Show 29 and show 30 (Memorial Day)

As I'm currently out of work and looking for a new one, last monday got taken up by an interview rather than planning out my show... and as a result I recycled some older play lists for the first time ever. The show was mostly a repeat of show 7 plus the beginning of show 8, and the songs can be found by looking up the lists from those shows.

Show 30 is today - Memorial day. I try to fit in a segment of songs about our country and those who've served in the second hour. The rest of the show is just good bluegrass to grill by...

Another Night - Alan Bibey and Wayne Benson
Reuben - Jim Mills
Boston Boy - Jessie Baker
Hard Price To Pay - Balsam Range
Major Honker - Bela Fleck
Open Road - Jason Davis
In The Sweet By & By - Jerry Douglas
Gold Mountain Blues - John Reischman
Say You'll Take Me Back - The Johnson Mountain Boys
Red-Eyed Benny Hens - Kenny Smith
Devil Chased Me Around the Stump - The Lonesome River Band
Better Days to Come - The Lonesome River Band
Farewell Blues - Jeff Autry
Beach of Death - Shawn Lane
Hooverville - Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Two Soldiers - Blue Highway
Soldier's Joy - Tony Rice
Another Soldier - Newfound Road
Three Days in July - The Infamous Stringdusters
Going Across the Sea - Mashville Brigade
I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers - Alison Krauss & Union Station
When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Jeff Autry
God Bless America - IIIrd Tyme Out
Prayer for Peace - Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
How Great Thou Art - Rob Ickes
Solid Rock - The Lonesome River Band
Shotgun Slade - Ralph Stanley
It's Mighty Dark to Travel - Ricky Skaggs
Hard Times - Rob Ickes
Blue John Mine - Ronnie Bowman
Nostalgic - Sean Watkins
Bombshell - Sierra Hull
John Henry - Ross Nickerson

Show 27

Letter From My Darlin' - Lou Reid & Carolina
Stay a Little Longer - Kenny & Amanda Smith
The Deputy - The Infamous Stringdusters
Church Street Blues - Tony Rice
Close By - Alan Bibey
Goodby Old Pal - Joe Val
Jerusalem Ridge - Casey Driessen
'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone - Joe Val
She's On My Mind - Kenny & Amanda Smith
Restless Nights - The Steep Canyon Rangers
Southwind -The Steep Canyon Rangers
Heartbreak Is Real - The Steep Canyon Rangers
 Endless Highway - Alison Krauss
Man Looks On The Outside - Kenny & Amanda Smith
Lonesome Whistle - The Roys
St. Anne's Reel - Scott Vestal's Bluegrass '96
This Weary Heart You Sole Away - The Stanley Tradition:Tribute to a Bluegrass Legacy
A Broken Heart Keeps Beatin' - Traditional Grass
Magic 9 - The Infamous Strindusters
You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do - The Lonesome River Band
Grass Lover - Lou Reid & Carolina
Apple Blossm - Alan Munde
Montana Cowboy - Hazel & Alice
You'll Get No More Of Me - Lynn Morris
Watch 'at Breakdown - Chis Thile
Tell Her To Come Back Home - Crooked Still
Dying for Someone to Live For - Gibson Brothers
Thank You Darlin' - Gold Heart
Tom and Jerry - Hot Rize
Why Did You Wander - IIIrd Tyme Out
Claire Lynch - Second Wind
Hot Burrito Breakdown - Scott Vestal's Bluegrass '98
Lonely Side Of Love - Del McCoury

BG Show 26 - 6 months of Down The Line on the air!

Cluck Old Hen - Alison Krauss
Heather and Billy - Blue Highway
Sally Goodin - Larry Perkins
Dixie, I love You - Lou Reid & Carolina
Milford's Reel - Noam Pikelny
Only Seventeen - Blue Highway
Sleep With One Eye Open - Chris Thile & Michael Daves
Handsome Molly - The Country Gentleman
The Sunny Side of Life - The Country Gentleman
Ferdinand The Bull - Sean Watkins
Drive That Fast - Kenny & Amanda Smith
Cast Aside - Dailey & Vincent
I Love To Tell The Story - Nick Chandler & Delivered
Home from the Forest - Tony Rice
How Long Blues - Del McCoury
Tennessee Blues - Chris Thile & Michael Daves
The Darker the Night, The Better I See - The Gibson Brothers
Grandpa's Shoes - J.D. Crowe & The New South
Open Road - Jason Davis
Anisa's Lulaby - John Reischman
We Can Work It Out - Crooked Still
My Heart Never Lies -  Lou Reid & Carolina
Full Moon - Mark Schatz
Jeremy Reel - Psychograss
Beach of Death - Shawn Lane
Surfside - Alan Bibey & Wayne Benson
I Will Always Cross Your Mind  - The Gibson Brothers
Little Mountain Home - Shawn Lane
Sweet Marie - Ronnie Bowman
Pretty Boy Floyd - Tony Watt
A Day in Bolinas - Three Ring Circle
Without a Trace - Kenny & Amanda Smith
Knee Deep In the Blues - IIIrd Tyme Out

Doctor Whograss - Music from the High & Lonesomest man in the universe (Show 25)

Well this is the 25th show - that's almost the 6 month mark. I decided I'd do a theme show this week and explore an idea I had earlier that combined two things I enjoy: Doctor Who and Bluegrass. Once I actually started making a playlist I started realizing that the clever name wasn't the only thing that was easy to mash up. Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass, created the "High & Lonesome" sound and was known to write songs about traveling and being lonesome. The Doctor is called "the loneliest man in the universe" and spends his life running from place to place. One has blue grass, the other a blue box. What follows is the resulting list of songs... some need some imagination, others eerily almost line up with Doctor Who plot elements. Overall, it's a good mix of bluegrass songs... even if you're not a fan, you still win. Allons-y!

Come on Down - Nick Chandler & Delivered (not actually part of the Who theme, but it might work)

The Walls of Time - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Man With The Blues - Del McCoury
Wayside (Back In Time) - Chris Thile
Long Way Back Home - Gibson Brothers
It's Mighty Dark to Travel - Ricky Skaggs
Blue and Lonesome - Blue Highway
Weary Blues from Waiting - Darrel Scott & Tim O'Brien
Traveler - Cherryholmes
Night of the Comet - Scott Vestal's Bluegrass '97
Life of a Travelin' Man - Blue Highway
Travelin' This Lonesome Road - IIIrd Tyme Out
When Silence Is the Only Sound - Infamous Stringdusters
Why Did You Wander - Ricky Skaggs
The Travels of Mr. Hulot - Skip, Hop & Wobble
You'll Find Her Name Written There - Del McCoury
Another Time, Another Place - Kieth Arneson
Wasting My Time Loving You - ?
A Deeper Shade of Blue - Del McCoury
Running Hard on a Broken Heart - The Lonesome River Band
Long Time Gone - Joe Val
My Oh My How Time Flies - The Roys
Shadows in My Room - Hot Rize
Here on Earth - Skip, Hop & Wobble
Cold on the Shoulder - Tony Rice
Wayfaring Stranger - Bluegrass Mandolin Extraveganza
Time is on My Side - Ronnie Bowman

Show 24

Ain't Nobody Gonna Tie Me Down - Lou Reid & Carolina
Billy in the Lowground - Chris Thile & Michael Daves
Stone Cold Blue - Ronnie Bowman
Go My Way - Tony Rice
Bear Dog Grit - Noam Pikelny
Katy Daley - Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Love's Come Over Me - The Lonesome River Band
Saturday Night Ramble - Scott Vestal's Bluegrass '98
Worried Blues - Doc and Merle Watson
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Chris Thile & Michael Daves
Buy a Ring, Find a Preacher - Gibson Brothers
These Ole' Blues - Don Rigsby
True Love Never Dies - Del McCoury
Big Sandy River - Bryan Sutton
Restless Working Man - Blue Highway
Freefall - Mark Schatz
Little Pine Siskin - John Reischman
I'm on My Way to the Old Home - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Foggy Mountain Rock - Tony Rice
Winterhawk - Northern Lights
Home Run Man - Knee Deep in Bluegrass
Four Leaf Clover - Knee Deep in Bluegrass
Across the Sea Blues - The Goins Brothers
Cold Wind  - Karl Lauber
Cloudy Days - Alison Krauss
Howling Wind - Blue Highway
Highlands - Jim Van Cleve
When In Rome - Nickle Creek
Hooverville - Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Up on the Blue Ridge - Scott Vestal's Bluegrass '96
Broken Hearted Lover - IIIrd Tyme Out
Doggone Shame - The Lonesome River Band

Show 23

Storm - Blue Highway
Walk Along John To Kansas - John Reischman
Dusty Old World - Gibson Brothers
It's An Unfriendly World - Del McCoury Band
Cabin Creek Stone Mill Dam - IIIrd Tyme Out
'Till My Dying Day - J.D. Crowe & The New South
Salt River - John Rieschman
Why Did You Call - Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
Last Night's Fun - Scott Vestal's Bluegrass 98
Her Memory's Bound To Ride - Lou Reid & Carolina
Jesse & Me - Shawn Lane
Goodbye Liza Jane - Tony Watt
Sloth, Indolence & Torpidity - TriMountain Sessions
Don't Worry 'Bout Daddy - The Lonesome River Band
Ponderosa - Joey Cox
Blue Diamond Mines - The Johnson Mountain Boys
Tickelbelly Hill - David Grier
Drifting With the Tide - Ronnie Bowman
20/20 Vision - Chris Thile & Michael Daves
An Old Box Of Memories - Pete Wernick
Molly & Tenbrooks - Instrumental Tribute to Bill Monroe
New Railroad - Crooked Still
I'm Nowhere Bound - Ronnie Bowman
Red Apple Rag - Scott Vestal's Bluegrass 96
Swinging a Nine Pound Hammer - IIIrd Tyme Out
Wind to the West - Blue Highway
Bright Sherman Valley - Warrior River Valley Boys
Buffalo Creek - Knee Deep in Bluegrass (the AcuTab Sessions)
I Call Your Name - Lou Reid & Carolina
Game (I Can't Win) - The Lonesome River Band

BG Show 22

The Ground is Level At the Foot of the Cross - Blue Highway
The Cry From The Cross - The Dan Tyminski Band
Now Is the Time - Alan Bibey & Wayne Benson
I'll Be There - The Del McCoury Band
Jeff Davis - David Grier
Girl In The Blue Velvet Band - Earl Scruggs
Banjo Fling - Jessie Baker
Let The Big Dog Eat - Jim Van Cleve
Born Lonesome - Cadillac Sky
Side By Side - John Reishcman
Comin' Around Again - Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
My Heart's Goin' Under (For The Last) - Lou Reid & Carolina
Grover Glen - Bryan Sutton
Chalk Up Another One - Bluegrass Album Band
I Long For The Hills - Hot Rize
So Much - Tony Rice Unit
Roberto's Dream - Tony Trishcka
Our Last Goodbye - The Johnson Mountain Boys
Red Tommy - Scott Vestal's Bluegrass '98
They Called It Music - The Gibson Brothers
Daddy's Gone to Knoxville - The Gibson Brothers
Sundown and Sorrow - The Gibson Brothers
By Stealth - Knee Deep in Bluegrass (The Acu-Tab Sessions)
Georgia Rose - Herb Pederson
The Deadly Fox - John Reishcman
Better Days to Come - The Lonesome River Band
Poor Ellen Smith - Crooked Still
Smoke Along The Track - Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar - Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
Pretty Boy Floyd - Knee Deep in Bluegrass (The Acu-Tab Sessions)