Monday, May 30, 2016

Playlist 6/5/2016

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Peter Rowan ~ O Freedom (Compass CD) The Old School (3:20)

Spencer Branch ~ The Other Woman (self-produced CD) Ashe County Outlaws (2:55)

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ We’ll Be Sweethearts in Heaven RGM CD) Complete Jessup Recordings Plus (2:36)

Molly O’Day ~ When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels (Bear Family CD) Molly O’Day… [Chicago. Columbia. 12/16/46.] (2:50)

Bluegrass Kinsmen ~ Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (TBK CD) My Daily Prayer (3:24)

Warrior River Boys ~ Remember the Cross (Old Homestead CD) Through the Years (3:21)

Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers ~ Mother’s Last Farewell Kiss (Columbia 78) N/A [NY. Unissued test. 9/9/30.] (2:58)

Narmour & Smith ~ The New Charleston No. 1 (Document CD) Vol. 2 [Atlanta. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:44)

6:30

West Virginia Rail Splitter ~ Frankie and Johnny (Champion 78) N/A [Richmond, IN. Luther Ossenbrink. Gennett as Arkansas Woodchopper, Champion as West Virginia Rail Splitter. 10/17/29.] (2:51)

George Stoneman ~ Sweet Boy’s Tune (County CD) Legends of Old-Time Music (2:06)

Earl White Stringband ~ Chips and Sauce (self-produced CD) Fiddlin Earl White (3:06)

Alan Jabbour, Ken Perlman & Jim Watson ~ Grover Jones’s Waltz (self-produced CD) You Can’t Beat the Classics (3:04)

Marty Raybon & Full Circle ~ The Big Burnsville Jail (Rural Rhythm CD) The Back Forty (2:52)

Lonely Heartstring Band ~ The Road’s Salvation (Rounder CD) Deep Waters [New release.] (3:56)

Bernie Cunningham ~ Don’t Cry to Me (Sugar Babe CD) I’m Going Back (2:24)

Mark Johnson & Emory Lester ~ Forever True (Bangtown CD) Acoustic Vision (4:05)

Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys ~ Jonah (Old Heritage CD) Hymns from Wildwood Valley (2:50)

Marshall Brothers & Highroad ~ Vision of Mother (self-produced CD) Old Time Country Revival (3:18)

7:00

Mike Scott ~ When the Angels Carry Me Home (Rural Rhythm CD) The Old Country Church (3:30)

Alfred G. Karnes ~ Where We’ll Never Grow Old (JSP CD) The Bristol Sessions [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/29/27.] (2:20)

Pickard Family ~ Rabbit in the Pea Patch (British Archive of Country Music CD) Walking in the Parlour [Chicago. Brunswick. 7/26/29.] (2:38)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers ~ Hell’s Broke Loose in Georgia (JSP CD) Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers [Atlanta. Columbia. 10/29/29.] (3:08)

David Bragger ~ Kate’s Got a Wooden Leg (Old-Time Tiki Parlour CD) Big Fancy (2:30)

Skip Gorman ~ My Old Kentucky Home (Old West CD) Mandolin in the Cow Camp (1:59)

Lonesome River Band ~ Showing My Age (Mountain Home CD) Bridging the Tradition (4:09)

Bryan Sutton ~ Walkin’ across This Land (Sugar Hill CD) The More I Learn [New release.] (2:53)

Nothin’ Fancy ~ Calvin County Coal Mining Grave (Mountain Fever CD) By Any Other Name (3:31)

7:30

Jerry Salley ~ The Cross on the Right (Very Jerry CD) Gospel from My Grassroots (3:07)

Dallas Smith ~ Fun Flies (Narnian CD) Return to Possum Holler [With Vassar Clements & Josh Graves.] (1:53)

Billie & Gordon Hamrick ~ He’s Gonna Take His Children Out (Flyright CD) Hillbilly Gospel (3:05)

John Baltzell ~ Money Musk Medley (Tompkins Square CD) Turn me Loose [New York. Edison. 9/7/23.] (3:41)

Caldwell & Bunch ~ My Bones Is Gonna Rise Again (Champion 78) N/A [Richmond, In. Arthur Cornwall. Champion/Superior. 2/7/31.] (2:19)

Bill Chitwood & Bud Landress ~ Hen Cackle (Document CD) Georgia Crackers [NY. Brunswick. 11/20/24.] (3:04)

Squirrel Butter ~ Look Who’s Listening Now (self-produced CD) Banjo Clog (3:16)

Matokie Slaughter ~ Johnny’s Gone to War (County CD) Legends of Old-Time Music (2:08)

Canote Brothers ~ Lost Indian (Clonetone CD) Calico Pie (3:18)

Don Rigsby ~ The Water Lily (Rebel CD) Doctor’s Orders (2:30)

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Playlist 5/29/2016

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers ~ Blue Collar Blues (Rebel CD) Another Day from Life (2:54)

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers ~ She’s Just About to Say Goodbye (Mountain Home CD) Run Away Tonight (3:53)

Mac Wiseman with the Shenandoah Cut-Ups ~ Don’t Let Your Sweet Love Die (Crosscut CD) New Traditions Volume One (1:53)

Mountain Faith ~ Condemnation (Mountain Fever CD) That which Matters (3:30)

Feller & Hill ~ Build My Mansion (Tommy Hillpicker CD) I Firmly Promise You (3:45)

Bailes Brothers ~ Will the Angels Have a Sweetheart (Bear Family CD) Oh So Many Years [Nashville. 12/21/47.] (2:52)

Chubby Parker ~ Oh Susanna (Silvertone 78) N/A [2/26/27.] (3:01)

Roy Harper & Earl Shirkey ~ The Policeman’s Little Child (Columbia 78) N/A [Johnson City, TN. Roy Harvey. 10/22/29.] (3:06)

6:30

Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers ~ Twinkle Little Star (Document CD) Vol. 2 [Atlanta. Okeh. 10/22/27.] (2:41)

Mark Tamsula & Richard Withers ~ The Roving Sailor (Snappin’ Bug CD) Behind the Door (2:58)

Humdingers ~ Lonesome Road Blues (Chubby Dragon CD) The Humdingers (4:20)

South Carolina Broadcasters ~ The Rambler’s Life (JohnBoy & Billy CD) Tell Me Truly [New release.] (4:05)

Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass ~ Leaving This Town, Little Darlin’ (Randm CD) Leaving This Town (2:34)

Holly Norman ~ Rearranged (Freedom CD) Appalachian Angel (3:42)

Charlie Moore ~ She’s Not to Blame (Crosscut CD) Sings Good Bluegrass (2:31)

Good Shepherd Quartet ~ The Place Prepared for Me (self-produced CD) Looking Down upon the Sunrise (2:28)

Golden Valley Crusaders ~ River of Death (self-produced CD) Reunited (2:56)

Lewis Family ~ Stay on Top with Jesus (Starday CD) Born of the Spirit (2:06)

7:00

Carter Family ~ When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [11/24/29.] (3:30)

Clarence Ashley ~ House Carpenter (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 4/14/30.] (3:16)

Anglin Twins & Red ~ Don’t Say Good-Bye When You Go (Old Homestead LP) The South’s Favorite Trio [San Antonio. Vocalion. 11/5/37.] (2:52)

John Engle, John Herrmann & Meredith McIntosh ~ Old Bunch of Keys (Yodel-Ay-hee CD) Chicken Train (2:08)

Pug Allen ~ Fire in the Mountains (Musical Traditions CD) Far in the Mountains 1 & 2 (2:51)

Spencer & Rains ~ Old Joe Clark (self-produced CD) The Old Texas Fiddle Vol II (6:00)

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road ~ Stay Away from Me (Rural Rhythm CD) Carolina Hurricane (2:11)

Gibson Brothers ~ Seven Year Blues (Rounder CD) Brotherhood (2:51)

Monroe Fields ~ Hillbilly Fever (Patuxent CD) 1950s-60s Broadcasts (1:36)

7:30

New Kentucky Colonels ~ Dixie Breakdown (self-produced CD) Live in Holland 1973 (2:57)

Forbes Family ~ The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming (Rebel CD) A Forbes Family Family Treasury v. 1 (2:44)

Carl Story Quartet ~ Give Me the Roses Now (Old Homestead CD) Songs from XERA Live Transcriptions, v. 2 (2:15)


Dock Boggs ~ Country Blues (Brunswick 78) N/A [New York. 3/10/27.] (3:04)


Uncle Dave Macon ~ Don’t Get Weary Children (Bear Family CD) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy [Richmond, In. Champion. 8/15/34.] (3:03)


Leake County Revelers ~ Bonnie Blue Eyes (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. Unissued test. 4/16/29.] (2:57)


Garry Harrison & the Mule Team ~ Dog Town (self-produced CD) Red Prairie Dawn (2:56)


Oscar Wright ~ Elkhorn Ridge (County CD) Legends of Old-Time Music (3:09)


John Lilly & Ralph Blizard ~ House of David Blues (self-produced CD) Blue Highway (2:23)


