"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/22/2009

At the midway point of Sunday's show, we took a few minutes to talk to old friend, Rick Hayes, about what he's been doing since he and the Gibson Brothers parted ways last fall, and, of course, his "Highlight Review" CD called Fly By Night. In addition to our conversation, we played a good number of tunes from this successful CD.

We also took a few minutes to celebrate the birthdays of two music icons: Johnny Cash (born February 26, 1932) and Dr. Ralph Stanley (born February 25, 1927) by playing BG versions of Cash songs and playing just a bit of music from amazingly broad catalog of Dr. Ralph.

New music was on the bill, too, as we played a couple of tunes from the much-anticipated all banjo CD from comedian Steve Martin, as well as the latest recording from eastern Massachusetts band, the Pine Hill Ramblers.

Jim & Marti join you next Sunday -- doubtless, you'll want to join them 'round about 4PM....

Amy


Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Walk Out In The Rain / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Ronnie & Rob McCoury / Rounder
• Fare Thee Well / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Try A Little Kindness / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• Home Is Where The Heart Is / Connie & Babe / Early Days Of Bluegrass, v.10 / Rounder
• I Won’t Be Far From Here / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• It Won’t Be Me / Alecia Nugent / A Little Girl…A Big Four-Lane / Rounder
• This Morning At Nine / Jimmy Gaudreau’s Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Don’t Tread On Me / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
• Mountain Girl / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
• More Than A Name On A Wall /Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Daddy Played The Banjo / Steve Martin with Tim O’Brien / The Crow / 40 Share Productions
• Earl’s Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Pitkin County Turnaround /Steve Martin / The Crow / 40 Share Productions
• Crooked Man / Chris Stuart & Backcountry /Crooked Man / Backcountry
• One Summer Morning / Pine Hill Ramblers / One Summer Morning / Self-Produced
• Tennessee Hound Dog / Pam Gadd / Benefit Of Doubt / Self-Produced
• Fly By Night / Rick Hayes / Fly By Night / Self-Produced
• Jacob’s Ladder /Rick Hayes with Green Hayes / Fly By Night /Self-Produced
• A Long Way Down / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Two Hours Down / Rick Hayes / Fly By Night / Self-Produced
• Hey Porter / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• There You Go / Jimmy Gaudreau / Classic J.A.G. / Webco
• I Still Miss Someone / White Mountain Bluegrass / January Weekend /ROwn
• The Wall / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Big River / Nashville Bluegrass Band / The Boys Are Back In Town / Sugar Hill
• Gonna Paint The Town / Ralph Stanley / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys, 1971-1973 / Rebel
• Daybreak In Dixie / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Man Of Constant Sorrow / Ralph Stanley / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys, 1971- 1973 / Rebel
• The Ballad Of Charlie Dill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• I’m Lonesome Without You / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• The Lonely Years Belong To Me / Connie & Babe / Early Days Of Bluegrass, v.10 / Rounder
• Loneliness And Desperation / Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Losin’ In Las Vegas / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• You Let The Dog Off The Chain / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• I Won’t Be Troubled Anymore / Stonewall Bluegrass / Won’t Be Troubled Anymore /
  Self-Produced
• The Angels Rejoiced / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• The Church By The Side Of The Road / Charlie Sizemore / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• River Of Death / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King & The Father / MME
• God Reached Down / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Three Silver Dollars / Pinecastle
• No Depression In Heaven / Johnson Mountain Boys / Goin’ Up Copper Creek / Copper Creek
• I Bowed On My Knees And Cried Holy / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’ : Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm
• The Wrath Of God / Seldom Scene / Scenic Roots / Sugar Hill
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

BG shows to know about: 2/28 & 3/1

Two pieces of live BG information for you this weekend...

On Saturday, February 28th, there is a show at the Killingly Grange Hall featuring the duet Spirit Fiddle, as well as CT band, Shady Creek. Showtime is 7PM, doors open at 6PM. Food is available at the hall. The Killingly Grange is located at the corner of Route 101 & Dog Hill Road in East Killingly, CT. For more information, call Nick Anderson at (860)564-1018.

Bluegrass at the Firebox Restaurant in Hartford continues on Sunday, March 1st. This week's featured band is from eastern MA -- Blackstone Valley Bluegrass. Music starts about 5:30PM, and runs until 8PM. There's no cover charge for this show. The Firebox is located at 539 Broad Street in Hartford.

(Also, Blackstone Valley BG will be playing at the Vanilla Bean in Pomfret on Saturday night, February 28th. Showtime is 8PM.)

A little chat with Rick Hayes -- Sunday, 2/22...

A brief programmer's note for you...

Rick Hayes (http://www.hayesproductions.com/) -- most recently known to a whole lot of folks as the mandolin player for the Gibson Brothers -- will be joining us on the air via the telephone during Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe. Rick and the Gibsons parted ways last fall, but Rick has stayed busy playing music, building instruments, and enjoying the success of his solo recording released in the summer of 2008, "Fly By Night." In fact, this recording received a "Highlight Review" in the February 2009 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited. We'll talk about this achievement and more on Sunday's show -- BG Cafe starts at 4PM, we'll talk to Rick about 5PM.

Please join us! In southern New England, we're at 91.7 on your FM dial, or listen online anywhere at www.whus.org.

Bear Minimum in Northbridge, MA -- Friday, 2/20/2009

Fresh from the showcase stage at the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Bear Minimum (the offshoot of the Bear Bridge Band) will make an appearance on Friday, February 20th at the Grass Roots Coffeehouse in Northbridge, MA. Show starts at 7:30PM -- doors open at 6:45PM. This coffeehouse is held in the Rockdale Congregational Church, 46 Fowler Road, Northbridge MA.

Yes, this duo features my brother, Dave, (aka "Tex"), as well my "other brother," Dave Shaw, but I've seen them play to a great reception in several places, and have no reason to think they won't present a fine show on Friday night. Please come out and see them if you can.

Concert promoter and fine musician, Bob Dick, presents these shows in Northbridge. He says, too, that there will be some fine hot food and desserts available, so come on out to the show.

For more information, call (617)429-0347 or email Bob -- aplandbob@aol.com.

See you there!

Three Classic Country/BG fill-ins for Amy...

For three consecutive Tuesdays mornings, I got to play two hours' worth of Classic Country & BG at WHUS. As always, this was a whole lot of fun, as it gave me an opportunity to play music that is seldom heard on the airwaves....or at least those airwaves north of, say, Virginia. Of course, another subliminal reason for playing this music is that it might expose the BG music to some who've never heard it, and are not "regular" listeners of the BG Cafe. Don't know if that happened, but it's always worth a shot.....


Tuesday, January 27, 2009 -- Lots of the early greats, plus a few tunes featuring duet recordings from folks who don't normally work together.

• Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• In The Jailhouse Now / Jimmie Rodgers / Essential Jimmie Rodgers / RCA
• When The Cactus Is In Bloom / Bill Monroe / Anthology / MCA
• Honeymoon On A Rocketship / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• Waitin’ For A Train / / Jim Reeves / Live At The Opry / CMF
• Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
• After The Sunset / Chuck Wagon Gang / The Golden Age / Columbia
• The Precious Jewel / Roy Acuff / Essential Roy Acuff / Legacy
• Satisfaction Guaranteed / Carl Smith / Let’s Live A Little / Living Era
• There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight / Hank Williams / 24 Of Hank Williams’ Greatest Hits / Mercury
• Filipino Baby / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA
• Invitation To The Blues / Ray Price / In A Honky Tonk Mood / Jasmine
• A Man Like Me / Roger Miller / A Man Like Me / Bear Family
• Settin’ The Woods On Fire / Hank Williams / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• Comin’ On Strong / David Peterson / Comin’ On Strong / Self-Produced
• Honky Tonk Habit / The Wilders / Throw Down / Free Dirt
• Come Walk With Me / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / One Morning In May /
  Rounder
• True Life Blues / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• One By One / Kitty Wells with Red Foley / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• After The Fire Is Gone / Pam Gadd with Marty Raybon / Benefit Of Doubt / Self-Produced
• The Last Thing On My Mind / Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton / All American Country / BMG
• Holding On To Nothing / Dale Ann Bradley with Marty Raybon / Catch Tomorrow / Compass
• We’re The Talk Of The Town / Buck Owens & Rose Maddox / On The Bandstand / Sundazed
• I’m Layin’ It On The Line / Don Rich / Country Pickin’ / Sundazed
• The Other Side Of Town / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Sweet Carrie / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Sophronie / Audie Blaylock / Tribute To Jimmy Martin / Koch
• Cindy Mae / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Old Swingin’ Bridge / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Three Silver Dollars / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Three Silver Dollars / Pinecastle
• Stuck Up Blues / Louvin Brothers / Sing The Great Songs Of Roy Acuff / Gusto
• A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin’ / Traditional Grass / Songs Of Love And Life / Rebel
• Farewell Blues / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
  
  

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 -- More of the classic country greats, plus a bit of Buddy Holly & a tune written by the Big Bopper as we marked the 50th anniversary of "The Day The Music Died."

• Wabash Cannonball / Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys / The Golden Age / Columbia
• The Storms Are On The Ocean / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• The Brakeman’s Blues / Jimmie Rodgers / Essential Jimmie Rodgers / RCA
• Lonesome Blue Yodel / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era
• Mean Mama Blues / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA
• Lovesick Blues / Hank Williams / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
• New Mule Skinner Blues / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Till The End Of The World Rolls Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Legacy
• Air Mail Special / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• That’ll Be The Day / Buddy Holly & the Crickets / Soda Fountain Favorites / Sony
• White Lightning / George Jones / Essential George Jones / Legacy
• Down Home/Following The Sun/She Taught Me To Yodel / The Down Homers / Best Of The Down Homers / Self-Produced
• Rock Around The Clock / Bill Haley / Soda Fountain Favorites / Sony
• Old Man From The Mountain / BearTracks / Together Til The End / AMT Records
• Desperate And Blue / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin’ Pretty Women / Rebel
• Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• Eight More Miles / Laurie Lewis, Claire Lynch, Lynn Morris, & Rhonda Vincent / O Sister / Rounder
• Beauty Of My Dreams / Del McCoury / Mac, Doc, & Del / Sugar Hill
• The Hurtin’s All Over / Connie Smith / Essential Connie Smith / BMG
• Trouble And Me / Buck Owens / I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail / Sundazed
• The Streets Of Baltimore / Bobby Bare / Essential Bobby Bare / RCA
• Hammers And Nails / Statler Brothers with Johnny Cash / Essential Statler Brothers, 1964-1969 / Columbia
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• I’ll Go To My Grave Lovin’ You / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
• Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder
• You’re The Only One For Me / David Peterson / Comin’ On Strong / Self-Produced
• Lonely Me, Lonely You / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby / Louvin Brothers / Classic Album Collection / Golden Stars
• Which One Is To Blame / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• John Henry / Steve Martin / Steve Martin Brothers / Wounded Bird Records
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 -- In addition to the classic country/BG mix, there was a bit of a celebration of Ray Price's 83rd birthday on January 12th, as well as a two-song tribute to the late steel guitar master & classic Buckaroo, "Tender" Tom Brumley, who died on February 4th. We also listened to a couple of tunes from each of the three fine Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" recordings.

• I Ain’t Goin’ To Work Tomorrow / Carter Family / Anchored In Love / Rounder
• Big Rock Candy Mountain / Harry McClintock / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury
• You Are My Sunshine / Gene Autry / The Golden Age / Columbia
• Hey, Good Lookin’ / Hank Williams / 24 Of Hank Williams’ Greatest Hits / Mercury
• Hillbilly Fever / Little Jimmy Dickens / Your Cheatin’ Heart : Classic Country Hits / Dynamic
• The Singing Waterfall / Kitty Wells / Johnnie & Jack With Kitty Wells At KWKH / Bear Family
• Let’s Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello / Ernest Tubb / The Definitive Collection / MCA
• How Will I Explain About You? / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe / Columbia
• Down The Trail Of Achin’ Hearts / Hank Snow with Anita Carter / The Singing Ranger / Living Era
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Grandpa Jones / 28 Greatest Hits / Gusto
• If You’re Ever Lonely Darling / Ray Price / Essential Ray Price / Columbia
• You Done Me Wrong / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• City Lights / Statler Brothers / Thank You World / Mercury
• Heartaches By The Number / Jim & Jesse / Our Kind Of Country / Pinecastle
• I’ve Got A New Heartache / Ricky Skaggs / Country Gentleman / Legacy
• Crazy Arms / Ray Price / Essential Ray Price / Columbia
• Tom Cattin’ / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Roll Out The Red Carpet / Sundazed
• Together Again / Buck Owens / 21 #1 Hits : The Ultimate Collection / Rhino
• The Crow / Tony Trischka with Steve Martin / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• Cold Wind / Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• A Ramblin’ Man Is A Ramblin’ Man / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin’ Pretty Women / Rebel
• Poor Boy Workin’ Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Honky Tonkin’ / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• I’m Sittin’ On Top Of The World / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Jimmy Martin / Will The Circle Be Unbroken, v.2 / Universal
• Love Please Come Home / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Del, Ronnie, & Rob McCoury / Will The Circle Be Unbroken, v.3 / Capitol
• Lovin’ On The Side / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Paulette Carlson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken, v.2 / Universal
• I Am A Pilgrim / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Doc Watson / Will The Circle Be Unbroken, v.3 /
  Capitol
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Capitol
• Fist City / Loretta Lynn / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
• Cry! Cry! Cry! / Johnny Cash / Essential Johnny Cash / Legacy
• Mama Tried / Merle Haggard / Vintage Collections / Capitol
• Running Gun / Marty Robbins / Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs / Legacy
• Blue Grass Special / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe / Columbia
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 2/8/2009

Sometimes, three hours can seem like a long time; other times, it can pass in the blink of an eye. To me, it seemed like the clock this Sunday was going extra fast -- don't know if it felt that same way for any of you. However, there were lots of things I meant to tell you and songs I meant to play, but I just didn't get a chance this time around. Maybe next time....

Anyhow, we managed to squeeze in a quick chat with Nick Novia -- a CT musician (Big Apple'achia, TrueGrass) -- who has been putting together the live BG presented each Sunday evening at the Firebox Restaurant in Hartford. While this all started as an experiment, Nick's been busy bringing in some great regional bands on Sundays for 3+ months, and there's no end in sight. Obviously, this timeslot presents a bit of a conflict in your BG Cafe radio listening, but it's certainly a great thing for you to listen to (and support!) the live BG once in a while. Another great reason to go to these shows: they're FREE. If you'd like to be put on Nick's email distribution list for what happens at the Firebox, just drop him an email: bigappleachia@gmail.com.

We managed to throw in some new music from a couple of fine young instrumentalists -- fiddler Patrick McAvinue ("Rutland's Reel") & banjo picker Mark Delaney ("Sidecar"). Both of these CDs are from the Patuxent Music label. In addition, we heard a tune from the latest CD by the Songs From The Road Band -- a grouping of sidemen from the Asheville, NC area.

In case you've not heard, Jim & Marti wrapped up their excellent Red Rooster Party program at WHUS this week. While it's sad to think that show has departed from the airwaves (for now), it's great to know that Jim & Marti will stay in the rotation for the BG Cafe. Rumor has it that Jim plans to add some "Roots of Bluegrass" segments in his future weeks on the air. That's definitely something for all of us to anticipate....

All three of us will be at the Joe Val BG Festival next weekend -- hope to see you there! There will be a UCONN basketball game preempting most of next Sunday's BG Cafe, but listen for Susan Forbes Hansen to play some folky Bluegrass for an hour or so after the game ends, and before her Sunday Night Folk Festival starts at 7PM.

Amy


Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Cabin On A Mountain / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
• Cash On The Barrelhead / Dreadful Snakes / Snakes Alive! / Rounder
• I’ve Had A Time / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister / Rounder
• Leaving Baker County / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle
• Memories Of Mother And Dad / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / The King & The Father / MME
• Till The End Of The World Rolls Round / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• The Day That Lester Died / Claire Lynch / Crowd Favorites / Rounder
• I’m My Own Grandpa / David Grisman / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Rounder
• Holdin’ On When You’ve Let Go / Crowe Brothers / Brothers-n-Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Never Again / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder
• You’re My Darling / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• O’er The Road I’m Bound To Go / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Angry Man / Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Blue Ridge Mountain Girl / Blue Highway / Blue Highway : Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• White Lightning / The Grascals / Celebration Of Life / Skaggs Family
• Behind These Prison Walls Of Love / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland /
  Strictly Country
• Train Songs / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is II / Lonesome Day
• Little Glass Of Wine / Ralph Stanley / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Little Joe / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Echoes Of The Mountain / Rounder
• Bird Bath / Mark Delaney / Sidecar / Patuxent Music
• As The Crow Flies / Songs From The Road Band / As The Crow Flies / Lucks Dumpy Toad Records
• Rutland’s Reel / Patrick McAvinue / Rutland’s Reel / Patuxent Music
• Bluegrass Breakdown / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass : A Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Whippoorwill / Pine Mountain Railroad / Alone With Forever / SteelTown Records
• Two Hours Down / Rick Hayes / Fly By Night / Self-Produced
• Pick Up The Blues / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin’ Pretty Women / Rebel
• Sweet Carrie / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Sold Down The River / Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Leavin’ Town / Rounder
• I Won’t Be Far From Here / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Julie’s Train / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• If I Were You / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Rainbow In The Valley / David Peterson / Comin’ On Strong / Self-Produced
• He Said If I Be Lifted Up / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• What A Beautiful Day (For The Lord To Come Again) / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
• Goodbye / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Will You Meet Me Over There / Josh Williams / Lonesome Highway / Pinecastle
• Get In Line Brother / Everett Lilly / Everett Lilly & Everybody & Their Brother / Swift River Music
• A Voice From On High / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• We Shall Meet / The Lawsons / Shout It From The Highest Hill / Kindred Records
• I’m Getting Ready To Leave This World / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’ : Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 2/1/2009

This show featured a live telephone interview with Del McCoury on his birthday. The Del McCoury Band will be performing at The Little Theatre in New Haven on Sunday, 8 February, so we thought it would be a good idea to talk to Del. The discussion was delightful. Del recalled the 1950s and 1960s days of the Baltimore bluegrass hot bed, and related how his most popular recording in recent history, "1952 Vincent Black Lightning", was pitched to him by Connecticut resident Dick Bowden. If you missed the interview, you can hear it again here.

We also celebrated other bluegrass birthdays: David Parmley, Tom Gray, and Del's bandmate and fiddler - Jason Carter, by playing some of their recordings.

The songs were mostly vintage for this show, but we did slip in a few new recordings from Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Special Consensus, Balsam Range, Mac Wiseman, Dry Branch Fire Squad, New England band Crossover, Audie Blaylock and Redline, and Pam Gadd.

Tune in next week when Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim & Marti

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Back Up And Push / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent
• Opening Theme: Wake Up Susan / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• We Can't Be Darlings Anymore / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Del McCoury / I Wonder Where you Are Tonight / Arhoolie
• I Wonder Where You Are Tonight / Everett Lilly & Everybody and Their Brother / Everett Lilly & Everybody and Their Brother / Swift River
• Footprints In The Snow / Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / The Essential / Columbia
• Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Down In Caroline / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• Signs / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
• Heart Wrenching Love Sick Memories / Rhonda Vincent & The Rage / Destination Life (Prime Cuts Vol. 97) / Rounder (KBC)
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent & The Rage / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• I'll Be All Smiles Tonight / Mac Wiseman / 1st Recorded Live Concert / Wise
• Tall Pines / Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands / Live / Spruce & Maple
• The Bluebirds Are Singing / The Country Gentlemen / Early Rebel Recordings / Rebel
• Little Joe / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Echoes of the Mountains / Rounder
• Beautiful Brown Eyes / The Gibson Brothers / Bona Fide / Sugar Hill
• As Long As I Live / Don Reno And Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends "Together" / Wango
• Maybe You Will Change Your Mind / Don Reno & Red Smiley / 1951 / 1959 / King
• Lonesome Road Blues / Hylo Brown / Essential Original Masters / Rural Rhythm
• Pardon Me / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• I Feel The Blues Movin' In / Del McCoury / The Best Of The GrooveGrass Years / GrooveGrass

Interview with Del McCoury

• 1952 Vincent Black Lightning / The Del McCoury Band / Del And The Boys / Ceili Music
• Girl From The North Country / Tony Rice / Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• Cora Is Gone / Jack Lawrence / About Time / G-Run
• Ten Miles To Deep Gap / Jack Lawrence / About Time / G-Run
• Room At The Top Of The Stairs / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / At Merlefest April 25 2008 / FestivaLink
• Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Bill Clifton / Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Gusto
• I Don't Mind / Buzz Busby / Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Gusto
• Three Silver Dollars / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Three Silver Dollars / Pinecastle
• I Could Love You All The Time / Flat Mountain Boys / Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Gusto
• Blue Virginia Blue / Ken Orrick / Pictures and Stories / Hay Holler
• Some Old Day / Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• You'll Get No More Of Me / Hazel Dickens / A Few Old Memories / Rounder
• Dark Hollow / Crossover / Friends Having Fun / Self
• Put My Little Shoes Away / Lynwood Lunsford / Pick Along / Hay Holler
• Are You Tired Of Me My Darling / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• My Darling's Last Goodbye / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Lost / Avery County / Me & The Jukebox / Self
• Hold Whatcha Got / Pam Gadd / Benefit of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
• Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine / Iron Horse / The Gospel According to Hank Williams / CMH
• What Would You Give In Exchange / Cody Schuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• The Candle Song / Jim Eanes / In His Arms / Rebel
• Cabin In Glory / Carl Story / The Best Of Starday Bluegrass / King
• Back To The Cross / Flatt & Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Sessions / Mercury
• They're At Rest Together / Earl Taylor & The Stoney Mountain Boys / Mountain Music Bluegrass Style / Smithsonian Folkways
• Mountain Preacher's Child / Ralph Stanley / Mountain Preacher's Child / Rebel
• How High Is That Mountain / Larry Stephenson / Thankful / Pinecastle
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler

More information on two "Precious Jewels"...

You may have heard a tune called "Maybelle's Guitar And Monroe's Mandolin" by Robin & Linda Williams on Sunday's BG Cafe. This song is found on the Williams's most recent recording, "Buena Vista," and it tells a nice story about the Gibson L-5 guitar owned by Mother Maybelle Carter and Bill Monroe's Gibson F-5 Loar mandolin, and how the two instruments who served their respective owners so well for so many years are now in an exhibit side-by-side at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. These instruments were purchased by the Hall of Fame a few years ago with funds that were acquired from a benefactor who turned out to be fraudulent. Now, the Hall of Fame is trying to raise funds to legally purchase these instruments, and they are actively seeking donations.

To read more about this story, click here for a recent article in Nashville's newspaper, The Tennessean, or here for an article posted on the Hall of Fame's website.

Obviously, these are not the best times for any organization to be searching for donations. However, if you are interested in seeing these instruments that have meant so much in the history of Bluegrass & Country Music in a place where they can continue to be admired by all, you may wish to contribute to the cause. Donations can be made online, with a major credit card by calling (615)416-2050, or by sending a check directly to the Hall of Fame at this address:

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

222 Fifth Avenue South

Mail Drop DP

Nashville, Tennessee 37203

Checks should be made out to the Country Music Foundation. Please specify Precious Jewel Fund.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/25/2009

Well, we didn't have snow on Sunday in CT, but with the mercury in the thermometer never getting much higher than 20 degrees, it seems that a good number of you must have been staying inside to listen to some BG on the ol' radio. We're glad you were there!

With the new year, we've started to receive a few new CDs to share with you all. Sunday's show put the focus on some new music from the likes of the Lost & Found, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, the bluegrass project by country/cowboy singer Michael Martin Murphey, a CD of music based on the Civil War by the North Carolina duo of Barney Rogers & Russell Johnson, and an old-timey sounding band from Virginia called the Whitetop Mountain Band. In addition, there were a couple of tunes each from very fine "Signs" by the Special Consensus and a vintage country-sounding disc from David Peterson called "Comin' On Strong." Look forward to hearing more music from all of these performers on WHUS, as well as plenty more, I'm sure.

We also took a quick look at the nominees in the "Best Bluegrass Album" category for this year's Grammy Awards (to be handed out on February 8th). Four of the five recordings (by Cherryholmes, Ricky Skaggs, Dan Tyminski, & Earl Scruggs) are CDs owned by us at WHUS, but the fifth one by the Del McCoury Band is a set of music recorded live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz Festival and is only available online. Congratulations to all of the nominees.

Finally, a good many of you called in with requests this week -- thanks!

While Jim & Marti join you in the Cafe next Sunday, I'd like to invite you to join me for a Tuesday AM fill-in at WHUS. From 10AM until noon, I plan to play a good portion of Bluegrass & Classic Country music. Please join me if you can!

Have a fine week, and stay warm -
Amy

Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Bluegrass Blues / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• A Memory Of You / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse, 1952-1955 / Bear Family
• Nashville Jail / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads Recordings
• I’m Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darlin’ / Hunter Berry with Marty Stuart / Wow Baby / Upper Management Music
• Blue Bonnet Lane / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty’s Old Guitar / Rounder
• Are You Coming Back To Me / Bill Harrell & Mac Wiseman / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
• Bugle Call Rag / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
• Coat Of Many Colors / Dolly Parton / Live And Well / Sugar Hill
• Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / Live At McClure / Rebel
• I Ain’t Takin’ You Back No More / Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder [Grammy Nominee]
• Little Cabin Home On The Hill / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass : A Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family [Grammy Nominee]
• Devil In Disguise / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III : Don’t Believe / Skaggs Family [Grammy Nominee]
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown / Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends / The Ultimate Collection : Live At The Ryman / Rounder [Grammy Nominee]
• Your Love Is Like A Flower / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• The Old Home Town / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• There’s A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Osborne Brothers / Hyden / Pinecastle
• Cold Cold Heart / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Mama Turn Aloosa My Soul / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Keep On Walking / Jeanette Williams with Daughters Of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet /
  Blue Circle
• Travelin’ This Lonesome Road / Balsam Range / Marching Home / Mountain Home
• When I’m 64 / Del McCoury Band / Moneyland / McCoury Music
• Maybelle’s Guitar And Monroe’s Mandolin / Robin & Linda Williams / Buena Vista / Red House
• That’s What Country Folks Do / Lost & Found / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, v.97 / KBC
• Signs / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
• Bury Me In Dixie / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Prime Cuts Of Bluegrass, v.97 / KBC
• Lost River / Michael Martin Murphey / Buckaroo Bluegrass / Rural Rhythm
• Train 45 / Whitetop Mountain Band / Loafer’s Dream / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Remembering / David Peterson / Comin’ On Strong / Self-Produced'
• Hold The Line / Rogers & Johnson / When The Bands Played / New Time Records
• I’ll Go To My Grave Lovin’ You / Special Consensus / Signs / Pinecastle
• Mountain Song / Gibson Brothers / Long Way Back Home / Sugar Hill
• Color Me Lonely / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press / Bluegrass Melodies / Rounder
• I’ll Go Steppin’ Too / Rickey Wasson / From The Heart And Soul / Rural Rhythm
• My Darling’s Last Goodbye / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• We Can’t Be Darlings Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• The Room Over Mine / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
• Blue Ridge Mountain Girl / Blue Highway / Blue Highway : Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Just Like You / Bluegrass Brothers / Appalachian Memories / Self-Produced
• Are You Washed In The Blood / NorthernBound / Time Goes So Fast / Self-Produced
• Meet Him In The Clouds / Bear Minimum / / Self-Produced
• I Hear My Savior Calling / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Family Bible / David Peterson / Comin’ On Strong / Self-Produced
• That Home Above / Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Place On Calvary / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 1/18/2009

Hi Folks,

It was a snowy day in Connecticut, and it seemed many of you were at home listening to the radio based on the large number of phone calls from folks making requests, winning tickets to local concerts, and just to talk about the music we played.

We aired several songs because of anniversaries and other events such as the songs by Lonesome Standard Time and Ross Nickerson because our recently-departed friend Butch Baldassari picked mandolin on the tracks. We played a concert recording from Flatt & Scruggs (they played at Nixon's inauguration 40 years ago), Laurie Lewis (her partner Tom Rozum has a birthday this week), Bill Emerson (birthday this week), and Art Stamper (died 23 January 2005).

We introduced some new music, too, from the Songs From The Road Band, Audie Blaylock and Redline, Whitetop Mountain Band, Gena Britt Tew, and The Infamous Stringdusters.

The Steep Canyon Rangers, ShoreGrass, and Shady Creek all have concerts in the area this week, so we played tracks from their CDs.

Speaking of concerts, we have the amazing fortune to have a large number of great bands we can hear live in this area. This will not continue forever, or even many more weeks, unless we all make it worthwhile to the promoters who put their time and money on the line to bring this music to us. Please get out and attend the concerts. You will have a great time, the music is the best, and we will be able to enjoy live bluegrass music in the future.

That's the news and soapbox for this week. Amy will be with you next week.

Jim & Marti

(Requests in blue)

SONG TITLE / PERFORMER / ALBUM TITLE / LABEL

• Back Up And Push / Patrick McAvinue / Grave Run / Patuxent
• Gold Watch And Chain / Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / 24 Bluegrass Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Reno Bound / David Peterson & 1946 / The Howling Blue Winds / Self-produced
• Down The Road / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt And Scruggs At Carnegie Hall / Koch
• Whispering Waters / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Audie Blaylock and Redline / Rural Rhythm
• The Less That I Drink / Charlie Sizemore / Good News / Rounder
• Lonesome Pine / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• It's A Long, Long Road / Blue Highway / Lonesome Pine / Rebel
• Lower On The Hog / Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time / Self-titled / Sugar Hill
• Bluegrass Saturday Night / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Jesse James / Ross Nickerson / Blazing The West / Bullet Proof
• Back To The Mountains / The Monty McClanahan Project / The Road Less Traveled / Self-produced
• Close By / Beth Stevens & Edge / Strong Enough / Pinecastle
• Tall Pines / Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands / Live / Spuce & Maple
• You Can Run But You Can't Hide / Bill Emerson / Banjo Man / Webco
• Tennessee 1949 / Larry Sparks / The Best of Larry Sparks / Rebel
• I See Through You / The Stanley Brothers / The Last Show of the Stanley Brothers / Self-produced
• Never Again / The Stanley Brothers / The Last Show of the Stanley Brothers / Self-produced
• Montana Cowgirl (Coyote Song) / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Phoenix / Happy Appy
• I'm Gone, Long Gone / Don Reno & Red Smiley & The Tennesse Cut-ups / Reno & Smiley & The Tennessee Cut-ups / King
• Darlin' Nellie Gray / Don Reno and Charlie Moore / Bluegrass Legends "Together" / Wango
• Pig In A Pen / Ricky Skaggs / Ancient Tones / Skaggs Family
• Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy / Whitetop Mountain Band / Loafer's Dream / Mountain Roads
• Doing All I Can / Gina Britt Tew / Doing All I Can / Self-produced
• The Old Hen Cackled / Art Stamper / The Lost Fiddler / County
• Detroit City Chill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• Rambler's Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Live And Learn / Rebel
• Plant Some Flowers By My Grave / Red Smiley with the Bluegrass Cut-ups / 20 Bluegrass Favorites, Volume II / Rural Rhythm
• Stop Action / Tony Trischka / Hill Country / Rounder
• Tragic Romance / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• I Ain't Goin' Down / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Waitin' For The Hard Times / Sugar Hill
• There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea / Don Stover / Live At Davis & Elkins College / White Oak
• A Hundred Years From Now / The Infamous Stringdusters / Normal 9-13-2008 / Sugar Hill
• Goodbye Bottle Of Whiskey / The Steep Canyon Rangers / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Don't Ease Me In / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• Hold Whatcha Got / Pam Gadd / Benefit Of Doubt / Home Sweet Highway
• Train Songs / Ralph Stanley II / This One Is Two / Lonesome Day
• Big Sciota [bed for calendar] / Greg Morton / Solo Guitar / Self-produced
• Wildwood Flower [bed for calendar] / Greg Morton / Solo Guitar / Self-produced
• I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self-produced
• Picker's Blues / The Gibson Brothers / Iron & Diamonds / Sugar Hill
• I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home / Shore Grass / Going Home / Self-produced
• Bury Me Beneath The Willow / Northern Lights / New Moon / Fifty Fifty
• Thank You For Caring / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Down In The Willow Garden / Gary Ferguson and Friends / Live At Podunk / Patuxent
• As The Crow Flies / Songs From The Road Band / As The Crow Flies (Prime Cuts Vol 96) / Lucks Dumpy Toad (KBC)
• The Gospel Way / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
• I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap / Reno & Smiley / Reno & Smiley and The Tennessee Cut-ups 1951 / 1959 / King
• So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• Give Me The Roses Now / Jimmy Martin / This World Is Not My Home / Music Mill - Universal
• Listen To My Hammer Ring / Charlie Moore / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• Baptism Of Jesse Taylor / Longview / Deep In The Mountains / Rounder
• Lord Let Me Walk Beside Of You / The Easter Brothers / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• Harbor Of Love / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• I Hear My Savior Calling / The Stanley Brothers / 1953-58 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler

A way to save a dollar or two for Joe Val...

If you've not yet purchased a ticket for the Boston Bluegrass Union-sponsored Joe Val BG Festival -- which happens February 13-15 in Framingham, MA -- you may wish to do so before the end of the day today, January 15th. These days, especially, saving a dollar or two is a great idea, so why not take advantage of the "early bird" discount? For more information, click here.

This 24th annual addition of the Joe Val Festival features a terrific lineup, including Bradley Walker, the Steep Canyon Rangers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, NewFound Road, the Special Consensus, the Claire Lynch Band, the Kruger Brothers Bluegrass Project, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, the Charlie Sizemore Band, the Josh Williams Band, Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press, and Dailey & Vincent. In addition, a host of terrific New England (& New York) BG bands will be taking the stage, including the Old Time Bluegrass Singers, Wilf Clark & the Misty Mountaineers, Straight Drive, and the Bluegrass Gospel Project.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 1/11/2009

After 2 1/2 hours of relative calm on Sunday's show, we had a whole lot of activity toward the end of my first Bluegrass Cafe for 2009. We had arranged to talk to Woody Platt of the Steep Canyon Rangers earlier in Sunday's program, but the best-laid plans...well, it just didn't work out at the scheduled time. No problems, though -- we just went on with the show, and reminded folks about the upcoming SCR show at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center on January 22nd. A bit after 6:30PM, we had a second chance to get Woody on the air...and so we did. Hope you enjoyed our little talk -- and, of course, please get out to see the Rangers in East Hartford on 1/22.

Sunday's show also included several tunes played in celebration of the 85th birthday of one Earl Eugene Scruggs, who was born on January 6, 1924. To say that Earl's a Bluegrass legend almost seems a bit of an understatement. Mr. Scruggs has a brand new CD out on Rounder Records ("The Ultimate Collection: Live At The Ryman"), and he continues to play on the CDs of more than one or two other folks (the latest recordings by Ricky Skaggs and Tom T. Hall are two recent examples). We don't really NEED an excuse to play music by Earl on the BG Cafe, but celebrating an 85th birthday is a big deal -- why not mark the occasion with a bit of celebration?

On a sad note, we also played an instrumental called "Stallin'" by the Weary Hearts. This fine mandolin tune was written and played by Butch Baldassari, who died on January 10th after suffering from cancer for the last year or so.

Thanks for joining me for Sunday's show -- make sure you listen in next Sunday for Jim & Marti.

Amy


Requests are RED.

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• The Hard Times / Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top XPress / Try A Little Kindness / Rounder
• A Dime Looks Like A Wagon Wheel / Reno & Smiley / Together Again / Rebel
• Boogie Grass Band / Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition / Portfolio / Self-Produced
• Hard Times / The Grascals / Long List Of Heartaches / Rounder
• Hot Night In August / Gary Ferguson / I’m Really Leaving / Webco
• Man With The Blues/ Barry Berrier / First Time With Feeling / Pinecastle
• World’s Biggest Fool / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Fox On The Run / Tony Trischka with Tom Adams / Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular / Rounder
• My Younger Days / Lynn Morris Band / The Bramble And The Rose / Rounder
• Roanoke / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Anthology / MCA
• Earl's Breakdown / Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends / The Ultimate Collection / Rounder
• Goin’ Back To Old Kentucky / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass : A Tribute To 1946 & 1947 / Skaggs Family
• Will You Be Loving Another Man / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• Randy Lynn Rag / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Stallin’ / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Sugar Coated Love / Jack Cooke / Sittin’ On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• You’re That Certain Someone / Warrior River Boys / New Beginnings / Rounder
• If I Knew Then What I Know Now / Beth Stevens & Edge / Strong Enough / Pinecastle
• Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart / Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News / Rounder
• Roll On Blues / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Rural Rhythm
• Rambler’s Blues / Kenny & Amanda Smith Band / Live And Learn / Rebel
• Dreams About The Hills And Home / Bluegrass Patriots / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Cindy / Elkville String Band / Over The Mountain / Mountain Roads Recordings
• I Don’t Want Your Nine Pound Hammer / Bear Bridge Band / Bluegrass Sampler / Open Road
• What A Ways We’ve Come / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• Mississippi River Raft / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Lefty’s Old Guitar / Rounder
• Grandpa Was A Carpenter / Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom / Self-Produced
• One Of Those Days (When I Miss Lester Flatt) / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. / Blue Circle
• Grandfather’s Clock / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Papa Played The Dobro / White Mountain Bluegrass / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Rocking Alone In An Old Rocking Chair / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
• Mountain Memories / Acoustic Blue / Empty House / Self-Produced
• Secret Of The Waterfall / Bill Yates & Friends / Country Gentlemen Tribute / MasterShield Records
• Waiting To Hear You Call My Name / Steep Canyon Rangers /One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• Living In The Pane / Steep Canyon Rangers / Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Me And John And Paul / The Grascals / The Grascals / Rounder
• I Made A Friend Of A Flower Today / The Daughters Of Bluegrass featuring Heather Berry / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• The Ballad Of Charlie Dill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• Brighter Shade Of Blue / Lou Reid & Carolina / Time / Lonesome Day
• Are You Ready For Heaven / Wilson Family Band / Family Ties / MasterShield Records
• I Can’t Sit Down / Steep Canyon Rangers / One Dime At A Time / Rebel
• I Have Found The Way / Louvin Brothers / Songs That Tell A Story / Rounder
• I Like The Old Time Way / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Why Don’t You Give Jesus A Try / Blue Circle
• My Eyes Shall Be On Canaan’s Land / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’ / Rural Rhythm
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
  

Claire Lynch in East Hartford, CT -- Friday, January 9th

A new year, a good number of BG happenings in southern New England about which you need to know...

The folks at the East Hartford Community Cultural Center (namely, Roger Moss of the Podunk BG Music Festival, also in East Hartford) have put together a couple of indoor BG shows during the winter months that may be of interest to you. Tonight, making a return engagement to EHCCC is none other than singer/songwriter Claire Lynch and her fine band. Showtime is 8PM -- doors open at 7PM. The East Hartford Community Cultural Center is located at 50 Chapman Place in East Hartford, and is very easy to find off of I-84. Directions and other show information can be found at the EHCCC website, or call (860)282-8241.

Upcoming BG shows at EHCCC include:

Thursday, January 22nd - Steep Canyon Rangers

Saturday, March 14th - Infamous Stringdusters

Thursday, April 16th - John Reischman & the Jaybirds

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 1/4/2009

First "Cafe" of the year didn't have a theme other than to bring some great bluegrass music to you. We tried to play lesser-heard tracks from familiar artists, and perhaps some some tunes from folks you have not heard before.

We also gave away five bluegrass CDs on this show, and you kept Marti busy on the phones throughout. Thank you for your devoted listening!

Jim & Marti

requests in blue

• Sugar In The Gourd / Michael Cleveland / Let 'Er Go, Boys! / Rounder
• Streets Of Chicago / Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Pages Of Time / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-produced
• Dark Hollow / Mark Newton Larry Stephenson / Live At Mr. B's / B's Records
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Just Another Broken Heart / Big Country Bluegrass / Open For Business / Mountain Roads
• Don't Tread On Me / Kristin Scott Benson / Second Season / Pinecastle
• Bluegrass Saturday Night / Rhonda Vincent / Good Thing Going / Rounder
• Stone Blind Love / Cedar Hill / Looking Back / Scena
• Dixieland (My Home Town) / Ralph Stanley / Old-Time Pickin' / Rebel
• Nothin' Special / The Del McCoury Band / The Company We Keep / McCoury Music
• Gonna Take A Train / Kati Penn / Gonna Take A Train / Self-produced
• Montana Slim / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Instrumentals / Skaggs Family
• Traveler / Cherryholmes / Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe / Skaggs Family
• I'm Just Here To Ride The Train / Mountain Heart / Road That Never Ends / Rural Rhythm
• Stone Cold Loneliness / Blue Moon Rising / One Lonely Shadow / Lonesome Day
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / The Bristol Boys / All Aboard with The Bristol Boys / Self-produced
• Heart Of Virginia / Terry Comer / Terry Comer and the Best In Town / Goldslinger
• One Little Teardrop / Lonesome River Band / No Turning Back / Rural Rhythm
• The Ballad Of Charlie Dill / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• In My Mind To Ramble / Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper / Leavin' Town / Rounder
  
• Your Memory Followed Me Home / The Daughters of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Bouquet / Blue Circle
• If All Those Trains Were Still Around / Randy Kohrs / Old Photograph / Rural Rhythm
• Thunderclouds of Love / Tony Rice / Plays And Sings Bluegrass / Rounder
• John Wilkes Booth / Tony Rice / Night Flyer / Rounder
• Ain't Gonna Let You Drag Me Down / David Parmley & Continental Divide / Three Silver Dollars / Pinecastle
• Are You Teasin' Me? / Crowe Brothers / Brothers -N- Harmony / Rural Rhythm
• Kentucky Mountain / James Reams, Walter Hensley and the Barons of Bluegrass / Wild Card / Mountain Redbird
• John Hardy / Alan Munde Gazette / Made To Last / Munde's Child
• Cold Sheets Of Rain / Clay Jones / Mountain Tradition /Rural Rhythm
• Down On The Banks Of The Ohio / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots - 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
• If Wishes Were Horses / Claire Lynch / Crowd Favorites / Rounder
• Lovin' Pretty Women / Steep Canyon Rangers / Lovin' Pretty Women / Rebel
• I'll Drink No More Wine / Steep Canyon Rangers / The Steep Canyon Rangers / Rebel
• Restless State Of Mind / Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain / Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain / Rural Rhythm
• Soldier's Joy / Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends / The Ultimate Collection Live At The Ryman / Rounder
• East Kentucky Home / The Steeldrivers / The Steeldrivers / Rounder
• I Can Go Back Any Time / Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain / CHHR2 / Rural Rhythm
• Over In The Gloryland / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin', Praisin' & Singin' / Rural Rhythm
• Help Thy Brother / Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys / Singing All Day And Dinner On The Ground / Music Mill
• Shall We Gather At The River / Elkville String Band / Over The Mountain / Mountain Roads
• Lord I Hear Your Call / Nothin' Fancy / Lord Bless This House / Pinecastle
• I'm Bound For The Land Of Canaan / The Del McCoury Band / The Promised Land / McCoury Music
• The Man In The Middle / Ralph Stanley / Mountain Preacher's Child / Rebel
• Rocked On The Deep / The Churchmen / I'll Be Long Gone / Pinecastle
• Voice Of My Savior / Audie Blaylock / Trains Are The Only Way To Fly / Self-produced
• Are You Afraid To Die? / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• The Promise / The Gillis Brothers / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler