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A Late Cobblestone Walk
There is so very much great BG out there these days, each week, it seems like it's harder and harder to choose the tunes I'm going to play on the air. I've never been one of those radio hosts who pre-plans each song I might play on the air for weeks at a time; the sad fact is that I will, on occasion, go into the studio with an outline of songs or performers I'd like to play. These days, it's getting hard to even play the performers I might have written down on an outline because the simple fact is that there is just too much great music from which to choose. Isn't that a horrible problem to have? We'll keep up the "struggle," though...
On Sunday's show, my "to play" outline prompted me that I wanted to pay small tributes to a couple of classic country music performers whose work has often been covered in the BG world. This time around, it was a tune or two to mark the birthday of Country Music Hall of Famer, Hank Snow (born May 9, 1914), as well as the shared birthday of two members of a great brother-style country duo of the 1940s and 1950s who weren't brothers, but were, instead, brothers-in-law. Johnnie Wright (born May 13, 1914) and his singing partner, Jack Anglin (born May 13, 1916--died March 7, 1963) worked as "Johnnie & Jack," and they were credited for sort of introducing a definite "rhumba" flavor to a whole lot of their great music from the 1950s: tunes like "Poison Love" or "Ashes Of Love." Why do we showcase some of these classic country performers on a BG show? So many times, even to this day, BG performers seem to LOVE to cover the earlier material of some of these "vintage" country singers, so it seems the two forms of music kind of go hand-in-hand a bit. Hope you agree.
Last Sunday, Jim introduced a few tunes to you from the brand new recording from the pen of New Hampshire songwriter, Rick Lang. Rick's tunes have been recorded previously by performers such as Front Range, Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band, and the Lonesome River Band. Now, the Rural Rhythm Christian label has released a great CD showcasing fourteen gospel tunes that Rick has written called, "Look To The Light: Songs Of Faith From The Pen Of Rick Lang." While Rick himself doesn't perform on the CD, there is some top-notch talent to be heard interpreting Rick's songs, including Barry Scott, Dale Ann Bradley, Jeff Parker, John Miller, Junior Sisk, and Russell Moore, as well as musicians like Jesse Brock and Roger Williams. Top notch. We're going to try to get Rick on the air with us sometime soon to talk about this fine new recording.
Hope you had a chance to listen to our special Bluegrass edition of the "Fiat Flux" last Saturday, May 8th. We had a great time with our guests, the Spinney Brothers and David Peterson, and we'll be looking for more opportunities to bring you some live BG music in future shows. If you'd like to see a few photos taken in the studio during "Fiat Flux," visit our "Bluegrass Cafe" blog post.
Join Jim next week for more great Bluegrass -- I'm sure he'll have no problems finding plenty of it to play for you...
"Bluegrass Cafe" - 5/16/2010
* Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
* Blue Tears Are Falling / Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band / Reflections Of Love / Rebel
* I Hope You Have Learned / Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / The King And The Father / MME
* Soppin' The Gravy / Patrick McAvinue / Rutland's Reel / Patuxent Music
* Loving You Too Well / Stanley Brothers / 20th Century Masters / Mercury
* Candle In The Wind / IIIrd Tyme Out / IIIrd Tyme Out / Rebel
* With Body And Soul / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
* Going Down To Charleston / Spinney Brothers / Side By Side / Self-Produced
* The Memory Of Your Smile / Dede Wyland / Keep The Light On / Patuxent Music
* Let's Part The Best Of Friends / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm
* I'd Rather Love You / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / Cloud Of Dust / GSM Records
* We Live In Two Different Worlds / Red Allen / Lonesome And Blue / Rebel
* Lovesick And Sorrow / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Heritage / Brandywine
* Call Of The Wild / Hagar's Mountain Boys / Forever Yours / Self-Produced
* In The Jailhouse Now / Soggy Bottom Boys / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Mercury
* Nobody's Darlin' But Mine / Hylo Brown / In Concert / Copper Creek
* Pitkin County Turnaround / Steve Martin / The Crow / Rounder
* The Golden Rocket / David Peterson & 1946 / In The Mountaintops To Roam / Self-Produced
* Lonesome Blue Yodel / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era
* Please Search Your Heart / J.D. Crowe / Blackjack / Rebel
* Things Things Things / Cana Ramblers / No Expectations / Self-Produced
* Talk To Me Lonesome Heart / Larry Stephenson with Connie Smith & Marty Stuart / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle
* Johnson Mountain Chimes / Jessie Baker / Yessir! / Patuxent Music
* The Great Civil War / Snyder Family Band / Comin' On Strong / Mountain Roads Recordings
* The Convict And The Rose / Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass / The Room Over Mine / Rounder
* You Tried To Ruin My Name / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
* Johnny & Jack Medley / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
* I Don't Care Anymore / Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie / Southern / Rural Rhythm
* I'll Love You Forever And Ever / Darren Beachley & Legends Of The Potomac / Take Off / Patuxent Music
* Wild Rose Of The Mountain / Blue Rose / Blue Rose / Sugar Hill
* Come Back To Me / David Peterson / Comin' On Strong / Self-Produced
* My Blue Tears / Gloria Belle / Love Of The Mountains / Webco
* Matches / Audie Blaylock & Redline / Cryin' Heart Blues / Rural Rhythm
* Trust Each Other / Blinky Moon Boys / Moonlite Theatre / Hay Holler
* The Last Old Shovel / Carolina Native Sons / Rank Ol' Bluegrass / Patuxent Music
* Liberty / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass, 1971 / Rural Rhythm
* Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Mac Wiseman / Bluegrass, 1971 / Rural Rhythm
* Hard Living / Hunter Berry with Rhonda Vincent / Wow Baby / Upper Management Music
* Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder
* Farm Of Yesterday / Gibson Brothers / Ring The Bell / Compass
* That's Kentucky / Summertown Road / Summertown Road / Rounder
* Everything's Blue / Jeanette Williams / Thank You For Caring / Blue Circle Records
* Wake Up, Susan / Paul Warren / Johnnie & Jack with Kitty Wells at KWKH / Bear Family
* Sailing On / Russell Moore / Look To The Light / Rural Rhythm Christian
* Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven / Bluegrass Gospel Project / The Blue Morpho / Vital Records
* Get Behind Me Satan / Reno & Smiley / Early Years, 1951-1959 / Gusto
* The Good Samaritan / Jeff Parker / Look To The Light / Rural Rhythm Christian
* I'm Yours / Donna Ulisse / Holy Waters / Self-Produced
* Better Get In That Number / Spinney Brothers / Here At The Cross / Self-Produced
* My Lord's Gonna Move This Wicked Race / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Light On My Feet, Ready To Fly / Horizon
* You Can Feel It In Your Soul / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Foggy Mountain Gospel / Columbia
* Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder