April 5-11: New Releases & A Reissue

OTIS TAYLOR: Ran So Hard The Sun Went Down/Recapturing the Banjo (Telarc)
RAY BIERL: All Around the Mountain/Any Place I Hang My Hat (Greasy String)
SI KAHN: To Hear Doc Watson Play/Thanksgiving (Strictly Country)
DOC WATSON: Your Long Journey/The Doc Watson Family (Smithsonian-Folkways)

PAUL CRAFT: Fastest Grass Alive/Too Bad You’re No Good (Strictly Country)
HEATHER BERRY: My Walkin’ Shoes/To A Dove (Blue Circle)
BALSAM RANGE: Come Back To Me In My Dreams/Marching Home (Mountain Home)
SAWMILL ROAD: When Will I Be Loved/One (SMR)

JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS: Radio Intro > Each Minute Seems A Million Years/Tuned In (self)
HEATHER BERRY: Blue Bonnet Lane/To A Dove (Blue Circle)
WIDOW MAKER: Please Don’t Say That You Love Me Again/The Awful Truth (Sadiebird)

LARRY RICHARDSON & THE BLUE RIDGE BOYS/Larry Richardson & The Blue Ridge Boys with Buddy Pendleton (Old Blue)
Pain In My Heart
You Left Me So Blue
Cabin In Caroline
Let Me Fall
I Don’t Love Nobody

March 29-April 4: What’s Goin’ On - Musical Previews

This week on Bluegrass Signal, Peter Thompson presents mostly music from the west coast, including bands that feature old time music (The Roadoilers), old time/bluegrass fusion (John Reischman & the Jaybirds), trad grass (The Mighty Crows and Carolina Special), original grass (Alhambra Valley Band), and party grass (Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys). Additional music from west coast visitors The Infamous Stringdusters, Bluegrass Brothers, and Jim Hurst.

THE ROADOILERS: Texas Gals>Tennessee Wagoner/The Roadoilers (self/06)
THE MIGHTY CROWS: Somewhere Between/Demo (self/07)
ALHAMBRA VALLEY BAND: The Birds Have Returned/Willow Pass Road (Swell Ranch/06)

JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS: Salt Spring/John Reischman & the Jaybirds (Corvus/01)
JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS: Say Darlin’ Say/Field Guide (Corvus/02)
JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS: Hop High My Lulu Gal/The Road West (Corvus/04)
JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS: The Drunkard’s Lantern/Stellar Jays (Corvus/07)

THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: My Destination/Fork In the Road (Sugar Hill/07)
BLUEGRASS BROTHERS: If I Ever Get Back To Ol’ Kentucky/Appalachian Memories (self/07)
BLUEGRASS BROTHERS: Losing You Might Be the Best Thing Yet/Live and On the Road (Catawba/06)
THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: Dream You Back/Fork In the Road (Sugar Hill/07)

JIM HURST: Nine Pound Hammer/A Box Of Chocolates (self/07)
BELLE MONROE & HER BREWGLASS BOYS: I Ain’t Got No Home/Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys (self/07)
CAROLINA SPECIAL: Carolina Sunset/Carolina Sunset (self/02)

JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS: Prairie Girl/John Reischman & the Jaybirds (Corvus/01)

March 22-28: Cry From the Cross — 40 Years Of Ralph Stanley’s Gospel

This week’s Bluegrass Signal spotlights 40 years of Ralph Stanley’s bluegrass gospel music, from a 1968 recording with Larry Sparks to the brand-new release from grandson Nathan Stanley. There are selections from Dr. Ralph’s classic bands of the 1970s and ’80s (with Roy Lee Centers, Keith Whitley, Ricky Skaggs, Charlie Sizemore, and others), a few guest appearances (Judy Marshall, Alison Krauss, the Issacs), and the near-constant support of Jack Cooke and Curly Ray Cline. The show begins and ends with the title song: “Cry From the Cross.”

All selections feature RALPH STANLEY & HIS CLINCH MT. BOYS, except as noted.

