Fill-in for "Bluegrass Rules" - 11/28/2013

Hi Folks,

James Ward

By now listeners of Bluegrass Cafe know there is another bluegrass program on WHUS called "Bluegrass Rules" hosted by James & Cathy Ward.   The show is usually on a weekday afternoon depending on the semester, and this semester it is on Thursday afternoons usually 3-5pm ET.

Cathy Ward

James & Cathy took Thanksgiving day off this year and I was happy to fill-in on their show.

I included much local music on this show as well as an above-average dose of mountain-style bluegrass.

The playlist is below.

Jim Beaver

Local (CT and New England) music in blue

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Pop! Goes The Banjo / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
• I Feel Like Singing Today / Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley / I Feel Like Singing Today / Rebel
• Reno Bound / Reno & Harrell / Reno Bound / John Boy & Billy
• Less And Less / Grass Routes / Bailey's Deal / Self-released
• Thank You For Caring / Jeanette Williams w. George Jones / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle
• Your Worries & Troubles Are Mine / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Love Of The Mountains / Crossover / Friends Having Fun / Self-released
• The Old Home / Shady Creek / The Old Home / Self-released
• Rawhide / Frank Wakefield / A Tribute To Bill Monroe / Patuxent
• Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Lonesome River Band / Chronology Vol. 1 / Rural Rhythm
• This Rambler's Ramblin' / Mac Martin / Country Roots / Rural Rhythm
• Somebody Loves You Darling / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Larry Efaw & The Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Blue Circle
• It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day / Raincoe
• Swampgrass / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
• I'm So Happy / Joe Mullins & Junior Sisk / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass / Rebel
• Roll On Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Cool Autumn Morning / Monty McClanahan / The Road Less Traveled / Self-released
• Lonesome Wind Blues / Rhonda Vincent / Back Home Again / Rounder
• Dusty Old World / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass
• Don't Think About Me Unkindly / The Earl Brothers / Outlaw Hillbilly / Big Hen
• Unexpected, Ordinary, Unimagined Life / Dawn Kenney / Sing Me Home / Heart Roots
• Old Time Angels / Jim Lauderdale / Old Time Angels / Sky Crunch
• Rollin' On These Rubber Wheels / Ernie Thacker / The Hangman / Pinecastle
• If I Were Your Brother / Spinney Brothers / Live at WHUS May 8, 2010 / Local Production
• It's Never Too Late / Fred Etheridge, Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released
• Cat And Mouse / Jeff Scroggins & Colorado / Western Branches / Self-released
• The Hills And Home / The Country Gentlemen / The Complete Starday Recordings / Gusto
• I've Been All Around This World / Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / Rounder Old-Time Music / Rounder
• Wow Baby / Hunter Berry / Wow Baby / Upper Management
• Blues Are Close At Hand / Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Reminiscing / Short Grass
• I've Been Walkin' / Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• Lord Protect My Soul / Kathy Kallick Band / Time / Live Oak
• Traveling The Highway Home / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Your Long Journey / David Grisman Bluegrass Experience / Muddy Roads / Acoustic Disc
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge, Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 11/24/2013 - Missy Werner

Hi Folks.

Missy Werner

During this one-hour program we played songs from the first two Missy Werner albums and a pre-release single from her upcoming 3rd album, plus a short interview of Missy recorded September 24th at the IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass event in Raleigh.

We introduced new music from The Grascals and Del McCoury, and recent music from James King and Adam Steffey who happened to celebrate a birthday on this day.  We also tipped our hat to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday by opening the show with a Jerry Douglas instrumental, "Ride The Wild Turkey."



The Heritage Corner brought forth from Jim's archives music from Roy Acuff for the anniversary of his passing (11/23/1992), Charlie Moore from a 1974 LP, and Bill Price's Country Pardners from a 1956 single.



This show was reduced to an hour because of a UCONN checkers game preemption.  Be sure to tune in next Sunday where barring any UCONN card games, Amy will bring you another great afternoon of bluegrass music on Bluegrass Cafe.

Jim Beaver

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Ride The Wild Turkey / Jerry Douglas / Slide Rule / Sugar Hill
• Precious Jewel / Roy Acuff / Night Train To Memphis / Allegro
• Alcatraz Blues / Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent (requested)
• Goodbye Girls I'm Going To Boston / Adam Steffey / New Primitive / Organic
• Plant Some Flowers / Missy Werner / Drifting And Dreaming / Self-released
• Right Here / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds of Lonesome / Self-released
• Missy Werner Interview
• I Always Do / Missy Werner / Pre-release single / Self-released
• Streets Of Baltimore / Del McCoury Band / Streets of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Whippoorwill's Cry / Larry Gillis / Swampgrass / Tinman
• Another Old Dog In The Race / The Country Pardners / 45 RPM Single / RCA (45)
• If Teardrops Were Pennies / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
• When I Get My Pay / The Grascals / When I Get My Pay / Mountain Home
• Sunday Morning Christian / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• On A High High Mountain / Charlie Moore & The Dixie Partners / On A High High Mountain / Old Homestead
• Where We'll Never Say Farewell / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management
• Step Off On That Beautiful Shore / Ralph Stanley & Joe Isaacs / A Gospel Gathering / Freeland
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

Southern New England Bluegrass alert -- LOTS going on this weekend...

If you're in southern New England, you've got three opportunities to see and hear some wonderful Bluegrass music, so try to get to one or two of these shows, won't you?