Jim Hurst & Roberto della Vecchia ~ Golden Slippers (self-produced CD) Atlantic Crossing (2:06)

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Playlist 5/22/2016

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Spinney Brothers ~ Chilly Winds (Mountain Fever CD) Memories (4:37)

Sister Sadie ~ Don’t Tell Me Stories (Pinecastle CD) Sister Sadie [New release.] (2:32)

McCormick Brothers ~ Banjo Twist (Varese Sarabande CD) The Very Best (2:13)

Tony Rook ~ House of Prayer (NC CD) The Road Back Home [New release.] (3:41)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers ~ All Dressed Up (Rebel CD) Sacred Memories [New release.] (2:57)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ When the Light Has Gone Out in Your Soul (County LP) Old Time Ballads & Hymns (2:33)

Doc Hopkins & His Country Boys ~ This Train (British Archive of Country Music CD) Vol. 2 [Chicago. 1944.] (2:10)

Scottdale String Band ~ Cough Drop Blues (Arhoolie CD) Old Folks Better Get to Bed [Atlanta. Okeh. 3/14/29.] (3:15)

6:30

Allen Brothers ~ Bow Wow Blues (Document CD) v. 1 [Atlanta. Columbia. 4/7/27.] (3:14)

Walt Koken ~ Br’er Bear (Mudthumper CD) Sittin’ in the Catbird’s Seat (2:56)

Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller ~ Fine Times at Our House (Deep End Sessions CD) Volume II (2:42)

Stage Hogs ~ Going Down the Road (Old Blue CD) A Tribute to the Hill Billies (3:13)

Trinity River Band ~ Come Back Train (Orange Blossom CD) Advance single (3:16)

Ralph Stanley ~ Del McCoury ~ Brand New Tennessee Waltz (Cracker Barrel CD) Man of Constant Sorrow (3:56)

Edgar Loudermilk ~ My Kentucky Home (Pinecastle CD) Georgia Maple [New release.] (2:29)

Tammy Jones Robinette ~ There’s a Record Book (Rural Rhythm CD) Tammy Jones Robinette & the Drive (3:23)

James King ~ My Lord Keeps a Record (Webco LP) James King Sings It’s a Cold Cold World [1989.] (3:30)

7:00

James Reams & the Barnstormers ~ City That Lies Foursquare (Mountain Redbird CD) One Foot in the Honky Tonk (3:58)

Blue Ridge Mountain Singers ~ The Letter That Never Came (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 4/21/30.] (3:14)

Carter Family ~ Tell Me That You Love Me (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [2/24/32.] (2:57)

David McCarn ~ Gastonia Gallop (Old Hat CD) Gastonia Gallop [Memphis. Victor. 11/20/30.] (2:39)

Lynn “Chirps” Smith ~ Blazing Star Schottische (Marimac CS) Prairie Dog (3:23)

Brian Vollmer ~ Been All Around This World (Patuxent CD) Old Time Music Party (3:40)

Modock Rounders ~ Camp Chase (Buffalo Skinner CD) Old Tunes & New Blood (2:07)

James King ~ Play Us a Waltz (Rounder Select CD) Thirty Years of Farming (4:17)

7:30

Adkins & Loudermilk ~ Open Roads (Mountain Fever CD) Adkins & Loudermilk (2:38)

Farm Hands ~ Dig in the Dirt (Pinecastle CD) Dig in the Dirt [New release.] (2:12)

Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands ~ Let That Liar Alone (Spruce and Maple CD) The Hazel and Alice Sessions (3:10)

Frank Wakefield & Leon Morris ~ I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling (Patuxent CD) Frank Wakefield & Leon Morris [New release.] (3:36)

David Peterson ~ Just a Closer Walk with Thee (self-produced CD) Old Time Power (4:03)

Cliff Carlisle & His Bucklebusters ~ My Little Sadie (JSP CD) Classic Country Sides [Charlotte, NC. Decca. 7/26/39.] (2:24)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Hill Billie Blues (Bear Family CD) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy [New York. Vocalion. 7/8/24.] (2:58)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Sweetest Flower (Document CD) Complete [Dallas. Columbia. 12/2/27.] (3:10)

High Ridge Ramblers ~ Jimmy Johnson (self-produced CD) Long Road (2:43)

Tommy Jarrell ~ Fortune (County CD) Pickin’ on Tommy’s Porch (2:19)

Stepping Stones ~ East Tennessee Blues/Goin’ Crazy (Rounder CD) Fresh Oldtime String Band Music [Mike Seeger.] (4:39)

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Playlist 5/15/2016

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Don Rigsby ~ Traveling the Highway Home (Rebel CD) Doctor’s Orders (2:25)

Cumberland Gap Connection ~ Mary’s Gone (Mountain Fever CD) Another Song (3:56)

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road ~ You Won’t Ever Forget Me (Rural Rhythm CD) Carolina Hurricane (2:57)

Marshall Brothers & Highroad ~ Just Over on the Other Shore (self-produced CD) Old Time Country Revival (2:44)

Jerry Salley ~ Saving Grace (Very Jerry CD) Gospel from My Grassroots (4:30)

Bailes Brothers ~ Has the Devil Got a Mortgage on You (Bear Family CD) Oh So Many Years [1948.] (2:59)

Lemuel Turner ~ Way Down Yonder Blus (Tompkins Square CD) Turn me Loose [2/7/28.] (3:13)

Narmour & Smith ~ Mississippi Breakdown (Document CD) v. 2 [San Antonio. Okeh. 6/7/30.] (3:13)

6:30
Gid Tanner, Fate Norris, Mel Dupree ~ I Don’t Bother Work (Columbia 78) N/A [Test. Atlanta. 4/15/30.] (3:31)

Canote Brothers ~ I Ain't a Bit Drunk (Clonetone CD) Dogs in the Dishes (2:56)

Spencer & Rains ~ Porter’s Reel (self-produced CD) The Old Texas Fiddle v. 2 (4:06)

Kyle Creed ~ Ducks on the Millpond (County CD) Legends of Old-Time Music (1:16)

Frank Solivan ~ The Fishin’ Song (Compass CD) Family, Friends & Heroes (3:45)

Gibson Brothers ~ Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes (Rounder CD) Brotherhood (2:06)

Spencer Branch ~ Rest for the Wicked (self-produced CD) Ashe County Outlaws (2:48)

Nothin’ Fancy ~ Sing Hallelujah (Mountain Fever CD) By Any Other Name (3:06)

7:00
Bluegrass Kinsmen ~ I’m Going to Heaven Some Old Day (TBK CD) My Daily Prayer [New release.] (2:59)

Molly O’Day ~ The Tramp on the Street (Bear Family CD) Molly O’Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks [Chicago. Columbia. 12/16/40.] (2:49)

Ozark Boys ~ Everybody Gets a Letter but Me (Decca 78) N/A [NY. Jake & Don. 1/21/41.] (2:29)

Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers ~ Earl Johnson’s Arkansaw Traveler (Document CD) v. 2 [10/11/27.] (3:06)

John Engle, John Herrmann & Meredith McIntosh ~ Polecat Blues (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) Chicken Train (3:07)

Steve Ledford ~ Mitchell Blues (County CD) Legends of Old-Time Music [previously unreleased.] (2:27)

Earl White Stringband ~ Brush Gap (self-produced CD) Fiddlin Earl White (2:40)

Peter Rowan ~ A Mountain Man’s Dream (Compass CD) The Old School (3:58)

Holly Norman ~ Death in the Family (Freedom Entertainment CD) Appalachian Angel [With Rhonda Vincent.] (3:13)

7:30
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ White Dove (King CD) Live at the Smithsonian [2/74.] (3:52)

Tony Holt & the Wildwood Valley Boys ~ Stairway of Gold (Old Heritage CD) Hymns from Wildwood Valley (2:44)

Golden Valley Crusaders ~ A Different Way (self-produced CD) Reunited (2:46)

Les & Helen Tussey & the Golden Hill Boys ~ We’ve Got to Answer (Flyright CD) Hillbilly Gospel 1948-1958 (3:02)

Ernest Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers ~ Sweeping through the Gates (JSP CD) The Bristol Sessions [7/25/27.] (3:08)

Anglin Twins & Red ~ Uncle Eph’s Got the Coon (Old Homestead LP) The South’s Favorite Trio [San Antonio. Vocalion. 11/5/37.] (2:29)

Carter Family ~ Lonesome Pine Special (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [11/25/30.] (3:01)

Alan Jabbour, Ken Perlman & Jim Watson ~ Dixie Doodle (self-produced CD) You Can’t Beat the Classics (3:00)

Squirrel Butter ~ Turkey in the Pea Patch (self-produced CD) Banjo Clog (2:43)

South Carolina Broadcasters ~ Train 45 (Flaming Heart CD) Can You Hear Me Now (2:28)

Charlie Moore ~ She’s Not to Blame (Crosscut CD) Sings Good Bluegrass (2:31)

Hellbenders ~ Train on the Island (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Hellbenders (3:08)

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Playlist 5/8/2016

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - KCSN 88.5

6:00
Crooked Jades ~ California Blues (Copper Creek CD) The Unfortunate Rake v. 2 Yellow Mercury (1:21)

Bernie Cunningham ~ You Don’t Know My Mind (Sugar Babe CD) I’m Going Back (2:48)

Marty Raybon & Full Circle ~ Slowly I’m Falling (Rural Rhythm CD) The Back Forty (2:58)

Mac Wiseman with the Shenandoah Cut-Ups ~ Crazy Blues (Crosscut CD) New Traditions Volume One (2:26)

Feller & Hill ~ Echoes from the Burning Bush (Tommy Hillpicker CD) I Firmly Promise You (2:11)

Warrior River Boys ~ Boat of Love (Old Homestead CD) Through the Years (2:49)

Lewis Family ~ Talking with Death (Starday CD) Born of the Spirit (2:30)

Dykes Magic City Trio ~ Cotton Eyed Joe (Brunswick 78) N/A [NY. 3/9/27.] (3:10)

Bob Leecan’s Need-More Band ~ Appaloosa Blues (Victor 78) N/A [4/5/27.] (2:44)

6:30
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers ~ Soldier's Joy (JSP CD) Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers [Atlanta. 10/29/29.] (3:06)

John Lilly & Ralph Blizard ~ House of David Blues (self-produced CD) Blue Highway (2:23)

Humdingers ~ Lost Indian (Chubby Dragon CD) The Humdingers (2:32)

Will Keys ~ Chinquapin Hunting (County CD) Legends of Old-Time Music (2:05)

Mark Johnson & Emory Lester ~ The Old Time Drunkard (Bangtown CD) Acoustic Vision (2:18)

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers ~ The Leaving of Liverpool (Mountain Home CD) Run Away Tonight (3:32)

Stuart Wyrick with Keith Williams ~ Little Moonshine Johnny (Rural Rhythm CD) Fresh Cut (2:19)

Mike Scott ~ Where the Roses Never Fade (Rural Rhythm CD) The Old Country Church (4:16)

Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass ~ My Bible Tells Me (Randm CD) Leaving This Town (2:08)

Forbes Family ~ The Whale Swallowed Jonah (Rebel CD) A Forbes Family Family Treasury v. 1 (1:31)

Georgia Yellow Hammers ~ Pass Around the Bottle (Document CD) Georgia Yellow Hammers & Ass. [2/18/27. Victor. Atlanta.] (3:09)

7:00
Brock & Dudley ~ I’ll Remember You, Love (Columbia 78) N/A [4/23/30.] (3:15)

Johnny Barfield ~ True to the One I Love (Bluebird 78) N/A [Atlanta. 10/8/40.] (2:26)

South Carolina Broadcasters ~ Tell Me Truly Little Darling (JohnBoy & Billy CD) Tell Me Truly [New release.] ( 2:39)

Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans ~ Polly Put the Kettle On (Native & Fine CD) Fine Times at Fletcher’s House (2:57)

Skip Gorman ~ Patsy Geary’s/Yellow Rose of Texas (Old West CD) Mandolin in the Cow Camp (2:48)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers ~ Johnson Island Prison (Rebel CD) Another Day from Life (2:55)

Lonesome River Band ~ Rock Bottom (Mountain Home CD) Bridging the Tradition (3:03)

Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ Nobody’s Love Is Like Mine (Bear Family CD) 1953-58 & 1959 [5/30/54.] (3:00)

Carl Story Quartet ~ I Can Tell You the Time (Old Homestead CD) Songs from XERA Live Transcriptions, v. 2 (2:06)

7:30
Monroe Fields ~ There’s Only One Way to Heaven (Patuxent CD) 1950s-60s Broadcasts (1:55)

Mike Bentley & Cumberland Gap Connection ~ When I Make My Last Move (Union House CD) Mike Bentley & Cumberland Gap Connection (2:33)

Harkreader & Moore ~ Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown (Paramount 78) N/A [Chicago. 6/27.] (2:47)

Carter Family ~ Motherless Children (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [11/22/29.] (3:38)

Lowe Stokes & His North Georgians ~ Bone Dry Blues (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 4/22/30.] (3:11)

Canote Brothers ~ Dixie Darling (Clonetone CD) Dogs in the Dishes (4:44)

David Bragger ~ Big Fancy (Old-Time Tiki Parlour CD) Big Fancy (2:02)

Mark Tamsula & Richard Withers ~ Such a Gittin’ Upstairs/Patterson’s Hornpipe (Snappin’ Bug CD) Behind the Door [New release.] (3:18)