Playlist 10/1/2026

 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)

David Peterson & 1946 ~ Put It Off until Tomorrow (Necktie) single Dolly Parton tribute. 8/30/26. recorded 2024.] (2:22)

Carson Peters & Iron Mountain ~ Used to Be (Billy Blue) Hold On Heart [10/25/24.] (3:03)

Seth Mulder & Midnight Run ~ Old Reuben No. 1 (Rebel Records) Coming On Strong [Don Stover. 5/16/25.] (2:18)

Cullen Galyean ~ Bluegrass Time (Mountain Roads) Born into Bluegrass [2009.] (3:41)

Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mountain Boys ~ Knoxville Girl (Vetco) The Bluegrass Touch [Azusa, CA. 2/27/69.] (2:38)

Bill Monroe ~ Summertime Is Past and Gone Take BD 2 (Bear Family) Blue Moon of Kentucky v. 5 [Chicago, IL. Columbia. 9/16/46.] (1:48)

Allison’s SH Singers ~ Esther OSH 37T (JSP) Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing C [“Flee also youthful lusts.” Richmond, IN. Gennett. organ? 5/1/28.] (2:38)

Blue Sky Boys ~ On the Old Plantation (Bear Family) The Sunny Side of Life 2 [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 8/2/37.] (2:50)

Roane County Ramblers ~ Tennessee Waltz (Bear Family) The Johnson City Sessions 1 [Columbia. 10/15/28.] (3:30)

John Engle, John Herrmann & Meredith McIntosh ~ Take Sick and Die (Yodel-Ay-Hee) Chicken Train [2012. Muddy Waters.] (3:34)

Bucking Mules ~ Irish Washerwoman (Free Dirt) Smoke behind the Clouds [Blaine Smith. 2017.] (1:47)

Austin Derryberry ~ Cumberland Blues (Spring Fed) Tennessee Breakdown [3/15/20.] (2:33)

Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole ~ John Henry (Merriweather) 5 Strings Attached with No Backing [1997.] (4:08)

Esker Hutchins ~ Ain’t Got No Sugar Baby Now (Field Recorders’ Collective) FRC107 Fiddle & Banjo [EH-bj. 2007.] (1:22)

Blue Ridge Girls ~ Blue Ridge Mountain Bound (Blue Ridge Girls) Mountain Heartbeats [7/23/26.] (2:40)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train (County) Hard Times in the Country [Sam McGee, bjg. Jackson, MS. Okeh. 12/17/30.] (3:08)

Mississippi Sheiks ~ Stop and Listen Blues (Yazoo) Stop and Listen [Shreveport, LA. Okeh. 2/17/30.] (3:35)

Theo. & Gus Clark ~ Wimbush Rag (Document) Georgia Stringbands 1 [Atlanta, GA. Okeh. 3/12/29.] (3:09)

Lonesome River Band ~ Square Dance Friday Night (Mountain Home) 2025-2026 Singles [5/15/25.] (3:50)

Kentucky Just Us ~ Last Train (Mountains of Home) 10 [10/4/25.] (2:29)

Max Vendetti ~ Gold Rush (Waiting for Lester) Different Kind of Ride [Monroe. 5/22/26.] (2:47)

Jared Boyd, et al ~ One Morning in May (Mountain Roads) Close Kin: Our Roots Run Deep [2014.] (3:03)

John Reedy & His Stone Mt. Hillbillys ~ Somebody Touched Me (JSP) Authentic Bluegrass C [Hymns from the heart of Harlan Co. Lundy LP. 1982.] (2:34)

Stanley Brothers ~ He Said if I Be Lifted Up (Starday-King) Early Years ‘58 to ’61 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 2/10/59.] (2:29)

Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts ~ Sally Ann (Document) v. 2 [Asa Martin, g. NY. Banner, Oriole, Perfect, Romeo, Conqueror. 3/5/31.] (2:45)

Lewis Black ~ Gravel Camp Blues (JSP) A Richer Tradition A [Memphis, TN. Columbia. 12/10/27.] (2:48)

Fields Ward ~ The Birds Are Returning (Historical) Early Country Music [‘Sweet Fern.” Richmond, IN. Gennett rej. 3/7/29.] (3:12)

Frank Blade & Friends ~ Bumpercrop (Joyswing) Dance Band [2011.] (2:40)

Squirrel Butter ~ Native Home (Squirrel Butter) Banjo Clog [Carter Family. 2010.] (2:36)

Newberry & Verch ~ Neighbors (self produced) Blessing on the Wing [3/17/26.] (3:06)

Clinton Davis ~ Willie Moore (Tiki Parlour Recordings) Ever Returning [Burnette & Rutherford. 2025.] (3:54)

Double Decker Stringband ~ God Leads His Dear Children (Marimac) For an Old Time Call… [1990. Joseph Callender.] (2:40)

Joseph Decosimo ~ Puncheon Camps (Joseph Decosimo) Fiery Gizzard [Clyde Davenport, Monticello, KY. 8/15/25.] (5:34)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers ~ Fiddler’s Convention in Georgia parts 1 & 2 (JSP) Gid Tanner B [Atlanta, GA. Columbia. 4/1/27.] (6:06)

Buell Kazee ~ The Sporting Bachelors (Yazoo) Kentucky Mountain Music 4 [NY. Brunswick, Supertone, Aurora. 4/21/27.] (2:45)

Smith’s Garage Fiddle Band ~ Cuban Two Step Rag (County) Old Time Texas String Bands v. 2 [Dallas, TX. Vocalion. 10/26/28.] (3:09)

David Mayfield Parade ~ Wired to Break (Mountain Fever) Follow by Example [6/25/26.] (2:49)

Tidalwave Road ~ You Put the Blue in Bluegrass (Pinecastle) Skin and Bones [10/24/25.] (2:37)

Tennessee Bluegrass Band ~ I’m on My Way (Flagpond Records) Nolichucky [2025.] (2:36)

Fiction Brothers ~ No More Cane on the Brazos (Flying Fish) Things Are Coming My Way [1979.] (3:21)

Al Jones & Frank Necessary ~ Come Back to Me in My Dreams (Rounder) & the Spruce Mountain Boys [#50. 8/20/76.] (2:30)

Reno & Smiley ~ Pick and Hold (King) 1959 to 1963 1 [Cincinnati, OH. King. 6/27/60. Wanted, 1961.] (2:26)

Carter Family ~ The Winding Stream (Bear Family) In the Shadow of Clinch Mt. 4 [Camden, NJ. Victor, Montgomery Ward. 10/13/32.] (3:06)

Fleming & Townsend ~ I Feel So Blue (British Archive of Country Music) Little Hill [Charlotte, NC. Victor, Bluebird. 5/19/31.] (3:19)

Allen Brothers ~ Red Pajama Sal (JSP) The Allen Brothers A [NY. Vocalion. 10/3/34.] (2:57)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Mike in the Wilderness (University Press of Kentucky) Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes [Jeff Titon.] (3:01)

Fred McBride ~ Backstep Cindy (Field Recorders' Collective) FRC722 North Carolina Fiddle & Banjo [Lucas Pasley, bj. Allegheny County, NC.] (2:25)

Burns Piro ~ Rochester Schottische (Bandcamp) Browns Creek [2/18/26.] (2:57)

Tessa Dillon McCoy ~ Morris Allen’s Brickyard Joe (self-produced) It’s Hard to Love [2018.] (2:52)

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, Earl Taylor & the Smokey Mt. Boys, the Mississippi Sheiks, Theo & Gus Clark, Cullen Galyean, Fred McBride, and Esker Hutchins! New music from the Blue Ridge Girls, the Tennessee Bluegrass Band, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, Max Vendetti, Newberry & Verch, the Onlies, and BurnsPiro! You won’t want to miss a moment!