Playlist 12/18/2025

 Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Larry Sparks ~ Tennessee Border (Rebel) Way Back When [10/24/25.] (2:20)

East Nash Grass ~ Followin’ You (Mountain Fever) All God’s Children [8/22/25.] (3:18)

Pitney Meyer ~ Trail of Tears (Curb Records) Cherokee Pioneer [4/18/25.] (3:17)

Cullen & Mickey Galyean ~ Long Black Veil (Eastwood) and Friends [2005.] (3:35)

Reno & Smiley ~ Another Day (King) 1951 to 1959 3 [King. 11/14/58. 45-1/59.] (2:42)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Down the Road (Mercury) The Complete Mercury Sessions [Cincinnati, OH. 4/49. 78 & 45-1949.] (2:40)

Dorsey Dixon ~ The Christmas Cake (Testament) Babies in the Mill [East Rockingham, NC. 8/7/62.] (1:23)

Memphis Jug Band ~ K. C. Moan (Yazoo) Before the Blues 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/9/27.] (3:05)

Leake County Revelers ~ Mississippi Breakdown (JSP) Country Fiddle B [Jackson, MS. Columbia. 12/18/30.] (3:06)

Tessa McCoy & the State Birds ~ West Virginia Hornpipe (self-produced) single [2024.] (1:58)

W. E. Claunch & Christine Haygood ~ Wolves a Howling (Mississippi Department of History & Archives.) Great Big Yam Potatoes [5/10/39.] (0:43)

Boiled Buzzards ~ Sandy Boys (Buzzard) Salt and Grease [Burl Hammons. 2003.] (1:48)

Andrew Marlin ~ Hawk Is a Mule (Tanyard Branch Music) Witching Hour [2020.] (3:11)

Walter McNew ~ Martha Campbell (Appalachian Center) Blackjack Grove [1992. Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts. “Soft Spoken.”] (2:51)

Horse Flies ~ Ride Old Buck (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC602 The Horse Flies [1988.] (4:04)

Carter Family ~ Will the Roses Bloom in Heaven (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain 4 [Camden, NJ. Victor, Bluebird, Elektradisk, Sunrise, Montgomery Ward. 10/12/32.] (3:20)

Andrew & Jim Baxter ~ Bamalong Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [Charlotte, NC. Gennett. 8/9/27.] (3:01)

Grayson & Whitter ~ Train 45 (Old Hat) Music from the Lost Provinces [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 4/17/28.] (3:04)

Dan Tyminski ~ Silence in the Brandy (8 Track Entertainment) Live from the Ryman [8/16/2024.] (3:33)

Burnett Sisters Band ~ Easy Come, Easy Go (Pinecastle) Easy Come, Easy Go [10/10/25.] (2:43)

Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter ~ Arapahoe (Fiddleman) Carter & Cleveland [David Grier. 3/13/25.] (4:09)

Al Jones & Frank Necessary ~ I’d Rather Be Alone (Rounder) & the Spruce Mountain Boys [#50. 8/20/76.] (3:10)

Grandpa Jones ~ Kitty Clyde (King 78) single [Cincinnati, OH. King. Recorded 11/47. 78-1949.] (2:41)

Bill Monroe ~ Blue Yodel No. 4 take 2 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 9/16/46.] (3:29)

Spooney Five ~ My Little Girl (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/8/27.] (3:08)

Fleming & Townsend ~ The Ramblin’ Boy (British Archive of Country Music) Little Hill [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Twin. 11/20/30.] (2:54)

Walker’s Corbin Ramblers ~ Ruffles and Bustles (Yazoo) Music of Kentucky v. 1 [Hensley & Taylor. NY. Vocalion. 1/25/34.] (3:17)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Flowery Girls (Joseph Decosimo) Fiery Gizzard [8/15/25.] (2:17)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Fire in Mountain (University Press of Kentucky) Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes [Jeff Titon.] (3:15)

Geoff Seitz ~ Smith’s Reel (Oceana Productions) The Good Old Days Are Here [Bob Wills & Sleepy Johnson. 1995.] (2:53)

Megan Lynch Chowning & Adam Hurt ~ Tugboat (FiddleStar) Inside Out [Benny Thomasson. 2016.] (2:26)

Double Decker Stringband ~ Hideaway (Marimac) For an Old Time Call… [1990. Oscar Ford.] (3:11)

Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys ~ June Apple (County) Old Time Mountain Music [1969.] (2:42)

Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers ~ New Arkansas Traveler (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/14/30.] (3:10)

J. W. Day [Jilson Setters] ~ The Wild Wagoner (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [NY. Victor. James William Setters. 2/27/28.] (3:15)

Oscar & Doc Harper ~ Beaumont Rag (County) Old-Time Texas String Bands v. 1 [Dallas, TX. OKeh. 11/27/29.] (3:02)

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ Looking Past the Pain [The Cowboy Song] (Rebel) Coming On Strong [2025.] (3:33)

Kentucky Just Us ~ Wild Blue Violets (Mountains of Home) 10 [10/4/25.] (3:29)

Tidalwave Road ~ Low Down and Lonesome (Pinecastle) Skin and Bones [10/24/25.] (3:36)

Fiction Brothers ~ The Chickens Are Crowing (Flying Fish) Things Are Coming My Way [1979.] (2:11)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys ~ Poor Ellen Smith (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (2:31)

Stanley Brothers ~ Christmas Is Near (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [WCYB Bristol, VA. Starday. Summer ‘58. 45-12/1/58.] (2:04)

Allison’s Sacred Harp Quartette ~ Pisgah OSH 58 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing C [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 5/1/28.] (3:03)

Carolina Tar Heels ~ Got the Farm Land Blues (County) Hard Times in the Country [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 12/11/29.] (3:20)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ The Drunken Man’s Dream (Document) v. 2 [Fiddlin’ Jim Burke. Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/14/30.] (3:01)

Onlies ~ Gold Watch and Chain (The Onlies) You Climb the Mountain [Carter Family. 9/19/25.] (3:49)

Luther Davis ~ Waves on the Ocean (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC745 Some of the Very Oldest [Delhart, VA. 9/12/73.] (1:27)

Beverly Smith & Carl Jones ~ The Final Stretch (Dittyville) Glow [Carl Jones. 2009.] (3:27)

Bob Carlin ~ Old Bunch of Keys (Rounder) Banging & Sawing [195. Previously unissued. Brad Leftwich.] (2:51)

Greg Hooven et al ~ Sally Ann (Heritage) Tribute to Fred Cockerham [1989.] (2:45)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Train on the Island (FSB) Rock Island Grange [Dirk Powell. 12/5-7/2016.] (2:21)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from Reno & Smiley, the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, and Bill Monroe! Rarities from Al Jones & Frank Necessary, Dorsey Dixon, “Soft Spoken” Walter McNew, Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys, Luther Davis, Greg Hooven, and The Fiction Brothers! New music from the Onlies, Andrew Marlin, the Burnette Sisters Band, Tessa McCoy & the State Birds, and Larry Sparks! You won’t want to miss a moment!

Playlist 12/11/2025

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Jesse Appelman ~ Out in the Valley (self produced) Where We Go [2/20/26.] (3:06)

Trish Imbrogno ~ Think of What You’ve Done (BassBar Media) Bluegrass Love Songs, v. 1 [9/12/25.] (2:24)

Big Country Bluegrass ~ Thinking of Home (Rebel) Carry Me Back to the Bluegrass [3/28/25.] (3:12)

Norman Blake ~ Old Ties (Rounder) Old Ties [Rising Fawn String Ensemble. 1976.] (3:33)

Johnson Mountain Boys ~ Duncan & Brady (Rounder) Blue Diamond [Wilmer Watts. 1993.] (3:18)

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ Darling Brown Eyes (King) Poor Rambler 1 [Hills of Home. 1/70. King. 7/15/69.] (1:55)

Cranford & Thompson ~ What Is Home without Babies (Tompkins Square) I’m Going Down to North Carolina 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 6/13/29.] (3:02)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Tears on Her Bridal Bouquet (Bear Family) Sunny Side of Life 5 [Nashville, TN. RCA Victor. 3/26/50. 78 & green 45-5/50.] (2:41)

Reaves White County Ramblers ~ Ten Cent Piece (County) Echoes of the Ozarks 2 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 4/27/28.] (3:02)

Ernie Carpenter ~ Elk River Blues (Augusta Heritage) Elk River Blues [1986.] (2:04)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Polly Put the Kettle on (Bandcamp) Beehive Cathedral [6/8/24.] (2:37)

George Jackson & Brad Kolodner ~ Wandering Boy (GJ & BK) Shady Lane [Frank Jenkins. 10/11/24.] (3:17)

Sarah Kate Morgan & Leo Shannon ~ Cait’s Jig (Featherbed) Featherbed [10/24/25.] (4:29)

Pete McMahan ~ Angus Campbell (Voyager) 50 Old Time Fiddle Gems 2 [1979. Missouri Fiddlin’ No. 4.] (3:03)

Dirk Powell ~ Getting Upstairs (Rounder) If I Go Ten Thousand Miles [1996.] (2:17)

Blind Joe Mangrum ~ Bacon and Cabbage (Document) Nashville, 1928 [Nashville, TN. Victor. 10/6/28.] (2:51)

George Wade & Francum Braswell ~ Think a Little (Old Hat) Gastonia Gallop [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/21/29.] (2:45)

Ken Maynard ~ The Lone Star Trail (Yazoo) When I Was a Cowboy v. 1 [Hollywood, CA. Columbia, Columbia Japan. 4/14/30.] (3:13)

Edgar Loudermilk ~ Your Shadow Still Hangs Heavy on This Mountain (Pinecastle) Train Robbery of the River Bridge [2025] (2:55)

Becky Buller ~ Millworker (Dark Shadow) Songs That Sing Me [7/25/25.] (3:33)

Buddy Melton ~ Blue Skies (Melton & Miller) single [11/24/25.] (3:50)

John Reischman ~ Suzanne’s Journey (Corvus) New Time & Old Acoustic [9/9/21.] (4:13)

Reno & Smiley ~ I Know You’re Married (Rural Rhythm) Bluegrass 1963 [Spartanburg, SC. 9/19/63.] (1:53)

Bill Monroe ~ Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ take 4 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936 to 1949 6 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 10/22/49.] (3:23)

Ernest V. Stoneman Trio ~ Lonesome Road Blues (Yazoo) Times 2 [NY. OKeh. 1/27/27.] (3:01)

Pie Plant Pete ~ Think of Mother All the Time (Old Homestead) Stay on the Farm [Chicago, IL. ARC, Conqueror. 6/18/35.] (3:24)

Henry Gilliland & AC ‘Eck’ Robertson ~ Turkey in the Straw (JSP) Texas Hillbillies A [NY. Victor. 6/30/22.] (2:58)

The Monks ~ Boys, My Money’s All Gone (Yodel-Ay-Hee) Ragged but Righteous [2002.] (3:05)

Evie Ladin & Kieran Towers ~ Walking Up Georgia Row (Evil Diane) Riding the Rooster 2 [Kieran Towers, London, England.] (4:29)

Volo Bogtrotters ~ Old Mother Flanagan (Vigortone) Hell Broke Loose in Volo [Backside of Buncombe. Previously unreleased. 1989.] (2:38)

Tom Carter & Tom Sauber ~ The Coo Coo (Tiki Parlour) Trade Your Headache 1 [Tom Clarence Ashley. 2021.] (5:06)

Joshua Goforth & Hilary Dirlam ~ Whiskey before Breakfast (Lighter Than Air) Basic Ingredients [Gordon & Avril Freeman, NC. 1999.] (4:28)

Spencer & Rains ~ Gold Rush (Tiki Parlour) The Old Texas Fiddle v. 3 [2023. Stafford Harris, Nacogdoches, TX.] (4:28)

Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Darneo (JSP) Worried Blues D [NY. Columbia. 3/23/26.] (3:04)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Death of John Henry (Bear Family) Keep My Skillet 3 [ NY. Vocalion, Brunswick. 4/14/26.] (3:00)

Akins Birmingham Boys ~ I Walked and Walked (Document) Alabama Stringbands [Birmingham, AL. Columbia. 10/31/28.] (2:55)

Red Camel Collective ~ Night Coach out of Dallas (Pinecastle) Red Camel Collective [11/29/24.] (3:06)

Sharon Gilchrist, Brittany & Natalie Haas ~ Grant Marsh & Joseph La Barge (Stuff Works) Julia Belle, John Hartford Fiddle Tunes Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (3:07)

Rock Hearts ~ On My Mind (615 Hideaway) Unfinished Bridges [Flatt & Scruggs. 10/4/24.] (3:19)

Todd Phillips ~ untitled (Gourd Music) In the Pines [1995. Old Molly Hare?] (1:56)

Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys ~ Golden Slippers (Old Blue) With Buddy Pendleton [County 705. 2^nd 1965.] (2:24)

Stanley Brothers ~ I’m a Man of Constant Sorrow (Bear Family) 1949 to 1952 [11/20/49. Nashville, TN. Columbia 78 & 45-5/7/51.] (2:59)

Carter Family ~ Western Hobo (JSP) The Acme Sessions A [WOPI, Bristol, TN. 6/5/52.] (3:16)

Delmore Brothers ~ Happy Hickey the Hobo (JSP) Classic Cuts B [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Twin. 2/17/36.] (2:31)

Stripling Brothers ~ Boatman’s Delight (Document) v. 2 [New Orleans, LA. Decca. 3/12/36.] (2:38)

Knackered Ramblers ~ Sheep, Sheep Don’t You Know the Road (Knackered Ramblers) Knackered Ramblers [9/1/25.] (3:20)

Hus Caudill ~ Forked Deer (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Prettiest Tune I Ever Heard [Tom Carter-bj. Sparta, NC. 9/11/73.] (2:03)

Anya Hinkle & Jackson Cunningham ~ It’s Me Again, Lord (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) OT Duets [2006.] (2:43)

Adam Hurt ~ Big Scioty (Rounder) Old Time Banjo Festival [Cathy Fink-g. 2007.] (3:04)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Reno & Smiley and Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Adam Hurt, the Akins Birmingham Boys, the Blue Sky Boys, and Hus Caudill! New music from Jesse Appelman, Buddy Melton, the Edgar Loudermilk Band, Brittany Haas, Featherbed, the Knackered Ramblers, Evie Ladin, Big Country Bluegrass, the Red Camel Collective, Becky Buller, and Rhonda Vincent! Get comfortable, and settle on in! 

Playlist 12/4/2025

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Appalachian Road Show ~ Won’t Be Long (Billy Blue) Della Jane’s Heart [11/21/25. Cahalen Morrison. Victor Furtado-cbg.] (3:28)

Blue Highway ~ Muddy Shoes (Down the Road) Labor of Love [11/19/25.] (3:48)

Deeper Shade of Blue ~ Nothing (Turnberry Records) Changes of Scenery [1/24/25.] (3:11)

Norman Blake ~ Valley Head (Flying Fish) Old and New [Charlie Collins. 9/76.] (1:44)

James King ~ She’s Left Me Again (Webco) It’s a Cold Cold World [Jimmy Martin. 1989.] (3:55)

Stanley Brothers ~ Rabbit in a Log (CC) Stanley Series v. 1 n. 3 [New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD. 7/3/55.] (2:14)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Only One Step More, Are You from Dixie (Patuxent) 1939 to 1949 Radio 1 [WGST. Atlanta, GA. 10/18/47.] (2:10)

Smith & Woodlieff ~ It Won’t Be Long Till My Grave Is Made (Document) v. 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Supertone, Champion. 3/20/29.] (3:08)

Marion Underwood ~ Coal Creek March (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music C [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Silvertone, Supertone. 4/8/25.] (3:08)

Phoeba Parsons ~ Hard Times (Field Recorders’ Collective) Old Time Music from Clay & Calhoun Counties, WV [1975 Brandywine.] (2:38)

Old Hollow Stringband ~ Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase (Flyin’ Cloud) Old Time Music from North Carolina [1989.] (2:39)

George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins ~ Streak O’ Lean, Streak O’ Fat (Bandcamp) The Old Time 100 v. 1 [2/2/24.] (3:22)

Parley Parsons ~ Piney Woods Girl (Field Recorders’ Collective) Old Galax Fiddling [Early 1980s.] (2:26)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ Piney Mountains (Barker) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [Craig Johnson. 2012.] (2:24)

Indian Creek Delta Boys ~ Pete and Nancy (Field Recorders’ Collective) Indian Creek Delta Boys [Fletcher Fulk, Ingraham, IL. 1984.] (2:09)

Da Costa Woltz ~ John Brown’s Dream (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music D [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Silvertone. 5/27.] (2:54)

Charley Patton ~ Rattlesnake Blues (JSP) Complete A [Henry Sims-f. Grafton, WI. Paramount. c. 10/29.] (2:48)

Red Headed Fiddlers ~ Cheat ‘Em (JSP) Texas Hillbillies B [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (2:31)

Chicken Wire Empire ~ Fiddle and Song (independent) Growing Pains [5/7/25. Wisconsin.] (3:10)

Junior Sisk ~ Still Be Blue (Turnberry) It’s All Fun and Games [7/18/25.] (3:47)

Will Clark ~ Lost in Austin (Mountain Fever) Carolina Lightning [9/26/25.] (3:55)

Joe Val ~ Rocking Alone in an Old Rocking Chair (Rounder) Diamond Joe [A Cold Wind. Bob Miller. 1983.] (3:13)

Bill Napier & Larry Taylor & the Waterloo Bluegrass Boys ~ How Mountain Girls Can Love (Old Homestead) We Salute the Stanley Brothers [1987.] (2:06)

Reno & Harrell ~ I’m Afraid My Darling’s Gone (Starday) Bluegrass on My Mind [Cincinnati, OH. King. 6/29/72.] (2:17)

Boyd Asher ~ Hickory Jack (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [Library of Congress. Alan & Elizabeth Lomax.. 10/15/37.] (1:17)

Little Hat Jones ~ Bye Bye Baby Blues (Yazoo) Before the Blues v. 1 [Dennis. San Antonio, TX. Okeh. 6/14/30.] (3:22)

Frank Hutchison ~ The Wild Horse (JSP) Worried Blues A [NY. OKeh. 1/28/27.] (3:00)

Kim & Jim Lansford ~ Last Gold Dollar (JL) Call Your Dogs [Ephraim Woody. Furches, NC. 2003.] (4:38)

Erynn Marshall ~ Poor Hobo (Hickoryjack Music) Tune Tramp [Harry Choates. 2013.] (2:56)

Shady Mountain Ramblers ~ Ground Hog (Heritage) Nobody’s Business [1980.] (1:26)

Compton and Newberry ~ Home in My Heart (Englehardt Music Group) Home in My Heart [2024.] (3:10)

Howard Miller ~ Midnight Waltz (Field Recorders’ Collective) Sixty Years of North Carolina Fiddling [Harold Dean Miller-g. 1978.] (2:40)

Pat Conte ~ Burned a White Man’s Barn (Jalopy Records) American Songs with Fiddle and Banjo [11/11/2011.] (7:27)

Newton County Hillbillies ~ The Little Princess Footsteps (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies B [Jackson, MS. OKeh. 12/16/30.] (3:13)

Richard ‘Rabbit’ Brown ~ The Sinking of the Titanic (Yazoo) Times v. 1 [12” New Orleans, LA. Victor. 3/11/27.] (3:49)

Carter Family ~ Single Girl, Married Girl alt. (Bear Family) Shadow of Clinch Mt. 11 [NY. ARC unissued. 5/8/35.] (2:20)

Flatt Out Blue ~ Coal Town (Turnberry) The Maggard Sessions [12/2/25.] (3:34)

Greg Blake ~ Nora McNally (Turnberry) single [8/8/25.] (3:18)

Billy Strings ~ Catch and Release (Reprise) Highway Prayers [9/27/24.] (2:14)

Creek Bend ~ I Feel Like Traveling On (Copper Creek) That Home Far Away [1992.] (1:56)

Billy Baker ~ Lee Highway Blues (Old Homestead) Fiddle Classics v. 2 [1978.] (2:30)

Monroe Brothers ~ Little Red Shoes (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1 [Charlotte, NC. 2/17/36. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward.] (3:00)

Mississippi Possum Hunters ~ ‘Possum on a Rail (County) Mississippi String Bands 1 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Aurora. 5/28/30.] (2:40)

Narmour & Smith ~ Sweet Milk and Peaches (Document) v. 2 [Last session. Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:49)

Cranford & Thompson ~ Otto Wood (Old Hat) In the Pines [Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/27/32.] (2:58)

Ralph Blizard ~ The Blizard Train (Centrum Enterprises) 1988 Fiddle Tunes [7/4/1988.] (3:55)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Give the Fiddler a Dram (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Mike Burns, Scott Nelson, Al Tharp.] (3:25)

Swamper’s Revenge ~ Swamper’s Revenge on the Windfall (Vigortone) Kettle Bog [Leonard Finseth. Mondavi, WI. 4/5/2025.] (3:04)

Jerry Correll et al ~ Walk Along John to Kansas (Mountain Roads) Close Kin [2011.] (3:06)

Ethan Setiawan ~ Victoria (Adhâropa Records) Encyclopedia Mandolinnica [2025. Mike Marshall.] (3:17)

Come join us this Thursday and enjoy three hours of Bluegrass, Old Time and those wonderful Country 78s! The fine music of the Monroe Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, and the Carter Family in this week’s lineup! Archival treasures from James King, Napier & Taylor, Charley Patton, Howard Miller & Pat Conte! Plus new music headed your way from Will Clark, Deeper Shade of Blue, George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins, Flatt Out Blue, Junior Sisk, Swamper’s Revenge, and Chicken Wire Empire! Stop on by! 

Playlist 11/27/2025

 Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz ~ Wall Dogs (self) Wall Dogs [10/18/24.] (3:24)

Gina Furtado Project ~ Riding (Mountain Home) single [11/21/24.] (2:58)

Junior Sisk ~ Wild and Wicked World (Mountain Fever) If There’s a Will There’s a Way [3/29/24.] (3:02)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Where the Roses Never Fade (Elf Records) River of Memories [1994.] (3:46)

Jim & Jesse ~ Are You Missing Me (Bear Family) 1952 to 1956 [Louvin Brothers. Nashville, TN. Capitol. 6/13/52. 78&45-9/52] (2:25)

Bill Monroe ~ Walk Softly on My Heart (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 4 [Mount Juliet, TN. Decca. 10/28/69. 45-3/9/70.] (2:34)

Aiken County String Band ~ Charleston Rag (Tompkins Square) Work PLAY Pray Hard [Winston-Salem, NC. OKeh, Parlophone British. 9/19/27.] (2:48)

Bascom Lamar Lunsford ~ Lulu Walls (Yazoo) The Rose Grew Round the Briar 1 [Ashland, KY. Brunswick, Vocalion. 2/6/28.] (3:03)

Rex Kelly ~ Down by the Railroad Track (JSP) Paramount Old Time B [Buck Nation. Airport Boys. Grafton, WI. Paramount. 4/2/28.] (2:51)

Corndrinkers ~ Sail Away Ladies, Miller’s Reel (Bee Balm) The Corndrinkers [J. P. & Annadeene Fraley. 1997.] (3:38)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Run, Johnny, Run (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [1974. Frank Clay, Tommy Jackson.] (2:08)

Lynn “Chirps” Smith ~ Little Brown Jug (Marimac) Midwestern Harvest [Hurley Bennet, Bridgeport, IL.] (2:47)

A. J. Srubas & Rina Rossi ~ Red Apple Rag (Central Standard Tone) Sweet Bunch of Daisies [2022. Lynn ‘Chirps’ Smith.] (2:18)

Dwight Diller ~ O Death (Yew Piney) O Death! [1992.] (3:51)

Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis ~ When I Get Home (Flying Fish) Wilder Joy [E. C. Ball. 1987.] (3:05)

Hill Billies [Roe Brothers] ~ Bristol Tennessee Blues (Document) v. 1 [Fred & Henry. NY. Vocalion, Brunswick. 10/22/26.] (2:45)

Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] ~One More Time (Document) Mamlish Blues [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/20/30.] (3:02)

Carter Family ~ New River Train/Lover’s Lane (Arhoolie) On Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (2:50)

Danny Paisley ~ Diagnosis Broken Heart (Pinecastle) single [11/22/24.] (3:07)

Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge ~ Love Me Darling Just Tonight (MG&CB) 10 [2022.] (2:51)

Kathy Kallick Band ~ Foggy Mountain Chimes (Live Oak) The Lonesome Chronicles [10/17/23.] (2:30)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Why Did You Wander? (Bear Family) 1948 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 11/9/52. 78&45-4/3/53.] (2:45)

Norman Blake ~ The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee (Rounder) Whiskey before Breakfast [Charlie Poole. Charlie Collins. 1976.] (2:51)

Vern & Ray ~ Last Old Shovel (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (2:06)

Roane County Ramblers ~ Alabama Trot (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions 3 [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/21/29.] (2:50)

Eva Davis ~ Wild Bill Jones (Yazoo) My Rough and Rowdy Ways v. 2 [Samantha Bumgarner. NY. Columbia, Harmony. 4/22/24.] (3:24)

Hershal Brown & His Boys ~ Soldier’s Joy (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. OKeh unissued. 8/6/28.] (3:03)

Shady Mountain Ramblers ~ John Brown’s Dream (Heritage) Nobody’s Business [1980.] (1:41)

Lonnie Austin, Buck & Alice Easley ~ Richmond (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [1989.] (2:35)

Paine Trio ~ Watchman, Ring That Bell (self-produced) Fiddler’s Reel [2013.] (3:52)

Tune Hash ~ Fontaine’s Ferry (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (3:30)

Ron Hughey ~ Yellow Gals (American Heritage Music Corp.) Country Fiddlin’ Ozark Style [Fresno, CA. 12/3/73.] (2:16)

Canote Brothers ~ Walk Along John to Kansas (Clonetone) Calico Pie [2005. K. C. Kartchner.] (3:24)

Kentucky String Ticklers ~ Crooked John (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [Richmond, IN. Challenge. 3/1/33.] (3:29)

Henry Thomas ~ Old Country Stomp (Yazoo) The Cornshucker’s Frolic 1 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 6/13/28. ] (2:55)

Howard & Peak [The Blind Musicians] ~ I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 7 [Bristol, TN. Victor. 10/30/28.] (2:47)

Song from the Road Band ~ Where the Road Goes (Lucks Dumpy Toad) Get Me Where I’m Going [11/22/21.] (3:02)

Kristy Cox ~ The Wrong Girl (Billy Blue) Let It Burn [5/31/24.] (3:24)

Adam McIntosh ~ Come Along, Pond (Billy Blue) Restless [3/22/24.] (3:12)

Tony Ellis ~ Snow Camp (Flying Fish) Farewell My Home [1993.] (2:49)

Tommy Jackson ~ Ricestrow (British Archive of Country Music) Legendary Session Fiddler [Ryestraw. Gallatin, TN. WHIN. 5/52. Dot 78&45-4/55.] (2:34)

Stanley Brothers ~ A Life of Sorrow (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 11/15/57. Mercury-Starday. 78&45-1/15/58.] (2:27)

Grayson & Whitter ~ Little Maggie with a Dram Glass in Her Hand (Document) v. 2 [NY. Victor. 8/1/28.] (3:25)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Ain’t Gonna Marry No More (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/29.] (3:13)

Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters ~ Throw the Old Cow over the Fence (County) Nashville Early SBs 1 [Atlanta, GA. Vo. 3/3/28.] (2:50)

Megan Lynch Chowning & Adam Hurt ~ Dora Dean (Fiddle Star & Adam Hurt) Inside Out [Ed Haley. 2016.] (2:50)

Ernie Carpenter ~ Old Sledge (Augusta Heritage Records) Elk River Blues [1986.] (1:59)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ The Man from Tennessee (Barker Records) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [Georgia Yellow Hammers. 2012.] (2:44)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Paddy on the Pike (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Chris McGrath, Mike & Mary Sue Burns. Wilson Douglas.] (2:34)

Albert Hash ~ What Are You Gonna Do with the Baby-O (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:29)

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Vichy (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Lyman Enloe.] (2:08)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, the Carter Family, Norman Blake & Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Ernie Carpenter, The Shady Mountain Ramblers, Eva Davis, the Paine Trio, Rex Kelly & Albert Hash! New music from the Gina Furtado Project, Danny Paisley and the Song from the Road Band! Settle on in and ease your mind!

Playlist 11/20/2025

 Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Tony Trishka & the SteelDrivers ~ Lost John (Down the Road) single [11/13/25.] (2:35)

Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mt. Boys ~ Polly’s Revenge (Stanley Family) Rollin’ on Rubber Wheels [6/6/25.] (3:50)

Route 3 ~ Down the Road (Pinecastle) Live at the Station Inn [5/9/25. Recorded 11/2/24.] (2:04)

Mike Mullins ~ Windows of Time (Mike Mullins) Windows of Time [2014.] (4:05)

Norman Blake & Tony Rice ~ Lost Indian (Rounder) Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2 [Doc Watson. 1976.] (3:06)

Bill Monroe ~ Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 4 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 9/16/46.] (3:05)

Riley Puckett ~ I Only Want a Buddy (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 7/31/34.] (2:48)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Little Bessie (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/31/29.] (3:17)

Hershel Brown & His Washboard Band ~ Kohalo Rag (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 3/19/29.] (3:04)

Tune Hash ~ The Cannon Ball (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (2:42)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Last of Harris (Appalachian Center) Home Recordings 1941 to 1942 v. 1 (2:18)

Red Mules ~ Shortenin’ Bread (Vigortone) Old Time Music [Jeff, Rich, Susie. 1992.] (3:12)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ The Roosian Rabbit (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [Richard Fraley. 1974.] (2:08)

Albert Hash ~ I Saw a Man at the Close of Day (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:30)

Marc Rennard ~ Scott #1 (CB Records) Earthenware [R.P. Christeson, Sam Driver. 2016.] (3:26)

Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Under the Double Eagle (JSP) Worried Blues D [NY. Columbia. 3/23/26.] (3:23)

Tommy Johnson ~ I Want Someone to Love Me (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be v. 8 [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 2-sided Test. 12/29. 2001.] (3:09)

Kessinger Brothers ~ Forked Deer (Document) v. 1 [Ashland, KY. Brunswick, Supertone. 2/10/28.] (2:51)

Bryan Sutton & Molly Tuttle ~ Grandfather’s Clock (Mountain Home) single [Henry Clay Work. 1876. 11/13/25.] (4:43)

Ashleigh Graham ~ As Good as Dead (Pinecastle) I’ll Just Drive [6/6/25.] (2:51)

Shawn Lane & Richard Bennett ~ Grey Wind (Bonfire) 1682 [2/13/24.] (4:40)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Give Me the Roses while I Live (Elf) River of Memories [1994.] (2:47)

Tommy Magness & the TN Buddies ~ Little Country Preacher (King) 1951 to 1959 1 [Cincinnati, OH. Federal. 3/6/51.] (2:36)

Kenny Baker ~ White Horse Breakdown (County) Country [Bill Monroe. 1972.] (2:14)

Hill Billies ~ Going down the Road Feeling Bad (Document) v. 2 [NY. Vocalion. 10/22/26.] (2:53)

Anglin Twins [Jack & Jim] ~ They Are All Going Home but One (Old Homestead) South’s Favorite Trio [San Antonio, TX. Vocalion, ARC, Conqueror. 11/6/37.] (2:46)

Carter Family ~ Bye and Bye, We Shall Rise (Arhoolie) Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (3:22)

Brad Kolodner ~ Old Growth (Brad Kolodner) Old Growth [Brad Kolodner. 5/30/25.] (2:47)

Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans ~ Glory in the Meeting House (Native & Fine) Songs Mostly Older than Us [Luther Strong. 2016.] (2:06)

Jim Childress ~ The Road to Malvern (Jim Childress) Turkey Sag [2016.] (2:49)

John Heneghan & His Henpecked Husbands ~ Cocaine (East River Records) Ever Felt the Pain? [Dick Justice. 2016.] (3:09)

Fuzzy Mountain String Band ~ Piney Woods (Rounder) The Fuzzy Mountain String Band [Burl Hammons. 1971.] (1:22)

Todd Clewell & Friends ~ Quadrilles #63 & #41 (Happy Dog) Sarah Armstrong’s Tunes [2007.] (2:07)

W. A. Hinton ~ Leather Britches (County) Old Time Mountain Banjo [San Antonio, TX. Victor. 1/31/31.] (2:43)

Son House ~ My Black Mamma part 1 (Yazoo) Best There Ever Was [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 5/28/30.] (3:08)

Rutherford & Foster ~ I’m As Free Little Birdie As Can Be (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Supertone. 1/14/29.] (2:58)

Dale Ann Bradley ~ Mary’s Rock (Pinecastle) single [11/12/25.] (3:31)

Tyler Grant ~ Waning Moon (Grant Central) Flatpicker [2/21/25.] (4:14)

Remedy Tree ~ Adaline (Mountain Fever) Beyond What I Can See [9/12/25.] (3:16)

Vern & Ray ~ Happy I’ll Be (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (2:31)

Billy Baker ~ Lover of the Pound (Mountain and Grass) Wise County Special [Bully of the Town. 1980.] (2:20)

Stanley Brothers ~ Say You’ll Take Me Back (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 11/28/54. Mercury 78&45-5/24/58.] (2:00)

Clarence Ashley ~ Dark Hollow Blues (County) Old Time Mountain Ballads [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/23/29.] (2:56)

Grayson & Whitter ~ Don’t Go Out Tonight My Darling (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down A [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/18/27.] (3:04)

Frank Hutchison ~ Worried Blues (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be 3 [NY. Okeh. 9/28/26.] (3:18)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Puncheon Camps (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets [Clyde Davenport.] (3:08)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Memory’s Door (County) Songs of Home & Childhood v. 3 [Lacey J. Daugherty. 1973.] (2:30)

Canote Brothers ~ Sandy River (Clonetone) Calico Pie [2005. Marcus Martin.] (1:55)

Old Hollow String Band ~ Molly Put the Kettle On (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [Kirk Sutphin. 1989.] (2:21)

Humdingers ~ Lost Indian (Chubby Dragon) The Humdingers [2005.] (2:32)

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Unnamed Tune in D (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Joe Politte, Washington County, MO.] (2:17)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Stanley Brothers, Norman Blake & Tony Rice, Tommy Magness & the Tennessee Buddies, the Carter Family, and Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Mike Mullins, Vern & Ray, Billy Baker, John Morgan Salyer, Tommy Johnson, the John Heneghan & the Henpecked Husbands, and Albert Hash! New music from Dale Ann Bradley, Remedy Tree, Bryan Sutton & Molly Tuttle, and Tony Trischka & the SteelDrivers! Settle on in and ease your mind!

Playlist 11/13/2025

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Lonesome River Band ~ No Business Mountain (Mountain Home) single [10/16/25.] (3:30)

Magnolia Street String Band ~ Slowdown Rabbit (MSSB) By the Light of the Moon [7/26/24.] (4:20)

Bobby Osborne & C. J. Lewandowski ~ Keep On Keepin’ On (Turnberry) Keep On zKeepin’ On [8/22/25.] (2:52)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~ Arkansas Traveler(Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [1997.] (2:25)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine (Necktie) Losing Game [2022.] (3:22)

Stanley Brothers ~ The Knoxville Girl (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. 5/21/61.] (3:52)

Original Sacred Harp Choir ~ Pleyel’s Hymn OSH 143 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing D [NY. Brunswick. 6 or 7/22.] (2:48)

Roy Harvey & the North Carolina Ramblers ~ There’ll Come a Time (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Ashland, KY. Brunswick. 2/16/28.] (2:53)

Narmour & Smith ~ The New Charleston No. 2 (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 7/30/34.] (2:46)

Horsenecks ~ Never Been So Far from Home (Tiki Parlour Recordings) In the West [6/27/25.] (3:01)

Esker Hutchins ~ Black Mountain Rag (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [2007.] (1:47)

Hog Eyed Man, Paddy ‘Otis’ League, Michael Starkey ~ Wolves a Howling (Tiki Parlour) Across the Sea [Rayna Gellert & John Herrmann. 7/4/25.] (3:02)

Earl White Stringband ~ Texas Barbed Wire (Fiddler’s Jam) Fiddlin Earl White [2014. Kenny Hall?] (2:19)

Reed Martin ~ Chilly Winds, June Apple (Reed Martin) Old Time Banjo [1998.] (1:22)

Wild Shoats ~ I’m Going Away (Bandcamp) Yell In the Shoats [2/7/2025.] (2:35)

Mississippi ‘Possum Hunters ~ Mississippi Breakdown (Document) Mississippi String Bands v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Aurora. 5/28/30.] (2:38)

Blind Joe Reynolds ~ Cold Woman Blues (Yazoo) Times Ain’t 5 [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 11/29.] (2:56)

Four Pickled Peppers ~ When I Was a Baby (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [Rock Hill, SC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/9/40.] (2:45)

Red Camel Collective ~ In the Mexican Sun (Pinecastle) single [10/16/25.] (3:26)

Max Wareham ~ Gone, Baby, Gone (Nine Athens Music) Daggomit! [Peter Rowan. 2/21/25.] (3:25)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers~ Good Ole Days (Billy Blue) Lovin’, Fightin’, Losin’ Sleep [2025.] (4:31)

Don Rigsby ~ These Golden Fields (Rebel) Kentucky Troubadour [Hillbilly Heartache, 2006.] (4:04)

Becky Buller ~ I Don’t Know Why Goodbye (SRS) Rest My Weary Feet [2001.] (4:46)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Foggy Mountain Chimes (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 3 [Nashville, TN. rec. 8/29/53. Columbia. 78 & 45-10/9/54.] (2:18)

Carter Family ~ When the World’s on Fire (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Electrodisk, Sunrise, Bluebird, Zonophone/Regal Zonaphone Australian. 5/24/30.] (3:09)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Babe (JSP) Country Fiddle A [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (3:20)

Clyde Evans Band ~ How I Got My Gal (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 4 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/4/29.] (2:58)

Susan Graham Pepper ~ Pretty Saro (Ballad Records) Where the Islands Overflow [2024.] (4:39)

Delbar Tarpley ~ Don’t You Hear Jerusalem Moan? (Pick Away Press) Dear Old Illinois 1 [10/5/75.] (1:43)

Squirrel Butter ~ Wishing Blues (Tiki Parlour) Hazelnut [Charlie Beck. 2022.] (2:45)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ Darlin’ Nellie Grey (Merriweather) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [Kyle Creed. 1997.] (2:14)

Ausrin Derryberry ~ Lost Child (Spring Fed) Tennessee Breakdown [Charlie Stripling. 2020.] (1:55)

Benton Flippen & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Sugar Hill (Music Maker) 270 Haystack Road [Tommy Jarrell. 2009.] (3:47)

Luke Highnight’s Ozark Strutters ~ Bailey Waltz (County) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 1 [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 11/22/28.] (2:39)

Arthur McClain & Joe Evans~ Old Hen Cackle (JSP) Richer Tradition B [Colman & Harper. NY. 5/20/31.] (2:56)

Emry Arthur ~ I’m a Man of Constant Sorrow (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down C [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 1/18/29.] (3:21)

Bryan McDowell ~ Garden Gate (Mountain Fever) Bryan McDowell [10/21/25.] (3:50)

Volume Five ~ I’m Gonna Love You Like There’s No Tomorrow (Mountain Fever) Leave a Light On [5/23/2025.] (3:12)

Casey Conners ~ Another Day (Casey Connors) The Boy from Bluegrass [Reno & Smiley. 3/18/25.] (3:12)

Red Cravens & the Bray Brothers ~ East Virginia Blues (Rounder) 415 West Main [1971.] (3:08)

Del McCoury ~ Dreams (Arhoolie) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [12/9/67, LP ’68, CD, ‘92.] (4:17)

Bill Monroe ~ Big Ball in Brooklyn (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville. 4/26/62. Decca.] (1:36)

Riley Puckett ~ I’m Going to Georgia (JSP) Riley Puckett B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/23/28.] (3:00)

Ernest Stoneman & the Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers ~ Possum Trot School Exhibition (JSP) Serenade A [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 2/22/28.] (6:31)

Red Headed Fiddlers ~ Texas Waltz (JSP) Texas Hillbillies C [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (2:40)

Clinton Davis ~ Fisher’s Hornpipe (Tiki Parlour) Ever Returning [2025.] (2:54)

Kerry Blech ~ Dry and Dusty (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC 571 Appalachian Master [2025.] (3:47)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Far in the Mountain (5-String Productions) It’s About Time [2007.] (2:18)

John Hatcher ~ Farewell Whiskey (Mississippi Department of Archives & History) Great Big Yam Potatoes [1985.] (2:08)

John Engel, John Herrmann, Meredith McIntosh ~ Mississippi Sawyer (Yodel Ay Hee) Chicken Train [2012.] (2:09) 

New music from the Lonesome River Band, Clinton Davis, the Magnolia Street String Band, Wild Shoats, the Horsenecks, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Hog Eyed Man, and the Red Camel Collective! Mining the archives for the music of John Hatcher, the Original Sacred Harp Choir, the Mississippi ‘Possum Hunters, Esker Hutchins, and Colman & Harper! Classics from Bill Monroe, the Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Norman Blake with Tut Taylor, Del McCoury, and the Stanley Brothers! Don’t miss a minute!

Playlist 11/6/2025

 Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Burnett Sisters Band ~ Whispering Wind (Pinecastle) Easy Come, Easy Go [10/10/25.] (3:25)

Mike Mitchell ~ Hinge on the Gate (Mountain Fever) Love Songs, Torch & Bluegrass [10/22/25.] (3:37)

Kentucky Just Us ~ Homeward Bound (Mountains of Home) 10 [10/4/25.] (3:29)

Fiction Brothers ~ Steal Away Home (Flying Fish) Things Are Coming My Way [1979. Alan Senauke.] (3:10)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys ~ Rubber Dolly (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (1:26)

Stanley Brothers ~ Train 45 (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 10/1/58. 45-7/13/64.] (2:46)

Allison’s Sacred Harp Quartette ~ Jewett Original Sacred Harp 105 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing C [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 5/1/28.] (3:03)

Dutch Coleman ~ Gonna Raise Some Bacon at Home (County) Hard Times in the Country [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 12/11/29.] (2:36)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ All That I’ve Got’s Done Gone (Document) v. 2 [Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/14/30.] (3:03)

Onlies ~ You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies) You Climb the Mountain [Gaither Carlton. 9/19/25.] (2:15)

Luther Davis ~ Black Eyed Susie (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC745 Some of the Very Oldest [Delhart, VA. 9/12/73.] (1:38)

Doug Phillips & Hilary Dirlam ~ East Tennessee Blues (Silver Circle Productions) Wagoner [Tommy Hunter, Mars Hill, NC. 1993?] (1:56)

Pilot Mountain Bobcats ~ Natchez under the Hill (Yodel Ay Hee) Dance by the Light of the Moon [1999.] (2:21)

Clyde Davenport ~ Dandy Jim (University Press of Kentucky) Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes [Jeff Titon.] (2:21)

Geoff Seitz ~ Gravois Creek Pump (Oceana Productions) The Good Old Days Are Here [1995.] (3:11)

Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers ~ Sal’s Gone to the Cider Mill (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/26.] (3:01)

Burnett & Rutherford ~ Willie Moore (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/27.] (3:15)

Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers ~ Wake Up Jacob (County) Old-Time Texas String Bands v. 1 [Dallas, TX. OKeh. 6/26/29.] (2:52)

Tidalwave Road ~ Skin and Bones (Pinecastle) Skin and Bones [10/24/25.] (3:11)

Dan Tyminski ~ The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn (8 Track Entertainment) Live from the Ryman [8/16/2024.] (7:36)

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ Coming On Strong (Rebel Records) Coming On Strong [2025.] (3:33)

Al Jones & Frank Necessary ~ Crying My Heart Out over You (Rounder) & the Spruce Mountain Boys [#50. 8/20/76.] (3:53)

Cousin Emmy ~ I Wish I Was in Bowling Green (Decca 78) single [3/26/47. Hollywood, CA.] (2:20)

Bill Monroe ~ Nobody Loves Me take 1 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 2/13/45.] (2:38)

Georgia Crackers ~ Stockade Blues (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 10/12/27.] (3:08)

Fleming & Townsend ~ I’ll Tell You about the Women (British Archive of Country Music) Little Hill [Memphis, TN. Victor. 11/20/30.] (2:54)

Alfred G. Karnes ~ Where We’ll Never Grow Old (Yazoo) Music of Kentucky v. 1 [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/29/27.] (3:17)

Bob Carlin ~ Spring Creek Gal (Rounder) Banging & Sawing [James Bryan & Norman Blake. Al Murphy.] (2:15)

Frank Blade ~ Old Man Winter, Sudden Chill (Joyswing) Dance Band [2011. Pete Sutherland, Frank Blade. 1988.] (3:25)

Bruce Greene & Don Pedi ~ The Girl I Left behind Me (Hazeldog) Rare Old Chestnuts [Jake Phelps. 2005.] (2:52)

Greg Hooven et al ~ Fall on My Knees (Heritage) Tribute to Fred Cockerham [1989.] (2:36)

Wilson Douglas ~ Little Rose (Marimac) Boatin’ Up Sandy [French Carpenter. 1989.] (1:40)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Lonesome Valley (FSB) Rock Island Grange [Carter Family. 12/5-7/2016.] (3:05)

Carter Family ~ Sweet as the Flowers in Maytime (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mt. 4 [Camden, NJ. Victor, Bluebird, Electrodisk, Sunrise, Montgomery Ward, Zononphone South African, HMV India. 10/12/32.] (2:46)

Papa Harvey Hull & Long ‘Cleve’ Reed ~Hey! Lawdy Mama, The France Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [Chicago, IL. Black Patti, Gennett. 4/3/27.] (3:01)

Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers ~ Nine Pound Hammer (Old Hat) Music from the Lost Provinces [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/17/28.] (3:03)

Larry Sparks ~ Way Back When (Rebel) Way Back When [10/24/25.] (3:30)

East Nash Grass ~ Hill Country Highway (Mountain Fever) All God’s Children [8/22/25.] (2:04)

Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter ~ Stoney Lonesome (Fiddleman) Carter & Cleveland [Del McCoury Band. 3/13/25.] (2:58)

Cullen & Mickey Galyean ~ Weary Heart (Eastwood) and Friends [2005.] (3:35)

Reno & Smiley ~ Wall Around Your Heart (King) 1951 to 1959 3 [King. 11/14/58. 45-1/59.] (2:42)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ My Little Girl in Tennessee (Mercury) The Complete Mercury Sessions [Cincinnati, OH. 12/11/49. 78&45-10/15/50.] (2:40)

Dixon Brothers ~ The Girl I Left in Danville (Bear Family) A Blessing to People 2 [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 8/5/37.] (3:01)

Frank Stokes ~ How Long (Yazoo) Before the Blues 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 8/30/28. Dan Sane, Beale Street Sheiks.] (3:17)

Leake County Revelers ~ Sweet Rose of Heaven (JSP) Country Fiddle B [New Orleans, LA. Columbia. 12/10/29.] (3:06)

Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys ~ Pig in a Pen (County) Old Time Mountain Music [1969.] (2:31)

Walter McNew ~ Brickyard Joe (Appalachian Center) Blackjack Grove [1992. Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts. “Soft Spoken.”] (2:06)

Horse Flies ~ Thank You Frank (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC602 The Horse Flies [1988.] (4:54)

Beverly Smith & Carl Jones ~ Weary Lonesome Blues (Dittyville) Glow [Alton Delmore. 2009.] (2:50)

W. E. Claunch & Christine Haygood ~ Grub Springs (Mississippi Department of History & Archives) Great Big Yam Potatoes [5/10/39.] (1:09)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Glory in the Meetinghouse (Joseph Decosimo) Fiery Gizzard [8/15/25.] (4:00)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from Reno & Smiley, the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, and Bill Monroe! Rarities from Al Jones & Frank Necessary, Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers, “Soft Spoken” Walter McNew, Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys, Luther Davis, Greg Hooven, and The Fiction Brothers! New music from the Onlies, Mike Mitchell, the Burnette Sisters Band, Tidalwave Road, & Larry Sparks! You won’t want to miss a moment!