Jan. 3-9/15: The Dynamic Duo
An overview of the music of Dale Ann Bradley and Steve Gulley, with selections from the New Coon Creek Girls, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and Grasstowne, but concentrating on their vocal collaborations. Lots of originals too.
*## DALE ANN BRADLEY: Memories, Miles And Tears/Catch Tomorrow (Compass/06)
*# DALE ANN BRADLEY: Restoring the Love/Somewhere South Of Crazy (Compass/11)
* DALE ANN BRADLEY: Over My Head/Don't Turn Your Back (Compass/09)
* DALE ANN BRADLEY: In Despair/Somewhere South Of Crazy (Compass/11)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: Sweet Rosie Jones/Never Walk Away (Sugar Hill/95)
** GRASSTOWNE: Here Comes That Feeling Again/The Road Headin' Home (Pinecastle/07)
**# STEVE GULLEY: You Couldn't Pay Me To Care/Sounds Like Home (Lonesome Day/07)
# STEVE GULLEY & TIM STAFFORD: Snow/Dogwood Winter (Rural Rhythm/10)
## NEW COON CREEK GIRLS: Kentucky Blues/The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (Pinecastle/94)
*## DALE ANN BRADLEY: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles/Cumberland River Dreams (Doobie Shea/01)
* DALE ANN BRADLEY: Walking In the Spirit/Send the Angels (Mountain Home/03)
***# PHIL LEADBETTER (featuring DALE ANN BRADLEY & STEVE GULLEY): I’ve Never Seen A Love That Wasn’t Blind/The Next Move (Pinecastle/14)
***## JON WEISBERGER (featuring DALE ANN BRADLEY & STEVE GULLEY): Now and Then/I’ve Been Mostly Awake (Wise Kings/14)
*** STEVE GULLEY (featuring DALE ANN BRADLEY): Stormy Waters/Family, Friends & Fellowship (Rural Rhythm/14)
***### STEVE GULLEY & DALE ANN BRADLEY: Christmas the Mountain Way/Christmas the Mountain Way (Rural Rhythm/12)
NEW COON CREEK GIRLS: 'Possum Kingdom/The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (Pinecastle/94)
* with Steve Gulley, harmony and/or duet vocals
** with Dale Ann Bradley, harmony and/or duet vocals
# written or co-written by Steve Gulley
## written or co-written by Dale Ann Bradley
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Jan. 10-16/15: Color Of the Blues
Bluegrass versions of George Jones songs; lonesome and then some. Includes George (with Melba Montgomery) singing Bill Monroe, George (with Dr. Ralph) singing George, a number of powerful duets, and several knockout solo vocals. Not for the faint of heart.
JIMMY MARTIN & HIS SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Play Me Some (More) George Jones Songs/Me 'n Ole Pete (Gusto/78)
GEORGE JONES & MELBA MONTGOMERY: Blue Moon of Kentucky/Bluegrass Hootenanny (United Artists/64)
RALPH STANLEY (featuring GEORGE JONES): The Window Up Above/Clinch Mountain Country (Rebel/97)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: The Window Up Above/Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 (King/61)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Color Of the Blues/Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass (Strictly Country/94)
DEL McCOURY & THE DIXIE PALS: Don’t Stop the Music/Livin’ On the Mountain (Rounder/90)
SUZANNE THOMAS: We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds/Dear Friends & Gentle Hearts (Rounder/98)
DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD: Golden Ring/30th Anniversary Special (Rounder/07)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: I'd Jump the Mississippi/Walkin' In My Shoes (Live Oak/99)
DELIA BELL & BILL GRANT: Flame In My Heart/Dreaming (Rounder/88)
PAM GADD: After the Fire Is Gone/Benefit Of Doubt (Home Sweet Highway/08)
BLUEGRASS INTENTIONS: Burn Another Honky Tonk Down/Old As Dirt (Native & Fine/02)
JAMES KING: He Stopped Loving Her Today/Three Chords & the Truth (Rounder/13)
DAVE EVANS & RIVER BEND: She Thinks I Still Care/Goin' Round This World (Rebel/81)
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Southern Flavor/Live, Vol. 1 (Copper Creek/90)
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Jan. 17-23/15: "Turn up your radio; your neighbors might enjoy it too!"
A memorial tribute to Ray Davis (1935 -2014), legendary broadcaster on WBMD (38 years) and WAMU (28 years), concert presenter, and musicologist, with a small sampling of his many Wango recordings made in either his studio at Johnny’s Used Cars in Baltimore or his home in Falling Water, West Virginia. Selections include a few examples of his radio hosting as well as a brief 2008 interview with Ray, commemorating his 60th year of broadcasting. The program’s title is a Ray Davis quote.
NOTE: All releases on Wango Records, except as noted
STANLEY BROTHERS: On the Air (1963)
(includes Ray Davis intros and Johnny's Used Cars commercials)
Cripple Creek
God Gave You To Me
Banjo Boogie
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Gathering Flowers For the Hillside
Happy, Sunny Side Of Life
THE BASEMENT BAND (Bob, Danny, & Michael Paisley, James King, Bobby & TJ Lundy, Jon Glik): Radio Series, Vol. 2 (1998)
Katy Hill
No Mother Or Dad
Last Old Shovel
Traveling the Highway Home
Does It Have To End This Way
RAY DAVIS: interview excerpts - NPR’s All Things Considered 2008
WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Radio Series, Vol. 7 (2002)
Fire On the Mountain
I’m Coming Back (But I Don’t Know When)
Down In the Willow Garden
GILLIS BROTHERS: Radio Series, Vol. 5 (1993)
Bad Case Of The Blues
If I Lose
Next Sunday Darlin' Is My Birthday
STANLEY BROTHERS: How Mountain Girls Can Love/Radio Series, Vol. 6 (1963)
STANLEY BROTHERS: Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone/Plum Pitiful, Vol. 2 (1964)
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Jan. 24-30/15: What’s Goin’ On
Musical previews of NorCal events in January and February, with music from a number of West Coast notables, plus a few touring musicians coming to the area.
LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: Oh! Susanna/Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray (Spruce and Maple/14)
LAURIE LEWIS: The Crooked Miles/One Evening In May (Spruce & Maple/14)
KATHY KALLICK: Ellie/Cut To the Chase (Live Oak/14)
THE TUTTLES WITH AJ LEE: Devil On My Mind/In the Deep Rolling Hills Of San Francisco (Bluegrass Signal/12)
MOLLY TUTTLE & JOHN MAILANDER: Another Side>Tell Me/Molly Tuttle & John Mailander (self/13)
AJ LEE: Sugar Moon/Song For Noah (Whitehorse/14)
MELODY WALKER & JACOB GROOPMAN: Little Blue Caboose/We Made It Home (self/14)
DAN CRARY & THUNDERATION: Muley Was a Railroad Man/Perfect Storm (Blue Night/11)
ALAN MUNDE & BILLY BRIGHT: Jaybird/Bright Munde (Munde’s Child/14)
BILL EVANS: Heavy Traffic Ahead/Bill Evans Plays Banjo (Native & Fine/01)
DAVE ADKINS (w/ EDGAR LOUDERMILK): Put Some Grass Into It/Nothing To Lose (Mountain Fever/14)
DEL McCOURY BAND: The Bluegrass Country/Del and the Boys (Ceili Music/06)
DAVID GRISMAN BLUEGRASS EXPERIENCE (featuring KEITH LITTLE): Say Won't You Be Mine/DGBX (Acoustic Disc/06)
MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER: Me & My Fiddle/On Down the Line (Compass/14)
BLUE & LONESOME: High Country/Some Old Day (e'Neff Said/08)
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Jan. 31 - Feb. 6/15: Happy Birthday, Curly Ray!
Originally broadcast on Curly Ray Cline’s birthday, an overview of his recordings with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers and Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys, plus two selections each from three of his solo releases.
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RALPH STANLEY: Sourwood Mountain/Live In Japan (Rebel/71)
THE LONESOME PINE FIDDLERS: Windy Mountain (Bear Family/52-54)
You Broke Your Promise
I'll Never Make You Blue
Lonesome Pine Breakdown
Windy Mountain
RALPH STANLEY: Live In Japan (Rebel/71)
Leather Britches
All The Good Times Are Past And Gone
Sitting On Top Of The World
How Mountain Girls Can Love
Walkin' In My Sleep
RALPH STANLEY: Classic Stanley (Freeland/70-76)
Black Mountain Rag
Let's Go To The Fair
Pretty Little Indian
Why Me Ralph?
Katy Daley
CURLY RAY CLINE: Dixon County Blues/Chicken Reel (Rebel/71)
CURLY RAY CLINE: Soldier's Joy/Chicken Reel (Rebel/71)
CURLY RAY CLINE: Money In the Bank/Why Me Ralph? (Rebel/75)
CURLY RAY CLINE: Midnight Waltz/Fishin' For Another Hit (Rebel/74)
CURLY RAY CLINE: Florida Blues/Why Me Ralph? (Rebel/75)
CURLY RAY CLINE: The Girl I Love Don’t Pay Me No Mind/Fishin' For Another Hit (Rebel/74)
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Feb. 7-13/15: Across the Tracks
New releases from Canada and California, songs about other places and bluegrass itself, and a comparison of Mac Wiseman and Kathy Kallick doing (the same) songs they learned from their mothers.
MAC WISEMAN: Little Rosewood Casket/Songs From My Mother’s Hand (Wrinkled)
KATHY KALLICK: Rosewood Casket/My Mother’s Voice (Copper Creek/01)
MAC WISEMAN: The Wreck Of the Number Nine/Songs From My Mother’s Hand (Wrinkled)
KATHY KALLICK: Wreck Of the Old #9/My Mother’s Voice (Copper Creek/01)
JIM HURST (featuring Mac Wiseman): The Preacher and the Bear/Looking Glass (NN Guido)
JANET McGARRY: Fare Thee Well/Beneath A Painted Sky (Diamond)
JIMBO TROUT & THE FISHPEOPLE (feat. Annie Staninec & Paul Shelasky): Roscoe/A Happy Hour Of the Mind (Fishwrap)
THE BROTHERS BARTON: Uncle Pen's Oil/New Love (self)
THE SPINNEY BROTHERS: My Music Comes From Bill/Tried & True (Mountain Fever)
LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: Blue Grass Style/Sing the Songs Of Vern & Ray (Spruce and Maple)
RUSS CARSON (featuring Audie Blaylock): Montana Cowboy/Avenue of the Giants (Patuxent)
MOUNTAIN FAITH: If You Are Ever Down In Dallas/Blue (Mountain Fever)
JOE MULLINS & RADIO RAMBLERS: Goin' Back to My Kentucky Country Home/Another Day From Life (Rebel)
TOMMY BROWN & THE COUNTY LINE GRASS: Let Them Know I'm from Virginia/Leaving This Town (Randm)
ROB ICKES & TREY HENSLEY: My Way Is the Highway/Before the Sun Goes Down (Compass)
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Feb. 14-20/15: Across the Tracks
Fewer releases – but, perhaps, a wider variety – than is usual in these occasional surveys of new recordings, going all the way from the Gibson Brothers returning to their “brother duet” roots to Andy Statman’s genre-bending originals, with a stop in Italy for Red Wine’s thrilling combination of traditional and progressive styles. Plus: two new collections of vintage recordings, one featuring Red Allen & Frank Wakefield in 1963, the other Monroe Fields & the Sauceman Brothers in the 1950s.
MONROE FIELDS (with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys): Hillbilly Fever/1950s-60s Broadcasts (Patuxent)
MONROE FIELDS (with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys): Treasure of Love/1950s-60s Broadcasts (Patuxent)
MONROE FIELDS (with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys): Out Of My Mind/1950s-60s Broadcasts (Patuxent)
GIBSON BROTHERS: I Have Found A Way/Brotherhood (Rounder)
GIBSON BROTHERS: How Mountain Girls Can Love/Brotherhood (Rounder)
GIBSON BROTHERS: I'm Troubled, I’m Troubled/Brotherhood (Rounder)
RED WINE: Tell All My Pickin' Friends Good-Bye/Pickin' Friends (self)
RED WINE: Bottomlands/Pickin' Friends (self)
RED WINE: Saved/Pickin' Friends (self)
ANDY STATMAN: Green Green Rocky Road/Superstring Theory (Shefa)
ANDY STATMAN: Mando At the Flambo/Superstring Theory (Shefa)
RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: All I Want Is You/The WDON Recordings 1963 (Patuxent)
RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye/The WDON Recordings 1963 (Patuxent)
RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: Will You Be Satisfied That Way/The WDON Recordings 1963 (Patuxent)
DANIEL GREESON: Two-O’Clock, The Old Brown County Barn/Daniel Greeson (Patuxent)
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Feb. 21-27: Across the Tracks
Additional spins from new releases featured last week, plus a generous helping of Bill Monroe — with both Doc Watson and his band that included Jack Cooke and Benny Williams — from a 1964 concert. And more!
All selections released in 2014-15.
BILL MONROE & DOC WATSON: Live - 1964 (RockBeat)
Oh What Does The Deep Sea Say
Midnight On The Stormy Deep
Rabbit In A Log
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Live - 1964 (RockBeat)
Rocky Road Blues
Rawhide
Live And Let Live
On & On
THE FARM HANDS: The Way It Was In ’51/Better Than I Deserve (Pinecastle)
MONROE FIELDS (with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys): The Old Home Town/1950s-60s Broadcasts (Patuxent)
GIBSON BROTHERS: What A Wonderful Savior Is He/Brotherhood (Rounder)
RED WINE: Cold Big City/Pickin' Friends (self)
THE SPINNEY BROTHERS: Gonna Catch A Train/Tried & True (Mountain Fever)
TOMMY BROWN & THE COUNTY LINE GRASS: A Dark Road Is a Hard Road to Travel/Leaving This Town (Randm)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: Big Eight Wheeler/In Session (Mountain Home)
BLUES MAFIA: Pray For Rain/Pray For Rain (Pinecastle)
SPRINGFIELD EXIT: Some Old Day/advance single (Pinecastle)
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Feb. 28 - March 6/15: Live On Arrival - with guest co-host Todd Gracyk
A collection of live recordings which have not been commercially released, as discovered by guest co-host Todd Gracyk, who once spent way too much time prowling the internet. Featured are six songs from "The Story Of Bluegrass" presented at Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA on July 6, 1969. Many of the first generation giants are included, along with a couple of modern performances, and one from the WAMU archives. Bill Monroe (among others) is on fire!
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BILL MONROE: Blue Grass Ramble/Cantrell's Horse Farm, Fincastle, VA (9-3-65)
DEL McCOURY BAND: This Kind Of Life/Graves Mt. Lodge, Syria, VA (6-2-95)
JOHNSON MOUNTAIN BOYS: Weathered Gray Stone/Redwood Estates Pavilion, Los Gatos, CA (10-17-87)
BUZZ BUSBY: Me & the Jukebox/WAMU, Washington, DC (11-13-76)
BILL MONROE (with DEL McCOURY): Roll On, Buddy/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
BILL MONROE (with DEL McCOURY): Love Please Come Home/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
BILL MONROE (with MAC WISEMAN): Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
BILL MONROE (with MAC WISEMAN): Can't You Hear Me Callin'/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
BILL MONROE (with JIMMY MARTIN): Memories Of Mother & Dad/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
BILL MONROE (with JIMMY MARTIN): It's Mighty Dark To Travel/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
RED ALLEN & THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Six White Horses/New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD (6-10-57)
RED ALLEN & THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Mansion On the Hill/New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD (6-10-57)
RENO & SMILEY: Maybe You Will Change Your Mind/Sunset Park, West Grove, PA (9-9-62)
RENO & SMILEY: I Wouldn't Change You If I Could/Sunset Park, West Grove, PA (9-9-62)
JIMMY MARTIN: Sunny Side Of the Mountain/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7/69)
JIMMY MARTIN: Shackles & Chains/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7/69)
JIMMY MARTIN: You Don't Know My Mind/Cantrell's Horse Farm, Fincastle, VA (9-4-65)
JIMMY MARTIN: It Takes One To Know One/Cantrell's Horse Farm, Fincastle, VA (9-4-65)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Don't Go Out Tonight/Oak Leaf Park, Luray, VA (7-4-61)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: The Memory Of Your Smile/Oak Leaf Park, Luray, VA (7-4-61)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Jordan/Oak Leaf Park, Luray, VA (7-4-61)
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March 7-13/15: Spring Membership Campaign Special
Music from the two new releases offered as thank-you gifts as well as other (hopefully) inspirational songs. Thanks for your support at http://bluegrasscountry.org/support or 877-448-2242!
HOT RIZE: Hard Pressed (But We Can Find A Way)/1986-03-15 Winfield, KS (Acoustic Disc/86)
KATHY KALLICK (and LAURIE LEWIS): Count Your Blessings/Count Your Blessings (Live Oak/91)
GIBSON BROTHERS: I Have Found A Way/Brotherhood (Rounder/15)
GIBSON BROTHERS: How Mountain Girls Can Love/Brotherhood (Rounder/15)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: Evening Prayer Blues/In Session (Mountain Home/15)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: Reasons Why/In Session (Mountain Home/15)
GIBSON BROTHERS: Long Time Gone/Brotherhood (Rounder/15)
DREADFUL SNAKES: Cash On the Barrel Head/Snakes Alive! (Rounder/84)
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Rockin' Chair Money/Twenty Year Blues (Sugar Hill/04)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: I Told Them All About You/In Session (Mountain Home/15)
THE SIDEMEN: Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide/Almost Live At The Station Inn (Red Clay/95)
DOYLE LAWSON: Calling All Her Children Home/In Session (Mountain Home/15)
GIBSON BROTHERS: I'm Troubled/Brotherhood (Rounder/15)
HAZEL DICKENS: They'll Never Keep Us Down/Hard Hitting Songs For Hard-Hit People (Rounder/80)
TIM STAFFORD: If I Had the Money I Would Ride That Train/Endless Line (FGM/04)
VICTOR FURTADO: Fortune/Victor Furtado (Patuxent/15)
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March 14-20/15: Matters Of the Heart
Originally broadcast on Valentine’s Day, this collection of heart songs includes recordings from 1953-2000 and encompasses a variety of bluegrass styles (including the Big Three) and themes.
THE LYNN MORRIS BAND: My Heart Skips A Beat/The Lynn Morris Band (Rounder/90)
LARRY SPARKS: My Heart Would Know/Sings Hank Williams (County/77)
DELIA BELL & BILL GRANT: Flame in My Heart/Dreaming (Rounder/88)
MAC MARTIN & THE DIXIE TRAVELERS: Fire In My Heart/Traveler’s Portrait (Old Homestead/89)
BILL MONROE: Toy Heart/Blue Grass, 1959-1969 (Bear Family/61)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Crying My Heart Out Over You/1948-1959 (Bear Family/59)
STANLEY BROTHERS: This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart)/The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mt. Boys 1953-58 & 1959 (Bear Family/53)
GILLIS BROTHERS: Heart and Soul/Heart and Soul (Rebel/95)
CHARLIE SIZEMORE: I Know The Way To You By Heart/In My View (Rebel/96)
RHONDA VINCENT: You’re In My Heart/Back Home Again (Rounder/00)
CONNIE & JOE: Home Is Where The Heart Is/The Best Of King and Starday Bluegrass (King/60)
GOOD OL’ PERSONS: Open Up Your Heart/I Can't Stand To Ramble (Flat Rock/83)
KATHY KALLICK: Matters Of The Heart/Matters Of The Heart (Sugar Hill/93)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: My Heart's Own Love/Live at MerleFest (Festivalink.net/08)
THE ALL GIRL BOYS: Heart Upon My Sleeve/Heart's Desire (Wilder Shore/94)
DEL McCOURY BAND: Seasons Of My Heart/Blue Side Of Town (Rounder/92)
THE ALL GIRL BOYS: Heart’s Desire/Heart's Desire (Wilder Shore/94)
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March 21-27/15: Gearin’ Up (Early) For Grass Valley
Previews of the California Bluegrass Association’s 40th Annual Father’s Day Festival, with music from most of the Main Stage performers. The emphasis this year includes musicians from California and old time bands.
VERN WILLIAMS BAND (featuring KEITH LITTLE): I Hear A Choo Choo Coming/Traditional Bluegrass (Arhoolie/82)
KENTUCKY COLONELS: If You’re Ever Gonna Love Me/Livin’ In the Past (Sierra/65)
GOOD OL’ PERSONS: You Don’t Miss Your Water/Good N’ Live (Sugar Hill/86)
BLUEGRASS PATRIOTS: Winding Stream/Springtime in the Rockies (Copper Creek/04)
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Gambling Barroom Blues/Twenty Year Blues (Sugar Hill/04)
DAVID GRISMAN BLUEGRASS EXPERIENCE: The Train That Carried My Gal/Muddy Roads (Acoustic Disc/13)
GOODBYE GIRLS (featuring MOLLY TUTTLE): Graveyard/Going To Boston (self/14)
BRUCE MOLSKY: Charmin’ Betsy/Contented Must Be (Rounder/04)
RAFE STEFANINI: Crow Little Rooster/Ladies Fancy (County/06)
MIKE COMPTON & JOE NEWBERRY: Rocky Road Blues/Live (self/13)
JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN: Latter Rain Done Fell On Me/In the Deep Rolling Hills Of San Francisco (Bluegrass Signal/03)
SUZY THOMPSON: Dickson County Blues/No Mockingbird (Native & Fine/03)
COUNTRY HAM: Rattler's Pup/Celebrating the First Twenty Tears (CBA/78)
DAVE ADKINS (with EDGAR LOUDERMILK): Pretty Little Liar/Nothing To Lose (Mountain Fever/15)
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March 28 - April 3/15: Allegra’s Picks
Guest co-host Allegra Thompson brings youthful exuberence to an eclectic survey of her inspirations and favorites; it includes a bit of music by her parents, Eric & Suzy Thompson. BTW: no relation!
THE TALLBOYS: Train On the Island/Rubber Dolly (self/07)
EMILY MILLER & VAL MINDEL: Echoes From the Burning Bush/In the Valley (Yodel-ay-hee/06)
TOM, BRAD & ALICE: Sewing Machine Blues/Carve That Possum (Copper Creek/05)
SPENCER & RAINS: Old Paint/The Old Texas Fiddle Vol. II (self/15)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: Going To the West/Live (Spruce & Maple/08)
HAZEL DICKENS: West Virginia, My Home/Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People (Rounder/80)
OLA BELLE REED: I’ve Endured/Ola Belle Reed (Field Recorders Collective)
CHARLES RIVER VALLEY BOYS: She’s A Woman/Beatle Country (Rounder/66)
JIM & JESSE: Memphis/Berry Pickin’ In the Country (Epic/65)
GEORGE JONES & MELBA MONTGOMERY: I Dreamed My Baby Came Home/Vintage Collections (United Artists/65)
BLUE FLAME STRINGBAND: What Was I Supposed To Do/Blue Flame Stringband (Flying Fish/83)
HANDY & LANDY: Pain Reliever/North Carolina Country Boppers 45s
LOUVIN BROTHERS: Hoping That You’re Hoping/Best Of (Capital/56)
JIMMIE RODGERS: Waiting For A Train/O Brother The Story Continues (RCA/28)
PAPA CHARLIE JACKSON: Long Gone Lost John/Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era (Allegro/28)
BESSIE SMITH: I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama/The Complete Recordings Vol. 3 (Columbia/28)
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April 6-10/15: Happy Birthday, Bob Paisley!
First presented on the anniversary of his birth, the music of Bob Paisley with Ted Lundy in the ‘70s, and with Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass from 1981-2002. Note: bark left on!
TED LUNDY, BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN BOYS: The Old Swinging Bridge/The Old Swinging Bridge (Trio (?) -> Rounder/73)
TED LUNDY, BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN BOYS: Slipping Away/Slipping Away (Rounder/76)
TED LUNDY, BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN BOYS: Grown Old/Lovesick & Sorrow (Rounder/78)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: How Many Times/Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass (Rounder/81)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Don’t Say Goodbye If You Love Me/Live in Holland (Strictly Country/82)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Behind These Prison Walls Of Love/Live in Holland (Strictly Country/89)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Low and Lonely/Color Of the Blues (Strictly Country/94)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Sweeping Through the Gates/Forty Years Of Trouble (Strictly Country/94)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Sundown & Sorrow/No Vacancy (Brandywine/91)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Uncle Ned/Back To the Blue Ridge (Brandywine/94)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Does It Have To End This Way/Steeped In Tradition (Brandywine/98)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Lovesick & Sorrow/Heritage (Brandywine/02)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: You Are the Rainbow Of My Dreams/Heritage (Brandywine/02)
THE BASEMENT BAND with BOB PAISLEY: Last Old Shovel/Radio Series, Vol.2 (Wango/98)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Sourwood Mountain/Heritage (Brandywine/02)
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April 13-17/15: What’s Goin’ On
Musical previews of a few upcoming events in Northern California. Many of the musicians are from NorCal, although, Claire Lynch, Si Kahn, and the Infamous Stringdusters also make appearances, and set themes include time, roads, and the Osbornes.
DAN CRARY: Suite 222 (Shendoah, Gold Rush, Soldier's Joy)/Perfect Storm (Blue Night/11)
BILL EVANS: Big Chief Sonny/In Good Company (Native & Fine/12)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: Time/Live At Strawberrry (self/14)
STEEP RAVINE: Time & Again/Live At Strawberry (self/14)
BEAN CREEK: When My Time Comes To Go/Nightbird (Sloughfish/11)
CLAIRE LYNCH BAND: I’ll Be Alright Tomorrow/Dear Sister (Compass/13)
PETER ROWAN (with BOBBY OSBORNE): Stealin’ My Time/The Old School (Compass/13)
BLUE & LONESOME: Chalk Up Another One/Live From Harrietville, Australia (e’Neff Said/11)
SI KAHN (with THE LOOPING BROTHERS): Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee/Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions (Strictly Country/13)
ANNE & PETE SIBLEY: The Road Song/Live at MerleFest (FestivaLink/10)
REED ISLAND ROUNDERS (Betty Vornbrock, Billy Cornette & Kirk Sutphin): Old Cow Crossing the Road/Fiddle Classics (Old Blue/12)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad/Night Of the Living Dead (self/14)
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April 20-24/15: Trouble Round My Door
Guest co-host Todd Gracyk presents some of his favorites by Red Allen, originally released 1957-1969, and including live recordings, obscure 45s, radio shows, and a few classics. Red’s in the company of Frank Wakefield, the Osborne Brothers, Doyle Lawson, J.D. Crowe, David Grisman, Porter Church, Don Reno, Chubby Wise, Buzz Busby, Bill Emerson, Don Stover, Scotty Stoneman, the Yates Bothers, and other greats.
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RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: Bluegrass Mandolin (aka Mountain Strings)/Fingers On Fire (Starday/61)
with Don Reno, Chubby Wise, John Palmer or Junior Huskey
RED ALLEN: Don’t Wake Me ’Til It’s Over/45 (King/69)
with Chris Warner, Josh Graves, Jake Tulloch
RED ALLEN: I Beg To You/45 (Stop/69)
with Doyle Lawson, Alan Munde, Vassar Clements, Johnny Gimble, Jack Drake
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Will You Be Satisfied That Way/Bluegrass Holiday (Rebel/68)
with J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Slone
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: You're Not Easy To Forget/Bluegrass Holiday (Rebel/68)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN: Highway Of Sorrow/Detroit To Wheeling (Pinecastle/57)
Live at New River Ranch
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN: Six White Horses/Live at New River Ranch (1957)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN: A Mansion On the Hill/Live at New River Ranch (1957)
RED ALLEN: Little Birdie/Live at Turf Club, Beltsville, MD (1967)
with Buzz Busby, Bill Emerson, Buck Ryan, Jerry Steinberg
RED ALLEN with RALPH STANLEY: God Gave You To Me (1968)
RED ALLEN with RALPH STANLEY: I Long To See the Old Folks (1968)
RED ALLEN, FRANK WAKEFIELD & THE KENTUCKIANS: I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye/The WDON Recordings (Patuxent/63)
with Pete Kuykendall, Tom Morgan
RED ALLEN, FRANK WAKEFIELD & THE KENTUCKIANS: All I Want Is You/The WDON Recordings (Patuxent/63)
RED ALLEN, FRANK WAKEFIELD & THE KENTUCKIANS: Blue Eyed Darling/The WDON Recordings (Patuxent/63)
RED ALLEN & THE KENTUCKIANS: I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes/Live On Radio (Acoustic Oasis/66)
with David Grisman, Porter Church, Bobby Diamond
RED ALLEN & THE KENTUCKIANS: Love Please Come Home/Live On Radio (Acoustic Oasis/66)
RED ALLEN & THE KENTUCKIANS: Trouble 'Round My Door/The Best Of King & Starday Bluegrass (King/61)
with Frank Wakefield, Don Reno, Chubby Wise, John Palmer or Junior Huskey
RED ALLEN: Close By/Keep On Going - The Rebel & Melodeon Recordings (Rebel/65)
with Wayne Yates, Porter Church, Scotty Stoneman, Bill Yates
RED ALLEN & THE KENTUCKIANS: Sad and Lonesome Day/Keep On Going - The Rebel & Melodeon Recordings (Rebel/65)
with Wayne Yates, Bill Emerson, Bill Yates
RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: My Sweet Love Ain’t Around/Red Allen & Frank Wakefield (Red Clay/71)
with Don Stover, Kenny Kosek, Kevin Smith
RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: Bluegrass Stomp/The Kitchen Tapes (Acoustic Disc/63)
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“Bluegrass Country” - program #581 (April 25 - May 1/15)
BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Across the Tracks
A variety of new releases, including lots of old time, plenty of fiddlers, several duets, and a featurette on a Washington, DC-based band with 3 ex-Johnson Mt. Boys and 2 members of Appalachian Trail.
SPRINGFIELD EXIT: You Ain't Goin’ Nowhere/That Was Then (Patuxent)
SPRINGFIELD EXIT: ’Til All the Rivers Run Dry/That Was Then (Patuxent)
SPRINGFIELD EXIT: That Was Then and This is Now/That Was Then (Patuxent)
THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND: Henry Lee/Devil In the Seat (self)
NORMAN BLAKE: Savannah Rag/Wood, Wire & Words (WJRC)
JAYME STONE’S LOMAX PROJECT: Susan Anna Gal/Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)
LAURA ORSHAW: Going To the West/Songs of Lost Yesterdays (self)
BARWICK & SIEGFRIED: California Bound/The Trestle (FGM)
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO: A Wanderer I'll Stay/A Wanderer I'll Stay (self)
PAUL KOVAC & JEN MAURER: Blue Modal #2/Boy = Girl (self)
ADKINS & LOUDERMILK: Open Roads/Adkins & Loudermilk (Mountain Fever)
THE GRASS CATS: The Old School Road/The Old School Road (New Time)
THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND: Longing For A Home/Devil In the Seat (self)
TONY HOLT & THE WILDWOOD VALLEY BOYS: Making My Way/Hymns From Wildwood Valley (Old Heritage)
JOHNNY CAMPBELL: Gettin’ There/Gettin’ There (Let’s Pick)
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May 2-8/15: Still Across the Tracks
Continuing last week’s survey of new releases, with additional tracks from five of the bands heard last week, a set of bluegrass versions of rock & roll hits from the late ‘50s, and a few advance single releases.
JOHNNY CAMPBELL & THE BLUEGRASS DRIFTERS: What Are You Doing Here Today/Always A Double (Let’s Pick)
MERL JOHNSON: Sweetest Love/Better Man (Patuxent)
SPRINGFIELD EXIT: Lonesome Wind/That Was Then (Patuxent)
NED LUBERECKI: Adams County Breakdown/Night Driving CLM (advance)
TERRY BAUCOM: The Rock/single (John Boy & Billy)
BAND OF RUHKS: Coal Mining Man/Band Of Ruhks (101 Ranch)
STEEP CANYON RANGERS with EDIE BRICKELL: Test Of Time/single (CAN’d Aid Foundation benefit)
RED WINE: Saved/Pickin’ Friends (self)
DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE: To Know Him Is To Love Him/Live at Red, White and Bluegrass (Mountain Home)
DELTA REIGN: Heartbreak Hotel/Nothing But Sky (Travianna)
GIBSON BROTHERS: Bye Bye Love/Brotherhood (Rounder)
SPENCER & RAINS: Blue-Eyed Susie/The Old Texas Fiddle Vol. II (self)
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO: New Lonesome Blues/A Wanderer I'll Stay (self)
THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND: Stillhouse/Devil In the Seat (self)
JAYME STONE’S LOMAX PROJECT: Julie & Joe/Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)
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May 9-15/15: Happy 40th Anniversary to PT
Your jovial producer/host celebrates of 40 years doing radio with a collection of live recordings which remain favorites and huge influences. The Stanley Brothers got me hooked, the Kathy Kallick Band sustains me, and they provide the bookends to this 40th anniversary show. Thanks for joining me! - PT
STANLEY BROTHERS: Think Of What You've Done/Stanley Series Vol. 3, No. 4 (Copper Creek/58)
BILL MONROE: Brakeman's Blues/Off The Record, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian- Folkways/56)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Dig A Hole In the Meadow/Live At Carnegie Hall (Koch/62)
JIMMY MARTIN: The White Dove/Live! At McClure (Rebel/75)
KENTUCKY COLONELS: I Am A Pilgrim/Livin' In The Past (Sierra/64)
HAZEL DICKENS & ALICE GERRARD: Walking In My Sleep/Nashville At Newport (Vanguard/65)
DEL McCOURY & THE DIXIE PALS: The Bluest Man In Town/Live In Japan (Copper Creek/79)
J.D. CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: East Virginia Blues/Holiday In Japan (Towa/75)
GOOD OL' PERSONS: Blue Night/Good N' Live (Sugar Hill/91)
HOT RIZE: Walkin' the Dog/So Long Of A Journey (Sugar Hill/96)
HOTMUD FAMILY: Please Don't Wake Me/Live, As We Know It (Flying Fish/79)
VERN WILLIAMS BAND: In Despair/Traditional Bluegrass (Arhoolie/82)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Forty Years Of Trouble/Forty Years Of Trouble (Strictly Country/94)
MAC MARTIN & THE CALIFORNIA TRAVELERS: Alcatraz Blues/Live At RBA (self/06)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: Fare Thee Well, North Carolina Breakdown/Live at Strawberry (self/14)
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May 16-22/15: Banjo Pickin’ Boy
An conversation with and the music of banjo-meister Bill Evans, who shares some of his early influences, presents his live performances with the Bluegrass Intentions and Due West, and spins his studio duets with Tony Trischka and Bill Emerson.
RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers/1971-1973 (Rebel/71)
COUNTRY COOKING: Tequila Mockingbird/26 Bluegrass Instrumentals (Rounder/74)
COUNTRY GENTLEMEN: Secret Of the Waterfall/The Early Rebel Recordings (Rebel/72)
SELDOM SCENE: Appalachian Rain/Old Train (Rebel/74)
THE BLUEGRASS INTENTIONS: Rambling Woman/Live at the Freight (self/05)
THE BLUEGRASS INTENTIONS: Hip Et Taiud/Live at the Freight (self/05)
TONY TRISCHKA & BILL EVANS: Banjoland/Classic Banjo From Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways/08)
BILL EMERSON: Home Sweet Dixie Home/The Touch Of Time (Rural Rhythm/12)
DUE WEST: Banjo Clark/Live At the Freight (self/05)
DAN CRARY & THUNDERATION: Sail Away Ladies>Sally Ann/Perfect Storm (Blue Night/11)
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May 23-29/15: What’s Goin’ On
Musical previews of events scheduled in Northern California. Two brand-new songs (Della Mae, Rhiannon Giddens), a set of duets (Bush & Duncan, Barwick & Siegfried, Littlest Birds), hot instrumentals (Scott Nygaard, Eric Thompson, Sonoran Dogs), and classic ‘grass (Windy Hill, Blue & Lonesome, Laurie Lewis).
SCOTT NYGAARD & ERIC THOMPSON: Winslow/New Standards for Flatpicking Guitar (FGM/03)
ERIC THOMPSON: Louisiana Blues/Kleptograss (Herringbone/10)
SCOTT NYGAARD & CROW MOLLY: The Idlers Of Belltown/Scott Nygaard & Crow Molly (Fret Soup/09)
DELLA MAE: Boston Town/Della Mae (Rounder/15)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: My Heart's Own Love/Live at MerleFest (Festivalink.net/4-24-08)
DELLA MAE: Blessed Hands/I Built This Heart (self/11)
BLUE & LONESOME: Waves On the Sea/Live From Harrietville, Australia (e’Neff Said/10)
THE SONORAN DOGS: Cherokee Shuffle/The Sonoran Dogs (Dog Boy/14)
WINDY HILL: You Cheated Three Times/Lonesome Garbage Man/13)
SAM BUSH & STUART DUNCAN: My Little Girl in Tennessee/A Prairie Home Companion - Duets 2 (HighBridge/14)
BARWICK & SIEGFRIED: Ages and Ages Ago/The Trestle (FGM/15)
THE LITTLEST BIRDS: Beat It On Down the Line/The Littlest Birds (self/10)
RHIANNON GIDDENS: Up Above My Head/Tomorrow Is My Turn (Nonesuch/15)
PIG’S FOOT STRING BAND: Indian Corn>Possum Up a Gump Stump/demo (self/14)
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May 30 - June 5/15: Goin' Back To Nashville
Originally broadcast on the date (in 1963) of the historical Vanderbilt concert by Flatt & Scruggs, the recording of that concert, plus additional live sessions from 1960 and 1966. Lester and Earl are in fine form, and Josh Graves (especially) and Paul Warren also shine. Goodness gracious, it’s good!
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University (Columbia/63)
Lost All My Money aka Long Journey Home
Maggie Blues
Steamboat Whistle Blues
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University (Columbia/63)
Paul and Silas
Cannonball Blues
You Are My Flower
(Old) Leather Britches
(My Home’s) Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University (Columbia/63)
Old Folks
Going Back to Harlan aka Shady Grove
Poor Rebel Soldier
No Hiding Place Down Here
Cripple Creek
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Foggy Mountain Special/Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University (Columbia/63)
(LESTER FLATT &) EARL SCRUGGS: Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966 (Vanguard/60)
Salty Dog Blues
Before I Met You
Cabin On the Hill
(LESTER FLATT &) EARL SCRUGGS: Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966 (Vanguard/66)
Wabash Cannonball
Will You Be Lonesome Too
Foggy Mountain Chimes
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: The Lighter Side - May 9/15
Originally broadcast on the anniversary of Jimmy Martin's (5-9-56) recording of "Hot Parade Of Love," a program of light-hearted bluegrass songs. No wrist-slashers allowed on this one!
JIMMY MARTIN: Hit Parade Of Love/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/56)
JIMMY MARTIN: Goin' Ape (Over You)/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/67)
KENTUCKY COLONELS TRIO: Chug-A-Lug/Bush, Lathum and White (101 Distribution/64)
JIM EANES & THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY BOYS: Wiggle Worm Wiggle/78 (Decca/54)
RENO & SMILEY: Country Boy Rock & Roll/The Hillbillies - They Tried To Rock, Vol. 2 (Bear Family/56)
STANLEY BROTHERS: Finger Poppin’ Time/The Hillbillies - They Tried To Rock, Vol. 1 (Bear Family/60)
RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: Mountain Dew/Live In Japan (Rebel/71)
CURLY RAY CLINE with RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: Why Me Ralph?/Classic Stanley (Freeland/76)
JACK COOKE & THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOYS: Act Naturally/Ralph Stanley & Friends - Live at the Old Home Place (Rebel/83)
PAUL SHELASKY: Praying Mantis Love Affair/Fiddle-Crazy (Lost Highway/99)
PAUL SHELASKY: I’m Never Going Home (‘Cause Mother’s Waiting)/Fiddle-Crazy (Lost Highway/99)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: My House/Between the Hollow & the High-Rise (Live Oak/10)
KATHY KALLICK: Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom)/Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) (Sugar Hill/95)
GRANDPA JONES: I’m My Own Grandpa/28 Greatest Hits (Gusto-King/56)
CANOTE BROTHERS: Foolish Questions/Live at RBA (10-16-13)
JOHN HARTFORD: Don't Leave Your Records in the Sun/Mark Twang (Flying Fish/76)
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June 13-19/15: Across the Tracks
New releases - five duets, four from Mountain Fever, three classic songs, two of Jimmy Martin live in 1969, one rock & roll song, and, well, more.
NOTE: All releases from 2015, except as noted.
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THE ROUSTABOUTS: Rosedale Highway Breakdown/Patchwork (self)
SALLY VAN METER (with BRUCE MOLSKY): Little Satchel/Tre Mistiche (Live Oak)
JESSE McREYNOLDS & CARL JACKSON: Johnny Goodwin > The Girl I Left Behind/Orthophonic Joy - The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revised (Sony Legacy)
ERYNN MARSHALL & CARL JONES: Maple On the Hill/Sweet Memories (Dittyville)
SUE MASSEK: Down On The Picket Line/Precious Memories (Strictly Country)
BRIAN GODCHAUX & SANDY ROTHMAN: Little Rabbit/The Red Fiddle & the Silver Banjo (ToneBar)
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO: Lonesome & I'm Going Back Home/A Wanderer I'll Stay (Lula)
SIDELINE: Going Across The Sea/Session 2 (Mountain Fever)
ADKINS & LOUDERMILK: Open Roads/Adkins & Loudermilk (Mountain Fever)
GOLD HEART: Steam Engine/Places I've Been (Mountain Fever)
JAMIE HARPER: Good Bye Old Pal/Old Pal (Mountain Fever)
BIG COUNTRY BLUEGRASS: My Lonely Heart/Country Livin’ (Rebel)
JIMMY MARTIN featuring GLORIA BELLE: Traveling the Highway Home/Live ’69 & ‘71 (Rock Beat/69)
BAND OF RHUKS: Lost Highway/Band Of Rhuks (101 Ranch)
JIMMY MARTIN: Sunny Side Of the Mountain/Traveling the Highway Home/Live ’69 & ‘71 (Rock Beat/69)
THE HILLBENDERS: Pinball Wizard/Tommy - A Bluegrass Opry (Compass)
PAUL KOVAK & JEN MAURER: Back to Black/Boy = Girl (self)
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June 20-26/15: Part Of the Story
An overview of the music of the Good Ol’ Persons from their four studio albums (1977-1989), as told by the band's co-founder, Kathy Kallick.
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GOOD OL' PERSONS: Grey Eagle/Part Of A Story (Flat Rock/86)
GOOD OL' PERSONS: Good Ol' Persons (Bay/77)
Southbound
The Earl's Chair
Pretend You’re Mine
GOOD OL' PERSONS: I Can't Stand To Ramble (Flat Rock/83)
I Can't Stand To Ramble
Itzbin Reel
You Don't Miss Your Water
GOOD OL' PERSONS: Part Of A Story (Flat Rock/86)
Broken-Hearted Lover
Part Of A Story
My, My, My
GOOD OL' PERSONS: Anywhere the Wind Blows (Flat Rock/89)
Walking the Floor Over You
La Arboleta
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June 27 - July 3: Happy Anniversary (Remembrance Of Things To Come)
As we approach the 48th anniversary of bluegrass on WAMU — July 2nd is the big day! — selections from bluegrass LPs released in 1967, including the instrumental collections of Flatt & Scruggs with Doc Watson, Jimmy Martin, and Scotty Stoneman; new albums from some of the music's pioneers (Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse, and the Osborne Brothers) and new LP compilations from others (Stanley Brothers, Reno & Smiley); plus a variety of other new (at the time) releases.
NOTE: All releases from 1967.
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JIMMY MARTIN & HIS SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Big Country/Big and Country Instrumentals (Decca)
NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS: Rock About My Saro Jane/Remembrance Of Things To Come (Verve/Folkways)
DOC WATSON: Pretty Saro/Home Again! (Vanguard)
FLATT & SCRUGGS with DOC WATSON: John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man/Strictly Instrumental (Columbia)
SCOTTY STONEMAN: Talking Fiddle Blues/Mr. Country Fiddler (Design)
OSBORNE BROTHERS: Lonesome Feelin'/Modern Sounds Of Bluegrass Music (Decca)
JIM & JESSE & THE VIRGINIA BOYS: Ballad of Thunder Road/Diesel On My Tail (Epic)
THE STONEMAN FAMILY: Nobody’s Darling But Mine/White Lightning (Starday)
JIMMY MARTIN & HIS SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Crow On the Banjo/Big and Country Instrumentals (Decca)
BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS: Blue Night/Blue Grass Time (Decca)
BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS: Midnight On the Stormy Deep/Blue Grass Time (Decca)
THE DIXIE GENTLEMEN WITH TUT TAYLOR: The Waves Of Sorrow/Blues & Bluegrass (Tune)
JIM EANES: Your Old Standby/Your Old Standby (Zap)
EARL TAYLOR & JIM McCALL: The Sun's Gonna Shine/Blue Grass Favorites (Rural Rhythm
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: If I Lose/The Famous Song Hits Of the Stanley Brothers (Nashville/60)
DON RENO, RED SMILEY & THE TENNESSEE CUTUPS: Old Home Place/24 Country Songs (King/54)
RENO & HARRELL: Just A Phone Call Will Do/45 (King)
E.C. & ORNA BALL: Tribulations/Through The Years 1937-1975 (Copper Creek/67) - cf. E. C. Ball and the Friendly Gospel Singers (County)
NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS: Dark & Stormy Weather/Remembrance Of Things To Come (Verve/Folkways)
RENO & HARRELL: Flat Tops A Pickin'/45 (Rebel)
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An overview of the music of Dale Ann Bradley and Steve Gulley, with selections from the New Coon Creek Girls, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and Grasstowne, but concentrating on their vocal collaborations. Lots of originals too.
*## DALE ANN BRADLEY: Memories, Miles And Tears/Catch Tomorrow (Compass/06)
*# DALE ANN BRADLEY: Restoring the Love/Somewhere South Of Crazy (Compass/11)
* DALE ANN BRADLEY: Over My Head/Don't Turn Your Back (Compass/09)
* DALE ANN BRADLEY: In Despair/Somewhere South Of Crazy (Compass/11)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: Sweet Rosie Jones/Never Walk Away (Sugar Hill/95)
** GRASSTOWNE: Here Comes That Feeling Again/The Road Headin' Home (Pinecastle/07)
**# STEVE GULLEY: You Couldn't Pay Me To Care/Sounds Like Home (Lonesome Day/07)
# STEVE GULLEY & TIM STAFFORD: Snow/Dogwood Winter (Rural Rhythm/10)
## NEW COON CREEK GIRLS: Kentucky Blues/The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (Pinecastle/94)
*## DALE ANN BRADLEY: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles/Cumberland River Dreams (Doobie Shea/01)
* DALE ANN BRADLEY: Walking In the Spirit/Send the Angels (Mountain Home/03)
***# PHIL LEADBETTER (featuring DALE ANN BRADLEY & STEVE GULLEY): I’ve Never Seen A Love That Wasn’t Blind/The Next Move (Pinecastle/14)
***## JON WEISBERGER (featuring DALE ANN BRADLEY & STEVE GULLEY): Now and Then/I’ve Been Mostly Awake (Wise Kings/14)
*** STEVE GULLEY (featuring DALE ANN BRADLEY): Stormy Waters/Family, Friends & Fellowship (Rural Rhythm/14)
***### STEVE GULLEY & DALE ANN BRADLEY: Christmas the Mountain Way/Christmas the Mountain Way (Rural Rhythm/12)
NEW COON CREEK GIRLS: 'Possum Kingdom/The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (Pinecastle/94)
* with Steve Gulley, harmony and/or duet vocals
** with Dale Ann Bradley, harmony and/or duet vocals
# written or co-written by Steve Gulley
## written or co-written by Dale Ann Bradley
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Jan. 10-16/15: Color Of the Blues
Bluegrass versions of George Jones songs; lonesome and then some. Includes George (with Melba Montgomery) singing Bill Monroe, George (with Dr. Ralph) singing George, a number of powerful duets, and several knockout solo vocals. Not for the faint of heart.
JIMMY MARTIN & HIS SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Play Me Some (More) George Jones Songs/Me 'n Ole Pete (Gusto/78)
GEORGE JONES & MELBA MONTGOMERY: Blue Moon of Kentucky/Bluegrass Hootenanny (United Artists/64)
RALPH STANLEY (featuring GEORGE JONES): The Window Up Above/Clinch Mountain Country (Rebel/97)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: The Window Up Above/Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 (King/61)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Color Of the Blues/Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass (Strictly Country/94)
DEL McCOURY & THE DIXIE PALS: Don’t Stop the Music/Livin’ On the Mountain (Rounder/90)
SUZANNE THOMAS: We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds/Dear Friends & Gentle Hearts (Rounder/98)
DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD: Golden Ring/30th Anniversary Special (Rounder/07)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: I'd Jump the Mississippi/Walkin' In My Shoes (Live Oak/99)
DELIA BELL & BILL GRANT: Flame In My Heart/Dreaming (Rounder/88)
PAM GADD: After the Fire Is Gone/Benefit Of Doubt (Home Sweet Highway/08)
BLUEGRASS INTENTIONS: Burn Another Honky Tonk Down/Old As Dirt (Native & Fine/02)
JAMES KING: He Stopped Loving Her Today/Three Chords & the Truth (Rounder/13)
DAVE EVANS & RIVER BEND: She Thinks I Still Care/Goin' Round This World (Rebel/81)
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Southern Flavor/Live, Vol. 1 (Copper Creek/90)
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Jan. 17-23/15: "Turn up your radio; your neighbors might enjoy it too!"
A memorial tribute to Ray Davis (1935 -2014), legendary broadcaster on WBMD (38 years) and WAMU (28 years), concert presenter, and musicologist, with a small sampling of his many Wango recordings made in either his studio at Johnny’s Used Cars in Baltimore or his home in Falling Water, West Virginia. Selections include a few examples of his radio hosting as well as a brief 2008 interview with Ray, commemorating his 60th year of broadcasting. The program’s title is a Ray Davis quote.
NOTE: All releases on Wango Records, except as noted
STANLEY BROTHERS: On the Air (1963)
(includes Ray Davis intros and Johnny's Used Cars commercials)
Cripple Creek
God Gave You To Me
Banjo Boogie
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Gathering Flowers For the Hillside
Happy, Sunny Side Of Life
THE BASEMENT BAND (Bob, Danny, & Michael Paisley, James King, Bobby & TJ Lundy, Jon Glik): Radio Series, Vol. 2 (1998)
Katy Hill
No Mother Or Dad
Last Old Shovel
Traveling the Highway Home
Does It Have To End This Way
RAY DAVIS: interview excerpts - NPR’s All Things Considered 2008
WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Radio Series, Vol. 7 (2002)
Fire On the Mountain
I’m Coming Back (But I Don’t Know When)
Down In the Willow Garden
GILLIS BROTHERS: Radio Series, Vol. 5 (1993)
Bad Case Of The Blues
If I Lose
Next Sunday Darlin' Is My Birthday
STANLEY BROTHERS: How Mountain Girls Can Love/Radio Series, Vol. 6 (1963)
STANLEY BROTHERS: Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone/Plum Pitiful, Vol. 2 (1964)
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Jan. 24-30/15: What’s Goin’ On
Musical previews of NorCal events in January and February, with music from a number of West Coast notables, plus a few touring musicians coming to the area.
LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: Oh! Susanna/Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray (Spruce and Maple/14)
LAURIE LEWIS: The Crooked Miles/One Evening In May (Spruce & Maple/14)
KATHY KALLICK: Ellie/Cut To the Chase (Live Oak/14)
THE TUTTLES WITH AJ LEE: Devil On My Mind/In the Deep Rolling Hills Of San Francisco (Bluegrass Signal/12)
MOLLY TUTTLE & JOHN MAILANDER: Another Side>Tell Me/Molly Tuttle & John Mailander (self/13)
AJ LEE: Sugar Moon/Song For Noah (Whitehorse/14)
MELODY WALKER & JACOB GROOPMAN: Little Blue Caboose/We Made It Home (self/14)
DAN CRARY & THUNDERATION: Muley Was a Railroad Man/Perfect Storm (Blue Night/11)
ALAN MUNDE & BILLY BRIGHT: Jaybird/Bright Munde (Munde’s Child/14)
BILL EVANS: Heavy Traffic Ahead/Bill Evans Plays Banjo (Native & Fine/01)
DAVE ADKINS (w/ EDGAR LOUDERMILK): Put Some Grass Into It/Nothing To Lose (Mountain Fever/14)
DEL McCOURY BAND: The Bluegrass Country/Del and the Boys (Ceili Music/06)
DAVID GRISMAN BLUEGRASS EXPERIENCE (featuring KEITH LITTLE): Say Won't You Be Mine/DGBX (Acoustic Disc/06)
MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER: Me & My Fiddle/On Down the Line (Compass/14)
BLUE & LONESOME: High Country/Some Old Day (e'Neff Said/08)
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Jan. 31 - Feb. 6/15: Happy Birthday, Curly Ray!
Originally broadcast on Curly Ray Cline’s birthday, an overview of his recordings with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers and Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mt. Boys, plus two selections each from three of his solo releases.
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RALPH STANLEY: Sourwood Mountain/Live In Japan (Rebel/71)
THE LONESOME PINE FIDDLERS: Windy Mountain (Bear Family/52-54)
You Broke Your Promise
I'll Never Make You Blue
Lonesome Pine Breakdown
Windy Mountain
RALPH STANLEY: Live In Japan (Rebel/71)
Leather Britches
All The Good Times Are Past And Gone
Sitting On Top Of The World
How Mountain Girls Can Love
Walkin' In My Sleep
RALPH STANLEY: Classic Stanley (Freeland/70-76)
Black Mountain Rag
Let's Go To The Fair
Pretty Little Indian
Why Me Ralph?
Katy Daley
CURLY RAY CLINE: Dixon County Blues/Chicken Reel (Rebel/71)
CURLY RAY CLINE: Soldier's Joy/Chicken Reel (Rebel/71)
CURLY RAY CLINE: Money In the Bank/Why Me Ralph? (Rebel/75)
CURLY RAY CLINE: Midnight Waltz/Fishin' For Another Hit (Rebel/74)
CURLY RAY CLINE: Florida Blues/Why Me Ralph? (Rebel/75)
CURLY RAY CLINE: The Girl I Love Don’t Pay Me No Mind/Fishin' For Another Hit (Rebel/74)
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Feb. 7-13/15: Across the Tracks
New releases from Canada and California, songs about other places and bluegrass itself, and a comparison of Mac Wiseman and Kathy Kallick doing (the same) songs they learned from their mothers.
MAC WISEMAN: Little Rosewood Casket/Songs From My Mother’s Hand (Wrinkled)
KATHY KALLICK: Rosewood Casket/My Mother’s Voice (Copper Creek/01)
MAC WISEMAN: The Wreck Of the Number Nine/Songs From My Mother’s Hand (Wrinkled)
KATHY KALLICK: Wreck Of the Old #9/My Mother’s Voice (Copper Creek/01)
JIM HURST (featuring Mac Wiseman): The Preacher and the Bear/Looking Glass (NN Guido)
JANET McGARRY: Fare Thee Well/Beneath A Painted Sky (Diamond)
JIMBO TROUT & THE FISHPEOPLE (feat. Annie Staninec & Paul Shelasky): Roscoe/A Happy Hour Of the Mind (Fishwrap)
THE BROTHERS BARTON: Uncle Pen's Oil/New Love (self)
THE SPINNEY BROTHERS: My Music Comes From Bill/Tried & True (Mountain Fever)
LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: Blue Grass Style/Sing the Songs Of Vern & Ray (Spruce and Maple)
RUSS CARSON (featuring Audie Blaylock): Montana Cowboy/Avenue of the Giants (Patuxent)
MOUNTAIN FAITH: If You Are Ever Down In Dallas/Blue (Mountain Fever)
JOE MULLINS & RADIO RAMBLERS: Goin' Back to My Kentucky Country Home/Another Day From Life (Rebel)
TOMMY BROWN & THE COUNTY LINE GRASS: Let Them Know I'm from Virginia/Leaving This Town (Randm)
ROB ICKES & TREY HENSLEY: My Way Is the Highway/Before the Sun Goes Down (Compass)
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Feb. 14-20/15: Across the Tracks
Fewer releases – but, perhaps, a wider variety – than is usual in these occasional surveys of new recordings, going all the way from the Gibson Brothers returning to their “brother duet” roots to Andy Statman’s genre-bending originals, with a stop in Italy for Red Wine’s thrilling combination of traditional and progressive styles. Plus: two new collections of vintage recordings, one featuring Red Allen & Frank Wakefield in 1963, the other Monroe Fields & the Sauceman Brothers in the 1950s.
MONROE FIELDS (with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys): Hillbilly Fever/1950s-60s Broadcasts (Patuxent)
MONROE FIELDS (with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys): Treasure of Love/1950s-60s Broadcasts (Patuxent)
MONROE FIELDS (with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys): Out Of My Mind/1950s-60s Broadcasts (Patuxent)
GIBSON BROTHERS: I Have Found A Way/Brotherhood (Rounder)
GIBSON BROTHERS: How Mountain Girls Can Love/Brotherhood (Rounder)
GIBSON BROTHERS: I'm Troubled, I’m Troubled/Brotherhood (Rounder)
RED WINE: Tell All My Pickin' Friends Good-Bye/Pickin' Friends (self)
RED WINE: Bottomlands/Pickin' Friends (self)
RED WINE: Saved/Pickin' Friends (self)
ANDY STATMAN: Green Green Rocky Road/Superstring Theory (Shefa)
ANDY STATMAN: Mando At the Flambo/Superstring Theory (Shefa)
RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: All I Want Is You/The WDON Recordings 1963 (Patuxent)
RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye/The WDON Recordings 1963 (Patuxent)
RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: Will You Be Satisfied That Way/The WDON Recordings 1963 (Patuxent)
DANIEL GREESON: Two-O’Clock, The Old Brown County Barn/Daniel Greeson (Patuxent)
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Feb. 21-27: Across the Tracks
Additional spins from new releases featured last week, plus a generous helping of Bill Monroe — with both Doc Watson and his band that included Jack Cooke and Benny Williams — from a 1964 concert. And more!
All selections released in 2014-15.
BILL MONROE & DOC WATSON: Live - 1964 (RockBeat)
Oh What Does The Deep Sea Say
Midnight On The Stormy Deep
Rabbit In A Log
BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Live - 1964 (RockBeat)
Rocky Road Blues
Rawhide
Live And Let Live
On & On
THE FARM HANDS: The Way It Was In ’51/Better Than I Deserve (Pinecastle)
MONROE FIELDS (with Carl Sauceman & the Green Valley Boys): The Old Home Town/1950s-60s Broadcasts (Patuxent)
GIBSON BROTHERS: What A Wonderful Savior Is He/Brotherhood (Rounder)
RED WINE: Cold Big City/Pickin' Friends (self)
THE SPINNEY BROTHERS: Gonna Catch A Train/Tried & True (Mountain Fever)
TOMMY BROWN & THE COUNTY LINE GRASS: A Dark Road Is a Hard Road to Travel/Leaving This Town (Randm)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: Big Eight Wheeler/In Session (Mountain Home)
BLUES MAFIA: Pray For Rain/Pray For Rain (Pinecastle)
SPRINGFIELD EXIT: Some Old Day/advance single (Pinecastle)
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Feb. 28 - March 6/15: Live On Arrival - with guest co-host Todd Gracyk
A collection of live recordings which have not been commercially released, as discovered by guest co-host Todd Gracyk, who once spent way too much time prowling the internet. Featured are six songs from "The Story Of Bluegrass" presented at Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA on July 6, 1969. Many of the first generation giants are included, along with a couple of modern performances, and one from the WAMU archives. Bill Monroe (among others) is on fire!
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BILL MONROE: Blue Grass Ramble/Cantrell's Horse Farm, Fincastle, VA (9-3-65)
DEL McCOURY BAND: This Kind Of Life/Graves Mt. Lodge, Syria, VA (6-2-95)
JOHNSON MOUNTAIN BOYS: Weathered Gray Stone/Redwood Estates Pavilion, Los Gatos, CA (10-17-87)
BUZZ BUSBY: Me & the Jukebox/WAMU, Washington, DC (11-13-76)
BILL MONROE (with DEL McCOURY): Roll On, Buddy/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
BILL MONROE (with DEL McCOURY): Love Please Come Home/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
BILL MONROE (with MAC WISEMAN): Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
BILL MONROE (with MAC WISEMAN): Can't You Hear Me Callin'/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
BILL MONROE (with JIMMY MARTIN): Memories Of Mother & Dad/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
BILL MONROE (with JIMMY MARTIN): It's Mighty Dark To Travel/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7-6-69)
RED ALLEN & THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Six White Horses/New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD (6-10-57)
RED ALLEN & THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Mansion On the Hill/New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD (6-10-57)
RENO & SMILEY: Maybe You Will Change Your Mind/Sunset Park, West Grove, PA (9-9-62)
RENO & SMILEY: I Wouldn't Change You If I Could/Sunset Park, West Grove, PA (9-9-62)
JIMMY MARTIN: Sunny Side Of the Mountain/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7/69)
JIMMY MARTIN: Shackles & Chains/Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA (7/69)
JIMMY MARTIN: You Don't Know My Mind/Cantrell's Horse Farm, Fincastle, VA (9-4-65)
JIMMY MARTIN: It Takes One To Know One/Cantrell's Horse Farm, Fincastle, VA (9-4-65)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Don't Go Out Tonight/Oak Leaf Park, Luray, VA (7-4-61)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: The Memory Of Your Smile/Oak Leaf Park, Luray, VA (7-4-61)
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Jordan/Oak Leaf Park, Luray, VA (7-4-61)
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March 7-13/15: Spring Membership Campaign Special
Music from the two new releases offered as thank-you gifts as well as other (hopefully) inspirational songs. Thanks for your support at http://bluegrasscountry.org/support or 877-448-2242!
HOT RIZE: Hard Pressed (But We Can Find A Way)/1986-03-15 Winfield, KS (Acoustic Disc/86)
KATHY KALLICK (and LAURIE LEWIS): Count Your Blessings/Count Your Blessings (Live Oak/91)
GIBSON BROTHERS: I Have Found A Way/Brotherhood (Rounder/15)
GIBSON BROTHERS: How Mountain Girls Can Love/Brotherhood (Rounder/15)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: Evening Prayer Blues/In Session (Mountain Home/15)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: Reasons Why/In Session (Mountain Home/15)
GIBSON BROTHERS: Long Time Gone/Brotherhood (Rounder/15)
DREADFUL SNAKES: Cash On the Barrel Head/Snakes Alive! (Rounder/84)
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Rockin' Chair Money/Twenty Year Blues (Sugar Hill/04)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: I Told Them All About You/In Session (Mountain Home/15)
THE SIDEMEN: Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide/Almost Live At The Station Inn (Red Clay/95)
DOYLE LAWSON: Calling All Her Children Home/In Session (Mountain Home/15)
GIBSON BROTHERS: I'm Troubled/Brotherhood (Rounder/15)
HAZEL DICKENS: They'll Never Keep Us Down/Hard Hitting Songs For Hard-Hit People (Rounder/80)
TIM STAFFORD: If I Had the Money I Would Ride That Train/Endless Line (FGM/04)
VICTOR FURTADO: Fortune/Victor Furtado (Patuxent/15)
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March 14-20/15: Matters Of the Heart
Originally broadcast on Valentine’s Day, this collection of heart songs includes recordings from 1953-2000 and encompasses a variety of bluegrass styles (including the Big Three) and themes.
THE LYNN MORRIS BAND: My Heart Skips A Beat/The Lynn Morris Band (Rounder/90)
LARRY SPARKS: My Heart Would Know/Sings Hank Williams (County/77)
DELIA BELL & BILL GRANT: Flame in My Heart/Dreaming (Rounder/88)
MAC MARTIN & THE DIXIE TRAVELERS: Fire In My Heart/Traveler’s Portrait (Old Homestead/89)
BILL MONROE: Toy Heart/Blue Grass, 1959-1969 (Bear Family/61)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Crying My Heart Out Over You/1948-1959 (Bear Family/59)
STANLEY BROTHERS: This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart)/The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mt. Boys 1953-58 & 1959 (Bear Family/53)
GILLIS BROTHERS: Heart and Soul/Heart and Soul (Rebel/95)
CHARLIE SIZEMORE: I Know The Way To You By Heart/In My View (Rebel/96)
RHONDA VINCENT: You’re In My Heart/Back Home Again (Rounder/00)
CONNIE & JOE: Home Is Where The Heart Is/The Best Of King and Starday Bluegrass (King/60)
GOOD OL’ PERSONS: Open Up Your Heart/I Can't Stand To Ramble (Flat Rock/83)
KATHY KALLICK: Matters Of The Heart/Matters Of The Heart (Sugar Hill/93)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: My Heart's Own Love/Live at MerleFest (Festivalink.net/08)
THE ALL GIRL BOYS: Heart Upon My Sleeve/Heart's Desire (Wilder Shore/94)
DEL McCOURY BAND: Seasons Of My Heart/Blue Side Of Town (Rounder/92)
THE ALL GIRL BOYS: Heart’s Desire/Heart's Desire (Wilder Shore/94)
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March 21-27/15: Gearin’ Up (Early) For Grass Valley
Previews of the California Bluegrass Association’s 40th Annual Father’s Day Festival, with music from most of the Main Stage performers. The emphasis this year includes musicians from California and old time bands.
VERN WILLIAMS BAND (featuring KEITH LITTLE): I Hear A Choo Choo Coming/Traditional Bluegrass (Arhoolie/82)
KENTUCKY COLONELS: If You’re Ever Gonna Love Me/Livin’ In the Past (Sierra/65)
GOOD OL’ PERSONS: You Don’t Miss Your Water/Good N’ Live (Sugar Hill/86)
BLUEGRASS PATRIOTS: Winding Stream/Springtime in the Rockies (Copper Creek/04)
NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Gambling Barroom Blues/Twenty Year Blues (Sugar Hill/04)
DAVID GRISMAN BLUEGRASS EXPERIENCE: The Train That Carried My Gal/Muddy Roads (Acoustic Disc/13)
GOODBYE GIRLS (featuring MOLLY TUTTLE): Graveyard/Going To Boston (self/14)
BRUCE MOLSKY: Charmin’ Betsy/Contented Must Be (Rounder/04)
RAFE STEFANINI: Crow Little Rooster/Ladies Fancy (County/06)
MIKE COMPTON & JOE NEWBERRY: Rocky Road Blues/Live (self/13)
JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN: Latter Rain Done Fell On Me/In the Deep Rolling Hills Of San Francisco (Bluegrass Signal/03)
SUZY THOMPSON: Dickson County Blues/No Mockingbird (Native & Fine/03)
COUNTRY HAM: Rattler's Pup/Celebrating the First Twenty Tears (CBA/78)
DAVE ADKINS (with EDGAR LOUDERMILK): Pretty Little Liar/Nothing To Lose (Mountain Fever/15)
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March 28 - April 3/15: Allegra’s Picks
Guest co-host Allegra Thompson brings youthful exuberence to an eclectic survey of her inspirations and favorites; it includes a bit of music by her parents, Eric & Suzy Thompson. BTW: no relation!
THE TALLBOYS: Train On the Island/Rubber Dolly (self/07)
EMILY MILLER & VAL MINDEL: Echoes From the Burning Bush/In the Valley (Yodel-ay-hee/06)
TOM, BRAD & ALICE: Sewing Machine Blues/Carve That Possum (Copper Creek/05)
SPENCER & RAINS: Old Paint/The Old Texas Fiddle Vol. II (self/15)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: Going To the West/Live (Spruce & Maple/08)
HAZEL DICKENS: West Virginia, My Home/Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People (Rounder/80)
OLA BELLE REED: I’ve Endured/Ola Belle Reed (Field Recorders Collective)
CHARLES RIVER VALLEY BOYS: She’s A Woman/Beatle Country (Rounder/66)
JIM & JESSE: Memphis/Berry Pickin’ In the Country (Epic/65)
GEORGE JONES & MELBA MONTGOMERY: I Dreamed My Baby Came Home/Vintage Collections (United Artists/65)
BLUE FLAME STRINGBAND: What Was I Supposed To Do/Blue Flame Stringband (Flying Fish/83)
HANDY & LANDY: Pain Reliever/North Carolina Country Boppers 45s
LOUVIN BROTHERS: Hoping That You’re Hoping/Best Of (Capital/56)
JIMMIE RODGERS: Waiting For A Train/O Brother The Story Continues (RCA/28)
PAPA CHARLIE JACKSON: Long Gone Lost John/Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era (Allegro/28)
BESSIE SMITH: I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama/The Complete Recordings Vol. 3 (Columbia/28)
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April 6-10/15: Happy Birthday, Bob Paisley!
First presented on the anniversary of his birth, the music of Bob Paisley with Ted Lundy in the ‘70s, and with Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass from 1981-2002. Note: bark left on!
TED LUNDY, BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN BOYS: The Old Swinging Bridge/The Old Swinging Bridge (Trio (?) -> Rounder/73)
TED LUNDY, BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN BOYS: Slipping Away/Slipping Away (Rounder/76)
TED LUNDY, BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN BOYS: Grown Old/Lovesick & Sorrow (Rounder/78)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: How Many Times/Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass (Rounder/81)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Don’t Say Goodbye If You Love Me/Live in Holland (Strictly Country/82)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Behind These Prison Walls Of Love/Live in Holland (Strictly Country/89)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Low and Lonely/Color Of the Blues (Strictly Country/94)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Sweeping Through the Gates/Forty Years Of Trouble (Strictly Country/94)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Sundown & Sorrow/No Vacancy (Brandywine/91)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Uncle Ned/Back To the Blue Ridge (Brandywine/94)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Does It Have To End This Way/Steeped In Tradition (Brandywine/98)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Lovesick & Sorrow/Heritage (Brandywine/02)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: You Are the Rainbow Of My Dreams/Heritage (Brandywine/02)
THE BASEMENT BAND with BOB PAISLEY: Last Old Shovel/Radio Series, Vol.2 (Wango/98)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Sourwood Mountain/Heritage (Brandywine/02)
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April 13-17/15: What’s Goin’ On
Musical previews of a few upcoming events in Northern California. Many of the musicians are from NorCal, although, Claire Lynch, Si Kahn, and the Infamous Stringdusters also make appearances, and set themes include time, roads, and the Osbornes.
DAN CRARY: Suite 222 (Shendoah, Gold Rush, Soldier's Joy)/Perfect Storm (Blue Night/11)
BILL EVANS: Big Chief Sonny/In Good Company (Native & Fine/12)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: Time/Live At Strawberrry (self/14)
STEEP RAVINE: Time & Again/Live At Strawberry (self/14)
BEAN CREEK: When My Time Comes To Go/Nightbird (Sloughfish/11)
CLAIRE LYNCH BAND: I’ll Be Alright Tomorrow/Dear Sister (Compass/13)
PETER ROWAN (with BOBBY OSBORNE): Stealin’ My Time/The Old School (Compass/13)
BLUE & LONESOME: Chalk Up Another One/Live From Harrietville, Australia (e’Neff Said/11)
SI KAHN (with THE LOOPING BROTHERS): Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee/Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions (Strictly Country/13)
ANNE & PETE SIBLEY: The Road Song/Live at MerleFest (FestivaLink/10)
REED ISLAND ROUNDERS (Betty Vornbrock, Billy Cornette & Kirk Sutphin): Old Cow Crossing the Road/Fiddle Classics (Old Blue/12)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad/Night Of the Living Dead (self/14)
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April 20-24/15: Trouble Round My Door
Guest co-host Todd Gracyk presents some of his favorites by Red Allen, originally released 1957-1969, and including live recordings, obscure 45s, radio shows, and a few classics. Red’s in the company of Frank Wakefield, the Osborne Brothers, Doyle Lawson, J.D. Crowe, David Grisman, Porter Church, Don Reno, Chubby Wise, Buzz Busby, Bill Emerson, Don Stover, Scotty Stoneman, the Yates Bothers, and other greats.
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RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: Bluegrass Mandolin (aka Mountain Strings)/Fingers On Fire (Starday/61)
with Don Reno, Chubby Wise, John Palmer or Junior Huskey
RED ALLEN: Don’t Wake Me ’Til It’s Over/45 (King/69)
with Chris Warner, Josh Graves, Jake Tulloch
RED ALLEN: I Beg To You/45 (Stop/69)
with Doyle Lawson, Alan Munde, Vassar Clements, Johnny Gimble, Jack Drake
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Will You Be Satisfied That Way/Bluegrass Holiday (Rebel/68)
with J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Slone
THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: You're Not Easy To Forget/Bluegrass Holiday (Rebel/68)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN: Highway Of Sorrow/Detroit To Wheeling (Pinecastle/57)
Live at New River Ranch
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN: Six White Horses/Live at New River Ranch (1957)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN: A Mansion On the Hill/Live at New River Ranch (1957)
RED ALLEN: Little Birdie/Live at Turf Club, Beltsville, MD (1967)
with Buzz Busby, Bill Emerson, Buck Ryan, Jerry Steinberg
RED ALLEN with RALPH STANLEY: God Gave You To Me (1968)
RED ALLEN with RALPH STANLEY: I Long To See the Old Folks (1968)
RED ALLEN, FRANK WAKEFIELD & THE KENTUCKIANS: I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye/The WDON Recordings (Patuxent/63)
with Pete Kuykendall, Tom Morgan
RED ALLEN, FRANK WAKEFIELD & THE KENTUCKIANS: All I Want Is You/The WDON Recordings (Patuxent/63)
RED ALLEN, FRANK WAKEFIELD & THE KENTUCKIANS: Blue Eyed Darling/The WDON Recordings (Patuxent/63)
RED ALLEN & THE KENTUCKIANS: I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes/Live On Radio (Acoustic Oasis/66)
with David Grisman, Porter Church, Bobby Diamond
RED ALLEN & THE KENTUCKIANS: Love Please Come Home/Live On Radio (Acoustic Oasis/66)
RED ALLEN & THE KENTUCKIANS: Trouble 'Round My Door/The Best Of King & Starday Bluegrass (King/61)
with Frank Wakefield, Don Reno, Chubby Wise, John Palmer or Junior Huskey
RED ALLEN: Close By/Keep On Going - The Rebel & Melodeon Recordings (Rebel/65)
with Wayne Yates, Porter Church, Scotty Stoneman, Bill Yates
RED ALLEN & THE KENTUCKIANS: Sad and Lonesome Day/Keep On Going - The Rebel & Melodeon Recordings (Rebel/65)
with Wayne Yates, Bill Emerson, Bill Yates
RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: My Sweet Love Ain’t Around/Red Allen & Frank Wakefield (Red Clay/71)
with Don Stover, Kenny Kosek, Kevin Smith
RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: Bluegrass Stomp/The Kitchen Tapes (Acoustic Disc/63)
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“Bluegrass Country” - program #581 (April 25 - May 1/15)
BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Across the Tracks
A variety of new releases, including lots of old time, plenty of fiddlers, several duets, and a featurette on a Washington, DC-based band with 3 ex-Johnson Mt. Boys and 2 members of Appalachian Trail.
SPRINGFIELD EXIT: You Ain't Goin’ Nowhere/That Was Then (Patuxent)
SPRINGFIELD EXIT: ’Til All the Rivers Run Dry/That Was Then (Patuxent)
SPRINGFIELD EXIT: That Was Then and This is Now/That Was Then (Patuxent)
THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND: Henry Lee/Devil In the Seat (self)
NORMAN BLAKE: Savannah Rag/Wood, Wire & Words (WJRC)
JAYME STONE’S LOMAX PROJECT: Susan Anna Gal/Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)
LAURA ORSHAW: Going To the West/Songs of Lost Yesterdays (self)
BARWICK & SIEGFRIED: California Bound/The Trestle (FGM)
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO: A Wanderer I'll Stay/A Wanderer I'll Stay (self)
PAUL KOVAC & JEN MAURER: Blue Modal #2/Boy = Girl (self)
ADKINS & LOUDERMILK: Open Roads/Adkins & Loudermilk (Mountain Fever)
THE GRASS CATS: The Old School Road/The Old School Road (New Time)
THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND: Longing For A Home/Devil In the Seat (self)
TONY HOLT & THE WILDWOOD VALLEY BOYS: Making My Way/Hymns From Wildwood Valley (Old Heritage)
JOHNNY CAMPBELL: Gettin’ There/Gettin’ There (Let’s Pick)
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May 2-8/15: Still Across the Tracks
Continuing last week’s survey of new releases, with additional tracks from five of the bands heard last week, a set of bluegrass versions of rock & roll hits from the late ‘50s, and a few advance single releases.
JOHNNY CAMPBELL & THE BLUEGRASS DRIFTERS: What Are You Doing Here Today/Always A Double (Let’s Pick)
MERL JOHNSON: Sweetest Love/Better Man (Patuxent)
SPRINGFIELD EXIT: Lonesome Wind/That Was Then (Patuxent)
NED LUBERECKI: Adams County Breakdown/Night Driving CLM (advance)
TERRY BAUCOM: The Rock/single (John Boy & Billy)
BAND OF RUHKS: Coal Mining Man/Band Of Ruhks (101 Ranch)
STEEP CANYON RANGERS with EDIE BRICKELL: Test Of Time/single (CAN’d Aid Foundation benefit)
RED WINE: Saved/Pickin’ Friends (self)
DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE: To Know Him Is To Love Him/Live at Red, White and Bluegrass (Mountain Home)
DELTA REIGN: Heartbreak Hotel/Nothing But Sky (Travianna)
GIBSON BROTHERS: Bye Bye Love/Brotherhood (Rounder)
SPENCER & RAINS: Blue-Eyed Susie/The Old Texas Fiddle Vol. II (self)
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO: New Lonesome Blues/A Wanderer I'll Stay (self)
THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND: Stillhouse/Devil In the Seat (self)
JAYME STONE’S LOMAX PROJECT: Julie & Joe/Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project (Borealis)
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May 9-15/15: Happy 40th Anniversary to PT
Your jovial producer/host celebrates of 40 years doing radio with a collection of live recordings which remain favorites and huge influences. The Stanley Brothers got me hooked, the Kathy Kallick Band sustains me, and they provide the bookends to this 40th anniversary show. Thanks for joining me! - PT
STANLEY BROTHERS: Think Of What You've Done/Stanley Series Vol. 3, No. 4 (Copper Creek/58)
BILL MONROE: Brakeman's Blues/Off The Record, Vol. 1 (Smithsonian- Folkways/56)
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Dig A Hole In the Meadow/Live At Carnegie Hall (Koch/62)
JIMMY MARTIN: The White Dove/Live! At McClure (Rebel/75)
KENTUCKY COLONELS: I Am A Pilgrim/Livin' In The Past (Sierra/64)
HAZEL DICKENS & ALICE GERRARD: Walking In My Sleep/Nashville At Newport (Vanguard/65)
DEL McCOURY & THE DIXIE PALS: The Bluest Man In Town/Live In Japan (Copper Creek/79)
J.D. CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: East Virginia Blues/Holiday In Japan (Towa/75)
GOOD OL' PERSONS: Blue Night/Good N' Live (Sugar Hill/91)
HOT RIZE: Walkin' the Dog/So Long Of A Journey (Sugar Hill/96)
HOTMUD FAMILY: Please Don't Wake Me/Live, As We Know It (Flying Fish/79)
VERN WILLIAMS BAND: In Despair/Traditional Bluegrass (Arhoolie/82)
BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Forty Years Of Trouble/Forty Years Of Trouble (Strictly Country/94)
MAC MARTIN & THE CALIFORNIA TRAVELERS: Alcatraz Blues/Live At RBA (self/06)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: Fare Thee Well, North Carolina Breakdown/Live at Strawberry (self/14)
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May 16-22/15: Banjo Pickin’ Boy
An conversation with and the music of banjo-meister Bill Evans, who shares some of his early influences, presents his live performances with the Bluegrass Intentions and Due West, and spins his studio duets with Tony Trischka and Bill Emerson.
RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers/1971-1973 (Rebel/71)
COUNTRY COOKING: Tequila Mockingbird/26 Bluegrass Instrumentals (Rounder/74)
COUNTRY GENTLEMEN: Secret Of the Waterfall/The Early Rebel Recordings (Rebel/72)
SELDOM SCENE: Appalachian Rain/Old Train (Rebel/74)
THE BLUEGRASS INTENTIONS: Rambling Woman/Live at the Freight (self/05)
THE BLUEGRASS INTENTIONS: Hip Et Taiud/Live at the Freight (self/05)
TONY TRISCHKA & BILL EVANS: Banjoland/Classic Banjo From Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways/08)
BILL EMERSON: Home Sweet Dixie Home/The Touch Of Time (Rural Rhythm/12)
DUE WEST: Banjo Clark/Live At the Freight (self/05)
DAN CRARY & THUNDERATION: Sail Away Ladies>Sally Ann/Perfect Storm (Blue Night/11)
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May 23-29/15: What’s Goin’ On
Musical previews of events scheduled in Northern California. Two brand-new songs (Della Mae, Rhiannon Giddens), a set of duets (Bush & Duncan, Barwick & Siegfried, Littlest Birds), hot instrumentals (Scott Nygaard, Eric Thompson, Sonoran Dogs), and classic ‘grass (Windy Hill, Blue & Lonesome, Laurie Lewis).
SCOTT NYGAARD & ERIC THOMPSON: Winslow/New Standards for Flatpicking Guitar (FGM/03)
ERIC THOMPSON: Louisiana Blues/Kleptograss (Herringbone/10)
SCOTT NYGAARD & CROW MOLLY: The Idlers Of Belltown/Scott Nygaard & Crow Molly (Fret Soup/09)
DELLA MAE: Boston Town/Della Mae (Rounder/15)
LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: My Heart's Own Love/Live at MerleFest (Festivalink.net/4-24-08)
DELLA MAE: Blessed Hands/I Built This Heart (self/11)
BLUE & LONESOME: Waves On the Sea/Live From Harrietville, Australia (e’Neff Said/10)
THE SONORAN DOGS: Cherokee Shuffle/The Sonoran Dogs (Dog Boy/14)
WINDY HILL: You Cheated Three Times/Lonesome Garbage Man/13)
SAM BUSH & STUART DUNCAN: My Little Girl in Tennessee/A Prairie Home Companion - Duets 2 (HighBridge/14)
BARWICK & SIEGFRIED: Ages and Ages Ago/The Trestle (FGM/15)
THE LITTLEST BIRDS: Beat It On Down the Line/The Littlest Birds (self/10)
RHIANNON GIDDENS: Up Above My Head/Tomorrow Is My Turn (Nonesuch/15)
PIG’S FOOT STRING BAND: Indian Corn>Possum Up a Gump Stump/demo (self/14)
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May 30 - June 5/15: Goin' Back To Nashville
Originally broadcast on the date (in 1963) of the historical Vanderbilt concert by Flatt & Scruggs, the recording of that concert, plus additional live sessions from 1960 and 1966. Lester and Earl are in fine form, and Josh Graves (especially) and Paul Warren also shine. Goodness gracious, it’s good!
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University (Columbia/63)
Lost All My Money aka Long Journey Home
Maggie Blues
Steamboat Whistle Blues
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University (Columbia/63)
Paul and Silas
Cannonball Blues
You Are My Flower
(Old) Leather Britches
(My Home’s) Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University (Columbia/63)
Old Folks
Going Back to Harlan aka Shady Grove
Poor Rebel Soldier
No Hiding Place Down Here
Cripple Creek
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Foggy Mountain Special/Recorded Live at Vanderbilt University (Columbia/63)
(LESTER FLATT &) EARL SCRUGGS: Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966 (Vanguard/60)
Salty Dog Blues
Before I Met You
Cabin On the Hill
(LESTER FLATT &) EARL SCRUGGS: Classic Bluegrass Live 1959-1966 (Vanguard/66)
Wabash Cannonball
Will You Be Lonesome Too
Foggy Mountain Chimes
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BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: The Lighter Side - May 9/15
Originally broadcast on the anniversary of Jimmy Martin's (5-9-56) recording of "Hot Parade Of Love," a program of light-hearted bluegrass songs. No wrist-slashers allowed on this one!
JIMMY MARTIN: Hit Parade Of Love/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/56)
JIMMY MARTIN: Goin' Ape (Over You)/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys (Bear Family/67)
KENTUCKY COLONELS TRIO: Chug-A-Lug/Bush, Lathum and White (101 Distribution/64)
JIM EANES & THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY BOYS: Wiggle Worm Wiggle/78 (Decca/54)
RENO & SMILEY: Country Boy Rock & Roll/The Hillbillies - They Tried To Rock, Vol. 2 (Bear Family/56)
STANLEY BROTHERS: Finger Poppin’ Time/The Hillbillies - They Tried To Rock, Vol. 1 (Bear Family/60)
RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: Mountain Dew/Live In Japan (Rebel/71)
CURLY RAY CLINE with RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: Why Me Ralph?/Classic Stanley (Freeland/76)
JACK COOKE & THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN BOYS: Act Naturally/Ralph Stanley & Friends - Live at the Old Home Place (Rebel/83)
PAUL SHELASKY: Praying Mantis Love Affair/Fiddle-Crazy (Lost Highway/99)
PAUL SHELASKY: I’m Never Going Home (‘Cause Mother’s Waiting)/Fiddle-Crazy (Lost Highway/99)
KATHY KALLICK BAND: My House/Between the Hollow & the High-Rise (Live Oak/10)
KATHY KALLICK: Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom)/Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom) (Sugar Hill/95)
GRANDPA JONES: I’m My Own Grandpa/28 Greatest Hits (Gusto-King/56)
CANOTE BROTHERS: Foolish Questions/Live at RBA (10-16-13)
JOHN HARTFORD: Don't Leave Your Records in the Sun/Mark Twang (Flying Fish/76)
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June 13-19/15: Across the Tracks
New releases - five duets, four from Mountain Fever, three classic songs, two of Jimmy Martin live in 1969, one rock & roll song, and, well, more.
NOTE: All releases from 2015, except as noted.
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THE ROUSTABOUTS: Rosedale Highway Breakdown/Patchwork (self)
SALLY VAN METER (with BRUCE MOLSKY): Little Satchel/Tre Mistiche (Live Oak)
JESSE McREYNOLDS & CARL JACKSON: Johnny Goodwin > The Girl I Left Behind/Orthophonic Joy - The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revised (Sony Legacy)
ERYNN MARSHALL & CARL JONES: Maple On the Hill/Sweet Memories (Dittyville)
SUE MASSEK: Down On The Picket Line/Precious Memories (Strictly Country)
BRIAN GODCHAUX & SANDY ROTHMAN: Little Rabbit/The Red Fiddle & the Silver Banjo (ToneBar)
PHARIS & JASON ROMERO: Lonesome & I'm Going Back Home/A Wanderer I'll Stay (Lula)
SIDELINE: Going Across The Sea/Session 2 (Mountain Fever)
ADKINS & LOUDERMILK: Open Roads/Adkins & Loudermilk (Mountain Fever)
GOLD HEART: Steam Engine/Places I've Been (Mountain Fever)
JAMIE HARPER: Good Bye Old Pal/Old Pal (Mountain Fever)
BIG COUNTRY BLUEGRASS: My Lonely Heart/Country Livin’ (Rebel)
JIMMY MARTIN featuring GLORIA BELLE: Traveling the Highway Home/Live ’69 & ‘71 (Rock Beat/69)
BAND OF RHUKS: Lost Highway/Band Of Rhuks (101 Ranch)
JIMMY MARTIN: Sunny Side Of the Mountain/Traveling the Highway Home/Live ’69 & ‘71 (Rock Beat/69)
THE HILLBENDERS: Pinball Wizard/Tommy - A Bluegrass Opry (Compass)
PAUL KOVAK & JEN MAURER: Back to Black/Boy = Girl (self)
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June 20-26/15: Part Of the Story
An overview of the music of the Good Ol’ Persons from their four studio albums (1977-1989), as told by the band's co-founder, Kathy Kallick.
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GOOD OL' PERSONS: Grey Eagle/Part Of A Story (Flat Rock/86)
GOOD OL' PERSONS: Good Ol' Persons (Bay/77)
Southbound
The Earl's Chair
Pretend You’re Mine
GOOD OL' PERSONS: I Can't Stand To Ramble (Flat Rock/83)
I Can't Stand To Ramble
Itzbin Reel
You Don't Miss Your Water
GOOD OL' PERSONS: Part Of A Story (Flat Rock/86)
Broken-Hearted Lover
Part Of A Story
My, My, My
GOOD OL' PERSONS: Anywhere the Wind Blows (Flat Rock/89)
Walking the Floor Over You
La Arboleta
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June 27 - July 3: Happy Anniversary (Remembrance Of Things To Come)
As we approach the 48th anniversary of bluegrass on WAMU — July 2nd is the big day! — selections from bluegrass LPs released in 1967, including the instrumental collections of Flatt & Scruggs with Doc Watson, Jimmy Martin, and Scotty Stoneman; new albums from some of the music's pioneers (Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse, and the Osborne Brothers) and new LP compilations from others (Stanley Brothers, Reno & Smiley); plus a variety of other new (at the time) releases.
NOTE: All releases from 1967.
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JIMMY MARTIN & HIS SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Big Country/Big and Country Instrumentals (Decca)
NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS: Rock About My Saro Jane/Remembrance Of Things To Come (Verve/Folkways)
DOC WATSON: Pretty Saro/Home Again! (Vanguard)
FLATT & SCRUGGS with DOC WATSON: John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man/Strictly Instrumental (Columbia)
SCOTTY STONEMAN: Talking Fiddle Blues/Mr. Country Fiddler (Design)
OSBORNE BROTHERS: Lonesome Feelin'/Modern Sounds Of Bluegrass Music (Decca)
JIM & JESSE & THE VIRGINIA BOYS: Ballad of Thunder Road/Diesel On My Tail (Epic)
THE STONEMAN FAMILY: Nobody’s Darling But Mine/White Lightning (Starday)
JIMMY MARTIN & HIS SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Crow On the Banjo/Big and Country Instrumentals (Decca)
BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS: Blue Night/Blue Grass Time (Decca)
BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS: Midnight On the Stormy Deep/Blue Grass Time (Decca)
THE DIXIE GENTLEMEN WITH TUT TAYLOR: The Waves Of Sorrow/Blues & Bluegrass (Tune)
JIM EANES: Your Old Standby/Your Old Standby (Zap)
EARL TAYLOR & JIM McCALL: The Sun's Gonna Shine/Blue Grass Favorites (Rural Rhythm
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: If I Lose/The Famous Song Hits Of the Stanley Brothers (Nashville/60)
DON RENO, RED SMILEY & THE TENNESSEE CUTUPS: Old Home Place/24 Country Songs (King/54)
RENO & HARRELL: Just A Phone Call Will Do/45 (King)
E.C. & ORNA BALL: Tribulations/Through The Years 1937-1975 (Copper Creek/67) - cf. E. C. Ball and the Friendly Gospel Singers (County)
NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS: Dark & Stormy Weather/Remembrance Of Things To Come (Verve/Folkways)
RENO & HARRELL: Flat Tops A Pickin'/45 (Rebel)
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