A note from Gerry Katz about Joe Val reservations....

Well, is the Joe Val Fest. becoming amazingly popular, or what? Online sales began this morning at 7AM for Boston BG Union (BBU) members, and by noon, BBU President Gerry Katz sent out this message:

The Sheraton Framingham is now SOLD OUT (only three hours after the system was open), and we have already sold almost half of all available weekend tickets for the event.

However, there are still hotel rooms available at several nearby hotels – click the link below to go to our hotel page where you can make reservations at our overflow hotels by phone.

www.bbu.org/jvhotel.htm

Get your festival tickets early – based on initial sales we may sell out much more quickly than in past years. More info at www.bbu.org/jvhome.htm

If you weren't fortunate/quick enough to make your reservations at the Sheraton this AM, you shouldn't feel TOO glum, as there are still other options....

IIIrd Tyme Out in East Hartford -- Friday, 11/30

IIIrd Tyme Out will be appearing this Friday evening, November 30th, at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center, 50 Chapman Place, East Hartford. Doors open at 6PM & showtime is 7:30PM. This seven-time award winning IBMA Vocal Group of the Year has undergone some personnel changes this year, but I'm sure if Russell Moore is still the lead singer -- and he is -- you're going to hear some fabulous Bluegrass. For more info on this show, visit the East Hartford Community Cultural Center website or call (860)282-8241.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/25/2007

As always, Sunday's show went by in a furious manner (at least for me). We got to play some great music, new and old, including several requests. As we officially kick off Christmas Season 2007, over the next 5 Sundays -- until December 23rd -- Jim and I will be giving away 25 Bluegrass CDs. This is just a small way for us to thank all of you folks for your great support of this program and WHUS, in general. Sunday's winners were very enthusiastic, I must say. Here's to 20 more with that same enthusiasm....

Jim & Marti join you in the Cafe next Sunday. Be sure to listen!

Amy O.

Requests are noted in RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Highway Of Sorrow / David Grisman with Red Allen / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• If You’re Ever Gonna Love Me / Country Gazette / Appalachian Stomp / Rhino
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• The Lonely Years Belong To Me / Connie & Babe & the Backwoods Boys / Early Days Of Bluegrass / Rounder
• A Little Change / Bradley Walker / Highway Of Dreams / Rounder
• White Dove / Ralph Stanley with Porter Wagoner / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• Time / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH
• Casualty Of War / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Long List Of Heartaches / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Big Country / Daniel Grindstaff / April’s Fool / Self-Produced
• Blow Out The Candle, Laura / Sammy Shelor & Linda Lay / Taking The Crooked Road Home / VA Fine Arts
• Weathered Gray Stone / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Mama Turn Aloosa My Soul / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• New Star Shining / 3 Fox Drive with Sonya Isaacs / Christmas Grass, v.3 / Koch Records
• Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Classic Bluegrass Live / Vanguard
• Run Little Fox / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Blue Circle
• Whippoorwill / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• I Know A Good Thing When I Feel It / David Parmley / I Know A Good Thing / Sugar Hill
• Train 45 / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys / True Bluegrass Instrumentals / Rebel
• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Lost Highway
• Two Little Boys / Nothin’ Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
• You Left Me Alone / Country Gentlemen / Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ / Rebel
• The Train’s Ready / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Hillbilly Heartache / Don Rigsby & Midnight Call / Hillbilly Heartache / Rebel
• My Old Kentucky Home / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Old Toy Trains / James Alan Shelton / Walking Down The Line / Sheltone Records
• Bluegrass Saturday Night / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Cold Gray Light Of Gone / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Bill Emerson with Mark Newton / Bill Emerson & the Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel
• Your Eyes / Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands / The Golden West / Hightone Records
• Travelin’ This Lonesome Road / IIIrd Tyme Out / Round III At The MAC / CMG
• Huntsville / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
• Dixie Flyer / GrassTowne / The Road Headin’ Home / Pinecastle
• If I Ever Get Back To Ole Kentucky / Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / Self-Produced
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Martin / You Don’t Know My Mind / Rounder
• Sweetest Love / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow / Ricky Skaggs / Skaggs Family Christmas /
  Skaggs Family
• Pass Me Not / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self-Produced
• Just Over In Heaven / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming /
  GGS
• Heaven / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield
• God Loves His Children / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Home Of The Soul / Jimmy Gaudreau with Bill Clifton / In Good Company / CMH
• There’s No Depression In Heaven / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics / Cattle
• I’m Working On A Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

The big Canterbury Historical Society fundraiser this weekend....

The last time Massachusetts native David Peterson played in New England, it was the rainiest day in July 2006. In fact, the rain came down at such a clip, Buttery Brook (where the festival was held in South Hadley, MA) started to overflow its banks, as 1946 played on....

This weekend, David returns to New England to play a show that is intended to be a fundraiser for the Canterbury (CT) Historical Society. It may be a bit chilly, but at least it will be DRY.

This show will be held in the Community Room at the Plainfield Town Hall, 8 Community Ave., Plainfield, CT, and starts at 1:30PM. Doors will open at 12:30PM. In addition to David Peterson & 1946, performers on the bill include Shady Creek (always a favorite in southern New England), as well as the old time country trio, the Bristol Boys (featuring some familiar faces in the world of southern New England Bluegrass). The sound will be by Dave Helman of Country Corner Productions.

The Plainfield Town Hall is conveniently located off of Interstate 395 in eastern CT, about 20 minutes north of the casinos. Directions are included below.

Tickets are available at the door, or, if you're in the area, stop by the Canterbury Public Library on Saturday, November 17th from 10AM-4PM to purchase your tickets (and save $5 on the admission price).

If you have questions, call (860)546-9062 or visit the Canterbury Historical Society's website for more details.

Hope to see you there! (Jim will be there, too)!

Amy

Directions to Plainfield Town Hall:

From I-395 North: Take Exit 88 / CT-14A onto Gallup Street toward Plainfield. Turn left on Route 12 (Norwich Road) (.3 miles). At light, turn right onto Railroad Avenue. At next light, turn left onto Babcock Avenue. Bear right at fork onto Community Avenue. Town Hall is on the right.

From I-395 South: Take Exit 87/ Lathrop Road toward Plainfield. Turn left onto Lathrop Road. At second light, turn right onto Norwich Road (Route 12) for approx. ½ mile. Bear left onto Babcock Avenue (.1 mile). Turn left on Payson Street (.1 mile). Turn left onto Community Avenue. Town Hall is on the right.

From Willimantic & west: Follow Route 14 to Canterbury/Plainfield bridge. Cross over bridge to Plainfield; stay straight (road becomes Route 14A). Continue on 14A approx. 2½ miles to stop sign. Follow 14A through Plainfield village. At light, turn right onto Babcock Avenue. Bear right at fork onto Community Avenue. Town Hall is on the right.

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist 11/11/2007

There just isn't enough time.

I'm finding myself constructing these great playlists in my head before going on the air, and just as I hit my stride the three hours are up!

We are fortunate to live at a time when so much of the music of the founders is available, and at the same time so much great new music is being created. It seems we will never have enough time to play everything that deserves to be heard.

That makes your requests very important to us at the Bluegrass Cafe. Not only do we enjoy playing what you ask for, but it allows us to keep our fingers on the pulse of the bluegrass community in Eastern Connecticut (the request line is 860-486-9487), but now the world through the World Wide Web (at whus.org).

Marti and I played a few songs to salute all our veterans on Veterans' Day, and brought you loads of new music from the likes of Bill Emerson, Mountain Heart, Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams, and many many more. We were proud to slip in some J. D. Crowe, Ralph Stanley, Carl Story, and Classic Country Gentlemen along the way.

Next Sunday, 18 November, Jim and Amy will be seeing you at the David Peterson/Nick Anderson/Bristol Boys concert in Plainfield. Dustin will be filling in on the Cafe for those who can't make it to that great event.

See you there!

Jim

Requests are in bold blue

• Wild Turkey / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Going Back To Old Virginia / Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor / Taking The Crooked Road Home / VFFH
• The Preacher And The Bear / Lewis, Scruggs & Long / Lifetimes / Vine
• Lovin' Pretty Women / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• Forty Years of Trouble / Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass / Forty Years of Trouble / Strictly Country
• Mama Tried / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Mama's Hungry Eyes / Merle Haggard / The Bluegrass Sessions / McCoury
• Old Hickory Cane / Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Rocky Top / The Osborne Brothers / Appalachian Stomp / Rhino
• Don't Give Your Heart To A Knoxville Girl / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II: Black & White / Skaggs Family
• All My Ramblin' Days Are Through / Bill Emerson & The Sweet Dixie Band / Bill Emerson & The Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel
• Philadelphia Lawyer / Rose Maddox with The Vern Williams Band / This Is Rose Maddox / Arhoolie
• Hard Living / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Upper Management
• Never Been So Blue / Cadillac Sky / Blind Man Walking / Skaggs Family
• The Shape I'm In / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle
• Going To The Races / The Country Gentlemen / Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains / Smithsonian Folkways
• My Grandfather's Clock / James Alan Shelton / Walking Down The Line / Sheltone
• Down Where The River Bends / Ralph Stanley with Dwight Yoakam / Saturday Night & Sunday Morning / C. R. Freeland
• A Purple Heart / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• I'm Just Here To Ride The Train / Mountain Heart / Road That Never Ends / Rural Rhythm
• Coat Of Southern Gray / David Davis and The Warrior River Boys / David Davis and The Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• Burning Georgia Down / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• He's Coming To Us Dead / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Thirtieth Anniversary Special / Rounder
• Blame It On The Pain / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
• It's Such A Long Journey Home / Jim Lauderdale / The Bluegrass Diaries / YepRoc
• Wild Side of Life / Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys / Vintage Collections / Capitol Nashville
• I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up / The Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Are You Missing Me? / Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys / Appalachian Stomp / Rhino
• Little Girl In Tennessee / J. D. Crowe / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• Old Pal of Yesterday / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Self
• I Worship You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self
• Ice Cold Stone / Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler
• Nothin' Special / The Del McCoury Band / The Company We Keep / Sugar Hill
• The Trouble With The Truth / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• She Has Forgotten Everything Now / Jeremy Stephens &Tom Mindte / Old Time Duets / Patuxent Music
• Muleskinner Blues / Rhonda Vincent / Yesterday & Today / Lighthouse
• Rise / Dan Helman & Marking Time / Shadows On The Wall / Self
• Another Day / Steve Gulley / Sounds Like Home / Lonesome Day
• Pretty Girls / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury
• I Wish You Knew / Nothin' Fancy / Album #7 / Pinecastle
• Wide Open / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Dollar Bill Blues / Chris Stuart & Backcountry / Mojave River / Backcountry
• Fire On The Mountain / John Reischman & The Jaybirds / Stellar Jays / Corvus
• Riding On My Savior’s Train / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• How Beautiful Heaven Must Be / Carl Story / The Late And Great Carl Story / Kingdom
• I've Got More To Go To Heaven For / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Tell Someone / Rebel
• Heaven's Greeting / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
• A Passion For Souls / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self
• They Called It A Church / Mickey Harris / Kneel and Pray / MJH
• Homesick For Heaven / Ricky Skaggs & The Whites / Salt of the Earth / Skaggs Family
• I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / The Del McCoury Band / The Promised Land / McCoury
• The Other Side Of Jordan / Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Where No One Stands Alone / Rebel
• Ohoopee / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
  

This just in....

Boston Bluegrass Union (or, BBU) President Gerry Katz has released information on the BBU concerts for 2007-2008, as well as a bit of info on the always-popular Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in February.

Here's a quick synopsis:

BBU Concerts (held at the National Heritage Museum -- Lexington, MA):

• Saturday, December 1st - IIIrd Tyme Out AND TBA
• Saturday, January 12th - Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands AND TBA
• Saturday, March 15th - The Grascals AND David Davis & the Warrior River Boys
• Saturday, April 19th - Save the date....

Joe Val Bluegrass Festival -- February 15, 16, 17 -- Sheraton Framingham, Framingham, MA; the lineup includes:

• The Seldom Scene
• Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
• The Dailey Vincent Band
• The Steel Drivers
• Frank Wakefield Band
• Alecia Nugent
• Steep Canyon Rangers
• Others to be announced....

If you'd like to buy tickets to any of the shows at the National Heritage Museum, they are now available to order through the BBU website. For Joe Val tickets, there is a different set of rules. Ticket sales & hotel reservations will begin on Tuesday, November 27th for current BBU members, and on Tuesday, December 4th for non-members. Word to the wise: if you're really interested in booking a room at the Sheraton, you need to be a BBU member and get registered early. For your convenience, you can join or renew your BBU membership through the BBU website.

Click here for info on the concerts or here for Joe Val Fest. info.

Sounds like there will be some great BG in the area this winter....

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/4/2007

'Tis another month at BG Cafe, and we started it off with the mix of old & new that we enjoy so much. Hope you liked it, too. Included this week was a very short set of tunes in honor of the late Porter Wagoner, who died on October 27th at the age of 80. Porter was a great ambassador for the Grand Ole Opry during his 50 years of membership, and while he wasn't a Bluegrass performer, he certainly was a big supporter and champion of the music. And like so many other country stars of his era, his songbook has been mined by many Bluegrass performers for years.

Jim & Marti join you in the Cafe next Sunday -- be sure to join them!

And don't forget to join all of us at the big BG & Old Country show benefit for the Canterbury Historical Society on Sunday, November 18th. It'll be a big show -- don't miss it!

Amy

Requests are red.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Down Among The Budded Roses / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
• I've Never Been So Lonesome / Longview / Longview / Rounder
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
• No Vacancy / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
• It's Raining Here This Morning / Red Smiley / Best Of Red Smiley / Rural Rhythm
• Bending The Strings / Daniel Grindstaff / April's Fool / Self-Produced
• I Don't Know / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II : Black And White / Skaggs Family
• Fox On The Run / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Empty House / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
• I've Had A Time / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Shadows On The Wall / Dan Helman & Marking Time / Shadows On The Wall / Self-Produced
• Grandfather's Clock / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Each Season Changes You / Rhonda Vincent / The Storm Still Rages / Rounder
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Gathering Flowers From The Hillside / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Songs From The Famous Carter Family / Columbia
• Eli Renfro / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / There Is A Time / Vanguard
• Brown Mountain Light / Country Gentlemen / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• I Can't Lose What I Never Had / Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down And Put Up / Lonesome Day
• Another Town / Cory & Jarrod Walker / New Branches / Skaggs Family
• Can You Hear Me Now / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
• Bluegrass Melodies / Osborne Brothers / Live In Germany / Pinecastle
• Your Love Is Dying / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• One Raindrop / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Misery Loves Company / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Carroll County Accident / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Holding On To Nothing / Dale Ann Bradley with Marty Raybon / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name / Jim & Jesse with Porter Wagoner / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• West Texas Wind / Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / Self-Produced
• Hard Living / Hunter Berry with Rhonda Vincent / Wow Baby / Upper Management Music
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-Produced
• Thinking About You / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• The Fields Have Turned Brown / Stanley Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH
• Are You Waiting Just For Me / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• Pikeville Flood / Blue Highway / Midnight Storm / Rebel
• The Less That I Drink / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Pickin' On Josh / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• More And More / Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams / Something 'Bout You / Self-Produced
• The Gospel Train / Mountain Heart / The Road That Never Ends / Rural Rhythm
• Way Down Deep In My Soul / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• Sweeping Through The Gate / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack with Kitty Wells at KWKH / Bear Family
• The Other Side Of Jordan / Paul Williams & the Victory Trio / Where No One Stands Alone / Rebel
• Lift Your Voice In Prayer / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Just As The Sun Went Down / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Wicked Path Of Sin / Jim & Jesse with Bill Monroe / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist 10/28/2007

What a day! Following a great set of music live in the studio from The Bristol Boys, we got to talk to David Peterson on the air. Both David Peterson & 1946 and The Bristol Boys will be at the Plainfield Town Hall Sunday, 18 November 2007, along with local favorite Nick Anderson in a benefit for the Canterbury Historical Society. The whole Red Rooster Party and Bluegrass Cafe gang will be there, so we hope to see you.

Amy will be back next week, 4 November. Tune in on 91.7 FM, or HD Radio, or whus.org!

Jim

Requests are in blue.

• Wild Turkey / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• Mountain Dew / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years 1958-1961 / King
• Old Rattler / Stanley Brothers / The Early Starday King Years 1958-1962 / King
• Old Cheater's Blues / Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down and Put Up / Lonesome Day
• Three Day Beard and a Rusty Jeep / Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band / Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel
• The Train's Ready / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Me And The Jukebox / Avery County / Me & The Jukebox / Self
• Cold Wind / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self
• Nobody's Business / George Shuffler & James Alan Shelton / The Legacy Continues / Copper Creek
• Hard Hearted / Old & In The Way / That High Lonesome Sound / Acoustic Disc
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• Valley of Peace / Don Stover / Things In Life / Rounder
• Uncle Pen / Ricky Skaggs / Uncle Pen / Music Mill
• Little Birdie / Red Allen & The Kentuckians / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time-Life
• Long Journey Home / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time-Life
• Girl At The Crossroads Bar / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time-Life
• Little Maggie / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self
• The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self
• Howling Blue Winds / David Peterson & 1946 / Howling Blue Winds / Self

Live Interview with David Peterson

• Put Me On The Trail To Carolina / David Peterson / Live in the WHUS Studio November 2006
• A Good Woman's Love / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self
• Sparkling Brown Eyes / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time-Life
• Nowhere, Caroline / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
• Dig A Hole In The Meadow / Bob Paisley & The Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine
• Here Comes That Feeling Again / Grasstowne / The Road Headin' Home / Pinecastle
• Long Way Back Home / Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
• Baby Blue Eyes / Flatt & Scruggs / Bluegrass Roots / Catfish
• A Hundred And Ten In The Shade / Seldom Scene / SCENEcronized / Sugar Hill
• Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• I'll Break Out Again Tonight / Bill Yates & Friends / The Country Gentlemen "Tribute" / MasterShield
• Hills Of Roane County / Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band / Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel
• Going On The Next Train / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / Never Say Never Again / Rural Rhythm
• Down The Trail of Aching Hearts / Special Consensus / The Trail of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Near The Cross / Ricky Skaggs & The Whites / Salt Of The Earth / Skaggs Family
• You're With Us, Ain't You Lord / The Joe Isaacs Family / The Joe Isaacs Family Reunion / Blue Circle
• Just A Closer Walk With Thee / Honi Deaton & Dream / Chasin' Dreams / Lamon
• Shake My Mother's Hand For Me / Carl Story / The Late And Great 1916-1995 / Kingdom
• I've Found A Hiding Place / Bill Monroe / 1950-1958 / Bear Family
• Pass Me Not / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self
• No Burdens Pass Through / Stanley Brothers / The King Years 1961-1965 / King
• Ohoopee / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS & OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC for the Canterbury Historical Society...

The Canterbury Historical Society presents a big afternoon of
TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS & OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC
Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 1:30PM
Plainfield Town Hall Community Room, 8 Community Ave., Plainfield CT 06374

DAVID PETERSON & 1946
THE BRISTOL BOYS
NICK ANDERSON & SHADY CREEK

Tickets: $17 each or 2/$30; $10 for kids ages 14 & younger
Sound by Country Corner Productions (Dave Helman)

For more information, follow this link:

http://www.canterburyhistorical.org/event_detail.php?event_id=24
Call (860)546-9062 or email canterburyhistorical@gmail.com

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/21/2007

Well, we had ourselves a busy day at Cafe on Sunday, as we gave away several items: 2 Rounder IBMA 2007 sampler CDs, a copy of the not-yet-released live CD from Mountain Heart, and two passes to this week's concert at the Garde Arts Center in New London featuring Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby. In addition, there were several requests that we were able to fill (and some we were not, too). Thanks to everyone for listening!

Next Sunday is shaping up to be a big one at WHUS. Join Jim & Marti at the Red Rooster Party from 2-4PM as they welcome into the studio the old-time country trio, the Bristol Boys. Then, sometime around 5PM on the Cafe, Jim will be having a phone conversation with David Peterson. If you've been listening to the show at all within the last few months, you may have heard one of us mention a big show coming up on Sunday, November 18th featuring David Peterson & 1946, the Bristol Boys, and Nick Anderson & Shady Creek. For more info on this Canterbury Historical Society event, click here.

Have a good week -
Amy

Requests are noted in red.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Best Of Bill Monroe / MCA
• Windy Mountain / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• The Convict And The Rose / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• Just Wondering Why / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Loving You Too Well / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Stanley Brothers / Mercury
• I Beg To You / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Thunderclouds Of Love / Tony Rice / Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• The Shape I'm In / Seldom Scene / Dream Scene / Sugar Hill
• Don't Lie To Me / Red Allen / Keep On Going / Rebel
• The Day That Lester Died / Claire Lynch / Crowd Favorites / Rounder
• One Of Those Days (When I Miss Lester Flatt) / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems / Radio Gems
• Road That Never Ends / Mountain Heart / Road That Never Ends / Rural Rhythm
• The Walls Of Time / Peter Rowan / The Walls Of Time / Sugar Hill
• Killer On The Loose / Josh Williams / Lonesome Highway / Pinecastle
• Salt Creek / James Alan Shelton / Walking Down The Line / Sheltone Records
• Mississippi River Raft / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder
• Arab Bounce / Tommy Webb / Eastern Kentucky / Kindred Records
• Never See My Home Again / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Rise / Dan Helman & Marking Time / Shadows On The Wall / Self-Produced
• A Memory Of You / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / Rounder IBMA Sampler 2007 / Rounder
• I Won't Be Far From Here / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• When I'm Gone / Beartracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Home Run Man / Parmley & McCoury / Families Of Tradition / BGC
• I'm Country And Nothing More / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Virgil Calhoun / Cory & Jarrod Walker / New Branches / Skaggs Family
• Early / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Pray / Merle Haggard / The Bluegrass Sessions / McCoury Music
• A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin' / Traditional Grass / Songs Of Love And Life / Rebel
• Sheep Shell Corn / Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby / Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby / Skaggs Family
• The Young Fisherwoman / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen / MasterShield Records
• I'd Like To Wander Back To The Old Home / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Walking Down The Line / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield Records
• I'm A Lie / Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down And Put Up / Lonesome Day
• You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do / Lonesome River Band / Carrying The Tradition / Rebel
• Desperate And Blue / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• I'm Going Sailing / Bo Isaac / I'm Not Living Life (It's Living Me) / GoodTyme Records
• Cabin On The Hill / Hylo Brown / In Concert / Copper Creek
• When I Reach That City / Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers / Venango / Copper Creek
• Waiting For The King / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Two Shoes / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• Be Assured / Ron Block / DoorWay / Rounder
• Brother, I'm Getting Ready To Go / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• When I Wake Up (To Sleep No More) / Soul Pickers / The Beautiful River Of Life / Blue Circle
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist 10/14/2007

If you were at the Blue Highway concert in East Hartford Saturday night as we were, you understand how excited we were to bring you a Sunday of hard-charging bluegrass music, heavily favoring the new but saluting the classics.

We even tried out a couple of songs on the fringes of bluegrass from the likes of Merle Haggard and Skaggs & Hornsby, and let you decide if they fit the genre. Skaggs & Hornsby will be in concert at the Garde Center in New London 25 October, so this was a good time to acquaint you with the CD they have produced together.

Marti and I hope you liked the show as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you.

Jim

(requests are in bold blue)

• Big Tilda / Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler
• Rough Around The Edges / Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down And Put Up / Lonesome Day
• Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico / Bill Emerson and The Sweet Dixie Band / Bill Emerson and The Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel
• One Blue Mule / Jim Lauderdale / The Bluegrass Diaries / Yep Roc
• Mama's Hungry Eyes / Merle Haggard / The Bluegrass Sessions / McCoury Music
• I'll Never Shed Another Tear / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II: Black & White / Skaggs Family
• Mama Tried / Seldom Scene / SCENEcronized / Sugar Hill
• You Couldn't Pay Me To Care / Steve Gulley / Sounds Like Home / Lonesome Day
• Coat of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live and Well / Sugar Hill
• The Jaybird Song / John Reischman & The Jaybirds / Stellar Jays / Corvus
• I'm A Coal Mining Man / Tom T. Hall / Sings Dixie and Tom T. / Blue Circle
• Hello Trouble / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self
• The Last Suit You Wear / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Diamond Joe / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Born With A Hammer In My Hand / Blue Highway / Blue Highway / Skaggs Family
• John In The Jordan / Jerry Salley / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Fork In The Road / The Infamous Stringdusters / Fork In The Road / Sugar Hill
• What's The Matter With You Darlin' / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Chancellorsville / David Davis and the Warrior River Boys / Troubled Times / Rebel
• Bluest Case of the Blues / Grasstowne / The Road Headin' Home / Pinecastle
• Red Rockin' Chair / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops to Roam / Self
• Lonesome River / Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press / Bluegrass Melodies / Rounder
• A Ramblin' Man Is A Ramblin' Man / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• Old Salty Dog Blues / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Blame It On The Pain / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
• Old Black Choo Choo / Rose Maddox with The Vern Williams Band / This Is Rose Maddox / Arhoolie
• Buckshot Blues / Jimmy Cameron and High Lonesome / Jimmy Cameron and High Lonesome / Self
• It's Raining Here This Morning / Grandpa Jones / Everybody's Grandpa / Bear Family
• Walking With Joanna / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• It's Mighty Dark To Travel / Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time-Life
• Shenandoah Waltz / The Adrians / I'll Take The Blame / MasterShield
• Cold Sheets of Rain / Bill Emerson and The Sweet Dixie Band / Bill Emerson and The Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel
• Mandolin Rain / Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby / Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby / Sony Legacy
• Six More Miles / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• I've Fallen And I Can't Get Up / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Windy Mountain / The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Brown Mountain Light / Charlie Moore & The Dixie Partners / The Fiddler / Old Homestead
• Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• The First Train Robbery / Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down And Put Up / Lonesome Day
• Call His Name / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• He Set Me Free / Carl Story / Late and Great 1916-1995 / Kingdom
• Be Still Moses / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• Salvation's Final Plan / Gillis Brothers / Ice Cold Stone / Hay Holler
• Seven Sundays In A Row / Blue Highway / Wonderous Love / Rounder
• In A Little Village Churchyard / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / What Will I Leave Behind? / Rebel
• They Called It A Church / Mickey Harris / Kneel and Pray / MTH Records
• Two Coats / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Ohoopee / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler

BEARTRACKS at Country Corner Coffee House -- Saturday, October 20th

The Country Corner Coffee House kicks off its 2007-2008 season with a great show on Saturday, October 20th featuring Beartracks (with Junior Barber). Hailing from upstate New York, this trio features the soulful resonator guitar work of Junior Barber (so notable on those early Gibson Brothers records), as well great sibling harmonies from two of Junior's cousins, Tom Venne & Julie Venne Hogan. These folks do not perform Bill Monroe-style, 100% Bluegrass, but they have a fine sound, and have been crowd favorites at the Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in Weston, VT for the past several years. Showtime is 8PM.

For those not familiar with the Country Corner Coffee House, it is actually one of the longest-running old time country & Bluegrass coffee houses in the region. It's held in the South Hadley Falls Congregational Church Fellowship Hall, 5 North Main Street, South Hadley, MA, and is very easy to find. For directions, click here. Dave Helman has been the force behind these great shows -- held every third Saturday from October through April -- and Dave's wife, Rose, is right out front and center getting things done, too. Sound, of course, is by Dave's Country Corner Productions. If you've not yet made the trip to South Hadley, what better time to start than now?

For more infomation, call (413)467-9394 or send email to info@countrycornermusic.com.

CAOUETTE MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP Bluegrass Benefit Show -- Sunday, October 14th

On Sunday, October 14th, the family and friends of the late luthier, Bernie Caouette, present their 2nd Caouette Music Scholarship Bluegrass Benefit Show. This event will be held at the Athol/Orange Elks, 92 New Athol Road, Orange, MA, and will begin at noon. The lineup is a stellar one, and includes the Gibson Brothers Trio (Eric & Leigh, along with Mike Barber), the Stillhouse Jammers, the MainLine Express featuring Jesse Brock & John Miller, Bean Hill Bluegrass, the Pine Hill Ramblers, Erica Brown, and Dan Helman & Marking Time. The sound is by Dave Helman of Country Corner Productions.

The Bernie Caouette Music Scholarship is available to students wishing to further their education in music and/or children of Athol Fire Department personnel. If you can't make the benefit, but would still like to contribute to the scholarship fund, please send your gift to:

The Bernie Caouette Music Scholarship

c/o Middlesex Savings Bank

306 Great Road

Littleton, MA 01460

For more info on Sunday's benefit, call (978)248-2054 or send email to Julie Caouette. You may also click here for a flyer with details about the show.

BLUE HIGHWAY in East Hartford -- Saturday, October 13th

In my opinion, one of the most under-rated bands in Bluegrass is Blue Highway. These guys have been at it for 10+ years, and they seem to get better and better with every recording. Individually, each band member -- Jason Burleson on banjo, Rob Ickes on the Dobro, Shawn Lane on mandolin, fiddle, & vocals, Tim Stafford on guitar & vocals, and Wayne Taylor on bass & vocals -- is top-notch, and as a band, they blend brilliantly.

Blue Highway makes a rare New England appearance on Saturday, October 13th at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center, 50 Chapman Place, East Hartford. Doors open at 6PM and the show starts at 7:30PM. For more information or directions to EHCCC, click here or call (860)282-8241 during normal business hours. Tickets are $23 at the door.

Also coming to EHCCC this week: the Claire Lynch Band appears on Wednesday, October 17th. Doors open at 6PM, showtime is 7:30PM. Tickets are $20 at the door.

CTBMA at Canterbury Historical Society...TONIGHT!

Members of the CT Bluegrass Music Association will present a "crash course" on Bluegrass music -- Where'd it come from? Who's the "Father of Bluegrass?" What are the Bluegrass instruments? -- tonight for the October meeting of the Canterbury Historical Society. The meeting will be held in the Community Room of the Canterbury Town Hall, One Municipal Drive, Canterbury, CT. Admission is FREE and open to the public. The business meeting starts at 7PM, and will be followed by the CTBMA presentation about 7:30PM. If you have friends who are new to the BG, or if you'd like to learn a bit more yourself, come on out and see this CTBMA presentation. These folks, led by CTBMA President Kim Cyr, have been presenting this program in many schools and libraries throughout CT for the past several years, and I can tell you from past experience that this is a terrific introduction to Bluegrass. Please come on out and join us!

Now, a bit of fine print: one of the other hats I wear away from the "Bluegrass Cafe" is that I'm the current President of the Canterbury Historical Society. Normally, at our monthly meetings, we have speakers come in to inform and educate us about historical topics, but isn't Bluegrass music historical? It's certainly 100% American, and what better way to get folks fired up for our November 18th show (more to be posted on that later on...)

If you'd like more information on tonight's presentation, click here, or call (860)617-0394.

Hope to see you in Canterbury tonight....

Amy

Lots of BG coming up in the area....

Folks -

There are many, many events to tell you about -- 3 of them happening this very weekend. I'm going to post info about each show in separate entries, but here's a Reader's Digest version:

• Friday, October 12th -- Members of the CT Bluegrass Music Association present their "Bluegrass 101 course" for the Canterbury Historical Society meeting at the Canterbury Town Hall Community Room, 1 Municipal Drive, Canterbury, CT. Meeting time is 7PM. More info: http://www.canterburyhistorical.org/event_detail.php?event_id=28
• Saturday, October 13th -- Blue Highway at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center, 50 Chapman Place, East Hartford, CT. Showtime is 7:30PM. More info: http://www.ehccc.com/index.php
• Sunday, October 14th -- 2nd Annual Caouette Music Scholarship Bluegrass Benefit Show, Athol/Orange Elks, 92 New Athol Road, Orange, MA. Lineup includes performances by the Gibson Brothers Trio (Eric, Leigh, Mike), MainLine Express featuring Jesse Brock & John Miller, Bean Hill Bluegrass, Stillhouse Jammers, and more. Show starts at 12 noon. More info: http://www.caouettemusicscholarship.com/benefit
• Wednesday, October 17th -- Claire Lynch Band at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center, 50 Chapman Place, East Hartford, CT. Showtime is 7:30PM. More info: http://www.ehccc.com/index.php
• Saturday, October 20th -- Beartracks (with Junior Barber) at the Country Corner Coffee House, 11 North Main Street, South Hadley, MA. Showtime is 8PM. More info: http://www.countrycornermusic.com/coffee.html
• Saturday, October 27th -- Shady Creek & Stacy Phillips at the East Killingly Grange, corner of Dog Hill Road & Route 101, East Killingly, CT. More info: (860)564-1018
• Sunday, November 18th -- David Peterson & 1946, the Bristol Boys, & Nick Anderson & Tall Grass at the Plainfield Town Hall Community Room, 8 Community Ave., Plainfield, CT. This is a benefit show for the Canterbury Historical Society. Showtime is 1:30. More info: http://www.canterburyhistorical.org/event_detail.php?event_id=24

Read on for more detailed info about each event, but do get out there and support these live BG events!

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/7/2007

Howdy -

After spending the better part of last week in Nashville attending some of the IBMA festivities, I was fired up to do the show this past Sunday. Many of the songs I chose to play were from bands I saw performing in various showcases at IBMA -- hope you enjoyed what you heard. Into the mix, we added a few of your requests (noted in RED), as well as a tune from the much-anticipated new Bluegrass recording by Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard, new music from Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, Bill Emerson & the Sweet Dixie Band, Massachusetts band Dan Helman & Marking Time, as well as a group called Balsam Range, and a few tunes from various winners of IBMA Awards for 2007.

Jim & Marti join you next Sunday in the Cafe -- do listen in, won't you?

Amy

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Diamond Joe / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Bluegrass Mountain Style / Rounder
• Lonesome For You / Tommy Webb / Eastern Kentucky / Kindred Records
• Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Jim & Jesse / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics / Cracker Barrel
• Fork In The Road / Infamous Stringdusters / Fork In The Road / Sugar Hill [IBMA Winners: Song of the Year; Album of the Year (tie); Emerging Artists of the Year]
• Julia Belle / Dale Ann Bradley / Catch Tomorrow / Compass [IBMA Winner: Female Vocalist of the Year]
• Doin' My Job / Dappled Grays / Doin' My Job / BandRanch Records
• A Little Change / Bradley Walker / Highway Of Dreams / Rounder [IBMA Winner: Male Vocalist of the Year]
• My Sweet Blue Eyed Darlin' / Bill Monroe with Ricky Skaggs / The Best Of Bill Monroe / MCA
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• There's No Room In My Heart For The Blues / Bill Emerson & Cliff Waldron / The Best Of Emerson & Waldron / Rebel
• Trail Of The Lonesome Pine / Bluegrass Patriots / Springtime In The Rockies / Red Feather
• Cacklin' Hen / Michael Cleveland / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder [IBMA Winner: Fiddle Player of the Year]
• The Lighthouse / Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• Holding Things Together / Merle Haggard / The Bluegrass Sessions / McCoury Music
• Cry Of The Wind / Dan Helman & Marking Time / Shadows On The Wall / Self-Produced
• Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico / Bill Emerson & the Sweet Dixie Band / Bill Emerson & the Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel
• A Memory Of You / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / IBMA Sampler 2007 / Rounder
• Big Spike Hammer / Bluegrass Album Band / Bluegrass Compact Disc, v.2 / Rounder
• Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Songs Of The Famous Carter Family / Columbia
• Five Speed / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Nowhere, Caroline / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• Pathway Of Teardrops / Rhonda Vincent / One Step Ahead / Rounder
• Sweetest Love / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Spanish Two-Step / Virginia Ramblers / Virginia Ramblers / Hay Holler
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder [IBMA Winners: Entertainers of the Year]
• I Can't Lose What I Never Had / Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down And Put Up / Lonesome Day Records
• Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack with Kitty Wells at KWKH / Bear Family
• The Less That I Drink / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Empty House / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
• I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Come Back To Me In My Dreams / Balsam Range with Joe Diffie / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• Little Annie / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots / Smithsonian Folkways
• Bon Aqua Blues / Tony Trischka with Kenny Ingram / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder [IBMA Winner: Banjo Player of the Year; Recorded Event of the Year; Instrumental Album of the Year]
• Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / IBMA Sampler 2007 / Rounder
• The Hanging Tree / Blue Moon Rising / Lonesome Day Sampler / Lonesome Day
• Train 45 / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• The Secret Of The Waterfall / Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• One Teardrop And One Step Away / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• Rock Bottom / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• He Lives In Me / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / He Lives In Me / Horizon [IBMA Winners: Vocal Group of the Year; Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year]
• You Can Be A Millionaire With Me / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty's Old Guitar / Rounder [IBMA Winner: Album of the Year (tie)]
• I Know What You're Talking About / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• Little White Church / Jimmy Martin / This World Is Not My Home / MME
• Give Me The Roses / Traver Hollow / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• The Gloryland Way / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Self-Produced
• Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• I'm Working On A Building / Bill Monroe / The Best of Bill Monroe / MCA

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 9/30/07 (abbreviated)

UCONN soccer took over WHUS for most of the afternoon and it knocked off the entire Red Rooster Party and nearly two hours of Bluegrass Cafe. For those of you who caught our last and only hour, thanks for your perseverance, and I hope you enjoyed my selection of mostly new music.

About that music: Sunday was one year since Josh Graves passed away (and last Thursday would have been his 79th birthday). It was also Marty Stuart's 49th birthday, and the 49th anniversary of the first recording of The Stanley Brothers' "How Mountain Girls Can Love." We honored all these events with appropriate songs by and about these artists.

We also debuted the new CD from Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time by playing a track written by Chris Stuart about "The First Train Robbery."

I think Amy is back next week, so be sure to tune in for more of the best in bluegrass music!

Jim

• Wild Turkey / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• I’m Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling / Hunter Berry with Marty Stuart & Bobby Osborne / Wow Baby / Upper Management
• Josh’s Joke / Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with Josh Graves / Live at the Ryman / Universal South
• The Great Speckled Bird / Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with Josh Graves / Live at the Ryman / Universal South
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Stanley Brothers / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time Life
• Tell Me Why / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes II: Black & White / Skaggs Family
• Pickin' On Josh / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• Sad Old Train / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• The First Train Robbery / Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time / Took Down and Put Up / Lonesome Day
• All The Good Times Are Past And Gone / Little Roy Lewis, Earl Scruggs, Lizzy Long / Lifetimes / Mountain Home
• Livin’ It Down / Steve Gulley / Sounds Like Home / Lonesome Day
• Alison’s Band / The Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Things In Life / Don Stover / Things In Life / Rounder
• I Am The Man, Thomas / John Reischman and the Jaybirds / Stellar Jays / Corvus
• Weeds / Jerry Salley with Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White / New Songs, Old Friends / Mountain Home
• Can We Find Forgiveness / Jim Lauderdale / The Bluegrass Diaries / Yep Roc
• Train That’s Comin’ / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
• Stormy Waters / Jeremy Stephens & Tom Mindte / Old Time Duets / Patuxent
• One More Chance, Lord / Kenny & Amanda Smith / Tell Someone / Rebel
• Glory In The Meeting House / James Leva & Purgatory Mountain / Winkin’ Eye / Copper Creek
• The Gloryland Way / David Parmley and Continental Divide / Church House Hymns / Self
• Ohoopee / Gillis Brothers / Down By The River / Hay Holler