On Saturday, November 16th, the relatively new organization known as the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance (or, RIBA) are presenting a show featuring the legendary EDDIE & MARTHA ADCOCK with TOM GRAY.  This concert takes place at the Francis Farm in Rehoboth, MA, and begins at 7PM.  Find more information on show by clicking here.  

There are two wonderful shows on Sunday, November 17th, but unfortunately, you likely won't be able to get to both of 'em...unless you own a private jet.  Still, it would be great if you can make it to at least one...

If you want to have one more opportunity to see and hear New Hampshire's

WHITE MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS perform before they retire, get to the Country Corner Coffee House in South Hadley, MA on Sunday afternoon at 2PM.  Hazel and Mac McGee are bona fide Bluegrass Pioneers (as recognized at the International Bluegrass Music Museum), and after 43 years of performing as a band, they're retiring.  Get to South Hadley, if you're able, and wish them well, won't you?  For more info on the show, visit www.countrycornermusic.com or call (413)467-9394.

If making the trip to Massachusetts doesn't work so well for you, there's wonderful Bluegrass gospel to be heard in southeastern Connecticut, as THE GOSPEL FRIENDS will perform a free show at the Central Baptist Church, 2 Union Square, Norwich CT.  Showtime is 3PM.  To take a look at a flyer for the show, click here.

No need to lecture -- get out and support live Bluegrass music when you can!

Amy

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 11/10/2013 - Eddie & Martha Adcock

Hi Folks,

We had the pleasure of talking to Eddie and Martha Adcock on this show and got to hear a first-hand synopsis of Eddie's and Martha's amazing musical history. You can hear them perform with Tom Gray Saturday 16 Nov 2013 in Rehoboth MA in an appearance sponsored by Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance.   Check out the details here.

Arthel's Guitar

Other highlights included a tribute to Stringbean (David Akeman) and his wife Estelle who were murdered in front of their cabin 40 years ago this day.  We also heard selections from a 1973 live performance of The New Kentucky Colonels with Clarence, Roland, and Eric White with Herb Pederson; new music from Jim Lauderdale; David Grisman Bluegrass Experience; The Tuttles with A.J. Lee; Noam Pikelny; Reno & Harrell; Shannon & Heather Slaughter; Jeff Scroggins & Colorado; Alex Leach; and Jack Lawrence with a selection from his album Arthel's Guitar.

 

 The Heritage Corner included music from Sammy Adkins & The Sandy Hook Mt. Boys, The Hillmen (Chris Hillman, Don Parmley, Vern & Rex Gosdin), and several selections throughout the show from Alex Campbell and Ola Belle Reed.  Alex Campbell, 90, passed away October 24th.

Join Amy next Sunday between sports preemptions for another afternoon of great bluegrass music.

Jim Beaver

Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Dancin' With Sally / Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• I Wish That I Could Have Met Carter / The Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever
• Opry Time In Tennessee / Stringbean / More of That Rare Old Time Banjo Pickin' And Singin' / Gusto
• The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle / Sam Bush / Circles Around Me / Sugar Hill
• The Hills And Home / The Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Gusto
• Carry Me Back To Carolina / Terry Baucom w. Buddy Melton / Never Thought Of Looking Back / John Boy And Billy
• When Scruggs Made Me A Star / Shannon & Heather Slaughter & County Clare / One More Road / Elite Circuit
• Roll On Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Cheyenne / Noam Pikelny / Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe / Compass
• Soldier's Joy-Black Mountain Rag / The New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Holland 1973 / Self released
• Why You Been Gone So Long / The New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Holland 1973 / Self released
• The Train That Carried My Girl From Town / David Grisman Bluegrass Experience / Muddy Roads / Acoustic Disc
• Reno Bound / Reno & Harrell / Reno Bound / John Boy And Billy
• I'll Driink No More Wine / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass / Rebel
• Brown Mountain Light / The Hillmen / Self titled / Together
• I'll Never Grow Tired Of You / Sammy Adkins & The Sandy Hook Mtn Boys / Tribute To Keith Whitley / Crosscut
• Mountain Heartache / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self released
• Down Where The Still Waters Flow / Eddie & Martha Adcock w. Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent
• New Freedom Bell / Eddie & Martha Adcock w. Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent

Eddie and Martha Adcock Interview 

• This Morning At Nine / Eddie & Martha Adcock w. Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent
• Red Rocking Chair / The Country Gentlemen / High Lonesome / Gusto
• Over Yonder In The Graveyard / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Rollin' with Tradition / Self released
• Long Black Limo / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• Ten Miles To Deep Gap / Jack Lawrence w. Doc Watson / Arthel's Guitar / Little King
• I Can't Be Satisfied / Alex Campbell & Olabelle Reed & The New River Ranch Boys / 45 RPM Single / New River (45)
• Redwood Hill / Jeff Scroggins & Colorado / Western Branches / Self released
• Alabam / The Tuttles with A.J. Lee / Endless Ocean / Back Studio
• You Don't Even Know / Alex Campbell & Olabelle Reed & The New River Ranch Boys / 45 RPM Single / New River (45)
• Going To See Earl (bed) / Little Roy & Lizzy / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
• Choppin' Wood (bed) / Little Roy & Lizzy / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
• The Daughter Of Gernonimo / Don Rigsby w. Ralph Stanley / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Goodbye Mary Jane / NewTown / Time Machine / Pisgah
• Born With A Hammer In My Hand / The Roys / Gypsy Runaway Train / Rural Rhythm
• Old Time Angels / Jim Lauderdale / Old Time Angels / Sky Crunch
• Tom Dooley / Kruger Brothers / Doc / Double Time
• Uncloudy Day / Alex Campbell & Olabelle Reed & The New River Ranch Boys / Old Time Gospel Singing / Gusto
• I Can't Sit Down / Wade & Julia Mainer / Heaven Bound / Time Life
• There's A Higher Power / Kathy Kallick / Count Your Blessings / Live Oak (requested)
• Calling My Children Home / The Country Gentlemen / Heaven Bound / Time Life
• Daniel Prayed / Doc Watson, Fred Price, Clint Howard / Doc's Prescription / Not Now
• What Would You Do / Fred Etheridge / Pickin' And Singin' / Self released
• Campin' In Canaan Land / The Stanley Brothers / The King Years 1961-1965 / King
• Fishers Of Men / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management
• The Beautiful Shore / Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Blue Circle
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge, Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 11/3/2013

