Across The Blue Ridge - Episode 4 (A Senior Virginia Fiddler Tells His Story)

This week on Across the Blue Ridge, we take a field trip to see a senior fiddler, John “Johnny” Lewis, in southwest Virginia.  He's played music since early childhood, and now, at age 92, he's in a good position to recall and reflect.  Join host Paul Brown for this heartwarming visit and for lots of great music from John Lewis and the people who influenced him as a youngster. Also on the show, some wonderful songs performed by master artists Ralph Stanley, Peter Rowan, and Bill Monroe – songs that bring home the connections between gospel music, blues, and bluegrass.  And there's a segment on new recordings from some of today's acoustic bluegrass and old-time music artists.

Episode 4 Playlist

1. I'm Lonesome Without You – Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
   Album: Great High Mountain

2. Wild Geese Cry Again – Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
   Album: Great High Mountain

3. Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side – Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
   Album: Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band: Legacy

4. New Mule Skinner Blues – Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
   Album: Bill Monroe: In the Pines

5. The Brakeman's Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
   Album: Essential Jimmie Rodgers

6. Walking Blues – Robert Johnson
   Album: The Complete Robert Johnson

7. Natural Bridge Blues – John Lewis & the Rockbridge Pickers
   Album: Rockbridge Pickers – Tunes Tested by Time

8. Honeysucle Rag – Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
   Album --  In the Pines: Tar Heel Folk Songs and Fiddle Tunes

9. Take Me Back to Tennessee – Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
   Album: Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners

10. Tom and Jerry – Uncle Dave Macon
    Album: Go Long Mule

11. Mac's Hoedown – Reno & Smiley
    Album:  30 Fiddler's Greatest Hits by the World's Greatest Fiddlers

12. The Wreck of the Old 97 – John Lewis and the Rockbridge Pickers
    Album:  Rockbridge Pickers – Tunes Tested by Time

13. Roxanne Waltz – John Lewis and the Rockbridge Pickers
    Album:  Rockbridge Pickers – Tunes Tested by Time

14. Lost Indian – Seth Swingle
    Album: Seth Swingle – Solo 5 And 6 String Banjo

15. If I Needed You – Kay Justice
    Album:  Kay Justice – Hickory Wind

16. Stripped Gears – Alan Kaufman & Don Stratton
    Album: Alan Kaufman & Don Stratton – All in Good Time

17. Saranac – Alan Kaufman & Don Stratton
    Album: Alan Kaufman & Don Stratton – All in Good Time

18. Big Bend Gal – Sunny Mountain Serenaders
    Album: Sunny Mountain Serenaders – Big Bend Gal

19. Foggy Mountain Special – Earl Scruggs
    Album: Flatt & Scruggs – Foggy Mountain Jamboree