Playlist 7/31/2025

 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)

Blue Highway ~ Emerson (Down the Road) Lonesome State of Mind [6/7/24.] (3:36)

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes ~ Up for Losing Sleep (Sugar Petunia) I Built a World [Molly Tuttle. 5/24/24.] (3:20)

Alan Bibey ~ Time (Billy Blue) single [For Terry Baucom.] (3:11)

Steve Bruce ~ Behind the Plow (Sweet Song Nashville) What I Know Now [10/14/2022.] (3:01)

Stanley Brothers ~ I Hope You Have Learned (Copper Creek) Shadows of the Past [New River Ranch. 6/1/57.] (2:30)

Brian Grimm et al ~ Tennessee Grey Eagle (Mountain Home) Close Kin [2011.] (3:05)

Carter Family ~ Something Got a Hold of Me (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mt. 11 [NY. Bluebird. 10/14/41.] (2:43)

Rev. D. C. Rice ~ Leaving All to Follow Jesus (Yazoo) Times v. 4 [Chicago, IL, Vocalion. 6/13/28.] (2:57)

Fox Chasers ~ Red Wing (JSP) Texas Hillbillies D [San Antonio, TX. OKeh. 6/11/30.] (3:07)

Janie Rothfield & Allan Carr ~ Chilly Winds (AllanandJanieMusic) The Two of Us [2024.] (3:19)

Casey Jones ~ Tennessee Wagner (Missouri State Old Time Fiddle Association) Rocky Road to Jordan [1970.] (2:34)

Rhys Jones, Jeff Miller & Jim Nelson ~ All I’ve Got’s Done Gone (Vigortone) All I’ve Got’s Done Gone [Doc Roberts. 2000.] (3:34)

John Rector ~ Stepback Cindy (Field Recorders’ Collective) Galax Fiddle & Banjo [1974.] (1:46)

Tom Sauber et al ~ Get up in the Cool, Five Miles to Town (Tiki Parlour) Trade Your Headache for a Smile 1 [2021.] (3:23)

Bob Simmons ~ Roxanne Waltz (Voyager) Remembering [1987.] (2:34)

Cranford, Thompson & Miles ~ Two False Lovers (Tompkins Square) I’m Going Down to North Carolina 2 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion. 4/4/28.] (3:03 )

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ Run (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music C [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Supertone. 8/24/28.] (2:44)

Pie Plant Pete ~ When the Work’s All Done This Fall (Old Homestead) Stay on the Farm [Richmond, IN. Champion, Supertone, Superior, Montgomery Ward, Melotone Canadian. 1/25/29.] (3:06)

Daniel Grindstaff ~ Colleen Malone (Bonfire Music Group) Heroes and Friends [12/12/23. Ricky Wasson.] (2:47)

Laurie Lewis ~ Enough (Spruce and Maple) Trees [5/31/24.] (2:35)

Mighty Poplar ~ North Country Blues (Free Dirt) Mighty Poplar [3/31/23.] (4:09)

J. D. Crowe ~ We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart (Rebel) Bluegrass Holiday [12/68.] (2:27)

Frank Wakefield & Taylor Baker ~ Ghost Riders in the Sky (Patuxent Music) & Friends [5/14.] (2:47 )

Bill Monroe ~ Blue Grass Special (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 3 [Chicago. WBBM. Columbia 78, 11/3/47. Recorded 2/13/45.] (2:26)

Emry Arthur ~ Careless Love (County) Old Time Music from Southwest Virginia [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 4 or 5/31.] (3:11)

Carolina Buddies ~ Murder of the Lawson Family (Document) Walter Smith v. 1 [NY. Columbia. 3/25/30.] (3:30)

Floyd Ming & His Pep-Steppers ~ White Mule (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies B [Memphis, TN. Victor. 2/13/28.] (3:21)

Leftwich, Higginbotham & Jackson ~ Lonesome Road Blues (Music from Augusta) 1985 & 1986 Concerts [8/8/86.] (2:41)

Oscar Wright ~ Let Old Drunkards Be (County) Clawhammer Banjo 3 [1978.] (1:59)

George Jackson ~ Waiting on Julia (George Jackson Music) Time and Place [4/2019.] (3:02)

Toast String Stretchers ~ Greasy String (Chubby Dragon) Clifftop [WGDD Winston-Salem, NC. 1995] (2:51)

Kim & Jim Lansford ~ Out in the Cold World (Jim Lansford) Out in the Cold World [1997. Carter Family.] (5:30)

Clare Milliner & Walt Koken ~ Biddy (Mudthumper) Just Tunes [Edden Hammons. 2003.] (2:51)

Highlanders ~ Richmond Square (Old Hat) In the Pines [NY. Paramount, Broadway. 5/8-10/29.] (2:58)

Charley Patton ~ Down the Dirt Road Blues (JSP) Complete A [Richmond, IN. Paramount. 6/14/29.] (3:08)

Rutherford & Foster ~ Let Her Go, I’ll Meet Her (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music A [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Supertone. 1/14/29.] (2:53)

Appalachian Smoke ~ Growing Lonely (Mountain Fever) Appalachian Smoke [5/14/24.] (3:37)

Tina Adair ~ Let It Fall (Englehardt Music Group) single [5/22/24.] (3:33)

Hammertowne ~ These Old Boots (Mountain Fever) You Can Learn a Lot from a Song [2023.] (3:37)

Longview ~ You Left Me Alone (Rebel) Lessons in Stone [2001.] (3:18)

Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys ~ Just Wondering Why (Rounder) Diamond Joe [1996.] (2:52)

Norman Blake ~ Billy Gray (Flying Fish) Old and New [Charlie Collins. 9/76.] (4:18)

Narmour & Smith ~ New Carroll County Blues no. 1 (Document) v. 2 [Last session. Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:51)

Cannon’s Jug Stompers ~ Viola Lee Blues (Yazoo) The Best [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Sunrise. 9/20/28.] (3:11)

Grayson & Whitter ~ I Saw a Man at the Close of Day (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down B [Memphis, TN. Victor. 10/1/29.] (2:56)

Bob Carlin ~ Farewell Trion (Rounder) Banging & Sawing [James Bryan & Norman Blake. 3/12/84.] (2:41)

Pete McMahan ~ “A” Waltz (Voyager) 50 Old Time Fiddle Gems 2 [Jack Deck-bj. Fred Stoneking-g. Missouri Fiddlin’ 3. 1977.] (2:53)

Foghorn Stringband ~ The Violet and the Rose (Foghorn Stringband) Rock Island Grange [Patty & Scotty East. 12/5-7/2016.] (3:15)

Garry Harrison & the Mule Team ~ Mule Team (Garry Harrison) Red Prairie Dawn [2000.] (2:46)

Come join us this Thursday and enjoy three hours of Bluegrass, Old Time and those wonderful Country 78s. The fine music of the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Norman Blake, and Bill Monroe in this week’s lineup! Archival treasures from Leftwich, Higginbotham & Jackson, Bob Carlin, the Carolina Buddies, Casey Jones, & John Rector! Plus new music heading your way with new sounds from Appalachian Smoke, Daniel Grindstaff, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Janie Rothfield & Allan Carr, and much more! Stop on by!

Playlist 7/24/25

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 ~ Your Love Is a Miracle (Pinecastle) Live at the Station Inn [5/9/25. Recorded 11/2/24.] (2:35)

Dale Ann Bradley ~ Uncle Jake (Pinecastle) single [5/7/25.] (3:36)

Shawn Lane & Richard Bennett ~ Mountains and Miles (Bonfire) 1682 [2/13/24.] (5:47)

Tony Ellis ~ My Mama Loves Me (Flying Fish) Farewell My Home [1993.] (1:41)

Jim & Jesse ~ Too Many Tears (Bear Family) 1952 to 1956 [Nashville, TN. Capitol. 3/16/53. 20 Great Songs, 1968.] (2:28)

James Monroe ~ Bonny (Bear Family) BG 1959 to 1969 v. 4 [Mount Juliet, TN. MCA. 12/17/69. Father & Son, 1973.] (2:03)

Hershel Brown & His Washboard Band ~ Old Time Tune Medley (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 8/6/28.] (3:23)

Riley Puckett ~ Roll Back the Carpet (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Twin. 8/8/35.] (2:44)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Birmingham Rag (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/29.] (3:00 )

Fuzzy Mountain String Band ~ Old Mother Flanagan (Rounder) The Fuzzy Mountain String Band [Lee Triplett, Clay Co., WV. 1971.] (2:26)

Red Mules ~ Gray Eagle (Vigortone) Old Time Music [Jeff, Rich, Susie. Ward Jarvis. 1992.] (2:48)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ I Believe It for My Mother Told Me Soul (County) Songs of Home & Childhood v. 3 [Delmore Brothers. 1973.] (2:54)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Sail Away, Ladies (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [1974. Ed Haley.] (1:56)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Five Miles to Town (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets (3:074)

Brad Kolodner ~ Hand’s Cove (Brad Kolodner) Old Growth [Brad Kolodner. 5/30/25.] (2:10)

Famous Garland Jubilee Singers ~ This Train (Yazoo) My Rough and Rowdy Ways 2 [NY. Banner, Perfect, Oriole, Romeo. 3/20/31.] (2:42 )

Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland ~ Underneath the Sugar Moon (Bear Family) JC Sessions 3 [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/22/29.] (2:50  )

Grayson & Whitter ~ Handsome Molly (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down A [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 10/18/27.] (2:42)

Brand New Box of Matches ~ Feast Here Tonight (BNBOM) Tossing & Turning [6/25/25.] (2:48)

Ashleigh Graham ~ Fiddle and Bow (Pinecastle) I’ll Just Drive [6/1/25.] (2:43)

Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome ~ This Old Train (Turnberry) Old Kentucky Moon [10/7/22.] (3:30)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Whispering Hope (Elf Records) River of Memories [Tim Yates-sb. 1994.] (3:24)

Tommy Jackson ~ Liberty (BACM) Legendary Session Fiddler [Dot. 78&45, 1954.] (2:43)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Dear Old Dixie (Bear Family) 1948 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 11/19/52. 78&45-12/12/52.] (2:30)

Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Sandy River Belle (JSP) Worried Blues D [NY. Columbia. 3/23/26.] (3:06)

Dennis McGee ~ Valse des Vachers (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like  v. 8 [New Orleans, LA. Vocalion. 10/2/29.] (3:09  )

Buell Kazee ~ The Orphan Girl (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 7 [NY. Brunswick, Supertone. 1/16/28.] (3:03)

The Rorrers ~ Dream of the Miner’s Child (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [Vernon Dalhart, 10/9/25. 1989.] (3:28)

Humdingers ~ Streak of Fat, Streak of Lean (Chubby Dragon) The Humdingers [John Dilleshaw, 7-foot Dilly.] (3:35)

Bristol Brothers ~ Paper and Bow (Dynamic Recording) Old Style [1996.] (4:31)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Lost Girl (Appalachian Center) Home Recordings 1941 to 1942 v. 1 (2:42)

Big Medicine ~ My Rough and Rowdy Ways (Yodel Ay Hee) Pine to Pine [Jimmie Rodgers. 2009.] (4:34  )

Canote Brothers ~ Calico (Clonetone) Calico Pie [2005. Greg Canote.] (3:14)

Hill Billies ~ Ragged Annie (Document) v. 2 [NY. Vocalion. 10/22/26.] (2:52     )

Pillie Bolling ~ Shake Me Like a Dog (Document) Mamlish Blues [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/20/30.] (3:00)

Carter Family ~ When Our Lord Shall Come Again (Arhoolie) Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (2:36)

Asheville Mountain Boys ~ Rollin’ On (self-produced) single [Monroe Brothers, 1/28/38. 5/2/25.] (2:12)

Deanie Richardson & Kimber Ludiker ~ Cacklin’ Hen (Mountain Home) single [5/15/25.] (3:26)

Tyler Grant ~ Sea of Cortez (Grant Central) Flatpicker [2025.] (4:07  )

Norman Blake ~ Slow Train through Georgia (Rounder) Whiskey before Breakfast [Charlie Collins. 1976.] (4:06)

Vern & Ray ~ How Many Times (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (1:54)

Stanley Brothers ~ You’re Still on My Mind (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 11/28/54.  Country Pickin’ & Singin’, 1958.] (2:02 )

Dick Bell [Green Bailey] ~ Shut Up in Coal Creek Mine (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [Richmond, IN. Challenge. 8/29/29.] (3:15)

Garfield Akers ~ Dough Roller Blues (Yazoo) Best There Ever Was [Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 2/21/30.] ()

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Oh Baby You Done Me Wrong (County) Nashville Early SBs 1 [Jackson, MS. OKeh. 12/17/30.] (3:04)

Albert Hash ~ Omie Wise (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:21)

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Clear the Track, Jabe Meadows (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes.] (3:10 )

Todd Clewel & Friends ~ The Blacksmith, Cottage by the Sea, Muddy Water (Happy Dog) Sarah Armstrong’s Tunes [2007.] (4:32)

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

Paine Trio ~ Mississippi Echoes (self-produced) Fiddler’s Reel [Melvin Wine. April Moon, bass. 2013.] (2:50  )

Tune Hash ~ Waco (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (3:08)

Woody Guthrie ~ All You Fascists Bound to Lose (Rev-Ola) Hard Travelin’ Man [2007.] (1:34)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, the Carter Family, Norman Blake and Bill & James Monroe! Archival treasures from Woody Guthrie, the Bristol Brothers, the Rorrers, the Humdingers, the Paine Trio and Albert Hash! New music from Deanie Richardson & Kimber Ludiker, Brad Kolodner, Ashleigh Graham, the Asheville Mountain Boys, Route 3, Dale Ann Bradley and Brand New Box of Matches! Settle on in and ease your mind!

Playlist 7/17/25

 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)

Danny Paisley ~ Another Long Sleepless Night (Pinecastle) Bluegrass State of Mind [5/23/25.] (2:49)

South Hill Banks ~ Colorado Bound (South Hill Banks) South Hill Banks [11/1/24.] (4:23)

Special Consensus ~ What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘ Round? (Compass) Been All Around This World [6/20/25.] (3:35)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~ Little Bessie (Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [Hartford, Bush. 1997.] (3:02)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ North Carolina Breakdown (Necktie) Losing Game [2022.] (2:54)

Bill Monroe ~ I Was Left on the Street (Bear Family) BG 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville. 4/25/62. Bluegrass Special, 1963. Decca.] (2:44)

Original Sacred Harp Choir ~ Soft Music Original Sacred Harp 323B (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing D [NY. Brunswick. 6 or 7/22.] (3:07)

Roy Harvey & the North Carolina Ramblers ~ I’ll Be There, Mary Dear (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Ashand, KY. Brunswick. 2/16/28.] (3:05)

Narmour & Smith ~ The New Charleston No. 1 (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:49)

Hog Eyed Man, Paddy ‘Otis’ League, Michael Starkey ~ 40 Weight of Gingerbread (Tiki Parlour) Across the Sea [Arthur 'Cush' Holston, FL. 7/4/25.] (3:29)

Reed Martin ~ Speed the Plow (Reed Martin) Old Time Banjo [1998.] (2:07)

Gypsy Gyppo String Band ~ Cotton Eyed Joe (Bay) The Gypsy Gyppo String Band [Paul Ermine, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. 1977.] (3:11)

Bucking Mules ~ My Wife Died on Saturday Night (Free Dirt) Smoke behind the Clouds [2017. Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters.] (3:02)

W. B Claunch & Christine Haygood ~ Grub Springs (Mississippi Department of Archives & History) Great Big Yam Potatoes [1985.] (1:09)

Ann & Phil Case ~ Oh, My Little Darling (Dry Run) Never Grow Old [1999.] (2:44)

Emry Arthur ~ The Broken Wedding (JSP) Clarence Ashley C [Grafton, WI. Paramount. c. 9/29.] (2:47)

Murphy Brothers Harp Band ~ Boat Song March (Yazoo) Times Ain’t 5 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia unissued. 12/4/30.] (2:31)

Frank Gerald & Howard Dixon [Rambling Duet.] ~ Bootlegger’s Story (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird,  Montgomery Ward. 1/25/38.] (2:35)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers~ Something to Look Forward to (Billy Blue) Lovin’, Fightin’, Losin’ Sleep [2025.] (2:42)

Po’ Ramblin’ Boys ~ I’m Still a Fool for You (Smithsonian Folkways) Wanderers Like Me [8/16/24.] (3:17)

Casey Conners ~ Blue Night (Casey Connors) The Boy from Bluegrass [Kirk McGee. 3/18/25.] (2:47)

Don Rigsby ~ Harvest of My Heart (Rebel) Kentucky Troubadour [Rock County, 2002.] (3:29)

Red Cravens & the Bray Brothers ~ Bluegrass Breakdown (Rounder) 415 West Main [John Hartford. 1971.] (2:10)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ I’ll Go Stepping, Too (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 3 [Nashville, TN. Recorded 8/29/53. Columbia. 78 & 45 released 11/2/53.] (2:54)

Carter Family ~ Little Log Hut in the Lane (BF) Shadow of Clinch Mt v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Zonophone/Regal Zonophone Australie & Regal Zonophone South Africa. 5/24/30.] (2:53)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Combination Rag (JSP) Country Fiddle A [Dallas, TX. Columbia. 12/2/27.] (3:04)

North Georgia Four ~ She Was a Lulu (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 4 [Chicago, IL. Paramount. c. 1/29.] (2:46)

Trenton ‘Tater’ Caruthers ~ Sharp’s Hornpipe (Spring Fed) Tennessee Breakdown [2020.] (1:59)

Benton Flippen & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Cider (Music Maker) 270 Haystack Road [2009.] (2:07)

Horsenecks ~ In the West (Tiki Parlour Recordings) In the West [6/27/25.] (3:20)

Earl White Stringband ~ Safe Harbor Reel (Fiddler’s Jam) Fiddlin Earl White [2014.] (2:39)

Esker Hutchins ~ Little Brown Jug (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [2007.] (1:18)

Wild Shoats ~ Ramp Narrows (Bandcamp) Yell In the Shoats [2/7/2025.] (2:28)

Pope’s Arkansas Mountaineers ~ Get Along Home Miss Cindy (County) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 1 [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 2/6/28.] (3:23)

King David’s Jug Band ~ Rising Sun Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition B [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 12/11/30.] (3:10)

David Miller ~ My Little Indian Napanee (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down C [Richmond, IN. Herwin, as Oran Campbell. 5/27.] (2:38)

Aaron Burdette ~ The Same River Twice (Mountain Home) Bluegrass Sings Paxton [8/30/24.] (4:41)

Max Wareham ~ That’s Just Part of It (Nine Athens Music) Daggomit! [2/21/25.] (2:44)

Volume Five ~ Walking among the Living (Mountain Fever) Leave a Light On [5/23/2025.] (3:38)

Del McCoury ~ Fire on the Mountain (Arhoolie) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [12/9/67, LP ’68, CD, ‘92.] (1:42)

Becky Buller ~ Anchored in Love (SRS) Rest My Weary Feet [2001.] (2:22)

Stanley Brothers ~ How Mountain Girls Can Love (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. Rising Sun, MD. 5/21/61.] (2:11)

Riley Puckett ~ Nine Hundred Miles from Home (JSP) Riley Puckett B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/16/30.] (3:16)

Uncle Eck Dunford ~ Skip to My Lou, My Darling  (JSP) Serenade in the Mountains A [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/27/27.] (3:20)

Cartwright Brothers ~ When the Work’s All Done This Fall (JSP) Texas Hillbillies C [Dallas, TX. Columbia. 12/6/28.] (3:19)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Don’t Drink Nothin’  but Corn (5-String Productions) It’s About Time [Stella & Taylor Kimble. 2007.] (2:44)

Kerry Blech ~ Big Eyed Rabbit (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC 571 Appalachian Master [2025.] (1:52)

Major Contay & the Canebrake Rattlers ~ Sweet Milk and Peaches (Flying Crow Records) Old Familiar Tunes [Narmour & Smith. 1978.] (1:29)

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown ~ Natural Bridge Blues (Tiki Parlour) With Marcia Bryant & Terri McMurray [Tommy Magness. 2018.] (3:09)

Harvey Taylor ~ Wolf Creek (Pick Away Press) Dear Old Illinois 1 [1950s? 1/27/76.] (1:39)

Squirrel Butter ~ Nobody Cares (Tiki Parlour) Hazelnut [Charlie Beck. 2022.] (4:20)

Susan Graham Pepper ~ The Cuckoo (Ballad Records) Where the Islands Overflow [2024.] (2:34)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ Bloody Red River (Merriweather Records) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [Gerry Milnes. 1997.] (2:24)

New music from the Special Consensus, Wild Shoats,  the Horsenecks, Danny Paisley, Volume Five, Hog Eyed Man, and the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys! Mining the archives for the music of Major Contay & the Canebrake Rattlers, the North Georgia Four, the Original Sacred Harp Choir, the Gypsy Gyppo String  Band, Esker Hutchins, and Ann & Phil Case! 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 7/10/2025

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)

Junior Sisk ~ Memories of Mother (Mountain Fever) If There’s a Will There’s a Way [Heather Berry Mabe. 3/29/24.] (3:22)

Milltown Philosophers ~ 97 North (Milltown Philosophers) Milltown Philosophers [Laurie Rathler. 2024.] (3:05)

Bill Evans ~ Chinquapin Hunting (Native & Fine) Things Are Simple [John Reischman. 2023.] (2:21)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ River of Memories (Elf Records) River of Memories [1994.] (2:43)

Norman Blake ~ Sleepy Eyed Joe, Indian Creek (Rounder) Whiskey before Breakfast [Charlie Collins. 1976.] (3:36)

Stanley Brothers ~ Daybreak in Dixie (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 2/27/57.  Mercury 45, 11/15/57.] (2:01)

Riley Puckett ~ You’d Be Surprised (JSP) Riley Puckett B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/2/25.] (2:19)

Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] ~Squabblin’ Bill (Document) Mamlish Blues [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/20/30.] (3:04)

Cherokee Ramblers SB ~ Home Brew Rag (Tompkins Square) WORK Play Pray Hard [Dallas, TX. Columbia. 12/4/29.] (2:47)

Ernie Carpenter ~ Pretty Little Girl I Left Behind (Augusta Heritage Records) Elk River Blues [1986.] (2:23)

Erynn Marshall ~ Milwaukee Blues (Hickoryjack Music) Tune Tramp [Hillbillies. 2013.] (3:43)

A. J. Srubas & Rina Rossi ~ Sweet Bunch of Daisies (Central Standard Tone) Sweet Bunch of Daisies [2022.  Pete McMahan. Dave Robinson-bj.] (2:51)

Lynn “Chirps” Smith ~ Elvin Louveau’s Tune (Marimac) Midwestern Harvest [Elvin Louveau, Modoc, IL.] (2:38)

Albert Hash ~ Lost Darling True Love (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:28)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ Kiss Me Quick (Barker Records) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [Georgia Yellowhammers. 2012.] (3:00)

Carter Family ~ Darling, We Are Growing Older, Old Texas Trail (Arhoolie) Border Radio 1939 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.] (3:35)

Lewis Brothers ~ Bull at the Wagon (Yazoo) The Cornshucker’s Frolic 1 [El Paso, TX. Victor, Aurora. 7/11/29.] (2:45)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Slow Wicked Blues (Bear Family) Complete 1 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/29.] (3:09)

Po’ Ramblin' Boys ~ Wanderers Like Me (Smithsonian Folkways) Wanderers Like Me [8/16/24.] (3:09)

Kristy Cox ~ Broke Down in Georgia (Billy Blue) Let It Burn [5/31/24.] (4:01)

Adam McIntosh ~ Every Time a Train Goes By (Billy Blue) Restless [2024.] (3:36)

Jim & Jesse ~ Purple Heart (Bear Family) 1952 to 1955 [Nashville, TN. Capitol 78. 6/13/52, 45 & 78, 2/53.] (2:17)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Over the Hills to the Poorhouse (Bear Family) 1948 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 10/24/51. 78 & 45, 8/29/52.] (2:55)

Tommy Jackson ~ Leather Britches (BACM) Legendary Session Fiddler [Gallatin, TN. WHIN. 5/52. Dot 78 & 45. 1953.] (3:09)

J. W. Day ~ Forked Deer (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [Carson Robison-g. NY. Victor. 2/27/28.] (3:21)

McClung Brothers & Cleve Chaffin ~ Alabama Jubilee (JSP) Paramount Old Time A [Chicago. IL. Paramount. ca. 3/29.] (3:08)

Hill Billies ~ Blue Eyed Girl (Document) v. 1 [NY. Vocalion. 10/22/26.] (2:53)

Canote Brothers ~ Chadwell’s Station (Clonetone) Sugarbaby [2005. David Russell Hamblen, 1840s.] (2:24)

Gil Kiesecker ~ Rachel (Voyager) Dance Fiddler from the Blue Mountains [2002.] (1:48)

Corndrinkers ~ Home in San Antone (Bee Balm) The Corndrinkers [1997.] (2:29)

Megan Lynch Chowning & Adam Hurt ~ Blue Eagle (Fiddle Star & Adam Hurt) Inside Out [Herman Johnson. 2016.] (2:41)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Bile Them Cabbage Down (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Benton Flippen.] (3:19)

Kellie Allen & Pete Peterson ~ Freedom (Lutra) I’ll Never Forsake You [E. R. Nance Family. 2009.] (2:47)

Roane County Ramblers ~ Johnson City Rag (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions 3 [Columbia. 10/21/29.] (2:57)

Cannon’s Jug Stompers ~ Going to Germany (Yazoo) The Rose Grew Round the Briar 1 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird. 10/1/29.] (2:34)

Sam McGee ~ Chevrolet Car (County) Nashville Early String Bands 1 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 7/25/28.] (3:08)

Red Camel Collective ~ Roll On, Mississippi (Bonfire) single [2024.] (4:31)

Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge ~ Echo Mountain (Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge) 10 [2022.] (4:41)

Kathy Kallick Band ~ The Weather Song (Live Oak) The Lonesome Chronicles [10/17/23.] (3:50)

Tony Ellis ~ Red Dog (Flying Fish) Farewell My Home [1993.] (1:37)

Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley & the Southern Mountain Boys ~ Sally Ann (Rounder) Lovesick and Sorrow [1978.] (4:27)

Bill Monroe ~ With Body and Soul (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 4 [Nashville, TN. Decca. 4/29/69.] (3:05)

Asa Martin & Roy Hobbs ~ I Must See My Mother (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 7 [Richmond, IN. Champion, Melotone Canadian, Minerva. 10/19/32.] (2:58)

Emry Arthur ~ Ethan Lang (Yazoo) My Rough and Rowdy Ways v. 2 [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 3/21/27.] (3:01)

Hershal Brown & His Boys ~ Corn Shucking Party in GA (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 7/30.28.] (3:14)

Ron Hughey ~ Texas Crapshooters (American Heritage Music Corporation. Country Fiddlin’ Ozark Style [Fresno, CA. 12/3/73.] (1:57)

Tune Hash ~ Sourwood Mountain (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (2:10)

J.P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Mud Fence (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [1974. Del Carpenter. Zag, KY.] (2:12)

Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis ~ Betsy Likens (Flying Fish) Wilder Joy [Henry Reed. 1987.] (2:37)

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Rabbit up a Gum Stump (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [New!] (2:07)

David Bragger & Susan Platz ~ The Forked Deer of Fannin (Tiki Parlour) King’s Lament [Glen Fannin, N. Fairfield, OH. 2017.] (2:55)

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, Erynn Marshall, Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau, Asa Martin & Roy Hobbs, & Albert Hash! New music from the Milltown Philosophers, A. J. Srubas & Rina Rossi, the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys and the Red Camel Collective! Settle on in and ease your mind!

Playlist 7/3/2025

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

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

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out ~ New Cut Road (IIIrd Tyme Out) single [6/25/25.] (3:27)

Milan Miller ~ Nolichucky River  (Melton and Miller Music) Between the Rhythm and Rhyme [3/23/23.] (3:22)

Thomas Cassell ~ Welcome to Virginia (Mountain Fever) The Never Ending Years [10/4/24.] (3:19 )

Andy Leftwich ~ Kimper County (Mountain Home) The American Fiddler [10/28/22.] (4:01)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys ~ Molly and Tenbrooks (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (2:40)

Stanley Brothers ~ Clinch Mountain Backstep (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 10/1/58. 45, 1959.] (2:19 )

Georgia Crackers ~ The Georgia Black Bottom (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 10/12/27.] (3:03)

Richard ‘Rabbit’ Brown ~ James Alley (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [New Orleans, LA. Victor. 3/11/27.] (3:06)

Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet ~ Don’t Grieve after Me (Yazoo) Music of Kentucky v. 1 [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/26/27.] (3:01)

Rocky Creek Ramblers ~ Raven’s Gap (Vigortone) The Rocky Creek Ramblers [Charlie Acuff. 2021.] (2:37)

Wilson Douglas ~ Boatin’ Up Sandy (Marimac) Boatin’ Up Sandy [Doc White-French Carpenter. 1989.] (2:39)

Pilot Mountain Bobcats ~ Alabama Gals (Yodel Ay Hee) Dance by the Light of the Moon [1999.] (3:54 )

John Salyer ~ Billy in the Lowground (University Press of Kentucky) Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes [Jeff Titon.] (3:17)

Greg Hooven et al ~ John Henry (Heritage) Tribute to Fred Cockerham [1989.] (2:30)

Beverly Smith & Carl Jones ~ My Little Carpenter (Dittyville) Glow [Jim Howard, Harlan, KY. 2009.] (3:27)

Carter Family ~ Where We’ll Never Grow Old (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain 4 [Atlanta, GA. Victor, Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Electradisk, Sunrise. 2/24/32.] (3:05)

Leake County Revelers ~ Been to the East, West (JSP) Country Fiddle B [New Orleans, LA.  Columbia. 4/27/28.] (2:59)

Scottdale String Band ~ Down Yonder (Arhoolie) Old Folks Better Go to Bed [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 10/10/27.] (2:56 )

Sister Sadie/Po’ Ramblin’ Boys ~ Just a Holler Over (Mountain Home) single [6/23/25.] (2:21)

Dan Tyminski ~ Cumberland Gap (8 Track Entertainment) Live from the Ryman [8/16/2024.] (2:07)

Kevin Denney ~ Kiss My Bluegrass Goodbye (Turnberry) single [6/11/25.] (2:45)

Cullen & Mickey Galyean ~ Sweetest Love (Eastwood) and Friends [2005.] (2:58)

Molly O’Day ~ Poor Ellen Smith (Columbia) 421 [1947.] (2:26)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Pike County Breakdown (Mercury) The Complete Mercury Sessions [WDAE, Tampa, FL. 10/20/50.] (2:45)

Oscar & Doc Harper ~ Twinkle Little Star (County) Old-Time Texas String Bands v. 1 [Dallas, TX. OKeh. 10/27/29.] (2:59)

Billy Milton ~ Old Fashioned Square Dance (Yazoo) Cornshucker’s Frolic v. 2 [St. Paul, MN. Gennett, Challenge. 9/29/27.] (3:00)

Kelly Harrell ~ My Name Is John Johanna (County) Hard Times in the Country [Camden, NJ. Victor. 3/23/27.] (3:14)

Geoff Seitz ~ O’Carolyn’s Draught (Oceana Productions) The Good Old Days Are Here [1995.] (2:57)

Jim Childress & Uncle Henry’s Favorites ~ Laurel Fork (Jim Childress) Turkey Sag [2003.] (2:38)

Doug Phillips & Hilary Dirlam ~ Turkey Buzzard (Silver Circle Productions) Wagoner [Gordon Freeman. 1993?] (1:54)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Mon Vieux Wagon (FSB) Rock Island Grange [Balfa Brothers. 12/5-7/2016.] (1:50)

Highwoods Stringband ~ Old and Grey (Rounder) Fire on the Mountain [1973.] (3:20)

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

Dixon Brothers ~ At Twilight Old Pal of Yesterday (Bear Family) A Blessing to People [Charlotte, NC. Montgomery Ward. 2/18/37.] (2:29)

Utica Institute Jubilee Singers ~ Angels Watching Over Me (Yazoo) Story v. 1 [NY. Victor. 3/4/27.] (2:14)

Charlie Bowman & His Brothers ~ Forky Deer (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down B [NY. Columbia. 2/2/29.] (3:02)

Junior Sisk ~ Where Love Goes to Die (Turnberry) single [2025.] (2:52)

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ 1916 (Rebel Records) Coming On Strong [2025.] (3:14)

Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter ~ Runnin’ Late (Fiddleman) Carter & Cleveland [Jimmy Campbell. 3/13/25.] (4:19)

Jim Mills ~ It’s Rainin’ Here This Morning (Sugar Hill) My Dixie Home [Grandpa Jones. 2002.] (2:31)

Reno & Smiley ~ Unwanted Love (King) 1951 to 1959 3 [King. 11/14/58.] (2:32)

Bill Monroe ~ True Life Blues take 3 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 2/13/45.] (2:49)

Fleming & Townsend ~ She’s Just That Kind (British Archive of Country Music) Little Home upon the Hill [Memphis, TN. Victor. 6/6/30.] (3:01)

Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers ~ I Don’t Love Nobody (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/26.] (3:01)

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

Luther Davis ~ Western Country (FRC) FRC745 Some of the Very Oldest [Delhart, VA. 9/12/73.] (1:36)

Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys ~ Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (County) Old Time Mountain Music [1969.] (3:09)

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

E. C. Ball ~ Cannon Ball Blues (County) Rural Parlor Guitar [2009. Rugby, VA. 1971.] (2:20)

Man Alive! ~ I’ve Just Seen the Rock of Ages (Yodel-ay-Hee) Ever What You Want [2001.] (6:28)

Benny Bleu ~ Crossing Lake Riley (Bandcamp) Banjo Meditations [2024.] (4:05)