This week's show goes out to my mom--today is her 84th birthday. I wonder if she'll take time out from tennis, cactus league baseball, and all the other things she does to listen in on wnhu.net! Happy Birthday Emily!
Anyway, this week's show was a lot of fun to put together--I was having such a good time digging things out to play that I didn't leave time for the excerpt of Don Stover's "Black Diamond" that usually ends the show. We still had a few train songs to get out of my system--including 2 versions of the Wreck of the Old 97--including Vernon Dalhart's version recorded back in about 1924 on an old Edison system. One of these days, I'll get around to digitizing Country Gazette's version--I think I have a version on LP where they add sound effects. . . . But for today, Lost & Found's version is also an excellent one.
Other highlights: Hank Bradley's "Bricks and Mortar"--for Tony and Marge; plenty of "brothers" duets; Nickel Creek's "You don't have to move that mountain"--for Zach and REL; some good ol' fiddle tunes from Snake Chapman, Rayna Gellart, the New Pilot Mountaineers, and the Camp Creek Boys; plenty of good bluegrass old and new; Ola Belle Reed's original version of "High on a Mountain"; and a couple of tracks from Chris Brashear and Peter McLaughlin's 2008 CD. Thanks, Chris, for sending me a copy!
Actually, Chris's CD prompted me to add a new block on the right hand side of this blog thanking those of you from the music business who support the Black Diamond Show. Thanks, guys.
I'd like to thank everyone who commented on the Black Diamond Show at the Big Medicine concert put on by the Brandywine Friends of Old-Time Music. Was fun to learn that there are people in Maryland, PA, and DE who tune in to a CT-based radio show online. And thanks to the folks I heard from during today's show--heard from folks in PA, MI, and AZ. Thanks for your support!
Herewith the playlist for today's show:
3/15/2010 1 Don Stover -- Black Diamond
3/15/2010 2 Longview -- I heard my mother weeping
3/15/2010 3 Byron Berline, Dan Crary, & John Hickman -- Northern Slope
3/15/2010 4 Snake Chapman -- Big Black Cat
3/15/2010 5 Lost & Found -- Wreck of the Old 97
3/15/2010 6 Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin -- That old train
3/15/2010 7 Seldom Scene -- Working on a Building
3/15/2010 8 Vernon Dalhart -- Wreck of the Old 97
3/15/2010 9 Alecia Nugent -- Cryin' all the way to the bank
3/15/2010 10 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver -- Speak softly, you're talking to my heart
3/15/2010 11 Sandy Bradley, Laurie Andres, Caitlin Whiteside -- Mother Reel
3/15/2010 12 Blue Highway -- Lonesome Hearted Blues
3/15/2010 13 Hank Bradley -- Bricks and Mortar
3/15/2010 14 Wayne Hancock -- Drinkin' Blues
3/15/2010 15 Nashville Bluegrass Band -- Tell me your love is still true
3/15/2010 16 Delmore Brothers -- Brown's Ferry Blues
3/15/2010 17 Blue Sky Boys -- Turn your radio on
3/15/2010 18 Louvin Brothers -- When I stop dreaming
3/15/2010 19 New Pilot Mountaineers -- Little Dutch Girl
3/15/2010 20 Del McCoury Band -- Man can't live on bread alone
3/15/2010 21 Jim & Jesse -- Dear Old Mother
3/15/2010 22 Greystone Ramblers -- Cuckoo's Nest
3/15/2010 23 Seldom Scene -- Mama Tried
3/15/2010 24 Ola Belle Reed -- High on a mountain
3/15/2010 25 Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin -- Come in stranger
3/15/2010 26 Mac Wiseman & The Country Boys -- Love letters in the sand
3/15/2010 27 Nickel Creek -- You don't have to move that mountain
3/15/2010 28 Merle Travis, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, et al. -- Dark as a Dungeon
3/15/2010 29 Rayna Gellert & Susie Goehring -- Five miles from town
3/15/2010 30 Rice Brothers -- This old house
3/15/2010 31 Kenny & Amanda Smith Band -- I can't sit down
3/15/2010 32 Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, & Bluegrass Boys -- Toy Heart
3/15/2010 33 Rhonda Vincent & The Rage -- The last best place
3/15/2010 34 Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cutups w/ Tater Tate -- Whistling Rufus
3/15/2010 35 Uncle Eck Dunford -- Skip to my Lou my darling
3/15/2010 36 Dreadful Snakes -- In Despair
3/15/2010 37 Camp Creek Boys -- Old Joe Clark
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