Playlist 8/27/2026

 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)

Junior Sisk ~ The Devil’s Train (Turnberry) It’s All Fun and Games [7/18/25.] (3:05)

Billy Strings ~ Seney Stretch (Reprise) Highway Prayers [9/27/24.] (4:34)

Flatt Out Blue ~ Them Blues (Turnberry) The Maggard Sessions [12/2/25.] (3:30)

Wayne Taylor ~ You’re Gone (Wayne Taylor Records) It’s about Time [4/10/2012.] (3:05)

Billy Baker ~ Maiden’s Prayer (Old Homestead) Fiddle Classics v. 2 [1978.] (1:54)

Monroe Brothers ~ New River Train (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1 [Charlotte, NC. 2/17/36. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward.] (3:38)

Leake County Revelers ~ Mississippi Breakdown (County) Mississippi String Bands 1 [Jackson, MS. Columbia. 12/18/30.] (3:14)

Lulu Jackson ~ Careless Love Blues (Story of Blues) Female Country Blues 1 [Indianapolis, IN. Vocalion, Supertone, [Williams] Banner,  Oriole, Perfect, Romeo. 6/2/28.] (3:08)

Alfred Karnes ~ Called to the Foreign Field (Yazoo) Music of Kentucky v. 1 [Grafton, WI. Broadway. 9/30.] (3:11)

Swamper’s Revenge ~ Rabbit in the Woodpile (Vigortone) Kettle Bog [Noah Beavers, Elkville, IL. 4/5/2025.] (2:37)

Franklin George ~ Walking in the Parlor (Kanawha) Traditional Music [John Summers-f, FG-bj. 1967.] (2:17)

Mitch Depew & Sophie Wellington ~ Kate’s Got a Bellyache (Bandcamp) Viejos Tiempos en la Finca [rec. 12/24.] (3:38)

Beverly Smith & Carl Jones ~ Roses in the Morning, Blackfoot (Dittyville) Glow [2009. Clyde Davenport.] (2:41)

Ira Mullins ~ Cripple Creek (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC202 Old Time Music from Clay & Calhoun Counties, WV [1975 Brandywine.] (1:31)

Andrew Marlin ~ Snowblind on Snoopy Hill (Tanyard Branch Music) Witching Hour [ For Rodney. 2020.] (3:48)

E. R. Nance Family with Clarence Dooley ~ Sweet Freedom (Old Hat) In the Pines [Richmond, IN. Champion, Superior. 8/26/31.] (2:27)

J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers ~ The Longest Train (Old Homestead) v.1 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 8/6/35.] (3:17)

Tony Trischka ~ I Still Miss Someone (Down the Road) Earl Jam 2 [Sierra Ferrell. 3/13/26.] (3:19)

Alan Bibey ~ Uncle Herschel (Billy Blue) single [7/10/26. Ronnie McCoury, Sierra Hull.] (3:39)

Magoo ~ Rippin’ Richard (Magoo Grass) What a Life [2/27/26.] (4:20)

Joe Val ~ 'Neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone (Rounder) Diamond Joe [Cold Wind. 1983.] (2:34)

Bill Napier & Larry Taylor & the Waterloo Bluegrass Boys ~ Rank Stranger (Old Homestead) We Salute the Stanley Bros [1987.] (3:07)

Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain ~ Old Shanghai (Blue Circle) Dancin’ in the Dirt [2008.] (1:52)

Carter Family ~ No More the Moon Shines on Lorena (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain 11 [Memphis, TN. Victor, Montgomery Ward, Bluebird, Zononophone South African. 11/25/30.] (3:06)

Bayless Rose ~ Jamestown Exhibition (Yazoo) Before the Blues v. 1 [Richmond, IN. Champion. 6/7/30.] (2:47)

Smith’s Garage Fiddle Band ~ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Document) Texas Fiddle Bands v. 1 [Dallas, TX. Vocalion. 10/26/28.] (2:53)

Erynn Marshall ~ Springfield (Hickoryjack Music) Tune Tramp [Jim Childress. 2013.] (4:18)

Parley Parsons ~ Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC705 Old Galax Fiddling [Early 1980s.] (1:47)

Geoff Seitz ~ Newlywed’s, Millers Reel (Oceana Productions) The Good Old Days Are Here [1995.] (4:20)

Old Hollow Stringband ~ Ducks on the Mill Pond (Flyin’ Cloud) Old Time Music from North Carolina [1989.] (1:54)

Howard Miller ~ Flop Eared Mule (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC706 Sixty Years of NC Fiddling [1978.] (1:02)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Saddle Up the Grey (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Deb Shebish-f, Thom Worm-bg. Carter Brothers & Son.] (2:10)

Frank Hutchison ~ Lightning Express (JSP) Worried Blues A [NY. OKeh. 1/28/27.] (3:27)

Charley Patton ~ Magnolia Blues (JSP) Complete B [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 10/29.] (2:58)

Frank Jenkins ~ Wandering Boy (JSP) Gennett Old Time D [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Champion, Silvertone, Supertone, Superior. 5/27.] (2:50)

Colebrook Road ~ Black Oak (Mountain Fever) Too Far to Let Go [4/24/26.] (4:28)

Sullivan Sisters ~ Cold Front (Dark Shadow) single [7/24/26.] (3:49)

Will Clark ~ Another Road (Mountain Fever) Carolina Lightning [9/25/25.] (4:14)

Norman Blake ~ White Oak Swamp (Flying Fish) Fields of November [Flying Fish #4. Charlie Collins. 9/74] (2:14)

James King ~ Thirty Years of Farming (Rounder) Thirty Years of Farming [2002.] (4:29)

Stanley Brothers ~ A Voice from on High (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1 n. 3 [New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD. 7/3/55.] (2:43)

Cartwright Brothers ~ Utah Carrol (JSP) Texas Hillbillies B [El Paso, TX. Victor. 7/10/29.] (2:48)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Hills of Roane County (Patuxent) 1939 to 1949 Radio 1 [Sam “Curley” Parker-f. WPTF, Raleigh, NC. 1941.] (2:40)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers ~ Cumberland Gap on a Buckin’ Mule (Document) v. 6 [San Antonio, TX. Bluebird. 3/29/34.] (2:58)

George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins ~ Buffalo Gals (Bandcamp) The Old Time 100 v. 1 [2/2/24.] (2:46)

Pat Conte ~ Make Your Belly Grow (Jalopy) American Songs [Parchman Farm. 11/11/2011.] (3:44)

Rhys Jones & Christina Wheeler ~ Jim Shank (Vigortone) Starry Crown [Sammie Dyer via Bruce Greene. 2005.] (3:40)

Jim Childress ~ Fly Away Waltz (Bandcamp) Fly Away [5/2/23.] (4:14)

Come join us this Thursday and enjoy three hours of Bluegrass, Old Time and those wonderful Country 78s! The fine music of the Monroe Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, and the Carter Family in this week’s lineup! Archival treasures from Charley Patton, James King, Lulu Jackson, Wayne Taylor, Howard Miller & Pat Conte! Plus new music headed your way from Billy Strings, Magoo, Tony Trischka, Mitch Depew & Sophie Wellington, George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins, Colebrook Road, Junior Sisk, and Swamper’s Revenge! Stop on by!

Playlist 8/20/2026

 Bluegras, 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)

Larry Sparks ~ A Daddy’s Lullaby (Rebel) Way Back When [10/24/25.] (2:39)

Tennessee Bluegrass Band ~ Edison’s Bounce (Flagpond Records) Nolichucky [2025.] (3:09)

East Nash Grass ~ Lonesome Song (Mountain Fever) All God’s Children [8/22/25.] (2:50)

Fiction Brothers ~ Things Are Coming My Way (Flying Fish) Things Are Coming My Way [1979.] (3:15)

Al Jones & Frank Necessary ~ Blue Eyed Darling (Rounder) & the Spruce Mountain Boys [#50. 8/20/76.] (2:18)

Reno & Smiley ~ Tenessee Stomp (King) 1959 to 1963 1 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 6/27/60. Wanted, 1961.] (2:08)

Carter Family ~ Two Sweethearts (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mt. 4 [Camden, NJ. Victor, Bluebird, Montgomery Ward, Regal Zonophone Australian. 10/13/32.] (2:50)

Fleming & Townsend ~ I Wanta Be Where You Are (British Archive of Country Music) Little Hill [Charlotte, NC. Victor, Bluebird. 5/18/31.] (3:14)

Allen Brothers ~ Long Gone from Bowling Green (JSP) The Allen Brothers A [NY. Vocalion. 10/3/34.] (2:57)

Burns Piro ~ Cumberland Gap (Bandcamp) Browns Creek [2/18/26.] (3:28)

Clyde Davenport ~ Sugar in the Gourd (University Press of Kentucky) Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes [Monticello, KY. 3/31/1990. Jeff Titon.] (2:07)

Tessa Dillon McCoy ~ Forked Deer (self-produced) It’s Hard to Love [2018.] (3:18)

Peter Honig & His Pals ~ Indian Ate the Woodchuck (Bandcamp) Old Time Music 1990 to 2016 v. 1 [Joe Fallon-g, John Morgan Salyer. 2023.] (2:43)

Onlies ~ Waves on the Sea (The Onlies) You Climb the Mountain [Carter Family. 9/19/25.] (2:54)

Foghorn Stringband ~ Rose Connolly (self produced) Rock Island Grange [2/20/26. Grayson & Whitter.] (3:25)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers ~ Don’t You Hear Jerusalem Moan (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia, Velvet Tone, Clarion. 4/17/27.] (2:51)

Andy Palmer with Jimmy Johnson’s String Band ~ Old Blind Dog (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [Richmond, IN. Champion. 8/22/32.] (2:53)

Oscar & Doc Harper ~ Bitter Creek (County) Old-Time Texas String Bands v. 2 [Dallas, TX. OKeh. 11/27/29.] (2:53)

Dan Tyminski ~ Old Home Place (8 Track Entertainment) Live from the Ryman [8/16/24.] (4:27)

Max Vendetti ~ Little Georgia Rose (Waiting for Lester) Different Kind of Ride [5/22/26.] (2:34)

Tidalwave Road ~ Tom Dooley (Pinecastle) Skin and Bones [10/24/25.] (2:37)

Kitty Amaral et al ~ Blackest Crow (Mountain Roads) Close Kin: Our Roots Run Deep [2014.] (2:42)

Ronnie Knittel & Holston Valley Ramblers ~ I Can Thank My Lucky Star (JSP) Authentic Rare Bluegrass C [Bristol, VA. Twin-City. 1952.] (2:25)

Stanley Brothers ~ Old Daniel Prayed (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 2/10/59.] (2:26)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ Farewell Waltz (Document) v. 2 [Asa Martin-g. NY. Banner, Oriole, Perfect, Romeo, Conqueror. 3/5/31.] (3:06)

Emery Glen ~ Two Ways to Texas (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/7/27.] (2:48)

Fields Ward ~ No One Loves You as I Do (Historical) Early Country Music [Richmond, IN. Gennett rej. 3/7/29.] (3:12)

Squirrel Butter ~ Shady Grove (Squirrel Butter) Banjo Clog [Buell Kazee. Charlie Beck-bj. 2010.] (1:33)

Newberry & Verch ~ Turtle Dove (self produced) Blessing on the Wing [3/17/26.] (2:33)

Clinton Davis ~ Train Your Child (Tiki Parlour) Ever Returning [Washington Phillips. 2025.] (2:17)