On Sunday's show, we had a couple of important "goals" that we wanted to accomplish, and for the most part, I think they were pretty-well completed.  

Up first, we wanted to remember a couple of important birthdays:  both of gentlemen who were born in 1937, just three days apart.  Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson (born November 1, 1937) is definitely NOT a Bluegrass performer or singer (despite the fact that he has recorded a "Bluegrass" album).  Still, many of his songs -- both the older ones and newer ones that he continues to write today -- have been recorded in the Bluegrass world, so we shared a few of those from performers as varied as the Del McCoury Band, James King, the Osborne Brothers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and the Johnson Mountain Boys.

For my money, one of the best
vocalists in all of Bluegrass -- Allen Mills.

Another wonderful performer celebrating a birthday this week is one of the founders of longtime Virginia band, the Lost & Found.  Allen Mills (born November 4, 1937) is the primary songwriter and lead vocalist with L&F, and to my ear, he has one of the most distinctive vocal deliveries in all of Bluegrass.  In addition, Mr. Mills is a terrific songwriter, and has a couple of wonderful Bluegrass classics in his songbook, including "Love Of The Mountains" and "Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary."  Terrific stuff!

In addition to celebrating the birthdays of Bill Anderson and Allen Mills, we remembered the passing of Alex Campbell, a noted Bluegrass performer and promoter who died on October 24th at the age of 90.  Mr. Campbell made a few different records with some notable Bluegrass performers, including Ted Lundy and his very own sister, Ola Belle Reed.  While we played a couple of songs from Alex & Olabelle & the New River Boys, be sure to tune into Jim in the "Bluegrass Cafe" next week for more music from this Bluegrass pioneer.

Hope you enjoyed something you heard on the air on Sunday, and be sure to join Jim next week once more for another visit in the Bluegrass Cafe.

Enjoy the week!

Amy


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Handsome Molly / Country Gentlemen / On The Road (And More) / Smithsonian Folkways
• (It Was) Late Last Night / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / King
• I Will Always Be Waiting For You / Jim & Jesse / First Sounds / Capitol
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / Columbia
• Amnesia / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• She Took His Breath Away / James King / The Bluegrass Storyteller / Rounder
• Cincinnati, Ohio / Osborne Brothers / Hillbilly Fever / CMH
• I Never Once Stopped Loving You / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Never Walk Away / Sugar Hill
• I Don't Love You Anymore / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Leavin' You And Mobile, Too / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Love Of The Mountains / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine / Reno & Smiley / Good Old Country Ballads / King
• Old Ten Broeck / Laurie Lewis / Skippin' & Flyin' / Spruce & Maple Music
• I Know That You Know / Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys / Lost Highways & Treasured Memories / Old Heritage Records
• Bad Fret / Grass Routes / Bailey's Deal / Self-Produced
• I'm Blue / Flatt Lonesome / Flatt Lonesome / Pisgah Ridge
• Baby, You're Cheatin' / Big Country Bluegrass / Memories Of The Past / Rebel
• Blue Lonesome Blue / Edgar Loudermilk / My Big Chance Tomorrow / Mountain Fever Records
• Dusty Old World / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
• That's All She Wrote / Peter Rowan / The Old School / Compass Records
• Cotton Eyed Joe / The Tuttles & A.J. Lee / Endless Ocean / Self-Produced
• No Doubt About It / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way / Unspoken Tradition / Simple Little Town / Coyote Ridge
• Mountain Girl / Lou Reid & Carolina / 20th Anniversary Concert / KMA
• Just Ain't / Terry Baucom with Sam Bush / Never Thought Of Looking Back / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Forever I Know / Alex & Olabelle & the New River Boys / Travel On / Starday
• I Marked The Spot / Alex & Olabelle & the New River Boys / Travel On / Starday
• Bringin' In The Georgia Mail / Alex & Olabelle & the New River Boys / Old Time Singing
• Blacktop / Alan Jackson / The Bluegrass Album / EMI America
• Wilow Creek Dam / American Drive / American Drive / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Side Of Me / Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome / Blue Side Of Me / Mountain Fever Records
• Stormy Horizons / The Expedition Show / Stormy Horizons / Mountain Fever Records
• Tennessee Truck Driving Man / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Music Of The Mountains / Spinney Brothers / Going Home / Self-Produced
• Steel Drivin' Man / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers Of The Highway / Rounder
• It's In My Mind To Wander / Shannon & Heather Slaughter & County Clare / One More Road / Self-Produced
• I Knew It Wasn't You (The Telephone Song) / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• Nightwalk / Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• If You've Got Something To Say / Blue Highway / Sounds Of Home / Rounder
• I'm Leaving You This Lonesome Song / The Boxcars / It's Just A Road / Mountain Home
• Grandpa's Way Of Life / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• Bring Him Your Talents / Bluegrass Cardinals / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Life's Railway To Heaven / Seldom Scene / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• I'll Answer The Call / Ralph Stanley / Country Bluegrass Homecoming / GGS
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / Demo / Self-Produced
• Free Salvation / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Lord Show Me The Righteous Pathway / Special Consensus / Everything's Alright / Pinecastle
• I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1948-1950 / JSP Records
• Get Up In Jesus's Name / Marty Raybon / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS
• Little Community Church / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / JSP Records
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 10/27/2013 - Gordon Pike & Darlene Champagne

Hi Folks.

Earl Pike, Darlene Champagne, Connie Smith, Fred Pike

Gordon Pike and Darlene Champagne

The centerpiece of this show was an interview, along with relevant music, of Gordon Pike and Darlene Champagne, both of whom grew up playing and recording with The Pike Brothers or The Pike Family & The Pine Hill Ranchers in Eastern Connecticut in the 1960s and 1970s.

In our usual fashion, we brought a good number of new songs to the show along with some classic and rare gems.  The new included music from NewTown, Reno & Harrell, Little Roy Lewis and Lizzy Long, WMD Bluegrass Band from Colorado, the incredible banjo picker Tim Weed, Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins, Mark Newton & Steve Thomas, Terry Baucom, and Alex Leach.

Our Heritage Corner music was supplied by Ralph Stanley from the period when Sammy Adkins was his lead singer, Carl Story, Fred Pike & Al Hawkes, The Country Pardners, The Carter Family, Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis, and The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover.

Wyatt, Jon, Jackson, & Luke Weiland, and Sam Wachtler on guitar

Listeners also got a chance to hear my father tell a story that was recorded 19 years ago about a "musical" event that occurred in his youth during WW2 in North Carolina.  Let's just say when the man says "dance faster" you should probably head for the door!  My dad celebrated his 87th birthday on this day.

Amy will be back next week, so be sure to tune in!

Jim Beaver

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Old Brown County Barn / Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On A Mountain / Blue Circle
• A Dollar Down / Reno and Harrell / Reno Bound / John Boy & Billy
• Keep Them Cold, Icy Fingers Off Of Me / Stanley Brothers / The King Years 1961-1965 / King
• It Rained A Mist / Ted Lundy and the Southern Mountain Boys / Rounder Old Time Music / Rounder
• Ever-Ready Kisses / The Country Pardners / 45 RPM Single / RCA (45)
• Long Enough To Make Me Blue / Terry Baucom w. Larry Cordle / Never Thought Of Looking Back / John Boy & Billy
• Close By / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers Of The Highway / Rounder
• Long Black Veil / Lou Reid & Carolina / Live at the Down Home / Kma
• Downeast Guitar Pickin' Man / Fred Pike & Al Hawkes / 45 RPM Single / Event (45)
• The Widow's Ghost / NewTown / Time Machine / Pisgah
• Long Tom / Tim Weed / Soul House / Sound Orchard
• Greenville Trestle High / Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins / Hall of Fame Bluegrass / Rebel
• Slow Down (You'll Hit A Moose) / Stan Keach & Friends / Cry Of The Loon / Ayuh Records
• Houses On The Farm / Shady Creek / Back To The Roots / Self-released
• Old McDonald / Mark Newton & Steve Thomas / Reborn / Pinecastle

Interview / Gordon Pike & Darlene Champagne

• Dream Dream Dream / Randy Hawkins, Bill Hall & The Bluegrass Travelers / 45 RPM Single / Rebel (45)
• To Warm And Comfort You / Pike Family & The Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel (LP)
• Washington And Lee Swing / Pike Family & The Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel (LP)
• Image Of A Living Doll / Pike Family & The Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel (LP)
• You Left Your Mark On Me / Darlene Marie / 45 RPM Single / Zap (45)
• Wild Side of Life (It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels) / Darlene Marie / 45 RPM Single / Zap (45)
• Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends / Gordon Pike & The Dixie Darlings / Self-titled / Self-released
• I Been Walkin' / Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• Pop! Goes The Banjo (bed) / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
• Old Black Joe (bed) / The Little Roy & Lizzy Show / Pop! Goes The Banjo / Vine
• Matterhorn / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent

Interview (1994) / Jim Beaver Sr

• Jealous Hearted Me / The Carter Family / In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain / Bear Family
• His Promised Land / Rhonda Vincent / Sunday Mornin' Singin' Live! / Upper Management
• Wake The Town / Larry Gillis / Ringing Of The Hammer / Tinman
• Get Up Peter (And Put Your Sandals On) / The Special Consensus / Green Rolling Hills / Turquoise Records
• When The Angels Carry Me Home / WMD Bluegrass Band / Last Note / Royal
• Within Me / Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis / Classic Bluegrass Gospel / B.A.C.M
• I'll Answer The Call / Ralph Stanley / I'll Answer The Call / Rebel
• He'll Set Your Fields On Fire / Carl Story / The Late And Great...1916-1995 / Gusto
• Willing To Try / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• Oh, Hide You In The Blood / The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Bluegrass At The Roots 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge, Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/20/2013

Sunday's show was a special one for a couple of different reasons:  we remembered the 100th birthday of Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones with a good bit of his music; we shared new music from wonderful new projects by Edgar Loudermilk and the duo of Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins; and we visited with the Queen of Bluegrass, Rhonda Vincent.  That's a lot of stuff to cram into just three hours, but I think we were able to get it all in...

On my reading list:  the Grandpa Jones autobiography
published in 1984 and co-authored by noted
country music historian, Charles K. Wolfe.

First up, we included five songs that were either written or performed by the one and only Grandpa Jones, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday on October 20th.  While the man who was given his "Grandpa" moniker at the ripe old age of 22 wasn't exactly a Bluegrass performer, the influence of this Country Music Hall of Famer is felt even today, fifteen years after his passing in 1998.  In addition to hearing Grandpa singing three of his classic songs, including his best-known composition, "Eight More Miles To Louisville," we also heard two more of his songs performed by Norman Blake & Tony Rice as well as Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.  

Another reading list selection from 2013 and Murphy Hicks Henry.
No surprise, there's a separate chapter featuring Rhonda Vincent.

The hard-working, super-busy Rhonda Vincent will be performing in Hamden, Connecticut this coming Saturday, and we enjoyed visiting with her a bit on the telephone during Sunday's show.  Rhonda told us about her newest project, as well as her upcoming recording (called "Only Me") to be released on January 28, 2014, and how she gets to host her own radio show on 650AM/WSM in Nashville on the last Thursday of each month.  Very cool!  Rhonda & the Rage will play a show for GuitarTown CT Productions on Saturday, October 26th at the Unitarian Society Hall.  For more info on the show, click here, and if you're curious to know what's going on in the busy life of Rhonda Vincent, click here.  Big thanks to show promoter Chris Wuerth for allowing us to give away a couple of tickets to Rhonda's show next week, too!


There was a little bit of new music to share from a couple of great new recordings, too:  Edgar Loudermilk's second solo recording from Mountain Fever Records, "My Big Chance Tomorrow," and a traditional recording of Bluegrass covers from the reigning IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, Junior Sisk, along with his Rebel Records labelmate, Joe Mullins.  Their joint recording venture is called "Hall Of Fame Bluegrass!"  It's always great to hear and share new music, especially when it's top-notch quality like these two projects.

Hope you enjoyed something you heard on Sunday's show, and that you'll make it a point to join Jim for another fun edition of Bluegrass Cafe next Sunday afternoon.

Have a good week!

Amy


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Grandpa Jones / The Best Of The Best / Gusto
• Fallen Leaves / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Hymns From The Hills / Rebel
• Mountain Dew / Grandpa Jones / The Best Of The Best / Gusto
• It's Raining Here This Morning / Norman Blake & Tony Rice / Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2 / Rounder
• Old Rattler / Grandpa Jones / The Best Of The Best / Gusto
• All American Bluegrass Girl / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Tell All My Pickin' Friends Goodbye / Chris Brashear / Heart Of The Country / Dog Boy Records
• Georgia Stomp / Johnson Mountain Boys / Live At The Birchmere / Rounder
• Thanks For The Trip To Paradise / Jim & Jesse McReynolds / Music Among Friends / Rounder
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / King Records
• Sea Of Regret / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel
• Tennessee Stud / Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder / Music To My Ears / Skaggs Family Records
• When You're Holding Me / Rhonda Vincent / single / Upper Management Music
• I'd Rather Hear I Don't Love You / Rhonda Vincent / single / Upper Management Music
• When The Bloom Is Off The Rose / Rhonda Vincent with Sally Berry & Tensel Sandker / Taken / Upper Management Music
• You're In My Heart / Rhonda Vincent / Back Home Again / Rounder
• Jesse James / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Story Of The Day That I Died / Rebel
• Teardrops In My Eyes / Fred Pike, Bill Rawlings & the Twin River Boys / Authentic Bluegrass Folk Music / Osage
• Will You Be There / Weary Hearts / By Heart / Flying Fish
• Am I A Fool? / Lonesome River Band / Chronology, Volume Three / Rural Rhythm
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• My Blue Tears / Rhonda Vincent / My Blue Tears / Rebel
• Bound For Gloryland / Rhonda Vincent & the Sally Mountain Show / Bound For Gloryland / Rebel
• To Uncle Sam And Mr. Wall Street / Edgar Loudermilk with Junior Sisk / My Big Chance Tomorrow / Mountain Fever Records
• Two Hearts After One / Edgar Loudermilk with Buddy Melton / My Big Chance Tomorrow / Mountain Fever Records
• The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• Don't Let My Love Get In The Way / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• I'll Drink No More Wine / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• The Road Leadin' Home / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• My Blue Eyed Darlin' / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• Talkin' To The Wall / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• Pass Me By / Shannon & Heather Slaughter & County Clare / One More Road / Self-Produced
• By The Waters Of The Clinch / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Roads Well Traveled / Mountain Home
• The Darker The Night, The Better I See / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
• Just Another Broken Heart / Jason Davis with Junior Sisk / Second Time Around / Mountain Fever Recrods
• Rank Strangers / Hot Rize / In Concert / Flying Fish
• Can't Buy Your Way / Northern Lights / Can't Buy Your Way / Flying Fish
• Lord Protect My Soul / Kathy Kallick Band / Time / Live Oak Records
• Row By Row / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Cracker Barrel
• Working On A Building / Neon Valley Boys / Bluegrass / Sudden Comfort Records
• One Wide River To Cross / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• I'll Be Going To Heaven Sometime / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 10/13/2013 Jim Shumate, Mark Newton & Steve Thomas

Hi Folks.

Jim Shumate in 1980

This show revolved around two key events, one being the loss of pioneering first generation bluegrass fiddler Jim Shumate  (Oct. 21, 1921 - Oct. 10, 2013,) and the other being a live interview with Mark Newton and Steve Thomas -- veteran bluegrassers with very long resumes who have released a collaborative album titled "Reborn."

Flatt & Scruggs' first band
Jim Shumate is on fiddle

We played a couple of classic cuts from Flatt & Scruggs' first recording session that had Jim Shumate on fiddle, and throughout the show we played fiddle tunes from Jim's 1980 fiddle album "Bluegrass Fiddle Supreme."



We also played music from many of Mark Newton's past projects along with songs from his and Steve Thomas' album "Reborn."

Check out their video for "Old McDonald Sold The Farm":

Other newer music included selections from a new album from Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, Noam Pikelny's excellent new Kenny Baker tribute album, Alex Leach, Larry Efaw & The Bluegrass Mountaineers, James King's new album of country songs done bluegrass style (as well as an oldie from one of James' 1988 LPs), Del & Dawg (Del McCoury and David Grisman), Peter Rowan, Locust Ridge, Lou Reid and Carolina, Kim Robins, and Don Rigsby.

 Besides the Flatt & Scruggs and James King oldies, The Heritage Corner included old recordings from Charlie Moore, Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis, and Doc Watson.

Don't miss James & Cathy Ward on Thursday afternoon with their program, "Bluegrass Rules," when they will bring you the rebroadcast of the 2013 IBMA Awards Show.

Amy will be with you next Sunday, so be sure to tune in.

Jim Beaver

Song / Artist / Album / Label

• Mean Old Ramblin' Blues / Jim Shumate / Bluegrass Fiddle Supreme / Self-released
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby / Cluck 'Ol Hen / Skaggs Family
• Ain't Got Trouble Now / Alan Jackson / The Bluegrass Album / EMI
• Footprints In The Snow / Doc Watson / Doc's Prescription / Not Now
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• My Cabin In Caroline / Flatt & Scruggs / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Brown County Breakdown / Noam Pikelny / Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe / Compass
• Cindy / Mark Newton Band / No Boundaries / Rebel
• One Morning In May / Jeff Scroggins & Colorado / Western Branches / Self-released
• Broken Heart And A Worried Mind / Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On The Mountain / Blue Circle
• Lover's Quarrel / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Story Of The Day I Died / Rebel
• Lulu & Jack / Kathy Kallick Band / Time / Live Oak
• Charlie Lawson's Still / Mark Newton Band / Charlie Lawson's Still / Rebel
• Going Back / Jim Shumate / Bluegrass Fiddle Supreme / Self-released
• Mountain Heartache / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• We Can't Go Wrong / Mark Newton & Rhonda Vincent / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel
• Used To Be / Mark Newton & Dale Ann Bradley / Follow Me Back To The Fold / Rebel

Interview with Mark Newton & Steve Thomas

• Old McDonald / Mark Newton & Steve Thomas / Reborn / Pinecastle
• Painted Lady / Mark Newton & Steve Thomas / Reborn / Pinecastle
• I Always Do / Missy Werner Band / Pre-release single / Self-released
• Cat And Mouse / Jeff Scroggins & Colorado / Western Branches / Self-released
• Martha White, Lester And Earl / Terry Baucom w.Marty Raybon / Never Thought Of Looking Back / John Boy & Billy
• The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee / Mark Newton & Steve Thomas / Reborn / Pinecastle
• It's A Cold Cold World / James King / Sings It's A Cold Cold World / Webco (LP)
• Chiseled In Stone / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• Lost Train (bed) / Jim Shumate / Bluegrass Fiddle Supreme / Self-released
• Bound For Sugar Hill (bed) / Jim Shumate / Bluegrass Fiddle Supreme / Self-released
• Lost Indian (bed) / Jim Shumate / Bluegrass Fiddle Supreme / Self-released
• Monroesine / Mark Newton & Bill Emerson / A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future / Pinecastle
• Unwanted Love / Del and Dawg / Hardcore Bluegrass In The Dawg House / Acoustic Disc
• Heartache And Regret / Kim Robins / 40 Years Late / Self-released
• Mountain Girl / Lou Reid & Carolina / Live At The Down Home / Kma
• Alcatraz Island Blues / Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• The Devil's Train / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• Blue Monday Morning / Charlie Moore / Charlie Bluegrass / Country Jubilee (LP)
• Will He Wait A Little Longer / Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On The Mountain / Blue Circle
• Sundown And Sorrow / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass
• Traveling The Highway Home / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• My Savior Is Callin' Me / Peter Rowan / The Old School / Compass
• See God's Ark A Movin' / Johnson Mountain Boys / Blue Diamond / Rounder
• Kneel Down / Mickey Galyean and Cullen's Bridge / Rollin' With Tradition / Self-released
• Silver And Gold / Locust Ridge / Healed / Rural Rhythm
• Child Of The King / Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass / Reminiscing / Short Grass
• Open Window / Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis / Classic Bluegrass Gospel / B.A.C.M
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge, Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 10/6/2013

While I was really only gone from the WHUS airwaves for about three weeks, it seems to me like it has been a bit longer than that.  With so much brand new music to play, the show could have easily been an hour or two longer, but we still were able to squeeze in most of the music we picked out for today.  Hope you enjoyed it...

