Black Diamond Show Playlist: 4/19/2010 (WNHU 88.7 FM West Haven, CT, & www.wnhu.net)

Today's show features a lot of interesting songs and tunes--well, I think so. Leon Chappelear's version of the "Crawdad Song" and Joe Hermann's version of "The Riddle Song" are both terrific songs for kids of all ages--from 8 months to 8 decades old! A lot of good old fiddle tunes work their way in, too, including Matt Brown and friends' version of "Billy in the Lowground" (Brittany Haas on the fiddle, Ben Krakauer on the banjo, Matt on guitar, and Mark Schatz on the bass), courtesy of our friends at 5 Strings Productions, and lots of other good stuff--how can you resist the hot dance tunes of Yankee Ingenuity????

The Mary McCaslin and Jim Ringer's version of the Louvin Brothers' "I don't believe you've met baby" is still one of my favorite versions of that tear-jerker. . . in spite of the drums. Speaking of favorite versions, Lefty Frizzell's "Long Black Veil" is THE version, in my opinion, and the Percolators tear up "Kansas City Reel."

Plenty of good bluegrass in today's show, too. The Warrior River Boys' "The gold rush is over" is rapidly becoming one of my favorite heartbreakin' honkey-tonk bluegrass songs. But you know me, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and the Stanley Brothers are here, too. . . .

Thanks for your support!

The Playlist:
Don Stover -- Black Diamond
Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers -- Dark Hollow
The Hoover Uprights -- Rye Straw
Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers (Hot Rize) -- Oh Mona
Merle Travis -- No Vacancy
Mark O'Connor w/ Kenny Baker -- Jerusalem Ridge
Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, & Original Bluegrass Boys -- Sweetheart, you done me wrong
Southern Schoolhouse Rascals -- Ain't got no honey baby now
Warrior River Boys -- The gold rush is over
Clay Allen -- I can't keep smiling
Dailey & Vincent -- Joshua fit the battle
Chance McCoy & The Appalachian String Band -- Lost Girl
Mary McCaslin & Jim Ringer -- I don't believe you've met my baby
Yankee Ingenuity -- Been to the East/ 17 Days in Georgia
Steep Canyon Rangers -- Waiting to hear you call my name
Leftwich & Higginbotham -- No one to bring home tonight
Alison Krauss & Union Station -- Love you in vain
Bob Walters -- Natchez under the hill
Johnson Mountain Boys -- Duncan and Brady
Hank Williams -- Noboby's lonesome for me
Karl Shiflett & Big Country -- Standing in the need of prayer
Art Stamper -- Old Joe Clark
Joe Hermann -- Riddle Song
Stanley Brothers -- Angel Band
The Percolators -- Kansas City Reel
Leon Chappelear & The Lone Star Cowboys -- The Crawdad Song
Paul Williams & the Victory Trio -- He Answered My Plea
Bluegrass Album Band -- Chalk up another one
Sierra Hull & Highway 111 -- Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Adam Hurt -- The Golden West
The Country Gentlemen -- Teach Your Children
Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys -- I'm Troubled
Matt Brown & friends -- Billy in the Lowground
Lefty Frizzell -- Long Black Veil
Harley Allen & Mike Lilly Band -- Suzanne
Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys -- I'll never love you anymore
Don Stover -- Black Diamond