Good-bye and Thank You to all my listeners! You all gave me a very precious gift!

Longtime KCSN program host Frank Hoppe was notified of the cancellation of his program, Bluegrass, Etc. Monday, September 11, 2017, effective immediately, as a consequence of the agreement made between KCSN and KSBR to consolidate their programming.

His program focused on traditional bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, pre-WWII country 78s and contemporary old-time. Old-time is a style of country music dominant before the formulation of bluegrass by Bill Monroe and others in the 1930s and 40s. This show provided the only substantial Sunday morning gospel programming on the station. It had a broad national and international listenership and was influential in supporting a resurgence of interest by the bluegrass world in old-time styles and repertoire.

Frank Hoppe began his career at KCSN in 1984, doing a Monday morning folk show under then station manager Mark Humphrey. When KCSN’s format changed to largely classical music programming in 1989, both Humphrey and Hoppe left.

In 1993, Hoppe was brought back to KCSN to take the place of departing bluegrass host Howard Yearwood and remained there till he did his last show this past Sunday, September 10.

Playlist 9/10/2017

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Jeff Scroggins & Colorado ~ Wall around Your Heart (self-produced CD) Ramblin Feels Good (2:44)

Reno & Smiley ~ Somewhere, Someday Again (Rebel CD) Together Again [1971. Rome.] (2:44)

Lonely Heartstring Band ~ If I Had a Hammer (Rounder CD) Deep Waters (3:27)

Kevin Prater Band ~ House of Gold (Patuxent CD) All I Ever Wanted [New release.] (3:46)

Josh Williams ~ God’s Plan (Rounder CD) Modern Day Man (3:19)

Darin & Brooke Aldridge ~ Heaven Just Got Sweeter for You (Mountain Home CD) Faster and Farther (3:37)

Alfred G. Karnes ~ Where We’ll Never Grow Old (Document CD) Kentucky Gospel [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/29/27.] (3:13)

Three Tobacco Tags ~ Why Should It End This Way (British Archive of Country Music CD) Get Your Head in Here [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 10/13/36.] (2:22)

6:30
Nations Brothers ~ Magnolia One-Step (County CD) Mississippi String Bands v. 2 [Jackson, MS. American Recording Company. 10/13/35.] (2:50)

$4 Shoe ~ Ma and Pa and Me (self-produced CD) I’m Worried Now (3:19)

W. E. Claunch with Mrs. Christine Haygood ~ Black-Eyed Susie (Document CD) Mississippi Fiddle Tunes [Lee County, MS. 5/10/39.] (1:04)

Bing Brothers Band ~ Little Sadie (self-produced CD) Live from Pocahantas County WV [Featuring Jake Krack.] (2:25)

Wildfire ~ Riding the Fence (Pinecastle CD) Rented Room on Broadway (2:24)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Flint Hill Special (Bear Family CD) 1959-1963 (2:16)

Red Allen & Frank Wakefield ~ Give Me the Flowers while I’m Living (Patuxent CD) The WDON Recordings 1963 (2:17)

Molly Rose Band ~ Burden of Sin (Patuxent CD) With All Due Respect [New release.] (3:31)

Ricky Wasson ~ God’s Own Singer (Truegrass Entertainment CD) Croweology (2:53)

Dave Adkins Trio ~ I Can’t Even Walk (Mountain Fever CD) Turn to Jesus (4:55)

Narmour & Smith ~ Gallop to Georgia (Document CD) v. 2 [Atlanta. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (3:01)

7:00
Capt. M. J. Bonner ~ Dusty Miller/Ma Ferguson (Document CD) Texas Fiddle Bands [Houston, TX. Victor. 3/17/25.] (2:46)

Edward L. Crain ~ Bandit Cole Younger (Yazoo CD) When I Was a Cowboy v. 1 [NY. Conqueror. 7/23/31.] (2:55)

Crooked Road Ramblers ~ Grey Eagle (self-produced CD) Mule to Ride (2:05)

Bruce Greene ~ I’m a’Going Back South (Hellbendre Press CD) River in Time (1:38)

Galax Bogtrotters ~ Highlander’s Farewell (DittyVille CD) Old Time Jubilations [New release.] (2:50)

Hot October ~ Dixie (self-produced CD) Hot October (4:17)

Mark Newton & Steve Thomas ~ Nobody’s Business (Pinecastle CD) Reborn (2:07)

Bill Monroe ~ With Body and Soul (Bear Family CD) Bluegrass 1959-1969 [4/29/69.] (3:05)

Corrina Rose Logston ~ Whispering Hope (Patuxent CD) Bluegrass Fiddler [New release.] (3:36)

7:30
Travers Chandler ~ Portrait of Sin (Patuxent CD) Archaic (3:43)

Tom & Jon ~ Rainbow Sign (Fun Times CD) Play Old Time Music (2:37)

Carter Family ~ John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Camden. Victor. 5/10/28.] (2:57)

Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers ~ Write a Letter to My Mother (County CD) The Legend of Charlie Poole v. 3 [NY. Columbia. 1/23/30.] (3:02)

Happy Hayseeds ~ The Tail of Haley’s Comet (Yazoo CD) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be v. 1 [Culver City, CA. Victor. 3/4/30.] (2:43)

Norman Edmonds ~ Lucy Neil (Spring Fed CD) Train on the Island (2:09)

Clark Buehling ~ The Arkansas Sheik (self-produced CD) Out of His Gourd (2:11)

Craig Johnson ~ Keweenaw Light (5-String Productions CD) Away Down the Road (4:31)

Mike Mitchell ~ Rachel (self-produced CD) Dead Center (3:58)

Playlist 9/3/2017

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Boxcars ~ Hogan’s Goat (Mountain Home CD) Familiar with the Ground (3:28)

Jeanette Williams ~ Blue Ridge Blue (Rural Rhythm CD) Portrait of a Bluegrass Songwriter (3:52)

Grascals ~ Delta Queen (Mountain Home CD) And Then There’s This (2:36)

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers ~ My Portion and My Cup (Mountain Home CD) Run Away Tonight (2:27)

Stuart Wyrick ~ Born Again (Rural Rhythm CD) East Tennessee Sunrise (2:47)

Good Shepherd Quartet ~ I’ve Never been There but I’ve Been Told (self-produced CD) When I Join the Happy Circle (2:35)

Cranford & Thompson ~ Pretty Polly (Tompkins Square CD) I’m Going Down to North Carolina [Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/27/31.] (2:57)

Anglin Twins & Red ~ Don’t Say Goodbye when You Go (Old Homestead LP) The South’s Favorite Trio [San Antonio, TX. Vocalion. 11/5/37.] (2:52)

Grayson & Whitter ~ Nobody’s Darling (Document CD) v. 1 [NY. Gennett. 10/27.] (3:06)

6:30
David Bragger ~ Kiss Me Quick, My Papa’s A-Comin’ (Old Time Tiki Parlour CD) Big Fancy (2:25)

Alan Kaufman & Don Stratton ~ Five Bales of Hay (self-produced CD) All in Good Time (1:27)

Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans ~ Sugar Tree Stomp (Native & Fine CD) Songs That Are Mostly Older than Us (1:39)

Alvin Breeden & the Virginia Cutups ~ Alvin’s Tune (Fayette County CD) Bluegrass from the Heart of Virginia (3:16)

Hammertowne ~ Sad Song Melody (Mountain Fever CD) Highways & Heartaches (4:08)

Alan Bibey & Grasstown ~ Darby’s Castle (Mountain Fever CD) -4-  (3:36)

Wayne Taylor ~ Sing with Me (Raincoe CD) Movin’ On (2:30)

Daniel Crabtree ~ Elijah (self-produced CD) The Gospel Road (3:23)

Uncle Shuffelo & His Haint Hollow Hootenanny ~ I’m So Glad I’ve Got the Stone (Slowtime Field Recordings CD) Promoting…Preservation of OT Music (4:06)

7:00
Gid Tanner & Faith Norris ~ Goodbye Booze (JSP CD) Gid Tanner [Atlanta. Columbia. 4/20/26.] (2:54)

Hayes Shepherd ~ Hard for to Love (Yazoo CD) Music of Kentucky v. 2 [Knoxville, TN. Vocalion. 3/28/30.] (3:15)

Dilly & His Dill Pickles ~ Lye Soap (Document CD) Complete [Atlanta. Vocalion. 3/22/30.] (3:08)

Brian Vollmer & Ben Townsend ~ Silver Dagger (self-produced CD) Live from the Los Angeles Old Time Social (4:32)

Mark Tamsula & Richard Withers ~ Behind the Door (Snappin’ Bug CD) Behind the Door (2:59)

John Hartford & Howdy Forrester ~ Still on the Hill (Spring Fed CD) Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor [Sells Brothers Circus Rag.] (2:11)

Darrell Webb Band ~ Always on the Move (Mountain Fever CD) Lover’s Leap (2:25)

Ray Cardwell ~ Cry (Pinecastle CD) Tennessee Moon (4:06)

Dailey & Vincent ~ Back to Hancock County (Rounder CD) Brothers of the Highway (3:21)

7:30
Carson Peters & Iron Mountain ~ Walking in Jerusalem (self-produced CD) Carson Peters & Iron Mountain (2:07)

Flashback ~ Let Us Travel, Travel On (Pinecastle CD) Foxhounds and Fiddles (2:06)

Carter Family ~ Anchored in Love (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Camden. Victor. 5/9/28.] (2:47)

Delmore Brothers ~ Midnight Train (JSP CD) Volume 2 [Hollywood, CA. Decca. 1/46.] (2:57)

Mississippi John Hurt ~ Frankie (Columbia Legacy CD) Avalon Blues [Memphis, TN. Okeh. 2/14/28.] (3:21)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Chicken Reel (self-produced CD) Devil in the Seat (1:38)

WB & Bonnie ~ Eighth of January (self-produced CD) Ryestraw (2:41)

Modock Rounders ~ John Henry (Buffalo Skinner CD) Home Music (4:06)

Marty Raybon ~ Long Hard Road (Rural Rhythm CD) Southern Roots & Branches (3:46)

Jimmy Triplett ~ Greasy Coat (self-produced CD) Natural History (2:42)

Playlist 8/27/2017

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Grasstowne ~ Somewhere between Givin’ In and Givin’ Up (Rural Rhythm CD) Kickin’ Up Dust (3:22)

Cane Mill Road ~ Things in Life (self-produced CD) Five Speed (3:37)