Always fun to see the Gibsons win awards!  

The show started with several folks who took home IBMA Awards at the ceremonies held in Raleigh, NC on September 26th, both yearly achievement awards (Balsam Range for Album of the Year; Claire Lynch and Junior Sisk as Female & Male Artists, respectively; the Gibson Brothers for Entertainer, Vocal Group, Songwriter for Eric Gibson, and Song of the Year for "They Called It Music") and entrance into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame (for Tony Rice, as well as the terrific fiddler for the Foggy Mountain Boys, the late Paul Warren).  Congratulations to all of the winners!

October 6th seems to be a big day to celebrate birthdays in the World of Bluegrass, as we played several songs from birthday celebrants today, including Terry Baucom, Ray Deaton, Johnny Williams, Julie Venne Hogan of BearTracks, and Connecticut's Dick Bowden.  Happy Birthday to each of them!  

As always, there was a really healthy portion of brand new music to share, and we were able to do that by playing songs from new or forthcoming projects by the Del McCoury Band, James King, Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins, Noam Pikelny, Lou Reid & Carolina, and the Missy Werner Band.  What a great haul -- you'll be hearing a whole lot more from all of these projects in future weeks of the show.  

Hope you enjoyed the show today, and be sure to join Jim next Sunday for another edition of "Bluegrass Cafe."  

Enjoy the week!

Amy


SONG / PERFORMER / RECORD / LABEL [REQUESTS ARE RED]

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Old Train / Tony Rice / Hand-Picked / Rounder
• Papertown / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• I'll Be Alright Tomorrow / Claire Lynch / Dear Sister / Compass Records
• The Story Of The Day That I Died / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / The Story Of The Day That I Died / Rebel
• They Called It Music / Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass Records
• I Don't Care Any More / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Durham's Reel / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
• Wait In The Kitchen 'Til The Cook Comes Home / Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman / A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren / Self-Produced
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Radio Gems
• Earl's Breakdown / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / 16 Biggest Hits / Columbia
• Chilly Winds / Johnny Williams / Close Kin / Mountain Roads Recordings
• Ezekiel Saw The Wheel / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads
• When I'm Gone / BearTracks / From The Hollow / AMT Records
• Short Order Time / Terry Baucom with David Mayfield / Never Thought Of Looking Back / John Boy & Billy, Inc.
• Tolland Deserted / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Threads / Open Road
• Banjo Am The Instrument For Me / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• That's How I Can Count On You / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• Ida Red / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• The Love Of The Mountains / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• The Last Song / Bill Emerson with Jimmy Martin / Reunion / Webco
• The Streets Of Baltimore / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• The Devil's Train / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• I Always Do / Missy Werner Band / single / Self-Produced
• Road To Columbus / Noam Pikelny / Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe / Compass Records
• I Call Your Name / Lou Reid & Carolina / Live At The Down Home / KMA Records
• Wild Mountain Honey / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass / Rebel
• Old Love New / Michaela Taylor / Old Love New / Self-Produced
• On That Glorious Day / Spinney Brothers / No Borders / Mountain Fever Records
• Rocky Top / Osborne Brothers / High Lonesome / CMH
• Bully Of The Town / Jason Davis / Second Time Around / Mountain Fever Records
• Banjo Pickin' Girl / Loafers' Glory / Loafers' Glory / Arhoolie Record
• Memories That We Shared / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• Thinkin' Of Home / Kathy Kallick Band / Time / Live Oak Records
• The Court Of Love / Rhonda Vincent / Taken / Upper Management Music
• Lonely River / Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge / Rollin' With Tradition / Self-Produced
• I'm Leaving You This Lonesome Song / The Boxcars / It's Just A Road / Mountain Home
• Crazy Creek / Alan Bibey & Wayne Benson / The Mandolin Chronicles / Pinecastle
• Steel Drivin' Man / Dailey & Vincent / Brothers Of The Highway / Rounder
• Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp / Volume Five / Run / Mountain Fever Records
• There Is A Time / Alan Jackson / The Bluegrass Album / EMI America
• Free Salvation / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Move On / Grass Routes / Bailey's Deal / Self-Produced
• I Wouldn't Take Nothin' For My Journey Now / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Wings Of Gold / Rebel
• I Know What You're Talking About / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder
• Shining Path / Bill Monroe's & His Blue Grass Boys / The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Columbia
• On My Way To The Kingdom Land / Special Consensus / Scratch Gravel Road / Compass Records
• Meet Me Over On The Other Side / Country Gentlemen / Sugar Hill Collection / Sugar Hill
• Lay Your Burdens At His Feet / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / A School Of Bluegrass / Crossroads
• God Has Been So Good To Me / Crowe Brothers / Bridging The Gap / Rural Rhythm
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

"Bluegrass Cafe" Playlist - 9/15/2013 - More Old Vinyl

Hi Folks.

I was back in the saddle at Bluegrass Cafe after being in the saddle at Red Rooster Party with Marti for the summer.  I made it challenging by bringing in a big load of rare vinyl that I almost got half-way through.

