Playlist 11/27/2025

 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)

Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz ~ Wall Dogs (self) Wall Dogs [10/18/24.] (3:24)

Gina Furtado Project ~ Riding (Mountain Home) single [11/21/24.] (2:58)

Junior Sisk ~ Wild and Wicked World (Mountain Fever) If There’s a Will There’s a Way [3/29/24.] (3:02)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Where the Roses Never Fade (Elf Records) River of Memories [1994.] (3:46)

Jim & Jesse ~ Are You Missing Me (Bear Family) 1952 to 1956 [Louvin Brothers. Nashville, TN. Capitol. 6/13/52. 78&45-9/52] (2:25)

Bill Monroe ~ Walk Softly on My Heart (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 4 [Mount Juliet, TN. Decca. 10/28/69. 45-3/9/70.] (2:34)

Aiken County String Band ~ Charleston Rag (Tompkins Square) Work PLAY Pray Hard [Winston-Salem, NC. OKeh, Parlophone British. 9/19/27.] (2:48)

Bascom Lamar Lunsford ~ Lulu Walls (Yazoo) The Rose Grew Round the Briar 1 [Ashland, KY. Brunswick, Vocalion. 2/6/28.] (3:03)

Rex Kelly ~ Down by the Railroad Track (JSP) Paramount Old Time B [Buck Nation. Airport Boys. Grafton, WI. Paramount. 4/2/28.] (2:51)

Corndrinkers ~ Sail Away Ladies, Miller’s Reel (Bee Balm) The Corndrinkers [J. P. & Annadeene Fraley. 1997.] (3:38)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Run, Johnny, Run (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [1974. Frank Clay, Tommy Jackson.] (2:08)

Lynn “Chirps” Smith ~ Little Brown Jug (Marimac) Midwestern Harvest [Hurley Bennet, Bridgeport, IL.] (2:47)

A. J. Srubas & Rina Rossi ~ Red Apple Rag (Central Standard Tone) Sweet Bunch of Daisies [2022. Lynn ‘Chirps’ Smith.] (2:18)

Dwight Diller ~ O Death (Yew Piney) O Death! [1992.] (3:51)

Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis ~ When I Get Home (Flying Fish) Wilder Joy [E. C. Ball. 1987.] (3:05)

Hill Billies [Roe Brothers] ~ Bristol Tennessee Blues (Document) v. 1 [Fred & Henry. NY. Vocalion, Brunswick. 10/22/26.] (2:45)

Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] ~One More Time (Document) Mamlish Blues [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/20/30.] (3:02)

Carter Family ~ New River Train/Lover’s Lane (Arhoolie) On Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (2:50)

Danny Paisley ~ Diagnosis Broken Heart (Pinecastle) single [11/22/24.] (3:07)

Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge ~ Love Me Darling Just Tonight (MG&CB) 10 [2022.] (2:51)

Kathy Kallick Band ~ Foggy Mountain Chimes (Live Oak) The Lonesome Chronicles [10/17/23.] (2:30)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Why Did You Wander? (Bear Family) 1948 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 11/9/52. 78&45-4/3/53.] (2:45)

Norman Blake ~ The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee (Rounder) Whiskey before Breakfast [Charlie Poole. Charlie Collins. 1976.] (2:51)

Vern & Ray ~ Last Old Shovel (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (2:06)

Roane County Ramblers ~ Alabama Trot (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions 3 [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/21/29.] (2:50)

Eva Davis ~ Wild Bill Jones (Yazoo) My Rough and Rowdy Ways v. 2 [Samantha Bumgarner. NY. Columbia, Harmony. 4/22/24.] (3:24)

Hershal Brown & His Boys ~ Soldier’s Joy (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. OKeh unissued. 8/6/28.] (3:03)

Shady Mountain Ramblers ~ John Brown’s Dream (Heritage) Nobody’s Business [1980.] (1:41)

Lonnie Austin, Buck & Alice Easley ~ Richmond (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [1989.] (2:35)

Paine Trio ~ Watchman, Ring That Bell (self-produced) Fiddler’s Reel [2013.] (3:52)

Tune Hash ~ Fontaine’s Ferry (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (3:30)

Ron Hughey ~ Yellow Gals (American Heritage Music Corp.) Country Fiddlin’ Ozark Style [Fresno, CA. 12/3/73.] (2:16)

Canote Brothers ~ Walk Along John to Kansas (Clonetone) Calico Pie [2005. K. C. Kartchner.] (3:24)

Kentucky String Ticklers ~ Crooked John (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [Richmond, IN. Challenge. 3/1/33.] (3:29)

Henry Thomas ~ Old Country Stomp (Yazoo) The Cornshucker’s Frolic 1 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 6/13/28. ] (2:55)

Howard & Peak [The Blind Musicians] ~ I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 7 [Bristol, TN. Victor. 10/30/28.] (2:47)

Song from the Road Band ~ Where the Road Goes (Lucks Dumpy Toad) Get Me Where I’m Going [11/22/21.] (3:02)

Kristy Cox ~ The Wrong Girl (Billy Blue) Let It Burn [5/31/24.] (3:24)

Adam McIntosh ~ Come Along, Pond (Billy Blue) Restless [3/22/24.] (3:12)

Tony Ellis ~ Snow Camp (Flying Fish) Farewell My Home [1993.] (2:49)

Tommy Jackson ~ Ricestrow (British Archive of Country Music) Legendary Session Fiddler [Ryestraw. Gallatin, TN. WHIN. 5/52. Dot 78&45-4/55.] (2:34)

Stanley Brothers ~ A Life of Sorrow (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 11/15/57. Mercury-Starday. 78&45-1/15/58.] (2:27)

Grayson & Whitter ~ Little Maggie with a Dram Glass in Her Hand (Document) v. 2 [NY. Victor. 8/1/28.] (3:25)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Ain’t Gonna Marry No More (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/29.] (3:13)

Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters ~ Throw the Old Cow over the Fence (County) Nashville Early SBs 1 [Atlanta, GA. Vo. 3/3/28.] (2:50)

Megan Lynch Chowning & Adam Hurt ~ Dora Dean (Fiddle Star & Adam Hurt) Inside Out [Ed Haley. 2016.] (2:50)

Ernie Carpenter ~ Old Sledge (Augusta Heritage Records) Elk River Blues [1986.] (1:59)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ The Man from Tennessee (Barker Records) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [Georgia Yellow Hammers. 2012.] (2:44)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Paddy on the Pike (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Chris McGrath, Mike & Mary Sue Burns. Wilson Douglas.] (2:34)

Albert Hash ~ What Are You Gonna Do with the Baby-O (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:29)

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Vichy (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Lyman Enloe.] (2:08)

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, The Shady Mountain Ramblers, Eva Davis, the Paine Trio, Rex Kelly & Albert Hash! New music from the Gina Furtado Project, Danny Paisley and the Song from the Road Band! Settle on in and ease your mind!

Playlist 11/20/2025

 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)

Tony Trishka & the SteelDrivers ~ Lost John (Down the Road) single [11/13/25.] (2:35)

Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mt. Boys ~ Polly’s Revenge (Stanley Family) Rollin’ on Rubber Wheels [6/6/25.] (3:50)

Route 3 ~ Down the Road (Pinecastle) Live at the Station Inn [5/9/25. Recorded 11/2/24.] (2:04)

Mike Mullins ~ Windows of Time (Mike Mullins) Windows of Time [2014.] (4:05)

Norman Blake & Tony Rice ~ Lost Indian (Rounder) Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2 [Doc Watson. 1976.] (3:06)

Bill Monroe ~ Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 4 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 9/16/46.] (3:05)

Riley Puckett ~ I Only Want a Buddy (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 7/31/34.] (2:48)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Little Bessie (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/31/29.] (3:17)

Hershel Brown & His Washboard Band ~ Kohalo Rag (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 3/19/29.] (3:04)

Tune Hash ~ The Cannon Ball (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (2:42)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Last of Harris (Appalachian Center) Home Recordings 1941 to 1942 v. 1 (2:18)

Red Mules ~ Shortenin’ Bread (Vigortone) Old Time Music [Jeff, Rich, Susie. 1992.] (3:12)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ The Roosian Rabbit (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [Richard Fraley. 1974.] (2:08)

Albert Hash ~ I Saw a Man at the Close of Day (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:30)

Marc Rennard ~ Scott #1 (CB Records) Earthenware [R.P. Christeson, Sam Driver. 2016.] (3:26)

Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Under the Double Eagle (JSP) Worried Blues D [NY. Columbia. 3/23/26.] (3:23)

Tommy Johnson ~ I Want Someone to Love Me (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be v. 8 [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 2-sided Test. 12/29. 2001.] (3:09)

Kessinger Brothers ~ Forked Deer (Document) v. 1 [Ashland, KY. Brunswick, Supertone. 2/10/28.] (2:51)

Bryan Sutton & Molly Tuttle ~ Grandfather’s Clock (Mountain Home) single [Henry Clay Work. 1876. 11/13/25.] (4:43)

Ashleigh Graham ~ As Good as Dead (Pinecastle) I’ll Just Drive [6/6/25.] (2:51)

Shawn Lane & Richard Bennett ~ Grey Wind (Bonfire) 1682 [2/13/24.] (4:40)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Give Me the Roses while I Live (Elf) River of Memories [1994.] (2:47)

Tommy Magness & the TN Buddies ~ Little Country Preacher (King) 1951 to 1959 1 [Cincinnati, OH. Federal. 3/6/51.] (2:36)

Kenny Baker ~ White Horse Breakdown (County) Country [Bill Monroe. 1972.] (2:14)

Hill Billies ~ Going down the Road Feeling Bad (Document) v. 2 [NY. Vocalion. 10/22/26.] (2:53)

Anglin Twins [Jack & Jim] ~ They Are All Going Home but One (Old Homestead) South’s Favorite Trio [San Antonio, TX. Vocalion, ARC, Conqueror. 11/6/37.] (2:46)

Carter Family ~ Bye and Bye, We Shall Rise (Arhoolie) Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (3:22)

Brad Kolodner ~ Old Growth (Brad Kolodner) Old Growth [Brad Kolodner. 5/30/25.] (2:47)

Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans ~ Glory in the Meeting House (Native & Fine) Songs Mostly Older than Us [Luther Strong. 2016.] (2:06)

Jim Childress ~ The Road to Malvern (Jim Childress) Turkey Sag [2016.] (2:49)

John Heneghan & His Henpecked Husbands ~ Cocaine (East River Records) Ever Felt the Pain? [Dick Justice. 2016.] (3:09)

Fuzzy Mountain String Band ~ Piney Woods (Rounder) The Fuzzy Mountain String Band [Burl Hammons. 1971.] (1:22)

Todd Clewell & Friends ~ Quadrilles #63 & #41 (Happy Dog) Sarah Armstrong’s Tunes [2007.] (2:07)

W. A. Hinton ~ Leather Britches (County) Old Time Mountain Banjo [San Antonio, TX. Victor. 1/31/31.] (2:43)

Son House ~ My Black Mamma part 1 (Yazoo) Best There Ever Was [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 5/28/30.] (3:08)

Rutherford & Foster ~ I’m As Free Little Birdie As Can Be (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Supertone. 1/14/29.] (2:58)

Dale Ann Bradley ~ Mary’s Rock (Pinecastle) single [11/12/25.] (3:31)

Tyler Grant ~ Waning Moon (Grant Central) Flatpicker [2/21/25.] (4:14)

Remedy Tree ~ Adaline (Mountain Fever) Beyond What I Can See [9/12/25.] (3:16)

Vern & Ray ~ Happy I’ll Be (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (2:31)

Billy Baker ~ Lover of the Pound (Mountain and Grass) Wise County Special [Bully of the Town. 1980.] (2:20)

Stanley Brothers ~ Say You’ll Take Me Back (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 11/28/54. Mercury 78&45-5/24/58.] (2:00)

Clarence Ashley ~ Dark Hollow Blues (County) Old Time Mountain Ballads [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/23/29.] (2:56)

Grayson & Whitter ~ Don’t Go Out Tonight My Darling (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down A [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/18/27.] (3:04)

Frank Hutchison ~ Worried Blues (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be 3 [NY. Okeh. 9/28/26.] (3:18)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Puncheon Camps (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets [Clyde Davenport.] (3:08)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Memory’s Door (County) Songs of Home & Childhood v. 3 [Lacey J. Daugherty. 1973.] (2:30)

Canote Brothers ~ Sandy River (Clonetone) Calico Pie [2005. Marcus Martin.] (1:55)

Old Hollow String Band ~ Molly Put the Kettle On (Flyin’ Cloud) Virginia Carolina Sampler [Kirk Sutphin. 1989.] (2:21)

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

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ Unnamed Tune in D (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Joe Politte, Washington County, MO.] (2:17)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday! Classics from the Stanley Brothers, Norman Blake & Tony Rice, Tommy Magness & the Tennessee Buddies, the Carter Family, and Bill Monroe! Archival treasures from Mike Mullins, Vern & Ray, Billy Baker, John Morgan Salyer, Tommy Johnson, the John Heneghan & the Henpecked Husbands, and Albert Hash! New music from Dale Ann Bradley, Remedy Tree, Bryan Sutton & Molly Tuttle, and Tony Trischka & the SteelDrivers! Settle on in and ease your mind!

Playlist 11/13/2025

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)

Lonesome River Band ~ No Business Mountain (Mountain Home) single [10/16/25.] (3:30)

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

Bobby Osborne & C. J. Lewandowski ~ Keep On Keepin’ On (Turnberry) Keep On zKeepin’ On [8/22/25.] (2:52)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~ Arkansas Traveler(Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [1997.] (2:25)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine (Necktie) Losing Game [2022.] (3:22)

Stanley Brothers ~ The Knoxville Girl (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. 5/21/61.] (3:52)

Original Sacred Harp Choir ~ Pleyel’s Hymn OSH 143 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing D [NY. Brunswick. 6 or 7/22.] (2:48)

Roy Harvey & the North Carolina Ramblers ~ There’ll Come a Time (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Ashland, KY. Brunswick. 2/16/28.] (2:53)

Narmour & Smith ~ The New Charleston No. 2 (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 7/30/34.] (2:46)

Horsenecks ~ Never Been So Far from Home (Tiki Parlour Recordings) In the West [6/27/25.] (3:01)

Esker Hutchins ~ Black Mountain Rag (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [2007.] (1:47)

Hog Eyed Man, Paddy ‘Otis’ League, Michael Starkey ~ Wolves a Howling (Tiki Parlour) Across the Sea [Rayna Gellert & John Herrmann. 7/4/25.] (3:02)

Earl White Stringband ~ Texas Barbed Wire (Fiddler’s Jam) Fiddlin Earl White [2014. Kenny Hall?] (2:19)

Reed Martin ~ Chilly Winds, June Apple (Reed Martin) Old Time Banjo [1998.] (1:22)

Wild Shoats ~ I’m Going Away (Bandcamp) Yell In the Shoats [2/7/2025.] (2:35)

Mississippi ‘Possum Hunters ~ Mississippi Breakdown (Document) Mississippi String Bands v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Bluebird, Aurora. 5/28/30.] (2:38)

Blind Joe Reynolds ~ Cold Woman Blues (Yazoo) Times Ain’t 5 [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 11/29.] (2:56)

Four Pickled Peppers ~ When I Was a Baby (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [Rock Hill, SC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/9/40.] (2:45)

Red Camel Collective ~ In the Mexican Sun (Pinecastle) single [10/16/25.] (3:26)

Max Wareham ~ Gone, Baby, Gone (Nine Athens Music) Daggomit! [Peter Rowan. 2/21/25.] (3:25)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers~ Good Ole Days (Billy Blue) Lovin’, Fightin’, Losin’ Sleep [2025.] (4:31)

Don Rigsby ~ These Golden Fields (Rebel) Kentucky Troubadour [Hillbilly Heartache, 2006.] (4:04)

Becky Buller ~ I Don’t Know Why Goodbye (SRS) Rest My Weary Feet [2001.] (4:46)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Foggy Mountain Chimes (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 3 [Nashville, TN. rec. 8/29/53. Columbia. 78 & 45-10/9/54.] (2:18)

Carter Family ~ When the World’s on Fire (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Electrodisk, Sunrise, Bluebird, Zonophone/Regal Zonaphone Australian. 5/24/30.] (3:09)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Babe (JSP) Country Fiddle A [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (3:20)

Clyde Evans Band ~ How I Got My Gal (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 4 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/4/29.] (2:58)

Susan Graham Pepper ~ Pretty Saro (Ballad Records) Where the Islands Overflow [2024.] (4:39)

Delbar Tarpley ~ Don’t You Hear Jerusalem Moan? (Pick Away Press) Dear Old Illinois 1 [10/5/75.] (1:43)

Squirrel Butter ~ Wishing Blues (Tiki Parlour) Hazelnut [Charlie Beck. 2022.] (2:45)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ Darlin’ Nellie Grey (Merriweather) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [Kyle Creed. 1997.] (2:14)

Ausrin Derryberry ~ Lost Child (Spring Fed) Tennessee Breakdown [Charlie Stripling. 2020.] (1:55)

Benton Flippen & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Sugar Hill (Music Maker) 270 Haystack Road [Tommy Jarrell. 2009.] (3:47)

Luke Highnight’s Ozark Strutters ~ Bailey Waltz (County) Echoes of the Ozarks v. 1 [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 11/22/28.] (2:39)

Arthur McClain & Joe Evans~ Old Hen Cackle (JSP) Richer Tradition B [Colman & Harper. NY. 5/20/31.] (2:56)

Emry Arthur ~ I’m a Man of Constant Sorrow (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down C [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 1/18/29.] (3:21)

Bryan McDowell ~ Garden Gate (Mountain Fever) Bryan McDowell [10/21/25.] (3:50)

Volume Five ~ I’m Gonna Love You Like There’s No Tomorrow (Mountain Fever) Leave a Light On [5/23/2025.] (3:12)

Casey Conners ~ Another Day (Casey Connors) The Boy from Bluegrass [Reno & Smiley. 3/18/25.] (3:12)

Red Cravens & the Bray Brothers ~ East Virginia Blues (Rounder) 415 West Main [1971.] (3:08)

Del McCoury ~ Dreams (Arhoolie) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [12/9/67, LP ’68, CD, ‘92.] (4:17)

Bill Monroe ~ Big Ball in Brooklyn (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville. 4/26/62. Decca.] (1:36)

Riley Puckett ~ I’m Going to Georgia (JSP) Riley Puckett B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/23/28.] (3:00)

Ernest Stoneman & the Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers ~ Possum Trot School Exhibition (JSP) Serenade A [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 2/22/28.] (6:31)

Red Headed Fiddlers ~ Texas Waltz (JSP) Texas Hillbillies C [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (2:40)

Clinton Davis ~ Fisher’s Hornpipe (Tiki Parlour) Ever Returning [2025.] (2:54)

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

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Far in the Mountain (5-String Productions) It’s About Time [2007.] (2:18)

John Hatcher ~ Farewell Whiskey (Mississippi Department of Archives & History) Great Big Yam Potatoes [1985.] (2:08)

John Engel, John Herrmann, Meredith McIntosh ~ Mississippi Sawyer (Yodel Ay Hee) Chicken Train [2012.] (2:09) 

New music from the Lonesome River Band, Clinton Davis, the Magnolia Street String Band, Wild Shoats, the Horsenecks, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Hog Eyed Man, and the Red Camel Collective! Mining the archives for the music of John Hatcher, the Original Sacred Harp Choir, the Mississippi ‘Possum Hunters, Esker Hutchins, and Colman & Harper! 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 11/6/2025

 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)

Burnett Sisters Band ~ Whispering Wind (Pinecastle) Easy Come, Easy Go [10/10/25.] (3:25)

Mike Mitchell ~ Hinge on the Gate (Mountain Fever) Love Songs, Torch & Bluegrass [10/22/25.] (3:37)

Kentucky Just Us ~ Homeward Bound (Mountains of Home) 10 [10/4/25.] (3:29)

Fiction Brothers ~ Steal Away Home (Flying Fish) Things Are Coming My Way [1979. Alan Senauke.] (3:10)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys ~ Rubber Dolly (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (1:26)

Stanley Brothers ~ Train 45 (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 10/1/58. 45-7/13/64.] (2:46)

Allison’s Sacred Harp Quartette ~ Jewett Original Sacred Harp 105 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing C [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 5/1/28.] (3:03)

Dutch Coleman ~ Gonna Raise Some Bacon at Home (County) Hard Times in the Country [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 12/11/29.] (2:36)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ All That I’ve Got’s Done Gone (Document) v. 2 [Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/14/30.] (3:03)

Onlies ~ You Climb the Mountain (The Onlies) You Climb the Mountain [Gaither Carlton. 9/19/25.] (2:15)

Luther Davis ~ Black Eyed Susie (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC745 Some of the Very Oldest [Delhart, VA. 9/12/73.] (1:38)

Doug Phillips & Hilary Dirlam ~ East Tennessee Blues (Silver Circle Productions) Wagoner [Tommy Hunter, Mars Hill, NC. 1993?] (1:56)

Pilot Mountain Bobcats ~ Natchez under the Hill (Yodel Ay Hee) Dance by the Light of the Moon [1999.] (2:21)

Clyde Davenport ~ Dandy Jim (University Press of Kentucky) Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes [Jeff Titon.] (2:21)

Geoff Seitz ~ Gravois Creek Pump (Oceana Productions) The Good Old Days Are Here [1995.] (3:11)

Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers ~ Sal’s Gone to the Cider Mill (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/26.] (3:01)

Burnett & Rutherford ~ Willie Moore (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/27.] (3:15)

Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers ~ Wake Up Jacob (County) Old-Time Texas String Bands v. 1 [Dallas, TX. OKeh. 6/26/29.] (2:52)

Tidalwave Road ~ Skin and Bones (Pinecastle) Skin and Bones [10/24/25.] (3:11)

Dan Tyminski ~ The Boy Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn (8 Track Entertainment) Live from the Ryman [8/16/2024.] (7:36)

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ Coming On Strong (Rebel Records) Coming On Strong [2025.] (3:33)

Al Jones & Frank Necessary ~ Crying My Heart Out over You (Rounder) & the Spruce Mountain Boys [#50. 8/20/76.] (3:53)

Cousin Emmy ~ I Wish I Was in Bowling Green (Decca 78) single [3/26/47. Hollywood, CA.] (2:20)

Bill Monroe ~ Nobody Loves Me take 1 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 2/13/45.] (2:38)

Georgia Crackers ~ Stockade Blues (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 10/12/27.] (3:08)

Fleming & Townsend ~ I’ll Tell You about the Women (British Archive of Country Music) Little Hill [Memphis, TN. Victor. 11/20/30.] (2:54)

Alfred G. Karnes ~ Where We’ll Never Grow Old (Yazoo) Music of Kentucky v. 1 [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/29/27.] (3:17)

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

Frank Blade ~ Old Man Winter, Sudden Chill (Joyswing) Dance Band [2011. Pete Sutherland, Frank Blade. 1988.] (3:25)

Bruce Greene & Don Pedi ~ The Girl I Left behind Me (Hazeldog) Rare Old Chestnuts [Jake Phelps. 2005.] (2:52)

Greg Hooven et al ~ Fall on My Knees (Heritage) Tribute to Fred Cockerham [1989.] (2:36)

Wilson Douglas ~ Little Rose (Marimac) Boatin’ Up Sandy [French Carpenter. 1989.] (1:40)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Lonesome Valley (FSB) Rock Island Grange [Carter Family. 12/5-7/2016.] (3:05)

Carter Family ~ Sweet as the Flowers in Maytime (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mt. 4 [Camden, NJ. Victor, Bluebird, Electrodisk, Sunrise, Montgomery Ward, Zononphone South African, HMV India. 10/12/32.] (2:46)

Papa Harvey Hull & Long ‘Cleve’ Reed ~Hey! Lawdy Mama, The France Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [Chicago, IL. Black Patti, Gennett. 4/3/27.] (3:01)

Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers ~ Nine Pound Hammer (Old Hat) Music from the Lost Provinces [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/17/28.] (3:03)

Larry Sparks ~ Way Back When (Rebel) Way Back When [10/24/25.] (3:30)

East Nash Grass ~ Hill Country Highway (Mountain Fever) All God’s Children [8/22/25.] (2:04)

Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter ~ Stoney Lonesome (Fiddleman) Carter & Cleveland [Del McCoury Band. 3/13/25.] (2:58)

Cullen & Mickey Galyean ~ Weary Heart (Eastwood) and Friends [2005.] (3:35)

Reno & Smiley ~ Wall Around Your Heart (King) 1951 to 1959 3 [King. 11/14/58. 45-1/59.] (2:42)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ My Little Girl in Tennessee (Mercury) The Complete Mercury Sessions [Cincinnati, OH. 12/11/49. 78&45-10/15/50.] (2:40)

Dixon Brothers ~ The Girl I Left in Danville (Bear Family) A Blessing to People 2 [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 8/5/37.] (3:01)

Frank Stokes ~ How Long (Yazoo) Before the Blues 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 8/30/28. Dan Sane, Beale Street Sheiks.] (3:17)

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

Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys ~ Pig in a Pen (County) Old Time Mountain Music [1969.] (2:31)

Walter McNew ~ Brickyard Joe (Appalachian Center) Blackjack Grove [1992. Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts. “Soft Spoken.”] (2:06)

Horse Flies ~ Thank You Frank (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC602 The Horse Flies [1988.] (4:54)

Beverly Smith & Carl Jones ~ Weary Lonesome Blues (Dittyville) Glow [Alton Delmore. 2009.] (2:50)

W. E. Claunch & Christine Haygood ~ Grub Springs (Mississippi Department of History & Archives) Great Big Yam Potatoes [5/10/39.] (1:09)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Glory in the Meetinghouse (Joseph Decosimo) Fiery Gizzard [8/15/25.] (4:00)

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, Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers, “Soft Spoken” Walter McNew, Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys, Luther Davis, Greg Hooven, and The Fiction Brothers! New music from the Onlies, Mike Mitchell, the Burnette Sisters Band, Tidalwave Road, & Larry Sparks! You won’t want to miss a moment!