Price Sisters ~ The One I Love Is Gone (Rebel CD) The Price Sisters (3:35)

Larry Cordle ~ I’ll Meet You in the Morning (MightyCord CD) Give Me Jesus (3:08)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers ~ When God’s in It (Rebel CD) The Story We Tell [New release.] (3:37)

Shelton Feazell & Lisa Alvey ~ What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Brentwood CD) Smoky Mountain Singin’ (4:10)

Louvin Brothers ~ The Great Atomic Power (Bear Family CD) Close Harmony [Nashville. MGM. 5/20/52.] (2:48)

Carter Family ~ Home by the Sea (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Camden. Victor. 6/17/33.] (3:29)

6:30
Dad Blackard’s Moonshiners ~ Suzanna Gal (JSP CD) The Bristol Sessions [Bristol, TN. Victor. 8/3/27.] (3:17)

Magnolia Serenaders ~ Sixteen Days in Georgia (self-produced CD) Saturday Night Breakdown (2:40)

Christian Wig ~ Bonaparte’s Retreat (self-produced CD) Fiddling on the Frontier (2:20)

Ben Hunter, Phil Wiggins & Joe Seamons ~ Shanghai Rooster (self-produced CD) A Black & Tan Ball [New release.] (3:25)

Adam Steffey ~ Cloudy Days (Mountain Home CD) Here to Stay (3:29)

Blue Highway ~ Water from the Stone (Rounder CD) Original Traditional (3:38)

Bobby Osborne ~ Goodbye Wheeling (Compass CD) Original (3:26)

Lindsey Family ~ Screen Door (self-produced CD) Crosses & Stones (1:58)

7:00
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver ~ How Great Thou Art (Mountain Home CD) Burden Bearer (4:48)

Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice ~ Dying to Live Again (Mountain Fever CD) The Mountains Are Calling Me Home (3:09)

North Canton Quartet ~ I’m Bound for Home (Dust-to-Digital CD) Goodbye, Babylon [Atlanta. Columbia. 4/23/30.] (2:55)

Dr. D. D. Hollis ~ Lone Indian (Document CD) Alabama Stringbands [NY. Paramount. Unissued. c. 6/24.] (2:49)

Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers ~ Laughing Rufus (Document CD) v. 2 [Atlanta. Okeh. 8/9/28. Listener request.] (3:01)

Rafe & Clelia Stefanini ~ The Cowboy Trail (Old Willow Tree CD) Lady on the Green (4:02)

Bruce Greene & Don Pedi ~ Come Along Terrapin (Hazeldog CD) Stranger on a Mule (1:55)

Matt Brown & Greg Reish ~ Bluegrass Meadows (self-produced CD) Speed of the Plow (2:17)

Volume Five ~ Lonely Wind (Mountain Fever CD) Drifter (4:17)

7:30
Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks ~ Remember Me (Rebel CD) Forever and a Day (3:18)

Kim Robins ~ Raining in Baltimore (Pinecastle CD) Raining in Baltimore [New release.] (3:48)

Nathan Stanley ~ Closer to Home (self-produced CD) Controversial Man [New release.] (3:26)

Heidi & Ryan ~ Sowing Seeds (Mountain Fever CD) Heidi & Ryan (4:03)

Red Smiley & the Blue Grass Cutups ~ Working on a Building (Rural Rhythm CD) Vintage Classic Bluegrass (1:57)

Grinnell Giggers ~ Plow Boy Hop (County CD) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 2 [Memphis. Victor. 11/26/30.] (2:49)

J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers ~ Broken-Hearted Blues (Old Homestead CD) Wade Mainer’s Mountaineers v. 1 [Atlanta. Bluebird. 8/6/35.] (3:05)

Carroll County Revelers ~ Georgia Wobble Blues (Document CD) Georgia Stringbands v. 1 [Atlanta. Vocalion. 3/21/30.] (3:09)

High Ridge Ramblers ~ Clinch Mountain Backstep (self-produced CD) LongRoad (2:50)

Spencer & Rains ~ Ida Red (Old-Time Tiki Parlour CD) Spotted Pony (4:00)

Playlist 8/20/2017

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

No Time Flatt ~ This Heart of Mine (self-produced CD) No Time Flatt (3:16)

Earls of Leicester ~ What’s Good for You Should Be Alright for Me (Rounder CD) Rattle & Roar (2:44)

Eddy Raven & Carolina Road ~ Good Morning Country Rain (Pinecastle CD) All Grassed Up (2:37)

Jane Germain & Ian Simpson ~ The Wrath of God (self-produced CD) Home on the Hill (3:21)

Brent Rochester Family ~ Be Assured (self-produced CD) Lead Me to Calvary (2:31)

Forbes Family ~ Lord, Don’t Leave Me Here (Rebel CD) A Forbes Family Treasury v. 2 (2:10)

Uncle Jimmy Thompson ~ Uncle Jimmy’s Favorite Fiddling Pieces (County CD) Nashville v. 2 [Knoxville, TN. Vocalion. 4/5/30.] (3:17)

Dixon Brothers ~ Jimmie and Sallie (Montgomery Ward 78) N/A [Rock Hill, SC. 9/25/38.] (2:53)

6:30
Roy Harvey & North Carolina Ramblers ~ We Parted at the Gate (Brunswick 78) N/A [Ashland, KY. 2/16/28.] (3:03)

Lester & Linda McCumbers ~ Old Gray Mare (Buffalo Skinner CD) Nicut (1:51)

Carol Elizabeth Jones ~ On Top of Old Smoky (Great Smoky Mountains Assn. CD) On Top of Old Smoky (2:05)

Jason Cade & Rob McMaken ~ My Heart’s in the Highlands (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) Hog-Eyed Man 3 (3:54)

Dale Ann Bradley ~ Champagne Lady (Pinecastle CD) Dale Ann Bradley [New release.] (3:13)

Farm Hands ~ Colors (Pinecastle CD) Colors [New release.] (3:10)

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out ~ Whippoorwill (Rural Rhythm CD) Prime Tyme (3:32)

Aaron “Frosty” Foster ~ Somebody Touched Me (self-produced CD) Opening Doors (2:33)

Special Consensus ~ Jesus Is My Rock (Compass CD) Long I Ride (2:14)

Melissa Beck ~ In All Things Give Thanks (self-produced CD) Make a Joyful Noise (3:28)

7:00
North Georgia Quartette ~ Each Day I’ll Do a Golden Deed (Document CD) Warhorse Game [Chicago. Paramount. 7/20/28.] (3:00)

Narmour & Smith ~ Someone I Love (Document CD) v. 2 [Atlanta. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:56)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Down by the River (Bear Family CD) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy [NY. Vocalion. 7/11/24.] (3:07)

Bucking Mules ~ Jasper Jail (Free Dirt CD) Smoke behind the Clouds (2:54)

Stuart Brothers ~ Mississippi Sawyer (Old-Time Tiki Parlour CD) Stuart Brothers (2:11)

Chris Coole ~ Leaving 2674 (Northern CD) The Tumbling River (2:58)

Mother’s Boys ~ My Clinch Mountain Home (Hen Cackle CD) Home among the Hills [New release.] (3:14)

O’Connor Band with Mark O’Connor ~ You, Too (Rounder CD) Coming Home (3:45)

7:30
Rhonda Vincent & the Rage ~ Freeborn Man (Upper Management CD) In Concert v. 1 (4:53)

Sideline ~ Lord of All Men (Mountain Fever CD) Colors & Crossroads (2:11)

Ginny Hawker ~ The Gospel Ship Has Long Been Sailing (June Appal CD) The Very Day I’m Gone (2:22)

Bailes Brothers ~ Jesus Is the One (Old Homestead LP) Family Reunion (2:24)

Carter Family ~ Why There’s a Tear in My Eye (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Louisville, KY. Victor. Unissued. 6/10/31.] (3:10)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Take Up Thy Cross (Bear Family CD) The Sunny Side of Life [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 6/16/36.] (2:51)

Freeny’s Barn Dance Band ~ Don’t You Remember the Time (Document CD) Mississippi String Bands v. 1 [Jackson, MS. Okeh. 12/16/30.] (3:15)

Erynn Marshall ~ Bass Cove Waltz (DittyVille CD) Greasy Creek (4:06)

Molsky’s Mountain Drifters ~ Pateroller Tune (Tree Frog CD) Molsky’s Mountain Drifters (2:51)

Cathy Barton & Dave Para ~ Growling Old Man, Cackling Old Woman/The Zipper (Roustabout CD) Carp Fishing in Missouri (4:47)

Alvin Breeden & the Virginia Cutups ~ Alvin’s Tune (Fayette County CD) Bluegrass from the Heart of Virginia (3:16)

Playlist 8/13/2017

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Big Country Bluegrass ~ The Old Crooked Trail (Rebel CD) Let Them Know I’m from Virginia (2:59)

John Reischmann & the Jaybirds ~ Wellesley Station (Corvus CD) On That Other Green Shore [New release.] (3:18)

Gibson Brothers ~ I Can’t Breathe Deep Yet (Rounder CD) In the Ground (3:33)

Doug Flowers ~ Mighty to Save (self-produced CD) Favorites [New release.] (3:52)

Heidi & Ryan ~ Pictures (Mountain Fever CD) Heidi & Ryan (3:50)

Dave Adkins Trio ~ House of Gold (Mountain Fever CD) Turn to Jesus (3:27)

Carter Family ~ Will You Miss Me when I’m Gone (Romeo 78) N/A [NY. 5/9/35.] (3:08)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Save My Mother’s Picture from the Sale (Bear Family CD) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy [NY. Vocalion. 4/16/25.] (2:57)

6:30
Georgia Yellow Hammers ~ Sale of Simon Slick (Document CD) v.3 Warhorse Game [Atlanta. Victor. 10/18/28.] (5:53)

Tom, Brad & Alice ~ O&K Train Song (June Appal CD) The Very Day I’m Gone [Songs of Addie Graham.] (2:52)

Rafe & Clelia Stefanini ~ Shove the Pigsfoot a Little Bit Further into the Fire (Old Willow Tree CD) Lady on the Green (3:12)

Foghorn Stringband ~ John Hardy (self-produced CD) Devil in the Seat (5:20)

Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice ~ It’s So Cold (Mountain Fever CD) The Mountains Are Calling Me Home (3:08)

Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive ~ Oak Ridge Tennessee (Pinecastle CD) 4th and Goal (3:00)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers ~ Long Gone Out West Blues (Rebel CD) The Story We Tell [New release.] (3:04)

7:00
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver ~ Songs I Heard My Mother Sing (Mountain Home CD) Burden Bearer (3:34)

Wilson Brothers ~ The Sun Will Never Go Down (Old Homestead LP) Preach the Word (2:32)

Shades of Blue ~ There Is a Reason (self-produced CD) Shades of Blue (3:01)

Wilkins Quartet ~ Glory for the Faithful (Columbia 78) N/a [Atlanta. 4/18/30. Unknown.] (3:18)

Ernest V. Stoneman ~ The Lightning Express (5-String Productions CD) The Unsung Father of Country Music [NY. Okeh. 5/27/25.] (3:09)

J. P. Nester ~ Black-Eyed Susie (JSP CD) The Bristol Sessions [Bristol. Victor. 8/1/27.] (2:58)

Bruce Greene & Don Pedi ~ Run Johnny Run (Hazeldog CD) Stranger on a Mule (2:13)

Spencer & Rains ~ Mace Bell’s Civil War March (Old-Time Tiki Parlour CD) Spotted Pony (2:38)

Skillet Licorice ~ Cumberland Blues (self-produced CD) Skillet Licorice (3:45)

7:30
Jerry Salley ~ Nothing Here but Home (Very Jerry CD) Front Porch Philosophers [New release.] (3:25)

Sideline ~ Colors and Crossroads (Mountain Fever CD) Colors and Crossroads (4:42)

Blue Mafia ~ Midnight Rain (Pinecastle CD) Hanging Tree (3:35)

Larry Cordle ~ It’s a Lonesome Road (Mighty Cord CD) Give Me Jesus (2:32)

Red Smiley & the Blue Grass Cutups ~ Something Got Hold of Me (Rural Rhythm CD) Red Smiley & the Blue Grass Cutups (2:29)

Louvin Brothers ~ Robe of White (Bear Family CD) Close Harmony [Nashville. MGM. 8/5/51.] (2:39)

T. C. I. Women’s Four ~ That Great Day (Dust-to-Digital CD) Goodbye, Babylon [Chicago. Paramount. 4/27.] (2:52)

Short Creek Trio ~ The Burglar Man (Document CD) Alabama Stringbands [Birmingham. Gennett. 7/30/27. With Ruben Burns.] (2:47)

Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio ~ Dark as a Dungeon (Vessel CD) Singin’ [New release.] (3:40)

Playlist 8/6/2017

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Volume Five ~ Lonely Wind (Mountain Fever CD) Drifter [New release.] (4:17)

Ralph Stanley II ~ Road Going Home (Stanley family CD) & the Clinch Mountain Boys (3:11)

Special Consensus ~ Life Stories (Compass CD) Long I Ride (4:26)

New Kentucky Colonels ~ Working on a Building (Roland White CD) Live in Holland 1973 (2:55)

Bailes Brothers ~ Daniel Prayed (Old Homestead LP) Family Reunion (3:27)

Brent Rochester Family ~ Lead Me to Calvary (self-produced CD) Lead Me to Calvary (3:11)

Blue Sky Boys ~ There’ll Come a Time (Bear Family CD) Sunny Side of Life [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 6/16/36.] (3:07)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Down by the River (Bear Family CD) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy [NY. Vocalion. 7/11/24.] (3:07)

6:30
Red Headed Fiddlers ~ Never Alone Waltz (Document CD) v. 1 [Dallas. Brunswick. 10/18/28.] (2:28)

Tom & Ben Paley ~ Little Sadie (Hornbeam CD) Paley & Son (2:25)

Travis & Trevor Stuart ~ Old Joe Clark (Old 97 Wrecords CD) Mountaineer (1:29)

Back-Step ~ Stay All Night (self-produced CD) Hall amongst the Roundpeakers (3:18)

Adam Steffey ~ Hell among the Yearlings (Mountain Home CD) Here to Stay (2:47)

Breaking Grass ~ Cold Rain (Mountain Fever CD) Warning Signs [New release.] (3:11)

Blue Highway ~ If Lonesome Don’t Kill Me (Rounder CD) Original Traditional (2:18)

Curly Stecher ~ Bouquet in Heaven (Copper Creek CD) Bluegrass, Don’t You Know (3:11)

Witcher Brothers ~ Higher Ground (Elk Dog CD) Like a Picture (2:46)

Carl Story Quartet ~ I Didn’t Hear Nobody Pray (Old Homestead CD) Songs from XERA Live Transcriptions 1951-1952 (2:16)

7:00
Bill Chitwood & Bud Landress ~ Over the Sea (Document CD) v. 1 Fourth of July [NY. Brunswick. 11/20/24.] (2:59)

Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers ~ Mississippi Sawyer (Document CD) v.2 [Atlanta. Victor. 11/22/29.] (2:49)

Roy Harvey & Posey Rorer ~ Daisies Won’t Tell (Old Homestead CD) Early String Band Favorites [NY. Columbia. 5/12/27.] (2:58)

New North Carolina Ramblers ~ One Moonlight Night (Old Blue CD) A Tribute to Charlie Poole (2:58)

Ill-Mo Boys ~ Charlie, He’s a Good Old Man (Marimac CS) Fine as Frog’s Hair (2:18)

High Ridge Ramblers ~ Texas Rangers (self-produced CD) Long Road (4:22)

Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks ~ I Don’t Have the Want to Anymore (Rebel CD) Forever and a Day [& Asheville Bluegrass.] (2:48)

Sister Sadie ~ Mama’s Room (Pinecastle CD) Sister Sadie (3:50)

Kenny & Amanda Smith ~ Something Missing (Farm Boy CD) Unbound (4:51)

7:30
Ephemeral Stringband ~ I Am a Stranger Here Below (self-produced CD) Land of Rest [With Tatiana Hargreaves.] (3:58)

No Time Flatt ~ I Believe (self-produced CD) No Time Flatt [New release.] (3:26)

Bill Grant & Delia Bell ~ Goin’ to See My Jesus (Rebel CD) Rollin’ (2:51)

Doc Hopkins & His Country Boys ~ Goodbye, My Lover, Goodbye (British Archive of Country Music CD) v. 2 [Chicago. 1944.WLS.] (2:09)

Billy Vest ~ Message from Home (Columbia 78) N/A [NY. 9/19/30. The Strolling Yodler.] (3:18)

Cofer Brothers ~ The Great Ship Went Down (Document CD) Georgia Stringbands v. 1 [Atlanta. Okeh. 3/19/27.] (2:55)

Piedmont Melody Makers ~ Wonderful World Outside (Vigortone CD) Wonderful World Outside (3:23)

Matt Brown & Greg Reish ~ Highlander’s Farewell (self-produced CD) Speed of the Plow (3:19)

Tommy Jarrell ~ Dance All Night with a Bottle in Your Hand (County CD) Pickin’ on Tommy’s Porch (1:41)

Price Sisters ~ It’s Happening Again (Rebel CD) The Price Sisters (2:55)

Playlist 7/30/2017

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Rhonda Vincent & the Rage ~ Wow Baby (Upper Management CD) In Concert v. 1 (2:34)

Farm Hands ~ Rural Route (Pinecastle CD) Colors [New release.] (2:28)

Darren Nicholson ~ Durango (self-produced CD) Things Left Undone [New release,] (3:43)

Alan O’Bryant, et al ~ Store It Up Above (Brentwood CD) Smoky Mountain Singin’ (2:35)

Melissa Beck ~ That Same Spirit (self-produced CD) Make a Joyful Noise (3:21)

Raymond Smith & Bob Cowan ~ The Old Rugged Cross (Marimac CS) In the Hills of Home (1:39)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Why Not Confess (Bear Family CD) Sunny Side of Life [Atlanta. Bluebird. 10/7/40.] (2:56)

Carter Family ~ I Never Will Marry (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Camden. Victor. 6/17/33.] (2:37)

Sam & Kirk McGee ~ Brown’s Ferry Blues (County CD) Nashville v. 2 [Richmond, IN. Champion. 8/14/34.] (3:31)

Erynn Marshall ~ Old Barn (DittyVille CD) Greasy Creek (4:19)

Sunny Mountain Serenaders ~ Virginia Bootlegger (L-Century CD) Into Thin Hair (4:21)

Christian Wig ~ Mike in the Wilderness (self-produced CD) Fiddling on the Frontier (3:47)

Dale Ann Bradley ~ Southern Memories (Pinecastle CD) Dale Ann Bradley [New release.] (3:50)

Cane Mill Road ~ Five Speed (self-produced CD) Five Speed [New release.] (2:24)

Earls of Leicester ~ Flint Hill Special (Rounder CD) Rattle & Roar (2:38)

Dry Branch Fire Squad ~ Power in the Blood (Rounder CD) Echoes of the Mountains (1:42)

Wood & Steel ~ Far beyond a Cloudless Sky (Granite CD) Poor Boy (3:28)

John’s Gospel Quartet ~ I’ll Fly Away/In the Sweet Bye & Bye (John’s Gospel LP) John’s Gospel Quartet [Stanley Brothers.] (1:53)

Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet ~ Do, Lord, Remember Me (Document CD) Kentucky Gospel [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/26/27.] (3:07)

Red Whitehead & Dutch Coleman ~ Booneville Stomp (Document CD) Mississippi String Bands v. 1 [Chicago. Vocalion. 12/11/29.] (3:19)

Theron Hale & Daughters ~ Jolly Blacksmith (County CD) Nashville v. 2 [Nashville. Victor. 10/3/28.] (2:46)

Linda & Lester McCumbers ~ Mother Flanagan (Buffalo Skinner CD) Nicut (2:02)

Bruce Molsky ~ Fiddle or a Dram (Old Time Tiki Parlour CD) Can’t Stay Here This a-Way (2:42)

Lonesome Ace Stringband ~ Mad as a Hornet (self-produced CD) Gone for Evermore (3:12)

Dolly Parton ~ Little Rosewood Casket (Great Smoky Mountains CD) On Top of Old Smoky [New release.] (3:43)

Michael & Jennifer McLain ~ This Old Heart Is Gonna Rise Again (self-produced CD) Hit the Road and Go [New release.] (2:58)

Mother’s Boys ~ You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Hen Cackle CD) Home among the Hills [New release.] (3:00)

Scott Vestal, et al ~ I’ll Fly Away (Pinecastle CD) Bluegrass ’96 (3:18)

Scott Brannon ~ Mountain Church (Patuxent CD) Your Old Standby (2:53)

Dock Boggs ~ No Disappointment in Heaven (Smithsonian Folkways CD) His Folkways Years (2:32)

Molly O’Day ~ Fifteen Years Ago (Bear Family CD) & the Cumberland Mountain Folks [Chicago. Columbia. 4/4/49.] (2:40)

J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers ~ New Curly-Headed Baby (Old Homestead CD) Wade Mainer’s Mountaineers v. 1 [Atlanta. Bluebird. 8/6/35.] (3:14)

Carter Brothers & Son ~ Old Joe Bone (Document CD) Mississippi String Bands v. 1 [Memphis. Okeh. 2/24/28.] (3:00)

Cathy Barton & Dave Para ~ O, My Little Darling/Ladies on the Green (Roustabout CD) Carp Fishing in Missouri (3:53)

Dust Busters ~ Fort Smith Breakdown (Smithsonian Folkways CD) Old Man Below (2:48)

Bucking Mules ~ Georgia Belles (Free Dirt CD) Smoke behind the Clouds (2:26)

Emory Lester ~ Daybreak in Dixie (Shar Lin LP) Jerusalem Ridge [1983.] (3:03)

Playlist 7/23/2017

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Eddie Raven with Carolina Road ~ Too Wet to Plow (Pinecastle CD) All Grassed Up [New release.] (2:36)

Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins ~ I’ll Never Make You Blue (Rebel CD) Hall of Fame Bluegrass (3:26)

Larry Stephenson Band ~ Before I Met You (Whysper Dream CD) Weep Little Willow (2:35)

Daniel Crabtree ~ All Over Me (self-produced CD) The Gospel Road (3:59)

Lindsey Family ~ Soap & Water (self-produced CD) Crosses and Stones (2:26)

Charlie Bailey & the Happy Valley Boys ~ Everlasting Joy (Old Homestead LP) Everlasting Joy [With the Osborne Brothers.] (2:01)

Rex Griffin ~ The Last Letter (Decca 78) N/A [NY. 5/13/37.] (3:05)

Freeny’s Barn Dance Band ~ Sullivan’s Hollow (County CD) Mississippi String Bands v. 2 [Jackson, MS. Okeh. 12/16/30.] (3:13)

6:30
Bob Nichols ~ Killing of Tom Slaughter (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 4/15/30. Aka Clayton McMichen.] (3:39)

Rafe & Clelia Stefanini ~ Elkhorn Ridge (Old Willow Tree CD) Lady on the Green (3:06)

Marc Rennard ~ Romanian Picnic (CB CD) Earthenware (3:00)

Molsky’s Mountain Drifters ~ The Old Jaw Bone (Tree Frog CD) Molsky’s Mountain Drifters (2:42)

Big Country Bluegrass ~ Waste Not, Want Not (Rebel CD) Let Them Know I’m from Virginia (3:27)

Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive ~ Oak Ridge, Tennessee (JohnBoy & Billy CD) 4th & Goal (3:00)

Lou Reid & Carolina ~ The Crooked Road (KMA CD) Rollin’ On (3:22)

Joe K. Walsh ~ There but for Fortune (Skinny Elephant CD) Borderland (2:59)

Stevie Barr ~ At Calvary (Arhoolie CD) Along the Crooked Road (2:08)

Wilson Brothers ~ The Fields Have Turned Brown (Old Homestead LP) Preach the Word (3:24)

7:00
Louvin Brothers ~ Alabama (Bear Family CD) Close Harmony [Nashville. Decca. 8/23/49.] (2:53)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Rise when the Rooster Crows (Bear Family CD) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy [NY. Vocalion. 4/14/26.] (3:07)

Narmour & Smith ~ Midnight Waltz (Document CD) v. 2 [Atlanta. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:46)

Jason Cade & Rob McMaken ~ Shady Grove (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) Hog-Eyed Man 3 (4:13)

Spencer & Rains ~ Hooker’s Hornpipe (Old Time Tiki Parlour CD) Spotted Pony (3:21)

Skillet Licorice ~ Sally Ann (self-produced CD) Skillet Licorice (3:58)

Trinity River Band ~ The Things We Do for Dreams (Orange Blossom CD) Things We Do for Dreams (3:42)

Edgar Loudermilk ~ I’ll See You in My Dreams (Pinecastle CD) Georgia Maple (4:19)

7:30
Carl Nelson ~ Fiddler’s Potpourri (Webco LP) On Pine Lake (2:43)

Sideline ~ Lord, Don’t Leave Me Here (Mountain Fever CD) Session 2 (2:24)

Shades of Blue ~ Come unto Me (self-produced CD) Shades of Blue (2:53)

Mac Martin & Ed Brozi ~ In a Little Village Churchyard (Patuxent CD) Sun Racer (2:02)

Mississippi Sheiks ~ Sweet Maggie (Yazoo CD) Stop and Listen (3:25)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Babe (Document CD) Complete [Dallas. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (3:14)

Dr. Smith’s Champion Hoss Hair Pullers ~ Going down the River (County CD) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 9/12/28.] (2:59)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Going down the River (Rounder Select CD) Wild Rose of the Mountain (2:09)

Anna Roberts-Gevalt & Elizabeth LaPrelle ~ Sun to Sun (June Appal CD) The Very Day I’m Gone (2:14)

Tom & Jon ~ George Washington (Fun Times CD) Play Old Time Music [Jon Anderson & Tom Collins.] (2:28)

Lawson & Williams ~ Abigail (Mountain Home CD) Chapter 3 (3:49)

Playlist 7/16/2017

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00

Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Michael Cleveland ~ Sunday Drive (Compass CD) Fiddler’s Dream (4:03)

Blue Mafia ~ Baby You’re Gone (Pinecastle CD) Hanging Tree (3:21)

Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge ~ Trail Blazer (Rebel CD) My Daddy’s Grass (2:12)

Darin & Brooke Aldridge ~ Fit for a King (Mountain Home CD) Faster and Farther (3:29)

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver ~ Wrastlin’ Jacob (Mountain Home CD) Burden Bearer (2:01)

Kyle & Walter Bailes ~ I’ve Got My One Way Ticket (Old Homestead LP) I’ve Got My One Way Ticket [1976.] (2:07)

Ernest V. Stoneman ~ Flop Eared Mule (5-Strings Productions CD) Unsung Father of Country Music [NY. Okeh unissued. 1/27/27.] (3:07)

Cartwright Brothers ~ Utah Carroll (Yazoo CD) When I Was a Cowboy v. 1 [Dallas. Columbia. 12/6/28.] (2:50)

Wyzee Hamilton ~ Old Sefus Brown (Document CD) Alabama Stringbands [Birmingham. Gennett. 7/9/27.] (2:40)

W. E. Claunch with Mrs. Christine Haygood ~ Mississippi Sawyer (Document CD) Mississippi Fiddle Tunes [5/10/39.] (0:46)

6:30
Corn Potato String Band ~ Washington and Lee Swing County (Agilest CD) Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet (2:56)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Lost Gal (self-produced CD) Devil in the Seat (2:37)

Gibson Brothers ~ My Quiet Mind (Rounder CD) In the Ground (4:08)

Bankesters ~ Nothing but Sky (Compass CD) Nightbird (2:30)

Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice ~ What a Way to Go (Mountain Fever CD) The Mountains Are Calling Me Home [New release.] (2:25)

Dave Adkins Trio ~ Honey in the Rock (Mountain Fever CD) Turn to Jesus [New release.] (1:55)

Larry Cordle ~ Give Me Jesus (MightyCord CD) Give Me Jesus (2:39)

Heidi & Ryan ~ Will You Be Ready (Mountain Fever CD) Heidi & Ryan (3:26)

Rev. D. C. Rice & Sanctified Congregation ~ We Got the Same Kinda Power over Here (Dust-to-Digital CD) Goodbye, Babylon [7/16/30.] (2:56)

Carter Family ~ Can’t Feel at Home (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Charlotte. Victor.5/26/31.] (2:56)

7:00
J. P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds ~ Train on the Island (Yazoo CD) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be v. 1 [Bristol. Victor. 8/1/27.] (2:58)

Booger Holler String Band ~ Gray Eagle (self-produced CD) Where the Pavement Ends (3:02)

Mound City Slickers ~ Peggin’ Awl (Oceana CD) Made Good for You (3:24)

Brainstormers ~ Lonesome Whistle (Simon Slick CD) Never Gonna Rain (3:23)

Mike Mitchell ~ Dead Center (self-produced CD) Dead Center (3:26)

Traditional Grass ~ Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (Rebel CD) The Blues Are Still the Blues (3:34)

Sideline ~ Uphill Climb (Mountain Fever CD) Colors & Crossroads [New release.] (2:21)

Twilite Broadcasters ~ Valley of Peace (self-produced CD) The Trail of Time (2:34)

7:30
Paul Williams & the Victory Trio ~ When They Ring Those Golden Bells (Rebel CD) When the Morning Comes (3:29)

Mac & Jenny Traynham ~ I See God in Everything (Southern Mountain Melodies CD) When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland (1:56)

Dykes Magic City Trio ~ Far beyond the Blue Sky (JSP CD) Clarence Ashley [NY. Brunswick. 3/11/27.] (3:22)

Georgia Yellow Hammers ~ Come Over and See Me Sometime (Document CD) v. 3 Warhorse Game [Atlanta. Victor. 10/18/28.] (2:59)

Uncle Eck Dunford ~ Barney McCoy (JSP CD) The Bristol Sessions [Bristol. Victor. 7/28/27.] (2:54)

Bruce Greene & Don Pedi ~ Run Johnny Run (Hazeldog CD) Stranger on a Mule (2:13)

Dan Gellert ~ Eph Got a Coon (Old-Time Tiki Parlour CD) Old-Time Tiki Parlour Presents Dan Gellert (2:02)

Owen “Snake” Chapman ~ Rabbit in a Pea Patch (Rounder Select CD) Walnut Gap (2:09)

Ray Cardwell ~ Whole World Round (Pinecastle CD) Tennessee Moon (2:54)

Sam Gleaves ~ Two Virginia Boys (Community Music CD) Ain't We Brothers? (3:36)

Larry Sparks ~ Think of What You've Done (Rebel CD) Lonesome and Blue (1:59)