Playlist 8/28/2025

 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)

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

Williamson Branch ~ Come On Sunshine (Pinecastle) Southern Sunshine [7/11/25.] (2:46)

Rachel Baiman et al ~ The Julia Belle Swain (Stuff Works) Julia Belle, John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project v. 2 [1/1/25.] (5:25)

Johnson Mountain Boys ~ Beneath the Old Southern Skies (Rounder) Let the Whole World Talk [3/27/1986.] (3:00)

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ I Wanna Go Home (King) Poor Rambler 1 [Over the Sunset Hill. 8/68. King.] (2:42)

Todd Phillips ~ Down in the Valley to Pray (Gourd Music) In the Pines [1995.] (2:29)

Cranford, Thompson & Miles ~ Tell Mother I’ll Meet Her (Tompkins Square) I’m Going Down to NC 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Montgomery Ward. 1/28/28.] (3:21)

Blue Sky Boys ~ When Heaven Comes Down (Bear Family) Sunny Side of Life 5 [Atlanta, GA. RCA Victor. 1/31/49. 45-12/49.] (2:49)

Reaves White County Ramblers ~ Ten Cent Piece (County) Echoes of the Ozarks 2 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 4/27/28.] (3:02)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Drunken Hiccups (Bandcamp) Beehive Cathedral [6/8/24.] (4:23)

Glen Smith ~ Going Back to Georgie (County) Clawhammer Banjo v. 3 [previously unreleased. 1978.] (1:35)

New Dixie Entertainers ~ Glory in the Meetinghouse (Yodel Ay Hee) Maybelle Rag [W. M. Stepp. 1994.] (2:27)

George Jackson & Brad Kolodner ~ Norman and Nancy (GJ & BK) Shady Lane [Sam Bush. 10/11/24.] (3:01)

Pete McMahan ~ Missouri Waltz (Voyager) 50 Old-Time Fiddle Gems 2 [Missouri Fiddlin’ No. 4, 1979.] (2:57)

Dirk Powell ~ Pretty Polly (Rounder) If I Go Ten Thousand Miles [1996.] (4:24)

Crook Brothers String Band ~ Going across the Sea (Document) Nashville, 1928 [Nashville, TN. Victor, MW. 10/5/28.] (2:49)

David McCarn ~ Everyday Dirt (Old Hat) Gastonia Gallop [Memphis, TN. Victor. 5/19/30.] (3:09)

Stripling Brothers ~ Mayflower (Document) v. 2 [New Orleans, LA. Decca. 3/12/36.] (2:22)

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

Becky Buller ~ A Hazy Shade of Winter (Dark Shadow) Songs That Sing Me [7/25/25.] (2:12)

Eli West ~ Gentleman’s Bulldog (Tender & Mild) The Shape of a Sway [7/11/25.] (4:16)

Norman Blake ~ Blind Dog (Rounder) Old Ties [Blind Dog. 1988. 2002.] (2:53)

Reno & Smiley ~ I’m the Talk of the Town (Rural Rhythm) Bluegrass 1963 [Spartanburg, SC. 9/19/63.] (2:29)

Bill Monroe ~ Along about Daybreak (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky1936 to 1949 6 [WBBM. Chicago, IL. Columbia. 10/28/47. 78&45 7/18/49] (1:52)

Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers ~ John Henry Blues (Yazoo) Times 2 [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 3/23/27.] (3:13)

Carl Sprague ~ The Mormon Cowboy (Yazoo) When I Was a Cowboy v. 1 [Dallas, TX. Victor, Aurora. 10/13/29.] (2:47)

Red Headed Fiddlers ~ Never Alone Waltz (JSP) Texas Hillbillies A [Dallas, TX. Brunswick, Melotone. 10/18/28.] (2:40)

Volo Bogtrotters ~ Tell It to Me (Vigortone) Hell Broke Loose in Volo [Backside of Buncombe. 1989.] (2:55)

Tom Carter & Tom Sauber ~ Annie Montgomery (Tiki Parlour) Trade Your Headache 1 [2021.] (3:21)

Joshua Goforth & Hilary Dirlam ~ Sandy River (LTA Records) Basic Ingredients [Gordon & Avril Freeman. 1999.] (2:17)

Spencer & Rains ~ The Campbells Are Coming (Tiki Parlour) The Old Texas Fiddle v. 3 [2023. James Willis Whatley.] (3:27)

Double Decker Stringband ~ Working on the Railroad (Marimac) For an Old Time Call… [1990. Blankenship Family, 1931.] (3:28)

Ernie Carpenter ~ Betty Baker (Augusta Heritage) Elk River Blues [1986.] (1:29)

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

Uncle Dave Macon ~ He Won the Heart of My Sarah Jane (Bear Family) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy 3 [Sam McGee-g. NY. Vocalion. 4/14/26.] (3:11)

Ruben Burns & the Short Creek Trio ~ Huntin’ Me a Home (Document) Alabama Stringbands [Birmingham, AL. Herwin. 8/17/27.] (2:37)

Rock Hearts ~ Pretty Little Bird (615 Hideaway) Unfinished Bridges [10/4/24.] (3:41)

Andy Leftwich ~ Tom and Jerry (Mountain Home) single [7/24/25.] (2:22)

Red Camel Collective ~ All I Need (Pinecastle) Red Camel Collective [11/29/24.] (3:01)

Harmonic Tone Revealers ~ Little Liza Jane (Corvus) Harmonic Tone Revealers [J. P. Fraley. 2017.] (3:21)

Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys ~ My Home’s across the Blue Ridge Mountains (Old Blue) With Buddy Pendleton [1965.] (2:47)

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

Pie Plant Pete ~ Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (Old Homestead) Stay on the Farm [Richmond, IN. Gennett,  Champion, Supertone, Superior, Melotone, Melotone Canadian. 8/8/30.] (3:12)

Carter Family ~ I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (JSP) The Acme Sessions A [WOPI, Bristol, TN. 6/5/52.] (2/37)

Delmore Brothers ~ That Yodelin’ Gal, Miss Julie (JSP) Classic Cuts B [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 2/17/36.] (2:31)

Anya Hinkle & Jackson Cunningham ~ Moonshiner (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) Old Time Duets [Roscoe Holcomb. 2006.] (2:17)

Hus Caudill ~ John Hardy (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Prettiest Tune I Ever Heard [Sparta, NC. 1/4/74.] (0:36)

Laura Boosinger ~ Goin’ back to Dixie (Rounder) Old Time Banjo Festival [Uncle Dave. Marcy Marxer-g. 2007.] (3:28)

Boiled Buzzards ~ Yellow Barber (Buzzard) Salt and Grease [2003.] (2:22)

Megan Lynch Chowning & Adam Hurt ~ There’s a Brown Skin Gal (FiddleStar) Inside Out [A. C. "Eck" Robertson. 2016.] (2:56)

Evie Ladin & Laurie Lewis ~ Ain’t Broke (Evil Diane) Riding the Rooster 2 [Hank Bradley.] (2:45)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Reno & Smiley & Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Norman Blake, the Blue Sky Boys, Glen Smith, Dirk Powell, and Hus Caudill! New music from Evie Ladin, Big Country Bluegrass, the Red Camel Collective, Eli West, Williamson Branch, Andy Leftwich, Becky Buller, and Rhonda Vincent! Get comfortable, and settle on in!