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!