Playlist 1/30/2025

 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)

Deeper Shade of Blue~ Carolina Highway (Turnberry Records) Changes of Scenery [1/24/25.] (2:59)

Rebecca Frazier ~ Train Is Moving (Atomco/Compass) Boarding Windows in Paradise [9/13/24.] (3:12)

Billy Strings ~ In the Clear (Reprise) Highway Prayers [9/27/24.] (2:57)

Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys ~ Mother’s Prayer (Rounder) Diamond Joe [Cold Wind. 6/1984.] (2:41)

James King ~ I Just Want to Grow Old Lovin’ You (Webco) It’s a Cold Cold World [1989.] (2:33)

Monroe Brothers ~ Six Months Ain’t Long (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1 [Charlotte, NC. 6/21/36. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward.] (3:13)

Tommy Whitmer’s Band ~ Fire on the Mountain (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music C [Richmond, IN. Champion, Supertone, Superior. 9/16/30.] (2:52)

Cranford & Thompson ~ Two Babes in the Woods (Tompkins Square) I’m Going Down to North Carolina 2 [Richmond, IN. Champion. 1/26/31.] (2:49 )

Burnett & Rutherford ~ Billy in the Low Ground (Yazoo) Times v. 4 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/27.] (3:10)

Compton and Newberry ~ New Five Cents (Englehardt Music Group) Home in My Heart [2024.] (3:40)

Indian Creek Delta Boys ~ I Won’t Get Drunk No More (Field Recorders' Collective) Indian Creek Delta Boys [Mildred Plummer. 1994.] (4:08)

David Bragger & Susan Platz ~ Porter’s Reel (Tiki Parlour) King’s Lament [Stafford Harris. 2017.] (2:45)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Can’t Jump Josie (Bandcamp) Beehive Cathedral [6/8/24.] (1:16)

Charlie Lowe ~ Tater Patch (County) Clawhammer Banjo v. 3 [1978.] (1:54)

Texas Shorty & John Hartford ~ Pretty Little Widder (Small Dog a-Barkin’) Old Sport [1994.] (5:42)

Red Headed Fiddlers ~ St. Jobe’s Waltz (JSP) Texas Hillbillies D [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (2:39)

Charley Patton ~ Pony Blues (JSP) Complete A [Richmond, IN. Paramount. 6/14/29.] (3:02)

Wilmer Watts & the Lonely Eagles ~ Banjo Sam (Old Hat) In the Pines [NY. Paramount, Broadway. 10/29.] (2:41)

Nick Dumas ~ Sweet Lips & Sweeter Lies (Skyline Records) single [1/24/25.] (2:55)

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes ~ Will You Ever Be Mine (Sugar Petunia) I Built a World [5/24/24.] (2:39)

Rock Hearts ~ Walk Away (615 Hideaway) Unfinished Bridges [10/4/24.] (3:10)

Steve Bruce ~ Facing the Giant (Sweet Song Nashville) What I Know Now [10/14/2022.] (2:26)

Reno & Harrell ~ Down Yonder (Starday) Bluegrass on My Mind. 6/28/72.] (1:40)

Creek Bend ~ Home in the Mountains (Copper Creek) That Home Far Away [1992.] (3:28)

Ray Brothers ~ Mississippi Echoes (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies B [Memphis, TN. Victor. 11/21/30.] (3:10)

Willard & Young ~ Cabin with Roses at the Door (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music A [John D. Foster and ??? Richmond, IN. Champion. 2/13/34.] (3:13)

Narmour & Smith ~ Gallop to Georgia (Document) v. 2 [Last session. Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:43)

Squirrel Butter ~ Mr. Moon (Tiki Parlour) Hazelnut [Charlie Beck. 2022.] (2:57)

Deseret String Band ~ Cottonwood Cowlick (Okehdokee Records) Land of Milk & Honey [1974.] (1:35)

Erynn Marshall ~ Rambler’s Blues (Hickoryjack Music) Tune Tramp [Stanleys. Foghorn. 2013.] (3:32)

Clare Milliner & Walt Koken ~ Richmond (Mudthumper) Just Tunes [Bruce Molsky. 2003.] (2:55)

Pete McMahan ~ Fiddler’s Waltz (Voyager) 50 Old Time Fiddle Gems 1 [Fred Stoneking-g. Jack Belt-bj. Missouri Fiddlin’ 3. 1977.] (3:01)

Rhys Jones, Jeff Miller & Jim Nelson ~ Waynesboro (Vigortone) All I’ve Got’s Done Gone [Doc Roberts. 2000.] (2:31)

Pie Plant Pete ~ Don’t Try It, It Can’t Be Done (Old Homestead) Stay on the Farm [Chicago, IL. Banner, Melotone, Oriole, Perfect, Romeo, Conqueror. 11/2/34.] (2:57)

Cincinnati Jug Band ~ Newport Blues (Yazoo) Before the Blues v. 1 [Chicago, IL. Paramount. c. 1/29] (2:56)

Frank Hutchison ~ Hutchison’s Rag (JSP) Worried Blues A [NY. OKeh. 9/11/28.] (3:01)

Blue Highway ~ Sleepless Nights, Endless Tears, Broken Heart (Down the Road) Lonesome State of Mind [6/7/24.] (2:15)

Laurie Lewis ~ The Banks Are Covered in Blue (Spruce and Maple) Trees [Brandon Godman. 5/31/24.] (3:29)

Wilson Banjo Co. ~ Lonely as It Gets (Pinecastle) Lonely as It Gets [1/22/25.] (3:32)

Eddie Bond et al ~ Sugar Hill (Mountain Home) Close Kin [2011.] (3:48)

Norman Blake ~ Dry Grass on the High Fields (Flying Fish) Old and New [9/76.] (2:18)

Stanley Brothers ~ Going to Georgia (Copper Creek) Shadows of the Past [Melody Ranch. 4/18/57.] (1:59)

Carter Family ~ You’re Gonna Be Sorry You Let Me Down (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain 11 [NY. RCA. Sara-g. 10/14/41.] (2:47)

Smith & Woodlieff ~ It’s Sad to Leave You, Sweetheart (Document) v. 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Conqueror, Supertone. 3/20/29.] (2:53)

Carter Brothers and Son ~ Nancy Rowland (County) Mississippi String Bands 1 [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 5/28/30.] (2:53)

Evie Ladin  Elise Engelberg ~ Old Cumberland (Evil Diane) Riding the Rooster 2 [11/19/24. Pat Conte. Skillet Licorice.] (2:33)

Gil Kiesecker ~ Gil’s Schottische (Voyager) Dance Fiddler from the Blue Mountains [2002.] (1:46)

Kim & Jim Lansford ~ My Mama Always Talked to Me (JL) Call Your Dogs [2003. John Hammond.] (3:31)

George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins ~ Lazy John (Bandcamp) The Old Time 100 v. 1 [2/2/24.] (3:14)

Corndrinkers ~ Dead March, Scotland (Bee Balm) The Corndrinkers [Bill Monroe. 1997.] (3:23)

Megan Lynch Chowning  & Adam Hurt ~ Brandywine (FiddleStar & Adam Hurt) Inside Out [Kenny Baker.] (2:12)

Playlist 1/23/2025

 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 )

Missy Raines ~ I Would Be a Blackbird (Compass) Highlander [Laurie Lewis. 2/9/24.] (3:41)

Dunlap & Mabe ~ Horses & Horsepower (Bell Buckle) Horses & Horsepower [2024.] (3:51)

Alan Munde ~ Stay with Me Waltz (Patuxent) Excelsior [2023.] (3:30)

Stanley Brothers ~ White Dove (Bear Family) 1949 to 1952 [Castle Studio, Nashville, TN. Columbia. 3/1/49.] (3:18)

Bill Duncan & the Harmony Mountain Boys ~ Hard Hearted One (King) A Scene Near My Country Home [1961.] (2:20)

Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners ~ I’m Old Kentucky Bound (Bear Family) I’m Old Kentuckyy Bound 3 [Nashville, TN. Decca. 1/20/52.] (2:29)

Fisher Hendley & His Aristocratic Pigs ~ Hop Along Peter (Yazoo) The Story 1 [Columbia, SC. Vocalion, Conqueror. 11/2/38.] (2:27)

Bascom Lamar Lunsford ~ Little Turtle Dove (JSP) Serenade in the Mountains B [Ashland, KY. Brunswick, Vocalion. 2/6/28.] (2:43)

Stripling Brothers ~ June Rose Waltz (Document) v. 1 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 8/19/29.] (2:57)

Norman Edmonds ~ Sweet Little Julie (Spring Fed) Train on the Island [Rufus Burnett-bj.] (2:11)

Canote Brothers ~ Bill Brown (Clonetone) Sugarbaby [2005. John Morgan Salyer.] (2:03)

Cliff Perry & Laurel Bliss ~ Whispering Now (Telegraph Music) Spirit of Love [2008. Louvin Brothers.] (2:46 )

Rayna Gellert ~ Sugar in the Gourd (Yodel Ay Hee) Ways of the World [Frank Blevins. 2000.] (3:03)

Arm & Hammer SB ~ Rufus Rastus, Pike’s Peak (Fretless) Stay on the Farm [MS Possum Hunters, Sharp, Hinman & Sharp. 1977.] (3:12)

Bill Lowery ~ Cumberland Gap (Spring Fed) Tennessee Valley Mandolin [Davis Unlimited, 1975.] (1:34)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Tossing the Baby So High (Bear Family) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy 3 [NY. Vocalion. 9/9/26.] (2:57)

Shelby Gospel Four ~ Take Your Burden to the Lord (Document) Carolina Gospel Quartets [Charlotte, NC. Decca. 6/7/38.] (3:15)

Oscar Harper’s Texas String Band ~ Bouquet Waltz (JSP) Texas Hillbillies D [San Antonio, TX. OKeh. 3/8/28.] (3:05)

Gabe Epstein ~ Washington Express (Gabe Epstein) Washington Express [1/19/24.] (3:11)

Shelton & Williams ~ Take Me Back (Turnberry) single [2024.] (4:05)

Billy Swinson ~ Lonesome Day (Billy Swinson) Greener Grass [2/10/23.] (4:54)

Ralph Stanley ~ You Could Never Be True (King) Poor Rambler v. 1 [Brand New Country Songs, 4/68. King. 5/19/67.] (3:18)

Cliff Waldron & the New Shades of Grass ~ Falling Leaves (Rebel) Traveling Light [Roy Homer & Associates, Clinton, MD. 3/71.] (3:14)

Louvin Brothers ~ Childish Love (Bear Family (Close Harmony 2 [Nashville. Capitol. 10/29/55. 78& 45-1957.] (2:35)

Rufus K. Stanley ~ Six Feet of Earth (JSP) Paramount Old Time B [Chicago, IL. Paramount.  c. 3/26.] (3:18)

Carter Family ~ Sweet Fern (JSP) The Acme Sessions [WOPI, Bristol, TN. Acme. 3/7/52.] (3:09)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Before I Grew Up to Love You (JSP) Country Fiddle C [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (2:48)

Hus Caudill ~ Chinese Breakdown (Field Recorders’ Collective) The Prettiest Tune I Ever Heard [Tom Carter-bj. Sparta, NC. 7/14/73.] (1:59)

Highwoods Stringband ~ Grey Cat on the Tennessee Farm (Rounder) Fire on the Mountain [1973.] (3:47)

Freight Hoppers ~ Going Down That Long Lonesome Road (Yodel Ay Hee) Going down the Track with a Chicken on My Back [1995.] (2:56)

Bob Walters ~ Unknown Tune in A and D (Missouri Valley Music) The Champion 2 (2:17)

Dwight Diller ~ Tom Dula (Yew Piney) O Death! [Aunt Jenny Wilson. 1991.] (3:42)

Paine Trio ~ Brown Kelly Waltz (Paine Trio) Fiddler’s Reel [2013.] (2:02)

Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers ~ It’ll Never Happen Again (Document) Nashville, 1928 [Victor. 10/2/28.] (2:43)

Narmour & Smith ~ Jake Leg Rag (Musical Traditions) Where the Southern Crosses the Dog [San Antonio, TX. OKeh. 7/6/30.] (3:00)

Lewis Brothers ~ Bull at the Wagon (JSP) Texas Hillbillies D [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 11/29/30.] (2:52)

Michael Cleveland ~ Empty Pocket Blues (Compass) Lovin’ of the Game [2022. Bryan Sutton-g.];3:38

Olivia Jo ~ Nothing to Lose (ATS Records) single [6/2/23. Kim Fox.] (3:38)

Carson Peters & Iron Mountain ~ All the Gold in California (Billy Blue) Gotta Lotta Lonesome [6/2/23.] (3:11)

Leon Morris ~ Drifting with the Tide (International, Heritage) Drifting with the Tide (2:30)

Country Gentlemen ~ On the Sunny Side of Life (Rebel) Early Rebel 3 [One Wide River to Cross. 3/71. Rec. 10/22/70.] (2:18)

Bill Monroe ~ How Will I Explain about You (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 2 [Bluegrass Special. Nashville, TN. Decca. 5/3/62.] (2:33)

Wyzee Hamilton accompanied by His Hamilton Harmonians ~ Old Sefus Brown (Document) Alabama String Bands [Birmingham, AL. Gennett. Champion, Challenge. 8/15/27.] (2:40)

Bob Nichols ~ Grave in the Pines (Yazoo) Rose Grew Round the Briar v. 2 [McMichen. Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/30.] (3:21)

Bela Lam & His Greene County Singers ~ Poor Little Bennie (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down C [NY. OKeh. 7/7/27.] (2:54)

French Broadcasters ~ Flop Eared Mule (tite-r-tone records) Tape [7/19/2020.] (2:18)

Lena Hughes ~ Spanish Fandango (County) Rural Parlor Guitar [2009.] (2:41)

J.P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Cluckin’ Hen (Rounder Select) Wild Rose of the Mountain [2000. Howdy Forrester?] (2:02)

Kyle Creed ~ Sinful Flirt (Heritage) Liberty [6/1977. Thornton or Emily Spencer-g.] (3:09)

Hog Eyed Man ~ Bile Them Cabbage Down (Yodel Ay Hee) Hog Eyed Man 3 [Byard Ray. 7/14/23.] (3:33)

Texas Shorty & John Hartford ~ Snowbird on the Ash Bank (Small Dog a-Barkin’) Old Sport [Callahan. Jim Chancellor. 1994.] (4:11)

Playlist 1/16/2025

 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)

Wyatt Ellis & Peter Rowan ~ Winds of Rowan County (Knee High) 45 single. [1/10/25.] (6:17)

Kristy Cox ~ Some Things Don’t Go Together (Billy Blue) Let It Burn [5/31/24.] (3:32)

Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge ~ Ebenezer (MG&CB) 10 [2022.] (3:06)

Norman Blake ~ The Minstrel Boy, Ash Grove (Rounder) Whiskey before Breakfast [Charlie Collins. 1976.] (3:00)

Tommy Jackson ~ I Don’t Love Nobody (British Archive of Country Music) Legendary Session Fiddler [Dot 1956.] (2:16)

Stanley Brothers ~ I’d Rather Be Forgotten (Bear Family) 1953 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. 11/15/57.  Mercury-Starday. 78&45-1/15/58.] (2:27)

Whit Gaydon ~ Tennessee Coon Hunt (Tompkins Square) Work PLAY Pray Hard [Memphis, TN. Victor. 9/17/29.] (2:55)

Lottie Kimbrough ~ Lost Lover Blues (Yazoo) The Rose Grew Round the Briar 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Supertone, Superior, Varsity. 2/6/28.] (3:03)

Joe Reed Family ~ Little David Play on Your Harp (JSP) Paramount Old Time B [Chicago, IL. Paramount. 6/28.] (2:52)

J. P. & Annadeene Fraley ~ Wild Rose of the Mountain (Rounder) Wild Rose of the Mountain [1974. Bun Oney, June Rice.] (2:11)

Jeff Davis ~ Texas Rangers (Flying Fish) Wilder Joy [E. C. Ball. 1987.] (5:23)

Cameron DeWhitt & Tristan Scroggins ~ I Ain’t Got No Home (posted video) single (5:22)

Lynn “Chirps” Smith ~ Brownie’s Reel (Marimac) Midwestern Harvest [Cliff Pulliam, Latona, IL.] (2:47)

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

Tune Hash ~ Salt River Reel (Bandcamp) Smothered & Covered [3/18/22.] (2:34)

Carter Family ~ My Sweetheart Is a Poor Working Girl/Waves of the Sea (Arhoolie) Border Radio 1939 v. 1 [XET. Monterrey, Nuevo León.] (2:58)

Barefoot Bill [Ed Bell] ~ Bad Boy (Document) Mamlish Blues [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/20/30.] (3:05)

Darby & Tarlton ~ Down in the Old Cherry Orchard (Bear Family) Complete 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/15/29.] (3:04)

Nick Chandler & Delivered ~ Never Did No Wanderin’ (Pinecastle) single [1/12/25.] (2:42)

Kathy Kallick Band ~ Souvenirs (Live Oak) The Lonesome Chronicles [10/17/23.] (4:01)

Adam McIntosh ~ Is It True (Billy Blue) Restless [3/22/24.] (2:54)

Tony Ellis ~ Wind Chimes and Nursery Rhymes (Flying Fish) Farewell My Home [1993.] (2:04)

Vern & Ray ~ To Hell with the Land (Old Homestead) Sounds from the Ozarks [Williams & Park. 1974.] (2:32)

Bill Monroe ~ Tall Pines (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 4 [Mount Juliet, TN. Decca. 10/28/69. 45-3/9/70.] (2:50)

Mangrum & Shriver ~ Bacon & Cabbage (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 7 [Bristol, TN. Victor. 10/30/28.] (2:52 )

Ernest Stoneman & the Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers ~ Serenade in the Mountains part 2 (Yazoo) Cornshucker’s Frolic v. 1 [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 2/22/28.] (3:00)

Hill Billies ~ Round Town Girls (Document) v. 1 [NY. (Hill Billies) Vocalion, (Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters) Brunswick. 10/22/26.] (2:45)

Dwight Diller ~ Reuben (Yew Piney) O Death! [1992.] (3:33)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ I’m Getting Ready to Go (Barker Records) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [Riley Puckett. 2012.] (2:50)

A. J. Srubas & Rina Rossi ~ The Dying Soldier (Central Standard Tone) Sweet Bunch of Daisies [2022.  Buell Kazee, Lansfords.] (3:32)

Paine Trio ~ West Kentucky Unlimited (self-produced) Fiddler’s Reel [2013.] (2:18)

Albert Hash ~ Omie Wise (Field Recorders’ Collective) v. 3 [1976. Joseph Armiger.] (1:21)

Matokie Slaughter & Kerry Blech ~ Stillhouse (Centrum Enterprises) 1988 Fiddle Tunes [7/4/1988.] (1:24)

Burnett & Rutherford ~ Pearl Bryan (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 2 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/2/27.] (3:06)

Lee Green ~ Bad Man Napper (Yazoo) My Rough and Rowdy Ways v. 2 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 10/18/29.] (3:24)

McGee Brothers & Todd ~ Charming Bill (County) Nashville Early String Bands 1 [NY. Vocalion. 5/11/27.] (3:07)

Junior Sisk ~ Old Cold Shoulder (Mountain Fever) If There’s a Will There’s a Way [3/29/24.] (2:54)

Matthew Geiger ~ The River Song (Waiting for Lester) Always Be There for You [1/10/25.] (2:43)

Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz ~ Mona Lisa of the Deep (self) Wall Dogs [10/18/24.] (3:34)

Bill Clifton & Jimmy Gaudreau ~ Brighten the Corner Where You Are (Elf Records) River of Memories [1994.] (2:27)

Jim & Jesse ~ I Will Always Be Waiting for You (Bear Family) 1952 to 1956 [Nashville, TN. Capitol. 6/13/52. 78&45-2/53] (2:15)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Flint Hill Special (Bear Family) 1948 to 1959 2 [Nashville, TN. Columbia. 11/9/52. 78&45-12/12/52.] (2:47)

Wyatt & Brandon ~ Evalina (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions [Menard & Luke. Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/21/29.] (2:59)

Hershal Brown & His Washboard Band ~ I Wish That Gal Was Mine (Document) Herschel Brown [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 8/6/28.] (3:08)

Grayson & Whitter ~ On the Banks of Tennessee (Document) v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 9/30/29.] (2:59)

Shady Mountain Ramblers ~ John Henry (Heritage) Nobody’s Business [1980.] (2:06)

Ernie Carpenter ~ The Horney Ewe (Augusta Heritage Records) Elk River Blues [1986.] (2:01)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Durang’s Hornpipe (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Janie Rothfield.] (2:34)

Canote Brothers ~ Cows in the Pea Patch (Clonetone) Calico Pie [2005. Candy Goldman. Jimmy Triplett, Burl Hammons.] (2:37)

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

Jim & Kim Lansford ~ 16 Days in Georgia (Vigortone) Ain’t No Supper Here Tonight [Clark Kessinger.] (2:08)

Playlist 1/9/2025

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)

Greg Blake ~ Bluefield Mountain Wind (Turnberry) single [1/7/25. Tim & Mollie O’Brien.] (3:23)

Price Sisters ~ Tuel’s Landing (McCoury Music?) Between the Lines [2/16/24.] (3:00)

Dennis Witcher & the Brew ~ What’s Holding You (Dennis Witcher & the Brew) Unsung Melody [10/22/24.] (2:49)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~Running Wild (Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [1997.] (2:18)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Foggy Mountain Rock (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 4 [Nashville, TN. rec. 4/5/59. 45 rel. 4/27/59.] (2:23)

Wade Mainer & the Sons of the Mountaineers ~ Don’t Leave Me Alone (JSP) Bluegrass Classics D [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. Rel. 5/4/38.] (2:35)

Carter Family ~ Fond Affection (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain v. 2 [Atlanta, GA. Victor, Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Zonophone South Africa. 11/25/29.] (3:26)

Tennessee Chocolate Drops ~ Knox County Stomp (JSP) A Richer Tradition B [WNOX, St. James Hotel. Knoxville, TN. 4/3/30.] (3:03)

Hill Brothers & Willie Simmons ~ I Am on My Way to Heaven (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 8/6/37.] (3:32)

Tom King ~ If I Lose (Jim Martin Productions) Green Mountain Cotillion [Tom King-g, L/Dave Bing-T, f/Marl Payne-B, bj/Jim Martin-sb. 1989.] (2:04)

Bosco Takaki ~ Train 45 (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Bosco [Joe Birchfield. 4/7/23.] (2:36)

Hazel Nuts ~ Walk Along John, Fort Smith (Bandcamp) Uncut Gems from Missouri [Bob Holt, Ava, MO.] (2:51)

High Ridge Ramblers ~ John Rawl Jamison (High Ridge Ramblers) Long Road [2015.] (2:27)

Casey Jones ~ Jones’s Waltz (County) Three Fiddlers from the Show Me State [Lena Jones Hughes-g.] (3:06)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley (County) Old Time Songs v. 2 [1969.] (2:26)

NC Ramblers & Roy Harvey ~ I’m Glad I’m Married (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Chicago, IL. Paramount, Broadway. 10/27.] (2:53)

Swamp Rooters ~ Citico (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be 5 [Atlanta, GA. Brunswick. 11/12/30.] (3:04)

Tweedy Brothers ~ Ricketts Hornpipe (County) Old Time Music of West Virginia v. 2 [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 6/14/24.] (2:43)

Chris Jones ~ The Last Hobo (Mountain Home) Bluegrass Sings Paxton [8/30/24.] (3:38)

Wyatt Ellis ~ Two Rivers Waltz (Knee-High Records) Happy Valley [Danny Roberts. 2/4/24.] (4:02)

Shelton & Williams ~ Two of a Kind (Turnberry) A Time for Every Season [9/6/24.] (3:01)

Becky Buller ~ The Blind Beggar (SRS) Rest My Weary Feet [2001.] (3:23)

Fiddlin’ Red Herron ~ Listen to the Mockingbird (Gusto) Fiddlin’ Red Herron [Federal & Quality-King (Canada) 78. 1951.] (2:58)

Bill Monroe ~ John Hardy (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville, TN. Bluegrass Ramble. 1/1/62. Decca. rec. 12/1/61.] (2:42)

Dixie Crackers ~ The Old Bell Cow (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers 4 White Lightning [Charlotte, NC. Victor. 5/28/31.] (2:44)

Hack String Band ~ Wink the Other Eye (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [Richmond, IN. Champion, Superior. 9/29/30.] (2:55)

Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers ~ Johnson’s Old Grey Mule (JSP) Country Fiddle A [NY. OKeh.  2/21/27.] (3:05)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Phyllis in the Ballroom (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets [2024. Bertha Shelton.] (2:24)

Benton Flippen & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ My Home’s across the Blue Ridge Mountains (Music Maker) 270 Haystack Road [2009.] (4:43)

Craig Johnson ~ Cypress Grove (5-String Productions) Away Down the Road [Skip James. 2009.] (4:31)

Evie Ladin ~ Newt Payne’s Tune (Evil Diane Records) Riding the Rooster 2 [11/19/24. Jock Tyldesly.] (3:00)

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown ~ Indian Ate a Woodchuck (Tiki Parlour) With Marcia Bryant & Terri McMurray [Salyer. 2018.] (2:35)

Brittany Haas ~ June Apple (Ook Records) Brittany Haas [Tommy Jarrell. 2004.] (2:55)

Georgia Sacred Harp Quartet ~ Wondrous Love OSH 159 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing D [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 8/24.] (3:11)

Fields Ward ~ Watch and Pray (Historical) Early Country Music [Richmond, IN. Gennett (rej). 3/5/29.] (2:36)

Ray Brothers ~ Friday Night Waltz (JSP) Old Timey Brother Songs D [Memphis, TN. Victor. 5/28/30.] (2:56)

New Dangerfield ~ Dangerfield Newby (Free Dirt) single [4/26/2024.] (3:05)

Lonesome River Band ~ Hang Around for the Heartbreak (Mountain Home) The Winning Hand [6/14/24.] (2:40)

Po’ Ramblin’ Boys ~ Trying to Live the Dream (Smithsonian Folkways) Wanderers Like Me [Laura Orshaw-L. 8/16/24.] (4:09)

Bob Paisley ~ Ole Liza Jane (Brandywine) Steeped in Tradition [1998.] (2:21)

Wally Bryson & the Blaylock Brothers ~ Please Remember That I Love You (Spring Fed/Davis Unlimited) Bluegrass [1973.] (3:16)

Stanley Brothers ~ Long Black Veil (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. Rising Sun, MD. 5/21/61.] (3:40)

George Edgin’s Corn Dodgers ~ Corn Dodger #1 Special (County) Echoes of the Ozarks 1 [NY. Columbia 3/18/32.] (2:48)

Riley Puckett ~ Though You’re Not Satisfied with Me (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Rock Hill, SC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/1/39.] (2:11)

Narmour & Smith ~ Gallop to Georgia (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 3/11/29.] (3:06)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Rolling Mills Are Burning Down (5-String Productions) It’s About Time [George Landers. 2007.] (3:44)

Esker Hutchins ~ Walking in My Sleep (Field Recorders' Collective) Fiddle & Banjo [2007.] (1:29)

Hog Eyed Man ~ Walking the Water (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Kicked Up the Devil of a Row [Marcus Martin.] (2:18)

Red Mules ~ Sugar Barrel (Vigortone) Old Time Music [Lonnie Seymour. 1992.] (2:16)

Franklin George ~ Old Molly Hare (County) Traditional Music [1967. Kanawha.] (1:55)

Steven Arms ~ Snowdrop (Facebook post) single [1/5/25.] (3:02)

Playlist 1/2/2025

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 fm Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Dan Tyminski ~ This Sad Song (8 Track Entertainment) Live from the Ryman [8/16/2024.] (2:18)

Women of Kelley ~ Lining Track (IRK Records) single [2024.] (2:24)

Milan Miller ~ Trout Don’t Live in Ugly Places (Melton and Miller Music) Between the Rhythm and Rhyme [3/23/23.] (4:10)

Jim Mills ~ Tragic Romance (Sugar Hill) My Dixie Home [2002.] (3:17)

Stanley Brothers ~ Your Selfish Heart (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [and the Clinch Mountain Boys, 3/59. Cincinnati, OH. King. 9/30/58.] (2:15)

Louvin Brothers ~ Would You Tear Down Your Castle (Modern Harmonic) Love and Wealth 2 [2018.] (2:00)

Dixon Brothers ~ Little Bessie (Bear Family) A Blessing to People 1 [Charlotte, NC. Montgomery Ward. 2/18/37.] (2:28)

Obed Pickard~ The Old Grey Horse (British Archive of Country Music) Walking in the Parlor [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 3/31/27.] (3:19)

Hoyt Ming & His PepSteppers ~ White Mule (JSP) Country Fiddle D [Memphis, TN. Victor. 2/13/28.] (3:22)

Melvin Wine ~ Greenback Dolly O (Augusta Heritage/Marimac) Hannah at the Springhouse [Bob Wine. 1989.] (3:01)

Bob Simmons ~ Pride of the Ball (Voyager) Remembering Bob Simmons [2003.] (3:17)

Monks ~ Saddle Up the Gray (Yodel-Ay-Hee) Ragged [Carter Bros. & Son. 2002.] (2:45)

Gary Lee Moore ~ Birdy (Voyager) Uncle Pig [Great Grand Dad, W. T. Scott, OK. 2004.] (2:56)

Harvey Sampson ~ Cumberland Gap (Augusta Heritage Records) Flatfoot in the Ashes [1986.] (1:58)

Dillof, Rice & the Cuyahogians ~ Texas Ranger (Montana Peak) On the Job Too Long [1999. Cartwright Brothers, 1929.] (3:41)

Blind Alfred Reed ~ How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live (County) Hard Times in the Country [NY. Victor. 12/4/29.] (2:49)

Ed Andrews ~ Time Ain’t Gonna Make Me Stay (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 3 or 4/24.] (2:48)

Carter Family ~ Keep on the Sunny Side (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain 6 [NY. ARC, Conqueror. 5/8/35.] (2:49)

Jim Lauderdale & Po’ Ramblin’ Boys ~ If I Could Only Get My Heart to See (Sky Crunch) Long & Lonesome Letting Go [10/23/23.] (2:21)

Jason Carter and Michael Cleveland ~ Outrun the Rain (Fiddle Man) Bluegrass in the Backwoods [Vince Gill & Jaelee Roberts. 8/7/24.] (4:32)

Lindley Creek ~ Over and Over Again (Pinecastle) Whispers in the Wind [7/21/23.] (3:55)

Cullen & Mickey Galyean ~ Poor Rambler (Eastwood) and Friends [2005.] (2:47)

Jim & Jesse ~ Blue Ridge Mountain Blues (Pinecastle) The Old Dominion Masters 1 [Jim & Jesse Show. Old Dominion. 1972.] (2:28)

Bill Monroe ~ Footprints in the Snow take 2 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 2/13/45.] (2:34)

Jimson Brothers ~ Wednesday Night Waltz (Document) Country Music Pioneers v. 2 [NY. Edison. 3/5/29.] (3:22)

Burnette & Rutherford ~ Curley Headed Woman (County) Old Time Mountain Blues [Atlanta, GA. Columbia, Clarion, Velvet Tone. 1/23/31.] (3:09)

Sam & Kirk McGee ~ Brown’s Ferry Blues (County) Nashville v. 2 [Richmond, IN. Champion, Decca. 8/14/34.] (3:12)

Benny Thomasson ~ Lost Indian (Voyager Recordings) Say Old Man [3/3/1974.] (1:46)

Luther Davis ~ Train on the Island (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC745 Some of the Very Oldest [Delhart, VA. 9/12/73.] (1:16)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Ain’t Got Time (FSB) Rock Island Grange [Laurel Bliss. 12/5-7/2016.] (2:03)

Bob Carlin ~ Little Boy, Little Boy (Rounder) Banging & Sawing [Clyde Davenport. Liz Slade. Judy Hyman. 3/12/84.] (1:18)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Rickett’s Hornpipe (Berea Appalachian Center) Home Recordings 1941 to 1942 v. 2 d. 1 (2:24)

Chance McCoy ~ Jimmy Johnson (Appalachian Music Group) Chance McCoy [Melvin Wine, WV. 2007.] (3:14)

Allison’s SH Singers ~ Sharpsburg OSH 39B (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing C [Birmingham, AL. Gennett. 8/10/27.] (2:53)

Memphis Jug Band ~ Memphis Shakedown (Yazoo) Cornshucker’s Frolic v. 2 [Knoxville, TN. Vocalion. 4/5/30.] (3:11)

W. M. Stepp & Mae Pucket ~ The Old Hen She Cackled (Yazoo) Music of Kentucky v. 1 [Salyersville, KY. Alan & Elizabeth Lomax. Library of Congress. 10/37.] (1:29)

Will Clark ~ Carolina Lightning (Mountain Fever) Carolina Lightning [10/24/24.] (2:57)

Thomas Cassell ~ Anything but the Truth (Mountain Fever) The Never Ending Years [Ronnie McCoury. 10/4/24.] (3:02)

Lost & Found ~ Giving Up on You (Mountain Fever) Final Chapter [5/19/23.] (2:38)

Norman Blake & Tony Rice ~ Fiddler’s Dram, Whiskey before Breakfast (Rounder) Blake & Rice [1987.] (4:40)

Rual Yarbrough & the Dixiemen ~ Sally Goodwin (Old Homestead) Featuring James Bryan on Fiddle [1972.] (2:34)

Reno & Smiley ~ Cumberland Gap (King) 1951 to 1959 3 [King. 8/27/56. 78 & 45, 7/57.] (2:24)

“Ted” Sharp, Hinman & Sharp ~ Pike’s Peak (Yazoo) Times v. 7 [Richmond, IN. Champion, Melotone Canadian. 11/8/33.] (3:11)

Walter Morris ~ Mother’s Face I Long to See (Document) Georgia Songsters [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/6/29.] (3:19)

Scottdale String Band ~ Coughdrop Blues (Arhoolie) Old Folks Better Go to Bed [Atlanta, GA. OKeh. 3/14/29.] (3:14)

Dirk Powell & John Herrmann ~ Sandy River Belle (Yodel Ay Hee) Dirk Powell & John Herrmann [1992.] (2:26)

E. C. Ball ~ Walking the Wires (County) Rural Parlor Guitar [2009.] (1:23)

Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys ~ Fortune (County) Old Time Mountain Music [1969.] (2:12)

Gypsy Gyppo String Band ~ Milwaukee Blues (Bay) Gypsy Gyppo String Band [Weaver & Wiggins. 1976.] (2:18)

Travis Inman ~ Red Apple Rag (Voyager Recordings) Missouri Fiddler [Tommy Jackson. 2012.] (1:58)

Geoff Seitz ~ Louisiana Hornpipe (Oceana Productions) The Good Old Days Are Here [1995.] (2:52)

Miles Zurawell ~ Protestant Creature (Miles Zurawell) Far Afield [10/1/2023.] (1:56)

Canote Brothers ~ Cruel Willie (Clonetone Recordings) Makes Its Own Gravy [2010. Max Collins.] (3:29)

Reed Martin ~ Nancy (Reed Martin) Old Time Banjo [1998.] (1:44)

Pete Sutherland ~ A Psalm of Life (Epact Music) Mountain Hornpipe [1989.] (3:30)