

Nearly one-half of all of the songs we shared during Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe were played in celebration of someone's birthday.  We also included some newer music during our three-hour program, so hope you were able to join us.

Most of the selections played during Hour #1 of Sunday's show were written and/or co-written by the late power couple of Tom T. Hall (May 25, 1936 - August 20, 2021) and Miss Dixie Hall (May 26, 1934 - January 16, 2015).  The songs they wrote together or separately are noted in green bold print on the  playlist below.  To say these two late members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame were prolific songwriters seems a bit of an understatement, and in truth, we could easily fill the whole three hours with songs written by only them.  On Sunday, we just limited ourselves to one hour.

There were lots of early June birthdays to celebrate, too, including those of Hazel Dickens, Suzanne Cox, Tony Rice, Clarence White, Charlie Cline, Jamie Dailey, and even the lead singer and main songwriter of the Statler Brothers, Don Reid.

Newer music was heard was heard, as well, from the likes of Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Laura Orshaw, Authentic Unlimited, Rick Lang, the Po' Ramblin' Boys, and Peter Rowan.

Hope you were able to join us on Sunday, but if not, you'll have another chance this weekend.  We'll see you at 4PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Requests are RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• New Pair Of Glasses / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• Pickin' Like A Girl / Daughters Of Bluegrass / Pickin' Like A Girl / Blue Circle Records
• The Midnight Call / Don Rigsby / The Midnight Call / Sugar Hill
• Train Without A Track / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Heartaches And Dreams / Rebel
• Who's Gonna Tell The Story / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / single / Pinecastle
• Clinch Mountain Mystery / Larry Stephenson Band / Clinch Mountain Mystery / Pinecastle
• The Windowsill Song / Becky Buller / Pickin' Like A Girl / Blue Circle Records
• I Want My Dog Back / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• Guitar Picking President / Jimmy Martin / The Essential Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1963-1965 / Kipepeo Publishing
• I'll Never Do Better Than You / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is...The Songs Of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Don't Forget The Coffee, Billy Joe / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / Virginia Foundation for the Humanties
• The Old Crooked Trail / Big Country Bluegrass / Let Them Know I'm From Virginia / Rebel
• Holdin' On When You've Let Go / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew / Sister Sadie / Sister Sadie II / Pinecastle
• Walk Slow / Heather Berry Mabe / Pickin' Like A Girl / Blue Circle Records
• Lessons In Stone / Longview / Lessons In Stone / Rebel
• Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs / Tom T. Hall / Greatest Hits, Volume 2 / Mercury
• I'll Trade You Money For Wine / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• Autumn Fell / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Rick Lang with Trey Hensley / Soldier's Last Request / A Tale To Tell / Dark Shadow Recording
• Little Joe / Peter Rowan / Calling You From My Mountain / Rebel
• What Ain't To Be Just Might Happen / Rhonda Vincent / Music Is What I See / Upper Management Music
• Cold Virginia Night / Ronnie Bowman / Cold Virginia Night / Rebel
• Love Me Or Leave Me Alone / Hazel Dickens / O Sister 2 / Rounder [Remembering Hazel Dickens:  6/1/1925 -  4/22/2011]
• Cry Baby Cry / Cox Family / RockyGrass / Blue Planet [Suzanne Cox birthday, 6/5/1967]
• Nine Pound Hammer / Kentucky Colonels / Appalachian Swing! / Rounder [Remembering Clarence White:  6/7/1944 - 7/15/1973]
• I Don't Know What To Do / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder [Remembering Charlie Cline:  6/6/1931 - 11/19/2004]
• Cold On The Shoulder / Tony Rice / Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot / Rounder [Remembering Tony Rice:  6/8/1951 - 12/25/2020]
• Poor Boy Workin' Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder [Jamie Dailey birthday, 6/9/1975]
• Years Ago / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers From Different Mothers / Rounder [Don Reid birthday, 6/5/1945]
• I'll Go To My Grave Lovin' You / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle [Don Reid birthday, 6/5/1945]
• Sallie / Williamson Branch / United We Stand / Pinecastle
• Forty Years Of Trouble / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Bear In The Barn / Maranacook String Band / Bear In The Barn / Self-Produced
• The Hills Of My Home / Laurie Lewis / Earth & Sky:  Songs Of Laurie Lewis / Rounder
• Wonder Could I Live There Anymore / Jesse Brock with Greg Blake / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit
• Rock Bottom / White House / Rock Bottom / Pinecastle
• Take My Ashes To The River / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways
• Seeing Nellie Home / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• Won't You Come And Sing For Me / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill
• I'll Be Happy In My Home / Jeremy Stephens with Paul Brewster / How I Hear It / Rebel
• God Told Nicodemus / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume 1 / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Meet You In The Morning / Bill Monroe / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1957-1958 / Kipepeo Publishing
• His Tomb Is Empty Now / Balsam Range / Moxie And Mettle / Mountain Home
• Get Right With God / Fast Track / Good News / Engelhardt Music Group
• I've Found A Hiding Place / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• When The Sun Of Life Goes Down / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Sacred Memories / Rebel
• I Believe / Feinberg Brothers / Songs We Sing / Cabinwood Music
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/29/2022

