Playlist - 7/26/2015

Hi Folks.

Here is Sunday's playlist.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label

• The Earls Of Leicester / Shuckin’ the Corn / The Earls of Leicester / Rounder
• The Bear Bridge Band / I Got A Letter / One More Ride / Open Road
• Dave Evans / Be Proud of the Gray in Your Hair / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel Records Llc
• Delia Bell & Bill Grant / The Wall / Dreaming / Rounder
• Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / Broken Heart and a Worried Mind / She Left Me Standing On a Mountain / Blue Circle
• Ruben & Matt and the Truffle Valley Boys / Theme / One Thing To Tell / LPB
• Ruben & Matt and the Truffle Valley Boys / Nashville Jail / One Thing To Tell / LPB
• Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / Take This Hammer / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Bob Baker and the Pike County Boys / Snow Dove / Mountain Music Bluegrass Style / Smithsonian Folkways
• The Johnson Mountain Boys / Darlin' I'm Coming Home / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• The Buckstankle Boys / Round Peak Home / Round Peak Home / Self-released
• Sand Mountain Boys / Dixie Express / Nickels & Dimes - Roses & Dew / Atteiram
• Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Trouble Follows Me / Trouble Follows Me / Rebel
• The Vern Williams Band / Darling Nellie / Bluegrass from the Gold Country / New Rounder
• Monroe Fields with Carl Sauceman and the Green Valley Boys / Out Of My Mind / 1950s-60s Broadcasts / Patuxent
• Cody Shuler / Listen to the Hammer Ring / Cody Shuler / Rural Rhythm
• Dale Ann Bradley / Sweetheart of the Pines / Pocket Full Of Keys / Pinecastle
• The Spinney Brothers / Gonna Catch a Train / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• Keepin' Tradition / I'd Like to Go Back / Keepin' Tradition / Keepin' Tradition
• Interview with Roger Moss /  /  / 
• Don Reno w. Tony Rice / Freight Train Boogie / Family and Friends / Kaleidoscope
• Seth Sawyer Band / The Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Johnny Williams / Ease My Worried Mind / Going My Way / Mountain Roads
• Robert Lester & James Stiltner / Honky Tonk Downstairs / Grass Country / Self-released
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Bummin' an Old Freight Train / A Thousand Miles Away from Home / Stripe Records
• Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys With Buddy Pendleton / Wild Over Me / Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys With Buddy Pendleton On Fiddle / Old Blue Records
• Larry Richardson / Sad and Lonesome Day / 45 RPM Single / Silver-Belle
• Don Stover / Kill That Shanghai Rooster / Live At Davis & Elkins College / White Oak
• Don Stover / I Never Will Marry / Live At Davis & Elkins College / White Oak
• Charlie Moore / John Henry / Sings Again / Wango
• Larry Gillis / Swamp Grass / Swamp Grass / Tinman
• Jack Cooke / I've Always Been a Rambler / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass / Leaving This Town Little Darlin' / Leaving This Town / Randm
• Gibson Brothers / Eastbound Train / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Gibson Brothers / Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Marteka & William / John Henry / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• Marteka & William / Sally Goodwin / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• Marteka & William / Johnson Ridge Special / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• Marteka & William / I Know What it Means to Be Lonesome / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Thinking About You / Run Away Tonight / Mountain Home
• Detour / Train, Train / Going Nowhere Fast / Mountain Fever
• The Rebekah Long Band / Sweet Miss Dixie Deen (feat. Donna Ulisse & Rick Stanley) / Pre-release album / Self-released
• Rob McCoury / Blackjack / The 5 String Flamethrower / McCoury Music-RED
• J. D. Jarvis / There's A Light Guiding Me / Blue Grass Gospel Songs / Rural Rhythm
• The Johnson Mountain Boys / You've Gotta Righten That Wrong / We'll Still Sing On / Rounder
• Alex Leach / Willing to Try / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• Rusty York & The Kentucky Mountain Boys / Where Could I Go / Early Bluegrass / Jewel
• Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis / A Place Upon a Mountain / Classic Bluegrass Gospel / B.A.C.M
• Carl Story And His Ramblin' Mountaineers / Hand In Hand / Mighty Close To Heaven / Starday
• Ralph Stanley / I Am the Man Thomas / Sings His Favorites Now And Then / Self-released
• The Dixie Gentlemen / Walking And Talking In The Right Way / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• Rhonda Vincent / Good News / Sings Songs From The House With The Red Light / Upper Management
• Kevin Carter & Full Assurance / Who Was That Fourth Man / I Know You Lord / Kindred Records
• Gospel Four Quartet / I'll Meet You by the River / WPAQ - The Voice Of The Blue Ridge / Rounder
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / On the Rock Where Moses Stood / Diamonds In The Rough / Flaming Heart
• Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/19/2015

Sunday's radio show began Bluegrass versions of a few songs that Jim had played during his 2-hour broadcast of the old-time Red Rooster Party.  It's always neat to hear an original version of a song and then, the Bluegrass version that followed it.  

Ricky Skaggs's autobiography
was published in 2014.

We belatedly celebrated the birthdays of three Bluegrassers who celebrated their birthdays on July 18th:  Wayne Taylor (born 7/18/1952), Ricky Skaggs (born 7/18/1954), and Jesse Brock (born 7/18/1972).  To that end, we played one song each from Wayne Taylor and Jesse Brock, as well as a couple of songs featuring Ricky Skaggs from recordings he made with Keith Whitley, the Country Gentlemen, J.D. Crowe & the New South, and Ralph Stanley.

There was time for some newer music from the Feinberg Brothers, Sideline, the Seth Sawyer Band, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Dale Ann Bradley, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, the Gibson Brothers, Bear Minimum, Big Country Bluegrass, and Feller & Hill.  Another "new" recording is one that was recorded in 2012, but has not been made available until this year:  Merle Haggard & Mac Wiseman's "Timeless," available only from Cracker Barrel.  This last record IS NOT a pure Bluegrass recording, but given the legendary status of both singers and the instrumentation from many wonderful Bluegrass performers, this is certainly a worthy Bluegrass-friendly recording.  We'll be listening to more of it in future shows, no doubt.

Hope you enjoyed the show, and that you'll be sure to join Jim next Sunday afternoon - 4-7PM - for another Bluegrass Cafe!

Amy 


P.S.  I mentioned on the air today that one of Ricky Skaggs' earliest television appearances can be seen on YouTube.  It comes from 1961, when 7-year-old Ricky played a couple of tunes on the Flatt & Scruggs Grand Ole Opry Show.  It's a classic clip, but if you haven't seen it, you're encouraged to watch it here:







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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Leavin' Tennessee / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / David Davis & the Warrior River Boys / Rebel
• Coming From The Ball / Hunger Mountain Boys / Fashioned In The Old Way / Self-Produced
• Railroad Boomer / Bristol Boys / All Aboard For The Bristol Boys / Self-Produced
• Going To Georgia / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• Radio Boogie / Hot Rize / So Long Of A Journey / Sugar Hill
• Eastbound Train / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Kentucky Country Home / Sideline / Session 2 / Mountain Fever Records
• Rocks In The River / Missy Werner / Turn This Heart Around / Self-Produced
• Hot Flash On The Highway / Roland White Band / Straight-Ahead Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Margie / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• Crazy Heart / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• Roll Big River / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / In Session / Mountain Home
• The Lonesome River / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• Scraps From Your Table / Lynn Morris / You'll Never Be The Sun / Rounder
• I Cried Again / Audie Blaylock / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin--The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• Talkin' To the Wall / James King / Three Chords And The Truth / Rounder
• The Cotton Farmer / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• You're Not A Drop In The Bucket / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• Harvest Time / Lost & Found / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Why Did You Wander / Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / On The Radio, 1952-1955 / Rounder
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1955-1959 / JSP Records
• Long Forgotten Dream / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Oh! Susanna / Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick / Laurie & Kathy Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray / Spruce And Maple Music
• Standing Room Only / Crowe & McLaughlin / Going Back / Rounder
• Cold Wind / David Peterson & 1946 / David Peterson & 1946 / Self-Produced
• Common Man / Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road with John Conlee / Country Grass / Pinecastle
• One Night In Paducah / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Run Away Tonight / Mountain Home
• Ain't It Funny / Dale Ann Bradley / Pocket Full Of Keys / Pinecastle
• Sophronie / Jimmy Martin / You Don't Know My Mind, 1956-1966 / Rounder
• Steppin' Stones / Paul Williams / A Tribute To Jimmy Martin--The King Of Bluegrass / Koch Records
• Sunny Side Of The Mountain / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Poor Monroe / Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs / Second Generation / Rebel [Ricky Skaggs birthday, 7/18/1954]
• Irish Spring / Country Gentlemen / The Complete Vanguard Recordings / Vanguard
• Why Don't You Tell Me So / J.D. Crowe & the New South / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Cracker Barrel
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Ralph Stanley with Ricky Skaggs / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• The Cheshire Tragedy / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Blue River / Big Country Bluegrass / Country Livin' / Rebel
• Slow Down (You'll Hit A Moose) / Stan Keach & Friends / Cry Of The Loon & Other Original Songs About Maine / Ayuh Records
• Caney Fork River / Balsam Range / Last Train To Kitty Hawk / Mountain Home
• Hummingbird / ShoreGrass / Hummingbird / Self-Produced
• Kickin' Grass / Jesse Brock / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle [Jesse Brock birthday, 7/18/1972]
• Dirt Roads / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / Self-Produced [Wayne Taylor birthday, 7/18/1952]
• Hold Fast To The Right / Mac Wiseman / Timeless / Cracker Barrel
• Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor / Cox Family / Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone / Rounder
• Let The Gates Swing Wide / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & The Stars Of The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / MCA
• Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
• Let The Savior In / Feller & Hill / I Firmly Promise You / Tommy Hillpicker Records
• Don't Act / Rhonda Vincent / All American Bluegrass Girl / Rounder
• Press On O'Pilgrim / Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / Radio Shows / Pinecastle
• Sunny Side Of Life / Merle Haggard & Mac Wiseman / Timeless / Cracker Barrel
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Playlist - 7/12/2015

Hi Folks.

This is the playlist for Sunday's show.  I'll be back soon to provide some program notes.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label

• The Buckstankle Boys / Katy Hill / The Buckstankle Boys / Self-released
• Chief Powatan & His Bluegrass Braves / Hummingbird / Mountain Laurel Bluegrass Memories / Mountain Laurel
• Dan Paisley & the Southern Grass / My Old Kentucky Home / The Tradition Continues / Brandywine
• Mac Wiseman / Wreck Of The Old 97 / Country Roots - 21 Old-Time Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Earl Taylor & Jim McCall / Long Journey Home / Country Roots - 21 Old-Time Favorites / Rural Rhythm
• Earl Taylor & The Stoney Mountain Boys / White House Blues / Mountain Music Bluegrass Style / Smithsonian Folkways
• Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Rhonda Vincent / Good News / Sings Songs From The House With The Red Light / Upper Management
• Larry McPeak / It's Gonna Take More / There's Always a Calm / Fat Dog
• Adam McPeak & Mountain Thunder / The Last Dirt Road / The Last Dirt Road / Kindred Records
• Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers / To Hear Doc Watson Play / Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions / Strictly Country 
• Doc Watson / The Train That Carried My Girl from Town / Good Deal! Doc Watson In Nashville / Vanguard
• Don Stover / Old Coon Dog / Live At Davis & Elkins College / White Oak
• Don Stover / Rockwood Deer Chase / Things in Life / Rounder
• Leroy Troy / Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / Backroads / Self-released
• The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / One Old Shirt / Lester's Loafin Lounge / Arts Center of Cannon County
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Tell Me Truly Little Darling / Pre-release single / unk
• Ruben & Matt and the Truffle Valley Boys / Nashville Jail / One Thing To Tell / LPB
• The Johnson Mountain Boys / Too Late to Say Goodbye / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• The Buckstankle Boys / Round Peak Home / Round Peak Home / Self-released
• Larry Fuller / Pike County Blues / Larry Fuller / CRFRC
• Johnny Williams / My Grayson County Home / Going My Way / Mountain Roads
• The Bluegrass Mountaineers / Carolina Mountain Home / Clinch Mountain Tradition / Maggard
• The Bluegrass Mountaineers / Going Up Home, Live In Green Pastures / Clinch Mountain Tradition / Maggard
• Jack Cooke / I've Always Been a Rambler / Sittin' On Top Of The World / Pinecastle
• Alex Leach / Mountain Heartache / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• Robert Lester & James Stiltner / Bluefield / Grass Country / Self-released
• Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / Fort Worth Jailhouse / Leaving This Town / Randm
• Larry Gillis / Three Sheets in the Wind / Swamp Folk / Tin Man
• The Spinney Brothers / Going Back To Charleston / Live at WHUS 8 May 2010 / na
• The Spinney Brothers / Gonna Catch a Train / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• J.E. Mainer / Girl I Love Don’t Pay Me No Mind / The Legendary J.E. Mainer, Volume 4 / Rural Rhythm Records
• Kentucky Travelers / The Moon Saw Me Crying / The Bluegrass Hall Of Fame / Hollywood
• The Steeldrivers / Drinkin' Alone / The Muscle Shoals Recordings / Rounder Records
• Tom Adams / Ginny Whitt's / Adams County Banjo / Rounder
• Tom Adams / Box Elder Beetles / Adams County Banjo / Rounder
• Tom Adams / Box Elder Beetles / Adams County Banjo / Rounder
• Phil Leadbetter with Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes / Just Joshin' / The Next Move / Pinecastle
• Buzz Busby / Tragic Highway / Going Home / Starday
• Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys With Buddy Pendleton / I Don't Love Nobody / Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys With Buddy Pendleton On Fiddle / Old Blue Records
• Rob McCoury / Kansas City Railroad Blues / The 5 String Flamethrower / McCoury Music
• The Gibson Brothers / I'm Troubled I'm Troubled / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Early Upchurch / It's Alright / 45 RPM Single / ARC
• J.D. Jarvis / Rocket Ship / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• The Easter Brothers / Lord Let Me Walk Beside Of You / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / I Have Found The Way / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
• David Peterson / Old Time Power / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Stand with Me / Diamonds In The Rough / Flaming Heart
• Charlie Moore / Looking Through The Windows Of Heaven / Sings Again / Wango
• Christopher Henry / I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / I'm Gonna Wait On Jesus / Self Released
• Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis / Prayer of Salvation / Classic Bluegrass Gospel / B.A.C.M
• The Bluegrass Band / Have a Little Talk with Jesus / Shine Hallelujah Shine - Sacred Songs From The Early Days of Bluegrass. Vol. 2 / Hay Holler
• Carl Story & His Rambling Mountaineers / Camping on Canaan's Land / Mighty Close To Heaven / Starday
• Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 7/5/2015

On this 5th day of July, we started the show with a bang:  five patriotic numbers from the likes of Lynwood Lunsford, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Osborne Brothers, John McEuen, and, of course, the Country Gentlemen.  Hope you've had a wonderful and safe holiday weekend...

The Seth Sawyer Band played several tunes from their new CD at
the recent Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival.

The Feinberg Brothers made their
Jenny Brook -- and Vermont -- debut.

Sunday's show included music from four traditional bands who hail from New York or New England.  These include the debut self-titled recording from Long Island's Feinberg Brothers, Bear Minimum's "The Automobile Of Life," "Green Mountain Girl" by the Seth Sawyer Band, and a not-so-new-but-new-to-us recording from Vermont resident, Bob Amos ("Sunrise Blues").  

We also shared a few songs from Bluegrass and Bluegrass-related folks who celebrate or would have celebrated their birthdays during the first few days of July, including Jimmy Gaudreau, Charlie Monroe, Peter Rowan, and Charlie Louvin.

There was a bit of newer music to be heard, too, from Big Country Bluegrass, the Roland White Band, Springfield Exit, John Curtis Goad, Carolina Road, the Grass Cats, the Gibson Brothers, and Shannon & Heather Slaughter.  We also heard a couple of tracks from the soon-to-be-released record from Chris Jones & the Night Drivers on Mountain Home:  "Run Away Tonight."

Hope you had a safe and happy 4th of July, and that you'll have a great week!  Jim will join you for another big edition of our "Bluegrass Cafe" next Sunday afternoon, 4-7PM.  

Amy



SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / TITLE

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Star Spangled Banner / Lynwood Lunsford / Pick Along / Hay Holler
• Me And Paul Revere / Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers / single / no label
• America The Beautiful / Osborne Brothers / When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland / Pinecastle
• New Freedom Bell / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Stars And Stripes Forever / John McEuen / String Wizards / Vanguard
• Sugar Coated Love / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1951-1954 / JSP Records
• Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / Stanley Brothers / Don't Cheat In Our Hometown / King Records
• My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco
• Hold Whatcha Got / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / You Don't Know My Mind / Rounder
• Missile Ride / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
• The Hound Dog From Harlan / Big Country Bluegrass / Country Livin' / Rebel
• I'll Be Alright Tomorrow / Loafers' Glory / Loafers' Glory / Arhoolie
• Loose Talk / Roland White Band / Straight-Ahead Bluegrass / Self-Produced
• Foggy Mountain Chimes / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• George Cunningham / Springfield Exit / That Was Then / Patuxent Music
• Green Mountain Girl / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Hi Dee Diddle / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Just Wondering Why / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road 
• Cry Of The Catamount / Bob Amos / Sunrise Blues / Bristlecone
• Virginia Special / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• The Drifter / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• November Rose / Seth Sawyer Band / Green Mountain Girl / Self-Produced
• Long Forgotten Dream / Gibson Brothers / Long Forgotten Dream / Hay Holler
• Regina / John Curtis Goad / single / Self-Produced
• Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long / Grass Cats / The Old School Road / New Time Records
• Tomorrow I'll Be Gone / Johnson Mountain Boys / Working Close / Rounder
• Laurie / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Run Away Tonight / Mountain Home
• Runnin' Water / Carolina Road with the Kentucky Headhunters / Run Away Tonight / Pinecastle
• Thinking About You / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Run Away Tonight / Mountain Home
• Backside Of Losing / Adkins & Loudermilk / Adkins & Loudermilk / Mountain Fever Records
• What Am I Doing Hangin' Round / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways
• No Doubt About It / Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins / Hall Of Fame Bluegrass! / Rebel
• Old Liberty / Bass Mountain Boys with Chubby Wise / Fiddlin' With Tradition / BMM Records
• The Last Day At Gettysburg / Gary Ferguson / I'm Really Leaving / Webco
• This Heart Of Mine / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• This Morning At Nine / Jimmy Gaudreau's Bluegrass Unit / Live In Holland / Strictly Country [Jimmy Gaudreau born, 7/3/1946]
• How Much I'm Missing You / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Banjo In The Hollow / The Dillards / A Long Time Ago / Varese Sarabande
• Each Season Changes You / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Doggone / Hot Rize / When I'm Free / Ten In Hand Records
• Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy / Monroe Brothers / The Monroe Brothers, 1936 / JSP Records [Charlie Monroe born, 7/4/1903]
• Me And The Jukebox / Buzz Busby / Going Home Home / Starday Records
• I Believed In You Darling / Peter Rowan / The First Whippoorwill / Sugar Hill [Peter Rowan born, 7/4/1942]
• The Gospel Way / Louvin Brothers / Classic Album Collection / Golden Stars [Charlie Louvin born, 7/7/1927]
• Born Again / Larry Stephenson Band / Pull Your Savior In / Whysper Dream Music
• Weapon Of Prayer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Go Sin No More / Shannon & Heather Slaughter / Never Just A Song / Elite Circuit Music
• Let The Church Roll On / Flatt & Scruggs / Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall! / Koch Records
• Is There Room For Me / Loafers' Glory / Loafers' Glory / Arhoolie
• I Have Found The Way / Louvin Brothers / Songs That Tell A Story / Rounder
• Joy Of Revelation / McCoury Brothers / The McCoury Brothers / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Playlist - 6/28/2015 - Marti on the Mic

Playlist coming soon for Marti's solo show.

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/21/2015

Happy Birthday, Eddie Adcock!  

June 21st was a day to celebrate a lot of things:  the First Day of Summer, Father's Day, and the 77th birthday of a bona fide Bluegrass legend (and Bluegrass Hall of Famer) - Eddie Adcock.  

My own father, Alton Orlomoski

For Father's Day, we played several selections featuring Dear Old Dad as the primary subject from lots of performers, including Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, the Gibson Brothers, Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass, Dale Ann Bradley, the Spinney Brothers, and New England bands, Traver Hollow and the Bear Bridge Band.  Many bands in the Bluegrass World include fathers and their offspring -- male and female.  To that end, there was lots of music from bands with fathers and sons, and even some fathers and daughters!  Those bands included Bill Monroe with James Monroe, Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass, Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends, the Whites, Ralph Stanley with Ralph Stanley II, the Bluegrass Cardinals, the Del McCoury Band, the Feinberg Brothers, White Mountain Bluegrass, and the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band.  

A tiny bit of newer music was in the show, too, most notably a couple of songs from the new Big Country Bluegrass recording from Rebel Records called "Country Livin'."  Other newer recordings came from Darren & Brooke Aldridge, Sideline, Billy Hurt, Jr., the Feinberg Brothers, Troy Boone, the Trinity River Band, Louie Setzer, Bear Minimum, Volume Five, and David Peterson.

Next Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe will have a guest host, and we sure hope you'll tune in!  Have yourself a great week!

Amy


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

• Del McCoury Band / Katy Hill / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Country Gentlemen / Uncle Joe / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Eddie & Martha Adcock / God Watch And Chain / TwoGrass / Pinecastle
• Country Gentlemen / Theme From Exodus / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• Country Gentlemen / Matterhorn / Can't You Hear Me Callin' / Rebel
• Darren & Brooke Aldridge / Let's / Snapshots / Mountain Home
• Bluegrass Patriots / Wild, Wild Rose / E Pluribus Bluegrass / Red Feather
• Sideline / Mountain Girl / Session 2 / Mountain Fever Records
• Billy Hurt, Jr. / Sally Ann Johnson / Fiddlin' Billy Hurt / Patuxent Music
• Hylo Brown / Sad Prison Song / Lovesick And Sorrow / Starday 
• Eddie Adcock & Don Reno / Earl's Breakdown / 35 Years Of The Best In Bluegrass / Rebel
• Bill Monroe with James Monroe / Roll On Buddy / Bean Blossom / MCA
• Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / How Many Times / Steeped In Tradition / Brandywine
• Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends / You Are My Flower / The Ultimate Collection:  Live At The Ryman / Rounder
• The Whites / The Cowboy Lives Forever / A Lifetime In The Making / Ceili Music
• Ralph Stanley with Ralph Stanley II / My Deceitful Heart / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel
• Bluegrass Cardinals / Girl At The Crossroads Bar / The Bluegrass Cardinals / Copper Creek
• Del McCoury Band / Big Blue Raindrops / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Feinberg Brothers / I Do / The Feinberg Brothers / Self-Produced
• Jim & Jesse / Have You Lost Your Love For Me / In The Tradition / Rounder
• Lynn Morris Band / Come Early Morning / The Lynn Morris Band / Rounder
• Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand / On The Radio, 1952-1953 / Rounder
• White Mountain Bluegrass / I've Had A Time / Aragon Mill / Strictly Country
• Big Country Bluegrass / The Cotton Mill Song / Country Livin' / Rebel
• Troy Boone / Old Slew Foot / First Impressions / Self-Produced
• Trinity River Band / You Can't Walk All Over Me / Heartstrings / Orange Blossom Records
• Louie Setzer / Rollin' On Rubber Wheels / Jukebox Bluegrass / Patuxent Music
• Big Country Bluegrass / My Lonely Heart / Country Livin' / Rebel
• Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Me And Dad / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / Rural Rhythm
• Gibson Brothers / Farm Of Yesterday / Ring The Bell / Compass Records
• Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Old Hickory Cane / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• Dale Ann Bradley / Daddy Did His Best / Send The Angels Down / Compass Records
• Spinney Brothers / Proud To Be Your Dad / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• Traver Hollow / That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine / By Request / Self-Produced
• Bear Bridge Band / Father Of The Bride / A Bear Bridge Sampler / Open Road
• Bear Minimum / An Old Log Cabin For Sale / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Lonesome River Band / Close The Door Lightly When You Go / Chronology, Volume 1 / Rural Rhythm
• BearTracks / Ta Ta, The Brushoff / Makin' Tracks / Self-Produced
• Big Country Bluegrass / We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven / The Real Deal / Hay Holler
• Bill Clifton / Paddy On The Turnpike / The Early Years, 1957-1958 / Rounder
• Joe Val / Not A World From Home / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Sunshine Special / Screams From The Holler / Spring Fed Records
• Parmley & McCoury / Smoke Along The Track / Families Of Tradition / BGC Records
• Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• Volume Five with Rhonda Vincent / Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man / Voices / Mountain Fever Records
• Bluegrass Cardinals / Bring Him Your Talents / Way Down Deep In My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Larry Sparks with Alison Krauss & Judy Marshall / Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures / Lonesome And Then Some... / Rebel
• Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Father's Table Grace / Father's Table Grace / MME
• David Peterson / I'll Never Go Back / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys / A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy's Grave / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume 1 / GGS
• Charlie Sizemore Band / Good News When I Die / Good News / Rounder
• Osborne Brothers / There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere / Hyden / Pinecastle

Playlist - 6/14/2015

Hi Folks.

Today was BMI reporting day, so songwriter information for all songs on the show was reported.

The featured segment was an interview with David Peterson on the release of his seventh album, Old Time Power.  This is David's first bluegrass album in a decade and his first all gospel effort in 20 years.  It's a good one, too.  David literally had a who's who of top bluegrass musicians helping him out --names like Grisman, Compton, Cushman, Crouch, and Duncan. You will be hearing much more of it in coming months.

We introduced new music from Robert Lester & James Stiltner -- a great singer and picker duo from western Virginia.  We also had new music from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Dale Ann Bradley, and Dr. Ralph and Nathan Stanley.

Other current favorites were Steve Gulley, Tommy Brown, Marteka and William (who also provided the background for the events calendar), Adkins & Loudermilk, The Spinney Brothers, The Gibson Brothers, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Larry Gillis, and Larry Sparks.


Heritage Corner selections included music from Reno, Smiley, & Harrell; Buzz Busby; Charlie Moore; Red Allen & Frank Wakefield; J. E. Mainer; and The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover.   

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label

• Robert Lester & James Stiltner / Hurley Creek Rag / Grass Country / Self-released
• Don Reno, Red Smiley, Bill Harrell & The Cut-ups / Charlotte Breakdown / Live! At The Lone Star Festival, McKinney, Texas, July 1971 / Gusto
• The Bluegrass Mountaineers / The Wandering Boy / Clinch Mountain Tradition / Maggard
• Larry Fuller / Memories In My Mind / Larry Fuller / CRFRC
• Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Alcatraz Island Blues / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• Buzz Busby / Lost / GOING HOME / Starday
• Charlie Moore / John Henry / Gone...But Not Forgotten / Wango
• Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle / Take A Look / Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle / Rural Rhythm
• Tommy Brown & The County Line Grass / A Dark Road Is A Hard Road To Travel / Leaving This Town / Randm
• Robert Lester & James Stiltner / Drink Up And Go Home / Grass Country / Self-released
• Dry Branch Fire Squad / Angelina Baker / Hand Hewn / Rounder
• Red Allen- Frank Wakefield and The Kentuckians / I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye / The WDON Recordings 1963 / Patuxent
• Delia Bell and Bill Grant / Kiamichi Moon / Kiamichi Moon / Old Homestead
• Billy Hurt, Jr. / Richard's Rag / Fiddlin' Billy Hurt / Patuxent Music
• The Misty Mountaineers / The Cotton Mill Song / Bluegrass Piedmont Style / MasterShield
• Grandpa Jones / Down the Old Plank Road / An American Original / CMH Records
• The Buckstankle Boys / Round Peak Home / Round Peak Home / Self-released
• J. E. Mainer / What'll I Do With The Baby-O / The Legendary J. E. Mainer Vol. 4 / Rural Rhythm

David Peterson Interview

• David Peterson / Old Time Power / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• David Peterson / Trials, Troubles, Tribulations / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• David Peterson / We'll Understand It Better / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• David Peterson / Springs Of Living Water / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• David Peterson / Mother Prays Loud in Her Sleep / Old Time Power / Self-Produced

• The Gibson Brothers / Angel With Blue Eyes / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Dale Ann Bradley / Ain't It Funny / Pocket Full Of Keys / Pinecastle
• Marteka and William / Johnson Ridge Special / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• Robert Lester & James Stiltner / Bluefield / Grass Country / Self-released
• Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road / Dixie Road / Country Grass / Pinecastle
• Marteka and William / Reuben [bed] / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• Marteka and William / Sally Ann [bed] / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• Marteka and William / John Henry [bed] / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• Larry Gillis / The Storybook / Swamp Folk / Tin Man
• Adkins & Loudermilk / Georgia Mountain Man / Adkins & Loudermilk / Mountain Fever
• Tony Rice / Church Street Blues / Church Street Blues / Rounder
• The Spinney Brothers / Gonna Catch A Train (Leavin' You Behind) / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• White Mountain Bluegrass / Last Train To Poor Valley / Ice Covered Birches / Fishtraks
• The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Why Did You Wander / On The Radio 1952-1953 / Rounder
• Stringbean / Run, Little Rabbit, Run / Hee Haw Corn Shucker / Starday
• Darin and Brooke Aldridge / Get Up John (w. Sam Bush) / Snapshots / Mountain Home
• The Dillards / Somebody Touched Me / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / The Beautiful Shore / She Left Me Standing On a Mountain / Blue Circle
• Don Stover / Valley of Peace / Things Of Life / Rounder
• Dr. Ralph and Nathan Stanley / Be Looking For Me / Gospel Favorites / Self-Produced
• Larry Sparks / We Prayed / Lonesome and Then Some: A Classic 50th Celebration / Rebel
• Alex Leach / Willing to Try / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Stand with Me / Diamonds In The Rough / Flaming Heart
• Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 6/7/2015

During Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, we were able to debut several brand new recordings, celebrate a couple of Bluegrass birthdays, and even give away a few tickets to an upcoming Seldom Scene show at Infinity Hall in Hartford.  How fun!  

For the new, we played several songs from two debut recordings:  one from a Long Island-based traditional band fronted by two teenage brothers -- the Feinberg Brothers -- and the second is the debut recording of a brother-style duo whose members are two old friends -- Bear Minimum.  We played three songs from each recording, and it's a pretty good guess that we'll be playing a bunch more from each record in the not-too-distant future.  Be on the lookout for both the Feinbergs and Bear Minimum playing at shows all over New England and New York this summer.

Our old friend David Peterson also has a brand new recording, and this time, it's a gospel one:  "Old Time Power."  Jim has plans to talk to David sometime this week, and perhaps you'll be able to hear his interview in coming editions of Bluegrass Cafe.

As far as birthday celebrations, we played a selection of songs from the pen of a New Hampshire songwriter celebrating his 68th birthday today (June 7th):  Rick Lang.  We also shared music from the late guitar picker, Clarence White, who would have celebrated his birthday today, as well (born June 7, 1944).  

In addition from new music from the Feinberg Brothers, Bear Minimum, and David Peterson, we also shared a few fairly recent recordings from Sideline, the Spinney Brothers, the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, the Gibson Brothers, and Cody Shuler.

Sure hope you'll be able to join Jim next Sunday for another full three hours of the Bluegrass Cafe!  

Have a great week!

Amy


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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Huntsville / Blue Highway / Wind To The West / Rebel
• The Prisoner's Song / Gibson Brothers / Red Letter Day / Sugar Hill
• The Wall / James King / Lonesome And Then Some / Rounder
• The Big Burnsville Jail / Marty Raybon & Full Circle / The Back Forty / Rural Rhythm
• Old Ten Broeck / Laurie Lewis / Skippin' & Flyin' / Spruce And Maple Music
• Lee Highway Blues / Bass Mountain Boys with Chubby Wise / Fiddlin' With Tradition / BMM Records
• The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore / Bill Harrell & the Virginians / Raised By The Railroad Line / Rebel
• Goin' Like Wildfire / Mac Wiseman / 24 Greatest Hits / Tee Vee Records
• Blue / Stevens Sisters / O Sister / Rounder
• Molly And Tenbrooks / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1946-1949 / JSP Records
• Streets Of Baltimore / Del McCoury Band / The Streets Of Baltimore / McCoury Music
• Virginia Waltz / Johnson Mountain Boys / Let The Whole World Talk / Rounder
• I Cried Again / Jim & Jesse / Radio Shows / Rural Rhythm
• Flint Hill Special / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Sides, 1950-1952 / JSP Records
• Southern Flavor / Becky Buller / 'Tween Earth & Sky / Dark Shadow Recording 
• I've Lived A Lot In My Time / Dry Branch Fire Squad / Just For The Record / Rounder
• Maybe This Time / Front Range / Back To Red River / Sugar Hill [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
• Angel At Your Side / Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters / Everything I Wanted Love To Be / Happy Appy Records [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
• Low Down Blues / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / How Many Roads / Rebel [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
• I Am A Pilgrim / Kentucky Colonels / Appalachian Swing! / Rounder [Clarence White birthday, 6/7/1944]
• Soldier's Joy/Black Mountain Rag / New Kentucky Colonels / Live In Holland, 1973 / Self-Produced [Clarence White birthday, 6/7/1944]
• I Do / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Bergold's Farm / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Train 45 / Feinberg Brothers / Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• Rock My Soul / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• The Heavenly Parade / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Gospel Parade / Sugar Hill
• Get On Board / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Open Carefully, Message Inside / Mountain Home
• Will You Wait For Me / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• Rottweiler Waltz / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• I Been Walkin' / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / Road Into Town / Patuxent Music
• Handsome Molly / Sideline / Session 2 / Mountain Fever Records
• Thank God For The Highways / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records
• California Cottonfields / Seldom Scene / Long Time...Seldom Scene / Smithsonian Folkways
• Lester's Loafin' Lounge / Tennessee Mafia Jug Band / Acoustic Rainbow Bluegrass Sampler, Volume 3 / Acoustic Rainbow
• How Mountain Girls Can Love / Gibson Brothers / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Loving You Too Well / Stanley Brothers / Selected Cuts, 1956-1959 / JSP Records
• I'll Go Stepping Too / The Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• That's What Makes The Bluegrass Blue / Nu-Blu with Rhonda Vincent / All The Way / Rural Rhythm
• Do You Wrong Kind Of Girl / Cody Shuler / Cody Shuler / Rural Rhythm
• The Last Old Shovel / Phyllis Boyens / O Sister / Rounder
• Will You Be Ready? / Southern Rail / Drive By Night / Turquoise Records [Rick Lang birthday, 6/7/1947]
• The Automobile Of Life / Bear Minimum / The Automobile Of Life / Open Road
• A Glorious Church / David Peterson / Old Time Power / Self-Produced
• You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage with Bill Gaither / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming, Volume One / GGS
• Row By Row / Balsam Range / Papertown / Mountain Home
• Weapon Of Prayer / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• There's A Highway To Heaven / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / King
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder

Playlist - 5/31/2015

Hi Folks.

South Carolina Broadcasters

The first of two major bluegrass festivals in the state of Connecticut -- Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival -- had just ended when this show aired.  I enjoyed emceeing some of the festival, and several of the bands on the schedule at Strawberry Park were heard on this show along with much more music.  There was more of a "heritage" flavor to this show than usual with many songs coming from my archives.

Gibson Brothers at Strawberry Park

Of the Strawberry Park performers, we heard The South Carolina Broadcasters who were introduced to Eastern Connecticut last year at the same festival, and invited back this year.  They are working on their fifth album which we are eager to hear. We also heard from The Buckstankle Boys who were not at the festival, but whose fiddler, Andy Edmonds, is a member of the SC Broadcasters along with David and Ivy Sheppard.   World favorites The Gibson Brothers, riding high on their latest duo album, "Brotherhood," made two appearances on the show separated by more than 20 years.  Their earlier work still holds up.

Besides the Gibson Brothers, the show included newer music from Laura Orshaw, The Spinney Brothers, Tommy Brown, The Crowe Brothers, Jackson & Stiltner, Junior Sisk, Songs From The Road Band, Johnny Williams, Larry Sparks, The Earls of Leicester, and the debut of Mt. Airy NC band The Marshall Brothers and Highroad.  We also debuted Lizzy Long's new album on this show.

The Heritage Corner archives contributed mightily to this show with songs from Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys, Buzz Busby, Bea Lilly, Chubby Anthony, Don Stover, Mac Martin, Larry Richardson, The Dillards, a new re-release of J.E. Mainer, Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis, Karl Shiflett, Curly Seckler, and Butch Robins.

Amy will bring you next Sunday's Bluegrass Cafe, so tune in to hear the banjos and fiddles ring.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label

• The Gillis Brothers / Wild Turkey / Down By The River / Hay Holler
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Traveling the Highway Home / Diamonds In The Rough / Flaming Heart
• The Bluegrass Mountaineers / Carolina Mountain Home / Clinch Mountain Tradition / Maggard
• Keepin' Tradition / I'd Like To Go Back / Keepin' Tradition / Keepin' Tradition
• The Buckstankle Boys / There's A Light At The River / Self-titled / Self-released
• The Gibson Brothers / Long Gone / Brotherhood / Rounder
• Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys / Foggy Mountain Top / Mountain Music Bluegrass Style / Smithsonian Folkways
• Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys / True Life Blues / live recordings 1956-1969 / Smithsonian Folkways
• B. Lilly, Chubby Anthony, Don Stover / Bile Them Cabbage Down / Mountain Music Bluegrass Style / Smithsonian Folkways
• Buzz Busby / Lost / Going Home / Starday
• Laura Orshaw / Coal Miner's Grave / Songs of Lost Yesterdays / Laura Orshaw
• Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers / This Rambler's Ramblin' / A Dark Starless Night / White Oak
• The Spinney Brothers / Sweet Hazel Moore / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• Lizzy Long / Communication Breakdown / Blueberry Pie / Vine
• The Spinney Brothers / I Wanna Walk With Jesus / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys With Buddy Pendleton / Sad and Lonesome Day / Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys With Buddy Pendleton On Fiddle / Old Blue
• Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass / I'll Soon Be There / Leaving This Town / Randm
• The Crowe Brothers / Excuse Me, I Think I've Got a Heartache / Forty Years Old / Mountain Fever
• The Del McCoury Band / Blackjack County Chains / The Cold Hard Facts / Rounder
• Scott Brannon / Georgia Bound / Your Old Standby / Patuxent Music
• Jackson & Stiltner / Truck Driver's Romance / Tribute To Bill Napier / Self Released
• The Gibson Brothers / Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm
• The Earls Of Leicester / The Wandering Boy / The Earls of Leicester / Rounder
• The Dillards / Old Joseph / Back Porch Bluegrass / Elektra
• Larry Fuller / Pike County Blues / Larry Fuller / CRFRC
• Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Gonna Make Her Mine / Trouble Follows Me / Rebel
• Alex Leach / Somebody Loves You Darling / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• Rusty York & The Kentucky Mountain Boys / Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy To Me / Early Bluegrass / Jewel
• The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Where Is My Sailor Boy? / Bluegrass At the Roots, 1961 / Smithsonian Folkways
• J. E. Mainer / Saving Up Coupons / The Legendary J. E. Mainer Vol. 4 / Rural Rhythm
• Larry Gillis / Three Sheets in the Wind / Swamp Folk / Tin Man
• Songs From The Road Band / Hillbilly Wedding Day / Traveling Show / Lucks Dumpy Toad
• Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show / I'm Telling You Now That I Love You / Collectors Series Vol. 1 / Self-released
• The Country Gentlemen / The Legend of the Rebel Soldier / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel
• Butch Robins / I'll Be on That Good Road Someday / The Fifth Child / Rounder
• Johnny Williams / Ease My Worried Mind / Going My Way / Mountain Road
• Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / I Overlooked an Orchid / Road Into Town / Patuxent
• Jimmy Martin / Shackles and Chains / Jimmy Martin / Rock Beat
• Jimmy Martin / Big Country / Jimmy Martin / Rock Beat
• Jimmy Martin feat. Gloria Belle / My Heart Won't Let Me Forget / Jimmy Martin / Rock Beat
• Curly Seckler feat. Mac Wiseman / We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / 60 Years of Bluegrass With My Friends / Copper Creek
• Curly Seckler / Moonlight On My Cabin / 60 Years of Bluegrass With My Friends / Copper Creek
• The Marshall Brothers and Highroad / When We Cross / Old Time Country Revival / Self-released
• The Buckstankle Boys / Old Country Baptizing / Round Peak Home / Self-released
• Jimmie Williams & Red Ellis / That Beautiful Home / Classic Bluegrass Gospel / B.A.C.M
• Mac Wiseman / Are You Washed In The Blood / Bluegrass 1971 / Rural Rhythm
• Larry Sparks / I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Lonesome and Then Some: A Classic 50th Celebration / Rebel
• The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / I Would Not Be Denied / What Will I Leave Behind / Rebel
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / When God Dips His Love in My Heart / Can You Hear Me Now / Flaming Heart

"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 5/24/2015

It's Memorial Day weekend!  To that end, we shared a good number of songs that were written about soldiers who didn't make it home.  Make sure you take a moment to remember what the holiday is all about sometime this weekend.

Happy 90th, Mac Wiseman!

We also celebrated two important music icons who celebrated birthdays this weekend:  Bob Dylan, who turned 74 on May 24th and Country Music and Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Mac Wiseman, who celebrated his 90th birthday on May 23rd.  In the case of the former, to start off the show, we shared four songs written by Bob Dylan which have been covered in the Bluegrass World.  For Mac Wiseman, we played a few songs performed by "The Voice With A Heart," as well as numbers that he recorded during his time with Bill Monroe &  His Blue Grass Boys and Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs.  Mac Wiseman -- what a life! 

There was a whole bunch of music to be heard from projects which have recently been released or will soon be released including recordings from Sideline, Big Country Bluegrass, Gold Heart, the Band of Ruhks, Dale Ann Bradley, and Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out.  There was other newer music from Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, Feller & Hill, Michelle Canning, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, and Adkins & Loudermilk.

Hope you enjoyed something you heard today, and that you will be sure to join Jim next Sunday for another edition of Bluegrass Café.

Happy Memorial Day!

Amy



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

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Walkin' Down The Line / Country Gentlemen / The Award Winning Country Gentlemen / Rebel
• Fare Thee Well / The Hillmen / The Hillmen / Sugar Hill
• Nashville Skyline Rag / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Flashback / Rounder
• Only A Hobo / Seldom Scene / Winterhawk Scholarship Album / Gordo
• 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Mac Wiseman / The Singles / CMH
• To Warm And Comfort You / Pike Family & the Pine Hill Ranchers / To Warm And Comfort You / Rebel
• Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Lost & Found / Across The Blue Ridge Mountains / Rebel
• Carolina Mountain Home / Traver Hollow / Winterhawk Scholarship Album / Gordo
• Carolina Mountain Home / Johnson Mountain Boys / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Rounder
• Let's / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / Snapshots / Mountain Home
• Nightwalk / Eddie & Martha Adcock / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Georgia Mountain Man / Adkins & Loudermilk / Adkins & Loudermilk / Mountain Fever Records
• When Springtime Comes Again / Vern Williams Band / Bluegrass From The Gold Country / Rounder
• Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers / Columbia Legacy
• Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
• Can't You Hear Me Calling / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1945-1949 / JSP Records
• Six More Miles / Mac Wiseman / The Mac Wiseman Story / CMH
• Are You Coming Back To Me / Bill Harrell with Mac Wiseman / Bill Harrell & Friends / Rebel
• When I Get The Money Made / Mac Wiseman / The Ultimate Collection / Master Classics
• Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Mac Wiseman / Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass / Time Life
• Mountain Girl / Sideline / Session 2 / Mountain Fever Records
• The Hound Dog From Harlan / Big Country Bluegrass / Country Livin' / Rebel
• Ain't That Crazy / Gold Heart / Places I've Been / Mountain Fever Records
• Bootleg John / Band Of Ruhks / The Band Of Ruhks / 101 Ranch Records
• I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again / Dale Ann Bradley / Pocket Full Of Keys / Pinecastle
• Brown County Red / Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out / / Break-A-String Records
• Cabin Of Death / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Live At The Old Feed Store / GSM Records
• A Hero In Harlan / Tom T. Hall / Tom T. Sings Miss Dixie And Tom T. / Blue Circle Records
• Last Letter Home / Gibson Brothers / Another Night Of Waiting / Hay Holler
• From Mother's Arms To Korea / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road
• Traveling Soldier / BearTracks / Together 'Til The End / AMT Records
• A Purple Heart / Curly Seckler / Bluegrass, Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• More Than A Name On A Wall / Dailey & Vincent / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder
• Robe Of White / Louvin Brothers / The Family Who Prays / Country Stars
• Reflections Of Love / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
• Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Live In Holland / Strictly Country
• The Blues Ain't Workin' On Me / Michelle Canning with Rhonda Vincent / The Serpent And The Flower / Self-Produced
• There Ain't No Easy Street / Steep Canyon Rangers / Deep In The Shade / Rebel
• The Last Parade / Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers / Another Day From Life / Rebel
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band et al / A Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming / GGS
• Who Will Sing For Me / Earls Of Leicester / The Earls Of Leicester / Rounder
• New Born Soul / Nashville Bluegrass Band / Winterhawk Scholarship Album / Gordo
• I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road / Country Gentlemen / Let The Light Shine Down / Rebel
• I'm Going To Make Heaven My Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / The Complete Mercury Recordings / Mercury
• I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
• Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet / Stanley Brothers / Best Of The Best / Federal
• In The Garden / Feller & Hill / I Firmly Promise You / Tommy Hillpicker Records
• Gone Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
• Blue Grass Twist / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder