Playlist 9/25/2025

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)

Caleb Bailey & Paine’s Run ~ Minneapolis-Moline (Turnberry) Pride of Appalachia [9/13/24.] (3:49)

Missy Raines ~ Fast Moving Train (Compass) Highlander [2/9/24.] (3:18)

Gabe Epstein ~ Difficult Run (Gabe Epstein) Washington Express [1/19/24.] (2:33)

Norman Blake et al ~ Oconee (Flying Fish) Norman Blake et al [Tut Taylor, comp. 1975.] (5:26)

Reno & Smiley ~ Barefoot Nellie (Rural Rhythm) Bluegrass 1963 [Spartanburg, SC. 9/19/63.] (1:46)

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ Over the Sunset Hill (King) Poor Rambler 1 [Over the Sunset Hill. 8/68. King.] (2:44)

Dock Walsh ~ Bathe in That Beautiful Pool (JSP) Serenade in the Mountains B [Memphis, TN. Victor. 9/25/29.] (2:58 )

Blue Ridge Mountain Singers ~ I’ll Remember You Love in My Prayers (Yazoo) Rose Grew 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/21/30.] (2:52)

Narmour & Smith ~ New Charleston No. 1 (Musical Traditions) Where the Southern Meets the Dog [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 7/30/34.] (2:52)

Jim Wood ~ Allen’s Clog (Spring Fed) Rural Felicity [2020.] (0:51)

Bob Walters ~ Two Bits (Missouri Valley Music) The Champion 2 [Named for phone charges.] (1:45)

Squirrel Butter ~ Reuben (Squirrel Butter Music) Chestnuts [Fred Cockerham. 2015.] (3:13)

Roy Norton ~ My Old Pal of Yesterday (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia-Carolina Sampler [1989. Mike Austin-b.] (3:56)

Tom, Brad & Alice ~ Moonlight Tonight (private) Brandywine Spring Picnic 5/11/2003, Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin, DE (2:57 )

John Morgan Salyer ~ Little Bobby (Appalachian Center) Home Recordings v. 1 1941 to 1942 (2:05)

Wilmer Watts & the Lonely Eagles ~ Sleepy Desert (Old Hat) Gastonia Gallop [NY. Paramount. c. 10/29.] (3:06)

Uncle Eck Dunford ~Skip to Ma Lou, My Darling (Yazoo) The Story That the Crow Told Me 1 [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/27/27.] (2:42)

Stripling Brothers ~ Over the Waves (Document) v. 1 [NY. Decca. 9/10/34.] (3:00)

Kody Norris Show ~ The Auctioneer (Rebel) single [Leroy Van Dyke. 9/13/24.] (2:43)

Troy Engle ~ Lonesome Lesson Learned (Pinecastle) Back Home [8/9/2024.] (2:57)

Grascals ~ Some People Make It (Mountain Home) 20 [8/23/24.] (2:43)

Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys ~ Paul and Silas (Old Blue) With Buddy Pendleton [1965.] (2:15)

Bill Harrell & Buzz Busby ~ The Window Up Above (?) Live at New River Ranch [New River Ranch, 1961.] (4:03)

Stanley Brothers ~ Let Me Be Your Friend (Bear Family) 1949 to 1952 [3/1/49. Nashville, TN. Columbia 78-6/20/49.] (2:42)

Carter Family ~ Gently Lead Me (JSP) The Acme Sessions A [WOPI, Bristol, TN. 3/7/52.] (2:30)

Blue Sky Boys ~ The Sweetest Gift, a Mother’s Smile (Bear Family) Sunny Side of Life 5 [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 1/31/49. 78-4/49. ]  (3:03)

Wyzee Hamilton ~ Because He Was Only a Tramp (Document) Alabama Stringbands [Art Frazier. Birmingham, AL. Herwin. 8/15/27.] (3:11)

Darol Anger & Bruce Molsky ~ Hjaltadans, Hunter’s Grove (Tree Frog Music) Lockdown Breakdown [Garry Harrison. 2024.] (3:57)

Norman Edmonds ~ Chinquapin Hunting (Spring Fed) Train on the Island [Rufus Burnett-bj.] (2:28)

Highwoods Stringband ~ Walkin’ in the Parlor (Rounder) Fire on the Mountain [1973.] (2:51)

Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson & Cleek Schrey ~ Pompey Ran Away (Bandcamp) Beehive Cathedral [2024.] (1:56)

Wilson Douglas ~ Paddy on the Pike (Marimac) Boatin’ Up Sandy [1989.] (2:46)

Doug Phillips & Hilary Dirlam ~ Fishers Hornpipe (Silver Circle Productions) Wagoner [Gordon Freeman. 1993?] (1:45)

Grant Brothers ~ I’m Goin’ to Georgia (JSP) Worried Blues D [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 2/18/28.] (2:36)

Gospel Light Jubilee Singers ~ I Am in His Care (Document) Carolina Gospel Quartets [Rock Hill, SC. Bluebird. 2/1/39.] (3:18)

Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners ~ I’m Bound to Ride (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down D [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 8/3/37.] (2:21)

Byron Hill ~ Younger (BHP Recordings) That Old Mountain [7/26/24.] (2:35)

Rhonda Vincent ~ Take Me Home Country Roads (Upper Management) Destinations and Fun Places [8/14/24.] (4:32)

Jerry Salley ~ Old Songwriters Like Me (Very Jerry) The Songwriter [5/10/24.] (4:17)

Johnson Mountain Boys ~ Memories Cover Everything I Own (Rounder) Let the Whole World Talk [3/27/1986.] (2:50)

Bill Monroe ~ I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 2 [Bluegrass Special!, 6/17/63. Nashville. Decca. 11/23/62.] (2:13)

Fred Murphy & the Blue River Boys ~ You’ll Always Be My Blue-Eyed Darling (JSP) Authentic Bluegrass C [Mutual 78, 1951.] (2:49)

Uncle Dave Macon& Sid Harkreader ~ Down in Arkansaw (Bear Family) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy 3 [NY. Vocalion. 4/15/25.] (3:04)

Theron Hale & Daughters ~ Hale’s Rag (Document) Nashville, 1928 [Nashville, TN. Victor. 10/3/28.] (2:44)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Babe (JSP) Texas Hillbillies A [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (3:10)

Rayna Gellert ~ Jenny Ran Away in the Mud in the Night (Yodel Ay Hee) Ways of the World [Marcus Martin. 2000.] (2:02)

Hus Caudill ~ Old Joe Clark, clawhammer version (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Prettiest Tune I Ever Heard [Sparta, NC. 1/4/74.] (2:04)

Critton Hollow Stringband ~ Sittin’ by the Fire (Flying Fish) By and By [Carson Robison. 1985.] (2:56)

Joshua Goforth & Hilary Dirlam ~ Lonesome Indian (LTA Records) Basic Ingredients [Gordon & Arvil Freeman, Paw Paw, NC. 1999.] (2:05)

Art Stamper ~ Dance around Molly (County) Goodbye Girls, I’m Going to Boston [Eldest brother Charles Stamper. 2000.] (3:25)

Cathy Fink ~ Where the Wild, Wild Flowers Grow (Rounder) Old Time Banjo Festival [Ola Belle Reed. 2007.] (2:58)

David Davis & the Warrior River Boys ~ Blue Ridge Mountain Skies (Rebel) Two Dimes & a Nickel [2009.] (3:45)

Playlist 9/18/2025

 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)

Mike Mitchell ~ Little Mountain Home (Mountain Fever) Love Songs, Torch & Bluegrass [8/26/25.] (3:15)

Ashleigh Graham ~ I’ll Just Drive (Pinecastle) I’ll Just Drive [6/1/25.] (3:13)

Tyler Grant ~ Coming Home to Stay (Grant Central) Flatpicker [2025.] (2:30)

Norman Blake & Tony Rice ~ It’s Raining Here This Morning (Rounder) Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2 [Grandpa Jones. 1976.] (3:37)

Vern & Ray ~ Prisoner’s Song (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (1:54)

Stanley Brothers ~ I Worship You (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 11/28/54.  Country Pickin’ & Singin’, 1958.] (2:28)

Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters ~ My Wife Died Last Saturday Night (County) Nashville Early String Bands 1 [Atlanta, GA. Brunswick. 3/3/28.] (2:50)

Tommy Johnson ~ Big Road Blues (Yazoo) Best There Ever Was [Memphis Auditorium, Memphis, TN. Victor. 2/3/28.] (3:20)

Ted Gossett’s Band ~ Rocky Mountain Goat (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [Richmond, IN. Superior. 9/18/30.] (2:58)

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Hell among the Yearlings (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Cyril Stinnett.] (3:10)

Todd Clewell & Friends ~ The Blackbird (Happy Dog) Sarah Armstrong’s Tunes [2007.] (3:30)

Canote Brothers ~ The Scolding Wife (Clonetone) Calico Pie [2005. Marion Reese.] (2:55)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Little Black Dog (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets [Luther Davis.] (2:07)

Fuzzy Mountain String Band ~ Ebenezer (Rounder) The Fuzzy Mountain String Band [Franklin George, Henry Reed, Alan Jabbour. 1971.] (2:16)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ A Distant Land to Roam (County) Songs of Home & Childhood v. 3 [Carter Family. 1973.] (2:08)

Hill Billies ~ Texas Gals (Document) v. 2 [NY. Vocalion. 10/22/26.] (2:53)

Anglin Twins {Jack & Jim} ~ Don’t Say Goodbye when You Go (Old Homestead) South’s Favorite Trio [San Antonio, TX. Vocalion, ARC, Conqueror. 11/5/37.] (2:52)

Carter Family ~ The Happiest Days of All (Arhoolie) Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (1:26)

Jackson Hollow ~ Thank God for the Radio (Mountain Fever) single [9/16/25.] (2:54)

Route 3 ~ Wasting My Time (Pinecastle) Live at the Station Inn [5/9/25. Recorded 11/2/24.] (3:05)

Remedy Tree ~ Beyond What I Can See (Mountain Fever) Beyond What I Can See [9/12/25. Jason Carter.] (2:27)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Keep on the Sunny Side (Elf Records) River of Memories [BC-lg, Tim Yates-sb. 1994.] (2:51)

Tommy Jackson ~ Flop Eared Mule (British Archive of Country Music) Legendary Session Fiddler [Dot. 78&45, 1954.] (2:43)

Tommy Magness & the Tennessee Buddies ~ When I Safely Reach That Other Shore (King) 1951 to 1959 1 [Cincinnati, OH. Federal. 3/6/51.] (2:35)

Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Fourteen Days in Georgia (JSP) Worried Blues D [NY. Columbia. 3/23/26.] (3:10)

David Miller ~ Jailhouse Rag (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like  v. 8 [New Orleans, LA. Vocalion. 10/2/29.] (3:09)

Kessinger Brothers ~ Chicken in the Barnyard (Document) v. 1 [Ashland, KY. Brunswick, Supertone. 2/10/28.] (2:49)

Big Medicine ~ The Waves on the Sea (Yodel Ay Hee) Pine to Pine [Carter Family. 2009.] (3:34)

Jim Scancarelli ~ Leather Britches (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [Gasoline Alley. 1989.] (3:02)

Humdingers ~ Lost Indian (Chubby Dragon) The Humdingers [2005.] (2:32)

Brad Kolodner ~ Elk River Blues (Brad Kolodner) Old Growth [Ernie Carpenter. 5/30/25.] (1:53)

Albert Hash ~ A Dark Road’s a Hard Road to Travel (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:21)

Marc Rennard ~ Setauket (CB Records) Earthenware [Anthony Clapp. 2016.] (3:01)

Grayson & Whitter ~ He Is Coming to Us Dead (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down A [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 10/18/27.] (2:58)

Blind Willie Johnson ~ I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole (Yazoo) Times 3 Dallas, TX. Columbia. 12/3/27.] (2:42)

Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland ~ Lonesome Weary Blues (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions 3 [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/22/29.] (2:55)

Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ Rollin’ on Rubber Wheels (Stanley Family) Rollin’ on Rubber Wheels [9/14/25.] (2:56)

Kenny Feinstein ~ Suicide Blues (Sound Biscuit) single [9/19/25.] (2:21)

Shawn Lane & Richard Bennett ~ Street Light (Bonfire) 1682 [2/13/24.] (6:05)

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

Jim & Jesse ~ My Darling’s in Heaven (Bear Family) 1952 to 1956 [Nashville, TN. Capitol. 3/16/53. 78&45-9/53. 20 Great Songs, 1968.] (2:39)

James Monroe ~ Sweet Mary & the Miles in Between (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 4 [Mount Juliet, TN. MCA. 12/17/69. 1970.] (2:03)

Hershel Brown & His Washboard Band ~ Spanish Rag (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 3/19/29.] (3:01)

Riley Puckett ~ Puckett Blues (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 8/8/35.] (2:50)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Sweet Sarah Blues (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/29.] (3:05)

Paine Trio ~ Abe’s Retreat (self-produced) Fiddler’s Reel [Emory Bailey. 2013.] (2:50)

Tune Hash ~ Handsome Johnny (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (3:29)

Bristol Brothers ~ Smokey Mountain Rag (Dynamic Recording) Cornbread Willie [Roy Acuff, Polly Bergen. 1996.] (2:00)

Red Mules ~ Old Bell Cow (Vigortone) Old Time Music [Jeff, Rich, Susie. Dixie Crackers. 1992.] (2:54)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Jenny Get Around (Appalachian Center) Home Recordings 1941 to 1942 v. 1 (2:10)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Forked Deer (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [1974.] (2:09)

Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans ~ Cluck Old Hen (Native & Fine) Songs Mostly Older than Us [With Norman & Nancy Blake. 2016.] (2:06)

Playlist 9/11/2025

 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)

Magnolia Street String Band ~ By the Light of the Moon (MSSB) By the Light of the Moon [7/26/24.] (4:20)

Max Wareham ~ Rexford Falls (Nine Athens Music) Daggomit! [2/21/25.] (3:25)

Volume Five ~ You Don’t Care Enough for Me to Cry (Mountain Fever) Leave a Light On [5/23/2025.] (4:05)

Del McCoury ~ Used to Be (Arhoolie) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [12/9/67, LP ’68, CD, ‘92.] (1:55)

Becky Buller ~ Why Don’t You Just Say Goodbye (SRS) Rest My Weary Feet [2001.] (2:39)

Stanley Brothers ~ Man of Constant Sorrow (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. 5/21/61.] (2:44)

Riley Puckett ~ Though You’re Not Satisfied with Me (JSP) Riley Puckett B [Rock Hill, SC. Bluebird, Regal Zonophone Australian. 2/1/39.] (2:15)

Uncle Eck Dunford ~ The Savingest Man on Earth (JSP) Serenade in the Mountains A [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 10/22/27.] (3:00)

Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers (JSP) Texas Hillbillies C [Dallas, TX. Columbia. 12/6/28.] (3:19 )

Clinton Davis ~ Swannanoa Tunnel (Tiki Parlour) Ever Returning [2025. Lunsford, George Pegram.] (2:54)

Kerry Blech ~ Chillicothe Beauty (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC 571 Appalachian Master [2025.] (3:47)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Clinton (5-String Productions) It’s About Time [Judy Hyman, John Ashby. 2007.] (3:09)

Major Contay & the Canebrake Rattlers ~ A Lazy Farmer Boy (Flying Crow) Old Familiar Tunes [Buster Carter & Preston Young. 1978.] (2:57)

John Hatcher ~ Going Up to Hamburg (Mississippi Department of Archives & History) Great Big Yam Potatoes [1985.] (0:49)

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown ~ Going Up to Hamburg (Tiki Parlour) With Marcia Bryant & Terri McMurray [John Hatcher, MS. 2018.] (2:16)

Fiddlin’ Sam Long ~ Sandy Land (County) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion,  Challenge, Buddy. 1 or 2/1926.] (2:39)

Alabama Sheiks ~ Travelin’ Railroad Man Blues (JSP) Richer Tradition B [Camden, NJ. Victor. 1/20/31.] (2:56)

Emry Arthur & William Rexroat ~ The Wanderer (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down C [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 1/8/29.] (2:56)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers~ Black and Decker Blues (Billy Blue) Lovin’, Fightin’, Losin’ Sleep [2025.] (3:16)

Grasstime ~ Cotton, Corn and Hay (Grasstime) single [Bob Minner/Thomm Jutz. 9/5/25.] (3:24)

Po’ Ramblin’ Boys ~ Smokey Mountain Home (Smithsonian Folkways) Wanderers Like Me [8/16/24.] (3:07)

Don Rigsby ~ Hillbilly Heartache (Rebel) Kentucky Troubadour [Hillbilly Heartache, 2006.] (3:04)

Red Cravens & the Bray Brothers ~ Cora Is Gone (Rounder) 415 West Main [1971.] (2:36)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ I’d Rather Be Alone (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 3 [Nashville, TN. rec. 8/29/53. Col  78 & 45 rel. 5/3/54.] (2:47 )

Carter Family ~ When the Springtime Comes Again (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain  v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Electradisk, Sunrise, Bluebird, Zonophone/Regal Zonophone Australian. 5/24/30.] (2:47)

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

Dixie Crackers ~ Bile Them Cabbage Down (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 4 [Chicago, IL. Paramount. c. 1/29.] (2:58)

Susan Graham Pepper ~ Rye Whiskey (Ballad Records) Where the Islands Overflow [2024.] (1:52)

Fletcher Fulk ~ Pete and Nancy (Pick Away Press) Dear Old Illinois 1 [1/28/76.] (1:13)

Squirrel Butter ~ Waltz for Charmy (Tiki Parlour) Hazelnut [Charlie Beck. 2022.] (2:45)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ The Blackest Crow (Merriweather) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [Brad Leftwich. 1997.] (3:12)

Trenton ‘Tater’ Caruthers ~ Five Miles from Town (Spring Fed) Tennessee Breakdown [Clyde Davenport. 2020.] (1:59)

Benton Flippen & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Red Bird (Music Maker) 270 Haystack Road [Ward Jarvis. 2009.] (4:18)

Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers ~ I’ve Got No Honey Babe Now (Yazoo) Times Ain’t 5 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/8/27.] (2:31)

Gene Clardy & Stan Clements ~ Black Mustache (Document) Mississippi String Bands v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 2/18/30.] (2:59)

Byron Parker & His Mountaineers ~ Peanut Special (BACM) Bluebird Label [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/9/40.] (2:45)

Williamson Branch ~ Come On, Sunshine (Pinecastle) Southern Sunshine [3/20/25.] (2:40)

Casey Conners ~ Monroe’s Dream (Casey Connors) The Boy from Bluegrass [Herschel Sizemore. 3/18/25.] (3:12)

Special Consensus ~ Like a Train (Compass) Been All Around This World [Robbie Fulks. 6/20/25.] (3:07)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~ Lost Indians (Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [1997.] (2:26)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ Cheap Love Affair (Necktie) Losing Game [2022.] (4:16)

Bill Monroe ~ When the Bees Are in the Hive (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville. 4/26/62. Bluegrass Special, 1963. Decca.] (2:11 )

Original Sacred Harp Choir ~ Canaan’s Land OSH 101T (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing D [NY. Brunswick. 6 or 7/22.] (3:07)

Roy Harvey & the North Carolina Ramblers ~ What Is Home without Love (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Ashland, KY. Brunswick. 2/16/28.] (2:58)

Narmour & Smith ~ The New Carroll County Blues No. 1 (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 7/30/34.] (2:52)

Horsenecks ~ Little Old Sod Shanty (Tiki Parlour Recordings) In the West [6/27/25.] (5:13 )

Esker Hutchins ~ Unnamed Fiddle Tune (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [2007.] (2:00)

Hog Eyed Man, Paddy ‘Otis’ League, Michael Starkey ~ Georgia Belles (Tiki Parlour) Across the Sea [Manco Sneed. 7/4/25.] (2:27)

Earl White Stringband ~ Raleigh and Spencer (Fiddler’s Jam) Fiddlin Earl White [2014. Tommy Jarrell.] (2:40)

Reed Martin ~ The Old Stillhouse (Reed Martin) Old Time Banjo [1998.] (1:22)

Wild Shoats ~ Moonshiner (Bandcamp) Yell In the Shoats [2/7/2025.] (4:20 )

 

New music from Clinton Davis, the Magnolia Street String Band, Wild Shoats, the Horsenecks, Williamson Branch, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Hog Eyed Man, and Grasstime! Mining the archives for the music of Major Contay & the Canebrake Rattlers, Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers, the Original Sacred Harp Choir, the Dixie Crackers, Esker Hutchins, and the Alabama Sheiks! 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 9/4/2025

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)

East Nash Grass ~ In Such a Short Time (Mountain Fever) All God’s Children [8/22/25.] (2:45)

Caroline Owens ~ Telluride (Billy Blue) single [2025.] (3:55)

Dan Tyminski ~ Ode to Jimmy (8 Track Entertainment) Live from the Ryman [8/16/2024.] (3:08)

Bill Monroe ~ Summertime Is Past and Gone take BD 1 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 9/16/46.] (1:03)

Bailes Brothers ~ Searching for a Soldier’s Grave (Columbia 78) single [2/17/45.] (3:00)

Reno & Smiley ~ Better Luck Next Time (King) 1951 to 1959 3 [King. 11/14/58. 45, 1966.] (2:47)

Dixon Brothers ~ Call Me Pal of Mine (Bear Family) A Blessing to People 2 [Charlotte, NC. Montgomery Ward. 2/18/37.] (2:45)

Leake County Revelers ~ Leake County Blues (JSP) Country Fiddle B [New Orleans, LA.  Columbia. 12/10/29.] (3:06)

Dallas String Band ~ Dallas Rag (Yazoo) Before the Blues 2 [Dallas, TX. Columbia. 12/6/27.] (2:56)

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

Walter McNew ~ Callahan (Appalachian Center) Blackjack Grove [1992. “Soft Spoken.”] (4:01)

Jim Childress & Uncle Henry’s Favorites ~ The Dark of the Moon (Jim Childress) Turkey Sag [2003.] (3:30)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Ida Red (Joseph Decosimo) Fiery Gizzard [8/15/25.] (3:14)

Charles Long & Sam Neal ~ My Old Dog’s Trailing Up a Squirrel (Mississippi Department of Archives & History) Great Big Yam Potatoes [1939.] (0:51)

Beverly Smith & Carl Jones ~ I Never Will Marry (Dittyville) Glow [Jim Howard, Harlan, KY. 2009.] (3:45)

Carter Family ~ We Will March through the Streets of the City (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain 4 [Atlanta, GA. Victor, Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Electradisk, Sunrise. 2/24/32.] (2:51)

Big Boy Cleveland ~ Goin’ to Leave You Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [New Orleans, LA. Victor. 3/11/27.] (3:06)

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

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ Bells of Every Chapel (Rebel Records) Coming On Strong [2025.] (3:24)

Bryan McDowell ~ Hear My Name (Mountain Fever) single [7/19/25.] (2:36)

Bobby Osborne & C. J. Lewandowski ~ Fern Branch (Turnberry Records) Keep On Keepin’ On [8/22/25.] (4:23)

Cullen & Mickey Galyean ~ Blue Ridge Mountains (Eastwood) and Friends [2005.] (4:35)

Al Jones & Frank Necessary ~ You’re Not Easy to Forget (Rounder) & the Spruce Mountain Boys [#50. 8/20/76.] (2:14)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Doin’ My Time (Mercury) The Complete Mercury Sessions [WDAE, Tampa, FL. 10/20/50.] (2:45)

Georgia Crackers ~ I’ve Got a Gal in Baltimore (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 10/12/27.] (2:48)

Fleming & Townsend ~ Something’s Got to Change Somewhere (British Archive of Country Music) Little Hill [Memphis, TN. Victor. 11/20/30.] (3:01)

W.M. Stepp & Walter Williams ~ Mud Fence (Yazoo) Music of Kentucky v. 1 [Lomax. Salyersville, KY. 10/28/37.] (1:50)

Bruce Greene & Don Pedi ~Steppin’ in the Parlor (Hazeldog) Rare Old Chestnuts [2005.] (2:03)

Frank Blade ~ Sister Anne (Joyswing) Dance Band [2011. Bert Edwards, Walkertown, NC. 1988.] (2:40)

Greg Hooven et al ~ Fall on My Knees (Heritage) Tribute to Fred Cockerham [1989.] (3:16)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Ridin’ in an Old Model T (FSB) Rock Island Grange [Dixie Ramblers. 12/5-7/2016.] (1:54)

Wilson Douglas ~ Coo Coo’s Nest (Marimac) Boatin’ Up Sandy [Ed Haley. 1989.] (2:25)

Rocky Creek Ramblers ~ Roy Wooliver’s Money Musk (Vigortone) The Rocky Creek Ramblers [John Hartford. 2021.] (2:02)

Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers ~ Old Joe Clark (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/26.] (3:01)

Blue Ridge Mountaineers ~ Old Flannigan (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [Richmond, IN.  Gennett. 4/3/29.] (3:03)

Lewis Brothers ~ When Summer Comes Again (County) Old-Time Texas String Bands v. 1 [El Paso, TX. Victor. 7/11/29.] (2:40)

Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter ~ Dreams (Fiddleman) Carter & Cleveland [Del McCoury Band. 3/13/25.] (3:49)

Thomas Cassell ~ The Old Tennessee River (Mountain Fever) The Never Ending Years [10/4/24.] (4:06)

Daniel Grindstaff ~ Angel Dream (Bonfire) single [8/18/25.] (2:56)

Fiction Brothers ~ Broken Hearted Lover (Flying Fish) Things Are Coming My Way [1979. Delmore Brothers.] (3:35)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Plant Some Flowers (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (2:57)

Stanley Brothers ~ Midnight Ramble (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 10/1/58. 45, 1958.] (2:06 )

Allison’s Sacred Harp Quartette ~ Murillo’s Lesson Original Sacred Harp pp. 358-59 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing C [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 5/1/28.] (2:40)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ From Earth to Heaven (County) Hard Times in the Country [Chicago, IL. Brunswick. 7/25/28.] (3:14)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ Hawk’s Got a Chicken (Document) v. 2 [Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/14/30.] (2:57)

Doug Phillips & Hilary Dirlam ~ East Tennessee Blues (Silver Circle Productions) Wagoner [Woodrow Boone, Turkey Branch. 1993?] (1:49)

Luther Davis ~ Cousin Sally Brown (Field Reorders’ Collective) FRC745 Some of the Very Oldest [Delhart, VA. 9/12/73.] (1:43)

Pilot Mountain Bobcats ~ Greasy String (Yodel Ay Hee) Dance by the Light of the Moon [1999.] (3:04 )

Luther Strong ~ Black Eyed Susie (University Press of Kentucky) Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes [Jeff Titon.] (1:39)

Geoff Seitz ~ Lantern in the Ditch (Oceana Productions) The Good Old Days Are Here [1995. Bob Walters.] (3:11)

Benny Bleu ~ Leland’s Waltz (Bandcamp) Banjo Meditations [2024.] (6:52)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from Reno & Smiley, the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, and Bill Monroe! Rarities from Al Jones & Frank Necessary, “Soft Spoken” Walter McNew, Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys, Luther Davis, Greg Hooven, and The Fiction Brothers! New music from Bryan McDowell, East Nash Grass, Joseph Decosimo, Dan Tyminski, Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter! You won’t want to miss a moment!