Playlist for Black Diamond Show: 3/1/10 wnhu.net

OK, I expect Monday 3/1 to be a busy day. I may not even get to hear the show I sent in. Gasp. I just revealed the secret. I'm not really in the basement of Maxcy Hall Monday afternoons--I'm usually off at work getting ready for a 1 or 1:30 pm meeting. But thanks to modern technology, I'm able to send my show in ahead of time.

This week, it's the Black Diamond Show's turn to ask listeners in CT and on the Internet to call the station (203-479-8807) and make a donation to support WNHU, broadcasting from the University of New Haven. I'm a sucker for great stations like WNHU, WVUD (Univ. of Delaware), WERS (Emerson College)--stations affiliated with a college or university that actually let students on the air and let students be involved in programming decisions AND that have volunteers from the community come in and share their music with the community. I plan to support WNHU, and I hope you do, too.

OK--about this week's playlist. I was pleased to see that I was able to squeeze in as much music as I did. Highlights--Tracks from some newer CDs--e.g., Sam Bush's 2009 "Circles Around Me" and three tracks from the soundtrack to the current movie "Crazy Heart." Don't panic--only one of those songs is "out of genre"--I play a Louvin Brothers and a Delmore Brothers song from the CD along with Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell (yup--the two actors) singing "Fallin' and Flyin'." And there's plenty of good music from the past, here, too.

Hope you enjoy the show! And don't forget to call 1-203-479-8807 to support WNHU.

3/1/2010 1 Don Stover -- Black Diamond
3/1/2010 2 Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Bluegrass Boys -- When you are lonely
3/1/2010 3 Hank Williams -- Crazy heart
3/1/2010 4 Sam Bush -- Roll on buddy
3/1/2010 5 Foghorn Stringband -- Jeff City
3/1/2010 6 Clay Buckner, Beverly Cotton, Doug Dorschug -- Susana Gal (Tommy Jarrell)
3/1/2010 7 David Grisman, Del & Jerry McCoury, Winnie Winston -- John Henry
3/1/2010 8 Red Smiley -- It's raining here this morning
3/1/2010 9 Nickel Creek -- The Fox (live)
3/1/2010 10 John Reischman & The Jaybirds -- The train that carried my girl from town
3/1/2010 11 Dry Branch Fire Squad -- Leather Britches
3/1/2010 12 Clarence White & Doc Watson -- Lonesome Road Blues
3/1/2010 13 John Reischman & The Jaybirds -- Hog Eye
3/1/2010 14 Lefty Frizzell -- Mom and Dad's waltz
3/1/2010 15 Louvin Brothers -- Cash on the Barrelhead
3/1/2010 16 Flatt & Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys -- Til the end of the world rolls 'round
3/1/2010 17 Flatt & Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys -- My Saro Jane
3/1/2010 18 Stanley Brothers -- Wildwood Flower
3/1/2010 19 Warrior River Boys -- Never get to hold you in my arms again
3/1/2010 20 Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys -- The keys to the kingdom
3/1/2010 21 Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice -- Mansions for me
3/1/2010 22 Jim & Jesse -- My darling's in Heaven
3/1/2010 23 Delmore Brothers -- I let the freight train carry me on
3/1/2010 24 Louvin Brothers -- My baby's gone
3/1/2010 25 Jeff Bridges & Colin Farrell -- Fallin' and Flyin'
3/1/2010 26 Del McCoury Band -- Asheville Turnaround
3/1/2010 27 Cadillac Sky -- Can't trust the weatherman
3/1/2010 28 Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin -- Someday you'll pay
3/1/2010 29 Lilly Brothers w/ Don Stover & Tex Logan -- Wheel Hoss

Black Diamond Show:Drawing During March 1, 2010 Show

The March 1 edition of the Black Diamond Show (Mon 3/1/10, noon-2pm on WNHU, 88.7 FM in West Haven, CT, and on wnhu.net), will feature a drawing for listeners who donate at least $25 to WNHU's phone-a-thon during the show. The prize? Two tickets in the front row to the March 20 concert by the Tony Rice Unit for Guitar Town.

Be sure to tune in on March 1 and hear Mandorichard squeeze in 29 songs between WNHU pledge breaks. Like WVUD at the University of Delaware, WNHU presents a nice mixture of college radio and community radio. Worth supporting, even if you listen on line from the wilds of the Upper Peninsula of the North Woods.

Black Diamond Show: Playlist for Feb 22, 2010 (wnhu.net)

Today's show has the usual mix of bluegrass (old & new), old-time fiddle tunes, and a smattering of western swing.

Highlights, for me at least, include some of the music I've digitized lately, including Jim Eanes, Jethro Burns & Red Rector, Del McCoury singing with David Grisman et al., and the Louvin Brothers. And there's a song from Big Medicine's 2009 CD--one of my favorite CDs of the year. Joe Newberry of Big Medicine and Chris Brashear (also playing a track on today's show [with Peter McLaughlin]) were part of the Columbia, MO, music scene when I was out there in the late 70s and early 80s. . . .

A little western swing sneaks in with Merle Travis and Al Dexter. . . . And, after JD Crowe's "The Old Home Place," how could I resist playing Ron Thomason singing about having to hold an "Auction at the home place"?

So far today, I've heard from Internet listeners in MD, MI, and CT. Thanks for your support.

2/22/2010 1 Don Stover -- Black Diamond
2/22/2010 2 Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Bluegrass Boys -- Little Cabin Home on the Hill
2/22/2010 3 New Pilot Mountaineers -- Candy Girl
2/22/2010 4 Seldom Scene -- Appalachian Train
2/22/2010 5 Jim Eanes -- Don't let your sweet love die
2/22/2010 6 Jim & Jesse & Virginia Boys -- I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
2/22/2010 7 Dailey & Vincent -- Til I See You Face to Face
2/22/2010 8 Fred Carpenter & Mark O'Connor -- Cotton Patch Rag
2/22/2010 9 Doc Watson w/ Merle Watson -- When the Work's All Done This Fall
2/22/2010 10 Bob Walters -- The Bell Cow
2/22/2010 11 Jimmy Martin & Osborne Brothers -- Chalk Up Another One
2/22/2010 12 Big Medicine -- Lady of the Lake
2/22/2010 13 Stanley Brothers -- Pig in a Pen
2/22/2010 14 Cox Family -- Cry, Baby, Cry
2/22/2010 15 Caroline Mountain Band -- Sitting on top of the World
2/22/2010 16 Aubrey Haynie -- Cherokee Shuffle
2/22/2010 17 Monroe Brothers -- What would you give in exchange for your soul?
2/22/2010 18 Warrior River Boys -- Bright Sherman Valley
2/22/2010 19 Flatt & Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys -- Don't let you deal go down
2/22/2010 20 David Grisman, Del & Jerry McCoury, Winnie Winston -- Dark Hollow
2/22/2010 21 Al Dexter & His Troopers -- Kokomo Island
2/22/2010 22 Merle Travis -- Cane Bottom Chair
2/22/2010 23 Merle Travis & Doc Watson -- San Antonio Rose
2/22/2010 24 Charles Sawtelle & The Whippets -- I'm Walkin' the Dog
2/22/2010 25 Jethro Burns & Red Rector -- Rainbow
2/22/2010 26 J.D. Crowe & The New South -- Old Home Place
2/22/2010 27 Dry Branch Fire Squad -- Auction at the Home Place
2/22/2010 28 Here Today -- Green Pastures
2/22/2010 29 Hedy West -- Poor Little Lost Baby
2/22/2010 30 Red Smiley -- 900 Miles
2/22/2010 31 Ricky Skaggs -- Riding that Midnight Train
2/22/2010 32 American Café Orchestra -- Logan County Blues
2/22/2010 33 Gibson Brothers -- I Know Whose Tears
2/22/2010 34 Chris Brashear & Peter McLaughlin -- Little Gibson March
2/22/2010 35 Louvin Brothers -- Get Acquainted Waltz
2/22/2010 36 Tony Rice -- Greenlight on the Southern
2/22/2010 37 Joe Nichols & Rhonda Vincent -- Cash on the Barrelhead
2/22/2010 38 Don Stover -- Black Diamond

CT Bluegrass Friendly Links

Not a definitive listing by any means, but here are some links that may help you find more about the Bluegrass scene in Connecticut:

• Connecticut Bluegrass Music Association
  


• Guitar Town Concert Series, Hamden, CT
  


• Podunk Bluegrass Festival (First full weekend in August), East Hartford, CT


• Strawberry Park Bluegrass Fesitval (Weekend after Memorial Day Weekend), Preston, CT
  


• Bluegrassfestivalguide.com's Links to bluegrass festivals in the Northeast US
  

Don't forget to tune in to the Black Diamond Show, Mondays, noon-2pm, on WNHU, 88.7 FM in West Haven, CT, and online at wnhu.net.