On this Memorial Day Sunday, we remembered in song the meaning of this somber holiday.  To that end, during this day's Bluegrass Cafe, we shared lots of songs that told the story of the soldier who didn't make it home.  

We also celebrated the birthdays of several Bluegrass folks born on May 29th, including the late Earl Pike, Stephen Mougin, and my brother, Dave "Tex" Orlomoski.  In addition, we remembered the May 23rd birth anniversary of Country and Bluegrass Hall of Fame member, Mac Wiseman.  And we shared just a couple of songs written by the late powerhouse couple of Tom T. Hall (May 25, 1936 - August 20, 2021) and Miss Dixie Hall (May 26, 1934 - January 16, 2015).  During next week's broadcast, we'll share more songs from the Halls.

And, of course, there was a bit of newer music, from brand-new recordings by Authentic Unlimited, Jim Hurst, Circus No. 9, Jesse Smathers, Laura Orshaw, and the Gibson Brothers.

Thank you for tuning in today, and we'll look forward to joining you once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Request is RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• My Dying Day / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day Records
• Last Letter Home / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• Blue-Eyed Boston Boy / Bluegrass Cardinals / Hand-Picked / Rounder
• Legend Of The Rebel Soldier / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel
• Rodger Young / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Annie's Boy / Larry Sparks / New Moon Over My Shoulder / Rebel
• Purple Heart / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Sally's Waltz / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• Searching For A Soldier's Grave / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Me And John and Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• A Folded Flag / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Down Where The River Bends / Ralph Stanley with Dwight Yoakam / Saturday Night & Sunday Morning / CRF Records
• Traveling Soldier / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• With Love From Normandy / Mark "Brink" Brinkman / On The Brink Of A Dream / Self-Produced
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Long Gone / Authentic Unlimited / Authentic Unlimited / Billy Blue Records
• Oh Lonesome Me / Jim Hurst / From The Ground Up / Pinecastle
• Steampipe Coffee / Circus No. 9 / Circus No. 9 / Bonfire
• Hard Pressed / Jesse Smathers / Jesse Smathers / Self-Produced
• Hank / Laura Orshaw / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / single / 
• Heartache And Trouble / Fast Track / single / Engelhardt Music Group
• Rude And Rambling Man / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• New Beginnings / Stephen Mougin / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• To Warm And Comfort You / Pike Family & the Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / High Lonesome / CMH [Remembering Mac Wiseman:  5/23/1925 - 2/24/2019]
• A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall (5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021) & Miss Dixie Hall (5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015)]
• Local Flowers / Brooke Aldridge [Daughters Of Bluegrass] / Pickin' Like A Girl / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall (5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021) & Miss Dixie Hall (5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015)]
• Leaving Baker County / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle Records [Remembering Tom T. Hall (5/25/1936 - 8/20/2021) & Miss Dixie Hall (5/26/1934 - 1/16/2015)]
• 20/20 Vision / Dan Tyminski / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• How Long Has It Been / Johnny & Jeanette Williams / Thirty Years Later / Grass Tank Music
• Where The City Ends / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records
• Bowling Green / Laurie Lewis / Restless Rambling Heart / Flying Fish
• Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-Produced
• Country Boy Rock N' Roll / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / King Records
• What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Robe Of White / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays:  26 Classic Tracks / Country Stars
• Voice From On High / Bill Monroe / High Lonesome / CMH
• My Savior's Train / High Fidelity / Hills And Home / Rebel
• When He Blessed My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Industrial Strength Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• I Can Tell You The Time / Stanley Brothers / Selected Sides, 1947-1949 / JSP Records
• Brand New City / Jesse Smathers / Jesse Smathers / Self-Produced
• Over The Mountain Top / Authentic Unlimited / Gospel Sessions, Volume One / Billy Blue Records
• I'm Working On A Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Reveille Time In Heaven / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass Hits And Heartsongs / Rebel
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/22/2022

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was my first live radio show back in the studio since May 1st, so I was glad to be back!  There was a lot of wonderful music to share, so hope you could join us.

We included a set of songs featuring the late Keith Whitley, who was just recently announced as one of the 2022 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.  We also remembered three members of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame who were all born on May 17th:  fiddler Paul Warren (May 17, 1918 - January 12, 1978), Red Smiley (May 17, 1924 - January 2, 1972), and Rodney Dillard of The Dillards (born May 17, 1942).  

Other birthday celebrants we missed during our two weeks away included the joint birthday of both members of a great brother-style act of the 1940s and 1950s:  Johnnie & Jack.  These two brothers-in-law were both born on May 13th -- Johnnie Wright in 1914 and Jack Anglin in 1916.  Though these two were not a Bluegrass act, a lot of their music certainly was "Bluegrass friendly."  

And we shared music from the wonderful Danny Paisley, who announced this past week that he will begin treatment for what the doctors say is a very treatable form of throat cancer on June 1st.  A GoFundMe campaign has been established to help Danny with some of his expenses, especially given that he will be missing lots of gigs during his treatment and recovery time.  If you would like to contribute to this fundraising effort, please do.  

And there was new music to share, too, this time from the two promising new bands:  the Tennessee Bluegrass Band and Authentic Unlimited, as well as Jaelee Roberts, the Po' Ramblin Boys, the Lizzy Roy & Lizzy Show, Darren Beachley, and Laura Orshaw.

Hope you'll consider joining me once again next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.

Enjoy the week!

Amy O.

 

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL [Request is RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records
• Just Ain't / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia Legacy
• The Wandering Boy / Stanley Brothers / Select Sides, 1949-1953 / JSP Records
• Is It True / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds:  The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
• They're At Rest Together / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister! / Rounder
• Railroad Lady / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Live In Japan / Rounder
• Poor Monroe / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Blink Of An Eye / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• I Overlooked An Orchid / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• One By One / Dale Ann Bradley & Danny Paisley / single / Pinecastle
• Slowly / Rhonda Vincent / Music Is What I See / Upper Management Music
• My Night To Howl / Boys From Indiana / Good Times Blues / Rebel
• Low Down Blues / The Grascals / Up All Night / Mountain Home
• I'm Warming Up To An Old Flame / Tennessee Bluegrass Band / single / Billy Blue Records
• Something You Didn't Count On / Jaelee Roberts / Something You Didn't Count On / Mountain Home
• Lonesome / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Never Slow Down / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Welcome To The Show / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Welcome To The Show / Mountain Home
• New Ballard Branch / Darren Beachley / single / Turnberry Records
• Before You Miss Me / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• I'll Be Lovin' You / Greg Blake / single / Turnberry Records
• I Can't Settle Down / Laura Orshaw with Brittany Haas & Jenee Fleenor / Solitary Diamond / Dark Shadow Recording
• I'm Gonna Love You One More Time / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Ashes Of Love / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle [Remembering Johnnie Wright (5/13/1914 - 9/27/2011) & Jack Anglin (5/13/1916 - 3/8/1963)]
• You Tried To Ruin My Name / Wilma Lee Cooper / O Sister! / Rounder [Remembering Johnnie Wright (5/13/1914 - 9/27/2011) & Jack Anglin (5/13/1916 - 3/8/1963)]
• Three Ways Of Knowing / Allerton & Alton / Black, White & Bluegrass / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [Remembering Johnnie Wright 5/13/1914 - 9/27/2011) & Jack Anglin (5/13/1916 - 3/8/1963]
• Wake Up, Susan / Paul Warren / Johnnie & Jack At KWKH With Kitty Wells / Bear Family [Remembering Paul Warren:  5/17/1918 - 1/12/1978]
• Love Please Come Home / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King [Remembering Red Smiley:  5/17/1924 - 1/2/1972]
• There Is A Time / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Rodney Dillard birthday:  5/17/1942]
• Durham's Reel / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall:  The Complete Concert / Koch Records [Remembering Paul Warren:  5/17/1918 - 1/12/1978]
• Unwanted Love / Reno & Smiley / Classic Bluegrass / King [Remembering Red Smiley:  5/17/1924 - 1/2/1972]
• Dooley / The Dillards / There Is A Time (1963-70) / Vanguard [Rodney Dillard birthday, 5/17/1942]
• Brand New Hit In Nashville / The Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• Hello Blues / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / single / Driving Duke Records
• Patches On My Heart / Junior Sisk / single / Mountain Fever Records
• A Place For A Fool / Stephen Mougin with the Gibson Brothers / Ordinary Soul / Dark Shadow Recording
• Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Say You'll Take Me Back / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Eight More Miles / Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Lynn Morris, Rhonda Vincent / O Sister! / Rounder
• A Little More Faith In Jesus / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roundtable / Billy Blue Records
• (Some Call It Heaven) I Call It Home / Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition / My Best Friend / Patuxent Music
• Count Your Blessings / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Together / Turquoise Records
• His Charming Love / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rebel
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bluegrass Cardinals / The Essential Bluegrass Cardinals:  The Definitive Collection / CMH Records
• The Touch Of God's Hand / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• I'm S-A-V-E-D / South Carolina Broadcasters / Here To Stay / Patuxent Music
• Sweeping Through The Gates / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin / Good & Country AND Country Music Time / Jasmine
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/2/2022

Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe was our first for the marvelous month of May, so to celebrate -- in a weird kind of way -- we spent our first hour playing music from performers whose band name or surname began with the letter "M."  There's no doubt that we could have spent the full three hours with just "M" performer music, but we limited ourselves to just one hour.  Among the most notable Bluegrass "M"s was music from Bluegrass Hall of Famers Lynn Morris, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, Jimmy Martin, and, of course, Bill Monroe.  

We also belatedly celebrated the April 29th birthday of the Red-Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson (born April 29, 1933), as well as the April 30th birthdays of Bluegrassers Bill Yates and Rob McCoury.

New music was part of the mix, too, with new or recent selections from Kathy Kallick (with Molly Tuttle), Tray Wellington, Peter Rowan, the Gibson Brothers, Shannon Slaughter, and the Little Roy and Lizzy Show.

May 8th is Commencement Day at the University of Connecticut -- the first big graduation ceremonies to be held on the UConn campus since 2019.  This is great for students, but not so great for folks who volunteer to do a radio show and drive on campus on Sunday afternoons.  To that end, the plan for our May 8th broadcast (at this time) is that Sunday's program will be an encore show from Mother's Day in 2021.  Hope you can join us.  

