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!