Music for the Mountain is a weekly bluegrass radio program featuring that hard-driving bluegrass sound, with classic and new tunes running the gamut from Bill Monroe to Sierra Hull. The program is posted here in two sections for broadcasters to insert 3 minutes for station identification, etc.
Some great new cuts this week from Gary Brewer, Dave Adkins, Jim & Lynna Woolsey, plus some classics and some tracks from folks appearing at the upcoming Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in Oak Hill, NY next week. Here's how we picked it:
(Intro - Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys - Watermelon Hanging On The Vine / Roanoke - Off The Record, Vol. 1: Live Recordings, 1956-1969 - Smithsonian Folkways)
WOOD & WIRE - Rambler's Blues - Wood & Wire - Self
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DAVE ADKINS - Moonshine In Moonlight - Nothing To Lose - Mountain Fever
SHANNON SLAUGHTER - Julie - The Sideman Steps Out - Self
THE TINA ADAIR BAND - Stuck Somewhere In The Middle - Born Bad - TAB
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LARRY EFAW & THE BLUEGRASS MOUNTAINEERS - Little Mountain Home - Larry Efaw & The Bluegrass Mountaineers - Blue Circle
(Ralph Stanley ID for Music for the Mountain)
RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS - Little Willie - Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling - Rounder
BILL MONROE & THE BLUEGRASS BOYS - No One But My Darlin' - Bluegrass, 1950-1958 (disc 4) - Bear Family
RED WHITE & HIS DIXIE BLUE GRASS BAND - Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss - Bluegrass Power Picks - Rural Rhythm
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GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS - Derby City Flash - Homestretch - Stretch Grass
JIM & LYNNA WOOLSEY - I'm The Best You'll Ever Do - The Road That Brings You Home - Broken Record
LYNDA DAWSON & PATTIE HOPKINS - Cheyenne - Traditional Duets - Self
(breaK)
BALSAM RANGE - Moon Over Memphis - Five - Mountain Home
JIM LAUDERDALE - Iodine - Carolina Moonrise: Bluegrass Songs By Robert Hunter And Jim Lauderdale - Sky Crunch/Compass
THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS - Mendocino County Blue - Tell The Ones I Love - Rounder
(Gibson Brothers ID for Music for the Mountain)
THE GIBSON BROTHERS - The Darker The Night, The Better I See - They Called It Music - Compass
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JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS - Katy Daley (live) - They're Playing My Song - Rebel
(Outro - Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys - Y'all Come - Off The Record, Vol. 1: Live Recordings, 1956-1969 - Smithsonian Folkways)