Have a great week!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Back To Dixie / McPeak Brothers / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Road To Columbus / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent Music
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Rose Maddox / This Is Rose Maddox / Arhoolie 
• Me And My Fiddle / Benny Martin / The "Big Tiger" Roars Again, Part 2 / OMS Records
• Diesel Train / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / Radio Shows / Pinecastle
• Never Say Never Again / Dwight McCall / Never Say Never Again / Rural Rhythm
• Rosa Lee McFall / Alan Munde & Country Gazette / Keep On Pushing / Flying Fish
• White House Blues / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits, Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• The Old House / Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers / Travelin' On / Revonah Records
• Don't Tell Me Stories / Lynn Morris Band / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Hi Dee Diddle / Jimmy Martin / The Chronological Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, 1960-1961 / Kipepeo Publishing
• John Henry / Aaron McDaris / First Time Around / Pinecastle
• Roll On Muddy River / Merle Monroe / Songs Of A Simple Life / Pinecastle
• Ace Of Hearts / Mile Twelve / Onwards / Delores The Taurus Records
• Flat Creek / Tom Mindte / Something I'm Been Working On / Patuxent Music
• O-hio / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / For The Record / Billy Blue Records
• Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Til I Die) / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• Truck Driver's Queen / Charlie Moore / Charlie Moore Sings Again / Wango
• Don't Let My Love Get In The Way / Del McCoury / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• New Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• Put My Little Shoes Away / Kathy Kallick with Molly Tuttle / single / Live Oak Records
• Saw A Little Boat / Tray Wellington / Black Banjo / Mountain Home
• The Song That Makes Hank Williams Dance / Peter Rowan with Shawn Camp / single / Rebel
• Rainbow Stew / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Welcome To The Show / Mountain Home
• Before You Miss Me / Authentic Unlimited / single / Billy Blue Records
• That's Where My Music Comes From / Shannon Slaughter / Ridin' Through The Country / Self-Produced
• What A Difference A Day Makes / Gibson Brothers / single / 
• Man With The Blues / Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1933]
• I Gotta Get Drunk / Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / Take Me Back / Pinecastle [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1933]
• Bloody Mary Morning / Country Gentlemen / Joe's Last Train / Rebel [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1933]
• Ocean Of Diamonds / Willie Nelson / Country Music / Rounder [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1933]
• Get In Line Buddy / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Bill Yates:  4/30/1935 - 1/26/2015]
• Shuckin' The Corn / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder [Rob McCoury birthday, 4/30/1971]
• The Old Pine Tree / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel [Remembering Bill Yates:  4/30/1935 - 1/26/2015]
• Billy Boy / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder [Rob McCoury birthday, 4/30/1971]
• Mend This Heart Of Mine / Junior Sisk / Load The Wagon / Mountain Fever Records
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / All Suited Up / Rebel
• I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still) / Patty Loveless with Travis Tritt / Mountain Soul / Epic
• One Dime At A Time / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Unwanted Love / Barry Abernathy with Dan Tyminski / Barry Abernathy & Friends / Billy Blue Records
• He Can't Own Them / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Bluegrass Troubadour / Pinecastle
• Family Bible / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Necktie Records [Willie Nelson birthday, 4/29/1932]
• I'll Be Singing Up There / Lonesome River Band / Singing Up There:  A Tribute To The Easter Brothers / Mountain Home
• God's Been Good / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Welcome To The Show / Mountain Home
• God On The Mountain / Jesse Brock with Greg Blake / Streamliner / Sound Biscuit
• He's Coming Back To Earth Again / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / Starday King
• Lord Don't Leave Me Here / Country Gentlemen / Joe's Last Train / Rebel [Remembering Bill Yates:  4/30/1935 - 1/26/2015]
• If I Don't Lose My Fire / Terry Baucom's Dukes Of Drive / single / Driving Duke Records
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder