Sunday, March 26, 2017

Playlist - 3/26/2017 - All Bluegrass!

Hi Folks.

We didn't know we would have a show until late Saturday evening as the sports event that was to preempt us was moved up three hours clearing the way.  Even at that, the game ran long and chopped off the first half-hour of the show, but we were delighted to have a show at all!



Joe Bussard decided to do an all-bluegrass show for this day, so I matched him with some similarly rare or unusual or local bluegrass.




My selections included one of Joe's own recordings - one of the first with John Duffey on Joe's own Fonotone label. We also heard local New England bluegrass pioneers Bill Hall and Randy Hawkins as The Bluegrass Travelers, and Al Hawkes and Fred Pike together on Al's Event label.



I also played music from my own home area of Cabarrus County NC by The Jones Brothers & The Log Cabin Boys.  Also a single from A.G. & Kate from Holland with help from Don Stover and Red Rector.


I dug out my rare 1969 Knob 45 single of Wade Mainer with The Pleasant Valley Boys doing a song that Wade first recorded in 1935.  I also played singles from Buzz Busby on Empire, The McCormick Brothers on Hickory, and L.C. Smith on Ray Davis' Wango label.

Joe Bussard has played a lot of bluegrass as part of his regular country classics over the years, but he did a rare show of all bluegrass today on his 74th show for us.  He stumped me on a few of his selections, too.  The breadth of Joe's collection is just astounding.


The centerpiece of Joe's portion of the show was one of the first live performances he ever recorded as a teen in 1955:  Jim & Jesse McReynolds with Hylo Brown and Joe Meadows.  The performance and recording were both spectacular!

Barring any sports preemptions, we will be back next Sunday 2-4pm on WHUS with another great show of deep catalog country music.  We hope you choose to tune in.

Jim Beaver


Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Year

  • John Duffey and Lucky Chatman & The Ozark Mountain Boys / Swing Low Sweet Chariot / 45 RPM single / Fonotone / 1961
  • Leon Jackson, Johnny Bryant and the White Oak Mountain Boys / White Oak Mountain Breakdown / 45 RPM single / King / 1956
  • The Bluegrass Travelers / Dream, Dream, Dream / 45 RPM single / Rebel / 1969
  • Al Hawkes and Fred Pike / Daddy's Old Time Guitar / 45 RPM single / Event / 1980
  • The Jones Brothers & The Log Cabin Boys / A Song To Mary Ann / 45 RPM single / Playhouse / 1976
  • A.G. & Kate with Don Stover and Red Rector / My Ship Will Sail / 45 RPM single / Strictly Country / 1975
  • Ray Baker And His Happy Travelers / I Don't Need A Rocket Ship / 45 RPM EP / Vaden / 19??
  • Wade Mainer and the Pleasant Valley Boys / Take Me In The Lifeboat / 45 RPM single / Knob / 1969
  • Buzz Busby / Don't Leave Me Alone / 45 RPM single / Empire / 1959
  • McCormick Brothers / The Banjo Fling / 45 RPM single / Hickory / 1959
  • L.C. Smith / I'm Old Kentucky Bound / 45 RPM single / Wango / 196?
Joe Bussard's Country Classics  #74             Listen again here
  • The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM single / Melotone / 1928
  • The Tanner Brothers / Bitter Tears / 45 RPM single / Arzee / 1979
  • The Kelley Family / Old Dinner Bell / 45 RPM single / Sun-Ray / 1977
  • Kenny and Rudy / Living On The Mountain / 45 RPM single / unk / 1965
  • Little Doc Raymond and the Coleman Pardners / Car Hop On The Hill / 45 RPM single / Coleman / 19??
  • The Unseen Grass / Dreaming Of The Hills / 45 RPM single / unk / 19??
  • The Brammer Brothers with The Virginia Partners / Don't You Hear Those Nightingales Calling / 45 RPM single / Liberty / 1960
  • The Brammer Brothers with The Virginia Partners / Fiddle And The Bow / 45 RPM single / Liberty / 1960
  • Keith Daniels & the Blue Ridge Ramblers (w. Del McCoury banjo) / Mocking Mandolin / 45 RPM single / Empire / 1962
  • Mac Martin And The Dixie Travelers / Bluegrass Breakdown / 45 RPM single / Gateway / 1964
  • Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys (f. Tommy Magness) / Katy Hill / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1941
  • Joe Noel & The Dixie Ramblers / Banjo In The Hollow / 45 RPM single / K-Ark / 1960
  • Jim & Jesse McReynolds w. Hylo Brown and Joe Meadows / show recorded live by Joe Bussard at New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD, 9/11/1955 
    • Air Mail Special
    • Orange Blossom Special
    • When You Want A Little Loving
    • Blue Moon Of Kentucky
    • Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky
    • Mandolin Instrumental
    • One Step More (with Hylo Brown)
    • Honeysuckle Rose
    • Lost To A Stranger (with Hylo Brown)
    • Instrumental (Cripple Creek?) 
  • The Webster Brothers / Thank God For The U.S.A. / 45 RPM single / IHS Records / 1963
  • The Sullivan Family / There'll Be No Dying / There'll Be No Dying / unk / 19??

Monday, March 20, 2017

Playlist - 3/19/2017

Hi Folks.

Marti joined me in the studio for this show providing her always-humorous-and-sometimes-head-scratching commentary while I played mostly classic country the first hour.

Joe Bussard followed in the second hour with his 73rd program -- a Hot Town Jazz show.  You can catch Joe's show again here if you missed it.  There is also a link to listen on the playlist below.

We hope you enjoyed what we played.

We reportedly will be preempted for some frivolous sports activity next Sunday, so please bear with us until the following week.

Jim Beaver


Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Year

  • Louvin Brothers / Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus / 20 Greatest Gospel Hits / King / 1956
  • Jim & Jesse & the Virginia Boys / Roll Over Beethoven / Bluegrass And More... / Bear Family / 1965
  • Jim Lloyd / Amelia Earhart / Play Guitar In 7 Days / Self-released / 2017
  • Ray Anderson With The Tennessee Mountaineers / Once Sweethearts / Ray Anderson With The Tennessee Mountaineers & The Homefolks / B.A.C.M / 1957
  • Kenny Roberts / F.O.B. Tennessee / Jumpin' & Yodelin' / Bear Family / 1951
  • George Jones / No Money in This Deal / Birth Of A Legend 1954-1961 / Bear Family / 1954
  • Ernest Tubb / Letters Have No Arms / Walking The Floor Over You / Country Stars / 1950
  • Dick Curless / A Tombstone Every Mile / Tombstone Every Mile / Capitol Nashville / 1965
  • Yodelin' Slim Clark / Little Sod Shanty / Yodelin' Slim Clark / Old Homestead / 1946
  • Hank Williams / Your Cheatin' Heart / Reflections Of Those Who Loved Him / Cracker Barrel / 1952
  • Tommy Jackson / Black Mountain Rag / The Mercury Label / B.A.C.M. / 1949
  • Waylon Jennings / Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line / The Lost Nashville Sessions / Country Rewind / 1970
  • Jerry & Sky / Sparkling Brown Eyes / 78 RPM single / MGM / 1949
  • Al Dexter / Blow That Lonesome Whistle Casey / Pistol Packin' Mama / CTY / 1950
  • Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five / Cornstalk Hop / Cornstalk Hop / Decca / 1955
  • Big Jim DeNoone / Stop! That's My Cotton Pickin' Heart / The Giant of Western Swing / B.A.C.M. / 1952

Joe Bussard's Hot Town Jazz  #73             listen again here

  • Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra / Hot Town / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1928
  • Original Dixieland Jass Band / At the Jass Band Ball / 78 RPM single / Aeolian Vocalion / 1917
  • Kansas City Blue Boys / Tain't No Sin / 78 RPM single / Van Dyke / 1930
  • Ted Lewis And His Band / Aunt Hagar's Blues / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1930
  • Jungle Town Stompers / African Jungle / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1928
  • Black Birds of Paradise / Sugar! / 78 RPM single / Gennett / 1927
  • Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra / Yes Sir! That's My Baby / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1925
  • Preston Jackson and His Uptown Band / Harmony Blues / 78 RPM single / Paramount / 1926
  • Thomas Morris and his Seven Hot Babies / P.D.Q. Blues / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1926
  • Fess Williams And His Royal Flush Orchestra / Sell It / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1929
  • Dixieland Jug Blowers / Hen Party Blues / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1926
  • Clarence Williams' Washboard Band / Take Your Black Bottom Outside / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1929
  • Dixie Washboard Band / Zulu Blues / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1926
  • Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians / East St. Louis Toodle-O / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1927
  • Jelly Roll Morton Trio / That's Like It Ought To Be / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1929
  • The Original Wolverines / Royal Garden Blues / 78 RPM single / Brunswick / 1927

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Playlist - 3/12/2017

Hi Folks.

We dodged a preemption bullet and had a full show today.  


I took the first hour to play some things that have been on my radar recently including a 1951 78 RPM record by Rebe and Rabe, an Alabama duo with amazing old time
harmonies. Also we had a tribute to Don Stover who would have turned 89 last week, the earliest record by the Lilly Brothers, a newly-released box set of Bill Monroe's 1951 recording sessions, Rural Retreat VA guitarist and banjoist Jim Lloyd, award-winning VA guitarist Steve Kilby, The Sauceman Brothers with Curly Seckler, and Reno-style banjo master Jason Skinner.

Joe Bussard's 72nd program included some rare jewels from his collection plus selections from a Seldom Scene concert that Joe recorded live in 1980.  You can hear Joe's show again here.

Join us next week for another great show of America's country music heritage plus Joe Bussard's Hot Town jazz program.

Jim Beaver

Artist/Song/Disk/Label/Year
  • Rebe and Rabe [Revin Gosdin and Auburn J.C. Perkins] / My Ship Will Sail / 78 RPM single / Tennessee / 1951
  • Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Raw Hide (Take 1) / Castle Studios 1950-1951 Complete Sessions / Richard Weize Archives / 1950
  • Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Raw Hide (Take 2) / Castle Studios 1950-1951 Complete Sessions / Richard Weize Archives / 1950
  • [Jack Cooke] The Virginia Mountain Boys / Virginia Mountain Banjo / 45 RPM single / Gambler / 1963
  • Merle Travis / John Henry / Back Home / Capitol / 1957
  • Hank Williams / Nobody's Lonesome For Me / Ramblin' Man / MGM / 1955
  • Jim Lloyd / Columbus Stockade Blues / Play Guitar In 7 Days / Self-released / 2017
  • Jim Lloyd / Forked Deer / Play Guitar In 7 Days/Self-released / 2017
  • The Blue Sky Boys / Oh Marry In Time / Presenting The Blue Sky Boys Bill & Earl Bolick / Arhoolie / 1965
  • The Lilly Brothers / They Sleep Together Now At Rest / 78 RPM single / Page / 1949
  • The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / Billboard Song / Live At Hillbilly Ranch / Hay Holler / 1967
  • Steve Kilby / Durham's Bull / Kingsberry Run / Two Guitars Music / 2006
  • The Sauceman Brothers / Darling Corey / The Sauceman Brothers on WCYB Bristol / Copper Creek / c1950
  • The Sauceman Brothers / Bluegrass Breakdown / The Sauceman Brothers on WCYB Bristol / Copper Creek / c1950
  • The South Carolina Broadcasters & Cousin Jimmy B / Sally Ann / Best Of The Lowe Vintage Radio Show Volume 1 / John Boy & Billy / 2016
  • Jason Skinner / Lime House Blues / Reno Style Banjo / Self-Produced / c2012
  • Rebe and Rabe / That Gloryland Mansion In The Sky / 78 RPM single / Tennessee / 1952
Joe Bussard's Country Classics #72            listen again here
  • The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM single / Melotone / 1928
  • Weems String Band / Greenback Dollar / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1927
  • Clarence Ashley / Dark Holler Blues / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1929
  • Jess Young's Tennessee Band / Take A Look At That Baby / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1929
  • Floyd County Ramblers / Step Stone / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1930
  • Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers / Little More Sugar In The Coffee / 78 RPM single / Okeh / 1930
  • Uncle Dave Macon / Death Of John Henry (Steel Driving Man) / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1926
  • Riverside Rambers (Hackberry Ramblers) / Ain't Satisfied / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1937
  • [sounds like] Dee Stone / instrumental / 78 RPM single / Blue Ridge / 1952
  • Walter Vincent [Vinson] / Overtime Blues / 78 RPM single / Brunswick / 1929
  • Dixon Brothers (Howard & Dorsey) / Sales Tax On The Women / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1936
  • Delmore Brothers / Rainin' On The Mountain / 78 RPM single / King / 1940
  • The Adcock Family / Saro Jane / 78 RPM single / Fonotone / 1964
  • Seldom Scene / City of New Orleans / Live recording from radio by Joe Bussard / na / 1980
  • Seldom Scene / Tennessee Blues / Live recording from radio by Joe Bussard / na / 1980
  • The Carter Family / Joy Joy Joy / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1934
  • Dee Stone and His Melody Hillbillies / Pilot Mountain Rag / 78 RPM single / Blue Ridge / 1952


Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Playlist - 3/5/2017

Hi Folks.

After being completely preempted last week, we came back with a full show this Sunday and had some mighty fine music for our listeners.  Marti also made a rare appearance co-hosting and providing a possum update.

We heard some great music from Wilmer Watts, Arthur Tanner, Howard Vokes, Sam & Kirk McGee, and J. E. Mainer.  From my own 78 collection we heard Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bouchillon, Bill Monroe, and the Chuck Wagon Gang.

Joe Bussard brought us a 1939 Grand Ole Opry broadcast as well as some cowboy songs from his wonderful 78 collection.  You can hear Joe's portion of the show again here.

Join us next Sunday where we may have an hour between sports preemptions to bring you Joe's show around 2pm.

Jim Beaver


Artist / Song / Disk / Label / Year

  • The South Carolina Broadcasters & Cousin Jimmy B / We Shall Meet Someday / Best Of The Lowe Vintage Radio Show Volume 1 / John Boy & Billy / 2016
  • Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles / Cotton Mill Blues / Paramount Old Time Recordings / JSP / 1929
  • Arthur Tanner / Whoa Mule Whoa / Paramount Old Time Recordings / JSP / 1925
  • Howard Vokes / Tears At the Grand Ole Opry / Tears At The Grand Ole Opry - The Early Recordings / Rosedale Music / 1962
  • Sam & Kirk McGee / I Wish I Had a Nickel / Live 1955-1967 - Outstanding In Their Field / Spring Fed / 1955
  • Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bouchillon / Adam And Eve - Part 1 & Part 2 / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1928
  • J. E. Mainer / Run Mountain / 16 Down Home Country Classics (American Masters Vol. 10) / Arhoolie / 1963
  • Snuffy Jenkins / Spanish Fandango / 16 Down Home Country Classics (American Masters Vol. 10) / Arhoolie / 1962
  • Bill Monroe / Cabin Of Love / 78 RPM single / Decca / 1951
  • The Chuck Wagon Gang / Sunny South By The Sea / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1937
  • Fred Cockerham, Kyle Creed, Bobby Patterson / Step Back Cindy / The Brandywine Mountain Music Convention / Chubby Dragon / 1974
  • Kilby Snow / Wind and Rain / The Brandywine Mountain Music Convention / Chubby Dragon / 1974
  • The Blue Sky Boys / Oh Those Tombs / Presenting the Blue Sky Boys / Arhoolie Records / 1965
Joe Bussard's Country Classics #71           Listen again here
  • The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM single / Melotone / 1928
  • Roy Acuff; Uncle Dave Macon; Jack Shook's Missouri Mountaineers / Ida Red; Way Downtown; Up Jumped The Devil; Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy; Old Age Pension Check; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Shuckin' Of The Corn; When A Boy From The Mountain Weds A Girl From The Valley; Greenback Dollar; Give The Fiddler A Dram / Grand Ole Opry Transcription 1939 / na / 1939
  • Sam McGee / Knoxville Blues / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1926
  • Sons Of The Pioneers / Kilocycle Stomp / 78 RPM single / Decca / 1935
  • Powder River Jack - Kitty Lee / Powder River, Let 'Er Buck / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1930
  • Charlie Marshall / The Old Hitchin' Rail / 78 RPM single / Vocalion / 1935
  • Patsy Montana / Back On Montana Plains / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1933
  • Carter Family / They Call Her Mother / 78 RPM single / Montgomery Ward / 1938
  • Jimmie Rodgers / The Brakeman's Blues / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1928
  • The Delmore Brothers / She Left Me Standing on the Mountain / 78 RPM single / King / 1946
  • Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet / Jesus Getting Us Ready For That Great Day / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1927
  • The Sansom Singers / You'll Need The Love Of God / 78 RPM single / Sansom / c1950
  • UNKNOWN / Black Mountain Blues / 78 RPM single