Playlist: Black Diamond Show (WNHU): 4/11/11

Today's show featured an interview with Dailey and Vincent, coming to GuitarTown on Sunday April 17. Those guys are a hoot--and darn fine musicians, too. (Link to hi-fi MP3 of interview (19M). Link to lower-fi MP3 of interview (6.2M). Musical selections trimmed.)

Even with the interview, we still had time to play five newer bluegrass songs and the usual mix of bluegrass and traditional country music. Let me know what you think about the newer bluegrass songs we played today. You can also go back to complete the surveys for the past month or so. Today's survey--and the last two surveys--also include a link to samples so you can remind yourself which song was which.

Thanks, as always, for your support.

Artist / Track / Album / Label / Year (Recorded, Released if different) / Notes

• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
• Rhonda Vincent & The Rage / Who’s Cryin’ Baby / Good Thing Going / Rounder / 2008
• Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys / Don’t Let Your Sweet Love Die / Jim Eanes & The Shenandoah Valley Boys, The Early Days of Bluegrass / Rounder / 1958, 1978
• Southern Schoolhouse Rascals / Walking in Jerusalem / Old School, Mountain Style / 5-String Productions / 2006
• Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper / Dixie Special / Fired Up / Rounder / 2011
• Perfect Strangers / Homeless Joe / Perfect Strangers / Rebel / 2003
• Doc Watson / Ticklin’ the Strings / Country Music & Bluegrass at Newport / Vanguard / 1963
• Sierra Hull / Chasin’ Skies / Daybreak / Rounder / 2011
• Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys / Sugar-Coated Love / The High Lonesome Sound / MCA / 1951, 1973
• Lonesome Strangers / Billy in the Lowground / Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways / Smithsonian Folkways / c. 1978, 2002
• Dailey & Vincent / Do You Know You Are My Sunshine / Dailey and Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers / Rounder, Cracker Barrel / 2010
• Dailey & Vincent / Interview about appearance for Guitar Town on April 17 / Includes an excerpt from “What Would You Give in Exchange for your Soul.”
• Dailey & Vincent / Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho / Singing From the Heart / Rounder / 2009
• Dailey & Vincent / Elizabeth / Dailey and Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers / Rounder, Cracker Barrel / 2010
• Christian Davis / He Touched Me / Make It Real / self / 2006 / The bass singer with Dailey & Vincent.
• The Monroe Brothers / What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul / Feast Here Tonight / RCA Bluebird / 1936, 1975
• Dailey & Vincent / Poor Boy Working Blues / Dailey & Vincent / Rounder / 2008
• Dailey & Vincent / Class of ‘57 / Dailey and Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers / Rounder, Cracker Barrel / 2010
• Chris Wuerth / Interview about Guitar Town
• Dailey & Vincent / Head Hung Down / Brothers from Different Mothers / Rounder / 2009
• Charles River Valley Boys / Help! / Beatle Country / Elektra / 1966
• Merle Travis / Cincinnati Lou / Hot Pickin’ / Proper / 1946, 2003
• Art Gomperz Band / Beg, Steal, or Borrow / A Different Story to Tell / All About Murray / 2010
• The Louvin Brothers / Robe of White / The Louvin Brothers / Rounder / 1952, 1978
• Donna Ulisse / Everything Has Changed / Walk This Mountain Down / Hadley Music Group / 2008
• Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys / Bugle Call Rag / Western Swing Chronicles Volume 2, Leon Chappelear / Origin Jazz Library / 1936, 2002
• Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Runaway Ramp / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Fiddlemon Music / 2010
• Wolfe Brothers String Band / Clark Hill Waltz / Old Roads, New Journeys / Copper Creek / 2004
• Wayne Henderson & Steve Kaufman / Indian Killed the Woodcock / Not Much Work for Saturday / Hay Holler / 1996
• The Country Gentlemen / Fox on the Run / Sound Off / Rebel / 1970
• Nora Jane Struthers / Greenbrier County /Nora Jane Struthers / Blue Pig Music / 2010
• Blue Highway / Marbletown / Some Day: Fifteenth Anniversary Collection / Rounder / 2005, 2010
• Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / Don’t This Road Look Rough and Rocky / The Golden Era / Rounder / 1954, 1977
• Nate Grower / Cherry River Line / Nate Grower / Patuxnet Music / 2010
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

Playlist, Black Diamond Show 4/4/11, WNHU

This show has a mixture of old and new music--here's the link to the survey for you to let me know what you think about the newer bluegrass played on today's show. Use the survey or the link to the right to make a request or give me any other feedback. Hope you enjoy the mixture of bluegrass, old-time, and western country in today's show!

Thanks, as always for your support.

