Playlist 5/1/2025

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)

Deeper Shade of Blue ~ My Heart (Turnberry Records) Changes of Scenery [1/24/25.] (2:32)

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes ~ Scotty’s Hoedown (Sugar Petunia) I Built a World [Scotty Stoneman. 5/24/24.] (3:22)

Billy Strings ~ Seven Weeks in County (Reprise) Highway Prayers [9/27/24.] (4:16)

Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys ~ I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling (Rounder) Diamond Joe [Bound to Ride. 1979.] (2:50)

James King ~ You’re Still to Blame (Webco) It’s a Cold Cold World [Carter Stanley. 1989.] (3:21)

Monroe Brothers ~ Don’t Forget Me (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1 [Charlotte, NC. 6/21/36. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward.] (2:38)

Pie Plant Pete ~ Going down the Road (Old Homestead) Stay on the Farm [Chicago, IL. Decca, Brunswick South African. 9/10/34.] (3:10)

Narmour & Smith ~ The Dry Gin Rag (Document) v. 2 [Last session. Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 7/30/34 & NY. OKeh. 9/25/29.] (2:56)

Clarence Green ~ Little Bunch of Roses (Old Hat) In the Pines [Bristol, TN. Victor. 10/30/28.] (2:42)

Swamper’s Revenge ~ Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? (Vigortone) Kettle Bog [4/5/2025.] (2:45)

Dillof, Rice & the Cuyahogians ~ Are You Gettin’ There, Rabbit? (Montana Peak) On the Job Too Long [1999. Samantha Bumgarner.] (3:07)

Kim & Jim Lansford ~ Callahan (JL) Call Your Dogs [2003. Jim Nelson-g.] (2:34)

Double Decker Stringband ~ Flower from the Fields of Alabama (Marimac) For an Old Time Call… [1990.] (3:14)

Dwight Diller ~ Greasy Coat (Yew Piney) O Death! [Lee & Sherman Hammons. 1992.] (2:27)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ My Old Cottage Home (Barker) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [Joe Newberry. 2012.] (3:39)

Smith & Woodlieff ~ I’d Rather Be with Rosy Nell (Document) v. 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion. 3/20/29.] (3:06)

Andrew & Jim Baxter ~ Bamalong Blues (Yazoo) Before the Blues v. 1 [A (father), J-v (son). Charlotte, NC. Victor. 8/9/27] (2:53)

W. A. Hinton ~ Leather Britches (JSP) Texas Hillbillies B [San Antonio, TX. Texas Hotel. Ralph Peer. Victor. 1/31/31.] (2:40)

Pitney Meyer ~ Banjo Picker in a Blugrass Band (Curb) Cherokee Pioneer [4/18/25.] (2:35)

Wilson Banjo Co. ~ My Last Broken Heart (Pinecastle) Lonely as It Gets [1/22/25.] (2:55)

Rock Hearts ~ I Know It’s Wrong to Love You (615 Hideaway) Unfinished Bridges [Don & David Parmley. 12/24.] (3:34)

Creek Bend ~ Creek Bend Breakdown (Copper Creek) That Home Far Away [1992.] (2:12)

Bill Napier & Larry Taylor & Waterloo Bluegrass Boys ~ It’s Never Too Late (Old Homestead) We Salute the Stanley Brothers [1987.] (2:50)

Reno & Harrell ~ Where There's Smoke There's Fire (Starday) Bluegrass on My Mind. 6/29/72.] (3:25)

Ray Brothers ~ Jake Leg Wobble (County) Mississippi String Bands 1 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 5/28/30.] (2:59)

Freeny’s Barn Dance Band ~ Mississippi Square Dance 1&2 (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies B [Jackson, MS. OKeh. 12/16/30.] (6:24)

Ted Gossett’s Band (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music C [Richmond, IN. Champion, Supertone, Superior. 9/16/30.] (2:44)

George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins ~ Last Chance (Bandcamp) The Old Time 100 v. 1 [Kelly Perdue. 2/2/24.] (2:37)

Heartbeats ~ Old Bunch of Keys (Centrum Enterprises) 1988 Fiddle Tunes [7/4/1988.] (4:30)

Shady Mountain Ramblers ~ Soldier’s Joy (Heritage) Nobody’s Business [1980.] (1:42)

Ernie Carpenter ~ Jimmy Johnson (Augusta Heritage Records) Elk River Blues [1986.] (2:46)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Going to Town (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Chris McGrath & Dale Stansberry.] (2:34)

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

Frank Hutchison ~ The Chevrolet Six (JSP) Worried Blues A [NY. OKeh. 7/9/29.] (3:14)

Justin Winfield ~ New River Train (JSP) Gennett OT Music A [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Supertone. 7/9/28.] (3:13)

Bob Cranford ~ Devilish Mary (Tompkins Square) I’m Going Down to North Carolina 2 [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 6/13/29.] (2:44 )

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers ~ Time Adds Up if You’re Lucky (Billy Blue) single [4/11/2025.] (2:36)

Laurie Lewis ~ The Day Is Mine (Spruce and Maple) Trees [Kate MacLeod. 5/31/24.] (3:28)

Appalachian Road Show ~ Della Jane’s Heart (Billy Blue) single [4/29/25.] (4:13)

Jeannette Williams ~ Bound for to Leave (Mountain Home) Close Kin [2011.] (2:42)

Norman Blake ~ Harvey’s Reel (Flying Fish) Old and New [9/76.] (2:13)

Stanley Brothers ~ Dickenson County Breakdown, Big Tilda (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 3 n. 1 [Rising Sun, MD. 7/3/55.] (2:46)

A.A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly ~ Streak O’ Lean, Streak O’ Fat (Yazoo) Times v. 1 [Atlanta, GA. Vocalion. 3/20/30.] (3:20)

Charley Patton ~ Hammer Blues take 1 (JSP) Complete A [Hammock. Grafton, WI. Paramount unissued. c. 10/29.] (3:12)

Carter Family ~ Sinking in the Lonesome Sea alt. (Bear Family) Shadow of Clinch Mountain 11 [NY. ARC unissued. 5/5/35.] (3:14)

Compton and Newberry ~ Silvertone Blues (Englehardt Music Group) Home in My Heart [Benny Martin. 2024.] (3:06)

Indian Creek Delta Boys ~ Jump That Log (Field Recorders' Collective) Indian Creek Delta Boys [Noah Beavers. 1994.] (2:14)

Evie Ladin & Lisa Ornstein ~ The Bone Doc (Evil Diane) Riding the Rooster 2 [11/19/24. Lisa Ornstein.] (2:41)

Erynn Marshall ~ Railroad Runs through Georgia (Hickoryjack Music) Tune Tramp [Max Collins. 2013.] (3:01)

Playlist 4/24/2025

 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)

David Mayfield Parade ~ Papaw’s Spirit (Mountain Fever) single [4/1/25.] (3:09)

Alison Krauss & Union Station ~ Looks Like the End of the Road (Down the Road) Arcadia [3/28/25.] (3:39)

Tyler Grant ~ Goat Canyon Trestle (Grant Central) Flatpicker [2025.] (3:39)

Tony Ellis ~ Straw Dolls (Flying Fish) Farewell My Home [1993.] (2:27)

Jim & Jesse ~ My Little Honeysuckle Rose (Bear Family) 1952 to 1956 [Leslie York, 1942. Nashville, TN. Capitol. 3/16/53. 78&45-1953] (2:21)

Bill Monroe ~ Going Up Caney (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 4 [Mount Juliet, TN. MCA. 11/25/69. 45-1971.] (2:15)

Hershel Brown & His Washboard Band ~ Shanghai Rag (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 2/24/28.] (3:06)

Almoth Hodges ~ Hobo from the T&P Line part 2 (Yazoo) The Rose Grew Round the Briar 1 [NY. Brunswick, Brunswick Australian. 12/20/29.] (3:03)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Beggar Joe (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/29.] (2:55)

Hog Eyed Man ~ Paddy on the Turnpike (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Kicked Up the Devil of a Row [Sammie Dyer. Macon County, TN.] (2:56)

Fuzzy Mountain String Band ~ Wild Hogs in the Woods (Rounder) The Fuzzy Mountain SB [Taylor Kimble. 1971.] (2:15)

Red Mules ~ Gypsy Dance (Vigortone) Old Time Music [George Hawkins, KY. 1992.] (2:00)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Don’t Cause Mother’s Hair to Turn Grey (County) Songs of Home & Childhood v. 3 [Mainer’s Mountaineers. 1973.] (2:41)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Little Liza Jane (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [1974. Bradley Kincaid. ] (2:54)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Roscoe Waltz (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets [Muckin’o Geordies’s Byre.] (3:20)

Bill Cox ~ My Rough & Rowdy Ways (Yazoo) My Rough & Rowdy Ways 2 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Supertone. 4/28/30.] (2:30)

Riley Puckett ~ Back on the Texas Plains (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Regal Zonophone. 8/23/39.] (2:46)

Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland ~ Just Pickin’ (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/22/29.] (2:58)

Bob Minner ~ Listening to the Rain (Billy Blue) Where the Mountain Meets the Moon [Rhonda Vincent, John Meador. 3/25/25.] (4:39)

Jackson Hollow ~ Light in My Life (Mountain Fever) Appalachia [4/4/25.] (2:54)

Missy Raines & Allegheny ~ Anywhere the Wind Blows (Compass) single [3/31/25.] (3:35)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Shall We Gather at the River (Elf Records) River of Memories [1994.] (2:16)

Tommy Jackson ~ The Girl I Left Behind Me (British Archive of Country Music) Legendary Session Fiddler [Dot. 78&45, 4/55.] (2:47)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ If I Should Wander Back to You (Bear Family) 1948 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 11/9/52. 78&45-1953.] (2:42)

Grayson & Whitter ~ You’ll Never Miss Your Mother until She Is Gone (JSP) Appalachian SD [NY. Gennett, Champion, Silvertone, Supertone. Challenge. 10/27.] (3:08)

Luther B. Clarke ~ Wish to the Lord I Had Never Been Born (JSP) Worried Blues [NY. Columbia. 3/24/26.] (2:54)

Freeny’s Barn Dance Band ~ Mississippi Square Dance part 2 (Yazoo) Cornshucker’s Frolic v. 1 [Jackson, MS. OKeh. 12/16/30.] (3:14)

Albert Hash ~ Little Brown Hand (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (2:14)

Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis ~ Hot Corm (Minstrel) Days of Forty Nine [1977.] (1:53)

Tune Hash ~ Hannahmariah (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (1:21)

Paine Trio ~ Wild Hog in the Woods (self-produced) Fiddler’s Reel [2013.] (2:55)

Jim Scancarelli ~ Leather Britches (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [Gasoline Alley. 1989.] (3:02)

Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich ~ John Boys (Marimac) A Moment in Time [1993.] (3:02)

Buell Kazee ~ The Butcher’s Boy [The Railroad Boy] (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [banjo. NY. Brunswick, Brunswick Canadian. 1/16/28.] (3:04)

Hill Billies ~ Cumberland Gap (Document) v. 2 [NY. (HB) Vocalion, (AH&hBBs) Brunswick. 10/22/26.] (2:55)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts Trio ~ Honeymoon Stomp (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 7 [NY. Conqueror. 8/17/33.] (2:57 )

Special Consensus ~ Been All Around This World (Compass) single [3/24/25. 50^th Anniversary, rel. 6/6/25.] (3:39)

DownRiver Collective ~ Come On Back (dunno) single [4/4/25. Dan Tyminski.] (3:32)

Travelin’ McCourys ~ Daydreamer (McCoury Music) single [Gibson Brothers & Ronnie Bowman. 1/31/25.] (3:34)

Norman Blake ~ Macon Rag (Rounder) Whiskey before Breakfast [Charlie Collins. 1976.] (2:42)

Vern & Ray ~ Panhandle Rag (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (2:03)

Stanley Brothers ~ Meet Me Tonight (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [WCYB, Bristol, VA. 2/58.  Mercury. 45-3/31/58.] (2:42)

Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers ~ Stone Rag (County) Nashville Early String Bands 1 [Chicago, IL. Paramount, Broadway. 6/27.] (2:49)

Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] ~ She’s a Fool Gal (Document) Mamlish Blues [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 12/4/30.] (3:09)

Carter Family ~ The Curtains of Night (Arhoolie) Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (1:38)

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

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Magnolia One Step (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Nations Brothers.] (2:06)

Playlist 4/17/2025

 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)

Dennis Witcher & the Brew ~ Hello City Limits (Dennis Witcher & the Brew) Unsung Melody [10/22/24.] (3:07)

Tim O’Brien ~ You Took Me In (Mountain Home) Bluegrass Sings Paxton [Tim O’Brien. 8/30/24.] (3:16)

Lonesome River Band ~ Brown Hill (Mountain Home) The Winning Hand [6/14/24.] (2:23)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~ Midnite at Beanblossom (Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [Charlie Collins. 1997.] (4:05)

Foggy Mountain Quartet ~ Reunion in Heaven (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 3 [Nashville, TN. Recorded 11/9/52. OKeh 78 released 2/13/53.] (2:03)

Wade Mainer & the Sons of the Mountaineers ~ Ramblin’ Boy (JSP) Bluegrass Classics D [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 2/4/39.] (2:35)

Moody Bible Sacred Harp Singers ~ Liberty Original Sacred Harp 137 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing D [Chicago, IL. Paramount. 1/29.] (3:07)

Birmingham Jug Band ~ Giving It Away (JSP) A Richer Tradition B [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 12/11/30.] (3:12)

Happy Go Lucky Boys ~ Happy Go Lucky Breakdown (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [Sally Goodin. Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/5/40.] (3:32)

Tall Poppy String Band ~ Man of Constant Sorrow (Bandcamp) The Tall Poppy String Band [Ed Haley.] (5:26)

Benton Flippen & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Wednesday Night Waltz (Music Maker) 270 Haystack Road [2009.] (4:19)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Walk Along John (5-String Productions) It’s About Time [Luke Highnight’s Ozark Strutters. 2007.] (2:35)

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown ~ Tie Hacker #1 (Tiki Parlour) With Marcia Bryant & Terri McMurray [Nile Wilson. 2018.] (2:32)

Esker Hutchins ~ Cricket on the Hearth (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [Dave Spilkia-g. 2007.] (2:03)

Earl White Stringband ~ Oldtime Fire on the Mountain (Fiddler’s Jam) Fiddlin Earl White [2014.] (2:56)

Uncle Eck Dunford ~ Barney McCoy (JSP) Serenade in the Mountains A [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/27/27.] (2:51)

NC Ramblers & Roy Harvey ~ Blue Eyes (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Chicago, IL. Paramount, Broadway. 10/27.] (2:47)

Hatton Brothers ~ Wish I Had My Time Again (JSP) Old Timey Brother Songs D [Richmond, IN. Champion. 4/4/33.] (3:22)

Casey Conners ~ I Can’t Hear a Sound (Casey Connors) The Boy from Bluegrass [3/18/25.] (2:57)

Price Sisters ~ I Can Read Between the Lines in Your Letters (McCoury Music?) Between the Lines [Benny Martin. 2/16/24.] (2:48)

Wyatt Ellis ~ Maryville (Knee-High Records) Happy Valley [David Harvey. 2/2/24.] (4:09)

Becky Buller ~ Old Danger Field (SRS) Rest My Weary Feet [2001.] (3:34)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ Nashville Blues (Necktie) Cup of Loneliness [2021.] (3:25)

Bill Monroe ~ Old Joe Clark (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville, TN. Recorded 12/1/61. Bluegrass Ramble, 6/11/62. Decca.] (2:22)

Carter Family ~ There’s Someone Awaiting for Me (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Zonophone/Regal Zonophone Australian. 5/24/30.] (3:11)

Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers ~ Mississippi Sawyer (JSP) Country Fiddle A [Atlanta, GA. Victor.  11/22/29.] (2:58)

Morrison Brothers ~ Ozark Waltz (County) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 1 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 6/3/30.] (2:56)

Bosco Takaki ~ Yew Pine Mountain (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Bosco [Ernie Carpenter. 4/7/23.] (2:56)

Gypsy Gyppo String Band ~ Grub Springs (Bay) The Gypsy Gyppo String Band [1977.] (2:12)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ Winfield’s Fancy (Merriweather Records) 5 Strings Attaches with No Backing [1997.] (2:42)

Franklin George ~ Boatsman (County) Traditional Music [1967. Kanawha.] (2:06)

Brittany Haas ~ Candy Girl (Ook Records) Brittany Haas [Uncle Bunt Stephens. 2004.] (4:21)

Major Contay & the Canebrake Rattlers ~ Davy (Flying Crow Records) Old Familiar Tunes [Weems String Band. 1978.] (2:45)

Grayson County Railsplitters ~ Way Down in North Carolina (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be 5 [Richmond, IN. Champion, Superior. 12/4/30.] (2:31)

Narmour & Smith ~ Texas Shuffle (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [San Antonio, TX. OKeh. 6/7/30.] (3:06)

Byrd Moore & Jess Johnston ~ Killin’ Blues (County) Old Time Music of West Virginia v. 2 [Richmond. Champion, Superior. 6/4/31.] (3:07)

Max Wareham ~ Lonesome Blues, I’m Coming Home (Nine Athens Music) Daggomit! [2/21/25.] (2:50)

Shelton & Williams ~ Turn Turn Turn (Turnberry) A Time for Every Season [9/6/24.] (2:57)

Po’ Ramblin’ Boys ~ In Remembrance of Me (Smithsonian Folkways) Wanderers Like Me [8/16/24.] (3:37)

Del McCoury ~ Hey, Hey Bartender (Arhoolie) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [12/9/67, LP ’68, CD, ‘92.] (2:40)

Red Cravens & the Bray Brothers ~ WHOW Intro, This Train (Rounder) 415 West Main [1971.] (2:51)

Stanley Brothers ~ Wild Side of Life (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. Rising Sun, MD. 5/21/61.] (2:28)

Bucking Mules ~ The Soldier and the Lady (Free Dirt) Smoke behind the Clouds [2017. Clyde Davenports, his mother.] (3:27)

Reed Martin ~ Half Shaved (Reed Martin) Old Time Banjo [1998. Wade Ward, Walt Koken.] (1:34)