Wednesday, April 29, 2009

PLAYLIST 4/26/2009

"Bluegrass, Etc." Frank Hoppe -KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades – California Blues (Copper Creek CD CCCD-2005) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury

Martins – Cold Lonely Night (self produced CD) Cold Lonely Night

Newfound Road – My Shoes Sure Know How to Get Around (Rounder CD 11661-0609-2) Same Old Place

Williams, Johnny – Midnight Rider (Mountain Roads Recordings CD MRR-1004) Last Day of Galax

Midnight Ramblers – Cold Virginia Rain (Lonesome CD) Let It Shine

Stringbean – Polly (Gusto CD GT2-0956-2) Barn Yard Banjo Pickin’ [ca. 1960.]

Pine Mountain Railroad – Fly Away (TrakTone CD 2567) Heartache & Hope

Midwest Shape Note Singers – Wabash (NCP CS 0002) Let Our Songs Abound

Isaacs, Joe – Get in the Boat (Blue Circle CD BCR002) The Joe Isaacs Family Reunion

Churchmen – Take Me in the Lifeboat (Pinecastle CD PRC 1166) I’ll Be Long Gone

Carter Family – I’ll Be Satisfied (JSP CD JSP4201) The Acme Sessions [3/7/52.]

6:30
Karnes, Alfred G. – Where We’ll Never Grow Old (Document CD DOCD-8013) Kentucky Gospel [7/29/27.]

Stokes, Low & His North Georgians – Sailing down the Chesapeake Bay (private CD) Columbia 15000 v. 54 [11/1/29.]

Georgia Yellow Hammers – Kiss Me Quick (JSP CD 7780) Serenade in the Mountains [10/18/28.]

Highlanders – Richmond Square (Old Hat CD 1006) In the Pines [5/8/29.]

Carlisle, Cliff – New Memories of You That Haunt Me (JSP CD JSP7732) A Country Legacy [2/19/37.]

Proffitt, Frank – I’ll Never Get Drunk No More (Folk-Legacy CD 1) Frank Proffitt of Reese, NC

Chapman, Owen “Snake” – Old Joe (Rounder Select CD 0418) Walnut Gap

Reid, W. B. & Bonnie Zahnow – Rise when the Rooster Crows (PadSnug CD 002) Poca River Blues

Leath, Nate – Moonshiner (Patuxent CD 177) Rockville Pike [New release.]

7:00
Allen, Tony – Hang Down Your Head and Cry (RMR CD 007) Steam

Martin, Jimmy – Sophronie (CMH CD 8440) Songs of a Free Born Man

Herdman, Curly – Run Rabbit Run (Tri-agle-far CD 708) Fancy Fiddle

Special Consensus – Too Late Now (Pinecastle CD PRC 1169) Signs

Lonesome River Band – A Step Away (Mountain Home CD MH10992) The Road with No End

Monroe, Bill – You Live in a World All Your Own (Bear Family CD BCD 15529) Bluegrass 1959-1969 [11/30/60.]

Stanley, Nathan & Ralph Stanley – Gloryland (III Generation CD ADM 534) Where Will You Go

Lakeside – Feed My Sheep (HomePlace CD HPCD5005) From Our Heart

Persimmon Sisters – When I Shall Read My Title Clear/The Unclouded Day (GPT CD GPTP1207) Green Persimmon Trees [New release.]

7:30
Chuck Wagon Gang – Sinner You’ll Miss Heaven (Columbia 78 Co 20564) 78s from JN

Monroe, Charlie – From Shore to Shore (Bear Family CD BCD 168080) I’m Old Kentucky Bound [5/2/39.]

Tanner, Gid & Faith Norris – S-A-V-E-D (private CD) Columbia 1500 Series v. 9 [4/20/26.]

Rutherford & Foster – Let Her Go, I’ll Meet Her (Yazoo CD 2200) Kentucky Mountain Music [1/14/29.]

Poole, Charlie with the North Carolina Ramblers – He Rambled (JSP CD JSP7734) Charlie Poole [5/6/29.]

Hutchison, Frank – The Burglar Man (Document CD DOCD-8003) V. 1 [9/11/28.]

Hull, Papa Harvey & Long ‘Cleve’ Reed – Hey Lawdy Mama/The France Blues (JSP CD JSP7798) A Richer Tradition [4/8/37.]

Miller, Curly & Carole Anne Rose – Stumptown Stomp (self produced CD MR-0402) I Love This Girl

Flat Iron String Band – Sharpe’s Hornpipe (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD 073) The Flat Iron String Band

Buehling, Clarke – Sugar Cane Dance (self produced CD) Out of His Gourd

Patterson, John & Bobby Patterson – Did You Ever See the Devil Uncle Joe (Heritage CD HRC-CD-005) Old Time Tunes from Coal Creek

8:00
Bernstein, Ira & Riley Baugus – Jeff Sturgeon (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD-0046) Appalachian Roots

Nelson, Carl – Blue Bells of Scotland (Webco LP WLPS 0106) On Pine Lake [1982.]

Flat Mountain Boys – I Could Love You All the Time (Gusto CD GT7-2071-2) Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

Bluegrass Brothers – Wild Bill Jones (Hay Holler CD HH-CD-1370) The Old Crooked Trail

Gaudreau, Jimmy & Moondi Klein – Evening (Rebel CD REB-CD-1803) 2:10 Train

Balsam Range – I’m Just as Wrong (Mountain Home CD MH11422) Marching Home

Phipps, A. L. Family – Kentucky Mine Explosion (Starday CD SD7-0840-2) Old Time Mountain Pickin’ & Singin’

Rich in Tradition – Prayer Bells of Heaven (self produced CD) One Beautiful Morning

Lawson, Doyle & Quicksilver – I Wasn’t There (Music Mill CD MME-71013-2) Hallelujah in My Heart

8:30
Blue Sky Boys – Why Should You Be Troubled and Sad? (Gusto CD GT7-0549) Are You from Dixie?

Flatt & Scruggs – Bubbling in My Soul (Bear Family CD BCD 15559) 1959-1963 [10/29/59.]

Darby & Tarlton – Heavy Hearted Blues (private CD) Columbia 1500 Series v. 30 [10/31/28.]

Two Poor Boys – Two White Horses in a Line (Revenant CD 214) American Primitive v. 2 [5/20/31. Listener request.]

Kazee, Buell – The Dying Soldier (JSP CD JSP77100) Mountain Frolic [1/18/28. Also, “Brother Green.”]

Dalhart, Vernon – Crepe on the Little Cabin Door (private CD) Columbia 1500 Series v. 10 [10/23/26.]

Grayson & Whitter – I’ve Always Been a Rambler (Yazoo CD 3001) Man of Constant Sorrow [7/31/28.]

Delmore Brothers – In the Blue Hills of Virginia (JSP CD JSP7727) Classic Cuts [9/11/40.]

Highwoods String Band – George Booker (Mudthumper CD MM-0055) Live!

Smith, Lynn “Chirps” – Bear Pen Hollow (Marimac CS #9039) Prairie Dog

9:00
Gregory, W. L. & Clyde Davenport – Ladies on the Steamboat (Davis Unlimited LP 33014) Monticello

Molsky, Bruce – Fall on My Knees (Tree Frog CD 011) Warring Cats

Buck Mountain Band – Fiddler’s Reel (Bent Trees CD 208) Chicken in the Snowbank [New release.]

Blue Highway – Homeless Man (Rounder CD 01661-0594-2) Through the Window of a Train [Listener request.]

Double Eagle String Band – My Old Kentucky Home Good Night (self produced CD) Who’s Goin’ down to Town?

Jones, Grandpa – My Darling’s Not My Darling Anymore (Gusto CD GT7-0880-2) Mountain Dew

Traynham, Mac & Jenny Traynham – Ragged But Right (Mountain Fever CD MFR080428) Never Grow Old

Cushman, Charlie – Sally Goodwin (Cushman CD CMC-001) Five String Time

9:30
Hamilton, Rich – Greasy Coat (Fiddle Mill CD) Cornstalk Fiddle and a Shoestring Bow [New release.]

Stone, Dee & His Virginia Mountain Boys – Countin’ the Days (JSP CD 77110) Bluegrass Historic Cuts Blue Ridge Sides [1953.]

Ellis, Betse – Don’t You Want to Go? (Free Dirt CD Dirt-CD-0058) Don’t You Want to Go? [New release.]

Baker, Kenny – McClanahan’s Reel (County CD CO-CD-2731) Frost on the Pumpkin

Wolfe Brothers – Little Caty Sage (Old Virginia CD OVR-CD-1001) Old Virginia Hills

Osborne, Bobby – Certain (Rounder CD 11661-0552-2) Try a Little Kindness

Humdingers – Tennessee Breakdown (Chubby Dragon CD 1011) The Humdingers

Berry, Heather – Old Wood and Strings (Blue Circle CD BCR004) To a Dove

Walters, Bob – Miller’s Reel (MSOTFA CS 106) Drunken Wagoneer

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

PLAYLIST 4/19/2009

“Bluegrass, Etc.” Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades – California Blues (Copper Creek CD CCCD-2005) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury

Infamous Stringdusters – Three Days in July (Sugar Hill CD SUG-CD-4043) The Infamous Stringdusters

Seldom Scene – Hometown Blues (Sugar Hill CD SUG-CD-4003) Scenechronized

Edwards, Don – Root Hog or Die (Shanachie CD 6062) Last of the Troubadours

Country Gentlemen – Night Walk (Starday CD 3510-2-2) High Lonesome [4/11/63.]

High Hills Bluegrass Band – I’ll Stay Around (Dogwood CD) Leaves on the River

Glaze, Suzie – Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow (self produced CD) The Appalachian Songs of Jean Ritchie

Carrier, Judy & Rens Vreeburg – The Gospel Medley (Live in Holland+ CD) Oh Lord I’m Searching

Flatt & Scruggs – Take Me in Your Lifeboat (Bear Family CD BCD 15559) 1959-1963 [10/29/59.]

6:30
Burton, Chris – Let Me Rest (Slaughterhouse CD 0045) The Way I See It

Smallwood, Bob with Charlie Moore – That Day Is Almost Here (Old Homestead CD OHCD-70026) Let Me Tell You about a Preacher

Phipps, Ernest & His Holiness Singers – I Know That Jesus Set Me Free (Document CD DOCD-8013) Kentucky Gospel [10/29/28.]

Taggart, Blind Joe – I’ll Be Satisfied -48 (Document CD DOCD-5153) Volume 1 [11/8/26.]

Cleveland, Big Boy – Goin’ to Leave You Blues (JSP CD JSP7798) A Richer Tradition [4/12/27.]

Jenkins, Frank Pilot Mountaineers – The Burial of Wild Bill (5-String Productions CD 5SPH001) The Unsung Father of Country Music [9/12/29.]

Carver, Cousin Emmy – Pretty Little Miss out in the Garden (Yazoo CD 3001) Man of Constant Sorrow

Martin, Marcus – Cotton-Eyed Joe (UNC CD SFC CD-100) When I Get My New House Done

Whoopin-Hollar Stringband – Reuben’s Train (Heritage CD HRC-CD-140) Git Er Done

LaPrelle, Elizabeth – Liza Up a ‘Simmon Tree (Old 97 Wrecords CD #011) Lizard in the Spring

7:00
Fox, Martin & Jeff Winegar – Morgan on the Railroad (self produced CD) The Way It Was

Contay, Major & the Canebrake Rattlers – Fishing Time (Marimac CS #9006) When the Yankees Came Down

Reno, Don, Bill Harrell & the Tennessee Cut-Ups – Give the World a Sunny Smile (Gusto CD GT7-2071-2) Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

Brown, Dewey – Sally Goodin (Dew Bug CD DB 06-338) Traditional Fiddle

Webb, Tommy – Everything You Do (Rural Rhythm CD RHY-1043) Heartland [New release.]

Hotmud Family – Rock Salt and Nails (Vetco LP 507) Buckeyes in the Briar Patch

Davis, David & the Warrior River Boys – Evening Prayer Blues (Rebel CD REB-CD-1817) Troubled Times

Lewis Family – Hallelujah Turnpike (Thoroughbred CD THB2041D) 50th Anniversary Celebration

7:30
Shady Grove Ramblers – Angels Are Singing (Grove LP GR 7214) Tree Pickin’ [1972?]

Bama Blu-grace – Lord I Hope This Day Is Good (Lamon CD LR10477-2) Pictures

Primitive Quartet – He’s Still Been a Good God to Me (Mountain Heritage CD MHR3085) 35th Anniversary

Story, Carl – My Lord Keeps a Record (Old Homestead CD OHCD 4123) My Lord Keeps a Record

Christian Harmony Singers – The Model Church part 2 (JSP CD 7774) Paramount Old Time Recordings [10/29.]

Rorer, Posey & the North Carolina Ramblers – Flyin’ Clouds (private CD) Columbia 1500 Series v. 10 [9/16/26.]

Mainer, J. E.’s Mountaineers – Ship Sailing Now (JSP CD7718) The Early Years [8/6/35.]

Grayson & Whitter – Don’t Go Out Tonight, My Darling (Document CD DOCD-8054) v. 1 [10/18/27.]

Macon, Uncle Dave – Just from Tennessee (Bear Family CD BCD 15978) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy [4/13/25.]

8:00
Hoover Uprights – Wild Goose Chase (5-String Productions CD 5SP05002) Known for Their Reputation

New Roanoke Jug Band – I’ll Be Coming Home Every Saturday Night (Copper Creek CD CCCD-2007) A Pretty Gal’s Love

Hart, Alan – Josh Thomas’s Roustabout (Voyager CD VRCD-368) Old-Time Banjo

Hooven, Greg et al – Natural Bridge Blues (Heritage CD HRC-C-079) Tribute to Fred Cockerham

Blake, Norman, Nancy Blake & Tut Taylor – The Tag Railroad Rag (Dualtone CD 80302-01256-2) Shacktown Road

Yates, Bill – Young Fisherwoman (MasterShield CD) The Country Gentlemen “Tribute”

Monroe, Bill – Linda Lou (Bear Family CD BCD 15529) Bluegrass 1959-1969 [11/30/60.]

Stanley, Ralph & the Clinch Mountain Boys – Orange Blossom Special (FestivaLink.com CD FEST0376) At Merlefest [4/25/2008.]

8:30
Uglum, Eric, Christian Ward & Austin Ward – Sweet Memory Waltz (Backcountry CD BCK-841) The Old Road to Jerusalem

Webster Brothers – My Heart Won’t Let Me Forget You (Stomper Time CD STCD 18) Nashville Bluegrass [3/64.]

Greene, Buddy – Wrasslin’Jacob (Rufus CD RMCD195314) Happy Man

Wilson Brothers & the Bluegrass Harvesters – Life’s Other Side (Old Homestead CD OHS-70026) My Ride Is Coming

Dailey & Vincent – My Savior Walks with Me Today (Rounder CD 11661-0604-2) Dailey & Vincent

Spencer Family & Friends – Soul Never Dies (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities CD VFHCR104) Greetings from Whitetop

Aldridge, Darin & Brooke Justice – I’ve Got More to Go to Heaven For (Pinecastle CD PRC 6513) I’ll Go with You

Philips, Washington – What Are They Doing in Heaven Today (Yazoo CD 2003) I Am Born to Preach the Gospel

Carter Family – Sow ‘Em on the Mountain (JSP CD JSP4201) The Acme Sessions [3/7/52.]

Roberts, Fiddlin’ Doc – Deer Walk (Yazoo CD 2200) Kentucky Mountain Music

9:00
Cranford & Thompson – Otto Wood (Old Hat CD 1006) In the Pines [1/27/31.]

Parker, Chubby – In Kansas (British Archive of Country Music CD BACM CD D 244) Classic Recordings [10/15/31.]

Whitetop Mountain Band – Echoes of the Blue Ridge (Mountain Roads CD MRR-WM-001) Loafer’s Dream [New release.]

Miller, Emily & Val Mindel – I’ve Kissed You My Last Time (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD-0070) In the Valley

Marshall, Erynn & Chris Coole – Banjo Clog (Hickoryjack CD HJ02MC) Meet Me in the Music

Wig, Christian – Lady Hamilton (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD 071) Chadwell’s Station

Notorious – Henry Reed’s Breakdown (Black Socks CD #27) Elkins

Lowman, Tonya – Whatcha Wanna Do (Calico Road CD) It’s Gonna Take a Long Time

McMahan, Pete – Leather Britches (Voyager CD VRCD 366) 50 Old-Time Fiddle Gems

9:30
Big Country Bluegrass – Nashville Jail (Mountain Roads CD MRR-BC-001) Open for Business

Left Handed Capricorns – Alabama Bound (self produced CD LHC-20041) Handin’ Down

Powell, Bobby & Tim Jones – Heartbreak Mountain (self produced CD) Nothing So Blue

Jeni & Billy – Chicken Ridge (Jewell Ridge CD 003) Jewell Ridge Coal

Blaylock, Audie & Redline – My Darling’s Last Goodbye (Rural Rhythm CD RHY-1042) Audie Blaylock and Redline

Fore, Kevin – Cripple Creek (Heritage CD HRC-CD-147) Round Peak

Mooney, Frances & Fontanna Sunset – That’s How I Got to Memphis (Blue Circle CD BCR008) High Lonesome Love

Leath, Nate – Richmond (Patuxent CD 177) Rockville Pike [New release.]

Hughes, Donna – Scattered to the Wind (Rounder CD 11661-0554-2) Gaining Wisdom

Monday, April 13, 2009

PLAYLIST 4/12/2009

“Bluegrass, Etc.” Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00

Crooked Jades – California Blues (Copper Creek CD CCCD-2005) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury

Lewis, Laurie & the Right Hands – Love Chooses You (Spruce & Maple CD SMM 2004) Live

Cherryholmes – My Love for You Grows (Skaggs Family CD 6989020202) Don’t Believe

Berry, Heather & Tony – Can You hear Me Now (Blue Circle CD BCR-015) Before Bluegrass

Lawson, Doyle & Quicksilver – Monroe’s Mandolin (Rounder CD 11661-0635-2) Lonely Street [New release.]

Busby, Buzz – I Don’t Mind (Gusto CD GT7-2071-2) Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

Marksmen – Let the Spirit Descend (Old Homestead CD OHCD70081/87) The Prodigal

LaMay & Reese – White Oak on the Hill (Tall Cotton CD TC42501) I’ve Got a Friend There [New release.]

Wasson, Ricky – Billy G. Salvation (Rural Rhythm CD RHY-1038) From the Heart and Soul

6:30
Flatt & Scruggs – Take Me in Your Lifeboat (Bear Family CD BCD 15559) 1959-1963 [8/23/59.]

Blue Sky Boys – Whispering Hope (Gusto CD GT7-0549) Are You from Dixie?

Smith’s Sacred Singers – Eastern Gate (private CD) Columbia 1500 Series v. 10 [11/3/26.]

Day, Robert L. – The Rowan County Crew (Yazoo CD 2200) Kentucky Mountain Music

Shelton, B. F. – Darling Cora (Yazoo CD 3001) Man of Constant Sorrow

Poole, Charlie with the North Carolina Ramblers – Sweet Sunny South (JSP CD JSP7734) Charlie Poole [5/6/29.]

Hutchison, Frank & Sherman Lawson – Wild Hogs in the Red Brush (Document CD DOCD-8003) v.1 [9/10/28.]

Greene, Bruce & Don Pedi – Whiskey before Breakfast (Hazeldog CD 603) Rare Old Chestnuts

7:00
Masters, John – Drunk Man’s Blues (Berea mp3) John Masters, Fayette County, KY

Burris, Gin – Oh the Wind and Rain (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities CD VFHCR106) Wind and Rain

Specker, John – Fiddler’s Dream (self produced CD) Old Bunch of Keys

Wilders – Won’t You Sometimes Think of Me (Free Dirt CD 0053) Throw Down

Sizemore, Charlie – Mama Turn Aloosa My Soul (Rounder CD 11661-0591-2) Good News

Van Cleve, Jim – Grey Afternoon (Rural Rhythm CD RHY-1029) No Apologies

York, Stacy – Trust Each Others Trust (Blue Circle CD BCR-009) Kentucky in the Rain

7:30
Wakefield, Frank – Ownself Blues (Patuxent CD 182) Ownself Blues [New release.]

Lonesome Pine Fiddlers – Lonesome, Sad and Blue (JSP JSP7731) Bluegrass Classic Recordings Remastered [3/50.]

Stanley, Ralph & the Clinch Mountain Boys – I Feel Like Singing Today (FestivaLink.com CD FEST0376) At Merlefest [4/25/2008.]

Nothin’ Fancy – House of Gold (Pinecastle CD PRC 1162) Lord Bless This House

Roswell Sacred Harp Singers – Concord (Dust-to-Digital CD DTD-06) I Belong to This Band [1955.]

Isaacs, Joe – I’m Building a Stairway to Heaven (Blue Circle CD BCR002) The Joe Isaacs Family Reunion

O’Day, Molly – Traveling the Highway Home (Gusto CD GT7-0876-2) Living Legend of Country Music

Phipps, Ernest & His Holiness Singers – Went Up in the Clouds of Heaven (Document CD DOCD-8013) Kentucky Gospel [10/29/28.]

Louvin Brothers – Katie Dear (Capitol CD 0 7777 89271 2 9) Capitol Country Music Classics [1955.]

Crockett’s Kentucky Mountaineers – Medley of Old Time Dance Tunes pt. 2 (British Archive of Country Music CD BACM CD D 023) Crockett’s… [10/28.]

8:00
Brown, Richard “Rabbit” – James Alley Blues (JSP CD JSP7798) A Richer Tradition [3/11/27.]

Kessinger Brothers – Birdie (Document CD DOCD-8010) v. 1 [2/5/29.]

Red Mules – Down in the Willow Garden (Marimac CS #9056) Old-Time Music

Waking Up Tilly – Be Kind to a Man When He’s Down (Chubby Dragon CD 1010) Groundhog Day

Jarvis, Ward – Arkansas Traveler (private DAT) Field Recordings 1978-1980

Walters, Bob – Long John (MSOTFA CS 106) Drunken Wagoneer

Taylor, Bobby – Folding down the Sheets (Vigortone CD VT-2005) Ragged Shirt

Rice, Tony – Danny Boy (Solid Air CD SACD2083) My Favorite Martin

Wiseman, Mac – Georgia Waltz (Rebel CD REB-CD-1106) Classic Bluegrass

Vincent, Rhonda – Muleskinner Blues (Rounder CD 11661-0553-2) Ragin’ Live

Mullins, Joe & the Radio Ramblers – Another Day, Another Dollar (self produced CD) Rambler’s Call [New release.]

8:30
Stonemans – The Sinking of the Titanic (Patuxent CD 183) Patsy, Donna & Roni [New release.]

Lakeside – The Man I Need to Be (Home Place CD HPCD5005) From Our Heart

Churchmen – Rocked on the Deep (Pinecastle CD PRC 1166) I’ll Be Long Gone

Morris Brothers with Paul Brewster – If the Light Has Gone (MBM CD 0919) Remembering Treasures Untold [New release.]

Rich in Tradition – Come and Help Me Sing (self produced CD) One Beautiful Morning

Shuler, Cody & Pine Mountain Railroad – How Beautiful Heaven Must Be (Rural Rhythm CD RHY-328) Pickin’, Praisin’ & Singin’

Christian Harmony Singers – The Model Church part 1 (JSP CD 7774) Paramount Old Time Recordings [10/29.]

Carter Family – Keep on the Sunny Side (JSPCD JSP4201) The Acme Sessions [3/7/52.]

Jarrell, Ben – Jack of Diamonds (Old Hat CD 1006) In the Pines [5/27.]

9:00
Carlisle, Cliff – Where My Memory Lies (JSP CD 7732) A Country Legacy

Dilly & His Dill Pickles – Pickin’ Off Peanuts (Document CD DOCD-8002) Complete [3/22/30.]

Buffalo Creek String Band – Walking in My Sleep (Old 97 Wrecords CD #012) Weary Woman Blues

Alice, Gail & Sharon – Fanny Hill (5-String Productions CD 5SP-CD06003) The Road to Agate Hill

Red State Ramblers – Curly Headed Woman (Old 97 Wrecords CD #013) Commonwealth [New release.]

Watson, Jim – The Death of Ellenton (Barker CD 726) This World Would Be All Sunshine [New release.]

Traynham, Mac – Sandy River (Copper Creek CD CCCD-0229) I’m Going That Way

Taylor, Wayne – Oh Lonesome Me (Raincoe CD RM 010408) Dear Mom

Anderson-Strickland – Been All Around This World (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities CD VFHCR112) Been All Around This World

Williams, Vern Band – Thinking of Home (Rounder CD 0131) Bluegrass from the Gold Country

9:30
Lansford, Kim & Jim – Single Girl (self produced CD) Keep Your Eye upon the Sparrow [New release.]

Williams, Robin & Linda – The Other Side of Town (Red House CD RHR CD 204) Radio Songs

Cox, Mary Z. – Spanish Fandango (self produced CD) Florida Banjo

Lost & Found – I Want to Be Wanted (Rebel CD REB-CD-1829) Love, Lost and Found [New release.]

Monroe, Bill – Footprints in the Snow (Rhino R2 75720) Appalachian Stomp 2

Volo Bogtrotters – Goin’ across the Sea (Marimac CS #9042) Tough Luck

Moore, Charlie – Rebel Soldier (Time Life CD M18998) Plum Pitiful

Case, Ann & Phil – Let the Rest of the World Go By (Dry Run CD DR004D) The Old Step-Stone

Uglum, Eric, Christian Ward & Austin Ward – Sweet Memory Waltz (Backcountry CD BCK-841) The Old Road to Jerusalem

Hawkes, Greg – Eleanor Rigby (Solid Air CD SACD2083) My Favorite Martin


Monday, April 6, 2009

Quote of the Day

If you could persuade the working man that every kind of recreation was sinful, you could get more work out of him for less money.

--from "The English People" by George Orwell (1947)

Sunday, April 5, 2009

PLAYLIST 4/5/2009

“Bluegrass, Etc.” Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

4/5/2009 – 6:00 - 10:00am Playlist

6:00
Crooked Jades – California Blues (Copper Creek CD CCCD-2005) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury

Boyd, Kathy & Phoenix Rising – Living in Those Hills Far Away (self produced CD) Stories Never Told [New release.]

Infamous Stringdusters – Glass Elevator (Sugar Hill CD SUG-CD-4043) The Infamous Stringdusters

Brashear, Chris & Peter McLaughlin – A Few Broken Pieces of Route 66 (Dog Boy CD DB-04) So Long, Arizona

Paisley, Danny & the Southern Grass – The Room over Mine (Rounder CD 1661-0589-2) The Room over Mine

Bluegrass, Etc. – Turkey in the Straw (Tricopolis CD) Classics

Lauderdale, Jim – Can We Find Forgiveness (Yep Roc CD YEP 2158) The Bluegrass Diaries

Aldridge, Darin & Brooke Justice – Wayfaring Stranger (Pinecastle CD PRC 6513) I’ll Go with You

Runaway Freight – Come as You Are (Switch Track CD RF 8099) Welcome Aboard


6:30
Thomas, Gurney – Jesus and Mother (Audio Lab LP 1557) A Variety of Country Sacred Songs

Chuck Wagon Gang – Holy Be Thy Great Name (Okeh 78 OK 06091) The Chuck Wagon Gang [4/23/40.]

Carver, Cousin Emmy – The Broken Hearted One You Left Alone (Bear Family CD BCD 16853) and Her Kinfolks 1939-1947 [4/12/46.]

Kazee, Buell – John Hardy (Yazoo CD 3001) Man of Constant Sorrow [4/19/27.]

Johnson, Jimmy’s String Band – Shipping Port (Yazoo CD 2200) Kentucky Mountain Music [8/22/32.]

Roberts, Fiddlin’ Doc – Run Smoke Run (Document CD DOCD-8043) v.2 [8/24/28.]

Carter Family – Wildwood Flower (JSPCD JSP4201) The Acme Sessions [3/7/52.]

Miller, Curly & Carole Anne Rose – Devil in the Strawstack (self produced CD MR-0402CD) I Love This Girl

Gorman, Skip & Rich Starkey {Rabbit in a Log} – New Camptown Races (Marimac CS #9602) Late Last Night

Rice, Dave & His Old Time Cronies – C.C.&O. No. 558 (Green Swamp CD 006) Ned Went A’Fishin’


7:00
Collins, Earl – Cotton-Eyed Joe (Briar LP 4204) That’s Earl [Listener request.]

Blake, Norman, Nancy Blake & Tut Taylor – It Must Be Jelly (Dualtone CD 80302-01256-2) Shacktown Road

Southern Depot – Blue Ridge Mountain Morning (self produced CD) Little Run Down Cabin

Davis, David & the Warrior River Boys – Willow Valley (Rebel CD REB-CD-1817) Troubled Times

Jim & Jesse – Did You Ever Go Sailing (Rounder CD 0234) In the Tradition

Osborne, Bobby & the Rocky Top X-Press – Try a Little Kindness (Rounder CD 11661-0552-2) Try a Little Kindness

Dry Branch Fire Squad – Rider on an Orphan Train (Rounder CD 11661-0574-2) Echoes of the Mountains

Flatt & Scruggs – Get on the Road to Glory (Bear Family CD BCD 15559) 1959-1963 [8/23/59.]

Southern Dogwood – Send Your Best Angel (A&E CD) Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door


7:30
Lawson, Doyle & Quicksilver – The Cross Road (Music Mill CD MME-71013-2) Hallelujah in My Heart

Eanes, Jim – Welcome In (Rebel CD REB-CD-1673) In His Arms

Midwest Shape Note Singers – Detroit (NCP CS 002) Let Our Songs Abound [1988.]

Dixon Brothers & Mutt Evans – Are You Sure? (Old Hat CD 1006) In the Pines [6/23/36.]

Monroe County Bottle Tippers – The Fiddlin’ Bootleggers parts 1 & 2 (JSP CD JSP7780)Serenade in the Mountains [6/23/28.]

South Street Trio – Whiskey and Gin Blues (JSP CD JSP7798) A Richer Tradition [11/22/26.]

Mainer, J. E.’s Mountaineers – Take Me Home to the Sweet Sunny South (JSP CD JSP77118) Mainer’s Mountaineers [6/15/36.]

Thompson, Ernest – Whistlin’ Rufus (JSP CD JSP77100) Mountain Frolic [9/11/24.]

Rothfield, Jane – Jaybird (self produced CD) iFiddle they Banjo

8:00
Pilot Mountain Bobcats – McMichen’s Breakdown (Bobville CS BC94) The Pilot Mountain Bobcats

Poverty Line Old-Time Band – Handsome Molly (Sadawala CD) Poverty Line Old-Time Band

Webb, Bob & Curt Bouterse – Waiting for Nancy (Eagle’s Whistle CD EWM-1003) Waiting for Nancy

Giles Mountain String Band – Goin’ to Get Some Corn (self produced CD) Goin’ to Get Some Corn

Special Consensus – Signs (Pinecastle CD PRC 1169) Signs

Stanley, Ralph & the Clinch Mountain Boys – Pretty Polly (FestivaLink.com CD FEST0376) At Merlefest [4/25/2008.]

Dailey & Vincent – Head Hung Down (Rounder CD 11661-0617-2) Brothers from Different Mothers [New release.]

Hanson, John – Milltown Breakdown (Wolf Tracks CD WT-108) Prairielands [New release.]

McAvinue, Patrick – Irish Spring (Patuxent CD 174) Rutland’s Reel [New release.]

8:30
TR & the Boys – In the Garden (Rouse House CD RHS-0205) Roman Road

Phipps, A.L. Family – Little Old Country Home (Starday CD SD7-0840-2) Old Time Mountain Pickin’ & Singin’

Midnight Ramblers – Green Pastures (Lonesome CD 91805-12008-2) Let It Shine

King, James – Just as the Sun Went Down (Rounder CD 11661-0595-2) Gardens in the Sky

Story, Carl – Get On Board (Old Homestead CD OHCD 4123) My Lord Keeps a Record

Miller, Polk & His Old South Quartette – The “Old Time” Religion (Tompkins Square CD TSQ 2028) Polk Miller [11/13/1909.]

Arthur, Emry – There’s a Treasure up in Heaven (JSP CD 7774) Paramount Old Time Recordings [4-5/31.]

Monroe, Charlie – Rubber Neck Blues (Bear Family CD BCD 16808) I’m Old Kentucky Bound [9/30/46.]

Macon, Uncle Dave – Going across the Sea (Bear Family CD BCD 15978) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy [4/13/25.]

Parker, Chubby – Year of Jubilo (British Archive of Country Music CD BACM CD D 244) & His Old Time Banjo [10/14/31.]


9:00
Horse Flies – Wagnerd (Rounder CD 0262) Fresh Oldtime String Band Music

Reed, Ola Belle – Go Home Little Girl (Rounder LP 0021) Ola Belle Reed [1972.]

Feldman, Peter & the Very Lonesome Boys – Paddy on the Turnpike (Hen Cackle CD HC-505) Home on the Grange

Bovee, Bob & Gail Heil – My Little Rooster (Jawbone CD 002) Come Over and See Me Sometime

Hoffmann, John & Mac Benford – Rolling Mills Are Burning Down (5-String Productions CD 5SP07003) It’s About Time


Monroe, Bill – Sally Gooden (MCAD4 11048) The Music of Bill Monroe [8/23/67. Byron Berline. Listener request.]

Boosinger, Laura – Josie Girl (Laura’s Label CD) Down the Road [Listener request.]

Flatt & Scruggs – The Ballad of Jed Clampett (Rhino CD R2 71870) Appalachian Stomp [Listener request.]

Hull, Sierra – Two Winding Rails (Rounder CD 11661-0601-2) Secrets


9:30
Brainstormers – Poor Man’s Troubles (Simon Slick CD) The Brainstormers [New release. Listener request.]

Edwards, Don – Utah Carroll (Shanachie CD 6062) Last of the Troubadours

Foghorn Stringband – Sleepy Lou (self produced CD) Boombox Squaredance

Grascals – Rollin’ in My Sweet Baby’s Arms (Rounder CD 11661-0608-2) Keep On Walkin’

Garcia, Steve with Matt Levine – Cowboy Waltz (Marimac CS #9004) Goin’ down the Country

Newfound Road – Try to Be (Rounder CD 11661-0609-2) Same Old Place [New release.]

Jenkins, Oscar, Fred Cockerham & Tommy Jarrell – Roving Cowboy (County CD CO-CD-2735) Stay All Night

Franz Family – She’ll Say No (self produced CD) The Tale You’ll Never Hear

Lackawanna Longnecks – Anderson’s Quadrille (self produced CS) Old Time Jam [1994.]

Old & in the Way – Old and in the Way (Sugar Hill LP SH-3746) Old & in the Way


Friday, April 3, 2009

PLAYLIST 3/29/2009

“Bluegrass, Etc.” Frank Hoppe

KCSN 88.5 6:00 - 10:00am


6:00

Crooked Jades – California Blues (Copper Creek CD CCCD-2005) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury

McCoury, Del Band – I Never Knew Life (McCoury Music CD MCM 0002) The Company We Keep

Seckler, Curly – What’s the Matter Now (County CD CO-CD-2740) That Old Book of Mine

Hotmud Family – Up on the Blue Ridge Mountain (Vetco LP 507) Buckeyes in the Briar Patch

Cordle, Larry & Lonesome Standard Time – I’m a Lie (Lonesome Day CD LDR-011) Took Down and Put Up

Berline, Byron – Duffy’s Hornpipe (Doublestop CD DS-002) Flat Broke Fiddler

Primitive Quartet – I Love to Walk with Jesus (Mountain Heritage CD MHR3085) 35th Anniversary

Lewis Family – Meet Me There (Thoroughbred CD THB2041D) 50th Anniversary

Rarely Herd – Feed My Sheep (Herd CD HR-1003) Fields of the Harvest

Isaacs – It Is Well (Horizon CD HR 10282) Radio Hits


6:30

Bama Blu-Grace – My Name Is Written (Lamon CD LR10477-2) Pictures

Taggart, Blind Joe – Everybody’s Got to Be Tried (Document CD DOCD-5153) v. 1 [11/8/26.]

Blue Sky Boys – In the Hills of Roane County (Yazoo CD 3001) Man of Constant Sorrow

Carter Family – Sweet Fern (JSPCD JSP4201) The Acme Sessions [3/7/52.]

McMichen & Puckett – Cindy (JSP CD 7780) Serenade in the Mountains [4/2/27.]

Carlisle, Bill’s Kentucky Boys – Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down (JSP CD JSP7732) A Country Legacy

Watson, Jim, Tommy Thompson & Mike Craver – Lula Wall (Barker/Sapsucker CD B/SAP 2326) Meeting in the Air

Whoopin-Hollar Stringband – Durang’s Hornpipe (Heritage CD HRC-CD-140) Git Er Done

Fink, Cathy – North Carolina Breakdown (Rounder CD 11661-0599-2) Banjo Talkin’

Ashby, John & the Free State Ramblers – Fox Chase Reel (County LP 745) Gone to the Free State


7:00

Smith, Hobart – Sourwood Mountain (Rounder CD 11661-1799-2) Blue Ridge Legacy

Stanley, Ralph & the Clinch Mountain Boys – Rocky Island/Shout Little Lulie (FestivaLink.net CD FEST0378) At Merlefest [4/25/2008.]

Earl Brothers – Rooster Ruckus (Big Hen CD 000003) Moonshine

Crowe Brothers – The Winds Are Blowing in Maggie Valley (Gusto CD GT7-2071-2) Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

High Hills Bluegrass Band – Orphan Girl (Dogwood CD) Leaves on the River

Balsam Range – Come Back to Me in My Dreams (Mountain Home CD MH11422) Marching Home

Jordan, Lorraine & Carolina Road – You Gotta Believe (Blue Circle CD BCR-016) Why Don’t You Give Jesus a Try

Lakeside – Give Him My Heart (Homeplace CD HPCD 5005) From Our Heart

Cannon, Melonie – It’s All Right There (Rural Rhythm CD RHY-1036) and the Wheels Turn


7:30

Rich in Tradition – One Beautiful Morning (self produced CD) One Beautiful Morning

O’Day, Molly – When the Angels Rolled the Stone Away (Gusto CD GT7-0876-2) Living Legend of Country Music

Welling & McGhee – Are You Washed in the Blood (JSP CD 7774) Paramount Old Time Recordings [12/27-1/28.]

Poole, Charlie with the North Carolina Ramblers – Baltimore Fire (JSP CD JSP7734) Charlie Poole [2/16/28.]

Jackson, Papa Charlie – Salt Lake City Blues (JSP CD JSP7798) A Richer Tradition [5/10/24.]

Burnett & Rutherford – All Night Long Blues (Yazoo CD 2200) Kentucky Mountain Music

Dilly & His Dill Pickles – Georgia Bust Down (Document CD DOCD-8002) Complete [3/22/30.]

Stoneking, Fred – Blackberry Waltz (Rounder CD 0381) Saddle Old Spike

Stairwell Sisters – Stranger Stop & Cast an Eye (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD 061) Feet All Over the Floor


8:00

Red State Ramblers – Beale Street Mama (Old 97 Wrecords CD #008) The Red State Ramblers

Freed, Ben & Bill Christophersen – Big Tiger Special (Luddite CS #00000001) Sugar Tree Stomp!

Eller Brothers & Ross Brown – Weepin’ Willow (Flyright LP 548) Goin’ to Georgia

Lonesome River Band – Brother to the Blues (Mountain Home CD MH10992) The Road with No End

Flatt & Scruggs – Reuben (Bear Family CD BCD 15559) 1959-1963 [8/11/60.]

Hensley, Trey & Drivin’ Force – Everywhere I Turn (self produced CD HHR103) Number 3 with a Bullet

Dickens, Hazel – Only a Hobo (Rounder Select CD 82161-0226-2) It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song

Baker, Kenny – Back Up and Push (County CD CO-CD-2731) Frost on the Pumpkin

Williams, Paul – I Want to Tell It All Over Again (Rebel CD REB-CD-1774) Hard Working Pilgrim

Missouri Shape Note Singers – Parting Hand (Sounds That Matter CS) The Great Missouri State Convention of 1988


8:30

Left Handed Capricorns – Just a Few More Days (self produced CD LHC-20041) Handin’ Down

Nothin’ Fancy – Soul of Man Never Dies (Pinecastle CD PRC 1162) Lord Bless This House

Churchmen – Final Harvest (Pinecastle CD PRC 1166) I’ll Be Long Gone

Stokes, Frank & Dan Sane – You Shall (Yazoo CD 2046) The Cornshucker’s Frolic v. 2 [9/29/27.]

Kazee, Buell – Snow Deer (JSP CD JSP77100) Mountain Frolic [1/19/28.]

Phipps, Ernest & His Holiness Quartet – Do, Lord, Remember Me (Document CD DOCD-8013) Kentucky Gospel [7/26/27.]

North Carolina Cooper Boys – The Rose with a Broken Stem (Old Hat CD-1006) In the Pines [10/27/31.]

Delmore Brothers – Old Mountain Dew (JSP CD JSP7727) Classic Cuts [9/11/40.]

Brown, Matt – Old Joe Clark (5-String Productions CD 5SP-CD05007) Lone Prairie

Sutphin, Kirk – The Fun’s All Over (Flyin’ Cloud CS FC-023) Fiddlin’ Around


9:00

Molsky, Bruce – Muddy Creek (Tree Frog CD 011) Warring Cats

Rutherford, Enoch & the Gold Hill Band – Barlow Knife (Heritage CS HRC-080) Old Cap’n Rabbit

Whitetop Mountain Band – Loafer’s Dream (Mountain Roads CD MRR-WM-001) Loafer’s Dream

Webb, Tommy – Teardrop Inn (Rural Rhythm CD RHY-1043) Heartland [New release.]

The Twenty-Three String Band – Sleepy Eyed John (self produced CD) The Twenty-Three String Band

Monroe, Bill – Sold down the River - (Bear Family CD BCD 15529) Bluegrass 1959-1969 [11/30/60.]

Waking Up Tillie – Lynchburg Town (Chubby Dragon CD CD1010) Groundhog Day

Kimmel, Dick – Turkey in the Straw (Copper Creek CD CCCD-0173) Fishin’ Creek Blues

Loose Gap Loafers – Shortenin’ Bread (self produced CD) Loafin’

Delaney, Mark – McCormick String Picnic (Patuxent CD 175) Sidecar [New release.]


9:30

Hart, Alan – The Coo Coo Bird (Voyager CD VRCD-368) Old-Time Banjo

Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray – Sundown and Sorrow (Radio Therapy CD RTR-CD-001) The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band

Indian Creek Delta Boys – Mouth of Dry Run (Spring Fed CD SFR-DU-33029) The Indian Creek Delta Boys

Williams, Johnny – Your Love Holds the Key (Mountain Roads CD MRR-1004) Last Day of Galax

Herring, Bob & Rafe Stefanini – June Apple (5-String Productions CD 5SP-CD04001) Fresh Coat

Reid, Lou & Carolina – Mist of Memory (Lonesome Day CD LDR-009) Time

Smith, Raymond & Bob Cowan – Tribute to DeFord Bailey (Marimac CS #9010) In the Hills of Home

Goins, Melvin & Windy Mountain – You’re No Good (Blue CircleCD BCR-018) Dancin’ in the Dirt [New release.]

Piper’s Gap Ramblers – I Ain’t Nobody’s Darling (Heritage CD HRC-CD-005) Old Time Tunes from Coal Creek

Compton, Mike & David Long – Sweet Lizzie (Acoustic Disc CD ACD-63) Stomp

"The Name of the Air"

It could be like that then the
beloved
old dog finding it harder and
harder
to breathe and understanding but
coming
to ask whether there is something
that can
be done about it coming again to
ask and then standing there with-
out asking


--W. S. Merwin

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

As I get myself together here, I plan to post my playlists so listeners to my program can find out what was played when.
"There is no organization--there is only organizing." --unknown