Artist / Track / Album / Label / Year (Recorded, Released if different) / Notes

• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
• Red Allen & The Kentuckians / Journey’s End / Keep on Going, the Rebel and Melodeon Years / Rebel / 1965, 2004
• Reed Island Rounders / Durang’s Hornpipe, Walking in the Parlor / Hand Me Downs / Burnin’ Wolf / 2006
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / The Kind of Love I Can’t Forget / Legends of Country Music / Sony BMG / 1946, 2006
• Del McCoury Band / Zero to Love / It’s Just the Night / McCoury Music / 2003
• J.D. Crowe & the New South / The Old Home Place / Bluegrass Class of 1990 / Rounder / 1975, 1990
• Boone Creek / Gonna Settle Down / Boone Creek / Rounder / 1977
• Albemarle Ramblers / Black Eyed Susie / Gentlemen from Virginia / Merriwether / 2010
• Steep Canyon Rangers / Sylvie / Deep in the Shade / Rebel / 2009
• The Stanley Brothers / I’ll be True to the one I Love / Long Journey Home / County / 1964, 1973
• Ernest Tubb / Walkin’ the Floor Over You / Ernest Tubb: The Last Sessions / First Generation / 1979, 1999
• Charlie Sizemore / Walking the Floor Over Me / Heartache Looking for a Home / Rebel / 2011
• The Morgantown Rounders / Sugar Babe / The Morgantown Rounders / Banjos for Peace / 2006
• Ron Block / Be Assured / Doorway / Rounder / 2010
• Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys / White House Blues / The High Lonesome Sound / MCA / 1954, 1973
• David Grisman Quintet / Ricochet / David Grisman Quintet / Kaleidoscope / 1976
• Border Radio / Oklahoma Waltz / Li’l Songbook / self / 2001
• Chris Stuart & Backcountry / Lonesome for You / Saints & Strangers / Backcountry / 2003
• Mark Dvorak / The Bluebells in Kentucky / Time Ain’t Got Nothin’ on Me / Waterbug / 2011
• David Grisman / Shenandoah Breakdown / Early Dawg / Sugar Hill / c. 1968, 1980
• Josh Williams / Dream of Me / Down Home / Rounder / 2008, 2011
• The Hot Club of Cowtown / Keeper of my Heart / What Makes Bob Holler / Proper / 2011
• The Gibson Brothers / Just Lovin’ You / Help My Brother / Compass / 2011
• The O’Kanes / Daddies Need to Grow Up, Too / The O’Kanes / Columbia / 1986
• The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Biggest Liars in Town / American Masters Series, Best of the Sugar Hill Years / Sugar Hill / 1993, 2007
• Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands / How Old Are You, My Pretty Little Miss? / MerleFest Live / FestivaLink / 2010
• Balsam Range / East Virginia Blues / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home, Crossroads / 2010
• Dailey & Vincent / Your Love is Like a Flower / Brothers from Different Mothers / Rounder / 2009
• The Quebe Sisters Band / Twin Guitar Special / Timeless / FiddleTone / 2007
• Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, & Del McCoury / Live and Let Live / Mac, Doc, & Del / GrooveGrass / 1998
• Ken Kolodner & Brad Kolodner / Sail Away Ladies, A Roof for the Rain, Snake River Reel / Otter Creek / Fenchurch Music / 2010
• Chris Jones & The Nightdrivers / The Love She Left Behind / Cloud of Dust / GSM / 2009
• Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies / Some of These Days / Daddy of Western Swing Vol. 2, Brownie Special / Proper / 1935, 2003
• Doc Watson featuring Merle Watson / Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down / Doc Watson on Stage / Vanguard / 1971
• Donna Ulisse / Caney Creek to Canaan Land / Holy Water / Hadley Music Group / 20101
• David Davis & The Warrior River Boys / Two Dimes and a Nickel / Two Dimes and a Nickel / Rebel / 2009
• Ralph Stanley / John Henry / Old-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo Collection / Rebel / 2008
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

Top 20 Newer Bluegrass Songs as Reported to Bluegrass Music Profiles on 3/31/11

Top 20 Newer Bluegrass Songs for period ending 3/31/11
As reported by Mandorichard, host of the Black Diamond Show
Mondays, noon-2pm on WNHU, 88.7 FM, West Haven CT and www.wnhu.net
Reported to Bluegrass Music Profiles (www.bluegrassmusicprofiles.com)

01. The Hillbenders / Red Stains
02. Balsam Range / Callin' Caroline
03. The Kathy Kallick Band / Where is my Little Cabin Home
04. The Gibson Brothers / One Car Funeral
05. Charlie Sizemore / No Lawyers in Heaven
06. Josh Williams / Cherokee Shuffle
07. Paul Williams / What A Meeting in the Air
08. The Gibson Brothers / I'll Love Nobody But You
09. Balsam Range / On the Run
10. Steeldrivers / The Reckless Side of Me
11. Big Country Bluegrass / The Boys in Hats and Ties
12. The Gibson Brothers / Just Lovin' You
13. Peter Rowan / Jailer Jailer
14. Sierra Hull / Best Buy
15. Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / The Note That Said Goodbye
16. Infamous Stringdusters / Taking a Chance on the Truth
17. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Light on my Feet, Ready to Fly
18. Charlie Sizemore with Ralph Stanley / Red Wicked Wine
19. Donna Ulisse / Caney Creek to Canaan Land
20. Lonesome River Band / Jack up the Jail

Sources: Airplay on the Black Diamond Show, audience requests, and audience feedback.

Comments: I appreciate your feedback on the new songs we play. Note that this list is a little different than what we turned in about 2 weeks ago--as a result of YOUR feedback!

Playlist: Black Diamond Show 3/28/11 WNHU, 88.7 FM & wnhu.net

I must have smiled about a dozen times listening to the songs I put in today's show. I hope you do, too.

Slowly but surely, I'm getting the handle on building polls for you to let me know what you think. By popular request, this week's poll includes a link to a sample for each newer bluegrass song (via amazon.com or cdbaby.com) so you can remember which title went with which new song. I'd love some feedback!

Thanks, as always, for your support.


Artist / Track / Album / Label / Year (Recorded, Released if different) / Notes
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
• Mark Graham / Lost Indian / Southern Old-Time Harmonica / self / c. 1988, 2000
• Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys / I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome / The High Lonesome Sound of Bill Monroe / MCA / 1950, 1973
• Roy Rogers / Dangerous Ground / Country Masters Vol. 1 / MBop Direct / c. 1946, 2008
• Larry Sparks / Somebody Touched Me / Almost Home / Rounder / 2011
• John Hoffman & Mac Benford / Clinton / It’s About Time / 5-String Productions / 2007
• Sierra Hull / Best Buy / Daybreak / Rounder / 2011
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Mis’ry River / Quicksilver Rides Again / Sugar Hill / 1982
• The Lovell Sisters, Bearfoot, Sierra Hull, New Generation Jam / Gospel Plow / MerleFest Live / FestivaLink / 2010
• Big Country Bluegrass / Black Mountain Special / The Boys in Hats and Ties / Rebel / 2010
• Notorious / Wild Rose of the Mountain / Road to Damascus / Black Socks Press / 2010
• Si Kahn with Kathy Mattea and Jens Krüger / On This Old Farm / Courage / Strictly Country / 2010
• Wayne Hancock / Goin’ Home Blues / Tulsa / Bloodshot / 2006
• Josh Williams / Cherokee Shuffle / Down Home / Rounder / 2008, 2011
• Big Medicine / Looking Toward Heaven / Fever in the South / Yodel-Ay-Hee / 2004
• Hank Williams / Window Shopping / Live at the Grand Ol’ Opry / Mercury Nashville / 1950, 1999
• Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers / Hide Behind a Rock / Rare Bird Alert / Rounder / 2011 / Nicky Sanders, fiddle, Steve Martin, banjo
• Red June / San Juan Hill / Remember Me Well / self / 2010
• The Monroe Brothers / On that Old Gospel Ship / Feast Here Tonight / RCA Bluebird / 1937, 1975
• Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / July You’re a Woman / Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen / Fiddlemon Music / 2010
• Darol Anger / A Little Help from my Friends / Diary of a Fiddler / Compass / 1999
• The Kathy Kallick Band / Where is my Little Cabin Home / Between the Hollow & the High Rise / Live Oak / 2010
• Fort Worth Dough Boys / Nancy Jane / Legends of Country Music: Bob Wills / Sony BMG / 1932, 2006
• Peter Rowan & Tony Rice / Shady Grove / Quartet / Rounder / 2006 / Bryn Davies, bass, and Sharon Gilchrist, mandolin
• Balsam Range / On the Run / Trains I Missed / Mountain Home, Crossroads / 2010
• Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies / Dark Town Strutters’ Ball / Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 2, Brownie Special / Proper / 1935, 2003
• Lost & Found / The Rabbit Song / Down on Sawmill Road / Rebel / 1985, 2010
• David Grisman & Tony Rice / I am a Pilgrim / Tone Poems / Acoustic Disc / 1994
• Steeldrivers / Angel of the Night / Reckless / Rounder / 2010
• The Rhythm Rats / Yellin’ in the Shoats / Pretty Crowin’ Chicken / 5-String Productions / 1992, 2006 / Kenny Jackson, solo fiddle
• Asleep at the Wheel / Dance with who Brung Ya / The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel / Bismeaux / 1991, 2007
• Border Radio / Oklahoma Waltz / Li’l Songbook / self / 2001
• Red Allen & The Kentuckians / Those Gone and Left Me Blues / Keep on Going, the Rebel and Melodeon Recordings / Rebel / c. 1965, 2004
• The Hot Club of Cowtown / Faded Love / What Makes Bob Holler / Proper / 2011
• Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Lee Highway Blues / MerleFest Live / FestivaLink / 2010
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme