Playlist 3/5/2026

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 ~ 27 Strings (MSSB) By the Light of the Moon [7/26/24.] (3:04)

Jeff Brown & Wayne Taylor ~ Ballad of the Dry Fork River (Huckleberry) single [Barry Clevenger, comp. 2/11/26.] (4:43)

Greg Blake with Becky Buller ~ Love Found Me (Turnberry) single [2/13/26.] (3:55)

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor ~ Banks of the Ohio (Tut Lee Records) Flat Pickin in the Kitchen [1997.] (3:20)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ Are You Waiting Just for Me (Necktie) Losing Game [2022.] (3:02)

Stanley Brothers ~ Home Sweet Home (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1, n. 1 [New River Ranch. 5/21/61.] (2:06)

Roy Harvey & North Carolina Ramblers ~ As We Parted at the Gate (JSP) Charlie Poole C [Ashland, KY. Brunswick, Aurora. 2/16/28.] (2:53)

Four Pickled Peppers ~ When I Was a Baby (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [Rock Hill, SC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 2/9/40.] (2:42)

Mississippi ‘Possum Hunters ~ The Last Shot Got Him (Document) Mississippi String Bands v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 5/28/30.] (2:43)

Hog Eyed Man ~ Baarlow Knife (Tiki Parlour) Across the Sea [John Morgan Salyer. 7/4/25.] (3:02)

Squirrel Butter ~ Farmer’s Daughter (Squirrel Butter) Banjo Clog [Arthur Smith. Beck-bj. Slaven-g, L. 2010.] (3:28)

Esker Hutchins ~ Billy in the Lowground (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [2007.] (3:00)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ The Skinny Guy’s Gotta Eat (Merriweather) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [Naiman. 1997.] (2:11)

Trenton “Tater” Caruthers ~ Taylor’s Quickstep (Spring Fed) Tennessee Breakdown [Leonard Rutherford. 2020.] (2:33)

Benton Flippen & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Cumberland Gap (Music Maker) 270 Haystack Road [2009.] (3:09)

Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy ~ Hamilton’s Special Breakdown (Yazoo) Times Ain’t 5 [Chicago, IL. Paramount, Herwin. 1/27.] (2:54)

Clyde Evans Band ~ How I Got My Gal (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 4 White Lightning [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/4/29.] (2:46)

Carter Family ~ Dying Soldier (Bear Family) Shadow v. 2 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Zonophone/Regal Zonophone Australian. 5/24/30.] (3:05)

Casey Conners ~ No Mother or Dad (Casey Connors) The Boy from Bluegrass [3/18/25.] (3:02)

Red Camel Collective ~ Finding Your Way Home (Pinecastle) single [2/13/26.] (3:28)

Bobby Osborne & C. J. Lewandowski ~ Where the Soul of Man Never Dies (Turnberry) Keep On… [8/22/25.] (2:22)

Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome ~ Lonesome and Blue (Turnberry) Old Kentucky Moon [2022.] (2:35)

Don Rigsby ~ My Ol’ Tattoo (Rebel) Kentucky Troubadour [Band of Ruhks. Authentic, 2019.] (3:09)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Mother Prays Loud in Her Sleep (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 3 [Nashville, TN. rec. 8/30/53. Col. 78&45-1954.] (3:17)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Three in One Two Step (JSP) Country Fiddle C [Dallas, TX. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (2:48)

Dallas Jamboree Jug Band ~ Dusting the Frets (JSP) Richer Tradition B [Dallas, TX. Vocalion. 9/25/35.] (2:44)

Emry Arthur ~ The Bootlegger’s Lullaby (JSP) Appalachian Stomp Down C [Chicago, IL. Decca, Minerva. 1/17/35.] (2:55)

Horsenecks ~ I Will Arise (Tiki Parlour Recordings) In the West [Kilby Snow. 6/27/25.] (3:31)

Howard Sims ~ Stump Tail Dog (Pick Away Press) Dear Old Illinois 1 [Dillon Bustin-g. 3/23/77.] (1:14)

Susan Graham Pepper ~ The Rattling Bog (Ballad Records) Where the Islands Overflow [Jean Ritchie, Seamus Ennis. 2024.] (2:45)

Clinton Davis ~ Katie Dear (Tiki Parlour) Ever Returning [Callahan Brothers, Blue Sky Boys. 2025.] (2:54)

Kerry Blech ~ Smokey Hole (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC 571 Appalachian Master [William Adams. 7/11/25.] (2:46)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Getting Upstairs (5-String Productions) It’s About Time [Clyde Davenport. 2007.] (2:58)

Pope’s Arkansas Mountaineers ~ Hog Eye (County) Echoes v. 1 [Memphis, TN. Victor. 2/6/28.] (2:59.] (3:15)

Riley Puckett ~ Just as the Sun Went Down (JSP) Riley Puckett B [NY. Columbia, Harmony {as Fred Wilson}. 9/11/24.] (3:00)

Piper’s Gap Ramblers ~ I Ain’t Nobody’s Darling (JSP) Serenade A [Winston-Salem, NC. Okeh. 9/26/27.] (2:58)

Volume Five ~ We Just Disagree (Mountain Fever) Leave a Light On [5/23/2025.] (3:13)

Throwdown Thursday ~ Leaves in Late October (Throwdown Thursday) Throwdown Thursday [2026.] (2:45)

Max Wareham ~ Cattails (Nine Athens Music) Daggomit! [David Grier, g. 2/21/25.] (3:29)

Red Cravens & the Bray Brothers ~ Blue Eyed Darling (Rounder) 415 West Main [1971.] (2:27)

Del McCoury ~ Prisoner’s Song (Arhoolie) I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [12/9/67, LP ’68, CD, ‘92.] (2:29)

Bill Monroe ~ Columbus Stockade Blues (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville. 4/26/62. Decca.] (3:01)

Eck Robertson & Family ~ Brilliancy Medley (JSP) Texas Hillbillies C [Dallas, TX. Victor. 10/11/29.] (2:56)

Charley Jordan ~ Just a Spoonful (Yazoo) Before the Blues 2 [Chicago, IL. Vocalion. 6/30.] (2:40)

Earl Shirkey & Roy Harvey ~ The Virginian Strike of ‘23 (Bear Family) Johnson City Sessions 3 [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/22/29.] (2:53)

Bucking Mules ~ Smoke behind the Clouds (Free Dirt) Smoke behind the Clouds [Organ Grinders-Lowe Stokes, Bert Layne. 2017.] (3:26)

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

John Engel, John Herrmann, Meredith McIntosh ~ Black Eyed Susie (Yodel Ay Hee) Chicken Train [Robert Sykes. 2012.] (3:09)

Gypsy Gyppo String Band ~ Mama Scolds Me for Flirtin’ (Bay) The Gypsy Gyppo String Band [Carolina Tar Heels. 1977.] (1:49)

Earl White Stringband ~ Brush Gap (Fiddler’s Jam) Fiddlin Earl White [2014.] (2:40)

Ann & Phil Case ~ Please Baby (Dry Run Recordings) Never Grow Old [Lonnie Johnson. 1999.] (2:59)

Don Pedi & Bruce Greene ~ Buffalo Gals (Hazeldog) Rare Old Chestnuts [Jake Phelps and Sammie Dyer. 2005.] (2:22)

New music from Jeff Brown & Wayne Taylor, the Red Camel Collective, Greg Blake with Becky Buller, Clinton Davis, and the Horsenecks! Mining the archives for the music of Howard Sims, the Gypsy Gyppo String Band, Earl Shirkey & Roy Harvey, the Mississippi ‘Possum Hunters, and Esker Hutchins! 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!