Double Decker Stringband ~ Louisiana Breakdown (Marimac) For an Old Time Call… [1990. Hackberry Ramblers.] (2:40)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Billy Button (Joseph Decosimo) Fiery Gizzard [Joseph Walker Graves, Oconee, GA. 8/15/25.] (4:29)

Luther Davis ~ Down the Road (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC745 Some of the Very Oldest [Tom Carter -bj. Delhart, VA. Spring 1972.] (0:40)

Dave & Howard ~ Serves ‘em Fine (County) Hard Times in the Country [Charlotte, NC. Victor. 5/19/31.] (3:01)

Cannon’s Jug Stompers ~ Pretty Mama Blues (Yazoo) Best of Cannon’s Jug Stompers [Memphis, TN. Victor. 10/1/29.] (2:40)

Watkins Band ~ Tom’s Rag (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Atlanta, GA. Victor. 2/24/28.] (2:59)

Carson Peters & Iron Mountain ~ One Night Stand (Billy Blue) Hold On Heart [10/25/24.] (2:57)

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ Mountain Bill (Rebel) Coming On Strong [5/16/25.] (2:22)

Kentucky Just Us ~ The Oak Tree Shade (Mountains of Home) 10 [10/4/25.] (3:23)

Cullen Galyean ~ Judy Lou (Mountain Roads) Born into Bluegrass [2009.] (2:10)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys ~ Six Months Ain’t Long (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (2:31)

Bill Monroe ~ Will You Be Loving Another Man take 2 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 9/17/46.] (2:57)

Allison’s Sacred Harp Singers ~ Sweet Morning Original Sacred Harp 421 (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing C [Richmond, IN. Gennett. organ-? 5/1/28.] (2:38)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Knoxville Girl (Bear Family) The Sunny Side of Life 2 [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 8/2/37.] (3:41)

Roane County Ramblers ~ Step High Waltz (Bear Family) The Johnson City Sessions 1 [Columbia. 10/15/28.] (2:56)

John Engle, John Herrmann & Meredith McIntosh ~ Old John Henry (Yodel-Ay-Hee) Chicken Train [2012. Tommy Jarrell.] (2:04)

Bucking Mules ~ Jasper Jail (Free Dirt) Smoke behind the Clouds [2017.] (2:54)

Trenton 'Tater' Caruthers ~ Jean Horner’s Leather Britches (Spring Fed) Tennessee Breakdown [3/15/20.] (2:20)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ Sam’s Dream (Merriweather) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [Chris-comp., bj, Arnie-g. 1997.] (3:19)

Esker Hutchins ~ Unnamed Fiddle Tune #2 (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [Dave Spilkia-g. 2007.] (1:26)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ Mike in the Wilderness(5-String Productions) It’s About Time [2007.] (2:08)

Frank Blade & Friends ~ The Little Noise (Joyswing) Dance Band [Contretemps. 2011.] (4:11)

Lots of terrific music this Thursday, August 20, on Bluegrass, Etc.! Classics from Reno & Smiley, the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, and Bill Monroe! Rarities from Al Jones & Frank Necessary, Ronnie Knittel & the Holston Valley Ramblers, Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys, the Watkins Band, Mickey Cullen Galyean, Luther Davis, Esker Hutchins, and Cannon’s Jug Stompers! New music from the Tennessee Bluegrass Band, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, Max Vendetti, Newberry & Verch, the Onlies, and Burns Piro! You won’t want to miss a moment!

Playlist 8/13/2026

 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)

Kody Norris Show ~ My Home in Virginia (Rebel) Rhinestone Revival [2023.] (3:01)

Starlett & Big John ~ The Dirt That You Throw (Rebel) Living in the South [2/25/23.] (3:43)

Nothin’ Fancy ~ Paradise (Mountain Fever) Here We Go Again [John Prine. 9/29/23.] (3:21)

Becky Buller ~ How I Love You (SRS) Rest My Weary Feet [2001.] (2:55)

Bill Monroe ~ Cotton Fields (Bear Family) Bluegrass 1959 to 1969 v. 1 [Nashville, TN. 45 rel. 1/1/62. Decca. rec. 12/1/61.] (2:30 )

Phebel Wright ~ Lint Head Stomp (JSP) Bluegrass Classics A [Recorded 1946. Essex 78, released 1953.] (2:42)

Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans ~ Wabash Cannonball (JSP) King of the Hillbillies A [Chicago, IL. Vocalion/OKeh, Conqueror, Columbia. 10/21/36.] (2:51)

Carrie Mae Moore & Faye Barres ~ I Thought That I’d Forgotten You (British Archive of Country Music) Bluebird Label [NY. Bluebird, Regal Zonophone Australian. 7/3/40.] (3:07)

Dick Justice ~ Cocaine (County) Old Time Music of West Virginia v. 2 [Chicago, IL. Brunswick. 5/20/29.] (3:08)

Lonesome Ace Stringband ~ Putting on the Ring (Lonesome Ace Stringband) live version [2024.] (2:11)

Bosco Takaki ~ Walking in the Parlor (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Bosco [D. Dix Hollis, AL. 4/7/23.] (2:24)

Craig Johnson ~ Ladies on the Steamboat (5-String Productions) Away Down the Road [Clyde Davenport. 2009.] (1:49)

Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo ~ Billy in the Lowground (Bandcamp) Rare Old Fiddle & Banjo Duets [2024. Luther Davis.] (2:14)

Dave Landreth ~ Stranger in the Garden (Oceana Productions) Chairs [2002.] (4:06)

Ray & Ina Patterson ~ Maple on the Hill part 3 (County) Old Time Songs v. 2 [1969.] (2:49)

Narmour & Smith ~ Avalon Blues (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies D [NY. OKeh. 9/23/29.] (3:04)

Sharp, Hinman & Sharp ~ Pike’s Peak (County) Echoes of the Ozarks 1 [Richmond, IN. Champion, Melotone Canadian. 11/8/33.] (3:09)

Riley Puckett & Red Jones~ Lost Love (Old Homestead) Old Time Greats 2 [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 7/31/34.] (2:47)

Lonesome River Band ~ Blues of the Night (Mountain Home) The Winning Hand [6/14/24.] (2:43)

Authentic Unlimited ~ Second to None (Billy Blue) So Much for Forever [1/19/24.] (3:10)

Bob & Sara Amos ~ One Beautiful Day (Bristlecone) Ever Onward [2023.] (4:10)

Bob Paisley ~ Alcatraz Blues (Brandywine) Steeped in Tradition [Delmore Brothers. 1998.] (2:18)

Fiddlin’ Red Herron ~ Over the Waves (Gusto) Fiddlin’ Red Herron [King 78. 1947.] (2:56)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Who Knows Right from Wrong (Bear Family) 1948 to 59 v. 4 [Nashville, TN. rec. 1/23/59.] (2:23)

Denson Parris Sacred Harp Singers ~ Ragan Original Sacred Harp 176T (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing D [Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 8/3/34.] (2:46)

Garland Brothers & Grinstead ~ Just over the River (Yazoo) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be 5 [Johnson City, TN. Columbia. 10/18/28.] (2:49)

Fields Ward ~ Ain’t That Trouble in Mind (Historical) Early Country Music [Richmond, IN. Gennett (rej). 3/5/29.] (3:00)

Esker Hutchins ~ Cotton Eyed Joe (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [Oscar Jenkins, bj. 2007.] (2:43)

Hazel Nuts ~ Zach Wheat’s Piece, South Missouri (Bandcamp) Uncut Gems from Missouri [George Helton, Cyril Stinnett.] (3:23)

John Hoffmann & Mac Benford ~ The Cuckoo’s Nest (5-String Productions) [Ed Haley. 2007.] (2:54)

Mike Bryant & Paul Brown ~ Little Black Moustache (Tiki Parlour) With Marcia Bryant & Terri McMurray [Gene Clardy. 2018.] (2:44)

Buckhannon Brothers ~ Clionian Two Step (Buckhannon Brothers) Old Time Jamboree [Leroy Earl Colburn, 1902. 2006.] (3:25)

Brittany Haas ~ Streak O’ Lean, Streak O’ Fat (Ook Records) Brittany Haas [John Dilleshaw. 2004.] (4:12)

Carter Family ~ A Distant Land to Roam (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain v. 2 [Atlanta, GA. Victor, Bluebird, Montgomery Ward. 11/25/29.] (2:59)

Anglin Brothers ~ Just Inside the Pearly Gates (JSP) Old Timey Brother Songs D [San Antonio, TX. Vocalion/OKeh. 11/5/37.] (2:25)

Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers ~ Ain’t Nobody’s Business (JSP) Country Fiddle A [NY. OKeh, Pathe England. 2/21/27.] (2:56)

Grascals ~ Tennessee Hound Dog (Mountain Home) 20 [8/23/24.] (2:20 )

Wyatt Ellis ~ Little Pigeon (Knee-High Records) Happy Valley [Scott Napier. 2/2/24.] (3:28)

Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road ~ Black Sheep’s Wool (Pinecastle) Yellow Line [4/5/24.] (3:45)

Norman Blake ~ Down Home Summertime Blues (Rounder) Back Home in Sulphur Springs [Tut Taylor. 12/30/71.] (3:40)

Stanley Brothers ~ Black Mountain Rag (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 4, n. 1 [New River Ranch. Rising Sun, MD. 7/29/56.] (2:03 )

Delmore Brothers ~ I’m Going Away (JSP) 1933 to 1935 A [New Orleans, LA. Bluebird, Twin. 1/22/35.] (2:43)

Georgia Yellow Hammers ~ Warhorse Game (JSP) Serenade in the Mountains C [Atlanta, GA. Victor, Zonophone South African. 10/18/28.] (2:51)

Blue Boys ~ Easy Winner (JSP) A Richer Tradition B [Memphis, TN. OKeh. 2/15/28.] (2:54)

NC Ramblers with Roy Harvey ~ My Mother and My Sweetheart (JSP) Charlie Poole B [Chicago, IL. Paramount, Broadway (Wilson Ramblers). 10/27.] (2:58)

Ed Thorpe ~ Thunder & Garfield Medley (no label) Harford Collection [Midway, MO. 3/29/61.] (2:49)

Tom King ~ Green Mountain Cotillion (Jim Martin Productions) Green Mountain Cotillion [1989.] (1:54)

Anya Hinkle & Jackson Cunningham ~ Will My Mother Know Me There (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) Old Time Duets (2:20)

Red Mules ~ Lost Child (Vigortone) Old Time Music [Delta Hicks, Tynchtown, TN. 1992.] (2:10)

Texas Shorty ~ Merry Widow Waltz (Chancellor Records) Best of Texas Shorty [1978.] (1:38)

Hog Eyed Man ~ Cacklin’ Hen (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Kicked Up the Devil of a Row [Osey Helton & J.D. Harris. 1972.] (3:12)

New music this Thursday, August 13, from the Lonesome River Band, the Kody Norris Show, the Lonesome Ace Stringband, the Hazel Nuts, Andy Cahan & Joseph Decosimo and the Grascals! Plumbing the archives for the music of the Blue Boys, Ed Thorpe, Esker Hutchins, Tom King, Ray & Ina Patterson, and Anya Hinkle & Jackson Cunningham! Classics from Bill Monroe, the Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Norman Blake and the Stanley Brothers! Don’t miss a minute!

Playlist 8/6/2026

 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)

Benson ~ Lover of the Road (Mountain Home) single [7/3/25.] (3:06)

Junior Sisk ~ It’s All Fun and Games till Someone Gets Hurt (Turnberry) It’s All Fun and Games [7/18/25.] (3:01)

Songs from the Road Band ~ Road back to You (Lucks Dumpy Toad) Road back to You [7/1/25.] (3:31)

Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys ~ Sparkling Brown Eyes (Rounder) Diamond Joe [Sparkling Brown Eyes. 1982.] (3:22)

Mickey Galyean et al ~ Seven Cent Cotton, Forty Cent Meat (Mountain Home) Close Kin [2011.] (3:07)

Monroe Brothers ~ What Is Home without Love (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky 1 [Charlotte, NC. 2/17/36. Bluebird, Montgomery Ward.] (2:59 )

Ernest. Stoneman ~ Poor Tramp Has to Live (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music A [NY. Gennett, Herwin, Champion, Silvertone, Supertone, Challenge. 2/5/27.] (3:07)

Charley Patton ~ High Water Everywhere part 1 & 2 (JSP) Complete A [Grafton, WI. Paramount. c. 10/29.] (5:57)

Henry C. Gilliland, A. C. (Eck) Roberston ~ Arkansaw Traveler (JSP) Texas Hillbillies B [NY. Victor. 6/30/22.] (2:58 )

Compton and Newberry ~ John Brown’s Dream (Englehardt Music Group) Home in My Heart [2024.] (2:24)

Howard Miller ~ Twinkle Little Star (Field Recorders' Collective) Sixty Years of North Carolina Fiddling [Red Fox Chasers.] (1:25)

Pat Conte ~ Half Shaved (Jalopy Records) American Songs with Fiddle and Banjo [Wade Ward. 11/11/2011.] (2:17)

Matokie Slaughter & Kerry Blech ~ Roundtown Girl (Centrum Enterprises) 1988 Fiddle Tunes [7/4/1988.] (1:42)

Dolly & the Devil ~ Sugar Grove Blues (Bandcamp) Festival Season 1 [Burl Hammons.] (2:36 )

Swamper’s Revenge ~ Tie Hacker #2 (Vigortone) Kettle Bog [Nile Wilson. New Boston, MO. 4/5/2025.] (3:05)

Carter Brothers & Son ~ Nancy Rowland (JSP) Mississippi Hillbillies B [Memphis, TN. Vocalion. 11/22/28.] (2:52)

Bascom Lamar Lunsford ~ Lost John Dean (Yazoo) Times v. 1 [Ashland, KY. Brunswick, Vocalion. 2/6/28.] (2:48)

Carter Family ~ Cannon Ball Blues alt. (Bear Family) Shadow of Clinch Mt. 11 [NY. ARC unissued. 5/10/35.] (2:53)

Backline ~ Dark Rolling Deep (Mountain Fever) single [7/7/25.] (3:05)

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes ~ I Built a World (Sugar Petunia) I Built a World [5/24/24.] (4:04)

Billy Strings ~ Don’t Be Calling Me at 4am (Reprise) Highway Prayers [9/27/24.] (3:14)

Norman Blake ~ Valley Head (Flying Fish) Old and New [NB-comp. 9/76.] (1:44)

Bill Napier & Larry Taylor & the Waterloo Bluegrass Boys ~ I’m Lost, I’ll Never Find the Way (Old Homestead) We Salute the Stanley Brothers [1987.] (1:56)

Reno & Harrell ~ Don’t You Know I Love You, Charlie Brown (Starday) Bluegrass on My Mind [Cincinnati, OH. 6/29/72.] (1:48)

Bill Chitwood & Bud Landress ~ Johnny, Get Your Gun (Document) Georgia Yellow Hammers v. 1 Fourth of July at a Country Fair [NY. Brunswick. 11/24/24.] (2:43)

Seventh Day Adventists ~ On Jordan’s Stormy Banks We Stand(Yazoo) Before the Blues v. 1 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 11/3/26.] (2:36)

Frank Hutchison ~ Train That Carried the Girl from Town (JSP) Worried Blues A [NY. OKeh. 9/28/26.] (3:15)

