Playlist 6/5/2025

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)

Route 3 ~ Losing Time (Pinecastle) Live at the Station Inn [5/9/25. Recorded 11/2/24.] (3:08)

Ashleigh Graham ~ Dozen Reasons (Pinecastle) I’ll Just Drive [6/1/25.] (3:05)

Asheville Mountain Boys ~ Last Night (self-produced) single [6/6/25.] (2:03)

Norman Blake ~ Fiddler’s Dram, Whiskey before Breakfast (Rounder) Whiskey before Breakfast [Charlie Collins. 1976.] (3:32)

Vern & Ray ~ Montana Cowboy (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (2:38)

Stanley Brothers ~ Fling Ding (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 2/27/57.  Mercury. 45-10/2/57.] (2:08)

Arthur Smith Trio ~ Stood on the Bridge at Midnight (County) Nashville Early SBs 1 [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 1/26/38.] (2:40)

Pillie Bolling ~ Brown Skin Woman (Document) Mamlish Blues [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/20/30.] (3:23)

Carter Family ~ Just a Few More Days of Sorrow (Arhoolie) Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (2:28)

Canote Brothers ~ Calico (Clonetone) Calico Pie [2005. Marcus Martin.] (2:40)

Albert Hash ~ Baby O (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:29)

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Turkey in the Straw (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Doc Roberts.] (3:13)

Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis ~ Johnny Grey (Minstrel) Days of Forty Nine [Uncle Dave Macon. 1977.] (2:30)

Tune Hash ~ Cumberland Gap (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (3:46)

Paine Trio ~ Mississippi Echoes (self-produced) Fiddler’s Reel [2013.] (3:32)

Cliff & Ray ~ Rocky Mountain Goat (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 7 [Dallas, TX. Vocalion/OKeh, Conqueror. 5/18/38.] (2:29)

Hill Billies ~ Sourwood Mountain (Document) v. 2 [NY. Vocalion. 10/22/26.] (2:55)

Crockett’s KY Mtnrs ~ Sugar in My Coffee (Yazoo) KY Mountain Music 2 [NY. Crown, Varsity, Homestead, Montgomery Ward. 8/17/33.] (3:15 )

Aaron Burdett ~ Honeybees (Organic Records) single [4/25/25.] (2:46)

Jason & Courtney Burleson ~Free to Go (self-produced) single [2025.] (3:32)

Tyler Grant ~ Canyon Flatpicking (Grant Central) Flatpicker [2025.] (3:30)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ When I Get to the End of the Day (Elf Records) River of Memories [1994.] (3:39)

Tommy Jackson ~ Bill Cheatham (British Archive of Country Music) Legendary Session Fiddler [Dot. 78 & 45, 1954.] (2:41)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (Bear Family) 1948 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 11/19/52. 78 & 45-12/12/52.] (2:42)

Grayson & Whitter ~ Train 45 (JSP) Appalachian SD [NY. Gennett, Champion, Challenge. Early 10/27.] (3:12)

Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Round Town Girls (JSP) Worried Blues D [NY. Columbia. 3/23/26.] (3:15)

“Ted” Sharp, Hinman & Sharp ~ Robinson County (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like  v. 8 [Richmond, IN. Gennett unissued. 11/8/33.] (3:09)

Brad Kolodner ~ Red Prairie Dawn (Brad Kolodner) Old Growth [Garry Harrison. 5/30/25.] (2:43)

Old Hollow Stringband ~ Hell Broke Loose in Georgia (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [Skillet Lickers. 1989.] (2:34)

Humdingers ~ Tumblin’ Gap (Chubby Dragon) Thee Humdingers [Tommy Jarrell.] (3:33)

Bristol Brothers ~ Myrtle (Dynamic Recording) Old Style [1996.] (2:34)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Sallie Cooper (Appalachian Center) Home Recordings 1941 to 1942 v. 1 (1:14)

Big Medicine ~ Lone Pilgrim (Yodel Ay Hee) Pine to Pine [Arnold Watson. 2009.] (1:54)

Big Bill [Broonzy] ~ Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down (Yazoo) My Rough & Rowdy Ways 2 [Chicago, IL Bluebird. 10/31/35.] (2:42)

Riley Puckett ~ ‘Way Out There (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Regal Zonophone. 8/23/39.] (2:45)

Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland ~ Beckley Rag (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/22/29.] (3:03)

Bobby Osbornee, Jr., C. J. Lewandowski & Del McCoury ~ She’s No Angel (Turnberry) Keep On Keepin’ On [single 5/28/25.] (2:40)

Balsam Range ~ The Pacific (Mountain Home) single [5/29/25.] (3:52)

Shawn Lane & Richard Bennett ~ 1682 (Bonfire) 1682 [2/13/24.] (6:21)

Tony Ellis ~ Wade’s Dixieliner Special Railroad Blues (Flying Fish) Farewell My Home [1993.] (1:17)

Jim & Jesse ~ Waiting for a Message (Bear Family) 1952 to 1956 [Nashville, TN. Capitol. 3/16/53. 20 Great Songs, 1968.] (2:56)

Bill Monroe ~ Lee Weddin’ Tune (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 4 [Mount Juliet, TN. MCA. 11/25/69. Bill Monroe’s Uncle Pen, 1972.] (1:55)

Hershel Brown & His Washboard Band ~ Nobody Loves Me (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. Victor unissued. 2/24/28.] (2:59)

Bradley Kincaid ~ Barbara Allen (Yazoo) The Rose Grew Round the Briar 1 [Chicago, IL.] (3:08)

Darby & Tarlton ~ When You’re Far Away from Home (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/29.] (3:08)

Hog Eyed Man ~ New Five Cents (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Kicked Up the Devil of a Row [Isham Monday, Monroe Co., KY.] (2:52)

Fuzzy Mountain String Band ~ Last of Callahan (Rounder) The Fuzzy Mountain Stringband [Dave Milefsky. 1971.] (1:25)

Red Mules ~ When Silver Threads Are Gold Again (Vigortone) Old Time Music [Susie Goehring, Beth Braden, Lynn Frederick. Carter Family. 1992.] (3:30)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Everyday with Love (County) Songs of Home & Childhood v. 3 [1973.] (1:56)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Granny, Take a Look at Uncle Sam (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [1974. Howdy Forrester.] (1:52)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Mama’s Baby (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets [Roscoe & Johnny Franklin Parish.] (3:04)

Playlist 5/29/2025

 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)

Volume Five ~ County Wishing Well (Mountain Fever) Leave a Light On [5/23/2025.] (2:55)

Shelton & Williams ~ The Door Is Always Open (Turnberry) A Time for Every Season [9/6/24.] (3:50)

Sav Sankaran ~ Looking for the Moon (Mountain Home) Bluegrass Sings Paxton [8/30/24.] (4:28)

Del McCoury ~ I’m Comin’ Back but I Don’t Know When (Arhoolie) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [12/9/67, LP ’68, CD, ‘92.] (3:06)

Red Cravens & the Bray Brothers ~ Glory in the Meeting House (Rounder) 415 West Main [1971.] (2:09)

Stanley Brothers ~ Little Bennie (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. Rising Sun, MD. 5/21/61.] (3:05)

Bo Weavil Jackson ~ Pistol Blues (Yazoo) Times Ain’t 5 [Chicago, IL. Paramount. c. 8/26.] (2:31)

Narmour & Smith ~ Dry Gin Rag (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [NY. OKeh. 9/25/29.] (3:06)

Kessinger Brothers ~ Boarding House Bells Are Ringing Waltz (County) Old Time Music of West Virginia v. 2 [NY. Brunswick, Supertone. 6/24/29.] (3:15)

Wild Shoats ~ Clara (Bandcamp) Yell In the Shoats [2/7/2025.] (4:08)

Benton Flippen & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Cacklin’ Hen (Music Maker) 270 Haystack Road [2009.] (4:19)

Earl White Stringband ~ Piney Woods (Fiddler’s Jam) Fiddlin Earl White [2014.] (3:00)

Esker Hutchins ~ Coalberry Breakdown (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [2007.] (1:45)

Bucking Mules ~ Climbing the Golden Stairs (Free Dirt) Smoke behind the Clouds [2017. Edward Winter via James Bryan.] (3:02)

Ann & Phil Case ~ I Am Going to the West (Dry Run Recordings) Never Grow Old [1999.] (3:04)

Carter Family ~ The Lover’s Farewell (Bear Family) Shadow of Clinch Mountain v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Zonophone/Regal Zonophone Australian, Zonophone/Regal Zonophone South African, Twin. 5/24/30.] (3:04)

East Texas Serenaders ~Acorn Stomp (JSP) Country Fiddle A [Dallas, TX. Brunswick.  10/25/28.] (2:56)

Luke Highnight’s Ozark Strutters ~ Sailing on the Ocean (County) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 1 [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 11/22/28.] (2:48)

Don Rigsby ~ Big Train (Rebel) Kentucky Troubadour [Ronnie Reno. 5/30/25.] (2:50)

Po’ Ramblin’ Boys ~ The Condition of Samuel Wilder’s Will (Smithsonian Folkways) Wanderers Like Me [8/16/24.] (2:59)

Casey Conners ~ Lizzie Lou (Casey Connors) The Boy from Bluegrass [Felice & Boudreaux Bryant. 3/18/25.] (2:47)

Becky Buller ~ The Prodigal Son (SRS) Rest My Weary Feet [2001.] (4:11)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ My Old Clinch Mountain Home (Necktie) Losing Game [2022.] (4:16)

Bill Monroe ~ There Was Nothing We Could Do (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville. Decca. 4/25/62. Bluegrass Special, 1963. ] (2:36)

Uncle Eck Dunford ~ What Will I Do When My Money Is All Gone (JSP) Serenade in the Mountains A [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/27/27.] (3:20)

Roy Harvey & the North Carolina Ramblers ~ Bluefield Murder (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Ashland, KY. Brunswick. 2/16/28.] (3:05)

Emry & Henry Arthur ~ The Little Black Train Is Coming (JSP) Clarence Ashley C [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 1/17/28.] (2:47)

Reed Martin ~ Darling Nelly Gray (Reed Martin) Old Time Banjo [1998. Kyle Creed.] (1:34)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Three Forks of Cheat (5-String Productions) It’s About Time [Burl Hammons. 2007.] (2:19)

Franklin George ~ Angeline (County) Traditional Music [1967. Kanawha.] (2:14)

Major Contay & the Canebrake Rattlers ~ I’m S A V E D (Flying Crow Records) Old Familiar Tunes [Georgia Yellow Hammers. 1978.] (2:49)

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown ~ Fire in the Mountain (Tiki Parlour) With Marcia Bryant & Terri McMurray [John Morgan Salyer. 2018.] (3:34)

Moody Bible Sacred Harp Singers ~ In That Morning Christian Harmony & Southern Harmony 215 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing D [Chicago, IL. Paramount. 1/29.] (3:07)

James Cole’s Washboard Band ~ Runnin’ Wild (JSP) A Richer Tradition B [Richmond, IN. Champion. 10/27/30.] (2:58)

Norwood & Mrs. Tew ~ When the Cactus Blooms I’ll Be Waiting (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Regal Zonophone Australian. 2/15/37.] (2:23)

Danny Paisley ~ Diagnosis Broken Heart (Pinecastle) Bluegrass State of Mind [5/23/25.] (3:07)

Wyatt Ellis ~ Wildwood (Knee-High Records) Happy Valley [Lauren Price Napier. 2/2/24.] (2:44)

Max Wareham ~ The Black & Gold (Nine Athens Music) Daggomit! [2/21/25.] (3:14)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~ Train Wreck (Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [1997.] (3:17)

Foggy Mountain Quartet ~ Pray for the Boys (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 3 [Nashville, TN. 11/9/52. OKeh 78 released 2/13/53.] (2:50)

Buster Carter & Preston Young ~ I’ll Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms (JSP) Bluegrass Classics D [NY. Columbia. 6/26/31.] (2:56)

North Georgia Four ~ Bye Bye Mama (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 4 [Chicago, IL. Paramount. c. 1/29.] (2:22)

David Miller ~ Give My Love to Nellie Jack (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down C [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Challenge, Superior, Bell. 11/4/27.] (2:47)

Riley Puckett ~ Short Life of Trouble (JSP) Riley Puckett B [NY. Decca. 9/28.37.] (2:37)

Gypsy Gyppo String Band ~ If I Lose, Let Me Lose (Bay) The Gypsy Gyppo String Band [Mainer, Poole. 1977.] (3:11)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ Elkhorn Ridge (Merriweather Records) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [1997.] (2:58)

Tall Poppy String Band ~ Kentucky Winder (Bandcamp) The Tall Poppy String Band [John Salyer.] (3:17)

Cliff Pulliam ~ Neighbor up the Road (Pick Away Press) Dear Old Illinois 1 [Garry Harrison-g, Chirps-m. 1/27/76.] (2:10)

Horsenecks ~ Baker City Blues (Tiki Parlour Recordings) In the West [6/27/25.] (3:07)

Playlist 5/22/2025

 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)

Kody Norris Show ~ Otto Wood (Rebel) Rhinestone Revival [2023.] (3:33)

Wyatt Ellis ~ Grassy Cove (Knee-High Records) Happy Valley [2/4/24.] (3:40)

Bob & Sara Amos ~ Wayfaring Stranger (Bristlecone) Ever Onward [2023.] (3:57)

Norman Blake ~ Randall Collins (Rounder) Back Home in Sulphur Springs [Tut Taylor. 12/30/71.] (1:52)

Bill Monroe ~ Big River (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Mr. Blue Grass, rel. 5/29/61. Decca. rec. 12/3/60.] (2:12)

Toby Stroud & the Blue Mountain Boys (JSP) Bluegrass Classics A [New Star 78, Eagle 45. 1954.] (3:03)

Carter Family ~ Western Hobo (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain v. 2 [Atlanta, GA. Victor, Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 11/24/29.] (2:57)

Rouse Brothers ~ Bum Bum Blues (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [NY. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 6/14/39.] (2:40)

George Edgin’s Corn Dodgers ~ My Ozark  Mountain  Home (County) Echoes of the Ozarks 1 [Richmond, IN. Champion, Superior. 1/26/32.] (3:15)

Ed Thorpe ~ Fisher’s Hornpipe (no label) Harford Collection [Midway, Mo. 3/29/61.] (2:10)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Can’t You Hear Those Nightbirds Calling (County) Old Time Songs v. 2 [1969.] (2:55)

Buckhannon Brothers ~ Lamplighter’s Hornpipe (Buckhannon Brothers) Old Time Jamboree [2006.] (1:57)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin ~ The Bramble and the Rose (Rounder) Our Town [Barbara Keith. 1993.] (3:54)

Cliff Bryan ~ Arkansas Traveler (Voyager) Got a Little Home to Go to [2014. Jim Nelson-g.] (1:15)

Bosco Takaki ~ Yew Piney Mountain (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Bosco [Daise Hammons. 4/7/23.] (2:34)

Stripling Brothers ~ Dance All Night with a Bottle in My Hand (JSP) Old Timey Brother Songs D [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 8/19/29.] (2:54)

South Street Trio ~ Cold Morning Shout (JSP) A Richer Tradition B [Camden, NJ. Victor. 10/27/27.] (3:10)

Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith ~ Florida Blues (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down D [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 2/17/37.] (2:41)

Special Consensus ~ Time Wanders On (Compass) Great Blue North [5/12/23.] (3:33)

Starlett & Big John ~ Slowly Let Me Down (Rebel) Living in the South [2/25/23.] (4:04)

Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road ~ No More (Pinecastle) Yellow Line [4/5/24.] (3:11)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Crying My Heart Out Over You (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 4 [rec. 1/23/59. 45 rel. 11/9/59.] (2:43)

Fiddlin’ Red Herron ~ Sally Goodin’ (Gusto) Fiddlin’ Red Herron [King 78. 1947.] (2:41)

Delmore Brothers ~ Alabama Lullaby (JSP) 1933 to 1935 A [New Orleans, LA. Bluebird. 1/22/35.] (3:00)

Daddy John Love ~ Green Back Dollar (Old Homestead) Wade Mainer’s Mountaineers. v. 1 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Twin. 8/6/35.] (3:20)

Georgia Yellow Hammers ~ Come Over and See Me Sometime (JSP) Serenade in the Mountains C [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 10/18/28.] (3:00)

North Carolina Ramblers with Roy Harvey ~ Take Back the Ring (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Chicago, IL. Paramount, Broadway. 10/27.] (2:49)

Esker Hutchins ~ Sheep Come Walking through the Pasture (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [Dave Spilkia-g. 2007.] (1:56)

Tom King ~ Quince Dillon’s High D Tune (Jim Martin Productions) Green Mountain Cotillion [1989.] (2:01)

Anya Hinkle & Jackson Cunningham ~ Answer to Maple on the Hill (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) Old Time Duets (3:13)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Beaver Dam (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets [2024. Bertha Shelton.] (2:17)

Dave Landreth ~ Thumpin’ on a Well Rope (Oceana Productions) Chairs [2002.] (3:12)

Brittany Haas ~ Duck River (Ook Records) Brittany Haas [2004.] (4:16)

Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers ~ Wire Grass Drag (JSP) Country Fiddle A [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 8/9/28.] (2:44)

Eli Framer ~ Framer’s Blues (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be 5 [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 11/30/29.] (3:06)

Williamson Brothers & Curry ~ The Fun’s All Over (County) Old Time Music of West Virginia v. 2 [St. Louis, MO. OKeh. 4/29/27.] (3:02)

Authentic Unlimited ~ Ruby Ann (Billy Blue) So Much for Forever [1/19/24.] (3:55)

Nothin’ Fancy ~ Dog Eat Dog World (Mountain Fever) Here We Go Again [Mike Andes. 9/29/23.] (3:34)

Eddie Lightner ~ Daybreak in Dixie (Mando High) Notes of Life [2024.] (2:29)

Bob Paisley ~ How Many Times (Brandywine) Steeped in Tradition [1998.] (2:48)

Church Bros. & Their Blue Ridge Ramblers ~ Beneath the North Carolina Moon (Bluegrass Country Foundation) Early Days of Bluegrass 5 [Johnson City, TN Rich-R’-Tone. Winter ‘50. unreleased.] (2:52)

Stanley Brothers ~ I’d Rather Be Forgotten (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 3 n. 3 [Sunset Park, West Grove, PA. Second show, 5/4/58.] (2:34)

Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans ~ My Mountain Home Sweet Home (JSP) King of the Hillbillies A [Chicago. ARC, Columbia, Columbia Canadian, Clarion, Conqueror, Vocalion/OKeh. 10/20/36.] (3:10)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen ~ Hop Light Ladies (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Atlanta, GA. Unissued. 11/3/26.] (3:00)

Narmour & Smith ~ Captain George, Has Your Money Come (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [Memphis, TN. OKeh, Velvet Tone, Clarion. 2/15/28.] (2:51)

Red Mules ~ The Railroad Flagman’s Sweetheart (Vigortone) Old Time Music [Ernest V. Stoneman, Frank & Oscar Jenkins. 1992.] (3:24)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Brushy Fork of John’s Creek (5-String) It’s About Time [2007.] (2:34)

Hog Eyed Man ~ Boone’s Wagoner (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Kicked Up the Devil of a Row [Woodrow Boone. 1972.] (2:18)

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown ~ Buck Eyed Rabbit (Tiki Parlour) With Marcia Bryant & Terri McMurray [Al Hopkins.] (2:24)

Craig Johnson ~ Six Months Ain’t Long (5-String Productions) Away Down the Road [Rutherford & Foster. 2009.] (2:39)

Texas Shorty ~ Canadian Waltz (Chancellor Records) Best of Texas Shorty [1978.] (2:53)

Playlist 5/15/2025

 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)

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ Heartbreak Express (Rebel Records) Coming On Strong [5/16/25.] (3:16)

Alison Krauss & Union Station ~ Snow (Down the Road) Arcadia [3/28/2025.] (3:23)

Milan Miller ~ Ghost of Fort Granger (Melton and Miller Music) Between the Rhythm and Rhyme [3/23/23.] (3:08)

Andy Leftwich ~ Liberty (Mountain Home) The American Fiddler [10/28/22.] (4:12)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys ~ I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (2:56)

Reno & Smiley ~ When You and I Were Young, Maggie (King) 1951 to 1959 3 [King. 8/27/56. 45, 10/57.] (2:33)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Sunnyside of Life (Gold Star) 1370 [Quinn Recordings. 1949.] (2:35)

Dixon Brothers ~ Fisherman’s Luck (Bear Family) A Blessing to People [Charlotte, NC. Montgomery Ward. 2/18/37.] (2:29)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ Rye Straw (Document) v. 2 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion. 1/13/30.] (2:45)

Lee R. Stoneking ~ Rolling Stone Breakdown (Guinn Records) Echoes of the Ozarks [1977.] (1:11)

Man Alive! ~ Lost Sleep (Yodel-ay-Hee) Ever What You Want [2001.] (2:15)

Lewis Thomasson ~ Arlington (County) Rural Parlor Guitar [2009. Arlington, TX. 7/69 or 7/31/70.] (2:53)

Bob Carlin ~ Pretty Polly Ann (Rounder) Banging & Sawing [Leftwich. Tom Fuller.] (1:58)

Luther Davis ~ Sally Ann (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC745 Some of the Very Oldest [Delhart, VA. 9/12/73.] (2:25)

Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys ~ Suzanna Gal (County) Old Time Mountain Music [1969.] (3:09)

Charlie Bowman & His Brothers ~ Roll On Buddy (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down B [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/16/28.] (3:17)

Fleming & Townsend ~ I’m Blue and Lonesome (British Archive of Country Music) Little Home upon the Hill [Memphis, TN. Victor. 6/6/30.] (3:12)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers ~ She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/26.] (3:01)

Tennessee Bluegrass Band ~ Nolichucky (Flagpond Records) single [5/9/25.] (3:16)

Backline ~ Cold Wind (Turnberry) single [4/29/25.] (3:37)

Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter ~ With a Vamp in the Middle (Fiddleman) Carter & Cleveland [Darrell Scott. 3/13/25.] (4:56)

Jim Mills ~ Country Blues (Sugar Hill) My Dixie Home [Dock Boggs. 2002.] (5:02)

Rachel & Oswald ~ Fire Ball Mail (Decca) 46247 [Beecher Ray Kirby. c. 4/50.] (2:35)

Stanley Brothers ~ Mastertone March (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 10/1/58. 45, 6/59.] (2:25)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Three in One Two Step (County) Old-Time Texas String Bands v. 1 [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (2:46)

Blind Lemon Jefferson ~ Hot Dogs (Yazoo) Cornshucker’s Frolic v. 2 [Chicago, IL. Paramount. 6/27.] (3:00)

Fisher Hendley ~ Weave Room Blues (County) Hard Times in the Country [Columbia, SC. Vocalion, Conqueror. 11/12/38.] (2:31)

Jim Childress & Uncle Henry’s Favorites ~ The Old Hotel (Jim Childress) Turkey Sag [2003.] (3:01)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Jake’s Got the Bellyache (FSB) Rock Island Grange [Hazel Dickens. 12/5-7/2016.] (2:01)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Indian Et the Woodchuck (Berea Appalachian Center) Home Recordings 1941 to 1942 v. 2 d. 1 (3:32)

Beverly Smith & Carl Jones ~ Cluck Old Hen (Dittyville) Glow [Ed Weaver & Pug Allen. 2009.] (2:43)

Geoff Seitz ~ Ways of the World (Oceana Productions) The Good Old Days Are Here [1995. Randy Johnson.] (2:57)

Doug Phillips & Hilary Dirlam ~ High Heel Shoe (Silver Circle Productions) Wagoner [Marvin Faulkner-Tommy Bell. 1993?] (1:47)

Carter Family ~ Tell Me That You Love Me (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain 6 [Atlanta, GA. Victor, Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Regal Zonophone Australian. 2/24/32.] (2:57)

Leake County Revelers ~ Molly Put the Kettle On (JSP) Country Fiddle B [Jackson, MS.  Columbia. 12/18/30.] (2:59)

Scottdale String Band ~ Sitting on Top of the World (Arhoolie) Old Folks Better Go to Bed [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 12/1/30.] (3:09)

Colebrook Road ~ As You Do (Mountain Fever) Too Far to Let Go [Woody Platt. 5/13/25.] (3:33)

Thomas Cassell ~ When I’ve Got Tennessee (Mountain Fever) The Never Ending Years [10/4/24.] (3:19)

Dan Tyminski ~ I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (8 Track Entertainment) Live from the Ryman [8/16/2024.] (4:01)

Cullen & Mickey Galyean ~ Whirly Gig (Eastwood) and Friends [2005.] (2:25)

Bill Monroe ~ Bluegrass Special take 2 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 2/13/45.] (2:26)

Herman the Hermit ~ Hitler Lives (Capitol) 421 [Clifford Herman Snyder. Bill Crouch & Red River Dave. 1947.] (2:26)

Cofer Brothers ~ Georgia Hobo (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 3/19/27.] (3:12)

South Street Trio ~ Whiskey and Gin Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [Camden, NJ. Victor. 11/22/26.] (3:06)

B. F. Shelton ~ O Molly Dear (Yazoo) Music of Kentucky v. 1 [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/29/27.] (3:01)

Rocky Creek Ramblers ~ Blaine Smith’s Piece (Vigortone) The Rocky Creek Ramblers [2021.] (3:06)

Wilson Douglas ~ Pretty Little Shoes (Marimac) Boatin’ Up Sandy [Doc White-French Carpenter. 1989.] (1:25)

Pilot Mountain Bobcats ~ Sugar Hill (Yodel Ay Hee) Dance by the Light of the Moon [1999.] (3:35)

Clyde Davenport ~ Five Miles from Town (University Press of Kentucky) Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes [Jeff Titon.] (2:39)

Greg Hooven et al ~ Breaking Up Christmas (Heritage) Tribute to Fred Cockerham [1989.] (4:14)

Playlist 5/8/2025

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)

Mason Via ~ Oh Lordy Me (Mountain Fever) Mason Via [4/18/25.] (3:58)

Red Camel Collective ~ Sincerity (Pinecastle) Red Camel Collective [1/29/25.] (2:57)

Woody Platt ~ Long Time Coming (Compass) Far Away with You [10/11/24.] (4:04)

Johnson Mountain Boys ~ A Sweeter Love Than Yours I’ll Never Know (Rounder) Let the Whole World Talk [3/27/1986.] (2:41)

Todd Phillips ~ Midnight on the Stormy Deep (Gourd Music) In the Pines [1995.] (3:05)

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ I Want a Clear Record (King) Poor Rambler 1 [Over the Sunset Hill. 8/68. King.] (2:53)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Paper Boy (Bear Family) Sunny Side of Life 5 [Atlanta, GA. RCA Victor. 1/31/49. 78-4/49. Johnny & Jack.] (2:51)

Bright Moon Quartet ~ You’re Going to Need That Pure Religion (Document) Carolina Gospel Quartets 2 [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 6/21/36.] (2:43)

Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners ~ Bill Cheatham (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down D [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 10/7/40.] (2:40)

Volo Bogtrotters ~ Illinois Rickett’s Hornpipe (Vigortone) Hell Broke Loose in Volo [Backside of Buncombe. 1989. Dick Reid, Clayville, IL.] (3:07)

Tom Carter & Tom Sauber ~ Old Bunch of Keys (Tiki Parlour) Trade Your Headache 1 [Jarrell & Cockerham. 2021.] (3:13)

David Bragger & Susan Platz ~ The Hog Eyed Man (Tiki Parlour) King’s Lament [2017.] (2:41)

George Jackson & Brad Kolodner ~ Bitter Creek (GJ & BK) Shady Lane [Red Williams. 10/11/24.] (3:21)

Pete McMahan ~ Salt River (Voyager) 50 Old-Time Fiddle Gems 2 [Missouri Fiddlin’ No. 4, 1979.] (3:08)

Joshua Goforth & Hilary Dirlam ~ Pike’s Peak (LTA Records) Basic Ingredients [1999.] (2:08)

Stripling Brothers ~ Big Four (Document) v. 2 [New Orleans, LA. Decca. 3/12/36.] (2:46)

Fruit Jar Guzzlers ~ Sourwood Mountain (Yazoo) The Story That the Crow Told Me 1 [Stevens & Bolar. Chicago, IL. Paramount. c. 3/28] (2:52)

Wilmer Watts & the Lonely Eagles ~ Been on the Job Too Long  (Old Hat) Gastonia Gallop [NY. Paramount, Broadway. c. 10/29.] (3:12)

Graham Sharp ~ Silver Leaf Chapel (Enchanted Barn) How We Did It [4/29/25.] (2:54)

Rhonda Vincent ~ Four Strong Winds (Upper Management) Destinations and Fun Places [8/14/24.] (4:30)

South Hill Banks ~ Hold On (South Hill Banks) South Hill Banks [11/1/24.] (4:48)

Norman & Nancy Blake ~ Fifty Miles of Elbow Room (Rounder) Old Ties [Blind Dog. 1988. 2002.] (3:48)

Reno & Smiley ~ You Comb Her Hair (Rural Rhythm) Bluegrass 1963 [Spartanburg, SC. 9/19/63.] (2:23)

Bill Monroe ~ Cindy (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 2 [Bluegrass Special! 1991. Nashville. Decca. 12/6/62. 45-6/7/65.] (2:02)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Mineola Rag (JSP) Texas Hillbillies A [Dallas, TX. OKeh. 11/28/29.] (2:57)

J. D. Farley ~ Bill Was a Texas Lad (Yazoo) When I Was a Cowboy v. 1 [San Antonio, TX. Victor, Montgomery Ward. 7/29/29.] (2:55)

Crook Brothers String Band ~ My Wife Died on Friday Night (Document) Nashville, 1928 [Nashville, TN. Victor. 10/5/28.] (2:49)

Highwoods Stringband ~ Free Little Bird (Rounder) Fire on the Mountain [1973.] (3:15)

Hus Caudill ~ Little Maggie (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Prettiest Tune I Ever Heard [Sparta, NC. 1/4/74.] (0:33)

Jake & Sarah Owen ~ Snow Dove (Yodel Ay Hee) Jake & Sarah Owen [2002. Jean Ritchie.] (3:41)

New Dixie Entertainers ~ Polecat Blues (Yodel Ay Hee) Maybelle Rag [Tommy Magness & Fred Cockerham. 1994.] (2:27)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Rockingham (Bandcamp) Beehive Cathedral [6/8/24.] (1:42)

Glen Smith ~ John Henry (County) Clawhammer Banjo v. 3 [1978.] (1:34)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Way Down the Old Plank Road (Bear Family) Keep My Skillet Good & Greasy 3 [Sam McGee-g. NY. Vocalion. 4/14/26.] (3:07)

Karl & Harty ~ Tombigbee River Farewell (Yazoo) Rose Grew 2 [Chicago, IL. ARC. 7/10/36.] (2:46)

Ruben Burns & the Short Creek Trio ~ Nobody’s Business (Document) Alabama Stringbands [Birmingham, AL. Gennett. 7/30/27.] (2:59)

Big Country Bluegrass ~ Back in the Country (Rebel) Carry Me Back to the Bluegrass [3/28/25.] (2:45)

Becky Buller ~ Ride On By (Dark Shadow) Cover Project [Dick Kimmel. 4/4/25.] (4:15)

David Mayfield Parade ~ Time’s Winding Up (Mountain Fever) Go Big and Go Home [8/23/24.] (2:46)

Harmonic Tone Revealers ~ Road to Malvern (Corvus) Harmonic Tone Revealers [Jim Childress. 2017.] (3:30)

Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys ~ You Left Me So Blue (Old Blue) With Buddy Pendleton [1965.] (2:23)

Stanley Brothers ~ The Drunkard’s Hell (Bear Family) 1949 to 1952 [11/20/49. Nashville, TN. Columbia 78-8/21/50.] (2:34)

Delmore Brothers ~ Don’t You See That Train (JSP) Classic Cuts B [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 2/17/36.] (3:11)

Carter Family ~ The Titanic (JSP) The Acme Sessions A [WOPI, Bristol, TN. 4/52.] (3:04)

Grant Brothers & Their Music ~ Johnson Boy (JSP) Worried Blues D [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/15/28.] (2:46)

Dan Gellert ~ Chilly Winds (Rounder) Old Time Banjo Festival [2007.] (2:46)

Anya Hinkle & Jackson Cunningham ~ True Life Blues (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) Old Time Duets [2006.] (2:50)

Norman Edmonds ~ Pretty Little Girl (Spring Fed) Train on the Island [Rufus Burnett-bj.] (2:20)

Dirk Powell ~ Cousin Sally Brown (Rounder) If I Go Ten Thousand Miles [Marcus Martin.1996.] (2:32)

Benny Bleu ~ Old Chattanooga (Circus Tent) Banjo Meditations [2024.] (8:10)