This week, we hear a fine selection of bluegrass and old time songs and tunes. Melodic bluegrass banjo player Alan Munde; singers Dale Ann Bradley and Emily Spencer; and ace fiddle-banjo duet Johnny Warren and Charlie Cushman get things started. And we celebrate the music of Frank Bode, an early performer on Across the Blue Ridge back in the 1980s and 1990s and a singing and guitar-picking stalwart of award winning bands in the Blue Ridge region. He passed away recently at age 77. Listen to Frank with host Paul Brown and the Toast String Stretchers; with Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys; with Robert Sykes and the Surry County Boys; and with renowned North Carolina fiddler Tommy Jarrell. Whether it was fiddle tunes, gospel songs, or guitar-mandolin instrumentals, he turned in compelling performances. Fortunately, many were recorded, and we sample the trove this week.
Episode 58 Playlist
- Tennessee Wagoner
Alan Munde
Bue Ridge Express
- Rain On The Roof
Dale Ann Bradley
Old Southern Porches
- Fortune
Camp Creek Boys
Old Time String Band
- Katy Cline
Kyle Creed & Emily Spencer
Liberty
- Rose In The Mountain
Adam Hurt
Artifacts
- Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad
John Jackson
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Sippin' The Whiskey
Johnny Warren & Charlie Cushman
Purely Instrumental
- Break 1 - Zeke Backus' Waltz
James Bryan & Carl Jones
Two Pictures
- Tempy
Toast String Stretchers
Wanted!
- Little Maggie
Toast String Stretchers
Wanted!
- Rank Stranger
Frank Bode
Been Riding With Old Mosby
- Let Me Fall
Frank Bode
field recording
- More Pretty Girls Than One
Benton Flippen
Old Time New Times
- Break 2 - Redwing
ASH & F
From The Old School
- Freight Train
Toast String Stretchers
Wanted!
- Old Crossroads
Robert Sykes & The Surry County Boys
Black-Eyed Susan
- Black-Eyed Susan
Robert Sykes & The Surry County Boys
Black-Eyed Susan
- Sunny Side Of The Mountain
Frank Bode
Been Riding With Old Mosby
- Piney Woods Gal
Tommy Jarrell & Frank Bode
Been Riding With Old Mosby