Bluegrass Signal
July 2, 2012
Description
WAMU’s “Bluegrass Country” – program #436 (June 30 – July 6, 2012)
BLUEGRASS SIGNAL: Happy Anniversary (Remembrance Of Things To Come)
In celebration of the 45th anniversary of bluegrass on WAMU, selections from bluegrass LPs released in 1967, including the instrumental collections of Jimmy Martin, Flatt & Scruggs with Doc Watson, and Scotty Stoneman; new albums from some of the music’s pioneers (Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys, Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys, Osborne Brothers) and new LP compilations from others (Stanley Brothers, Reno & Smiley); plus new releases from Reno & Harrell, the Stoneman Family, the Dixie Gentlemen with Tut Taylor, Earl Taylor & Jim McCall, Jim Eanes, the New Lost City Ramblers, and E.C. Ball.
NOTE: All releases from 1967.
theme –
JIMMY MARTIN & HIS SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Big Country/Big and Country Instrumentals (Decca)
NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS: Rock About My Saro Jane/Remembrance Of Things To Come (Verve/Folkways)
DOC WATSON: Pretty Saro/Home Again! (Vanguard)
FLATT & SCRUGGS with DOC WATSON: John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man/Strictly Instrumental (Columbia)
SCOTTY STONEMAN: Talking Fiddle Blues/Mr. Country Fiddler (Design)
OSBORNE BROTHERS: Lonesome Feelin’/Modern Sounds Of Bluegrass Music (Decca)
JIM & JESSE & THE VIRGINIA BOYS: Ballad of Thunder Road/Diesel On My Tail (Epic)
THE STONEMAN FAMILY: Nobody’s Darling But Mine/White Lightning (Starday)
JIMMY MARTIN & HIS SUNNY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Crow On the Banjo/Big and Country Instrumentals (Decca)
BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS: Blue Night/Blue Grass Time (Decca)
BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS: Midnight On the Stormy Deep/Blue Grass Time (Decca)
THE DIXIE GENTLEMEN WITH TUT TAYLOR: The Waves Of Sorrow/Blues & Bluegrass (Tune)
JIM EANES: Your Old Standby/Your Old Standby (Zap)
EARL TAYLOR & JIM McCALL: The Sun’s Gonna Shine/Blue Grass Favorites (Rural Rhythm
THE STANLEY BROTHERS: If I Lose/The Famous Song Hits Of the Stanley Brothers (Nashville/60)
DON RENO, RED SMILEY & THE TENNESSEE CUTUPS: Old Home Place/24 Country Songs (King/54)
RENO & HARRELL: Just A Phone Call Will Do/45 (King)
E.C. & ORNA BALL: Tribulations/Through The Years 1937-1975 (Copper Creek/67) – cf. E. C. Ball and the Friendly Gospel Singers (County)
NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS: Dark & Stormy Weather/Remembrance Of Things To Come (Verve/Folkways)
RENO & HARRELL: Flat Tops A Pickin’/45 (Rebel)
