Playlist 3/22/2018

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Gibson Brothers ~ Friend of Mine (Rounder CD) In the Ground (2:57)

Scott Brannon ~ Your Tears Are Just Interest on the Loan (Patuxent CD) Your Old Standby (2:50)

Backline ~ Lullaby (Poor Mountain CD) Lullaby [Listener request. New release.] (4:22)

Dale Ann Bradley ~ One More River (Pinecastle CD) Dale Ann Bradley (3:24)

Don Pedi ~ Trials, Troubles, Tribulations (Walnut Mountain CD) Walk with Me (2:24)

Forbes Family ~ Jesus, I’ll Never Forget (Rebel CD) A Forbes Family Treasury v. 2 (1:41)

Perry County Music Makers ~ Got a Buddy I Must See (BACM CD) The Vocalion Label [Knoxville, TN. 3/28/30.] (3:15)

Da Costa Woltz’s Southern Broadcasters ~ Lonesome Road Blues (Document CD) Complete [Richmond, IN. Gennett. C. 5/5/27.] (2:34)

Riley Puckett ~ You’d Be Surprised (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 10/2/25.] (2:43)

Dwight Lamb ~ Fox Chase (Missouri Valley Music CD) Old-Time Fiddle Classics (2:13)

Jim Childress ~ Square Peg (self-produced CD) Free Union (3:09)

Erynn Marshall ~ Laughing Girl (Dittyville CD) Greasy Creek (3:05)

Grascals ~ Sleepin’ with the Reaper (Mountain Home CD) Before Breakfast [New release.] (3:06)

Deer Creek Boys ~ Backwater (Mountain Fever CD) Midnight & Dawn (3:43)

Barrier Brothers ~ Gotta Travel On (BACM CD) Bluegrass Classics (2:24)

Remington Ryde ~ Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore (Pinecastle CD) A Storyteller’s Memory (4:33)

Bailes Brothers ~ Rocking on the Waves (Old Homestead LP) Family Reunion (3:20)

Washington Phillips ~ The Church Needs Good Deacons (Yazoo CD) I Am Born to Preach the Gospel (3:01)

Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers ~ Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (Yazoo CD) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be v. 1 [Atlanta. Columbia. 11/8/27.] (3:03)

Luther B. Clarke with the Blue Ridge Highballers ~ Wish to the Lord I Had Never Been Born (Columbia 78) N/A [NY. 3/24/26.] (3:00)

Paul Hamblin ~ The Strawberry Roan (Yazoo CD) When I Was a Cowboy v. 2 [Culver City, CA. Victor. 3/21/30.] (2:31)

Alan Jabbour & Stephen Wade ~ Stony Point/Shoes and Stockings (Patuxent CD) Americana Concert (9:00)

Bruce Molsky ~ Brothers and Sisters (Tiki Parlour CD) Can’t Stay Here This a-Way (5:20)

Kevin Fore ~ Sally Goodin (Round Peak Banjos CD) Frolic in Round Peak (2:48)

Brad Hudson ~ Rambler’s Song (Pinecastle CD) Next New Heartbreak (3:32)

Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive ~ On the Road Forever (JohnBoy & Billy CD) 4^th & Goal (2:30)

Howdy Forrester ~ Brilliancy (SpringFed CD) The MGM Recordings (2:02)

Churchmen ~ It Works for Me (Mountain Fever CD) God Holds Tomorrow (2:38)

Price Sisters ~ God’s Beautiful Hills (Rebel CD) A Heart Never Knows (2:54)

Melissa Beck ~ He’s Everywhere (self-produced CD) Make a Joyful Noise (3:18)

Delmore Brothers ~ I’m Leaving You (Decca 78) N/A [NY. 7/16/41.] (2:31)

Carter Family ~ Forsaken Love (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Camden, NJ. Victor. 5/10/28.] (2:59)

Clyde Evans Band ~ How I Got My Gal (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta.11/4/29.] (2:49)

Alan Kaufman & Don Stratton ~ Cornish Point (Pea Patch CD) All in Good Time (1:55)

Lynn “Chirps” Smith ~ Rabbit in the Woodpile (Marimac CS) Prairie Dog (2:19)

High Ridge Ramblers ~ Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (self-produced CD) Long Road (3:15)

Earls of Leicester ~ The Girl I Love Don’t Pay Me No Mind (Rounder CD) Rattle & Roar (2:51)

Big Country Bluegrass ~ A Heart Is Like a River (Rebel CD) Country Livin’ (3:33)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ I Hung My Head and Cried (Bear Family CD) 1959-1963 (2:40)

Tim Smith & Friends ~ I’m a Pilgrim (TRS CD) Volume 2 (3:31)

Lorraine Jordan & Susanna Jordan Langdon ~ The Sweetest Gift (self-produced CD) Gospel Favorites (2:38)

Carl Nelson & His Fiddle ~ Family Bible (Webco LP) On Pine Lake (3:10)

Scottdale String Band ~ Carbolic Rag (JSP CD) Serenade in the Mountains [Atlanta. Okeh. 3/21/27.] (3:17)

Basil May ~ The Lady of Carlisle (Yazoo CD) The Music of Kentucky v.2 [Lomax. 1937.] (3:43)

Arthur Tanner ~ Soldier’s Joy (JSP CD) Paramount Old Time [NY. C. 6/25.] (2:52)

Albert Hash & the Whitetop Mountain Band ~ Great Physician (Mountain LP) Winebarger’s Mill (1:25)

Wandering Ramblers ~ Jack Wilson (Yodel-Ay-Hee CS) Rambling & Wandering (2:20)

Magnolia Serenaders ~ Get Off Your Money (self-produced CD) Saturday Night Breakdown (2:18)

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers ~ Shelby 8 (Mountain Home CD) Run Away Tonight (3:21)

Flashback ~ Autumn’s Not That Cold (Pinecastle CD) Foxhounds and Fiddles (3:38)

Walter Couch & Wilks Ramblers ~ Chesapeake Bay (JSP CD) Mountain Frolic [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 2/17/37.] (3:03)

Stuart Brothers ~ Polly Put the Kettle On (Tiki Parlour CD) The Stuart Brothers (2:21)

New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters ~ Lost Girl (self-produced CD) Bogtrotter Blues (2:36)

Playlist 3/15/2018

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Hammertowne ~ Hillbilly Heroes (Mountain Fever CD) HillBilly Heroes (3:27)

Kim Robins ~ Stone Cold Blue (Pinecastle CD) Raining in Baltimore (2:45)

Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers ~ The Last Old Shovel (Rebel CD) The Story We Tell (2:44)

Wilson Banjo Co. ~ Ain’t No Grave (Bonfire CD) Spirits in the Hills (4:13)

J. D. Messer & Sanctified ~ When I Step Out (Kindred CD) Coal Miner’s Prayer (1:47)

Louvin Brothers ~ Insured beyond the Grave (Bear Family CD) Close Harmony [Nashville. MGM. 5/20/52.] (2:42)

Carter Family ~ I Have No One to Love Me (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Camden, NJ. Victor. 5/10/28.] (3:25)

Pope’s Arkansas Mountaineers ~ Get Along Home, Miss Cindy (Dust to Digital CD) Arkansas at 78 RPM [Memphis. Victor. 2/6/28.] (3:25)

Morris Brothers ~ It’s Blues (BACM CD) Salty Dog Blues [Atlanta. Bluebird. 8/24/39.] (2:30)

Buckhannon Brothers ~ Southern Beauties (Music Masters CD) Little River Stomp (2:42)

Jason Cade & Rob McMaken ~ Old Hen She Cackled (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) Hog-Eyed Man 3 (2:04)

Ephemeral Stringband ~ Lost Girl (self-produced CD) Land of Rest (3:45)

Nu-Blu ~ The Bridges that You’ve Burned (Voxhall CD) Vagabonds (2:39)

Ash Breeze ~ Blue Skies and Cloudy Days (Mountain Fever CD) Ash Breeze (4:07)

Jimmy Martin ~ Rock Hearts (Bear Family CD) Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys [Nashville. Decca. 2/19/58] (2:03)

Country Gentlemen ~ The Place Prepared for Me (Rebel LP) Calling My Children Home (2:16)

Larry Cordle ~ This Blood’s for You (MightyCord CD) Turn to Jesus (3:44)

HillWilliams ~ By the Mark (self-produced CD) A Beautiful Life (3:09)

Lulu Belle & Scotty ~ Sugar Babe (Conqueror 78) N/A [Myrtle Eleanor Cooper & Scott Wiseman. Chicago. 10/30/35.] (2:29)

Clayton McMichen & Riley Puckett ~ Done Gone (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 4/21/30.] (3:04)

Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers ~ I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham (JSP CD) Country Fiddle [Atlanta. Okeh. 10/7/27.] (3:01)

Tallboys ~ Rain and Snow (self-produced CD) Fresh Daily (4:23)

Spencer & Rains ~ Mississippi Snagboat (Tiki Parlour CD) Spotted Pony (3:26)

Martha Burns ~ Give Me Your Love and I’ll Give You Mine (self-produced CD) Old-Time Songs (2:53)

Travers Chandler & Avery County ~ One Kiss Away from Loneliness (Mountain Fever CD) Pardon Me… (3:59)

Rob Benzing ~ Monocacy Crossing (Patuxent CD) Rob Benzing (3:05)

Larry Rice ~ Deportee (Rebel LP) Hurricanes and Daydreams (3:30)

Summer Brooke & Mountain Fever ~ Who Will You Be (Mountain Fever CD) Small Town Life (3:27)

Carolina Blue ~ Are You Living Right (Poor Mountain CD) Sounds of Kentucky Grass (2:26)

Born Again Bluegrass Band ~ I Share the Victory (self-produced LP) Born Again Bluegrass Band ( (2:47)

Vernon Dalhart ~ My Mother’s Old Red Shawl (Columbia 78) N/A [NY. 1/15/26.] (2:43)

Fisher Hendley & His Carolina Tar Heels ~ Hook and Line (BACM CD) The Vocalion Label [NY. 8/11/33.] (3:02)

Floyd County Ramblers ~ Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (JSP CD) Serenade in the Mountains [NY. Victor. 8/29/30.] (3:12)

Ross County Farmers ~ Dixie Blues (Marimac CS) Farmer’s Frolic [Lonnie Seymour,f ( Tony Ellis, bv ( Jeff Goehring, gv. 1987.] (3:03)

Matt Brown & Greg Reish ~ Yellow Dog Blues (self-produced CD) Speed of the Plow (3:23)

Joshua Goforth & Hilary Dirlam ~ Benton’s Dream (LTA CD) Basic Ingredients (2:00)

Michael Cleveland ~ Lonesome Desert (Compass CD) Fiddler’s Dream (3:21)

Bluegrass Unit ~ Mississippi River Raft (TBU CD) Setlist Vol. 1 (3:00)

Salt and Light ~ There’s a Fork in the Road (Whale Tone CD) Second Course (2:34)

Bankesters ~ When I Die (Compass CD) Nightbird (2:54)

Kenny Jackson ~ Rochelle Waltz (Crow Hill CD) The Shortest Day (3:52)

Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith ~ Goin’ to Town (County CD) Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 8/3/37.] (2:40)

Dykes’ Magic City Trio ~ Callahan’s Reel (County CD) Old-Time Music from Southwest Virginia [NY. Vocalion. 3/10/27.] (3:02)

Stripling Brothers ~ New Born Blues (Document CD) Vol. 1 [Chicago. Vocalion. 8/19/29.] (3:04)

Jim Lloyd ~ Forked Deer (self-produced CD) Play Guitar in 7 Days (2:10)

Ken & Brad Kolodner ~ The Orchard (Fenchurch CD) Skipping Rocks (2:25)

Barry Shultz ~ Now I Am Returning (self-produced CS) In the Middle of the Night when the Catfish Bite (2:39)

Modock Rounders ~ Boating Up Sandy (Buffalo Skinner CD) Old Tunes & New Blood (2:11)

Blue Mafia ~ Loneliness & Desperation (Pinecastle CD) Hanging Tree (3:04)

Skip Gorman ~ Sitting in the Stern of a Boat (Old West CD) Mandolin in the Cow Camp (2:36)

Ron Cody ~ Backstreet (self-produced CD) The Cooper Sessions (3:00)

Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller ~ Yellow Barber (Deep End Sessions CD) Volume II (2:49)

Hylo Brown ~ There’s More Pretty Girls than One (Bear Family CD) & the Timberliners [Nashville. Capitol. 5/29/57.] (2:34)

John Ashby ~ Katy Hill (Field Recorders’ Collective CD) & the Free State Ramblers (3:11)

Playlist 3/8/2018

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Nothin’ Fancy ~ It’s a Good Feeling (Mountain Fever CD) It’s a Good Feeling (2:53)

Ron Block ~ Gentle Annie (self-produced CD) Hogan’s House of Music [featuring Tim Crouch.] (2:43)

Vern & Ray ~ I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (Arhoolie CD) San Francisco 1968 (3:07)

Feller & Hill ~ Lord Help Me Decide (Rural Rhythm CD) Brothers and Heroes (2:50)

Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle ~ Safe in His Arms (Rural Rhythm CD) Time Won’t Wait (3:50)

Daniel Crabtree ~ Jesus, Won’t You Guide Me (self-produced CD) The Gospel Road (4:00)

Alfred G. Carnes ~ Called to the Foreign Field (JSP CD) Mountain Gospel [Bristol, TN. Victor. 7/29/27.] (3:11)

Fruit Jar Guzzlers ~ Fox in the Mountains (JSP CD) Paramount Old Time [Chicago. c. 3/28.] (3:07)

Bascom Lamar Lunsford ~ Fate of Santa Barbara (JSP CD) Mountain Frolic [Ashville, NC. Okeh. c. 8/27-9/25.] (3:00)

Marcus Martin ~ Gray Eagle (Southern Folklife Collection CD) When I Get My New House Done (4:08)

Galax Bogtrotters ~ Ship in the Clouds (Dittyville CD) Old Time Jubilations (1:46)

Rhiannon Giddens ~ The Angels Laid Him Away (Nonesuch CD) Freedom Highway (2:31)

Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks ~ Love and Wealth (Rebel CD) Down Memory Lane (2:55)

Volume Five ~ When I Go Away (Mountain Fever CD) Drifter (4:16)

Mark Johnson & Emory Lester ~ Browntown Road (Bangtown CD) Acoustic Vision (2:02)

The Farwells ~ Little White Robe (Tin Halo CD) The Farwells (2:13)

Lorraine Jordan ~ Me and God (self-produced CD) Gospel Favorites (2:48)

Bobby Powell & Tim Jones ~ Moses, Free My Children (self-produced CD) Nothing So Blue (3:16)

Carter Family ~ Wildwood Flower (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Camden, NJ. Victor. 5/10/28.] (3:12)

Tenneva Ramblers ~ Miss Liza, Poor Gal (JSP CD) The Bristol Sessions (Victor. 8/4/27.] (2:40)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers ~ Cumberland Gap on a Buckin’ Mule (JSP CD) Gid Tanner [San Antonio, TX. Bluebird. 3/29/34.] (3:00)

Blaine Smith & Florrie Stewart ~ Jeff Davis (Jubilee CD) The Pine Breeze Recordings (3:44   )

Sky Island Stringband ~ Fisherman’s Girl (Bemlar CD) Adventures in Old Cranberry (2:03)

Delnora Reed ~ Over the Waterfall (self-produced CD) Reed’s Roots (1:30)

Danny Barnes ~ Isotope 709 (Wendell World CD) Stove Up (2:27)

Darin & Brooke Aldridge ~ Still Falling (Mountain Home CD) Faster and Farther (3:59)

Tim Gardner ~ Katy Hill (Coyote Ridge CD) Timmetry (2:27)

Jimmy Gaudreau & Elle Mears ~ You Go to Your Church and I’ll Go to Mine (Songside CD) Give Us Strength (2:38)

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys ~ Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures (Stanleytone CD) Live at Watermelon Park 1969 (3:40)

Bobby Atkins & the Countrymen ~ Peace and Happiness (Old Homestead LP) Songs for Mama (2:40)

Jules Allen ~ The Gal I Left behind Me (Yazoo CD) When I Was a Cowboy v. 2 [El Paso. Victor. 4/30/28.] (2:38)

Deford Bailey ~ Alcoholic Blues (County CD) Nashville v. 2 [NY. Brunswick. 4/19/27.] (2:53)

Fiddling Bob Larkin & His Music Makers ~ The Higher up the Monkey Climbs (Dust to Digital CD) Arkansas at 78 RPM Memphis. Okeh. [2/22/28.] (3:02)

Uncle Shuffelo & His Haint Hollow Hootenanny ~ I’ll Rise when the Rooster Crows (self-produced CD) Promoting the Preservation of Old-Time Music (3:17)

David Holt ~ The Girl I Love Don’t Pay Me No Mind (Great Smoky Mountains CD) On Top of Old Smoky (2:38)

Sutphin & Levy ~ Wesley’s Tune (self-produced CD) Two Peas in a Pod [New release. With Eddie Bond.] (3:06)

Lonesome River Band ~ Wrong Road Again (Mountain Home CD) Mayhayley’s House (2:41)

Darrell Webb Band ~ Mountain Dan Mix (Mountain Fever CD) Lover’s Leap (3:03)

Hamilton County Ramblers ~ I Just Came Back to Say Goodbye (self-produced CD) Hamilton County Ramblers (3:28)

Sowell Family Pickers ~ Send the Angels Down (Poor Mountain CD) Shadowlands (4:03)

Mile Twelve ~ Call My Soul (Delores the Taurus CD) Onwards (3:53)

Last Whippoorwill Bluegrass Band ~ Crying Holy (Propert CD) Lucky 13 (2:37)

Fred & Gertrude Gossett ~ All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 4/16/30.] (3:11)

Emry Arthur ~ Reuben Oh Reuben (Yazoo CD) The Music of Kentucky (3:00)

Dock Boggs ~ Hard Luck Blues (JSP CD) Clarence Ashley [NY. 3/10/27.] (2:57)

Lester & Linda McCumbers ~ Hard to Love (Buffalo Skinner CD) Nicut (2:51)

Traynham Family ~ Pretty Little Girl (Southern Mountain Melodies CD) Merry Mountain Hoedown (2:08)

Cathy Grant ~ Rock Andy (self-produced CD) Joy Ride (2:32)

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver ~ Kids These Days (Mountain Home CD) Life Is a Story (3:27)

Billy Droze ~ Kentucky Blue (Rural Rhythm CD) To Whom It May Concern (3:28)

Curly Seckler ~ Bluegrass, Don’t You Know (Copper Creek CD) Bluegrass, Don’t You Know (2:56)

Cedar Hill ~ Journey of Faith (self-produced CD) By Request v. 1 (3:50)

Flatt Lonesome ~ Happy Till he Comes (Mountain Home CD) Silence in These Walls (3:08)

Spencer & Rains ~ Get Up in the Cool (Tiki Parlour CD) The Skeleton Keys (3:42)

Mark Tamsula & Richard Withers ~ Whiskey (Snappin’ Bug CD) Behind the Door (2:46)

Playlist 3/1/2018

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Earls of Leicester ~ Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (Rounder CD) The Earls of Leicester (3:14)

Mark Johnson & Emory Lester ~ My Sally (Bangtown CD) Acoustic Vision Blockade Runner (3:30)

Jeanette Williams Band ~ Things I Wish I’d Said (Blue Buckle CD) Too Blue (2:32)

Brent Rochester Family ~ Scarlet Purple Robe (self-produced CD) Lead Me to Calvary (3:41)

Melissa Beck ~ Straight from the Heart (self-produced CD) Make a Joyful Noise (2:44)

Churchmen ~ God Holds Tomorrow (Mountain Fever CD) God Holds Tomorrow (2:43)

Smith’s Sacred Singers ~ Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 4/18/30.] (3:23)

Pie Plant Pete ~ Lightening Express (Old Homestead CD) Stay on the Farm [Claude W. Moye. Gennett. Richmond, IN. 8/8/30.] (3:19)

Carter Family ~ Darling Little Joe (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Camden, NJ. RCA. 5/8/34.] (2:50)

Highwoods Stringband ~ Nancy Rowland (Rounder LP) Fire on the Mountain (2:15)

David Bragger & Susan Platz ~ Rebel Raid (Tiki Parlour CD) King’s Lament (3:16)

Fletcher Bright & Bill Evans ~ Norman and Nancy (Native & Fine CD) Songs That Are Mostly Older than Us (4:10)

Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge ~ I’d Have a Dime (Rebel CD) My Daddy’s Grass (2:32)

Mike Barnett ~ Hangman’s Reel (Compass CD) Portraits in Fiddle (5:26)

James Alan Shelton ~ Buckaroo (Sheltone CD) Where I’m Bound (3:03)

Ray Cardwell ~ Sailin’ for Glory (Pinecastle CD) Tennessee Moon (2:10)

Christian Quartet ~ Dreams Won’t Compare (Heritage LP) Dreams Won’t Compare (3:15)

Kenny & Amanda Smith ~ Preaching My Own Funeral (Farm Boy CD) Unbound (3:46)

A. A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly ~ The Old Ark’s A’Moving (Document CD) John Dilleshaw [Atlanta. Vocalion. 3/22/30.] (2:51)

Ashley’s Melody Men ~ Searcy County Rag (Dust to Digital CD) Arkansas at 78 RPM [Memphis. Victor. 10/2/29.] (2:54)

Nelston’s Hawaiians ~ Adam and Eve (JSP CD Mountain Frolic [Memphis. Victor. 9/21/28.] (3:11)

Gold Hill Band ~ Walking in the Parlor (Heritage CS) Going Down This Road (3:43)

Bucking Mules ~ Irish Washerwoman (Free Dirt CD) Smoke behind the Clouds  (1:47)

Kirk Sutphin & Riley Baugus ~ John Hardy (Old Blue CD) Long-Time Piedmont Pals (2:50)

Ralph Stanley & Friends ~ Man of Constant Sorrow (Cracker Barrel CD) Man of Constant Sorrow (2:50)

Gold Heart ~ Places I’ve Been (Mountain Fever CD) Places I’ve Been (3:42)

Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks ~ Coming Home Never to Part (Rebel CD) Down Memory Lane (2:50)

Dave Adkins Trio ~ Turn to Jesus (Mountain Fever CD) Turn to Jesus (3:56)

Good Shepherd Quartet ~ It Makes Me Love My Savior More (self-produced CD) When I Join the Happy Circle (2:39)

Grascals ~ I’ve Been Redeemed (Mountain Home CD) Before Breakfast (3:24)

Molly O’Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks ~ Poor Ellen Smith (Bear Family CD) Molly O’Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks [Chicago. Columbia. 4/4/49.] (2:43)

Riley Puckett ~ I’m Drifting back to Dreamland (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 4/22/26.] (2:54)

Luther Strong ~ Glory in the Meeting House (Yazoo CD) The Music of Kentucky v. 2 [Lomax. 1937.] (1:43)

Ola Belle Reed ~ Springtime of Life (Smithsonian Folkways CD) Rising Sun Melodies (4:19)

Kevin Fore ~ Brown’s Ferry Blues (Round Peak Banjos CD) Frolic in Round Peak (2:22)

Jim & Jesse ~ Have You Lost Your Love for Me (Rounder CD) In the Tradition (2:52)

Blue Highway ~ My Heart Was Made to Love You (Rounder CD) Sounds of Home (3:12)

Dale Ann Bradley ~ I’ll Just Go Away (Pinecastle CD) Dale Ann Bradley [With Vince Gill.] (3:43)

Remington Ryde ~ The Voice of My Savior (Pinecastle CD) A Storyteller’s Memory (2:54)

Dori Freeman ~ Over There (Blue Hens CD) Letters Never Read (2:41)

Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper ~ Matthew 24 (Hickory LP) Family Favorites (2:54)

Uncle Dave Macon ~ Old Dan Tucker (Bear Family CD) Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy [NY. Vocalion. 4/13/25.] (3:05)

Scottdale String Band ~ Japanese Breakdown (JSP CD) Serenade in the Mountains [Atlanta. Okeh. 12/1/30.] (3:16)

Reaves White County Ramblers ~ Arkansas Wagner (B.A.C.M. CD) The Vocalion Label [Chicago. 4/27/28.] (2:53)

Monks ~ Boys, My Money’s All Gone (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) Ragged but Righteous (3:05)

Dirk Powell & John Herrmann ~ Old Granny Blair (Yodel-Ay-Hee CS) Dirk Powell & John Herrmann (1:54)

Jason & Pharis Romero ~ Billy in the Lowground (Lula CD) Back Up and Push [With Josh Rabie.] (3:05)

Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle ~ A Man of Your Word (Rural Rhythm CD) Aim High (4:38)

Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick ~ Blue Grass Style (Spruce & Maple CD) Sing the Songs of Vern & Ray (1:52)

Barrier Brothers ~ Blue Moon of Kentucky (B.A.C.M. CD) Bluegrass Classics (1:57)

Playlist 2/22/2018

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe 88.5 HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Gibson Brothers ~ Fool’s Hill (Rounder CD) In the Ground (3:30)

Darrell Webb Band ~ Orphan Annie (Mountain Fever CD) Lover’s Leap (2:50)

Audie Blaylock & Redline ~ Life without a Spare (Patuxent CD) The Road that Winds (3:14)

Tim O’Brien ~ When the Mist Clears Away (Howdy Skies CD) Where the River Meets the Road (3:51)

Lorraine Jordan ~ Me and God (self-produced CD) Gospel Favorites (2:48)

Larry Richardson & the Blue Ridge Boys ~ I’ll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning (Old Blue CD) With Buddy Pendleton [1965.] (2:11)

Carter Family ~ I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Camden, NJ. Victor (5/10/28.] (2:45)

Hall Brothers ~ My Girl Has Gone and Left Me (Bluebird 78) N/A [Charlotte, NC. 2/16/37.] (2:50)

Georgia Yellow Hammers ~ All Old Bachelors Are Hard to Keep (Document CD) Bill Wishes He Was Single Again v. 2 [Charlotte, NC. Victor. 8/9/27.] (3:07)

Blaine Smith & Florrie Stewart ~ A Bottle of Wine and Gingercake (Jubilee CD) The Pine Breeze Recordings (1:59)

Chris Coole ~ The Tumbling River (Northern CD) The Tumbling River (4:04)

Cliff Perry & Laurel Bliss ~ My Clinch Mountain Home (Telegraph CD) Old Pal (4:12)

Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys ~ Ocean of Diamonds (Bear Family CD) Jimmy Martin [Nashville. Decca. 2/19/58.] (2:35)

Paul Kovac ~ Carry On (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) Ohio Bluegrass (2:27)

Boxcars ~ Branchville Line (Mountain Home CD) Familiar with the Ground (2:30)

Jeff Scroggins & Colorado ~ Down the Road of Life (self-produced CD) Ramblin Feels Good (2:37)

Heidi & Ryan ~ There’s a Fire Down Yonder (Mountain Fever CD) Heidi & Ryan (2:54)

Lindsey Family ~ Wayward Son (self-produced CD) Crosses & Stones (3:32)

Jack Pickell ~ When They Ring the Golden Bells (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 9/29/25.] (3:24)

East Texas Serenaders ~ Meadow Brook Waltz (Document CD) East Texas Serenaders [Dallas. Brunswick. 10/27/29.] (3:08)

Oaks Family ~ Wake Up You Drowsy Sleeper (Yazoo CD) Times Ain’t Like They Used to Be [Memphis. Victor. 6/4/30.] (2:58)

Lester & Linda McCumbers ~ Leather Britches (Buffalo Skinner CD) Nicut (2:01)

Alan Hart ~ Marching through Georgia (Voyager CD) Old-Time Banjo (3:59)

Craig Johnson ~ Take This Hammer (5-String Productions CD) Away down the Road (3:41))

Runaway Freight ~ John Hardy (SwitchTrack CD) Hillbilly Bailout (2:26)

Dailey & Vincent ~ Where’ve You Been (Rounder CD) Brothers of the Highway (4:02)

Robert Mabe ~ Madeline’s Alright (Frogtown CD) Somewhere in the Middle (2:17)

Tim Connell & Eric Skye ~ I Am a Pilgrim (Half Diminished CD) June Apple (5:09)

Darin & Brooke Aldridge ~ Sacred Lamb (Mountain Home CD) Faster and Farther (3:12)

Doc Williams Family ~ Mansion over the Hilltop (Old Homestead CD) Sacred Favorites (2:42)

Bird’s Kentucky Corn Crackers ~ Crossed Old Jordan’s Stream (JSP CD) Mountain Gospel [Louisville, KY. Victor. 6/16/31.] (3:10)

Jules Allen ~ The Gal I Left behind Me (Yazoo CD) When I Was a Cowboy v. 2 [El Paso. Victor. 4/30/28.] (2:38)

Wilmer Watts & the Lonely Eagles ~ Cotton Mill Blues (JSP CD) Paramount Old Time [NY. c. 10/29.] (3:02)

Ward Jarvis ~ I’m Going Round This World Baby Mine (David A. Brose DAT) Field Recordings 1978-1980 (2:06)

Bruce Greene ~ Froggie Went A’Courting (Hellbendre Press CD) River in Time (4:52)

Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin ~ Come, All You Young Ladies (Great Smoky Mountains CD) On Top of Old Smoky (3:02)

Cedar Hill ~ Just Wanna Write a Bluegrass Song (Blue Circle CD) I’ve Got a Thing about Doors (3:04)

Larry Sparks ~ Kentucky Moon (Rebel CD) The Coldest Part of Winter)

Lawson & Williams ~ Abigail (Mountain Home CD) Chapter 3 (3:49)

Sowell Family Pickers ~ Three Wooden Crosses (self-produced CD) Trust in the Lord (3:39)

Stanley Brothers ~ How Can We Thank Him for What He Has Done (Starday/Varese Sarabande CD) The Essential Gospel Masters (2:29)

Chattahoochie Sacred Harp Singers ~ Granville 547 (self-produced CD) 150th Chattahoocie Convention (1:32)

Blind Alfred Reed ~ I Mean to Live for Jesus (JSP CD) The Bristol Sessions [Victor. 7/28/27 (2:54)

Dykes Magic City Trio ~ Golden Slippers (JSP CD) Clarence Ashley [NY. Brunswick. 3/11/27.] (3:02)

Emry Arthur ~ She Lied to Me (County CD) Old-Time Music from Southwest Virginia [Grafton, WI. Paramount. 10/29.] (2:42)

Alice Gerrard & Beverly Smith ~ Who’s That Knocking at My Window? (self-produced CD) The Cherry Tree (3:07)

Molsky’s Mountain Drifters ~ Isambard’s Waltz (Tree Frog CD) Molsky’s Mountain Serenaders (3:05)

Paper Wings ~ Rush Creek (self-produced CD) Paper Wings (3:06)

Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive ~ Mary’s Rock (JohnBoy & Billy CD) 4th & Goal (3:12)

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers ~ Wake Up Little Maggie (Rebel CD) Lonely Comes Easy (2:42)

Tim Gardner ~ Denver Belle (Coyote Ridge CD) Timmetry (2:36)

Playlist 2/15/2018

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - 88.5 HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Jeff White ~ Right beside You (self-produced CD) Right beside You (3:22)

Sideline ~ Mountain Song (Mountain Fever CD) Session 2 (3:35)

Stanley Brothers ~ Thinking of the Old Days (Copper Creek CD) Shadows of the Past (3:07)

Elkville String Band ~ Shall We Gather at the River (Mountain Roads CD) Over the Mountain)

E. C. Ball & Orna ~ Warfare (Copper Creek CD) Through the Years (3:12)

Prairie Acre ~ Salvation (self-produced CD) Jaybird and the Sparrow Hawk (3:20)

The Four Wanderers ~ The Fault’s in Me (Yazoo CD) Timees Ain’t Like They Used to Be [NY. Victor. 9/17/29.] (3:13)

Dezurik Sisters ~ A Spanish Cavalier (mp3) 1940s “Checkerboard Time” radio transcription (1:12)

Frank Jenkins’ Pilot Mountaineers ~ The Railroad Flagman’s Sweetheart (Document CD) Complete [Richmond, IN. Gennett. 9/12/29.] (3:05)

Bob Walters ~ The Bell Cow (Missouri State Old-Time Fiddler’s Association CD) The Champion (1:24)

Lewis Thomasson ~ Coke County (Old Blue CD) Old Texas Fiddle Tunes Played the Old Way [Arlington, TX. 1969 or 1971.] (1:55)

Jim Watson ~ Prairie Lullaby (Barker CD) This World Would Be All Sunshine (3:35)

Michael Cleveland ~ Unwanted Love (Compass CD) Fiddler’s Dream (2:52)

Volume Five ~ 95 Years (Mountain Fever CD) Drifter (2:54)

Stuart Wyrick ~ Walking the Floor (Rural Rhythm CD) East Tennessee Sunrise (2:45)

Virginia Ramblers ~ O Lord (Hay Holler CD) The Virginia Ramblers (4:11)

Kyle & Walter Bailes ~ Out of Darkness (Old Homestead LP) I’ve Got My One Way Ticket [1976.] (2:04)

Piedmont Melody Makers ~ Troublesome Waters (Vigortone CD) Wonderful World Outside (4:36)

Red Fox Chasers ~ Mississippi Sawyer (JSP CD) Gennett Old Time Music [Richmond, IN. 6/28/28.] (3:10)

Kessinger Brothers ~ Sopping the Gravy (Document CD) v. 3 [NY. Brunswick. 6/25/29.] (2:45)

Fruit Jar Guzzlers ~ C & O Whistle (JSP CD) Paramount Old Time Recordings [Chicago. 3/28.] (3:08)

John Morgan Salyer ~ Vance No More (Appalachian Center CS) Home Recordings 1941-1942 v. 1 (2:12)

Dust Busters ~ Johnny Booker (Smithsonian Folkways CD) Old Man Below (3:16)

Fox Hunt ~ Bigger Man (Big House/Skull City CD) West Virginia String Band (5:21)

Grascals ~ Autumn Glen (Mountain Home CD) and then there’s this… (2:50)

Frank Solivan ~ Dark Hollow (Compass CD) Family Friends & Heroes (4:12)

Too Blue ~ Turnpike Reel (self-produced CD) Trouble with the Grey (2:32)

Bankesters ~ Never Give the Devil a Ride (Compass) Nightbird (3:14)

Amanda Cook ~ Come to Jesus (Mountain Fever CD) Deep Water (4:45)

Churchmen ~ Alone on a Hill (Mountain Fever CD) God Holds Tomorrow (3:14)

Alfred G. Karnes ~ We Shall All Be Reunited (JSP CD) Mountain Gospel [Bristol, TN. Victor. 10/28/28.] (2:59)

Mississippi Sheiks ~ Kind Treatment (Yazoo CD) Stop and Listen [Columbia. 10/24/31.] (3:17)

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers ~ Mississippi Sawyer (JSP CD) Gid Tanner [San Antonio, TX. Columbia. 3/29/34.] (3:05)

Sky Island Stringband ~ Just over the Mountain (Bemlar CD) Adventures in Old Cranberry (2:48)

Tom Collins & Jon Anderson ~ Susananna Gal (Fun Times CD) Tom & Jon Play Old Time Music (2:39)

Howdy Forrester & John Hartford ~ Tumbling Creek Liza Jane (Spring Fed CD) Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor [1986.] (2:04)

Hammertowne ~ Don’t Ever Cross a Moonshine Man (Mountain Fever CD) Hillbilly Heroes (3:46)

Jeff Autry ~ A Thing Called Love (Pinecastle CD) Foothills (2:45)

Traditional Grass ~ Back to Hancock County (Rebel CD) The Blues Are Still the Blues (3:02)

Balsam Range ~ Rise and Shine (Mountain Home CD) Mountain Voodoo (4:25)

Brent Rochester Family ~ He Heard My Simple Plea (self-produced CD) Lead Me to Calvary (3:53)

Hamilton County Ramblers ~ Hard Times (Bygabbled CD) Hamilton County Ramblers (2:25)

Carter Family ~ Will You Miss Me when I’m Gone (Bear Family CD) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [Victor. 5/10/28.] (2:45)

Riley Puckett ~ Ole Faithful (Old Homestead CD) Old Time Greats Vol. 2 [Charlotte, NC. Bluebird. 2/14/36.] (2:56)

Dock Boggs ~ Pretty Polly (JSP CD) Clarence Ashley [NY. Brunswick. 3/10/27.] (3:04)

Earl Collins ~ Cruel Willie (Briar LP) That’s Earl (2:40)

Jason Cade & Rob McMaken ~ Happy Hollow (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) Hog-Eyed Man 2 (2:49)

Wildmans ~ Wandering Thoughts (Patuxent CD) Wandering Thoughts (3:57)

Norman Blake ~ Sweet Heaven when I Die (Takoma CD) Takoma-Plus One (3:51)

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Playlist 2/8/2018

Bluegrass, Etc. Frank Hoppe - 88.5 HD-2 Bluegrass Country Radio

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

Flashback ~ Camp Forest Days (Pinecastle CD) Foxhounds and Fiddles (2:14)

Kevin Prater Band ~ Hicker Nut Ridge (Patuxent CD) All I Ever Wanted (2:58)

Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass ~ Grey Eagle (Patuxent CD) Weary River (4:10)

Flatt & Scruggs ~ Let the Church Roll (Bear Family CD) 1953-1063 [Merle Travis, Buck Graves & Paul Warren] (2:31)

Sowell Family Pickers ~ Nothin’ Can Hold Me Here (self-produced CD) Trust in the Lord (2:20)

John Gallagher & Scott Prouty ~ Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah (June Appal CD) The Very Day I’m Gone (1:19)

Washington Phillips ~ I Am Born to Preach the Gospel (Yazoo CD) I Am Born to Preach the Gospel [Dallas. Columbia. 12/4/28.] (3:07 )

Dilly & His Dill Pickles ~ Hell amongst the Yearlings (Document CD) John Dilleshaw [Atlanta. Vocalion. 3/22/30.] (3:22)

Stripling Brothers ~ Kennedy Rag (Document CD) v. 1 [Chicago. Vocalion.8/19/29.] (2:54)

Jimmy Triplett ~ The Red Buck (self-produced CD) Natural History (2:32)

Crooked Road Ramblers ~ Sally Ann (self-produced CD) Mule to Ride (2:36)

Travis & Trevor Stuart ~ The Grey Eagle (Old 97 Wrecords CD) Mountaineer (2:08)

Bill Monroe ~ Walk Softly on My Heart (Bear Family CD) Bluegrass 1959-1969 [10/28/69.] (2:35)

Mike Barnett ~ Old Barnes (Compass CD) Portraits in Fiddles (3:38)

Travers Chandler ~ Ramblin’ Fever (Patuxent CD) Archaic (3:04)

Sideline ~ You Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone (Mountain Fever CD) Colors & Crossroads (2:55)

Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice ~ Money Will Not Save You (Mountain Fever CD) The Mountains Are Calling Me Home (3:32)

Lindsey Family ~ Nail It to the Cross (self-produced CD) Crosses and Stones (3:27)            

Doc Hopkins & His Country Boys ~ He’s the Lily of the Valley (British Archive of Country Music CD) v. 2 [Chicago. 1944.] (1:55)

Blue Sky Boys ~ In the Hills of Roane County (Bear Family CD) The Sunny Side of Life [Atlanta. Bluebird. 10/7/40.] (3:24)

Grayson & Whitter ~ On the Banks of the Old Tennessee (County CD) The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter [Memphis. Victor.9/30/29.] (3:01)

John Ashby & the Free State Ramblers ~ Fox Chase Reel (County LP) Gone to the Free State (3:00)

Sheila Kay Adams ~ Mole in the Ground (Great Smoky Mountains Association CD) On Top of Old Smoky (3:42)

Mac & Jenny Traynham ~ Red Mountain Wine (Mountain Fever CD) Never Grow Old (3:26)

Reno & Smiley ~ Emotions (Rebel CD) Together Again [Rome. 1971.] (3:22)

Charlie Sizemore ~ Watering Poison Ivy (Rebel CD) Back Home (2:40)

Jerry Salley ~ Front Porch Philosophy (Very Jerry CD) Front Porch Philosophy (3:07)

Larry Cordle ~ The Old Thing’s Walkin’ About (MightyCord CD) Give Me Jesus (3:37)

Wilson Brothers ~ After Awhile It Will All Be Over (Old Homestead LP) Preach the Word (2:49)

Charlie Monroe ~ You’ll Find Her Name Written There (Bear Family CD) I’m Old Kentucky Bound [1951.] (2:43)

Blue Ridge Mountain Singers ~ I’ll Remember You Love in My Prayers (Columbia 78) N/A [Atlanta. 4/21/30.] (2:52)

Carolina Tar Heels ~ Hand in Hand We Walked Along Together (Old Homestead CD) The Carolina Tar Heels [Camden. Victor. 4/3/29.] (3:27)

Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers ~ Man on the Woodpile (Document CD) v. 2 [Atlanta. Okeh. 8/2/28.] (2:52)

Wildcats ~ Magnolia One-Step (Yodel-Ay-Hee CS) On Our Knees (2:42)

Reed Island Rounders ~ Sally in the Garden (Burning Wolf CD) Hand Me Downs (2:54)

W. E. Claunch with Mrs. Christine Haygood ~ Wagoner (Document CD) Mississippi Fiddle Tunes [LOC. 5/10/39.] (0:51)

Ella Hughes ~ Weevily Wheat (Jubilee CD) The Pine Breeze Recordings (0:46)

Palmer & Greg Loux ~ Polly Put the Kettle On (Chubby Dragon CD) In Good Company (3:45)

Mike Mitchell ~ Lay That Pistol Down (self-produced CD) Dead Center (3:18)

Deer Creek Boys ~ High Wire (Mountain Fever CD) Midnight & Dawn (2:57)

Lou Reid & Carolina ~ I Call Your Name (KMA CD) 20th Anniversary Concert (2:59)

Doug Flowers ~ Hello to Grace Today (self-produced CD) Favorites (2:58)

Aaron “Frosty” Foster ~ Wayfaring Stranger (self-produced CD) Opening Doors (4:36)

Forbes Family ~ Old Ship of Zion (Rebel CD) A Forbes Family Treasury v. 2 ( 2:45)

Carter Family ~ I Have an Aged Mother (Rounder CD) Worried Man Blues [Memphis. Montgomery Ward. 5/24/30.] (3:20)

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

Luther Patrick ~ Father’s Liver Ain’t What It Used to Be (Document CD) Alabama Stringbands [Birmingham. Gennett. C. 8/30/27.] (2:34)

Tommy Jarrell ~ Walking in My Sleep (County CD) Pickin’ on Tommy’s Porch (2:03)

Galax Bogtrotters ~ Ida Red (Dittyville CD) Old Time Jubilations (3:13)

Monks ~ Pretty Little Widow (Yodel-Ay-Hee CD) Let Us Play (2:05)

Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & Tony Rice ~ Louis Collins (Acoustic Disc CD) The Pizza Tapes (5:57)

Thomm Jutz ~ Crazy if You Let It (Mountain Fever CD) Crazy if You Let It (3:18)

Windy Hill ~ Junebug (self-produced CD) Bluegrass Sounds from California (4:25)