Carla Gover ~ Angels Gather Round (Carla Gover) Kentucky Queen [7/29/25.] (2:59)

Parley Parsons ~ Yellow Rose of Texas (Field Recorders' Collective) Old Galax Fiddling [Early 1980s.] (2:09)

Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry ~ In the Shadow of the Pines (Barker) You’ve Been a Friend to Me [2012.] (3:12)

Indian Creek Delta Boys ~ Leg Shy (Field Recorders' Collective) Indian Creek Delta Boys [Dave Spaugh. Charleston, IL. 1994.] (2:40)

Kim & Jim Lansford ~ Rambler’s Blues (JL) Call Your Dogs [Stanley Brothers. 2003.] (3:01)

George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins ~ Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom (Bandcamp) The Old Time 100 v. 1 [2/2/24.] (3:33)

Leake County Revelers ~ The Old Hat (County) Mississippi String Bands 1 [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 10/25/27.] (3:14 )

Narmour & Smith ~ The Rose Waltz (Document) v. 2 [Last session. Atlanta, GA. Bluebird. 7/30/34.] (2:56)

Carolina Ramblers String Band ~ That Lonesome Valley (Old Hat) In the Pines [NY. Banner, Melotone, Oriole, Perfect, Romeo. 2/17/32.] (2:52)

Nick Chandler & Delivered ~ Hazel Creek (Pinecastle) single [7/2/25.] (2:34)

Deeper Shade of Blue ~ Won’t You Please Come Back to Me (Turnberry Records) Changes of Scenery [1/24/25.] (3:35)

Pitney Meyer ~ Mourning Dove (Curb) Cherokee Pioneer [4/18/25.] (3:03)

Creek Bend ~ Bring It On Down to My House (Copper Creek) That Home Far Away [Bob Wills. 1992.] (3:10)

James King ~ My Lord Keeps a Record (Webco) It’s a Cold Cold World [Carl Story. 1989.] (3:34)

Stanley Brothers ~ So Blue (Copper Creek) Stanley Series v. 1 n. 3 [New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD. 7/3/55.] (2:18)

Blue Sky Boys ~ Short Life of Trouble (Patuxent) 1939 to 1949 Radio Broadcasts 1 [WGST. Atlanta, GA. 10/18/47.] (2:57)

Smith & Woodlieff ~ I’ll Remember You Love in My Prayers (Document) v. 1 [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Supertone, Champion, Conqueror. 3/20/29.] (2:56)

John Hammond ~ Little Birdie (JSP) Gennett Old Time Music C [Richmond, IN. Gennett, Silvertone, Challenge. 4/8/25.] (2:49)

Erynn Marshall ~ Rovin’ Gambler (Hickoryjack Music) Tune Tramp [2013.] (2:17)

Ira Mullins ~ Cluck Old Hen (Field Recorders' Collective) Old Time Music from Clay & Calhoun Counties, WV. [1975 Brandywine.] (1:31)

Shady Mountain Ramblers ~ Chicken Reel (Heritage) Nobody’s Business 1 [1980.] (1:16 )

Benny Thomasson ~ Ragtime Annie (Voyager) Say Old Man [Weiser, ID. 6/72.] (4:40)

Old Hollow Stringband ~ Reuben (Flyin’ Cloud) Old Time Music from North Carolina [1989.] (4:09)

The Monks ~ Hash Road (Yodel-Ay-Hee) Ragged but Righteous [Claudio Buchwald. 2002.] (2:46)

Come join us this Thursday, August 6, and enjoy three hours of Bluegrass, Old Time and those wonderful Country 78s! The fine music of the Monroe Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, and the Carter Family in this week’s lineup! Archival treasures from James King, Napier & Taylor, Charley Patton, Howard Miller & Parley Parsons! Plus new music headed your way from Nick Chandler & Delivered, Deeper Shade of Blue, Mike Burns & Scott Nelson, Backline, Benson, Junior Sisk, Swamper’s Revenge, and Songs from the Road Band! Stop on by!