Cry From The Cross/Cry From The Cross (Rebel/71>01)
Over In The Gloryland/Clinch Mountain Gospel (Rebel/77>01)
Bright Morning Star/Cry From The Cross (Rebel/71>01)
Oh, Death/Clinch Mountain Gospel (Rebel/77>01)
Take Your Shoes Off Moses/Cry From The Cross (Rebel/71>01)

Shouting On The Hills Of Glory/Classic Stanley (Freeland/71>95)
Old Country Church/Live In Japan (Rebel/71>97)
Death Is Only A Dream/Classic Stanley (Freeland/71>95)
Who Will Sing For Me/Classic Stanley (Freeland/75>95)

I’ll Wear A White Robe/I’ll Wear A White Robe (Rebel/79)>Mountain Preacher’s Child (Rebel/07)
Just Over The Stars/I’ll Wear A White Robe (Rebel/79)>Mountain Preacher’s Child (Rebel/07)
The Keys To The Kingdom/Snow Covered Mound (Rebel/82)>Mountain Preacher’s Child (Rebel/07)
Troublesome Water/Snow Covered Mound (Rebel/82)>Mountain Preacher’s Child (Rebel/07)
The Man In The Middle/I Can Tell You the Time (Rebel/85)>Mountain Preacher’s Child (Rebel/07)

Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures/Over The Sunset Hill (King/68>97)
I’ll Remember You Love In My Prayers/Great High Mountain (Rebel/71>04)
Heaven’s Bright Shore (with Judy Marshall & Alison Krauss)/Saturday Night & Sunday Morning (Freeland/92)
NATHAN STANLEY & THE CLINCH MT. BOYS: Cry From The Cross/He Suffered For My Reward (III Generation)

The Uncloudy Day/My All And All (Rebel/97)March 15-21: Happy Birthday, David Davis

Feb. 16th was David Davis’s birthday, and Peter Thompson celebrated it on Bluegrass Signal with a survey of David’s music with The Warrior River Boys over the past 20 years. David is a noteworthy keeper of the traditional bluegrass flame, and the show includes selections from the recent Rebel releases, the Rounder sides of the ’90s, the Old Homestead sessions of the ’80s, and some of Ray Davis’s classic basement recordings. Happy Birthday, David Davis!

THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Rocky Mountain Sweetheart/passin’ thru & other favorites (Old Homestead/1988)
THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Wayfaring Stranger/Through the Years (Old Homestead/1986-88)
THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: How Can You Do This To Me passin’ thru & other favorites (Old Homestead/1988)

THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: I Don’t Know What To Do/New Beginnings (Rounder/1990)
THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Kentucky Mountain/Sounds Like Home (Rounder/1993)
THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: That’s What I Like About You/New Beginnings (Rounder/1990)
THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Singing Waterfall/Sounds Like Home (Rounder/1993)

THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Long Journey Home, Log Cabin In the Lane/Radio Series, Vol. 1 (Wango)
THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains/Radio Series, Vol. 2 (Wango)
THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS (w/ James King): Gold Watch & Chain/Radio Series, Vol. 1 (Wango)

DAVID DAVIS & THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Today’s The Day I Get My Gold Watch & Chain/David Davis & the Warrior River Boys (Rebel/2004)
DAVID DAVIS & THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Milwaukee Blues/Troubled Times (Rebel/2006)
DAVID DAVIS & THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: The Lonesome Cry Of The Whippoorwill/David Davis & the Warrior River Boys (Rebel/2004)
DAVID DAVIS & THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Filling The River With Tears/Troubled Times (Rebel/2006)

DAVID DAVIS & THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS: Evening Prayer Blues/Troubled Times (Rebel/2006)

March 8-14: Rounder Newbies & IBMM Films
Peter says, “Thanks again for your support of the Winter Membership Campaign!”

1. THE STEELDRIVERS: Midnight Tears/The Steeldrivers (Rounder/08)
2. THE STEELDRIVERS: If You Can’t Be Good, Be Gone/The Steeldrivers (Rounder/08)
3. BLUE HIGHWAY: Through The Window Of A Train/Through The Window Of A Train (Rounder/08)
4. BLUE HIGHWAY: Blues On Blues/Through The Window Of A Train (Rounder/08)
5. DAILEY & VINCENT: Don’t You Call My Name/Dailey & Vincent (Rounder/08)
6. DAILEY & VINCENT: Poor Boy Workin’ Blues/Dailey & Vincent (Rounder/08)
7. RHONDA VINCENT: Scorn Of a Lover/Good Thing Going (Rounder/08)
8. RHONDA VINCENT: Bluegrass Saturday Night (Rhonda)/Good Thing Going (Rounder/08)
9. VERN WILLIAMS BAND: Roll On Buddy/Traditional Bluegrass (Arhoolie/1982>2005)
10. VERN WILLIAMS BAND: When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall/Traditional Bluegrass (Arhoolie/1984>2005)
11. GOINS BROTHERS: Across the Sea Blues/35 Years Of the Best In Bluegrass (Rebel/1976>1997)
12. GOINS BROTHERS: Wandering Soul/35 Years Of the Best In Bluegrass (Rebel/1977>1997)
13. OLD BELLE REED: Going to Write Me a Letter/Ola Belle Reed and Family (Rounder/1976>2006)
14. OLD BELLE REED: I’ve Endured/Ola Belle Reed and Family (Rounder/1976>2006)
15. MacRAE BROTHERS: Mountain Echoes/Old-Time Country Duets (Squirty/2001)
16. MacRAE BROTHERS: They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree/Old-Time Country Duets (Squirty/2001)
17. SIDESADDLE & CO.: Forever In Our Hearts/Queen For A Day (Faultline/2005)

March 1-7: Music For Groundhog Day — and the SFBOTF

This week’s Bluegrass Signal with Peter Thompson was originally broadcast on Groundhog Day, so there are a number of versions of “Ground Hog.” There are also a few musical previews of the annual San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival.

1. TOMMY JARRELL, OSCAR JENKINS (& FRED COCKERHAM): Ground Hog/Stay All Night … and Don’t Go Home (County/late ’60s?)
2. DOC WATSON: Groundhog/The Essential Doc Watson (Vanguard/1973)
3. HOMER & JETHRO: Ground Hog/Hall of Fame 2001 (Federal/1947)
4. THE STAIRWELL SISTERS: Cindy In the Meadows/Feet All Over the Floor (yodel-ay-hee/2005)
5. THE FREIGHT HOPPERS: Cotton Eyed Joe/Where’d You Come From, Where’d You Go? (Rounder/1996)
6. CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS: Dona Got A Ramblin’ Mind/Dona Got A Ramblin’ Mind (Music Maker/2006)
7. THE DILLARDS: Ground Hog/Homecoming & Family Reunion (Elektra/1963)
8. RED ALLEN, FRANK WAKEFIELD & THE KENTUCKIANS: Ground Hog/The Folkways years, 1964-1983 (Smithsonian Folkways)
9. JIM MILLS: Ground Hog/Bound to Ride (Sugar Hill/1998)
10. TOWN MOUNTAIN: Heartaches & Heartbreaks/Original Bluegrass & Roots Country (self/2006)
11. SPRING CREEK: High Up In the Mountains/Rural & Cosmic Bluegrass (self/2006)
12. THE MIGHTY CROWS: Darling Nellie Across the Sea/demo (self/2007)
13. PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND: Stone Walls & Steel Bars/Live at the Noe Valley Ministry (2-10-07)
14. MIKE SEEGER & BOB BAKER: Ground Hog/American Banjo, Three-finger and Scruggs Style (Smithsonian-Folkways/1957)
15. HYLO BROWN: Ground Hog/The Best Of Hylo Brown (Rural Rhythm/1967->2006)
16. LARRY KEEL & NATURAL BRIDGE: Groundhog/Larry Keel & Natural Bridge (self/2005)
17. JIMBO TROUT & THE FISHPEOPLE: Old Slewfoot/Hillbilly Bebop-Boogie (Fishwrap/2008)
18. THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Ground Hog -> Red River Valley/The King Years, Vol. 2 - 1961-1965 (King/1963)

February 23-29: Bluegrass Saturday Night

This week on Bluegrass Signal, Peter Thompson explores the phenomenon of bluegrass on Saturday night. The show is inspired by “Bluegrass Saturday Night” from Rhonda Vincent’s new album, Note: “Bluegrass Signal” is, indeed, heard on Saturday nights on KALW

1. RHONDA VINCENT: Bluegrass Saturday Night/Good Thing Going (Rounder/08)
2. BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Heavy Traffic Ahead/Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 (Bear Family/46)
3. JIMMY MARTIN: Grand Ole Opry Song/Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 (Bear Family/56)
4. COUNTRY GENTLEMEN: Saturday Night At The Opry/Bluegrass, The Greatest Show On Earth (Sugar Hill/82)
5. THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: Grandpaw’s Radio/Hyden (Pinecastle/92)
6. TOMMY BROWN & COUNTY LINE GRASS: Saturday Night At Clay City/Mountain Bluegrass (Hay Holler/01)
7. MARTY RAYBON & FULL CIRCLE: Shenandoah Saturday Night/The Grass I Grew Up On (Synchoro/06)
8. BIG COUNTRY BLUEGRASS: Saturday Night At The Hoedown/Up In the High Country (Hay Holler/98)
9. RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS: Mountain Folks/Saturday Night & Sunday Morning (CRFRC/92)
10. JEFF AUTRY, WAYNE BENSON, AUBREY HAYNIE, RANDY KOHRS, MARK SCHATZ, SCOTT VESTAL: Saturday Night Ramble/Bluegrass ‘98 (Pinecastle/98)
11. DUDLEY CONNELL & DON RIGSBY: Another Saturday Night/Another Saturday Night (Sugar Hill/01)
12. BRISTOL MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS: Saturday Night/Saturday Night (self/82)
13. TED LUNDY, BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN MT. BOYS: Slipping Away/Slipping Away (Rounder/75)
14. THE CARTER FAMILY: Glory To The Lamb/In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain (Bear Family/35)
15. JIM KIRSLING: Bluegrass Saturday Morning/God, Country and Lutefisk (self/04)
16. BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: The Old Fiddler/Blue Grass, 1950-1959 (Bear Family/50)
17. HIGH COUNTRY: Saturday Matinee/The Earthquake (Strictly Country/97)

February 16-22: RBA Series Previews

Peter Thompson surveys some of the music that will be part of Redwood Bluegrass Associates Spring Concert Series.

PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND: Live at the Noe Valley Ministry, SF/2-10-07 (self)
Rovin’ Gambler
In the Pines

THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS: Fork In the Road (Sugar Hill)
Fork In The Road
Starry Night
No More To Leave You Behind

THE MIGHTY CROWS: demo (self)
Love Me Darling Just Tonight
Somewhere Between
Old Swingin’ Bridge

MOLLY & JACK TUTTLE: The Old Apple Tree (Back Studio)
Graveyard
Air Mail Special
DAVID THOM BAND: God Guide Our Leader’s Hand/The Thief (Swollen/04)

RUSTLER’S MOON with KATHY KALLICK & BILL EVANS: Please Search Your Heart/demo (self/07)
DAVID THOM BAND: I Guess I’ll Go On Dreamin’/The Thief (Swollen/04)
PAUL SHELASKY: Katy Hill/Fiddle-Crazy! (Lost Highway/99)

February 9-15:Winter Membership Campaign

This week on Bluegrass Signal, Peter Thompson presents an hour of songs to inspire your support of the “Bluegrass Country” Winter Membership Campaign. The music ranges from Bill Monroe and The Stanley Brothers to the Nashville Bluegrass Band and Hot Rize to the bands of Lynn Morris, Del McCoury, Hazel Dickens, David Grisman, and Kathy Kallick & Laurie Lewis to Blue Highway, whose new release is, of course, one of the thank-you gifts offered for your support.

1. theme - RALPH STANLEY: Hard Times/50th Anniversary Collection (Rebel/1973->1995)
2. BILL MONROE: Hard Times Have Been Here (But They’ve Gone)/Blue Grass, 1970-1979 (Bear Family/1978)
3. JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN: Hard Times -> Dusty Miller/A Song That Will Linger (Rounder/1989)
4. NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Waitin’ For the Hard Times To Go/Waitin’ For the Hard Times To Go (Sugar Hill/1993)
5. NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Rocking Chair Money/Twenty Years Blues (Sugar Hill/2004)
6. DEL McCOURY BAND: If You’ve Got the Money, Honey/A Deeper Shade Of Blue (Rounder/1993)
7. DAVID GRISMAN: I Ain’t Broke (But I’m Badly Bent)/The David Grisman Rounder Album (Rounder/1976)
8. THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Long Journey Home/Long Journey Home (Rebel/1961->1994)
9. LYNN MORRIS BAND: Seventeen Cents/You’ll Never Be the Sun (Rounder/1999)
10. DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD: Going To the Races/Just For the Record (Rounder/1993)
11. BLUE HIGHWAY: Blues On Blues/Through the Window Of A Train (Rounder/2008)
12. BLUE HIGHWAY: Just Another Gravel In the Road/Through the Window Of A Train (Rounder/2008)
13. HAZEL DICKENS: They’ll Never Keep Us Down/Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People (Rounder/1985)
14. HOT RIZE: Hard Pressed (But We Can Find A Way)/Traditional Ties (Sugar Hill/1993)
15. LAURIE LEWIS & KATHY KALLICK: Count Your Blessings/Together (Rounder/1995)
16. RONNIE & ROB McCOURY: Thanks A Lot/Robbie & Ron McCoury (Rounder/1995)
17. BLUE HIGHWAY: The North Cove/Through the Window Of A Train (Rounder/2008)

February 2-8: Classic Rural Rhythm

This week’s Bluegrass Signal with Peter Thompson presents new reissues of music recorded in the 1960s. They’re all on the Rural Rhythm label, and feature Earl Taylor, Jim McCall & the Stoney Mountain Boys, Clarence White, Scotty Stoneman with The Kentucky Colonels, Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers, J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers, Red Smiley, Hylo Brown, Mac Wiseman, and others.

1. EARL TAYLOR & JIM McCALL with THE STONEY MOUNTAIN BOYS: The Sun’s Gonna Shine/20 Bluegrass Favorites
2. EARL TAYLOR & JIM McCALL with THE STONEY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Low & Lonesome Sea/24 Bluegrass Favorites
3. EARL TAYLOR & JIM McCALL with THE STONEY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Wandering Boy/20 Bluegrass Favorites
4. EARL TAYLOR & JIM McCALL with THE STONEY MOUNTAIN BOYS: I’m Getting Ready To Go/24 Bluegrass Favorites
5. CLARENCE WHITE: Laughing Guitar/Flatpick
6. SCOTTY STONEMAN with THE KENTUCKY COLONELS: Eighth Of January/Live In L.A.
7. CLARENCE WHITE: John Henry Blues/Flatpick
8. SCOTTY STONEMAN with THE KENTUCKY COLONELS: Lee Highway Blues/Live In L.A.
9. CLARENCE WHITE: Alabama Jubilee/Flatpick
10. RENO & HARRELL with THE TENNESSEE CUT-UPS: Long Journey Home/Appalachian Mountain
11. Bluegrass
12. RED SMILEY & THE BLUEGRASS CUT-UPS: Rock About My Saro Jane/25 Bluegrass Classics
13. HYLO BROWN & THE TIMBERLINERS: Walking Cane/25 Bluegrass Classics
14. MAC WISEMAN: THE GEORGIA MAIL/25 Classics
15. JIM GREER & THE MAC-O-CHEE VALLEY FOLKS: The Tie That Binds/Appalachian Mountain Bluegrass
16. MAC MARTIN & THE DIXIE TRAVELERS: Goin’ Down the Country/31 Bluegrass Favorities
17. MAC MARTIN & THE DIXIE TRAVELERS: Black Mountain Blues/Appalachian Mountain Bluegrass
18. MAC MARTIN & THE DIXIE TRAVELERS: Is She Praying There/Get In Line Brother
19. J.E. MAINER & HIS MOUNTAINEERS: Hop Along Peter, Stayed In the Wagon Yard, Mainer’s Blues/40 Classics

January 26 - February 1: The ‘I’ In IBMA: New Eurograss

It’s an overview of recent bluegrass from Europe, with a focus on the 2007 European World of Bluegrass recording. There’s music by the new #1 European band (G2 from Sweden), the audience choice band (4-Wheel Drive from The Netherlands), and groups from the Czech Republic, Belgium, England, and Germany, as well as a couple of visiting US bands led by Claire Lynch and Danny Paisley. In addition, a few highlights from new albums by Italy’s Red Wine and Meantime (from the Slovak Republic).

Award-winners -
European World of Bluegrass 2007 (Strictly Country)

1. 4-WHEEL DRIVE (The Netherlands): Hillbilly Twist
2. G2 BLUEGRASS BAND (Sweden): What Would I Say
3. KRENI (Czech Republic): Five Hundred Miles
4. MEANTIME (Slovak Republic): Go Back
5. RAWHIDE (Belgium): Broken Hearted Lover/Not Too Strictly (Strictly Country)

European World of Bluegrass 2007 (Strictly Country)

1. NEW ESSEX BLUEGRASS BAND (England): Cold Wind
2. RED WINE (Italy): Across the Great Divide
3. LOOPING BROTHERS (Germany): A Bad Case of the Blues
4. CLAIRE LYNCH BAND: Further in the Hole
5. DAN PAISLEY & SOUTHERN GRASS: My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains

RED WINE: Winter’s Come And Gone (self)

1. Winter’s Come And Gone
2. I’ll Never Grow Tired Of You

MEANTIME: … In The Meantime (self)

1. Get Out Of My Way
2. Say That I’m Wrong

European World of Bluegrass 2007 (Strictly Country)

1. STROATKLINKERS (The Netherlands): Friesland
2. ROLL’S BOYS (Czech Republic): Fistful of Dollars

January 19-25: Rustler’s Moon with Kathy Kallick & Bill Evans

This week on Bluegrass Signal with Peter Thompson, an exploration of a new Northern California-based band: Rustler’s Moon with Kathy Kallick & Bill Evans.

1. KATHY KALLICK & LAURIE LEWIS: Used To Be/True Life Blues - The Songs Of Bill Monroe (Sugar Hill/96)
2. KATHY KALLICK: Cotton-Eyed Joe/My Mother’s Voice (Copper Creek/01)
3. GOOD OL’ PERSONS: Broken Tie/Good N’ Live (Sugar Hill/86)
4. GOOD OL’ PERSONS: Save Everything/Planet Bluegrass - The 1992 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Incredibly Live (Telluride Bluegrass Festival/92)
5. DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD: Bluegrass Breakdown/Live! At Last (Rounder/96)
6. BILL EVANS: Heavy Traffic Ahead/Bill Evans Plays Banjo (Mighty Fine/01)
7. BILL EVANS & SUZANNE THOMAS: Wondrous Love/Native & Fine (Rounder/95)
8. DUE WEST: Dakota/Live at the Freight (1-7-05)
9. KATHY KALLICK BAND: A Warmer Kind Of Blue/Voices Of Wintergrass 2004 (Acoustic Sound/04)
10. KATHY KALLICK BAND: The Messenger/Warmer Kind Of Blue (Copper Creek/05)
11. KATHY KALLICK: Rustler’s Moon/Reason & Rhyme (Copper Creek/03)
12. RUSTLER’S MOON with KATHY KALLICK & BILL EVANS: demo (self/07)
    1. Cold Hard Rain
    2. Girl Next Door
    3. Whistle-Stop Town
    4. Bye Bye Love

January 12-18:
‘Blue’ and ‘lonesome’ are words that pretty well define bluegrass, so this week’s Bluegrass Signal presents a collection of songs with these words in the titles.

1. STANLEY BROTHERS: Lonesome & Blue/The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mt. Boys, 1953-1958 & 1959 (Bear Family)
2. BILL MONROE: I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome/Blue Grass, 1950-1958 (Bear Family)
3. JOE VAL: Lonesome Road Blues/Diamond Joe (Rounder)
4. FLATT & SCRUGGS: I’m Lonesome and Blue/Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, 1948-1959 (Bear Family)
5. SALLY VAN METER: Weary Lonesome Blues/All In Good Time (Sugar Hill)
6. GOOD OL’ PERSONS: Blue Night/Good N’ Live (Sugar Hill)
7. LARRY SPARKS: These Old Blues /The Lonesome Sounds Of Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers (Old Homestead)
8. DEL McCOURY: I Feel the Blues Moving In/Don’t Stop the Music (Rounder)
9. BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS: Color Of the Blues/Live - Color Of the Blues (Strictly Country)
10. TRADITIONAL GRASS: The Blues Are Still the Blues/Howdy Neighbor Howdy (Rebel)
11. THE DELMORE BROTHERS: Will You Be Lonesome Too/The Delmore Brothers 1940-1941 (JSP)
12. JIMMY MARTIN: Hey Lonesome/Jimmy Martin, 1954-1974 (Bear Family)
13. STANLEY BROTHERS: I’m Lonesome Here Without You/The Stanley Brothers & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1953-1958 & 1959 (Bear Family)
14. LARRY SPARKS: That Lonesome Old Feeling/The Lonesome Sounds Of Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers (Old Homestead)
15. HIGH COUNTRY: A Lonesome Highway/Home To Me (Swallow)
16. NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND: Home Of the Blues/Home Of the Blues (Sugar Hill)
17. RHONDA VINCENT: One Step Ahead Of the Blues/One Step Ahead (Rounder)
18. no real break
19. FRANK WAKEFIELD: Blues Stay Away From Me/Blues Stay Away From Me (Takoma)
20. LARRY SPARKS: Blues Stay Away From Me/40 (Rebel)

January 5-11: 2007 IBMA Awards Show

All selections recorded live at The Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, TN, 10-4-07, except as noted

1. SAM BUSH: intro
2. RUSSELL MOORE: Footprints In the Snow
3. TONY TRISCHKA (with KENNY INGRAM, ALISON BROWN & SCOTT VESTAL): Doggy Salt
4. RICKY SKAGGS & THE WHITES: Salt Of the Earth
5. J.D. CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH: Just Lovin’ You
6. THE DEL McCOURY BAND: I’m Bound For the Land Of Canaan
7. LARRY SPARKS & DEL McCOURY: Those Blue Eyes Don’t Sparkle Anymore
8. THE SAM BUSH BAND: Bringing In the Georgia Mail
9. EDDIE STUBBS: Induction of CARL STORY into Hall Of Fame
10. CARL STORY: Somebody Touched Me/Father Of Bluegrass Gospel (King)
11. CARL STORY: Everybody Will Be Happy/Father Of Bluegrass Gospel (King)
12. CARL STORY: If You Don’t Love Your Neighbor (You Don’t Love God)/Father Of Bluegrass Gospel (King)
13. EDDIE STUBBS: Induction of HOWARD WATTS into Hall Of Fame
14. BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Rocky Road Blues/Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 (Bear Family)
15. BILL MONROE & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong/Blue Moon Of Kentucky 1936-1949 (Bear Family)
16. FLATT & SCRUGGS & THE FOGGY MT. BOYS: I’ll Be Going To Heaven Sometime/1948-1959 (Bear Family)