Across the Blue Ridge #132 - Old Time, Country and Bluegrass Classics and New Music

This week we explore the highways and byways of traditional country music.   Hear classic old time and bluegrass songs, a couple of live recordings from a festival many years ago, and a brand new twin-fiddle treatment of an old fiddle tune, from a newly released album by David Bragger and Susan Platz.  Gospel songs figure on this week's show as well, with great performances from The Cooke Duet and Elizabeth Cotten.  Hear how church singing affected the development of Bluegrass, and check out a variety of fiddle and singing styles on this satisfying episode.

Playlist

1. Squirrel Tail
   Slate Mountain Ramblers
   Family Tradition
   Slate Mountain Ramblers
    
2. Let Me Love You One More Time
   Ralph Stanley & Tim O'Brien
   Clinch Mountain Country V.2
   Rebel
    
3. Why Did You Wander
   Curly Seckler
   Bluegrass, Don't You Know
   Copper Creek
    
4. Wheels
   Bill Emerson & Mark Newton
   A Foot In The Past, A Foot In The Future
   Pinecastle
    
5. Little Maggie
   Shady Mountain Ramblers
   All Smiles Tonite
   Heritage
    
6. Flatwoods
   Norman Edmonds & The Old Timers
   Norman Edmonds & The Old Timers V.2
   FRC Field Recorders Collective
    
7. Brushy Run
   Wilson Douglas
   Fiddle Tunes from Central West Virginia
   Wilson Douglas
    
8. Rainbow
   Josh Graves
   Josh Graves
   Rebel
    
9. Break 1 - Indian Killed A Woodcock
   Josh Graves
   Josh Graves
   Rebel
    
10. Coal Holler
    David Bragger & Susan Platz
    King's Lament Old Time Fiddle Duets
    Tiki Parlour Recordings
     
11. John Brown's Dream
    Fred Cockerham & Kyle Creed
    1st Annual Brandywine Mountain Music Convention
    Heritage
     
12. Step Back Cindy
    Fred Cockerham, Kyle Creed, Bobby Patterson
    1st Annual Brandywine Mountain Music Convention
    Heritage
     
13. Hot Corn
    Asa Martin and James Roberts
    Old Time Picking & Singing
    British Archive of Country Music
     
14. When It's Lamp Lighting Time In The Valley
    Asa Martin and James Roberts
    Old Time Picking & Singing
    British Archive of Country Music
     
15. Cripple Creek
    Hobart Smith
    Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians
    Tradition Records
     
16. Break 2 - Sail Away Ladies
    Riley Baugus
    Long Steel Rail
    Sugar Hill
     
17. One More River
    Dale Ann Bradley
    Dale Ann Bradley
    Pinecastle
     
18. Swing Down That Chariot/Jesus Lifted Me
    Cooke Duet
    Best of Cooke Duet
    Freeland
     
19. Hallelujah, It's Done
    Elizabeth Cotton
    Shake Sugaree
    Smithsonian Folkways
     
20. Georgie
    Matokie Slaughter
    Clawhammer Banjo V.3
    County
     
21. Georgia Fox Trot
    Happy Valley Pals
    Happy Valley Pals
    Martin Records
     
22. Meet Me By The Ice House Lizzie
    Hawk Proof Rooster
    Got A Little Home
    Hawk Proof Rooster