Memorial Day Playlist, Black Diamond Show (5/31/10), WNHU, 88.7 FM, West Haven, CT, www.wnhu.net

Today's show started off with the songs I think the station's computer ate last week, then moved on to a Memorial Day tribute to the soldiers who have fought for the USA. (OK, and for the Confederates, too--this is a bluegrass show, after all.) I think we managed to cover the Revolution, the war of 1812, the Civil War (or War Between the States--depending on your point of view), the Spanish American War, World Wars I & 2. I urge you all to remember the soldiers in your family--Chris Brashear's "Lost Soldier Son" from his 2000 "Wanderlust" CD about summed up the emotions many of us feel on this holiday.

Thanks, as always, for your support.

The Playlist

1 Don Stover -- Black Diamond
2 Kenny Baker -- First Day in Town
3 Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys -- I'll Never Love You Again
4 Reed Island Rounders -- George Booker
5 Blue Sky Boys -- Sunny Side of Life
6 Flatt & Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys (Featuring Paul Warren, Fiddle) -- Durham's Reel
7 Blue Highway -- Wild Urge to Ramble
8 Earl Scruggs, family & friends -- Soldier's Joy
9 Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers -- Last Day at Gettysburg
10 Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Del McCoury -- When a Soldier Knocks
11 Lost and Found -- My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
12 Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, & Peter Amidon -- Marching Through Georgia
13 Dry Branch Fire Squad -- Faded Coat of Blue
14 John McCutcheon -- Abraham Lincoln Brigade
15 John Hoffman & Mac Benford -- 8th of January
16 Johnny Horton -- Battle of New Orleans
17 The Country Gentlemen -- Two Little Boys
18 Bob Walters -- Jefferson & Liberty
19 Merle Travis -- Re-Enlistment Blues
20 New Lost City Ramblers -- Goober Peas
21 Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, & Ricky Skaggs -- Soldier's Joy
22 The Monroe Brothers -- Where is my sailor boy?
23 Emmylou Harris w/ the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -- Mary Danced with Soldiers
24 Lilly Brothers & Don Stover -- Forgotten Soldier Boy
25 Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys -- Searching for a Soldier's Grave
26 Reno & Harrell -- Under the Double Eagle
27 Dave Evans & River Bend -- Soldier's Return
28 Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant -- West of Samoa
29 Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys -- Missing in Action
30 Jay Ungar, Yonatin Malin, Jacqueline Schwab, Molly Mason, & Peter Amidon -- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
31 Chris Brasher -- Lost Soldier Son
32 Grandpa Jones -- Old Camp Meeting Time
33 Hubie King & Diane Jones -- Camp Chase
34 Delia Bell & Bill Grant -- Field of Flowers
35 Dailey & Vincent -- Head Hung Down
36 Del McCoury -- I wonder where you are tonight?
37 Dirk Powell -- Prettiest Little Girl in the County
38 Joe Drumright -- Thunderhead
39 Charley Cushman & Randy Howard -- The Star Spangled Banner
40 Don Stover -- Black Diamond