Top 12 Bluegrass Songs: 5/25/13

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 5/25/13

Reported to Bluegrass Unlimited

This month, I'm voting for songs I like best at the top, and dropping my predictive vote for Dailey and Vincent's Steel Drivin' Man down to number 9.

There are still a ton of great songs out there.

1. Sutton, Holt, & Coleman: Ready for the Times to Get Better
2. Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers: She Left Me Standing on the Mountain
3. Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive: John the Baptist
4. Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass: I Been Walkin'
5. Della Mae: Empire
6. The Gibson Brothers: They Called It Music
7. The Steel Drivers: Wearin' a Hole
8. The Spinney Brothers: Memories
9. Dailey and Vincent: Steel Drivin' Man
10. The Boxcars: Coal Miner's Blues
11. Flatt Lonesome: Draggin' My Heart Around
12. The Hillbenders: Train Whistle

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Playlist: 5/20/13

• Artist / Song / Album
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life
• The Gibson Brothers / Sundown and Sorrow / They Called it Music
• Donna Ulisse / Shady Glen / An Easy Climb
• The Primitive Quartet / He Included Me / Single: He Included Me
• Willie Nelson and Family / Nuages / Let's Face the Music and Dance
• Evie Ladin Band / Sleepy Eyed Joe / Evie Laden Band
• Dry Branch Fire Squad / Please, Mommy, Please / Good Neighbors and Friends
• Walt Koken / Frankie and Albert / Sitting in the Catbird's Seat
• J.D. Crowe and the New South / I'm Walkin' (1974) / J.D. Crowe and the New South
• The Boxcars / The Devil Held the Gun / It's Just a Road
• Red Tail Ring / My Heart's Own Love / The Heart's Swift Foot
• The Western Swing Authority / One of us is Lying / All Dolled Up
• Red Allen / Plant some Flowers by my Graveside / Keep on Going: The Rebel and Melodeon Recordings
• Bigfoot / Chase the Squirrel / I've got a Bulldog
• Long Road Home / Headed Back to Dixieland / Headed Back to Dixieland (EP)
• Blue Moon Rising / Freight Train / One Lonely Shadow
• Frank Wakefield and Buster Turner / You're the one I see in my Dreams (1950) / Bluegrass Early Cuts: 1931-1953
• Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen / Ominous Anonymous / Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen
• Buck Owens and Rose Maddox / Mental Cruelty / The Buck Owens Story, Volume 1: 1956-1964
• Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters / Bb Polka / Phoenix
• The Special Consensus / I Can't Sit Down / 25th Anniversary
• O'Brien Party of Seven / You're My Kingdom / Reincarnation: The songs of Roger Miller
• Steve Spurgin / The Wall Came Tumbling Down / Folk Remedies
• The Hillbenders / Clutch / Can You Hear Me?
• The Infamous Stringdusters / Don't Mean Nothin' / Silver Sky
• Guy Clark / Analog Girl / Workbench Songs
• Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass / Margie / Road into Town
• Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys / The Legend of the Johnson Boys (1962) / 'Tis Sweet to be Remembered
• Tater Patch / Grubb Springs / Old Time Country Music
• Iris DeMent / Let the Mystery Be / Infamous Angel
• The Time Jumpers / Texas on a Saturday Night / The Time Jumpers
• The Buckstankle Boys / Cacklin' Hen / The New Young Fogies, Volume One
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / S-A-V-E-D / A Thousand Miles from Home
• Loafer's Glory / Crow Little Rooster / Loafer's Glory
• Dailey and Vincent / Howdy Neighbor Howdy / Brothers of the Highway
• Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys / I'll Love Nobody But You / Bluegrass Class of 1990
• American Cafe Orchestra / Liquor Seller / Egyptian Dominoes

Top 12 Bluegrass Songs: 4/24/13

Top Newer Bluegrass Songs for the period ending 4/24/13

Reported to Bluegrass Unlimited

1. Dailey & Vincent, Steel Drivin' Man
2. The Steeldrivers, Wearin' a Hole
3. The Gibson Brothers, They Called It Music
4. Della Mae, Empire
5. Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, She Left Me Standing on the Mountain
6. Mark Houser and Bluegrass Drive, John the Baptist
7. Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, I Been Walkin'
8. Balsam Range, Papertown
9. Bob Amos, Where the Wild River Rolls
10. Chris Brashear, Mama's Opry
11. The Steep Canyon Rangers, Nobody Knows You
12. Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, A Blue Million Tears

In addition to submitting top new song reports to Bluegrass Unlimited, we also report Black Diamond Show playlists and actual airplay to Bluegrass Today and the the FOLKDJ-L email list and folkradio.org.

Thanks for your continued support of WNHU and bluegrass and traditional country music.

Black Diamond Show Playlist: 4/1/13

Just great music--no foolin' around!

• Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
• Wayne Hancock / Lone Road Home / Ride / Bloodshot / 2013
• The Hillbenders / Talking in Your Sleep / Can You Hear Me? / Compass / 2012
• Balsam Range / One Way Out / Papertown / Crossroads / 2012
• Bill Emerson and Cliff Waldron / Early Morning Rain / Bluegrass Session / Rebel / 1970
• Adam Hurt and Beth Williams Hartness / Shakin’ Down the Acorns / Fine Times at Our House / Ubiquitone / 2012
• Jeff Barbara and Sarah Pirkle / I’m Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Family Singing: The Gospel Collection / Barb Hollow Music / 2011
• Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys / Get in Line, Brother / Radio Gems / NL / 1954, 1991
• Troublesome Creek / River of Jordan / Fast as Time Can Take Me / County / 2005
• The Spinney Brothers / Grandpa’s Way of Life / single / Mountain Fever / 2013
• Kris Kristofferson / Feeling Mortal / Feeling Mortak / KK / 2013
• Flatt Lonesome / Jackson / Flatt Lonesome / Crossroads / 2013
• Suzy Boggus / Back to the South: A Tribute to the Music of Ron Davies / Little Chickadee / 2013
• Michelle Nixon and Drive / Harper Valley PTA / A Place I Belong / Mountain Fever / 2011
• Scott Brannon / I Overlooked an Orchid / Your Old Standby / Patuxnet Music / 2012
• Amy Gallatin and Roger Williams / Forever has Come to an End / Something ‘Bout You / Happy Appy / 2004
• Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass / Dancin’ With Sally / Road into Town / Patuxnet Music / 2012
• The Gibson Brothers / The Darker the Night, The Better I See / They Called It Music / Compass / 2013
• Moore and Moore / Not Tonight, I’ve got a Heartache / Show Me Your Country / self / 2012
• The Steeldrivers / When You Don’t Come Home / Hammer Down / Rounder / 2013
• New American Farmers / Good and Sober / Brand New Day / Big Barncat Records / 2013 (forthcoming)
• Dale Ann Bradley / I Pressed Through the Crowd / Somewhere South of Crazy / Compass / 2011
• Sutton, Holt, and Coleman / Forked Deer / Ready for the Times / High Windy Audio / 2013
• Pharis and Jason Romero / It Just Suits Me / Long Gone Out West Blues / Lula / 2013
• Ronnie Bowman / The Lady in Gray / God Didn’t Choose Sides: Civil War Stories about Real People / Rural Rhythm / 2013
• The Stray Birds / Dreams in Blue / The Stray Birds / self / 2013
• Rhonda Vincent / I’d Rather Hear I Don’t Love You (Than Nothing at All) / single / Upper Management Music / 2013
• Kathy Mattea / West Virginia, My Home / Calling Me Home / Sugar Hill / 2012
• Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers / Our Old Kentucky Home / They’re Playing My Song / Rebel / 2012
• Sutton, Holt, and Coleman / Ready for the Times to Get Better / Ready for the Times / High Windy Audio / 2013
• Bob Black / Nervous Breakdown / Ladies on the Steamboat / Green Valley / 1979, 2005
• Wood and Wire / Fool Out of Me / Wood and Wire / self / 2013
• Marty Raybon and Full Circle / That Janie Baker / The Back Forty / Rural Rhythm / 2013
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme