"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 11/9/2008

Hi Folks,

Marti and I did this show just after the Veterans Day version of Red Rooster Party, so we continued the theme on Bluegrass Cafe by interspersing songs related to veterans throughout the show.

We also had a couple of WHUS trainees with us, Paul and John, and you might be hearing from them next week as they hone their skills.

Be sure to tune in next Sunday when Amy will keep the banjos and fiddles ringing.

Jim

requests are in blue

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Wild Turkey / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When / Ralph Stanley and Jimmy Martin / First Time Together / Gusto
• Legend of the Johnson Boys / Dave Evans and River Bend / Best of the Vetco Years / Rebel
• Rebels 'Ye Rest / The Seldom Scene / Different Roads / Rebel
• Applejack / Dolly Parton / Live and Well / Sugar Hill
• Marching Home / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• The Silver Bugle / The Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• A Distant Land to Roam / Dry Branch Fire Squad / 30th Anniversary / Rounder
• Casualty of War / Larry Sparks / The Last Suit You Wear / McCoury Music
• Ridin' That Midnight Train / Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Old-Time Pickin' / Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys / 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Wake The Town / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler
• Through the Window of a Train / Blue Highway / Through the Window of a Train / Rounder
• Soldier's Joy Medley / Abrams Brothers / Iron Sharpens Iron / Mastershield
• Two Little Boys / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen "Tribute" / Mastershield
• I'm Just Here to Ride the Train / Mountain Heart / Road That Never Ends / Rural Rhythm
• This Old Martin Box / This Old Martin Box / Blue Moon Rising / Lonesome Day
• Papaw Taught Me / This Old Martin Box / Blue Moon Rising / Lonesome Day
• Dixieland (My Old Home Town) / Ralph Stanley / Old-Time Pickin' / Rebel
• Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico / Bill Emerson and The Sweet Dixie Band / Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel
• Brand New Set of Blues / Williams & Clark Expedition / Brand New Set of Blues / Acoustic Blue
• Red Rocking Chair / Don Reno & Bill Harrell / That Good Ol' Bluegrass / Rural Rhythm
• Sparkling Brown Eyes / Jim Greer & the Mac-o-Chee Valley Folks / That Good Ol' Bluegrass / Rural Rhythm
• Ballad for a Soldier / Sam Bush / Laps in Seven / Sugar Hill
• This is My Son / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III / Skaggs
• Two Soldiers / Blue Highway / Through the Window of a Train / Rounder
• I'm A Lie / Larry Cordle / Took Down and Put up / Lonesome Day
• Me and John and Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• High Alleghenies / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads
• Which One is to Blame / Crowe Brothers / Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Captain / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown
• Soldier's Return / Dave Evans and River Bend / The Best of the Vetco Years / Rebel
• Down In The Willow Garden / Gary Ferguson / Live at Podunk / Patuxent Music
• Lonesome Pine Breakdown / Don Stover / Things in Life / Rounder
• The Old Swinging Bridge / Ted Lundy and the Southern Mountain Boys / True Blugrass / Rounder
• Happy On My Way / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self
• Long Haul Truckin' / Chris Warner / Back Again / Webco
• Tomorrow I'll be Gone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Pass Me Not / David Peterson / Jesus Use Me / Self
• Take Me in Your Lifeboat / The Bluegrass Gospel Project / Makes You Strong / Vital
• A Dusty Pair of Sandals / Paul Williams & The Victory Trio / Where No One Stands Alone / Rebel
• Angel Band / Stanley Brothers / True Bluegrass Gospel / Rebel
• How High is That Mountain / Larry Stephenson / Thankful / Pinecastle
• Better Get in That Number / The Spinney Brothers / Here at the Cross / Self
• I Can't Sit Down / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Tell Someone / Rebel
• Stormy Waters / Jeremy Stephens & Tom Mindte / Old Time Duets / Patuxent Music
• What Kind of Man / Larry Sparks / I Don't Regret a Mile / Sparks Music
• God's Not Dead / The Soul Pickers / The Soul Pickers / Blue Circle
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• I'd Like To Be The One / Easter Brothers / Favorites / Self
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Best Of The Gillis Brothers / Hay Holler

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/2/2008

For the last couple of weeks, I've tried to get in the habit of jotting down ideas for when it's my turn to be on the radio. This week, I had more stuff written down -- song titles and such -- than I got to say and/or play. Oh well. There'll be plenty of time for those things that were missed in future weeks, but more likely, those ideas will be replaced by new ones....

One new thing we tried today was a "then & now" for a couple of performers. We listened to an early song from a group, and followed that with a tune from a recording released in 2008. This time around, it was the Gibson Brothers from 1994 & 2008, as well as Bob & Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass in 1991 & 2008.

Anyhow, we hope you enjoyed what you heard today. It was a mix of old and new, as well as some "local" and regional performers, and a few of your requests, too.

Thanks for listening, and make plans to join Jim & Marti next week....

Amy

Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-Produced
• I Love You Until I Am Dizzy / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don’t You Know / Copper Creek
• On And On / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Thanks For The Trip To Paradise / Jim & Jesse McReynolds / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Old Man From The Mountain / BearTracks / Together Til The End / AMT Records
• Dark Hollow / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• You’re My Darling / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• I’ll Fly Away / Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury
• Whole Lot More Living / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• I Can’t Like Myself / Gibson Brothers Bluegrass Band / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm
• Long Way Down / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Like A Bird In A Cage / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road
• Kickin’ Back / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin’ Town / Rounder
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live & Well / Sugar Hill
• Lonesome, Sad And Blue / Lonesome Pine Fiddlers / Windy Mountain / Bear Family
• Homeless Man / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
• Where The City Ends / Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin / So Long Arizona / Dog Boy Records
• Hang Your Hand In Shame / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Live In Japan / Copper Creek
• Hazel Creek / Heather Berry & Tony / Before Bluegrass / Blue Circle
• Just Like You / Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / Self-Produced
• If I Lose / GrassRoutes / Twentieth Anniversary / Self-Produced
• Cindy Mae / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• One Teardrop And One Step Away / Reno & Smiley / Sweethearts In Heaven / Bear Family
• Maple Sugar / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Soldier’s Joy / James Allen Shelton / Walking Down The Line / Sheltone Records [born 11/3/1960]
• Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel [Allen Mills born, 11/4/1937]
• Leaving Baker County / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel [Junior Sisk born, 11/6/1964]
• The Run Of ‘89 / Alan Munde Gazette / Made To Last / Munde’s Child Records [Alan Munde born, 11/4/1946]
• Loving You Too Well / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel [Roy Lee Centers born, 11/8/1944]
• In The Pines / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King And The Father /
• The Prisoner’s Song / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Freight Train Blues / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• To Love Somebody / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Behind These Prison Walls Of Love / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland /
  Strictly Country
• Don’t Throw Mama’s Flowers Away / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Will You Be Lonesome Too / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Classic Bluegrass Live / Columbia
• Where Will You Be / Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / Self-Produced
• Lay Down Your Troubles / Gary Ferguson / I’m Really Leaving / Webco
• The Story Of The Pharisees / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• When The Angels Carry Me Home / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics / Cattle
• Do Right And Come Shining Thru / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Winding Through Life / Sugar Hill
• Tell Me What You Think Of My Lord / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• I Like To Hear ‘Em Preach / Paul Williams / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
• Electricity / Country Gentlemen / Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• My Savior Walks With Me Today / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 10/26/2008

It was another great bluegrass day with great New England fall weather, and you let Marti and me know it by keeping the phones ringing during Bluegrass Cafe. Thanks a lot!

We gave away a few CDs to callers as we do from time-to-time, so you can add to your music collection just by keeping your dial on 91.7 or your browser on whus.org

I got my hands on some classic bluegrass recently re-released on CD -- Jim Eanes, Bobby Atkins, Mark Atkins and the Original Countrymen -- and I was happy to bring that great picking and unique singing your ears.

We also saluted some historic calendar events such as Snuffy Jenkins' birthday (10/27/1908), Mike Hartgrove's birthday (10/27/55), Bill Monroe joining the Opry (10/28/39), and Jimmy Martin's recording of "Train 45" (10/30/2008) by playing songs of these great bluegrassers.

We also want to wish Jack Holland (I sometimes call him "John") a very happy birthday (Meg squealed on him). Jack is a great bluegrass supporter and runs a very fine New England bluegrass blog. Check it out at this link.

Amy will keep the banjos and fiddles ringing next week.

Jim

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self-produced
• Wiggle Worm Wiggle / Jim Eanes, Bobby Atkins, Mark Atkins And The Original Countrymen / The Good Ole Days / Thunderbolt
• Train 45 / Jimmy Martin / 1954-1974 / Bear Family
• Gonna Catch That Train An' Ride / Snuffy Jenkins / Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo / Arhoolie
• Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Bear Family
• I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home / ShoreGrass / Going Home / Self-produced
• I Wonder Where You Are Tonight / Everett Lilly & Everybody and Their Brother / [same] / Swift River
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• (Say) Won't You Be Mine / Ralph Stanley II - John Rigsby / Clinch Mountain Echoes / Copper Creek
• I'll Be Long Gone / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Homeless Man / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
• Somebody's Missin' You / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Picker's Blues / The Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Can Only Love You (So Much) / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III - Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
• Proud To Be A Daughter Of Bluegrass / The Daughters of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• Go Away With Me / Crowe Brothers / Brothers N Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Room At The Top Of The Stairs / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Fox Run The Henhouse / Tim Hensley / Long Monday / Rural Rhythm
• I Love You To The Moon And Back / Darren Beachley / I Love You To the Moon And Back / Blue Circle
• 99 Years is Almost For Life / Dave Evans and River Bend / The Best Of The Vetco Years / Rebel
• Feeling Blue / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin' / Rounder
• Enough Of You / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Julia Belle / Janet Beazley / 5 South / Backcountry
• When You Were Mine / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
• Summertime Is Past And Gone / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• Two Boys From Kentucky / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• I Give All My Love To You / Rhonda Vincent (with Russell Moore) / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Freight Train / Blue Moon Rising / One Lonely Shadow / Lonesome Day
• Ridin' That Midnight Train / Williams & Clark Expedition / Brand New Set Of Blues / Acoustiblue
• Jesse James / Jimmy Arnold / Riding With Ol' Mosby / Rebel
• Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / At Merlefest April 25 2008 / FestivaLink
• Lord I Want To Go Home / Jim Eanes, Bobby Atkins, Mark Atkins and The Original Countrymen / The Good Ole Days / Thunderbolt
• Cold Shoulder / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is Two / Lonesome Day
• My Walking Shoes / Jimmy Martin / 1954-1974 / Bear Family
• Dreamin Of The Sea / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Prime Cuts 95 (KBC)
• White House Blues / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• Bluegrass Baby / Michelle Cupit / Bluegrass Baby / Cupit Records
• Grave In The Valley / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray / The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy
• Where Will I Shelter My Sheep / Danny Paisley / Little Old Country Church House / Wango
• No Stranger There / Carl Story and the Rambling Mountaineers / Neath The Tree Of Life / Old Homestead
• By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• I'll Have A New Life / Iron Horse / The Gospel According To Hank Williams / CMH
• Old Time Preacher Man / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads
• Take Your Shoes Off Moses / Nathan Stanley & Ralphy Stanley / He Suffered For My Reward / III Generation
• Heaven / Bill Yates & Friends / The Country Gentlemen "Tribute" / MasterShield
• Voice Of My Savior / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-produced
• Do You Call That Religion / The Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler

Live Bluegrass music in CT -- this weekend!

If you're in search of some live BG in Connecticut this weekend, here are a couple of options for you:

Nick Anderson kicks off his series of shows at the Killingly Grange Hall this very evening (Saturday, 10/25) with two bands: Pine Creek & Nick's own band, Shady Creek. Music starts at 7PM. The Killingly Grange is located on the corner of Route 101 & Dog Hill Road in East Killingly, and is easily accessible from Interstate 395. For more information, call (860)564-1018.

On Sunday, there are a couple of possibilities....

From noon-4PM, GrassRoutes will be performing at Roses Berry Farm, 295 Matson Hill Road, South Glastonbury. Admission is FREE. For more information, call (860)633-7467.

On Sunday evening, TrueGrass takes the stage at the Firebox Restaurant, 539 Broad Street, Hartford. Music happens from 5-8PM with no cover charge. This is third week in a row that the Firebox has offered BG on Sunday evenings -- Nick Novia is working with the restaurant to keep the music going for the next several Sunday evenings. A call from "BG Cafe" listener Dick Bowden last Sunday revealed that the music was great at the Firebox, and the restaurant itself was easy to find. Check it out, if you're so inclined. For more information, call (860)246-1222.

As always, we encourage you to get out and support the local BG shows whenever they happen.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/19/2008

Sunday's show was another fun one for me. I got to play a good mix of old & new, as well as a few "locals" thrown in for good measure. Enjoyable for me, and I hope for you, too.

In years' past, I always used to go over the Bluegrass calendar each week and spotlight performers who were celebrating birthdays or other significant events that week. I hadn't done that in a while, so I tried to reintroduce it this week. We'll see if I can keep up with it in future shows....

Jim & Marti join you for next week's Cafe -- do join them!

Amy


Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Cold Wind / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• It’s Amazing What Sunshine Can Do / Pete Goble / When I’m Knee Deep In Bluegrass / FireHeart Pro
• Another Night / Ralph Stanley with Joe Diffie / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• When I’m Knee Deep In Bluegrass / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper / Rounder
• Twilight Time / NorthernBound / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• Jolene / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Polly Vaughn / The Dillards / Bluegrass Breakdown / Vanguard
• Just Like You / Hot Rize / So Long Of A Journey / Sugar Hill
• How Many Times / Vern & Ray with Herb Pedersen / San Francisco, 1968 / Arhoolie
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home/I’d Rather Live By The Side Of The Road / Mac Wiseman / Moneyland / McCoury Music
• Little Bit Of This, Little Bit Of That / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• Waves On The Sea / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody & Their Brother / Swift River Music
• Roanoke / Baker Boys / Lonesome Weary Heart / Patuxent Music
• My Love For You / Pike Brothers & Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel
• I’d Worship You / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Meadow Green / Peter Rowan & Nashville Bluegrass Band / New Moon Rising / Sugar Hill
• Seeing Nellie Home / Country Gentlemen / Live In Japan / Rebel
• I Can Go Back Anytime / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
• Feeling Blue / The Grascals / Keep On Walkin’ / Rounder
• Ain’t No Way Of Knowin’ / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin’ Pretty Women / Rebel
• Shadows On The Wall / Dan Helman & Marking Time / Shadows On The Wall / Self-Produced
• The Cheshire Tragedy / Bear Minimum / / Self-Produced
• Leaves Musn’t Fall / Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• This Morning At Nine / Jimmy Gaudreau’s Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Enough Of You / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Mountain Dew / Grandpa Jones / Best Of Blue Grass / Legacy [born 10/20/1913]
• Picker's Blues / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill [Eric Gibson born 10/23/1970]
• Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury [recorded 10/20/1950]
• Wildwood Flower / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder [Maybelle Carter died 10/22/1978]
• No Depression In Heaven / Johnson Mountain Boys / Goin’ Up Copper Creek / Copper Creek [first JMB recordings made 10/22/1978]
• The Walls Of Time / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Deep River Blues / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• I Made A Friend Of A Flower Today / Heather Berry & Daughters Of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• Bb Polka / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy
• Dixie In My Eye / Bill Emerson & Pete Goble / Webco Classics / Webco
• Green Light On The Southern / Tony Rice / Night Flyer / Rounder
• Mountain Memories / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
• By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Good News When I Die / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Meet Me Over On The Other Side / Country Gentlemen / Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• Gathering Flowers For The Master’s Bouquet / Stanley Brothers / All Gospel All Bluegrass /
  King
• So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’ : Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm
• I’m Traveling On And On / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys, Vol. 2 / Columbia
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Country Corner kicks off 2008-2009 season....

This Saturday, October 18th, Dave Helman will kick off his 18th season of shows at the Country Corner Coffee House (also known as the South Hadley Falls Congregational Church Fellowship Hall), 11 North Main Street, South Hadley, MA. The featured band this month is one from the northwestern corner of Connecticut -- NorthernBound. The Paden Brothers (Harry, Steve, & Ray) along with Mike LaRocque have been playing in this configuration for more than 14 years, and they are favorites wherever they perform.

There is a new fifth member of NorthernBound who (unfortunately) won't be at Saturday's show: Cathy Day on fiddle. WHUS Bluegrass listeners may recall Cathy by her maiden name -- Cathy Bumgarner. While an undergrad at UCONN in the early 1990s, Cathy was on the air at WHUS as one of the broadcasters of Bluegrass.

While Dave & Rose Helman haven't completely set the lineup for all of the Country Corner shows this season, here's what they have lined up so far:

November 15th - David Davis & the Warrior River Boys

January 17th - Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition

February 21st - Jen Larson & Straight Drive

March 21st - TBA

April 18th - Crossover

For all shows, the doors open at 7PM -- the show starts at 8PM. For more information, call (413)467-9394, email info@countrycornermusic.com, or click here.

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 10/12/2008

Though many listeners were enjoying the great Gibson Brothers concert in Canterbury, we kept the folks who couldn't make it to the concert entertained with some of the best in bluegrass music on Bluegrass Cafe.

We pulled some rare gems from our collection to augment lots of great new music. Two especially interesting rarities were the tracks from Don Stover's recording "Live at Davis & Elkins College", and Mark Newton, Larry Stephenson, and a Who's Who of guests "Live at Mr. B's". Both of these albums were recorded in the 1980s.

Tune in next Sunday when Amy will keep the banjos and fiddles ringing.

Jim & Marti

Requests are in blue

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing on the "C" String / Self
• Thirty Years of Farming / James King / Thirty Years of Farming / Rounder
• Southern Skies / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Midnight Train / Jim & Jesse / The Jim & Jesse Story / CMH
• Paint The Town / Chris Warner / Back Again / Pinecastle
• Old Home Place / J. D. Crowe & The New South / Classic Bluegrass Collection / Time Life
• Montana Cowgirl (Coyote Song) / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy
• Long Journey Home / Everett Lilly & Everybody and Their Brother / [same] / Swift River Music
• You're Bound To Look Like A Monkey When You Grow Old / Don Stover / Live at Davis & Elkins College / White Oak
• Things In Life / Don Stover / Live at Davis & Elkins College / White Oak
• Dim Lights And Thick Smoke / Mark Newton, Larry Stephenson, et. al / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records
• It Takes One To Know One / Mark Newton, Larry Stephenson / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records
• Waiting on The Other Shoe To Fall / Charlie Sizemore / The Story Is… The Songs of Tom T. Hall / Rebel
• Turkey In The Straw / Mark Newton, Larry Stephenson, et. al / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records
• Ol' Brown Suitcase / H. R. Cook / Neongrass / Fireball Records
• I've Lost You / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Road
• Train Songs / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is Two / Lonesome Day
• Like A Train Needs A Track / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Second Chances / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
• Carolina State Of Mind / The Daughters of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• Home Sweet Home / Jerry Douglas / Glide / Koch
• Dancin' In The Dirt / Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain / Dancin' In The Dirt / Blue Circle
• East Kentucky Home / The Steeldrivers / The Steeldrivers / Rounder
• When You Were Mine / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
• Sweet Dixie / Jimmy Martin / 1954-1974 / Bear Family
• I Can't Quit Cigarettes / Jimmy Martin / 1954-1974 / Bear Family
• The Redwood Hill / The Chapmans / Something Fresh (single) / Self-produced
• The Hunt / Kristin Scott Benson / Straight Paths / Pinecastle
• Foggy Mountain Rock / Kristin Scott Benson / Straight Paths / Pinecastle
• Two Hours Down / Rick Hayes / Fly By Night / Kang
• The Quilting Party / Don Reno and Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends "Together" / Wango
• Let The Whole World Talk / The Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Cherry Blossoms In The Springtime / Jeanette Williams / Essential Sampler / Doobie Shea
• Cindy Mae / The Crowe Brothers / Brothers-N-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Goin' Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers of Bluegrass / Skaggs Family
• Cold Sheets of Rain / Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band / Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band / Rebel
• Truck Driving Man / Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show / Worries On My Mind / Rounder
• Losin' In Las Vegas / Rickey Wasson / Heart & Soul / Rural Rhythm
• Gold Watch And Chain / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / 24 Bluegrass Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Picker's Blues / Gibson Brothers / Iron And Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Daylight Breaks / Gold Heart / [demo] [winners of the 2008 Podunk band competition]
• I'm On The Last Mile / The Easter Brothers / Favorites / Life Line
• Jerusalem Tomorrow / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
• By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• He Suffered For My Reward / Nathan Stanley & Ralph Stanley / He Suffered For My Reward / III Generation
• No Stranger There / Carl Story and the Rambling Mountaineers / Neath The Tree Of Life / Old Homestead
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• Talk About Suffering / Tony Rice and Ricky Skaggs / Heaven Bound / Time Life
• They're Holding Up The Ladder / Jeff & Sheri Easter, Lewis Family, Easter Brothers / We Are Family / Daywind
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler

Possible BG (& BG-related) shows in New Haven -- your opinion is requested....

Folks -

Chris Wuerth of GuitartownCT Productions -- producer of BG shows in New Haven at the Little Theater -- is looking for opinions on potential shows to book for 2009. He has a list of potential shows (granted, not all performers are 100% Bluegrass), along with projected ticket prices, and is seeking opinions. You may either leave your comments below, and we'll forward the info to Chris, or you can email him directly at info@guitartownct.com.

Don't forget his upcoming shows: Tim O'Brien comes to the Little Theater on Sunday, November 2nd, and Cherryholmes on Sunday, November 18th. Both shows begin at 3PM. For more information on these shows, click here, or call (203)430-6020.

Read on to see Chris's email....


GuitartownCT is in the process of scheduling shows for 2009. Here are some of the artists we're considering, and approximate ticket prices we would have to charge to afford them. These are all pretty big names who command top dollar to perform. We try our best to book the performers that you want. We would appreciate your feedback on which of these artists you prefer, and whether you would pay the estimated ticket price. If the response is positive, we can bring some amazing shows to The Little Theater next year. Thanks for your support in helping us bring great music to New Haven. Chris Wuerth

Artist / General Admission / Reserved
Tony Rice Unit w/ Josh Williams on vocals / $50 / $60
Dan Tyminski Band / $50 / $60
Doc Watson w/ Jack Lawrence / $75 / $90
Sam Bush Band / $50 / $60
John Hiatt / $60 / $70
Ralph Stanley / $50 / $60
Del McCoury Band / $50 / $60
Richard Thompson / $55 / $65
Steve Earle / $55 / $65

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/5/2008

On Sunday, we started the show playing some tunes from a few of the big winners at this year's IBMA Awards. It seems that 2008 will be remembered as the Year of Dailey & Vincent. For a full list of all of the award winners, click here.

We also played 7 songs in tribute to "Mr. Teardrop" -- one of the many monikers bestowed on the late Marty Robbins through the years. Marty (who was born on September 26, 1925) sang all kinds of music throughout his career. While I've never heard that he sang any Bluegrass, it really wouldn't be too surprising if he had. Like the music of many country singers of his era, plenty of Marty Robbins tunes have been recorded in the BG style, and it seems only appropriate to include a bunch of them in celebration of what would have been Marty's 83rd birthday.

On top of that, there was new music from the brand-new offering from the Daughters Of Bluegrass ("Bluegrass Bouquet" on Blue Circle Records) and a band from Italy called RedWine.

Next Sunday is a day with a lot of live BG -- a big benefit in Orange, MA and the Gibson Brothers in Canterbury, CT. If you can't make it to one of those events, we cordially invite you to check out Jim & Marti in the BG Cafe.

Amy


Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Kickin’ Back / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin’ Town / Rounder
• Through The Window Of A Train / Blue Highway / Through The Window Of A Train / Rounder
• Leavin’ Here For Nashville / Daughters Of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• Sweet Carrie / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Waves On The Sea / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody & Their Brother / Swift River Music
• I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers / Mashville Brigade / Bluegrass Smash Hits / Rural Rhythm
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / Mac Wiseman / Appalachian Stomp / CMH
• The Angels Will Be Taking Care Of You / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Devil In Disguise / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III : Don’t Believe / Skaggs Family
• Enough Of You / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Just Like You / Hot Rize / Untold Stories / Sugar Hill
• Listen To The Radio / Northern Lights / New Moon / Fifty Fifty
• Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Country Gentlemen / Folk Session Inside / Copper Creek
• Sweet Georgia Brown / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray / Country Gentlemen Reunion Band / RadioTherapy
• The Old Family Bible / Daughters Of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• Blue In The Blue Ridge / RedWine / Winter’s Come And Gone / Self-Produced
• Me And John And Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• If You’re Ever Gonna Love Me / Country Gazette / Appalachian Stomp / CMH
• Too Many Tears / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds : The Capitol Years / Capitol
• Stuck Out In The Rain / High Windy / A Greater Storm / Mountain Home
• Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder / Sierra Hull / Secrets / Rounder
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Ribbon Of Darkness / Chris Jones & the Nightdrivers / No One But You / Rebel
• Beggin’ To You / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder
• Bend In The River / Rarely Herd / Pure Homemade Love / Pinecastle
• I Can’t Quit / Gibson Brothers / Spread Your Wings / Hay Holler
• Don’t Worry / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• At The End Of A Long Lonely Day / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight / Special Consensus / The Trail Of Aching Hearts / Pinecastle
• Cold Shoulder / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is II / Lonesome Day
• Angry Man / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Poor Monroe / NorthernBound / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• Come Back To Me In My Dreams / Balsam Range with Joe Diffie / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• High Alleghenies / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads Recordings
• I Got A Letter / Valerie Smith & Becky Buller / Here’s A Little Song… / Bell Buckle
• Rude And Rambling Man / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• By The Mark / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Traveling The Highway Home / Ernie Thacker / Stanley Gospel Tradition / Doobie Shea
• It Won’t Be Long / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• I Know I’m Saved / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Every Humble Knee Must Bow / Nashville Bluegrass Band / To Be His Child / Rounder
• Sweeping Through The Gate / Johnnie & Jack / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• I Bowed On My Knees And Cried Holy / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’, & Singin’ : Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm
• The Back Of The Book / Greenbrier / The Back Of The Book / Self-Produced
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 9/28/2008

Jim was in North Carolina over the weekend, so Marti sat in and spun lots of classic bluegrass. She said the phones were quite busy and passes on her thanks to all who called.

Amy will be back 5 October, so be sure to tune in at 4:00 pm ET.

Jim

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• No One To Welcome Me Home / Del McCoury, Ron McCoury, Glen Duncan, et al / Essential Bluegrass - Bluegrass Legends / Pinecastle
• Thanks Wade / Glen Duncan, Ron McCoury, Larry Perkins, et al / Essential Bluegrass - Bluegrass Legends / Pinecastle
• Wait Till The Clouds Roll By / Terry Eldredge, Andrea Zonn, Mike Bub, et al / Essential Bluegrass - Bluegrass Legends / Pinecastle
• The Storms are On the Ocean / Alison Krauss, Bobby Osborne, Terry Eldredge, et al / Essential Bluegrass - Bluegrass Legends / Pinecastle
• Big Tiger Roars Again / Benny Martin, Del McCoury, Gene Wooten, et al / Essential Bluegrass - Bluegrass Legends / Pinecastle
• On the Evening Train / Gary Williamson, Tony Wiiliamson, John Hartford, et al / Essential Bluegrass - Bluegrass Legends / Pinecastle
• Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy / Leroy Troy, Terry Eldredge, Larry Perkins / Essential Bluegrass - Bluegrass Legends / Pinecastle
• Foggy Mountain Top / Earl Scruggs, Sonny Osborne, Roy Huskey, Jr., et al / Good Home Grown Music / Blue Circle
• Iron & Diamonds / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• The Knoxville Boy / Larrry Stephenson / Good Homegrown Music / Blue Circle
• Pretty Green Hills / Dave Evans / Good Homegrown Music / Blue Circle
• A Hero in Harlan / Chris Jones / Good Homegrown Music / Blue Circle
• Holding On When You Let Go / Josh Crowe / Good Homegrown Music / Blue Circle
• They Called it a Church / IIIrd Time Out / Good Homegrown Music / Blue Circle
• Take this Hammer / The Mashville Brigade / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, v. 93 / KBC
• Can't Have One Without the Other / Darrell Webb, Rhonda Vincent / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, v. 94 / KBC
• Won't Be Coming Back / Infamous Stringdusters / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, v. 95 / KBC
• Widow of the Glade / Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller, Grey / Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, v. 96 / KBC
• John Henry / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
• Bringing Mary Home / The Country Gentlemen / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
• Wabash Cannonball / Claire Lynch / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
• Atlanta is Burning / The Boys From Indiana / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
• Darling Corey / The Seldom Scene / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
• Lonesome Road Blues / Hylo Brown / Bluegrass Goes Back to the Future / Rural Rhythm
• Going on the Next Train / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / Bluegrass Goes Back to the Future / Rural Rhythm
• Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone / Red Smiley & Bluegrass Cut-ups / Bluegrass Goes Back to the Future / Rural Rhythm
• Way It Always Seems to Go / Jim Van Cleve / Bluegrass Goes Back to the Future / Rural Rhythm
• Pike County Breakdown / Bobby Atkins, Jim Eanes, Vassar Clements, Clay Jones / Bluegrass Goes Back to the Future / Rural Rhythm
• Them Blues / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Like a Train Needs a Travk / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• Run Little Fox / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Rural Rhythm
• Carolina Road / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Carolina Road / Rural Rhythm
• Carry Me Across the mountain 1 / Dan Tyminski / Essential Sampler / Doobie Shea
• Blue Side of the Mountain / The Steeldrivers / The Steeldrivers / Rounder
• Drinkin' Dark Whiskey / The Steeldrivers / The Steeldrivers / Rounder
• Fox on the Run / Emerson & Waldron / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
• Poor Ellen Smith / Ted Lundy & The Southern Mountain Boys / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
• Love of the Mountains / Lost & Found / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
• Bootleg John 4 / Don Rigsby / Essential Sampler / Doobie Shea
• She's Gone 5 / Unlimited Tradition / Essential Sampler / Doobie Shea
• Little Glass of Wine / Ralph Stanley / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
• Train 45 / JD Crowe / Best Loved Bluegrass / Rebel
• Preachin' Prayin' Singin' / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Preachin' Prayin' and Singin' / Mercury
• Harbor of Love / The Stanley Brothers / Preachin' Prayin' and Singin' / Mercury
• I've Found a Hiding Place / Carl Story & His Ramblin' Mountaineers / Preachin' Prayin' and Singin' / Mercury
• Do You Live What You Preach / The Louvin Brothers / Preachin' Prayin' and Singin' / Mercury
• Two Shoes / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone with Forever / SteelTown
• Train That's Comin' / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone with Forever / SteelTown
• The Prettiest Flowers / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
• Voice of My Savior / James King / Gardens In The Sky / Rounder
• Jesus Walks Ahead of Me / Larry Sparks / I Don't Regret a Mile / Sparks Music
• The Old Gospel Ship / Red Smiley & the Bluegrass cut-ups / 25 Traditional Classics vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm
• I Saw the Light / Jim Greer & the Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks / 26 Traditional Classics vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm

Gibson Brothers in Canterbury, CT -- Sunday, October 12th

In addition to the Caouette Music Scholarship show, there is another big BG event happening in southern New England on October 12th...

The Canterbury Historical Society proudly welcomes the GIBSON BROTHERS with a show at the Finnish American Heritage Society, 76 North Canterbury Road (Route 169), Canterbury CT. Showtime is 2:30PM. The Gibsons played to packed houses at their CHS shows in 2003 & 2004, and with a couple of #1 CDs to their credit since then (including their latest #1, "Iron & Diamonds"), the 2008 show looks to be a winner, too!



Opening the show will be a brother-style duet, BEAR MINIMUM (one-half of the Bear Bridge Band), whose sound is reminiscent of the early days of country & Bluegrass music.


Tickets are $27 now, but will be $30 at the door (if any are available). As of today, there are about 40 tickets remaining for this show. The Finnish Hall is not huge, so you are encouraged to order your tickets as soon as possible. To do so, send your check (payable to "Canterbury Historical Society") to CHS, PO Box 2, Canterbury CT 06331. All funds we clear will be used to support our various Canterbury Historical Society programs and projects.


If you have questions, or need more information, please click on this link: http://www.canterburyhistorical.org/event_detail.php?event_id=45


You may also call (860)546-9062 or email canterburyhistorical@gmail.com.


This looks to be the Gibsons' only remaining performance in New England for 2008. Don't miss your chance to see them!

Caouette Music Scholarship BG Benefit Show -- Sunday, October 12th

On Sunday, October 12, 2008, Julie Caouette will present the 3rd annual Caouette Music Scholarship Bluegrass Benefit at the Athol/Orange Elks, 92 New Athol Road, Orange, MA. The show kicks off at noon, and will feature some terrific performers who are donating their time and energy to make this a fabulous event. Performers include:

The Stillhouse Jammers

Travers Chandler & Avery County

The Hemingway Brothers

NewFound Grass

The Cowtippers (reunion)

Big Apple'achia

Sound is provided courtesy of Dave Helman & Country Corner Productions. There are various raffles & door prizes, and proceeds go to the Bernie Caouette Music Scholarship, which is available to students who wish to further their education in Music and/or children of the Athol Fire Department personnel. If you can't make the benefit, but would like to make a donation to the scholarship, you may send your gift to this address: The Bernie Caouette Music Scholarship, c/o Middlesex Savings Bank, 306 Great Road, Littleton MA 01460.

For more information, email Julie Caouette, call (978)544-7202, or click on this link.