Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Playlist 6/26/2025

 Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Red Camel Collective ~ Leavin’ You and Mobile, Too (Pinecastle) Red Camel Collective [Pete Goble & Leroy Maxey Drumm.11/29/24.] (3:01)

Rhonda Vincent ~ I Miss Missouri (Upper Management) Destinations & Fun Places [8/14/24.] (2:39)

Maddie Wittler & Natalie Haas ~ Gasoline Alley No. 1 (Stuff Works) Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (2:48)

Harmonic Tone Revealers ~ Queen of the Earth, Child of the Stars (Corvus) Harmonic Tone Revealers [Edden Hammons. 2017.] (3:05)

Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys ~ Wild Over Me (Old Blue) With Buddy Pendleton [1965.] (2:12)

Stanley Brothers ~ The Fields Have Turned Brown (Bear Family) 1949 to 1952 [11/20/49. Nashville, TN. Columbia 78-2/13/50.] (2:34)

Pie Plant Pete ~ Roving Gambler (Old Homestead) Stay on the Farm [Richmond, IN. Champion, Supertone, Superior, Melotone Canadian. 8/8/30.] (3:09)

Carter Family ~ When the Sunset Turns the Ocean Blue to Gold (JSP) The Acme Sessions A [WOPI, Bristol, TN. 4/52.] (1:58)

Delmore Brothers ~ It’s Takin’ Me Down (JSP) Classic Cuts B [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Twin. 2/17/36.] (2:32)

Spencer & Rains ~ Tater Blossom (YouTube) single [2023. Noah Beavers.] (1:38)

Double Decker Stringband ~ Orphan Child (Marimac) For an Old Time Call… [1990. Carter Family.] (4:05)

Ernie Carpenter ~ The Forked Deer (Augusta Heritage) Elk River Blues [1986.] (2:30)

Anya Hinkle & Jackson Cunningham ~ Finley’s Bend (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) Old Time Duets [2006.] (3:05)

Kate Brett & Bill Schmidt ~ Wild Horses at Stoney Point (Rounder) Old Time Banjo Festival [Melvin Wine. 2007.] (3:11)

Evie Ladin & David Greely ~ Bayou Pon Pon (Evil Diane) Riding the Rooster 2 [Breaux Bridge, LA. 11/19/24.] (2:26)

Hus Caudill ~ Poor Ellen Smith (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Prettiest Tune I Ever Heard [Sparta, NC. 1/4/74.] (0:41)

Grant Brothers & Their Music ~ Tell It to Me (JSP) Worried Blues D [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/15/28.] (2:43)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ The Bible’s True (Bear Family) Keep My Skillet Good & Greasy 3 [Sam McGee-g. NY. Vocalion. 4/14/26.] (3:03)

Cliff Click & the Short Creek Trio ~ The Buckin’ Mule (Document) Alabama Stringbands [Birmingham, AL. Gennett, Silvertone, Supertone, Challenge, Herwin, Bell. 7/30/27.] (2:57)

Big Country Bluegrass ~ Carry Me Back to the Bluegrass (Rebel) Carry Me Back to the Bluegrass [3/28/25.] (2:41)

Rock Hearts ~ Town Hall Clock (615 Hideaway) Unfinished Bridges [10/4/24.] (2:10)

Sami Braman, Ellie Hakanson et al ~ Not Soft Enough (Stuff Works) Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (3:22)

Norman Blake ~ Down Home Summertime Blues (Rounder) Old Ties [Back Home in Sulphur Springs. 1972. 2002.] (3:39)

Reno & Smiley ~ Arkansas Traveler (Rural Rhythm) Bluegrass 1963 [Spartanburg, SC. 9/19/63.] (1:33)

Bill Monroe ~ The Old Cross Road alt. take (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936 to 1949 6 [WBBM. Chicago, IL. Columbia. 10/27/47.] (1:48)

Lonnie Johnson ~ Baby Will You Please Come Home (Yazoo) Rose Grew 2 [St. Louis, MO. OKeh. 4/25/27.] (2:53)

Jules Allen ~ ‘Long Side the Sante Fe Trail (Yazoo) When I Was a Cowboy v. 1 [Los Angeles, CA. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Aurora. 4/8/29.] (3:15)

Red Headed Fiddlers ~ Texas Quickstep (JSP) Texas Hillbillies A [Dallas, TX. OKeh. 10/18/28.] (2:55)

George Jackson & Brad Kolodner ~ Johnny Court the Widow (GJ & BK) Shady Lane [Roy Bennett. 10/11/24.] (2:49)

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

Dirk Powell ~ Rubin (Rounder) If I Go Ten Thousand Miles [1996.] (3:44)

Volo Bogtrotters ~ Remus (Vigortone) Hell Broke Loose in Volo [Backside of Buncombe. 1989. Fred Campeau.] (3:07)

Tom Carter & Tom Sauber ~ Kit Carson (Tiki Parlour) Trade Your Headache 1 [Bruce Cockburn. 2021.] (3:44)

Joshua Goforth & Hilary Dirlam ~ Cold Frosty Morning (LTA Records) Basic Ingredients [Melvin Wine. 1999.] (1:58)

Crook Brothers String Band ~ Jobbin Getting’ There (Document) Nashville, 1928 [Nashville, TN. Victor, Montgomery Ward. 10/5/28.] (2:49)

Carolina Twins ~ Southern Jack (Old Hat) Gastonia Gallop [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 11/28/29.] (2:38)

Stripling Brothers ~ Pallet on the Floor (Document) v. 2 [New Orleans, LA. Decca. 3/12/36.] (2:52)

Eli West ~ I’d Like to Be a Train (Tender & Mild) The Shape of a Sway [7/11/25.] (4:32)

Woody Platt ~ One Last Goodbye (Compass) Far Away with You [Barry Bales & Chris Stapleton. 10/11/24.] (3:11)

Laurie Lewis, Suzy Thompson et al ~ Champagne Blues (Stuff Works) Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (3:34)

Johnson Mountain Boys ~ Shouting in the Air (Rounder) Let the Whole World Talk [3/27/1986.] (2:27)

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ Prepare Me O Lord (King) Poor Rambler 1 [Over the Sunset Hill. 8/68. King.] (2:42)

Todd Phillips ~ Sugar in the Gourd (Gourd Music) In the Pines [1995.] (1:45)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Shake Hands with Your Mother Today (Bear Family) Sunny Side of Life 5 [Atlanta, GA. RCA Victor. 1/31/49. 45-4/49.] (2:51)

Cranford & Thompson ~ Stolen Love (Tompkins Square) I’m Going Down to North Carolina 1 [1/28/28.] (2:49)

Grinnell Giggers ~ Ruth’s Rag (County) Echoes of the Ozarks 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Sunrise, Montgomery Ward. 5/30/30.] (2:51)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Prettiest Little Girl in the County (Bandcamp) Beehive Cathedral [6/8/24.] (4:12)

Oscar Wright ~ Liza Jane (County) Clawhammer Banjo v. 3 [1978.] (1:25)

New Dixie Entertainers ~ Fiddler’s Reel (Yodel Ay Hee) Maybelle Rag [Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith. 1994.] (2:27)

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Playlist 6/19/2025

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)

Billy Strings ~ Cabin Song (Reprise) Highway Prayers [9/27/24.] (3:15)

Laurie Lewis ~ Rock the Pain Away (Spruce and Maple) Trees [5/31/24.] (4:40)

Pitney Meyer ~ Bear Creek Clay (Curb) Cherokee Pioneer [4/18/25.] (2:45)

Creek Bend ~ Are You Wasting My Time (Copper Creek) That Home Far Away [Louvins. 1992.] (2:05)

James King ~ I Am Weary (Webco) It’s a Cold Cold World [Carter Stanley. 1989.] (2:14)

Stanley Brothers ~ Poor Ellen Smith (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1 n. 3 [Rising Sun, MD. 7/3/55.] (1:29)

Red Fox Chasers ~ Mountain Sweetheart (Old Hat) In the Pines [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Supertone. 10/30/28.] (2:42)

Smith & Woodlieff ~ The Old Schoolhouse Play Ground (Document) v. 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion. 3/20/29.] (3:00)

Ted Gossett’s Band ~ Fox Chase (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music C [Richmond, IN. Champion, Supertone, Superior. 9/16/30.] (2:52)

Erynn Marshall ~ Silver Bridge (Hickoryjack Music) Tune Tramp [Billy McCumbers. 2013.] (2:34)

Tom & Mary Morgan ~ Let’s Say Goodbye (Spring Fed) Music from Morgan Springs [Davis Unlimited. 1978.] (3:28)

Shady Mountain Ramblers ~ Wild Bill Jones (Heritage) Nobody’s Business [1980.] (2:13)

Phoeba Cottrell Parsons ~ Minnow on the Hook (Field Recorders' Collective) Old Time Music from Clay & Calhoun Counties, WV [1975 Brandywine.] (2:03)

George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins ~ Dry & Dusty (Bandcamp) The Old Time 100 v. 1 [2/2/24.] (3:26)

Leake County Revelers ~ Dry Town Blues (County) Mississippi String Bands 1 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/16/29.] (2:56 )

Narmour & Smith ~ Mississippi Wave Waltz (Document) v. 2 [Last session. Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:56)

Bryan McDowell ~ Winter Comin’ On (Mountain Fever) single [5/30/25.] (2:58)

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

Matt Wallace ~ Midnight Fire (Huckleberry Records) single [5/30/25.] (2:59)

Norman Blake ~ The Railroad Days (Flying Fish) Old and New [9/76.] (3:36)

Bill Napier & Larry Taylor & Waterloo Bluegrass Boys ~ There Is a Trap (Old Homestead) We Salute the Stanley Brothers [1987.] (2:47 )

Reno & Harrell ~ I Couldn’t Win (Starday) Bluegrass on My Mind [Cincinnati, OH.  1/29/72.] (2:43)

Calhoun Sacred Quartet ~ Life’s Railway to Heaven (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 1 [Atlanta, GA. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Aurora. 2/16/27.] (3:04)

Mississippi Mud Steppers ~ Jackson Stomp (Yazoo) Before the Blues v. 1 [King Edward Hotel, Jackson, MS. OKeh. 12/15/30.] (2:53)

Frank Hutchison ~ Worried Blues (JSP) Worried Blues A [NY. OKeh. 9/28/26.] (3:13)

Swamper’s Revenge ~ Billy Butler (Vigortone) Kettle Bog [Noah Beavers. Elkville, IL. 4/5/2025.] (2:41)

Parley Parsons ~ Old Dad (Field Recorders' Collective) Old Galax Fiddling [Early 1980s.] (1:30)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ Ship in the Clouds, Red Fox (Barker) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [2012.] (3:00)

Indian Creek Delta Boys ~ Molly Kiss Your Darling (Field Recorders' Collective) Indian Creek Delta Boys [Cliff Pulliam. Latona, IL. 1994.] (2:59)

Kim & Jim Lansford ~ Do You Call That Religion (JL) Call Your Dogs [2003.] (3:54)

Carter Brothers & Son ~ Cotton Eyed Joe (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies B [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 11/22/28.] (2:45)

Charlie Jordan ~ Dollar Bill Blues (Yazoo) Times v. 1 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 6/30.] (3:00)

Carter Family ~ Lonesome Valley alt. (BF) Shadow of Clinch Mt. 11 [NY. ARC unissued. 5/8/35.] (2:58)

East Nash Grass ~ Bend in the Road (Mountain Fever) All God’s Children [5/27/25.] (2:32)

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes ~ Answers (Sugar Petunia) I Built a World [5/24/24.] (3:11)

Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys ~ Wrong Road Again (Rounder) Diamond Joe [Cold Wind. 1983.] (2:24)

Dale Morris et al ~ Soldier’s Joy (Mountain Home) Close Kin [2011.] (3:11)

Monroe Brothers ~ My Long Journey Home (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1 [Charlotte, NC. 2/17/36. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward.] (2:29)

Justin Winfield ~ John Hardy (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music A [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 7/9/28.] (3:10)

Charley Patton ~ I Shall Not Be Moved take 1 (JSP) Complete A [Grafton, WI. Paramount unissued. c. 10/29.] (2:44)

Dick Devall ~ Tom Sherman’s Barroom (JSP) Texas Hillbillies B [Dallas, TX. Timely Tunes, Aurora. 10/13/29.] (2:39)

Compton and Newberry ~ Cherry River Line (Englehardt Music Group) Home in My Heart [2024.] (3:37)

Howard Miller ~ What Makes You Do Me Like You Do Do Do (Field Recorders' Collective) Sixty Years of North Carolina Fiddling [Carolina Night Hawks.] (1:53)

Pat Conte ~ Primrose Hill [OSH 43] (Jalopy Records) American Songs with Fiddle and Banjo [11/11/20122.] (2:17)

Mark Graham & Molly Tenenbaum ~ Mississippi Sawyer (Centrum Enterprises) 1988 Fiddle Tunes [7/4/1988.] (2:30)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Roaring River (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Monte Sano Crowder.] (3:10)

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Playlist 6/12/2025

 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 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 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 ~ Snowbird (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 Brothers & 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. unrel.] (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 Recordings) 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)