The reach back for this show was intended not only to get grounded and focused on real bluegrass again, but also to feature some fine regional bands from outside of New England that are making some excellent music that deserves to be heard. This included music from Alex Leach -- a Tennessee DJ who is currently Ralph Stanley II's banjo picker -- and Larry Efaw from Ohio.

We also briefly celebrated the birthdays of Bill Monroe (9/13), Bill Harrell (9/15), and Roy Acuff (9/15) with related songs -- the latter covers from The Old Time Bluegrass Singers and The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band.

Amy and I will both be away for the next two Sundays, between which we will be in Raleigh for the IBMA festivities, so you can look forward to James and Cathy Ward hosting Bluegrass Cafe for the next two weeks.  Amy should be back October 6th.

Jim Beaver

Title / Artist / Album / Label

• Banjo Whiz (1958) / Buzz Busby, Bill Emerson / Going Home / Starday
• New River Girl / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• Uncle Pen / Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys / Live At Mechanics Hall / Acoustic Disc
• Love Me Darling Just Tonight / Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Bill Harrell / ... And Friends / Rebel
• Are You Coming Back To Me / Bill Harrell / ... And Friends / Rebel
• Sixteen Years / Lowell Varney and Landon Messer and Riverside Grass / with Ralph Stanley / Mountain Records (LP)
• Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Potomac Valley Boys / Bluegrass Airborne / Old Homestead (LP)
• Darling Nellie Across The Sea / The Vern Williams Band / Traditional Bluegrass / Arhoolie
• South To Old Mexico / Frank Necessary, Al Jones, and Buzz Busby / Self-titled / Old Homestead (LP)
• Nobody's Darling But Mine / Frank Necessary, Al Jones, and Buzz Busby / Self-titled / Old Homestead (LP)
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Flatt & Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Mountain Heartache / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• Little Sadie / Kruger Brothers / Doc - Remembering Doc Watson / Doubletime
• When You Go Walking After Midnight / Kruger Brothers / Carolina Scrapbook / Doubletime
• Sixteen Days In Georgia / The Foot Hill Boys / Bluegrass In The Carolina Mountains / Country (LP)
• West Virginia Coal Miners Blues / Don Stover and the White Oak Mountain Boys / West Virginia Coal Miner's Blues / Old Homestead (LP)
• I've Never Been So Lonesome / Ted Lundy and the Southern Mountain Boys / Self-titled / Old Blue
• Dream Dream Dream / Fred Pike / 45 RPM Single / Boney (45)
• The Dream / Buzz Busby / 45 RPM Single / Almanac (45)
• How Long To Forget / The Twin County Boys / 45 RPM Single / Self-produced (45)
• The Mountain Doctor / Don Rigsby / Doctor's Orders / Rebel
• Blues Are Close At Hand / Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass / Reminiscing / Self-released
• Kickin' Mule / Walter Hensley / 45 RPM Single / Capitol (45)
• Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Flatt & Scruggs / The Essential Earl Scruggs / Columbia
• Walk Away / Monty McClanahan / The Road Less Traveled / Self-released
• Black Mountain Rag / Doc Watson / Doc Watson / Vanguard
• Arthel's Guitar / Jack Lawrence / Arthel's Guitar / Little King
• Something Comin' To Me / The Gibson Brothers / They Called It Music / Compass
• Boar Hog / Curly Ray Cline / Boar Hog / Old Homestead (LP)
• They Can Only Fill One Grave / The Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Down In Union County / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed
• Wabash Cannonball / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed
• Little Mountain Home / Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On The Mountain / Blue Circle
• She's More To Be Pitied / Lou Reid And Carolina / Live At The Down Home / KMA
• Old Brown County Barn / Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On The Mountain / Blue Circle
• Clinch Mountain Backstep (bed) / Sleepy Man Banjo Boys / America's Music / Self-released
• Fireball Mail (bed) / Sleepy Man Banjo Boys / America's Music / Self-released
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown (bed) / Sleepy Man Banjo Boys / America's Music / Self-released
• Are You Waiting Just For Me / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• Lonely River / Mickey Galyen & Cullen's Bridge / Rollin' With Tradition / Self-released
• Worries On My Mind / The Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / A Tribute To Jake Jenkins / KSBC Music
• Big Spike Hammer / Shady Creek / Volume 1 / Self-released
• Pardon Me / Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass / Hard Drivin' / Lavenir
• Little Annie / Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Precious Moments / Carl Story and his Ramblin Mountaineers / There's Nothing On Earth Heaven Can't Cure / Starday (LP)
• The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn / Ralph Stanley w. George Shuffler, James King / Reunion / Wango
• Light At The River / Phipps Family / Greatest Old Time Gospel Hymns / Pine Mountain (LP)
• Eight Steps Toward The Lord / Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / She Left Me Standing On The Mountain / Blue Circle
• Lord Don't Leave Me Here / Landon Messer, Harold Brewer / Sacred Songs / Old Homestead (LP)
• I'm Walkin' / Larry Gillis / Ringing Of The Hammer / Tinman
• Move On / Grass Routes / Bailey's Deal / Self-released
• Mountain Church / Scott Brannon / Your Old Standby / Patuxent
• Lay My Body Down / Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Raincoe
• Willing To Try / Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• Storms Are On The Ocean / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
• Walking In A Dream / Fred Etheridge, Nick Anderson, Mark Doyle / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released